Chapter 5. The Water Tribe.
82 Years After the Genocide of the Air Nomads.
The Northern Water Tribe
Today, the capital of the Northern Water Tribe was alive with celebration. People rejoiced and raised toasts in honor of the birth of a son to the respected Chief of the Tribe, Arnuk. Many had feared the child might not survive, as in the eighth month of pregnancy, Chief Arnuk's wife, June, had struggled to maintain her own chi to nurture the fetus. However, waterbending healers from the Healing Hall had taken turns by her bedside, continuously channeling gentle healing water bender to sustain both mother and child.
Rumors began to spread throughout the city that the Chief's son would possess an extraordinary gift in waterbending, given his insatiable hunger for chieven before birth.
Inside the palace, silence reigned, and those present spoke only in whispers, moving as quietly as possible. The long-awaited son of the city's rulers had finally fallen asleep, and no one wanted to risk waking him.
At that moment, while the protagonist—already named Yuki—lay dreaming his first dreams, June held him tenderly and spoke to her husband.
"Heh-heh-heh, I told you it would definitely be a son, my heir!" Arnuk boasted, gazing proudly at his child.
"Hush, you'll wake him," June scolded gently. "And who was it who spent all nine months dreaming of a little princess to spoil for the rest of his life?" she teased.
"I don't recall that," Arnuk replied, slightly embarrassed. "But tell me, what shall we name him? With such an unusual appearance, he'll surely be surrounded by female attention," he added, a hint of envy in his voice.
June fell silent for a few minutes, studying her firstborn as if searching for the answer in his features. With a tuft of white hair and fluffy eyelashes, he looked like a little angel, and she couldn't resist the urge to smother him with kisses. She adored his violet eyes, which seemed to glow with an otherworldly light.
"Let's name him Yuki," she said after a moment's thought. "Ahh, I'm already falling asleep," she added, ending her sentence with a yawn.