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NEED-TO-KNOW INSIDE ARE A FEW THINGS WE STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU READ - SUCH AS THE RULES, THE MAIN PLOT, STAFF MEMBERS, AND CREDITS. ALL ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW, BUT MAKE SURE TO READ THE RULES AND PLOT CAREFULLY, SO TO PREVENT MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
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NORTHERN WATER TRIBE THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A CITY TO BRING ALL OF THE VARIOUS TRIBES TOGETHER IN ONE LOCATION. IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE LARGEST AND MOST GRAND OF ITS FELLOW TRIBES, WITH ITS HUGE WALLS OF ICE SURROUNDING THE PERIMETER, AND LARGE, ORNATE BUILDINGS. ITS ROADWAYS ARE ACTUALLY CANALS, AND THE RESIDENTS TRAVEL BY GONDOLA. IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU MAY EVEN BE ALLOWED TO VISIT THE SPIRIT OASIS, WHICH IS SAID TO BE A MIRACULOUS PLACE.
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NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE OUTSKIRTS IS MADE UP OF THE HUGE EXPANSE OF FROZEN TUNDRA THAT SPANS FAR OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL TRIBE. BLIZZARDS AND STORMS HERE ARE FREQUENT, AND THE ROUGH CONDITIONS MAKE IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO LIVE OUT HERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME - ONLY CERTAIN ANIMALS CAN WITHSTAND THE WEATHER. SOMETIMES WATER TRIBE RESIDENTS TRAVEL HERE FOR A FEW DAYS TO HUNT, BUT THEY NEVER STAY LONGER THAN THAT.
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FOGGY SWAMP TRIBE TECHNICALLY THE FOGGY SWAMP TRIBE RESIDES IN THE EARTH KINGDOM, BUT THEY ARE MOST CERTAINLY STILL WATERBENDERS. THEY MAKE THEIR HOME IN A HUGE SWAMP, THAT ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF ONE GIGANTIC TREE. THEIR VILLAGE IS SMALL AND MADE UP OF HUTS, SOMEWHAT REMINISCENT OF THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE. THE VILLAGERS TRAVEL BY CANOES THROUGH THE SWAMP, HUNTING WHATEVER THEY CAN FIND TO SURVIVE.
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SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTH POLE IN VARIOUS SMALL VILLAGES. CONSIDERABLY SMALLER AND WEAKER THAN THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE, THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE IS MORE VULNERABLE, AND ALSO HAS A FAR SMALLER POPULATION. THE MAIN VILLAGE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ONE LARGE CITY, IS SURROUNDED BY A SMALL ICE WALL, WHICH ACTUALLY DOESN'T PROVIDE MUCH SHELTER AT ALL.
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SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS LIKE THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE NORTHERN WATER TRIBE, THOSE OF THE SOUTHERN WATER TRIBE ALSO CONSIST OF ICY, FROZEN TUNDRA THAT STRETCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH POLE. DOTTED HERE AND THERE ARE THE VARIOUS SMALL TRIBES, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS RATHER BARREN. IF YOU GO FAR ENOUGH, HOWEVER, YOU WILL REACH THE OCEAN, WHERE THE FISHING IS DECENT, THOUGH THE ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS PROVE FOR ROUGH TERRAIN AT TIMES.
BA SING SE LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE EARTH KINGDOM, BA SING SE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE LARGEST CITY OF ALL THE FOUR NATIONS. IT IS THE EARTH KINGDOM'S CAPITAL, RIGHTLY SO, FOR ITS HUGE WALL BUILT AROUND THE ENTIRE AREA IS RENOWNED FOR ITS STRENGTH. BA SING SE DOES MEAN "IMPENETRABLE CITY", AFTER ALL. JUST PAST THE WALL IS THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF BA SING SE- THE FARMLAND, MOUNTAINS, AND OF COURSE LAKE LAOGAI. INSIDE THE INNER WALL IS WHERE THE CITY IS HELD, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS LEVELS OF CLASSES THAT ARE SEPARATED QUITE RIGIDLY.
OMASHU OMASHU IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE EARTH KINGDOM, BEHIND BA SING SE. THE CITY IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR ITS MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM, WHICH USES A SYSTEM OF CHUTES THAT CARRY MAIL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, PROPELLED BY NOTHING BUT GRAVITY (AND THE OCCASIONAL EARTHBENDING PROMPT). THE LEGEND OF THE TWO LOVERS, OMA AND SHU, WHO THE CITY IS NAMED AFTER, IS QUITE POPULAR AMONG EARTH KINGDOM RESIDENTS.
