Zodin was well on his way to ember island, the sailboat traveling much faster than he'd previously expected. Zodin watched as the island's silhouette came into existence , before long Zodin could make out the finer details on the island. One of Zodin's first deductions of the island, was that there was smoke coming from multiple areas. Having never been to the fire nation, Zodin assumed the must have been normal. The boat abruptly stopped when it met the with the sandy beach of ember island.  

Zodin took only a single step on the beach when he had realised something was wrong. The air buzzed ever so slightly, with Zodin's heightened senses he could feel something in the air that made his hairs stand on end. "Electricity maybe? That would mean there is an advanced fire bender lightning bending..." Going with his gut, he assumed the worst possible scenario. He scanned the area, noticing a small cloud of dust coming from the tree line. "Odd. I'm down wind, so if the dust came from the beach,I would have noticed someone or something." Zodin whispered. "There's only so many things that could have possibly happened, but I can't rule out that this may be normal in the fire nation..." Zodin took it upon himself to investigate. It started off in a light jog through the trees shortly after paying the boatman. Zodin gained some perspective on the situation when he saw a stone wall in the midst of the trees, "Earth benders." Zodin continued to jog towards the town