Avory is an ill-tempered and bitter commander of Sector A, and is the mother of Nina of whom she strongly spites for being born. Spiteful of Nina's youth, innocence and beauty, Avory lets out her frustrations on her daughter when she becomes overwhelmed by her duties. She will yell and put down Nina, or grab and harm her if Nina dares talk or fight back. Her spite for Nina also stems from the fact that she still loves and misses Sarge, but he is dead now, and likely if he had still been alive, he would have love only for his daughter and not her anymore. 

Avory was so spiteful at Sarge in the past for petty reasons, that she denied him seeing his own daughter after she was born, making the two vow to eradicate the other side. This promise never came to stand when Sarge died, Avory knowing it was Scar who did it, so swears to kill him in Sarge's place for the atrocity of killing her husband. Avory has drank and smoked before, but not to chronic degrees like Scar or Smith, but when she has, she has sometimes put her hands on Nina or burned her with cigarettes to “make her less desirable” to potential men who she fears might steal her only healer in the camp away. Avory uses Nina for her powers and nothing else, and keeps her trapped in the house with guilt and gaslighting, effectively keeping Nina obedient to her wishes.