Sela

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- You have to help: It's Lee. The folks came back to town as soon as Gansu left. When they ordered us to give them food, Lee pulled a knife on them! I don't even know where he got a knife!

Sela was Gansu's wife and the mother of two sons, Lee and his older brother, Sensu. She and her family ran a farm in a small Earth Kingdom village.

Sela was a kind woman but was clearly very stressed with the burdens of her family and running a farm. She was very respectful and was willing to welcome strangers into her home if she believed them to be good enough people. As a mother, Sela was very protective of her children, and though she appeared to be a very strong woman, she was not above asking for help when she was in over her head. It would appear that she, like many others in the Earth Kingdom, also had a strong hatred for the Fire Nation.

History


When her eldest son, Sensu, went to war against the Fire Nation, she was left with her second son, Lee, to care for.

After Zuko came to the village and helped Lee out of a tough situation, Zuko was invited back to stay at the farm. When Sela kindly inquired what Zuko's name was, he hesitated; her husband, Gansu, said that Zuko didn't need to tell them his name if he didn't want to. She then invited Zuko to join her family for supper. Sensing that Zuko's refusal to stay had more to do with honor than the lack of hunger, she suggested that Gansu could use some help on the barn, providing Zuko with a means to repay the family for their hospitality. As Zuko left the farm, Sela offered him some food that "ought to get [him] through a few meals".

She was heartbroken when Gow and the rest of his men rode up to the farm, and informed the family that Sensu's battalion had been captured. The man smirked as he told Sela that her son was either dead or going to be dressed up in a Fire Nation uniform and put on the front line unarmed. Gansu said his goodbyes to his family and departed in search of his eldest son, leaving Sela to care for Lee. After Zuko had left, she went out to find him and begged for his help, as Gow had returned to the farm as soon as Gansu had left. Lee had foolishly pulled a knife on them, subsequently prompting Gow to take him with them, remarking that "if Lee [was] old enough to fight, he [was] old enough to join the army". Zuko engaged and defeated Gow and his men in battle, but not without revealing his true identity as Zuko, the heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. Upon discovering who Zuko really was, Sela didn't want Zuko around her family anymore and protectively stood in front of Lee. Zuko offered the dagger to Lee again, but after he said that he hated Zuko, Sela and her youngest son left.

Relatives

 * Gansu (husband)
 * Sensu (elder son)
 * Lee (younger son)