Chin


 * This article refers to Chin the Conqueror. For other uses, see Chin (disambig)

Chin the Conqueror (also known as Chin the Great), was a warlord born over 370 years ago, during the time of Avatar Kyoshi. He launched a largely successful war against the Earth King before being killed by Kyoshi in defense of her homeland.

History
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Chin is remembered as a capable, if tyrannical, leader who successfully took advantage of widespread dissatisfaction with the unpopular 46th Earth King's rule to launch his campaign of conquest. He was mostly successful, and managed to conquer the entire continent save Ba Sing Se in the northeast and the small peninsula in the southwest that Avatar Kyoshi called home.

When Chin demanded that Kyoshi surrender her homeland to him, Kyoshi instead split it from the mainland, creating Kyoshi Island. Chin died when the piece of land he was standing on, which had become the unsupported edge of a cliff when Avatar Kyoshi split the peninsula, collapsed into the sea.

The village of Chin, located at the place where Kyoshi Island split from the mainland, is named in his honor.

Trivia

 * The Chinese characters carved on the lower part of the statue in ancient Seal Script read 秦帝, which means "Emperor Chin". He is named after Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China for whom the country is named after.
 * Chin's status as a great conqueror yet one who was short in height may be a reference to Napoleon Bonaparte.