{Spring, 174AG}
[Yue Bay, Union City Waters]

Thirteen years after the peaceful death of Avatar Aang, a fate afforded to few in his position, the new Fifth Nation, the United Federation of Peoples, has continued to prosper. Its beating heart, Union City, is a cosmopolitan hub of social and technological progress, culture, and the bending arts. It is here that the destiny of the world in the era of the new Avatar will be decided, a crossroad between the Four Nations, the myriad clashing ideals held by its citizens, and even the past and future.

Three vessels cutting through the calm waters of sheltered Yue Bay in what was once the western Earth Kingdom carry those who hold the world’s fate in their hands, whether they know it or not. Each bringing their own burdens with them to the nexus, spoken and unspoken both, harried by the world’s expectations raised to lofty heights by their progenitors and predecessors, and brought by desires not fully understood by them, these youths know not the peril they’ll face in the City of the Future.

On the first ship, a sleek and modern cutter flying a white-on-lavender pennant not belonging to any of the five nations, in a stateroom decorated in the furs and colors of the Southern Water Tribe, sits a girl. But she doesn’t sit on the overstuffed bed, or the fur-cushioned chaise, or even the hardwood chair set at the unused vanity; no, she sits with her knees to her chin in the corner by the closet door, shielded from view of the cabin door and off of the portion of the floor covered by the rug. In spite of the clicking radiator on the wall, the girl is bundled up in a light blue parka, and, despite having left the South Pole weeks ago, darker blue snow pants lined with fur. Were there anyone else in the room with her, they would be able to observe the occasional shiver, though the accompanying shaky breath would let them know it was anything but cold that she huddles into herself to ward off.

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