Location from Avatar: The Last Airbender by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
A vast library containing the accumulated knowledge of the world, guarded by a vengeful owl spirit — buried beneath desert sands after humans used its secrets for war.
Wan Shi Tong's Library is every scholar's dream and every soldier's temptation. The great owl spirit Wan Shi Tong — He Who Knows Ten Thousand Things — built it as a gift to humanity: a repository of all knowledge freely shared. But humans kept using the knowledge for war, and the spirit's generosity curdled into bitter possessiveness. When Team Avatar discovers the library in the Si Wong Desert, Wan Shi Tong permits entry only on the condition they seek knowledge for knowledge's sake. Sokka, of course, immediately searches for Fire Nation military intelligence — specifically the date of the next solar eclipse. When the spirit discovers the deception, he attacks and begins pulling the entire library beneath the sand. The group barely escapes as the building sinks, and outside, sandbenders steal Appa. By Korra's era, the library exists entirely within the Spirit World.
An enormous structure with a single ornate spire visible above the desert sand. Inside, cavernous halls stretch in every direction, lined floor to ceiling with scrolls, books, and maps. Knowledge Seekers — small fox spirits — scurry between shelves organizing texts. The architecture is grand and otherworldly, with vaulted ceilings and spiraling staircases. Sand slowly pours in through cracks as the building sinks.
Also known as: the Library, Spirit Library, Wan Shi Tong's great library