Reposted so Isabel can relax
Okay, time to make my move:
EmoHaruno and her elite waterbenders, plus a group of 500-1000 EK prisoners (in a seperate boat) venture off to the *SHORE* to try and get back the treasure. By splitting water, and sending the EK prisoners to do the dirty work, the pick up about 2/3s of the treasure before the serphant comes. Using the EK prisoners as a distraction, they quickly throw chains on the beast, and freeze him. They finish getting almost all the lost treasure (as some had been panned by EK citizens) and send enough money to the Fire Nation so they can rebuild ships, while keeping the rest as we were allowed to, via the newly gained messanger hawks. They notice the serphant breaking out of the ice, so they leave, but they leave about 500 EK prisoners to please the serphant.
Technological advancements: We now have war balloons, tanks, and messanger hawks. We are also at full power, and our homeland is protected by both waterbenders and FN soldiers. The same goes to the FN, thanks to our new sharing troops idea.