In the east are the kingdoms of Kawongo and Rodanda, relatively isolated. The dark circle around this area denotes the extent of the desert cultures. On the periphery of the desert, small princes have risen and built cohesive states through trade with their neighbours. The local clans call it Al Farak, the Emptiness, though they make a profit extorting a toll out of any merchants hoping to cross. The great empty area is the Si Wong Desert, which has various names in various languages. Currently a column of troops is on its way to try and relieve the seige of Phong, but King Bumi II of Omashu is blissfully unaware of the threat to the south the Chin Empire, once a noble and expansive land, has been making overtures to the Fire Empire for an alliance to try and reclaim some lost prestige. The Kingdom of Omashu in the west has formed an alliance with the northern kingdoms, and sends vast armies of troops to the north to fight the Fire Empire. There is no war in Ba Sing Se, and although they accept refugees from the beseiged northwestern kingdoms, these refugees are confined to the outer ring of the city where they cannot disturb the fragile peace within. When Sozin II began the war, the authorities in Ba Sing Se acquiesced to his entering their territory to exterminate the airbenders there, which is a note now lost to history (deliberately so).īa Sing Se, the capital of the Empire of Yoneng, is led by the Shin Dynasty, but in reality the secretive Dai Li run the show. They were torn apart in civil war, and eventually reclaimed by the authority in Ba Sing Se, becoming an autonomous province on their plataeu. In the north, there was once a powerful race of airbending warriors (think Buddhist Mongols on flying bison) that conquered a massive region there, attempting to take over the entire world, as Genghis and his descendants once wanted in real life. Areas with a yellow outline show the lands once settled by the air nations. The front has stagnated somewhat in the seige of the city of Phong. Darker shades denote occupation zones in the northwestern earth states, while the lighter shade shows areas of heavy Imperial colonisation. The Fire Empire is the strongest military power. Normally I would add a key but it should be pretty self-explanatory. The idea, as always, is a more politically complex, 'adult' world for Avatar: The Last Airbender. I edited some of the coasts and whatnot, and added in the Water Tribe continents. The original basemap was made by Mathuen.

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