Wan


 * This article is about the first Avatar. For the spirit, see Wan Shi Tong.

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- My name is Wan, and I will show you how I became the first Avatar.

Avatar Wan was the first Avatar, having lived ten thousand years prior to Avatar Korra's time. As a teenaged explorer, this skilled bender worked to bring balance between mankind and the spirits, a quest that eventually led to him becoming the first Avatar.

History
As a young man named Wan, fled from the Chu brothers after stealing food from them, making his way across rooftops and through the streets in town. He successfully evaded his pursuers for a while, but shortly after he began running, he stopped to eat, allowing the brothers to catch up to him. He attempted to flee again by throwing food at them as a diversion, but he was tripped during his escape attempt and cornered by the brothers. Later he saw people getting ready to journey into the Spirit Wilds in order to collect food. Knowing that the local lion turtle would grant the power of firebending to those who would journey into the Spirit Wilds, he joined, but after getting firebending powers, he fled back to his home town. He did not give his powers back to the lion turtle, and instead used it to steal food from the Chu brothers. As a result he was banished from his home town into the Spirit Wilds. He goes into the Spirit Wilds and first encounters some spirits, then continues to walk and falls down from exhaustion, then the ground starts to suck him in. Before he can be pulled all the way in he uses firebending to push himself back to the surface. Wan than continues to walk still exhausted and hungary when he comes upon a tree that has a strange fruit on it. He pulls it off the tree and tries to eat in when he puts his mouth to it the fruit turns into bee's and starts attacking Wan. He runs trying to get them off of him and then not realizing there is no more ground to run on he falls off the mountain. He falls on the ground and sees a beautiful place and a tree with pears on it. Before he can grad the pear off the tree a spirit appears and tells him that he is not allowed in his oasis. Wan then tells the spirit that he is very hungary and hasn't slept all night. The spirit then replies with it's not my problem. Wan tells the spirit to let him pass while shooting fire at him. The spirit angrily says, "You dare use fire against me?" Then the spirit teleports behind him and throws him while telling Wan to be gone with him.

In 171 ASC, Avatar Wan appeared to Korra while she was in search of Rava, and he recalled how he became the first Avatar.

Abilities
Wan is both agile and skilled in acrobatics, as he was able to swing off a clothesline, land on an adjacent block, and run across rooftops. He is also able to leap large distances. He is also very skilled when it comes to bending.

Trivia

 * In Mandarin Chinese, "Wan" is an allegory to "eternity" and can mean "ten thousand", which is the number of years he lived before Avatar Korra.
 * Wan's animal companion was a cat deer named Mula.
 * Wan had a variety of outfits and equipment, each reflecting the style of one of the four nations.