Tu

"earth"

- Yeah, I could probably be a pro-bender or an actor or something if I lived in a mansion in Republic City like you guys. You don't know what it's like on the streets. You got to be tough.

Tu is an Earth Kingdom fruit merchant native to Ba Sing Se and the son of Chow, as well as the cousin of Mako and Bolin.

History
In 171 AG, after having spent the night on the streets of the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se, Bolin and Mako were arguing as to whether they should pull a scam and steal some fruit from a stand. They were overheard by Tu, who challenged them to steal the food while simultaneously attempting to discourage them, leaving the brothers confused. The confusion led to him jumping over the stand and pinning Mako and Bolin to the ground. Shortly after, his father appeared and was able to place Mako and Bolin as Tu's cousins. When his father praised the brothers for their success in Republic City, Tu sarcastically congratulated his cousins and affirmed that he could just be as successful if provided with the same opportunities that his cousins were afforded.

Later, when the brothers asked the family about the new airbenders in Ba Sing Se, Tu told them of a rumor that the Earth Queen was locking them up and experimenting on them, resulting in him being scolded by his grandmother, Yin, for speaking negatively of their ruler.

The next day, Tu managed to get two passports for his cousins to return to the Upper Ring to warn Avatar Korra. Bolin praised him as a good cousin before the whole family shared in a group hug. Sometime later, Tu was listening to a city-wide announcement by Zaheer over the radio with the rest of his family at Yin's house and was shocked to hear of the death of the Earth Queen.



As Ba Sing Se was slowly being consumed by flames, Tu and the rest of his family tried to convince Yin to leave their family home, though without success. When Bolin dropped in and announced that there was an airship on the roof to evacuate them to safety, Tu notified his cousin that their grandmother refused to leave. However, after Bolin picked Yin up and carried her out, Tu followed suit. Once on the airship, he thanked his cousins for the rescue, although he added that he could have probably handled it himself if they had not come along.

Upon hearing from Mako that they were looking for the wreckage of the airship that was supposed to take Korra to Ba Sing Se, Tu scoured the Si Wong Desert with a telescope. He found some metal remnants, which prompted them to follow the tracks leading toward the Misty Palms Oasis, where they made a bumpy landing. There, he warned his family in alarm to watch out for an excited Naga, whom he referred to as a "giant dog beast thingy".

After the insurrection of the Red Lotus, Asami allowed Tu, along with the rest of his family, to stay at the Sato estate. In 174 AG, he was surprised to discover Prince Wu on the estate's doorstep and watched his grandmother faint upon being bestowed a kiss on the hand by the royal.