Shangri-La

Shangri-La comes from the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton. In it, Hilton describes a lost city high in the Himalayas, protected from the cold by a freak climate. Ronald Coleman, a British diplomat fleeing a colapsing China, becomes stranded there. It is a paradice on earth, no crime, violance, and the residents are guaranted virtual immortality. Dr. Jones found the city the legend was based on, Chanri-Ha, by accident in 1938. His guide was mistaken for a god. The city's inhabitants nearly killed him, but he was saved by U Paw's shelling of the city. Dr. Jones was then kidnapped by the warlord.

Several expeditons have been proposed to re-discover the city by many including Dr. Jones, but funding was never secured. The warlord U Paw's history and orgin are still under investigation. The Chinese government is reputed to have a secret file reguarding the mysterious warlord, but the state's opposition to the West has preventing any further investigation.