Conspiracy of Ba Sing Se

The Conspiracy of Ba Sing Se was a conspiracy by Long Feng and the Dai Li to control Ba Sing Se by appropriating control from the Earth King, Kuei. Long Feng and the Dai Li covered up the concurrent war, and gained control of Ba Sing Se. The Conspiracy was eventually exposed by the Avatar, Aang, and Long Feng was imprisoned. The Conspiracy directly caused the Coup of Ba Sing Se when Long Feng attempted to regain control of Ba Sing Se by negotiating with Princess Azula.

Establishing the Conspiracy
After the death of the 51st Earth King, the Grand Secretariat, Long Feng, used his powers and advantageous position to mold four-year-old King Kuei into his puppet. This would give him the power to control the city of Ba Sing Se. He accomplished this with the aid of the corrupt Dai Li.

Long Feng and his Dai Li agents silenced their opponents and forbade free speech. The Council of Five were unable to resist against the Conspiracy, and followed Long Feng's orders. Long Feng and the Dai Li also forbade citizens from talking about The War inside the walls, under pain of imprisonment or brainwashing. This ensured that the city would not erupt into chaos.

With control of the city, Long Feng had complete control over the Earth King and effectively ruled Ba Sing Se and the rest of the Earth Kingdom in the name of the Earth King. This state of events continued for many years.

Team Avatar's Suspicion
In 1101 YA, late into the conspiracy, Aang, the current Avatar, and his friends ventured into the city to find their lost bison, Appa, and to inform the King of. After the group participated in a battle of The War, they ventured into the city, only to discover something suspicious about the city.

Capturing the Bison
Knowing of the bison's importance to the Team, Long Feng used a Bison Whistle to attract the beast to the city. Once at the right position, he captured Appa and hid him under the Dai Li's important fortress: Lake Laogai.

Jet's Suspicion
At the same time, a Freedom Fighter named Jet had gone into the city. Before that, on a Ferry trip there, he met a disguised Prince Zuko, and "liberated" some food with him. Docking off the Ferry, he saw his uncle (the former General Iroh) with warm tea that was formerly very cold, and marked them as Firebenders.

Jet spied on the two with his fellow fighters, Smellerbee and Longshot, and after they decided to leave, became tired of waiting, and wanted to face them personally and bust them.

Duel in the Tea Shop
Storming into a local tea shop the two were working at, Jet exclaimed that the two were Fire Nation. Iroh attempted to convince him they were just tea workers, and Jet didn't believe it. Zuko, defensively, grabbed a pair of Duel Swords from a nearby customer, and began dueling with Jet.

Swiping the four all together swords together, they traveled around the tea shop, Zuko eventually slicing at Jet, who jumped into the air to dodge it. The two traveled outside, and as more people chattered and watched, the duel was stopped as Dai Li came to arrest Jet. Iroh stated that he was merely confused, but the Dai Li, not listening, took him in anyways.

Tying him up under Lake Laogai, a Dai Li agent followed by brainwashing him, telling him "There is no war within the walls...". Jet tried to resist, but the Dai Li's tactic was to strong, and it worked.

Infiltration to Meet the King
At the same time as the duel, Team Avatar attempted to use the up-incoming party in which Kuei was to arrive at to talk to him. The team decided the best way to do this was for the girls, Master Katara and Toph Bei Fong, to disguise themselves as fancy ladies to enter inconspicuously. The boys, Sokka and Aang, would stay and wait.



At the party, the guard would not let the girls enter, but meeting Long Feng, they were allowed to enter, but the two could not loose him.



At the gang's house, Sokka and Aang began to get worried, so they disguised themselves as waiters and snuck into the party. They eventually stumbled upon the girls, who then lost Long Feng.

Aang accidentally reveals himself as the Avatar, and woos the crowd with his bending tricks. Then, the King arrives in a palanquin, and Aang rushes to see him. Aang is stopped by Long Feng, who greats him, as the rest of Team Avatar is captured by Dai Li. Aang is then captured, and they all are thrown to Long Feng's office, where he informs them that if they ever want to see their bison again, (i.e., stay in the city, as the kids don't know he has Appa) they must stop these attempts to see the King and such until the time is set.

Team Avatar and Jet Unite
Living in the city trying to keep subtle (though they do so poorly) for a month now, Team Avatar, after being told to do otherwise, hang up fliers for Appa, and encounter Jet, who has been living quietly in the city for the time since his brainwashing. Not trusting of him at first, Jet eventually gains enough trust from them to have them join him to find Appa, who he says he heard people say where he is.

Meanwhile, Long Feng, angered at Joo Dee for failing again at keeping Team Avatar quiet, uses a brainwashing code for her to go to Lake Laogai for punishment.

Team Avatar and Jet look for Appa at the place Jet heard of, and he is not there. Leaving (being told to go to Whale Tail Island), they stumble into Smellerbee and Longshot, who have been looking for Jet everywhere. They bring up the duel and Jet's arrest, and Jet does not remember. After much tests, they realize that Jet has been brainwashed, and attempt to get him to remember.

After succeeding, Jet remembers that he was brainwashed under Lake Laogai, and they all venture there. Going into it, they discover some of the Dai Li's activities, and in the end run into a chamber where Long Feng is, along with dozens of Dai Li agents are at.

Battle in the Chamber


The Dai Li attack the group, and they fight them off. After some fighting, Jet and Aang decide to go after Long Feng, who uses a brainwashing code to turn Jet against Aang. He fights him, and as they do so, Aang tries to convince Jet to fight it. After succeeding, (telling him he's a Freedom Fighter, causing everything to get back) Jet attacks Long Feng, who quickly and ferociously creates an Earth pillar to strike down Jet with a killing blow.

Long Feng, the agents defeated, then disappears, and the others gather around Jet. Katara attempts to heal him, and realizes he's extremely internally bashed. His Freedom Fighters tell the gang to go, that he'll be okay.

As the team walks away, Toph, using her Earthbending ability to sense if someone's lying, cryingly states "They're lying..." and they leave. Jet dies of his wounds.

Zuko's Choice
At the same time as this tragedy, Zuko, wearing his Blue Spirit outfit, went to the fortress as well, but to steal Appa. His uncle came in, stating "I wonder who could be under that mask?"

Zuko removes his mask, and Iroh explains that he needs to start shaping his own destiny, and choose his own path. After much decision, Zuko gives in and frees Appa.

New Hope
Leaving, the Team were interrupted by agents. After holding them off for a while, they were surprised as Appa zoomed to them, all happy. Appa single-handedly defeated the rest, biting Long Feng's leg as he throw him into the Lake. The group rejoiced.

With Appa back, Sokka suggested that, being on a "roll," they should go ahead and storm to see the king. After much discussion, the group agreed, and the Storm began.