Kanoei's Storage Box

This entry is in the interest of keeping all the chronology of Kano and my other characters in line. The time is measured in relation to the downfall of Fire Lord Ozai. AOD = After Ozai's Defeat.

Character	Thread Name	Date of Start
Kanoei	The Sparrow and the Wolf Cub	February 20th, 69 AOD
Kanoei	Return of the Unagi	November 8th, 79 AOD
Yu	The Thoughts of a Tiger	January 10th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	The Meeting	March 2nd, 80 AOD
Kanoei	The Challenger to Aowaka	April 7th, 80 AOD
Pang	It's a con!	April 19th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	Archer, Avatar, Bender, and Blocker	May 8th, 80 AOD (Morning)
Kanoei	Paragons of Fire and Ice	May 8th, 80 AOD (Night)
Kanoei	The Hunt of the Wolf and the Serpent	May 10th, 80 AOD
Yu	Bar Fights	May 20th, 80 AOD
Gen, Aquoia	Discovering Air and Fire	May 25th, 80 AOD
Yu	Set in Routine	June 5th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	Finding What You Weren't Looking For	September 30th, 80 AOD
Pang	You can never have enough friends...	October 3rd, 80 AOD
Kanoei, Yu	Shadows of Ba Sing Se	October 13th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	Communing with the Waterbending Wolf	October 27th, 80 AOD
Gen	The Hanging Fortress	November 3rd, 80 AOD
Gen	Triple Threat	November 5th, 80 AOD
Yu, Pang	The Omashu Ball	November 12th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	The King's Comrade	November 28th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	Trouble at the docks...	December 12th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	The Blue Palace	December 14th, 80 AOD
Kanoei	Rise of the Wolf King	January 2nd, 81 AOD
Kanoei	The Earth Kingdom Ambassador	February 12th, 81 AOD
Kanoei	The Search for Pa Lahkti	March 12th, 81 AOD
Yu	Path of the Tiger - Will of the Nightingale	April 18th, 81 AOD
Kanoei	The Wrecked...	May 7th, 81 AOD
Kanoei	The Fifth	June 1st, 81 AOD
Kanoei	Lost and Found	July 3rd, 81 AOD
Kanoei	Burning Bridges in the Wind	July 10th, 81 AOD
Kanoei	The Fire Lord's Flameo Return	March 19th, 83 AOD
Kanoei	The Future of the North	April 29th, 83 AOD

Character Name	Thread Tracker	Character Sheet
Kanoei	Link	Link
Gen Zhou	Link	Link
General Yu	Link	Link
Pang Long Yen	Link	Link
Aquoia	Link	Link

Established by the Water Avatar Aowaka some twelve-hundred years ago shortly after the founding of the Northern Water Tribe in the North Pole and opened to the waterbenders outside the Aowaka family some fifty years ago, the Aowaka School teaches the Aowaka Style created by Avatar Aowaka himself. The Aowaka School is one of the world's premier bending schools and currently the only one in the Northern Water Tribe.

INSTRUCTORS	~	STUDENTS	~	CLANSMEN
Master Tako Instructor Kiluk Instructor Katona Instructor Sokata Instructor La Tao Instructor Koro		Champion Kanoei Senior Yasu Senior Senk Senior Kodo Senior Kina Novice Tonu Novice Paila 45+ Others		Lady Suna Lady Suki Old Man Chu 15+ Servants 5-10 Visitors

The building which is now known as the Aowaka School was originally built to house the many lesser and unmarried members of the Aowaka Clan. It was a stronghold of the Northern Water Tribe military, whose officers were trained and honored in the building's halls for centuries. The building's layout has changed much since that time. Its large drinking hall and it's spartan accommodations meant to provide for the needs of soldiers has since been transformed into individualized quarters for dozens of waterbending students.

The building faces east and resides at the western-most end of the city, at the end of the Avenue of the Wolves, the main street of the Waterbenders' Quarter. It is an imposing structure which stands taller than most every other structure in the Northern Water Tribe with the obvious exception of the Chief's Palace and the Towers of the Wall. The proper of the building rests atop a three-tiered foundation which is carved with pillars and wolves. It has a large decorative face on it's southern side adorned with a massive seal of the Aowaka Clan. This face is a facade and encases a massive shield made from solid stone. It was an upgrade made to the building after the Fire Nation attack eighty years ago destroyed much of the building.

