Selena Mbatha

About

Wielding electrical storms like extensions of her own rage, Selena Mbatha transforms personal pain into thunderous justice for her community. Her electromagnetic powers surge with the memory of lost loved ones, creating a dynamic shield of protection that crackles and warns potential threats against challenging her homeland.

Backstory

Three generations of Mbatha women had served as conductors for the ancient electric spirits that dwelled beneath Cape Town's coastline, but Selena shattered tradition when she refused her grandmother's dying command to sacrifice herself to calm a supernatural storm threatening the harbor. Instead, she dove into the electrified waters to wrestle the spirits directly, her defiance so fierce that they chose to merge with her rather than destroy her. The ritual that should have killed her transformed her into something unprecedented—a living conduit who could negotiate with the tempests rather than merely appease them. Now the whispered disappointment of her ancestors mingles with the electric fury in her veins, driving her to prove that rebellion, not submission, is the true path to protecting those she loves.

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