This earned loyalty for Sozin among the noble class.
Many nobles enjoyed the prestige of the title, and the ability to one-up on their competitors. Whoever slayed a dragon gained the honorary title of 'Dragon', and it was rumored that their firebending powers were increased a thousand-fold. Only a few dragons were killed at first, but the nobility embraced the sport voraciously. Wanting to appear more fearsome than his father, and regain the popularity he had lost among the nobility after seizing the Fire & Air Center of Learning, Fire Lord Sozin orchestrated the first Dragon Hunts early in his reign. Mimicking these movements, Wan became the first known human to perform the Dancing Dragon.
During his two-year stay, he came across a white spirit dragon, who performed intricate movements while flying through the sky. Wan learned the Dancing Dragon move directly from a dragon.Īround 9,832 BG, after Wan was banished from his village atop a fire lion turtle, but having been allowed to keep the power over fire from the creature, he began his life among the spirits in the Spirit Wilds.
