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| “ | This is my mission: to use Raava's light spirit to guide the world toward peace. | „ |
| ~ Wan declares his life's goal. |
| “ | Haven't you heard the legends? I'm not a regular human anymore. | „ |
| ~ Wan facing Vaatu. |
| “ | Korra: "Are you Raava?" "No, but I can help you find her. My name is Wan and I will show you how I became the first Avatar." |
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| ~ Korra mistakes Wan for Raava upon meeting him the first time. |
| “ | "I'm sorry, Raava. I failed to bring peace. Even with Vaatu locked away, darkness still surrounds Humanity. There wasn't enough time." Raava: "Don't worry. We will be together for all of your lifetimes. And we will never give up." |
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| ~ Wan's last words to Raava as he passes away from old age and starts the Avatar Cycle. |
Avatar Wan, reputed as the First Avatar, is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Raava) of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise.
He was originally a young man who lived in the era where the portals that led into the spirit world were opened which allowed numerous spirits to crossover into their world & forced humanity rested on the back of giant Lion Turtles, his lion being the one that represents the element of fire, but after messing with the corrupt rulers of home, he is forced to learn to survive on his own which ultimately led to him accidentally getting caught in the middle in the war between the spirits of Light & Darkness Raava and Vaatu, which made him force to team up with Raava to stop Vaatu. This journey ultimately led to him & Raava fusing as one and become the very first Avatar & he locked Vaatu away & closed the spirit portals so no one can free him, thus promising himself to maintain the balance between both worlds.
Eventually Wan would eventually pass away, but Raava promised him that she & him will always be together as his time as he would always be reincarnated through the ages and thus started the legacy of the Avatar for generations to come. He would eventually come into contact with the latest of the line of Avatars Korra and would help her reconnect with Raava once again.
He is voiced by Steven Yeun, who also voiced Keith from Voltron: Legendary Defender, Nathan Park from Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Speckle from Tuca & Bertie, Little Cato from Final Space, Bo from The Star and Invincible from the series of the same name.
Biography[]
Wan lived ten thousand years before Korra. He lived with many other people in a city that was on the back of a lion turtle. However, the people there were treated unfairly by the Chou family who ruled over this city. One day, Wan stole the lion turtle's firebending ability, and raiding the Chou family's warehouses for the poor to eat more. He was caught, however, and eventually banished from the city for his actions. However, the lion turtle allowed him to keep the fire so he could defend himself against the spirits in the wilderness.
On his own, Wan soon met the Spirits. They rejected him because of his nature as a human. However, shortly afterwards Wan rescued a wild animal from human hunters. The spirits, especially the Aye-Aye Spirit, realized that he was not like the other humans and took him in. During his time with the spirits, Wan became a powerful and talented firebender. Later, he helped them to defend their territory from the humans who continued to hunt there.
Finally, Wan moved on and wanted to find the other lion turtles to meet the people in those cities. On the way, however, he saw the fight between Raava and Vaatu. Vaatu asked Wan to free him, saying that Raava had been holding him captive for ten thousand years. Wan released him, and only then learned that Vaatu was evil and wanted to plunge the world into darkness (as his light counterpart told).
Although Raava at first refused, she helped Wan master other elements, allowing him to be strong enough to defeat Vaatu. When Harmonic Convergence was upon them, Wan used the energy from the merged spirit portals to bond permanently with Raava, becoming the very first Avatar. Finally, while being in the Avatar State, Wan used his elemental powers and managed to lock Vaatu in a hollow tree (the Tree of Time) in the spirit world.
Eventually, he sent the spirits back to the Spirit World and closed the portals so no humans would ever enter it and release Vaatu. With the sprits back in the Spirit World, humans could leave the lion turtles to spread around the world. However, humans waged wars against each other. Wan decided that he would use Raava's light spirit to guide the world towards peace. He tried to keep everything together, but the conflicts never seemed to end. After decades of keeping wars at bay, Wan died on a battlefield in his old age, but not before Raava assured him that they would be together through all of his lifetimes and they would never give up, beginning the Avatar Cycle.
The Avatar Cycle was sorted into the order of the elements Wan had learned from the lion turtles. Over the millennia, Wan reincarnated into many different Avatars, both males and females. Eventually he reincarnated into the known Avatars; Yangchen, Kuruk, Kyoshi, Roku, Aang, and the current Avatar, Korra.
Ten thousand years later, during the next Harmonic Convergence, Raava was destroyed by the Dark Avatar Unalaq (after bonding with Vaatu) while battling his niece Korra. Korra's connection to the past Avatars (including Wan) was lost. When all seemed lost, Tenzin pointed out to Korra that Wan didn't become a hero for what he was, but who he was; a man who always wanted to defend the helpless. Korra realized that to defeat Unalaq and Vaatu, she needed to bend her own sprit to become a giant spirit.
After defeating Unalaq and Vaatu, Avatar Korra fulfilled Wan's goal, but not by keeping the Spirit Portals closed, deeming it as a mistake. Instead, Korra kept the portals open and spirits were allowed to wander the world, bringing peace between humans and spirits. From that point on, the Avatar was no longer the bridge between the two worlds, as they have been since Avatar Wan.
Appearance[]
Wan was a young man with tall standing hair & partially-white skin, but after his longtime of traveling around the world his hair eventually fell down and had begun growing down to sides of his hair. It was also during this time that he had grown a goatee which would stick with him for the rest of his life.
In the final days of his life, Wan's hair had and goatee eventually turned to gray and his skin had been shown to be completely frail as he laid down & took his last breath.
Personality[]
| “ | Avatar Wan became a legend for who he was, not what he was. | „ |
| ~ Tenzin regarding about how Wan became the man he was still known to this day. |
In his earlier years, Wan used to be a reckless and quick to anger man who despised anyone who was completely greedy but still had enough power to do whatever they want, but he still deeply cares for the people he loves & is shown to know when to apologize if his actions caused serious damage. Regardless, he still hoped things would change for the world if people stopped being afraid.
During his time traveling the world & getting to know the other tribes & spirits, Wan grew into someone who valued peace and unity above his personal means & was extremely remorseful for accidentally causing Vaatu to be free. From there, after defeating Vaatu & permanently fusing with Raava, he continued to be a force of balance to the world & his actions began the longtime tradition of his reincarnations to keep the balance forever.
Powers & Abilities[]
Wan has learned the power of firebending, and later the three other elements as well. It is noteworthy that he was the first person who really used the elements in the form of fighting techniques because the Spirits taught him how to control these powers. He was also very acrobatic and agile.
While being in the Avatar State, Wan has full control of all four elements.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Wan means "one" in Chinese. This is fitting since he is the first Avatar.
- Wan learned the elements roughly in the order of the seasons, and subsequent Avatars learned the elements in this order as a tradition.
- Wan learned to master the elements within a year, much like Aang. Most Avatars learn them over much longer periods of time.
- Wan is the first character to die on-screen chronologically and the fifth in the series. He and Yue are also the only heroes to die on-screen.
External Links[]
- Wan on the Avatar Wiki
- Wan on the Pure Good Wiki
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