Kirima

Kirima was a criminal and the waterbending teacher of Avatar Kyoshi. A long-time member of the Flying Opera Company, a daofei outlaw group operating in the Earth Kingdom, Kirima was a highly experienced fighter and performer. Shaped by a life of hardships in the criminal underground, she was a confident, sarcastic, and tough individual, but also very loyal to her friends.

When the Flying Opera Company began to decline, Kirima wound up as one of its few loyal members, and along with her remaining comrades came into contact with Avatar Kyoshi, daughter of their former bosses Jesa and Hark. After a series of tribulations, Kirima agreed to teach Kyoshi waterbending.

Early life
Though her exact origins are unclear, Kirima lived in the Earth Kingdom from an early point in her life and joined the Flying Opera Company, the crime group of Jesa and Hark. She experienced the organization's high point, when it had numerous branches and was able to force Earth Kingdom officials to do their bidding. In accordance of the Flying Opera Company's disguise as theater troupe, Kirima learned to perform like a actor.

Novels

 * The Rise of Kyoshi