Pema

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- All I want is one child like me — a nice non-bender, who doesn't blast wind in my face every five seconds.

Pema is the wife of Tenzin and the mother of their three airbender children - Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo. Pregnant with a fourth child, Pema is a non-bending Air Acolyte who lives a serene life with her family on Air Temple Island. She is kind and compassionate with a lovely sense of humor. She enjoys spending time with spiritual endeavors and at times feels overwhelmed by her children's airbending abilities.

History
Pema fell in love with Tenzin while he was in a relationship with Lin Beifong, which was starting to falter due to their different goals in life. Unable to see her true love spend his life with another woman, Pema confessed her love to the airbender, who broke off his relationship with Lin. Due to the break-up, Lin tried but unsuccessfully threw Pema in jail. Pema and Tenzin ended up married and started their family.

When Pema traveled to the South Pole with her family to see Katara and Avatar Korra, she expressed to her mother-in-law her frustration about having only airbender children, as well as her desire for her fourth child to be a non-bender.

Later, Korra journeyed to Pema's family's home and stayed with them for a while in order to complete her airbending training. The impetuous teenager turned Pema's quiet life upside down.

When Korra did not come to dinner one night, a frustrated Tenzin confessed to Pema that he did not know how to get through to Korra. Pema comforted her husband by telling him that the best thing he could do for Korra at the time was to give her some space.

When Councilman Tarrlok visited Pema and her family at dinner, she gave her husband a look of irritation, but after the waterbender said that airbenders never send away a hungry guest, Tenzin reluctantly had to let him stay, much to Pema's discontent. She later attended a gala Tarrlok threw in honor of Korra along with her family.

While Korra was talking with Jinora and Ikki about how to approach Mako, Pema appeared from behind. Korra asked her how long she had been there, to which Pema replied that it had been enough time to understand the situation. She then told Korra the story behind her and Tenzin, and advised the Avatar to do what she did.

Personality


Pema is usually a serene, understanding, and happy person who assists her husband in his times of confusion or indecision. However, she has expressed her slight annoyance with having only children who are airbenders instead of "nice non-bender[s]" like her. Pema also admitted that she was once a very shy individual, which seems to have changed a little since her younger years.

Relatives

 * Aang (father-in-law)
 * Katara (mother-in-law)
 * Sokka (uncle-in-law)
 * Tenzin (husband)
 * Kya (sister-in-law)
 * Bumi (brother-in-law)
 * Jinora (eldest daughter)
 * Ikki (youngest daughter)
 * Meelo (son)
 * Korra (spiritual reincarnation of Aang)

Trivia

 * Pema is a Tibetan name meaning "lotus" that is usually used for females.
 * Her name may have been inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, and teacher Pema Chödrön, similar to how the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was the inspiration for the names of her husband and Monk Gyatso.
 * Lin Beifong tried to put her in jail after Lin's breakup with Tenzin and the start of his and Pema's relationship, but to no avail.
 * As an Air Acolyte, Pema wears traditional Air Nomad outfits.