Selia Fastarrow

**Selia** is a hunter/butcher who teaches Lith in his childhood to skin and gut game in exchange for a portion of the prey. Selia never learned magic, considering chore magic a parlor trick. She later marries Protector, and though she wasn't aware at the time of his being a Magical Beast, she comes to accept him and her hybrid children. Later, Lith reveals to her his Hybrid Form as well as to Kamila.

## Appearance

Selia's skin is tanned from the years long exposure to the sun. Her hair is kept short with a haircut identical to Earth’s military standards. She can be considered very cute, but the small bosom coupled with her sharp eyes and rough attitude make her manlier than most farmers.

Despite being in her late 30's, Selia looks barely past her 20's thanks to Protector's treatments. She is about 1.7 meters (5'7") tall with shoulder-length black hair that gives her sharp hazel eyes a gentler look.

## Personality

Selia is initially presented as pragmatic, snarky, and tough when Lith first meets her. When Lith gifts her one of his first forgemastered dimensional items and rejuvenates her, she becomes grateful and loving. She softens further when she has children with Protector.

## Background

### Huntress

In his early years, Lith and his family struggle to make ends meet due to the costs of Tista's treatment for her lung disease. Constantly hungry due to his growth as well as magic practice, Lith decides to learn how to hunt his own game, and seeks out Selia, the family neighbor and only hunter among his neighbors. She teaches him to drain and skin animals as well as cook them, while Lith tells her the story behind their family struggles as well as the friction with his brothers. As time passes, she strikes an agreement with Lith's family to let him visit her under the pretense of cleaning her house with magic, while Lith hunts game and splits the shares.

Later, after Lith returns home from break at White Griffon Academy, he gifts Selia a low tier dimensional ring as a result of his Forgemastering experiments with Solus. Protector later reveals that he moved in with Selia after he left the Trawn Woods in his human form for the first time. The two begin a relationship and Selia becomes pregnant.

### Hybrid Parent

Protector moves with Selia out of Lutia after Lith saves him at the cost of his life force, warning Solus and Scarlett to not tell Lith that he survived in order to prevent him making the same sacrifice again.

After nearly dying Protector becomes proficient in Healing magic, ensuring his first daughter Lilia's birth is delivered smoothly. His daughter being a hybrid causes Selia to lash out at Protector for lying and kick him out of the house. After a few days, she calms down and allows him to return home, becoming desperate for help as she has no idea how to raise a hybrid and is afraid that if humans find out about Lilia, they would kill her. Things calm down after Protector manages to make their daughter turn into her human form, and after a few months, she forgives him. They proceed to have a son, Leran, with Selia carrying a third. Selia picks all of their names in Lith's honor, as without him she and Protector would never have met and that without his sacrifice she would have been forced to raise their children alone.

Lith brings Protector back home after the battle in Zantia and meets Selia again. Lith discovers that their home is identical to his, having shared his knowledge of regrowing limbs, Forgemastering, dimensional magic, and even magic crystals when he saved Protector. Selia introduces him to her hybrid children Lilia and Leran, naming Lith their godfather. She also declines being Awakened, preferring to live a good life than a long one.

Returning from Kulah, Lith confides in Selia and Protector, asking for their help to reveal his hybrid nature to Kamila for their upcoming one year anniversary. Selia readily agrees, eager to see how other humans might react to hybrids as her children will inevitably face the same dilemma several years later. Kamila meets the hybrid children and is overwhelmed at the revelation that Emperor Beasts can shapeshift into humans, but comes to accept the heartwarming family. Selia explains how she met Protector and Lith shows them his Hybrid Form.

Nalrond the Rezar makes his way to the Fastarrow home at Lith's recommendation, having spent a couple of months failing to mingle with human and beast communities. He proves extremely useful with his hard light constructs. However, he inadvertently reveals Solus' existence to Selia, and Lith introduces her to the couple in humanoid form after materializing the tower. Selia offers her friendship to Solus.

Selia returns to Lutia to visit the Verhens when Lith reveals his Hybrid form to his family. Their acceptance of him gives Selia hope that she can return back to her old life and that her children wouldn't have to live their lives in hiding. She also asks to visit the Verhen home with her children and Nalrond time to time. Selia resumes hunting and catches up with her old friends, tired of being an isolated housewife.

During Night's attack on Lutia, Selia is isolated in her cottage with the children. Nalrond rushes in without reinforcements, but distracts the undead long enough to allow the Fastarrows' magical beast companions Crash and Slash to escape with them. Lith and Kamila visit after the former's mission to the Lost City of Kolga. Selia goes hunting with Kamila while Lith talks to Protector about his conversation with Mogar.

