Dan

### Appearance

Dan wears simple linen clothing in the temple's pale sage colours. When conducting a ritual for the Order or hosting delegates, she wears ceremonial robes. Her dark brown hair is usually pulled back in a crown braid.

Dan is one of the main characters of *Avatar Legends: The Mirror Scale*, played by Elizabeth.

## History

Dan was left on the temple steps of the Order of Passage as a baby. She was taken in and raised by the Order, her life becoming one of study, meditation, and learning and conducting rituals.

The Order's purpose is to prepare individuals for spirit walks within the Republic City portal. They guide clients through rituals and preparations intended to open their minds and ready their souls for spiritual encounters. Richer tourists might loosen their purse strings and purchase some protective talismans and crystals for the road.

The Order of Passage wasn't always this way. Years ago, it was known as the Order of Shared Knowledge, founded by a secretive sect of sandbenders living in the Si Wong desert. Long, long ago, they would regularly scour the world for knowledge. Every year, one of their number, the Seeker, would gather the accumulated tomes and enter Wan Shi Tong's Library, the location of which was known to few humans outside the Order. The Seeker donated the materials to gain access to the Library for one whole year; during that time, they would seek answers to questions posed by outsiders to the Order of Shared Knowledge.

There were always two Seekers; one inside and one outside the Library, and they'd switch on the solstice. Seekers were identified by Wan Shi Tong's fox helpers; out of respect, the Order of Shared Knowledge only used "approved" Seekers.

At the tail end of the Hundred Years War, Wan Shi Tong banned humans from entering the Library and took it away. The Order of Shared Knowledge was adrift for decades. Sure, it had what it had already learned, but its purpose—to seek out and share from the spirits—was rendered impossible.

When the spirit portal in Republic City opened, they became the Order of Passage. Using their knowledge of bartering with spirits for knowledge, the Order of Passage is now dedicated to helping anyone find the answers they seek among the spirits.

When Dan was a child, a roaming fox-spirit visited and identified her as a Seeker. This is a great honour indeed—for it means that, one day, the Order of Passage may find Wan Shi Tong's library again and maybe, just maybe, their Seeker will be granted admittance. This makes Dan very important to the Order, but it has also saddled her with immense responsibility. At the moment, the Library's location is still unknown, so her position is ceremonial, but it is not lost on Dan that one day she may be called upon to fulfil her sacred duty and leave the life she's known behind.

She has been training for this for years. Her sandbending is honed for desert survival and she does her best to live up to the Order's high expectations of her. However, that doesn't stop Dan from sneaking out of the temple regularly in search of excitement. So what if she takes a contract from an unsavory character or two? May as well experience the adventures life has to offer before disappearing underground for a year...right?

## Current

Dan has been slipping away from her duties a little more than usual...