There are two accesses to the building -- the front staircase which leads down onto the avenue from the front doors and the boathouse gates which leads out onto the canals.

Sub-Floor Three:	The Boathouse: An indoor marina with docks for six canal boats. An indoor marina with docks for six canal boats. The roof of the boathouse extends upward into Sub-Floor Two. The Wine Cellar: The storage room for the grandmasters' private reserves. There is wine from every corner of the world stored in the wine cellar. ~~~~~
Sub-Floor Two:	The Vault: Embedded into the ice of the structure, the vault is a Fire Nation made metal construct sealed by a door powerful enough to withstand a blast which would destroy half the city. Inside are kept the most secret and valuable possessions of the Aowaka Clan, legendary weapons and jewels worth enough gold to buy the Northern Water Tribe several times over. Some of the things housed in the vault were entrusted to the clan's stewardship by former chiefs of the tribe. The Armory: A store-room holding hundreds of weapons and suits of Water Tribe armor. It is one of several caches located throughout the Northern Water Tribe. ~~~~~
Sub-Floor One:	The Goods Storehouse: The first sub-floor beneath the Training Floor is entirely a store house for food and ingredients. Fuel for the fires is also kept here as well as spare furs, fabrics, and other materials. ~~~~~
Training Floor:	1: Dining Hall 2: Kitchen 3: The Barracks 4: Training Hall 5: Outdoor training area -- Larger than indicated on map The Dining Hall: A cozy room adorned with fine furs and housing a large fireplace. Stews are often left to simmer over the fire in large cauldrons and pots. A low, long table runs the length of the room. The Kitchens: Half store-room, half cooking area, the kitchens are one of the busier places in the school. Under the watchful eye of Lady Suna, wife of Master Tako, all of the meals are prepared for the students and guests here. The Lesser Barracks: Home to the more junior boarding students, the so-called lesser barracks are a series of one-dozen rooms feeding off of two different halls. Each one serves as quarters to two or more students. The Training Areas: The training areas of the school are the main practice areas for the students. The Training Hall is an indoor space designed to accommodate any conceivable challenge to the school by visiting benders and also to provide plentiful sources of water for all the students going about their day to day training. Chief amongst these water sources is the Fountain of the Waterbending Wolf which stands in the hall's center. There is also a large outdoor area fed by a pair of falls which cascade down from an aqueduct which runs along the top of the first floor. ~~~~~
The Champion's Floor:	The Champion's Quarters: The room of the standing champion of the school, he student considered to be the most skilled by virtue of a victory against every other student in the school in a duel. The Master's Study: The office and private library of the master of the Aowaka School. It is well furnished and holds some of the rarest bending scrolls in the world. The Library: One of the most expansive collections of bending literature in the world. There are volumes on everything from art to philosophy to politics as well. In addition, the library houses a respectable collection of novels. The library is cared for by Instructor Kiluk. The Greater Barracks: Like the lesser barracks, the greater barracks are arrayed along tributary halls branching off from the main hall on the floor. However, unlike the lesser barracks, these rooms are for individual students. Only the advanced boarding students are housed in the greater barracks. ~~~~~
The Master's Floor:	The Master's Quarters: The private quarters of the master of the Aowaka School and his or her spouse. It is currently occupied by Master Tako and his wife, Lady Suna. The Superior Barracks: The living quarters of the instructors and the immediate family of the school's master. Guest quarters can also be found here. The Moon Terrace: A large terrace which looks out upon the city, the Moon Terrace was said to have been the place where Avatar Aowaka ascended into the heavens to join the moon as it's eternal guardian. All legends aside, it boasts one of the single most fantastic views of the North.

The school does extend outward beyond it's icy walls. Behind the structure resides outhouses and a natural hot-spring, distantly separated, of course. There is also a small garden tended by Lady Suna and her daughter, Suki.