My name is Tu, but you're probably not interested in that,
No what you probably want to hear about is my brother Kuei, the 52nd Earth King, ruler of the earth kingdom.
Ever since I was born, my life has been all about my brother, even though I was 8 years younger than him, I was still expected to be there to support and care for him.
And all he cared about was his stupid pet bear Bosco.
After years of being ignored and taken for granted I felt like it was time for me to leave, after all I was 15 and old enough to take care of myself, and I had no parents left to worry about me.
The tricky thing was though, sneaking out of Ba Sing Se without the Dai Li noticing.
However, being the earth nations princess does come with a few perks, from the young age of 5 I had been tutored in earth bending and various other forms of self-defence. Long Feng head of the Dai Li and my brother's regent had tried to prevent me learning such things, pushing me instead into etiquette and other more 'ladylike' teachings.
However, luckily for me, a member of the royal guard saw me watching them practice and had taken it upon himself to teach me how to defend myself.
I snuck down to the crystal catacombs underneath the city and walked and walked until I reached a solid wall of crystal, I earth bended myself a tunnel and continued walking, I walked for hours, eventually emerging outside of the walls that had been my prison for 15 years.
I walked away from Ba Sing Se without a hint of regret.