Selucia
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| Selucia | |
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| Race | [[]] [[Category:{{{race}}}]]s |
| Nationality | Seanchan |
| Occupation | [[]] [[Category:{{{occupation}}}s]] |
| Rank | So'jhin |
| Title | [[]] |
| Affiliation | [[]] |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | |
| Current Status | Alive |
| Died in | |
| Height | Average |
| Weight | |
| Build | |
| Hair | Gold |
| Eyes | Blue |
| First Mentioned | |
| First Appeared | WH 14 |
[edit] Appearance
Selucia is described as being beautiful with blue eyes, gold hair and creamy skin. Standing at average height, the left side of her scalp is shaved and she appears to be in her mid-forties.
[edit] so'jhin
Selucia spent the first twenty-five years of her life training to be nursemaid and bodyguard to the Seanchan royalty and was offered as a cradle gift to Tuon when she was born. Upon Tuon's sixteenth birthday she gives Selucia a choice of service and was greatly pleased when she chose to be her chief maid. She accompanied Tuon when she traveled to Ebou Dar from Tanchico and was present almost everywhere the Daughter of the Nine Moons went. When Mat Cauthon had Tuon prisoner and was about to leave the Tarasin Palace, Selucia arrived and plead with Mat not to kidnap her mistress. Once Mat vows that Tuon will not be harmed, Selucia agrees to go along, with a vow to kill Mat should her mistress be harmed.
She acts like the mother hen to Tuon when Mat "comes a-calling" and seems to dislike Mat as well for his apparent lack of respect for Tuon's social rank and it's likely she does not consider his romantic interest in Tuon proper for one so far below Tuon in social rank. Mat uses her as part of his tactics when he is trying to court Tuon. When coming in to visit Tuon, he will bring her a present , but instead give to Selucia.
[edit] Fighting ability
There are a few hints as to Selucia's deadliness, she appears deceptively round and docile, but is supposed to be trained as a bodyguard.
The first hint of her deadliness is when she takes a position between the two Sul'dam when she discovers Mat and his entourage over a bound Tuon near the end of Winter's Heart. She places a hand on each of the Sul'dam's necks - presumably to disable the most deadly threat should things take a turn for the worse.
Another hit, in Knife of Dreams, is when she moves to Mat as he's about to free three Aes Sedai that she has leashed with the a'dam on Tuon's orders. She pretends fear, hands outstretched towards him as she approaches him, presumably intending to surprise him and maximize her chances of disabling her, but Tuon calls her sharply to heel.
Finally, after Mat, Thom, Tuon and Selucia encounter the mob trying to assassinate Tuon, when Mat turn to see why Tuon had not run away. On the street were half a dozen dead men, and Thom with less wounds than him. It seems likely that Selucia took part in that battle, as she was injured as well as Thom. As Mat approached, Thom and Selucia had this exchange:
Thom: "I am an old man and sometimes I imagine I see things that can't be - but luckily I alway forget them." Selucia: "And what might you be trying to forget." Thom: "I can't recall."
It seems that Thom saw Selucia fight, and is willing to keep her skills a secret from Mat.
