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| - After Ghazan, Ming-Hua, P'Li, and Zaheer were apprehended by the Order of the White Lotus sometime around 158 AG for attempting to kidnap Avatar Korra, special prisons were constructed in largely uninhabited areas to detain each of the criminals separately. One of these prisons was commissioned by Fire Lord Zuko and Chief Unalaq and built deep within the western tundras bordering the Northern Water Tribe with the sole purpose of containing P'Li. In the thirteen years that followed, the existence of the facilities remained unknown to the majority of the population and the detained individuals were kept isolated from the rest of the world. Two weeks following Harmonic Convergence in 171 AG, Zaheer used his newfound airbending abilities to immobilize his guards and escape his confinement. He locked the guards in the cell before promptly fleeing the mountaintop prison. After ambushing a scheduled shift change headed toward Ghazan's prison, Zaheer donned a White Lotus uniform and headed toward the facility on a speedboat undetected before attacking the guards. During the skirmish that followed, Zaheer was able to drop three pieces of earth into Ghazan's wooden cell, allowing him to superheat the material into lava for use in his escape. Following the defeat of the remaining sentries, the two escaped criminals traveled to Ming-Hua's prison and ambushed the guards on duty. During the altercation, Ghazan threw a barrel of water toward Ming-Hua, which Zaheer split in half, providing her with enough water to create two appendages which she used to open her cell and swiftly incapacitate her guards. Reunited, the three set out toward the Northern Water Tribe in order to free P'Li. Shortly after, Lord Zuko arrived at Ming-Hua's prison and was informed by a sentry about her escape as well as Zaheer's recent acquirement of airbending. Visibly alarmed by this development, Zuko ordered the sentry to inform Chiefs Desna and Eska about an impending attack on their prison as well as instruct Chief Lin Beifong about safeguarding Avatar Korra in Republic City. The firebender promptly traveled to the Northern Water Tribe by dragon, where he and Chief Tonraq met up with the Chiefs of the North, Desna and Eska. As the foursome traveled to the prison, Zuko informed the twins about their father's involvement in constructing the facility to detain a special firebender capable of combustion, casually remarking about the time he hired an assassin with similar abilities to kill Avatar Aang. Eska comforted him and recalled the time she attempted to murder Korra for ruining her wedding with Bolin. P'Li greeted the group once they arrived at her cell, asserting that she had not seen any visitors since the beginning of her imprisonment and immediately concluded that the group's arrival was an indication that Zaheer had escaped. Soon after, the three criminals arrived to P'Li's prison under the cover of a snowstorm. Zaheer and Ghazan engaged Tonraq and Zuko in battle, while Ming-Hua headed toward P'Li's cell under attack from Desna and Eska, who were eventually subdued despite their efforts to stop the waterbender. Ming-Hua used an ice drill to tunnel underground and swiftly defeated the two sentries outside of P'Li's cell before freeing the firebender, whom she carried back to surface. The four promptly fled the scene after Ghazan and P'Li defeated Lord Zuko and Tonraq. After Zaheer was defeated, he was incarcerated in another prison guarded by the Order of the White Lotus, though this time located in the mountains just outside of Republic City, where he received a visit from Avatar Korra in 174 AG.
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