The Fastarrow and Yehval families have dinner at the Verhens for Blackest Day before bringing the kids to the village fair, though festivities are cut short after it is discovered that Count Lark had been murdered by a Balkor copycat. After Protector returns from his latest mission in autumn, Selia plays a prank on him to teach him a lesson for being away so often. She has the kids ask him who he is, and they play their role so well and make the charade last long enough that it doesn't hurt any less than if it was real.

The Verhens leave for the Blood Desert to visit Salaark. Faluel decides to visit her family in the Gorgon Empire, inviting the Fastarrows. Selia accepts, eager to travel outside the Kingdom and see other schooling systems. After meeting with Faluel's mother Fyrwal, Selia and Protector debate their options for their children's future magic educations.

## Quotes

* *"Ohh! I get it now. You are the magic kid that's on everybody's mouth in Lutia. That's explains a lot, including your shitty attitude."* (Chapter 9)
* *"Just call me Selia, hunters do not waste time with honorifics, we are practical people."* (Chapter 11)
* *"If I end up marrying and having children of my own it would be all your fault."* (Selia hugging Lith, Chapter 86)
* *"It's about time! Do you have any idea how hard is it to chase around those two pests while I'm bloated like this? Make yourself useful and fix us something to eat while we entertain our guest. Oh, gods! I would have never expected that the famished runt that once came begging at my door for help would get so tall. Give aunt Selia a hug, Scourge!"* (Selia to Lith, Chapter 585)
* *"To me, outliving both my husband and my children is a fate worse than death."* (Selia to Lith, Chapter 586)
* *"Remember that we are your friends, not just a deadline. If you come back only for the lizard, I'll never forgive you."* (Selia to Lith, Chapter 587)
* *"Hands off the merchandise, sister. Gods, this never gets old. Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?"* (Selia to Kamila and Protector, Chapter 765)
* *"Come on, they're just making out and on our lawn at that. There's nothing wrong with making sure that things between them are okay."* (Selia to Protector, Chapter 767)
* *"Are you cheating on Kamila, young man? Because I like that girl and if after everything you went through together you hurt her, Awakened or not I'm going to kick your ass."* (Selia to Lith, Chapter 907)
* *"No offense, but I think that a newborn vampire, a young woman with no life experience, an oaf that told his wife about being an Emperor Beast only after their first child was born, and a wannabe Lich don't have much wisdom to offer you. I don't know how much of what I experienced in our relationship so far was really Lith and how much it was actually you, but I'm willing to find out. We both don't have many friends and we could use some company. If you ever need to talk about how it feels to be lonely, in love, or even just human, feel free to contact me."* (Selia to Solus, Chapter 907)
* *"Are you telling me that you managed to forget about the three Emperor Beasts and four small armies of magical beasts who you could've asked for help?...Excellent, now you can die with us."* (Selia to Nalrond after he returns to the house alone amidst the undead ambush, Chapter 1101)
* *"Regular people can go fuck themselves for all I care!"* (Selia to Protector, Chapter 1616)
* *"I regret nothing of what we had together, I'm just scared at the idea that in a few years we'll not be able to protect our children anymore. I chose to marry you not because I need you, but because I want you."* (Selia to Protector, Chapter 1617)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 10: Changes
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 8: Learning a Trade, again
3. ↑ Chapter 1262: Undead Tell Tales (Part 2)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 85: Lith’s Surprise
5. ↑ Chapter 9: Learning a Trade, again (2)
6. ↑ Chapter 167: Reunion (2)
7. ↑ Chapter 217: After the Storm
8. ↑ Chapter 573: Catching Up (Part 1)
9. ↑ Chapter 586: Lost and Found (Part 2)
10. ↑ Chapter 741: Despair (Part 2)
11. ↑ Chapter 767: Opening Act (Part 1)
12. ↑ Chapter 907: Open Wounds (Part 1)
13. ↑ Chapter 932: Upside Down (Part 4)
14. ↑ Chapter 1096: Double Date (Part 2)
15. ↑ Chapter 1102: Dumb Genius (Part 2)
16. ↑ Chapter 1263: Family Business (Part 1)
17. ↑ Chapter 1344: From Blackest Day (Part 2)
18. ↑ Chapter 1550: Fire and Metal (Part 2)
19. ↑ Chapter 1617: Down Memory Lane (Part 1)