The Cave of the Two Lovers

A secret tunnel that passes through a section of the Kolau mountain range just beyond the Earth Kingdom of Omashu. The tunnel is home to territorial creatures such as Wolfbats and their natural predators, the earthbending Badgermoles. In actuality the tunnel is a giant subterranean labyrinth, filled with a seemingly endless supply of bewildering twists and turns. In the center of the labyrinth is the Tomb of Two Lovers, the creators of the cave, founders of the city of Omashu, and the world's very first human Earthbenders. The tomb is a large room with two sarcophaguses in the center which hold the bodies of the two lovers as their final resting place. The walls of the tomb are decorated with pictures and pictograms telling the story of the two lovers as well as the origins of their bending discipline and Omashu's creation. The walls also provide a hint to the solution of the maze with the proverb, "Love is brightest in the dark." In that a row of illuminated crystals in the ceiling would serve as a guide to the exit of the cave when in complete darkness. The two lovers would use the cave as their secret meeting place, anyone else would be lost forever within the labyrinth.