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[color=black]The   W I L D S  [/color]
[color=white]The   W I L D S [/color][/right][/sub][/h3][table=bordered][row][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][sub]Outside the walls of Ba Sing Se lie the abandoned world. The Great War left parts of the landscape scarred with destructive use of Synergy weapons leaving the former capitals of nations blanketed in spiritual radiation. Wandering into these areas will leave one with a life force draining effect that will eventually kill that person… or so it’s believed. Since no one from inside the walls has been in these areas for years, no one really knows what’s out there. For those who live outside the walls, and there are plenty, these irradiated areas tell a different story.

The war pushed some flora and fauna to the brink of extinction with some no longer being found in the wild. This has left some parts of the world barren with little life to be found and sources of water contaminated. Much of the landscape between the former major cities of the world remained untouched but those surrounding what was once populated areas are now uninhabitable. The northern and southern spirit portals have been sealed while the remaining portal in Republic City has been kept open and is used to harvest Spirit Energy.

[color=bca346]synergy radiation zones[/color]
These areas bore the brunt of the war and still carry the scars. The land is saturated in Synergy radiation and is said to slowly kill any who enter, however those who live outside the walls of the city tell of a very different story. They tell of a land much more sinister than previously believed. Of a land filled with... anger.

All former capitals of the now extinct bending nations have been turned into irradiated areas. This includes three of the five airbending temples.

[color=bca346]settlements[/color]
Pockets of civilization far outside the walls of The Republic where survivors of the war have made their own living. They keep away from the city and have so remained that the average citizen within the city refuses to believe they exist. They do, and although life without the "protection" of the Republic affords a kind of freedom that those within the walls are without, survivors are presented with their own set of problems.

Antibending laws are much more lax in the wild and some even go out of their way to help those who are born with the gift. However there are others who see benders for the danger they think they pose and would do away with a clean conscious for a chance at better living within the walls of the City. A very large majority of men and women want to see every last one of them dead. Besides that, survivors are constantly at each others throats over what's left to scavenge of the world. Settlements provide an air of civility that is hard to find anywhere else.

The location of one such settlement is known to a select few within Ba Sing Se.
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[color=black]S Y N E R G Y   P L A N T  [/color]
[color=white]S Y N E R G Y   P L A N T [/color][/right][/sub][/h3][table=bordered][row][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][sub]Formerly the Republic City spirit portal. The city and surrounding area have been reduced to little more than the plant itself and the living areas and shops to support it and it's workers. The work pays well but is unusually dangerous for what would otherwise be a simple job. There are constant and sporadic accidents that occur on site putting some people off to such a career.[/sub][/cell][/row][/table]

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[color=black]F O R M E R L Y   R E P U B L I C   C I T Y  [/color]
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