Mother Superior

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- Ha! I caught you! You should be ashamed of yourself ... littering in the courtyard.

The Mother Superior had been at the abbey for over twenty years and took over as the head nun more than ten years ago. A caring but nonetheless strict woman, she held the position for a lengthy period of time. She made sure that the sisters fulfill their spiritual and physical exercises every day to keep their minds and bodies nimble.

The Mother Superior was also a very smart businesswoman. She and the other nuns made organic perfumes that were in high demand among the Earth Kingdom elite. She sold the perfumes for a large amount of money and used the profits to keep the abbey in operation and to help the poor.

History
Mother Superior took Bato in when he was left behind by the other Southern Water Tribe warriors due to a serious injury. After Aang and his friends met up with Bato, and he had invited them to stay at the abbey as well, Mother Superior was delighted to be in the presence of the young Avatar. The next day the head nun reprimanded Aang for littering on the courtyard: The crumbled map had fallen out of his robes onto the ground. She didn't realize the significance of the map, however, and simply gave it back to Aang for him to get rid of it.

Aang's deceit became apparent to his friend, Katara and Sokka left their friend to accompany Bato to go see their father. Aang and Appa were about to leave, Mother Superior came to warn him about the presence of Zuko, Iroh, June, and her shirshu, Nyla, at the abbey. Aang realized that the shirshu was tracking Katara's scent through her necklace, so he decided to return to the abbey to save his friends.

A fight soon broke out between Aang and the intruders; Mother Superior took advantage of the commotion to revive the paralyzed Katara and Sokka by letting them sniff some perfume. As soon as he could move again, Sokka suggested to disable the shirshu's ability to smell by confusing it with the perfume. The Water Tribe siblings worked together with Mother Superior and the rest of the nuns to knock over several barrels of perfume, which Katara then Waterbent on the shirshu. As Sokka predicted, the animal got confused and started lashing at random people, including Zuko and June, whom it paralyzed. The trio utilized Zuko's incapability to move to escape from the abbey.

Her ultimate fate and the fates of the nuns of the abbey after these events or after the War are unknown.