The Western Air Temple was an Air Nation monastic complex located north of the Fire Nation. It is the second oldest of the Cardinal Air Temples, having been established in 1802 BG as a remote monastery that focused on the needs of Air Nomads who wanted to leave the Southern Air Temple's lands because they felt they were too overpopulated. It came to be a spiritual hub, and as the air Nomad population grew (very slowly) at expanded. A lineage of reincarnated lamas, the Lungspre Great Sages (氣猴大聖), came to be established at the monastery (with the founder of the lineage being a skilled airbending nun known for her clever koans and practical jokes). In recognition of its growing importance, it was established as the Western Air Temple in 1246.
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