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Made a few updates to Avatar: The Eternal War, based on the new trailer that came out. Changes are bolded.

A short scenario based on giving the Avatar world the Warhammer treatment. I've taken some influence from Emperor-of-New-Zealand's take on the world. The basemap and the borders are from Mathuen.

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It has been two centuries since the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, and another war has consumed the globe. Men slaughter one another with ancient magic and cutting-edge technology, in battles that would never bring any satisfying conclusion to the conflict. The chaotic forces of the Spirit World run rampant, possessing or outright attacking men without discrimination. And this time, there will be no Avatar to stop it, because the Avatar is dead.

Strictly speaking, the last Avatar, Korra, still lives. Her body still moves, and she still has mastery over all four elements, but her spirit has been destroyed. Inhabiting the body of Korra is Vaatu, the spirit of chaos and darkness, who has finally triumphed over his "sister," Raava and destroyed the Avatar and the Avatar cycle. To add insult to injury, Vaatu has replaced the Avatar with his own "dark Avatar" cycle, one beginning with the last Avatar, using the "breathing corpse" of Korra as a meat puppet. Through Korra, Vaatu leads the Northern Water Tribe in his crusade to take over the entire world, but his efforts are thwarted by the other great powers of the world.

The events leading to this war are tragic. After the success of the Equalist Revolution, the remaining "bender" societies experienced a wave of nationalism and spiritualism in reaction to this new, anti-bending regime. The new Union of Equalist Republics was a truly horrifying place. Benders and those suspected of being a bender were slaughtered openly in the streets, all in the name of the nation's new, enigmatic leader: Amon. With the death of the Fire Lord, under somewhat suspicious circumstances, a cabal of ultranationalist Fire Nation military commanders successfully took over the country, placing a handpicked stooge on the throne.

In the Water Tribe, Unalaq, chief of the two tribes, successfully manipulated his niece, Avatar Korra, into going with him into the Spirit World. There, he successfully tricked her into freeing Vaatu, who proceeded to possess Korra, kill Unalaq, and march an army of spirits through the spirit portal in the north pole. While opposition was quickly disposed of in the North Pole, the Southern Water Tribe resisted. Influenced by Varrick, Tonraq proclaimed independence from his possessed daughter's new empire, sparking a war between the two Water Tribes.

It wasn't long before other factions joined the fray. The Greater Fire Nation saw Vaatu as a threat to their own plans for world domination, and changed the course of the war by launching a surprise attack. While unsuccessful in actually destroying the Northern Water Tribe's military, the Fire Nation's audacious move brought in the other nations of the world. The Equalist Republic saw a common cause with the Fire Nation. While the two societies distrusted one another, both agreed that a world ruled by the Dark Avatar was unacceptable, and so forged an alliance of convenience. The air khanates, who had abandoned pacifism during the Hundred Years' War, saw the opportunity to wreak vengeance on the Fire Nation, and aligned themselves with Vaatu.

The Earth Kingdom attempted to stay neutral during the conflict, but was dragged in as the Vaatuist powers and later the Counter-Vaatuist powers attacked them. Indeed, the Earth kingdom is decaying and starting to shatter. Zaofu declared independence from the Earth Kingdom under the metalbender supremacist government of the Beifongs, and launched an invasion. This prompted the Kingdom of Omashu to become a de facto independent state, interested in defending only itself from Zaofu and perhaps the Equalists in the future. Meanwhile, the Earth Queen Hou-Ting hides behind the walls of Ba Sing Se like her father did, ordering the Dai Li to destroy any dissent from the official line that the Earth Kingdom isn't fracturing. It seems that Hou-Ting believes this herself, as she is concerned more with her own personal comfort than she is in governing the Earth Kingdom in a time of crisis. But the Earth Kingdom is clearly dying, and even the sandbenders of the Si Wong Desert have declared independence under a khanate.

It is a dark time to be alive. Though Vaatu is supreme among the spirits, there are those who seek to overthrow him, and his control over the Spirit World is waning. As the tear between material reality and the Spirit World grows larger in the North and South poles, even Vaatu secretly fears that he will bring an end to himself and all of creation. A future where there is nothing but chaos.

