Macmu-Ling

Madame Macmu-Ling was a great master of haiku, one of the most revered forms of poetry. She served as Headmistress of the Fragrant Blossoms Institute in the Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se, and also led the Five-Seven-Five Society, an organization devoted to the composition and appreciation of haiku. She also had covert connections to a political opposition movement seeking to undermine the Conspiracy of Ba Sing Se.

Macmu-Ling respected and defended the complexities of art, and expected others to do the same. She held little regard for those whom she believed were incapable of appreciating the high arts, and did not hesitate to try to humiliate such people with her craft. Her standards in all things were exceed...