Kan Chan (Volume 1-4)

"This article is about the character in Volume 1-4, for the character in Volume 5-present, see Kan Chan (Volume 5-present)."Kandace Emma 'Kan' Chan is one of the Zodiac Heroes and one of the secondary school students. She is the deuteragonist of the series.

Official Description
Kandace Emma Chan is a 13-year-old British secondary school student. She suffers from heart murmur. With the help of her amulet, she can wield her bow and arrow and can transform into a spirit.

Appearance
She is shown to have long dark brown hair moved to the left (her right), brown eyes and fair skin with a tan tint. She wears a red rolled-sleeved blazer over a black shirt, black jeans and white sneakers. Her sword is shown to be red and translucent like the other dark syndrome victims. Her sleepwear consists of a red shirt and blue sweatpants. Her student uniform consists of a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt with a red and blue ribbon, a blue skirt, white socks and white sneakers. She stands on 5 ft. 2 1/2 and is of average weight. Her party outfit consists of a white shirt with navy blue horizontal stripes, blue jeans and white shoes. Kan turns red in her spirit form.

Personality
She is shown as optimistic and funny. However, she can be stubborn and immature like Zoe and Raphael. She is also creative and it's stated by Calum that he likes it when he sees Kan and Zoe working together about new stories and stuff.

She can also be serious whenever it comes to defeating an enemy like trying to defeat Chase. She also likes mastering her new skills like on a bow and arrow. She is also a show-off mainly bragging about her skills. She also seems to show her tomboy side.

As of Season 8, she is shown to speak Chinese whenever she gets stressed out. She also finds wearing a kilt ridiculous and is afraid of heights.

Etymology
(First name) Derived from the Latin candidus (white, pure, sincere). Var: Candace, Candyse, Kandace, Kandice.

(Middle name) Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". Emma is also used as a diminutive of Emmeline, Amelia or any other name beginning with "em". By 1974 it was the fourth most popular name for girls in England and Wales.

(Last name) The Chinese character for Chan means 'to describe' (陈述) or 'ancient'. It is a combination of the radical 阝and the character 東 / 东 which means 'East'.

Chinese Name
Traditional: 坎迪斯·艾瑪·陳

Simplified: 坎达斯·艾玛·陈

Pinyin/Romanisation: Kǎn dí sī·ài mǎ·chén

Powers and Abilities

 * Bow and Arrow- Her bow and arrow power is first used in Season 3. She has the same skills as Katniss Everdeen.
 * Healing- Like many of her teammates, she also has healing powers.

Trivia

 * She was born on 12 July 2007 which makes her Zodiac sign Cancer, however, she didn't get any Zodiac-related powers but she got Dark Syndrome which makes her weapon a Bow and Arrow
 * Kan's full name might be a play on historical figure 'Genghis Khan' and her last name came from Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan
 * Kan is half Chinese (on her father's side) half British (on her mother's side)
 * Kan's unfortunate event is her heart condition and her strict dad.
 * Gun is Thai (fluent in English) and is faking a British accent the whole time
 * Kan's native name is Chan Ji Dan though her Chinese name in her Zodiac profile isn't her native name like some other characters of Chinese descent
 * Kan was the fifth character to stay in the hospital after Ashton, Devan, Troye and Raphael