Yin


 * This article is about Mako and Bolin's grandmother. For the girl Zuko went on a date with, see Jin.

Yin is an Earth Kingdom resident from the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se, where her family owns a small fruit stand. She is the mother of San and Chow, as well as the grandmother of Bolin, Mako, and Tu.

History
In 171 AG, Yin excitedly greeted her grandsons, Bolin and Mako, after they arrived at Ba Sing Se's Lower Ring. Unaware, she inquired about her son and daughter-in-law and was disheartened to discover that they were killed when Bolin and Mako were young.



Yin painfully listened as Chow recalled the circumstances which led San to leave Ba Sing Se for Republic City. Following the story, she led Mako and Bolin to a room where she showed them a letter their father wrote, which included a photograph of a young Mako and Bolin along with their parents. Yin expressed her disappointment over never meeting her daughter-in-law, but concluded from how her grandchildren grew up that she was a good woman. Mako gifted her with the red scarf that once belonged to San, stating that his parents would have wanted her to have it.

During dinner, Mako and Bolin explained that they came to Ba Sing Se with Avatar Korra in search of airbenders. However, the family reacted in shock and Chow told them about the Dai Li arresting the new benders. When Tu added that it was rumored that Earth Queen Hou-Ting was performing experiments on them, Yin reprimanded him for speaking negatively about the queen before blowing a kiss and bowing to a portrait of Hou-Ting in her honor.

The next day, Yin bade her grandsons goodbye before they returned to the Upper Ring with passports given to them by Tu. Sometime later, Yin covered her mouth in shock upon hearing of the fall of the Earth Queen over the radio.



When Ba Sing Se fell to the chaos following the Queen's death, fire threatened to destroy the housing block Yin and her family lived in. However, the old lady refused to leave her home despite her family's urgings, opting to calmly invite Bolin, who came to get them all out, for tea instead. When Bolin urged her to leave as well, she reiterated that she could not abandon the place where she raised her family. Even when her grandson emphasized that home was where one's family was, she refused to leave, prompting him to lift her over his shoulder to carry her out. As he wanted to leave, Yin asked him to wait and she quickly grabbed the portrait of Hou-Ting off the wall, before telling him he could go.

Safely aboard the Ba Sing Se airship Mako and Bolin had commandeered at the Earth Kingdom Royal Palace, Yin hung up the portrait of the Queen on the wall, paying her respects to the late queen. When Mako approached her, she asked him whether the vehicle would be their new home, though was told they were going to make their way over to the Si Wong Desert in an attempt to locate the wreckage of Korra's airship in hopes to find her. They eventually made it to the Misty Palms Oasis, where Yin asked Chow in shock why Bolin was hugging and kissing a "big rat", referring to Pabu. When Naga approached to greet Mako, she was quickly lead to safety by Tu, preventing her from being trampled by the excited polar bear dog.



Upon noticing Asami, Yin mistook her for being the Avatar, stating she was even more beautiful than she had imagined. However, Mako corrected her and introduced her to Korra, whom she, upon examination, declared to be very muscular for a woman. Taking both Asami and Korra's hand, she turned to her grandson again, asking why he was not dating any nice girls like them. Unaware of the awkward situation she created for the three teenagers, Asami quickly changed the subject by asking what had happened to the brothers.

Yin and her family accompanied Team Avatar toward Zaofu, where they planned on using a strong radio transmitter to reach the Northern Air Temple. While everyone prepared to leave for the temple, Yin left to take a nap.

While Team Avatar and their allies left to save the Air Nation, Yin watched over Naga and Pabu. She grew distraught upon discovering that the animals were playing tug-of-war with Mako's scarf and immediately retrieved the clothing item from Naga's mouth, admonishing the animals for their shameful and disappointing behavior. Two weeks later, Yin and her family attended Jinora's anointment ceremony as an airbending master at ­Air Temple Island.



After the insurrection of the Red Lotus, Asami allowed Yin, along with the rest of her family, to stay at the Sato estate. In 174 AG, Yin answered the door and pleasantly greeted Mako. Before she could finish her sentence, however, she noticed that Prince Wu was with him and became starstruck. Told that the royal would stay at the estate for a while as well, she received a kiss on the hand by Wu, which caused her to faint. When she visited the estate's gym later on and noticed that Wu was on the ground, she chastised her grandson for having injured the prince, although Mako had merely been attempting to teach the royal to defend himself. Cuddling the prince, Yin inquired if he would like to have a cherry-berry lemonade.

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Book Four: Balance (平衡)
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