How was the Iron Fist supposed to protect K'un-Lun and destroy the hand?
Danny says multiple times over the series that he is the Iron Fist, the Iron Fist is sworn to protect K'un-Lun by guarding the pass, and that the Iron First is sworn to destroy the hand.
So how is the Iron Fist supposed to destroy the hand while guarding the pass? That makes no sense to me.
Best Answer
The Iron Fist is not supposed to destroy the Hand. It is supposed to protect K'un Lun from the Hand.
From listening to Danny explain what he's been taught, it's clear that he always assumed the Hand was a fairy tale. As Iron Fist, his job was to guard K'un Lun from everyone, up to and including the Hand. He'd been told that the Hand was the sworn enemy of K'un Lun, and that his ultimate goal was to destroy them, but in the context of invaders. He was to destroy them if they came to K'un Lun.
When he left K'un Lun, though, he discovered the Hand was in New York City, which shocked him completely. He decides that the best way to protect K'un Lun from the Hand is to destroy them where he found them. He says as much to Davos when he comes to take Danny back. He convinces Davos that staying to fight the Hand is the right thing to do, but it's clear (especially by the end) that it wasn't his intended purpose, it was merely an unexpected opportunity.
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How did Kun Lun get destroyed in the Iron Fist?
The Destruction of K'un-Lun In Iron Fist: The Living Weapon, Danny returned to K'un-Lun after being summoned by a young monk named Pei just before she collapses from exhaustion. Danny found the city in flames and Lei-Kung decapitated.Does the Hand destroy Kun Lun?
K'un-Lun was likely destroyed by the Hand.What does the Iron Fist protect?
The Iron Fist serves as guardian of the gate, protector of K'un-Lun, and destroyer of the Hand, an organization formed by heretics banished from K'un-Lun in the distant past. After he lost his family in a plane crash, Danny Rand was raised by the inhabitants of the city.Why was the Hand banished from Kun Lun?
They didn't want to heal; they wanted immortality -- power, to never face death, to regenerate themselves again and again. The elders saw this as an aberration, and so, like Lucifer from heaven, the five were banished from K'un-Lun forever. They became the five fingers of the Hand."LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 - Iron Fist/Daredevil/Luke Cage Side Quest
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