Coran

“He maintains a treasure trove of knowledge in his brain, but like a storage unit that's been flooded and pushed over a cliff, it takes a little while to find the pertinent information.”

―Corran's bio, Voltron.com

Coran is a protagonist from the Voltron: Legendary Defender series and a member of the Defenders of the Universe. He is the last known surviving male Altean, and was the former advisor to Alfor and current advisor to Allura.

History

Early Life

Ten thousand years ago Before his stasis sleep, Coran was the family's royal advisor to Alfor and his unknown wife. Ruled the Altean race as well as held an alliance with Zarkon and his people. When a comet crashed into Zarkon's planet, Alfor built the Black Lion from the material found inside and Zarkon became the Black Paladin. All while Coran's grandfather built the Castle of Lions to house them and Voltron was known as a heroic fighting force. However, Zarkon sought to have the power of Voltron for himself so he betrayed Alfor and the Alteans, mercilessly attacking them with the might of Galra fleets. With the situation so dire and fearing that Zarkon would seize it, Alfor rendered Coran and his daughter Allura in stasis aboard the Castle of Lions, which was then sent to the far off planet Arus with the Black Lion also aboard while the other Lions were scattered across the universe.

Awakening

Coran and Allura were eventually awakened from stasis when the Blue Lion brought five humans-Shiro, Keith, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk to the Castle of Lions, which they entered and wandered through until they found the two Alteans. Upon awakening, Coran was initially confused and then attacks Lance, mistaking him for an enemy. But learned a horrifying truth: he and Allura had been in stasis for 10,000 years, and Altea-along with its entire solar system-had been destroyed, apparently leaving them as the only surviving members of their race. all because of Zarkon. surprising that he still lives after so much time has passed. but was forced into action when Coran detected a Galra ship approaching the planet. Deciding that the five humans had been brought to the castle for a purpose, Allura charged them with locating the remaining lions so that they could reform Voltron and set about freeing the universe-much of which had been conquered-from the Galra Empire. After The Green and Yellow Lions are retrieve, Coran reveals to everyone that the Red Lion has been found: located the previously the Galra ship, so the Paladins embarked on a mission to recover the Red Lion so that the Black Lion's vault within the Castle could be opened, while Coran and Allura set about repairing the Castle defenses in preparation for the attack. They were aided in this by the Space Mice, whose time in the capsule with Allura had given them a psychic connection. Despite this, the Castle defenses were soon broken, and it was only by managing to form Voltron that the Paladins saved Allura and Coran. With the Galra Commander Sendak apparently defeated, Coran proclaimed their new team the Defenders of the Universe.

Shortly after the battle with Sendak, Coran and Allura have been awake for hours readying the Castleship to leave Arus, for putting a end of Zarkon's empire,

Personality

Coran is suited as a Royal Advisor for exhibiting a highly cautionary and protective personality, usually when it comes to Allura, who sees him as a second father. Coran holds immense respect for the deceased King Alfor and takes his duty as Allura's guardian very seriously by overseeing her health and warning her of threats to her life. He is dramatic in almost all other situations and provides a substantial amount of comic relief, but is not one to be underestimated simply for his comedy and lack of exhibited combat ability.

Coran is highly knowledgeable about the universe and alien technology; he will readily take action and command to assist the team when they need it most and is incredibly competent under his eccentric demeanor. He is sympathetic to the struggles his teammates suffer through, having a deep pain of his own from losing his home planet, family, and entire race. His compassion extends to the suffering of creatures such as Balmera, as Coran is someone who appreciates the universe and the good that exists and must be upheld