Poppy Beifong

Poppy Bei Fong is Toph's mother and a wealthy figure in the village of Gaoling. She is married to Lao Bei Fong.

History
Poppy Bei Fong is a very cheering and polite woman. Poppy cares deeply for her daughter and only wish for her safety, but she are far too overprotective of her, even going as far as hiding her existence from the rest of the town. Toph's parents fail to recognize what is best for her. They think her handicap makes her weak and frail. Due to their fear, she is unaware of Toph's Earthbending skills. When Toph and Aang are kidnapped by Xin Fu and his men, Poppy becomes very worried for her daughter. Toph and the Avatar are saved and reunited. The fear for her increased when Lao witnessed her mastery of earthbending. Seeing that she is a master earthbender only reinforces in their mind that she should be guarded even more closely. While Poppy does love Toph, she is extremely overprotective and this drives her to run away from home. When Toph ran away to teach the Avatar, Poppy and Lao assumed she was kidnapped by him and commissioned Xin Fu, the promoter of the Earth Rumble VI Earthbending tournament, and Master Yu, Toph's earthbending teacher, to do "whatever it takes" to rescue her.

Trivia

 * According to Toph's passport in "The Serpent's Pass" and the fake letter from her mother in "The Earth King", Bei Fong is written as 北方.

Relatives

 * Toph (daughter)
 * Lao (husband)