Lao Beifong

Lao Beifong was a wealthy figure and businessman native to the Earth Kingdom. He was the husband of Poppy Beifong and the father of Toph. Caring deeply for his daughter and only wishing for her safety, he was extremely overprotective of her, and hid her existence from the rest of the world. She consequently ran away from home at Gaoling, resulting in a rift between Lao, Toph, and Poppy. After the Hundred Year War, he became the business partner of Loban and co-founded the world's first joint venture between the Fire...

Origin

Gaoling