History
Kanan was a citizen of Arcadia, a world under rule of dictator Tyrax. While Tyrax used Arcadia's mystical portal to conquer parallel worlds for many years, the population had time to learn how to revolt against him and Kanan led the freedom fighters.[1]
In 1993, Tyrax opened his portal to Earth, leading to two CIA agents from Antartica walking into Arcadia and getting imprisoned. This attracted the attention of Earth's Task Force Youngblood, which sent members Brahma, Cougar, Photon, Riptide and Sentinel into Arcadia. Tyrax ordered Youngblood executed, but this was interrupted by the appearance of Kanan and a group of insurgents. Tyrax escaped his throne room, promising to kill Kanan on their next encounter, and closed the mystical portal remotely, but Kanan helped Youngblood and the CIA agents reach Earth before it closed.[1]