Te Sihung

Te Sihung was a young governor in the Eastern Provinces of the Earth Kingdom.

History
As governor, Te sent many gifts to the falsely identified Avatar, Yun, such as an original, unabridged copy of Poems of Laghima, and a single precious white dragon seed.

Governor Te was known to keep criminals imprisoned instead of executing them. Xu Ping An had been locked up in his cells for eight years. The Yellow Necks and the Flying Opera Company worked to try and break the lightningbender out of his cell.

During the infiltration, Lao Ge asked Kyoshi if she was willing to assassinate Governor Te, telling her that he was brutally incompetent: letting his people go hungry, skimming from the Earth king's taxes to enrich his coffers, and letting daofei run rampant.

When daofei attacked the governor's palace, Te hid in the storeroom. However, it was not fit for a prolonged attack: he had replaced the water stores with wine, and replaced other necessities for lasting out a siege with luxurious carpets and silken pillows. Te was confronted by Lao Ge and Kyoshi. The former asked the Avatar to kill the teenage governor, but instead Kyoshi turned on Lao Ge and took him to the stables. Te thanked Kyoshi and offered her money or titles, but she told him only to undo his wrongs as governor by opening his stores to the people and seeing that treasures were returned. Te realized that Kyoshi was the true Avatar as she had earthbent and airbent, and Kyoshi ended by telling him that was just one more reason to do as she said.

Kyoshi Novels

 * The Rise of Kyoshi