"So..." Wan drawled out again as he tried to make sense of this. "He tried to convince the President to go to war by kidnapping him to stop Unalaq and fix the problems with the spirits. A problem that, if I remember what I read correctly, was actually Unalaq trying to free Vaatu from where Iiiiiaaaaaaa a certain Avatar waaaaay in the past imprisoned him. Vaatu being the the Spirit of Darkness and Chaos, who gains power from emotions like anger and hatred. Which is what war brings. So if there was a war, Vaatu would have gained even more power and throw the balance even further askew."

He raised an eyebrow, "And through all of that, Varrick was trying to help. With war."