KYOSHI ISLAND HOME OF THE KYOSHI WARRIORS, AND BIRTHPLACE OF FORMER AVATAR KYOSHI, THE APTLY-NAMED KYOSHI ISLAND RESTS OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE EARTH KINGDOM. AVATAR KYOSHI CREATED THE ISLAND WHEN A TYRANT THREATENED HER PEOPLES' SAFETY, THUS SHE SEPARATED THE ISLAND FROM THE MAINLAND. THE ELEPHANT COI FOUND IN THE WATERS SURROUNDING KYOSHI PROVIDE THE MAIN COMMERCE FOR THE ISLAND, BUT DON'T STAY IN THE WATER TOO LONG... THE UNAGI MIGHT TRY TO HAVE A BITE OF YOU.
KOLAU MOUNTAINS THE KOLAU MOUNTAINS ARE LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO THE EARTH KINGDOM CITY OF OMASHU. THEY ARE RUMORED TO BE WHERE EARTHBENDING WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED. HOWEVER, PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAINS IS THE CAVE OF TWO LOVERS, WHERE THE NAMESAKES OF OMASHU WOULD MEET IN SECRET. HOWEVER, THE CAVE IS SAID TO BE CURSED, SO FEW HAVE EVER BEEN BRAVE (OR FOOLISH) ENOUGH TO VENTURE INSIDE.
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SI WONG DESERT THE SI WONG DESERT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "DESERT OF THE DEAD" BECAUSE OF ITS INCREDIBLY HOT, DRY AND DIFFICULT CLIMATE. THE SAND STRETCHES ON FOR MILES WITHOUT A DROP OF WATER TO BE SEEN - SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON VISITING, MAKE SURE TO PACK PROVISIONS. HOWEVER, PEOPLE HAVE COME TO MAKE THEIR HOMES IN THE DESERT, SUCH AS THE SANDBENDERS, WHO, LIKE THEIR NAME IMPLIES, ARE ABLE TO BEND SAND. RUMORED TO BE HIDDEN SOMEWHERE AMONG THE DESERT IS WAN SHI TONG'S LIBRARY, WHERE LEGEND STATES THE KNOWLEDGE SPIRIT HOLDS A VAST AMOUNT OF BOOKS, MAPS, AND OTHER TYPES OF LITERATURE THAT ANYONE COULD FIND USEFUL.
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WULONG FOREST KNOWN FOR THE HUNDREDS OF ROCK TOWERS THAT DOT THE LANDSCAPE, WULONG FOREST LIES ON THE WESTERN COAST OF THE EARTH KINGDOM. IT WAS THE SITE OF THE BATTLE AT WULONG FOREST, DURING WHICH MUCH OF IT WAS DESTROYED. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE FOREST WAS SAVED AND THEREFORE IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO GROW BACK.
CAPITAL CITY NATURALLY, CAPITAL CITY IS HOME TO THE ROYAL PALACE, THE ROYAL FAMILY, THE ROYAL GUARD, AND SOME OF THE NOBLES OF THE FIRE NATION. THE ENTRANCE CONSISTS OF A HARBOR WITH A DOCK AT THE FRONT, THUS REQUIRING AUTHORIZED ENTRY. THROUGHOUT THE HILLS BEHIND THE PALACE, HOMES AND BUILDINGS ARE SCATTERED HERE AND THERE, THOUGH THE POPULATION IS RATHER LIGHT. THE CITY IS HEAVILY FORTIFIED, AND THE PALACE ITSELF IS CAREFULLY GUARDED, MAKING IT NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WISHING TO DO THE ROYAL FAMILY HARM TO GET ANYWHERE NEAR THEM.
SHU JING NOTABLE FOR THE FAMOUS SWORD MASTER, PIANDAO, SHU JING IS NOT HEAVILY POPULATED, BUT IS SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL, SERENE SCENERY. THE TOWN RESTS ON A CLIFF, OVER WHICH TUMBLES A WATERFALL AND A RIVER BENEATH THAT. IT IS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT IS RATHER SECLUDED, TUCKED AWAY IN A SUBTLE PLACE AMONG THE FIRE NATION.
JANG HUI SITUATED IN THE OUTER FIRE NATION, JANG HUI IS A SMALL, IMPOVERISHED VILLAGE THAT RESTS ON THE JANG HUI RIVER. THE VILLAGE ITSELF IS MADE UP ENTIRELY OF FLOATING HOUSEBOATS, DOCKS, AND SHOPS THAT ARE ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER. THE RESIDENTS BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE RIVER, 'THE PAINTED LADY' WATCHES OVER THE RIVER AND THEIR VILLAGE.
FIRE FOUNTAIN CITY FIRE FOUNTAIN CITY'S NAMESAKE IS ALSO ITS LARGEST FEATURE: A HUGE, FIRE-BREATHING STATUE OF THE PREVIOUS FIRELORD OZAI. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES IN THE FIRE NATION, AND HIGHLY INDUSTRIAL. THEY ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE WAR EFFORT, THEIR MANY FACTORIES PRODUCING TONS OF SUPPLIES FOR THE FIRE NATION. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CITY IS HEAVILY POLLUTED. IN FIRE FOUNTAIN CITY, IS CONSIDERED UNSAFE, EVEN FOOLISH, TO BE OUT AND ABOUT AT NIGHT, SO MOST OF THE CITY STAYS INDOORS IN THE EVENING. EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE UP TO NO GOOD, OF COURSE.
