Chapter 1, The Southern water tribe.
The south pole had once been a great nation, they had large cites and many waterbenders who helped build their ice homes.
However this all changed many years ago when the Fire nation attacked, the war with the Fire nation had gone on for many years at this point but it was only now that the Southern water tribe had been pulled into the war.
The Fire nation invaded the South pole with one goal in mind to capture all of the waterbenders, with each attack more and more of the waterbenders was taken, eventually there wasn't a single waterbender remaining in the South pole.
Without their waterbenders the Southern water tribe struggled to survive, they could no longer maintain their building and they crumbled away, soon entire towns fell and many lives was lost.
Decades passed and there was now only a single village remaining, it was a small village consisting of igloos and a wall of snow around it for protection, while the people of this village wasn't waterbenders they was great warriors and they was always ready for another attack by the Fire nation.
Many doubted that there wound ever be another waterbender in the South pole, many thought that at ability had been completely wiped out by the Fire nation, that was until Katara was born.
Katara was the daughter of Hakoda the chief of the village, at first no one thought that there was anything truly special about her, that was until she was 3 years old when her mother Kya found her moving the water by just moving her hands.
Upon discovering that Katara was a waterbender the villagers rejoiced, many saw this as a sign that the Southern water tribe would one day rise again, however while the others was celebrating Hakoda and Kya was filled with worry, they feared what would happen to their daughter if the Fire nation was to ever discover her.