Description
Made a few updates to Avatar: The Eternal War, based on the new trailer that came out. Changes are bolded.

A short scenario based on giving the Avatar world the Warhammer treatment. I've taken some influence from Emperor-of-New-Zealand's take on the world. The basemap and the borders are from Mathuen.

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It has been two centuries since the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, and another war has consumed the globe. Men slaughter one another with ancient magic and cutting-edge technology, in battles that would never bring any satisfying conclusion to the conflict. The chaotic forces of the Spirit World run rampant, possessing or outright attacking men without discrimination. And this time, there will be no Avatar to stop it, because the Avatar is dead.

Strictly speaking, the last Avatar, Korra, still lives. Her body still moves, and she still has mastery over all four elements, but her spirit has been destroyed. Inhabiting the body of Korra is Vaatu, the spirit of chaos and darkness, who has finally triumphed over his "sister," Raava and destroyed the Avatar and the Avatar cycle. To add insult to injury, Vaatu has replaced the Avatar with his own "dark Avatar" cycle, one beginning with the last Avatar, using the "breathing corpse" of Korra as a meat puppet. Through Korra, Vaatu leads the Northern Water Tribe in his crusade to take over the entire world, but his efforts are thwarted by the other great powers of the world.

The events leading to this war are tragic. After the success of the Equalist Revolution, the remaining "bender" societies experienced a wave of nationalism and spiritualism in reaction to this new, anti-bending regime. The new Union of Equalist Republics was a truly horrifying place. Benders and those suspected of being a bender were slaughtered openly in the streets, all in the name of the nation's new, enigmatic leader: Amon. With the death of the Fire Lord, under somewhat suspicious circumstances, a cabal of ultranationalist Fire Nation military commanders successfully took over the country, placing a handpicked stooge on the throne.

In the Water Tribe, Unalaq, chief of the two tribes, successfully manipulated his niece, Avatar Korra, into going with him into the Spirit World. There, he successfully tricked her into freeing Vaatu, who proceeded to possess Korra, kill Unalaq, and march an army of spirits through the spirit portal in the north pole. While opposition was quickly disposed of in the North Pole, the Southern Water Tribe resisted. Influenced by Varrick, Tonraq proclaimed independence from his possessed daughter's new empire, sparking a war between the two Water Tribes.

It wasn't long before other factions joined the fray. The Greater Fire Nation saw Vaatu as a threat to their own plans for world domination, and changed the course of the war by launching a surprise attack. While unsuccessful in actually destroying the Northern Water Tribe's military, the Fire Nation's audacious move brought in the other nations of the world. The Equalist Republic saw a common cause with the Fire Nation. While the two societies distrusted one another, both agreed that a world ruled by the Dark Avatar was unacceptable, and so forged an alliance of convenience. The air khanates, who had abandoned pacifism during the Hundred Years' War, saw the opportunity to wreak vengeance on the Fire Nation, and aligned themselves with Vaatu.

The Earth Kingdom attempted to stay neutral during the conflict, but was dragged in as the Vaatuist powers and later the Counter-Vaatuist powers attacked them. Indeed, the Earth kingdom is decaying and starting to shatter. Zaofu declared independence from the Earth Kingdom under the metalbender supremacist government of the Beifongs, and launched an invasion. This prompted the Kingdom of Omashu to become a de facto independent state, interested in defending only itself from Zaofu and perhaps the Equalists in the future. Meanwhile, the Earth Queen Hou-Ting hides behind the walls of Ba Sing Se like her father did, ordering the Dai Li to destroy any dissent from the official line that the Earth Kingdom isn't fracturing. It seems that Hou-Ting believes this herself, as she is concerned more with her own personal comfort than she is in governing the Earth Kingdom in a time of crisis. But the Earth Kingdom is clearly dying, and even the sandbenders of the Si Wong Desert have declared independence under a khanate.

It is a dark time to be alive. Though Vaatu is supreme among the spirits, there are those who seek to overthrow him, and his control over the Spirit World is waning. As the tear between material reality and the Spirit World grows larger in the North and South poles, even Vaatu secretly fears that he will bring an end to himself and all of creation. A future where there is nothing but chaos.