You were a lost refugee. Your village was destroyed by Fire Navy, your parents were imprisoned. You were one of the children taken away and shipped to the Fire Nation, but you escaped. Lost at sea, you were found by fishers of the Southern Water Tribe and taken in for care. You became immediate friends with Sokka and Katara after their father, Hakoda. It was long after, that the men of the Tribe had to leave to join the war, leaving the village with you all. Two years had gone by, when you and your friends discovered a beacon of hope...