Pao

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- What's going on here? Are you trying to poach my tea maker?

Pao was the owner of the Pao Family Tea House in the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se. Pao was a courteous man who was protective of his business and appreciated his employees. He held Iroh in very high esteem and valued Iroh's tea making skills above all else.

History


After Pao hired Iroh and Zuko, his business began to prosper due to Iroh's remarkable talent for brewing tea. Everything went well until Quon came along. Quon was a higher class citizen who had heard about Iroh's magnificent tea-making skills. When he offered Iroh his own tea shop and an apartment in the Upper Ring of the city, Pao tried everything he could to keep Iroh, including offering numerous job promotions, all to no avail. Excited, Iroh accepted Quon's offer, much to the distress of Pao.

After the fall of Ba Sing Se, Pao was seen cowering in his tea shop as thousands of Fire Nation soldiers invaded the city unopposed.

Trivia
Pao,, means "to boil tea", which ties into his ownership of a tea shop.