Raised in the fire nation by her mother. Her father was a water bender. Her parents had a forbidden affair. She became the fruits of said affair. She never met her father as he died fighting some fire nation because he stood up for what he thought was right. Her mother is the owner of a very popular tea room. Shui showed signs of water bending at a very young age however her mother forbid her to use it in case fire nation soldiers saw. Shui took on the role of baking for her mothers tea room, she baked cakes and buns all day long. When it was time for bed. She practised her water bending in secret from scrolls she had managed to get her hands on. No one but Shui and her mother knew who her father was. Shui sometimes has to leave the fire nation and travel to collect special herbs her mother uses for her secret ingredients for the tea everyone seemed to crave. She didnt trust anyone else with the job as she didnt want others to find out her secret recipe. So twice a year Shui has to make the long journey for her mothers tea it was a trip that usually took around 2 months. She loved it. She got to leave the confines of the city and explore.