Yu-Ti

For the god in Chinese mythology, see Jade Emperor.

Yu-Ti is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Yu-Ti is the leader of the mythical city K'un-Lun and is a supporting character of Iron Fist.

Dragon Lord
Nu-An as the Yu-Ti as depicted in New Avengers (vol. 2) #25 (June 2012). Art by Mike Deodato and Will Conrad.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Nu-An: Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974) Tuan: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #21 (February 1976) Lei Kung: Marvel Premiere #16 (June 1974) Lei Kung (as Yu-Ti): Immortal Iron Fist #14 (April 2008) Sparrow: Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #2 (May 2014)
Created by	Nu-An Roy Thomas Gil Kane Tuan Chris Claremont Rudy Nebres Lei-Kung Roy Thomas Len Wein Larry Hama Ed Brubaker Matt Fraction Kano Sparrow Kaare Andrews
In-story information
Alter ego	Nu-An Tuan Lei Kung Sparrow
Notable aliases	Dragon Lord Thunderer
Abilities	All: Hand-to-hand combat Nu-An, Tuan and Lei-Kung: Longevity

Publication history

The Yu-Ti first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974), and was created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. The character subsequently appears in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #10 (March 1975), Marvel Premiere #22 (June 1975), Master of Kung Fu Annual #1 (1976), Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #21 (February 1976), Iron Fist #6-7 (August–September 1976), Marvel Team-Up #64 (December 1977), Power Man and Iron Fist #74-75 (October–November 1981), and Immortal Iron Fist #4-8 (May–October 2007), and #10-14 (December 2007-June 2008).

Fictional character biography

The Yu-Ti Lord Tuan dwelt with his son Nu-An in the shining tower in the realm of K'un-L'un with which they can observe the peace in their realm and watch other dimensions using the emerald known as the Great Crystal. Lord Tuan and Nu-An went wandering outside the city and encountered Shou-Lao who tried to attack them. A man from Earth named Wendell Rand suddenly arrived on K'un-L'un and drove Shou-Lao away with a rifle.^[1]

Tuan adopted Wendell Rand as his son and took him into his house. Nu-An was present as the new Yu-Ti where he puts his arms around Wendell Rand showing him preference over Davos.^[2]

Wendell and Shakirah/Shakiri fell in love and got married, having a daughter named Miranda Rand.^[3][4] This ended up earning Wendell the enmity of the next Yu-Ti who was also in love with Shakirah.^[1][4]

Nu-An helped Wendell into preparing his uniform as he was got ready to fight Davos and earn the right to make a challenge to Shou-Lao. Nu-An watched silently as Davos accused Lord Tuan of favoritism when he declared Wendell the winner. Nu-An also stood silently as Tuan exiled Davos from K'un-L'un because he challenged Shou-Lao without his permission.^[5]

Lord Tuan dies and becomes the first of the Yama Kings of Feng-Tu, with his son Nu-An becoming the new Yu-Ti.^[6] Nu-An mentors Wendell Rand's son Danny Rand, also known as Iron Fist.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Powers and abilities

All of the Yu-Ti's have been shown to be masters of hand-to-hand combat. Nu-an, Tuan and Lei-Kung are immune to aging due to eating fruits from the Tree of Immortality.

In other media

Yü-Ti appears in the second season of Iron Fist, portrayed by James Saito.^[11]