"Chief Tonraq, I imagine you have something to say?"
Azula said to Tonraq:
"You had quite a range of expressions on the way to the South Pole Holy Land. I imagine there must be quite a few stories we haven't heard?"
"You have a keen eye."
At her words, Tonraq gave a bitter smile and said:
"I wasn't deliberately trying to hide anything. There are simply some things in my past I can't bear to look back on, but there's no harm in telling you."
"In fact, I was originally a general of the Northern Water Tribe."
Tonraq was originally from the Northern Water Tribe, and had become one of its generals at a very young age.
Once, when pirates invaded the city, he led his troops to drive them out. The fleeing pirates hid in the northern sacred grounds, believing its sanctity would keep their pursuers from approaching.
But the pirates had miscalculated. Tonraq did not retreat because of the northern sacred grounds. Instead, he led his troops deep inside and eventually captured every last pirate.
However, the fierce fighting between the two sides also damaged the forest within the northern sacred grounds.
At the time, he had not realized the consequences of his actions.
Not long afterward, however, a group of deities, enraged by the damage to the sacred grounds, stormed into the city and wreaked havoc, inflicting devastating losses on the Northern Water Tribe.
In the end, his younger brother Unalaq stepped in to quell the deities' anger and put an end to the debacle. Tonraq, meanwhile, was banished for damaging the sacred grounds and provoking the deities' attack, which had inflicted severe damage on the Northern Water Tribe.
Afterward, he came to the South Pole alone, married and had children there, and, after considerable effort, became