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- This article is about the father of Mako and Bolin. For the Fire Nation vendor, see San (vendor).
"Oh, he always had big dreams. He couldn't wait to get out and see the world."
— Chow explaining why San left Ba Sing Se.[1]
San was an Earth Kingdom native from Ba Sing Se. After a fight with his father, he left the capital and moved to Republic City, where he met a woman named Naoki,[3] whom he married and with whom he had two sons, Mako and Bolin.[1] He was murdered by a member of the Agni Kai Triad in 160 AG.[4][5]
History
Leaving Ba Sing Se
San was born to a family residing in the Lower Ring of Ba Sing Se. A man with big dreams, he wanted to get out of the city and see the world. His father, however, wanted him to remain in the capital and take over the family's fruit selling business. This eventually erupted into a heated argument between San and his father, prompting the former to leave home and journey to Republic City, never to speak to his father again. Sometime after his move to the city, San met Naoki,[3] a firebender from Penquan Island, who later became his wife and the mother of his two sons, Mako and Bolin.[5] Though he never returned to Ba Sing Se, San did once send them a letter with a picture of him and his family on his birthday.[1]
Death
In 160 AG, San and his wife were killed by a firebender from the Agni Kai Triad in an apparent random mugging.[4][5] However, the mobster had been promised a reward for killing Naoki by Sheriff Panzo, an old enemy of San's wife from Penquan Island.[5]
Their deaths left their children orphaned on the street. San's family in Ba Sing Se did not receive the news of his death until eleven years later, when Mako and Bolin came across their uncle Chow, who instantly recognized them and invited them back to meet the rest of their family.[1]
Legacy
After San's death, Mako wore his father's red scarf all the time. However, upon meeting San's mother, Yin, Mako decided to give the memento to her.[1]
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Appearances
The Legend of Korra
Book Three: Change (易)
(photograph only)
Graphic novels
Trivia
- Bolin inherited his signature eyebrows from San.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 2, Episode 303
- ↑ Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 2, Episode 104
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Official Family Trees".Nickelodeon.Link(accessed 2015-01-23).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 2, Episode 103
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Avatar: The Last Airbender Comic: MPI
- ↑ The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Three: Change, page 47.