unclear if air nomad genocide has happened, but even if so, people don't really know about it
light canon, use what we know, but don't feel too constrained
broad scope, want to see the world
themes / etc people want to hit:
cabbage merchant
Fire Nation colonies
Spirit World
New settings
White Lotus
Focus: protect culture of people invaded by Fire Nation
Inciting incident
in Jiangbu, a small port in the Western Earth Kingdom. not currently
under control of Fire Nation, but they're ... putting out probes
Act 1: befriended ally who gave us access to valuable item
Yating (air nomad who left, renounced vows, more violent, older woman) runs restaurant (serves best bao in town, hand-drawn menu on the wall), where all the party gathers
told them story of Jiangbu's guardian spirit, on mountain (source of river that runs through town) with iron veins (unexploited)
grandma's grandma's grandma saw the spirit, and every woman in her family since then has gone on pilgrimages to the site
Act 2: defended ally from powerful foe
toughs (disguised Fire Nationa soldiers and Earth Kingdom mercenaries) roughed her up in kitchen, trying to get info
the party intervened and scared them away, Yating is cagey about what they wanted or why (because the party's full of obviously orphaned children)
Act 3: we were saved from powerful foe by ally, to their own detriment
"Uncle" Hanako (knows Zo), sergeant of advance guard scouting area
party arrived at restaurant to find it burned down