Senlin Village leader

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- It is an honor of a lifetime to be in your presence.

The Senlin Village leader was the head of Senlin Village. His village was being terrorized by the angry Hei Bai, the guardian of the nearby forest, which had been destroyed by the Fire Nation. Though he entrusted Aang to try and calm Hei Bai, he was slightly skeptical of the young Avatar's ability to do so.

History
The village leader met Aang and his friends when a villager guided them into town in order to help. Upon learned that Aang was the Avatar, he expressed his joy to be in the young Avatar's presence, but also doubted Aang's ability to help the village. He was fearful of the spirit Hei Bai's actions, but was even more frightened about the idea of the spirit on the winter solstice as the natural world and the Spirit World would grow closer together, as there would be no telling what the spirit might do when the line between both worlds was blurred completely.

The village leader locked himself in the main building with the other villagers while Aang would try to calm Hei Bai during the night. Upon noticing Aang's failure to do so and his running behind the spirit, the leader simply remarked that "the Avatar's methods are unusual." Sokka could not take it anymore and rushed out to help Aang. When Katara wanted to leave as well, the village leader held her back. When Aang managed to calm the enraged Forest Spirit down, the leader wanted to repay them, and offered them money and supplies to help them prepare for their further journey to Crescent Island.

After Team Avatar had left his village, Prince Zuko entered the village and pushed the leader down in order to require information about the Avatar's whereabouts.