PonLai

PonLai, also known as the "Island of the Elements," is situated directly to the left of YueDe. It is led by the waterbenders and has recently been colonized by YueDe and placed into a state of martial law.

Climate and Geography
PonLai enjoys little of YueDe's temperate climate. It is mostly filled with treacherously steep cliffs and craggy hills seeded with Witherbark (a tree that has bark as hard as iron, indiginous to the Frigid North). It is surrounded mostly by the Artic Span although the Flowing Strait that separates PonLai and YueDe i

Pre YueDe Imperialism
PonLai used to a technologically advanced trading community led by waterbenders. When waterbenders discovered steam engines from their watercrafts, they were able to work with YueDe in order to provide winter provisions to all the people of the Frigid North. They were also able to trade with other nations throughout Gimelshane with their steam-powered airships. The waterbenders garnered the respect of much of the Frigid North due to these air-expeditions that brought in much needed supplies as well as delivered these same supplies over untravelable terrain. Throughout the North, the waterbenders had been known diplomats called Daylight's Rain for bringing in a southern invention called "Pelor's Radiance" that once dispersed PonLai's harsh whethers to provide sunshine.

Post YueDe Imperialism In an event known as the Moon's Tsunami, YueDe executed a strategic blitzkrieg on PonLai that targeted and eliminated all known waterb

enders who had some level of political influence. The airships were also seized and transfered to BeiGuang, YueDe's capital city.

The children of many of these waterbenders created a resistance group called the Crimson Wave, named after their slain parents. These benders have also taken up the taboo craft of blood bending.

In an attempt to retake PonLai from YueDe, the Crimson Wave staged a joint attack with a number of Inari Spies on the YueDe officials in ShuiLing. The attack ended with an explosion from an unknown source that obliterated the capital city. The coup is remembered as the Battle of Boiling Blood. It is a current point of political tension between the three nations involved where every groups blames the other for the result.