BOILING ROCK PRISON EASILY THE MOST INFAMOUS PRISON IN THE FOUR NATIONS, THE BOILING ROCK IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOILING LAKE (HENCE ITS NAME) ON A VOLCANIC ISLAND. ALL OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS ARE HELD HERE, EVEN FOREIGN PRISONERS. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ESCAPE THE PRISON, AND ONCE HELD THE REPUTATION OF BEING INESCAPABLE. NATURALLY, THE PRISON GUARDS ARE ALL FIREBENDERS, SO STEPPING OUT OF LINE IS NOT ENCOURAGED.
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FIRE NATION AREAS OTHER AREAS LOCATED IN THE FIRE NATION, SUCH AS; EMBER ISLAND, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A VACATION SPOT FOR MANY AND IS HOME TO SOME NOBLES; CRESCENT ISLAND, WHICH IS NEARLY UNINHABITED, BUT IS HOME TO THE FIRE SAGES AND A SHRINE FOR AVATAR ROKU; ROKU'S ISLAND, WHICH LIKE ITS NAME IMPLIES WAS ONCE HOME TO THE PREVIOUS AVATAR; AND THE ANCIENT CITY OF THE SUN WARRIORS, WHICH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO, AND IN WHICH RESIDE THE LAST TWO DRAGONS: RAN AND SHAO.
NORTHERN AIR TEMPLE THE NORTHERN AIR TEMPLE IS ONE OF THE FOUR MAIN TEMPLES OF THE AIRBENDERS, AND ONE OF THE TWO THAT ONLY HOUSED MALE AIRBENDERS. THOUGH OF COURSE IT WAS EMPTY OF ALL LIFE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, EVENTUALLY SOME EARTH KINGDOM REFUGEES STUMBLED UPON THE TEMPLE AND MADE THEIR HOME THERE. IT IS A TECHNOLOGY HUB, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN EVEN FLY ON GLIDERS MADE BY THE MECHANIC, AND HAVE COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'AIR WALKERS'.
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EASTERN AIR TEMPLE THE EASTERN AIR TEMPLE WAS ANOTHER OF THE FOUR TEMPLES THAT WAS HOME TO THE AIRBENDER POPULATION. THIS TEMPLE, LIKE THE WESTERN TEMPLE, HOUSED ONLY FEMALE AIRBENDERS. THOUGH OF COURSE, THE TEMPLE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR SOME TIME, GURU PATHIK MADE HIS HOME HERE FOR QUITE A PERIOD OF TIME. THE TEMPLE WAS ALSO HOME TO THE AIR BISON STABLES, WHERE A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE BISON WERE KEPT BEFORE BEING CHOSEN BY A BENDER.
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SOUTHERN AIR TEMPLE ANOTHER TEMPLE OF THE AIR NOMADS, THE SOUTHERN TEMPLE, LIKE THE NORTHERN TEMPLE, HOUSED EXCLUSIVELY MALE AIRBENDERS. ITS RESIDENTS WERE WIPED OUT DURING THE AIR NOMAD GENOCIDE, LIKE THE OTHER TEMPLES, THOUGH THIS AIR TEMPLE REMAINS EMPTY TO THE DAY. IT WAS THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF AVATAR AANG, AS WELL AS THE HOME OF HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND MENTOR, MONK GYATSO.
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WESTERN AIR TEMPLE THE WESTERN AIR TEMPLE, LIKE THE EASTERN AIR TEMPLE, HELD ONLY FEMALE AIRBENDERS. UNLIKE THE OTHER THREE AIR NOMAD TEMPLES, WHICH RESIDE ATOP MOUNTAINS, THE WESTERN AIR TEMPLE IS SITUATED BENEATH A CLIFF. THE DESIGN ALLOWS AIR TO BLOW ALL THROUGHOUT THE CHAMBERS, WHICH WAS COMFORTABLE FOR THE AIRBENDERS. THE TEMPLE FEATURES SPOTS SUCH AS A HUGE PAI SHO TABLE, AN AIR BISON OBSTACLE COARSE, AND A RACETRACK.
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PATOLA MOUNTAINS THE PATOLA MOUNTAINS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH AND STEEP, AND THE EDGES ARE ROUGH AND ANGULAR. IN FACT, EVERYONE ONCE BELIEVED THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD GET TO THE PATOLA MOUNTAINS WAS BY FLYING BISON, SINCE THEY ARE SO TALL. OF COURSE, IT WAS EVENTUALLY LEARNED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AFTER ALL.
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