The Legend of Korra is an animated American television series set in the Avatar universe as a sequel

series to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The premiere episode aired on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012.
However, the first two episodes were released online on March 24–25, 2012[7] and were available in
high-definition for free on iTunes. The series ran for fifty-two episodes, completing its run on December
19, 2014.

The series picks up seventy years after the end of the Avatar: The Last Airbender story arc with brand
new characters and settings.[3] The protagonist of the new series, Korra, the Avatar after Aang, is a hot-
headed and rebellious young woman from the Southern Water Tribe who is “ready to take on the
world”.[8] The series follows Korra as she faces the difficult challenges, duties, and responsibilities that
come with being the Avatar.

Plot overview

Main article: List of The Legend of Korra episodes

Book One: Air

Main article: Book One: Air

After the conclusion of the Hundred Year War, Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko had brought people from
the four nations together and founded the United Republic of Nations, with its capital being Republic
City, a large “metropolis powered by steampunk-type technology” such as cars and motorcycles.[9]
Aang and Katara had three children, the youngest of which was Tenzin, the only airbender of the three
siblings. Meanwhile, Toph Beifong had traveled extensively to teach metalbending to other
earthbenders. After Aang’s death in 153 AG, he was reincarnated as a Southern Water Tribe girl named
Korra.

At the present time, seventy years after the end of the Hundred Year War, Korra, a rebellious,
seventeen-year-old girl, is set to complete her airbending training and fulfill her role as the Avatar.[3][8]
She has already mastered waterbending, earthbending, and firebending by this point. At the beginning
of the series, Korra travels to Republic City and starts her airbending training with Tenzin.[9][10] Tenzin
himself is married to Pema. He has two daughters, Jinora, a “bookworm”, and Ikki, a “motor-mouth”,
while Meelo, his first son, was his only son until the tenth episode, “Turning the Tides”, when Pema gave
birth to another boy named Rohan.[11]

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Republic City was the main setting for Book One: Air.
However, Republic City is not what Korra imagined it to be. Anti-benders called “Equalists”, who oppose
the arts of bending, utilize techniques such as chi blocking to further their goals of revolution, led by
Amon.[9] Korra must fight rampant crime and the Anti-bending Revolution, assisted by two brothers,
Mako, a firebender, and Bolin, an earthbender. She is also joined by her animal companion, Naga, and
the Republic City Police Force, who are led by Toph’s daughter, Lin Beifong.[11]

Book Two: Spirits

Main article: Book Two: Spirits

Six months after the events of the Anti-bending Revolution, Korra, having learned to bend all four
elements and achieved status as a Fully Realized Avatar, must once again become the student when she
delves into the realm of spirits under her paternal uncle’s teachings and tutelage. Now learning the
depths of her spiritual connections, Korra soon discovers that light cannot exist without the dark, and in
a never ending cycle of creation and destruction, only she has the ability to maintain balance in the
world.

Book Three: Change

Main article: Book Three: Change

With a shift in the world’s energy due to Harmonic Convergence, the ability to airbend has resurfaced in
some nonbenders, prompting Korra and her allies to scour the Earth Kingdom in search for these new
benders to offer training and guidance. However, while the Air Nation is slowly being rebuilt, Zaheer and
his fellow Red Lotus accomplices escape their respective prisons and set out to bring all the nations
down and succumb the world into anarchy. Their belief that disorder is the natural order poses a lethal
threat to Korra and she must fight to save not only the balance of the nations in the world, but also
herself and the Avatar Cycle.

Book Four: Balance

Main article: Book Four: Balance

Following the insurrection of the Red Lotus, Korra left to the Southern Water Tribe to recuperate and
Team Avatar moved on with their lives. Three years later, in 174 AG, the former captain of Zaofu’s
guard, Kuvira, has been traveling the Earth Kingdom with Bolin, Varrick, and her fiancée, Baatar Jr., on a
quest to reunite the nation after it fell into disarray following Queen Hou-Ting’s death. When she was
supposed to relinquish control to the newly crowned Earth King Wu, she denounced his authority and
appointed herself the ruler of the Earth Empire. Meanwhile, Korra managed to heal physically, though
she is still facing an emotional block caused by residual traces of mercury. With troubles coming to the
Earth Kingdom, Team Avatar divided, and the Avatar’s whereabouts unknown, the search for balance
begins anew.
Characters

Main characters

Korra (Janet Varney)[12] is the Avatar immediately succeeding Aang and the main protagonist of the
series. She is a talented bender, eager to learn. Hotheaded and rebellious, Korra relishes her role as “The
Chosen One”.[13] She also has a polar bear dog named Naga as her animal companion.[11]

Mako (David Faustino)[12] is a firebender who grew up on the streets of Republic City with his younger
brother Bolin, who introduces him to Korra. Tall, lean, and handsome, he was a skilled participant in pro-
bending and the former captain of the Fire Ferrets, before becoming a police officer.[13]

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The main members of Team Avatar – Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami – mark their alliance.

Bolin (P. J. Byrne)[12] is an earthbender who, along with his brother Mako, becomes friends with Korra.
He shares a deep bond with his brother and keeps a fire ferret named Pabu. Bolin is enthusiastic and
optimistic and, as a pro-bender, enjoys all the attention he receives from his female fans. His charismatic
ways land him a gig as an actor.[13]

Asami Sato (Seychelle Gabriel)[12] is the daughter of Hiroshi Sato. Asami has lived a life of luxury, but
despite her fancy clothes and polite manners, she has a tough side. She is an expert driver and has had
extensive self-defense training. Asami is a “big fan” of pro-bending, and after her father’s incarceration,
she takes over his company.[13]

Tenzin (J. K. Simmons)[12] is the youngest son of Aang and Katara and an airbending master. A calm and
serious man, he carries a great burden to protect not only Korra, but also Republic City. Tenzin resides
on Air Temple Island with his wife, Pema, and his four children, Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, and Rohan.

Lin Beifong (Mindy Sterling) leads the Metalbending Police Force of Republic City and is the daughter of
Toph Beifong. She is tough and uncompromising, believing that the only way to maintain peace and
stability in the city is through the use of military might.[13]

Book One characters

Amon (Steve Blum) is the main antagonist of the first book of the series. He is the charismatic and
mysterious leader of the Equalists, whose ultimate goal is to create equality through an anti-bending
revolution. He wears a mask to conceal his face. A nimble and stealthy fighter, Amon is fearless in facing
his opponents, regardless of their bending skills, and also forms a great danger for the benders, being
able to take their bending away.[13]

The Lieutenant (Lance Henriksen)[12] is Amon’s second-in-command. He is an intense, disciplined

fighter who augments his amazing skills with two electrified kali sticks.[13]

Hiroshi Sato (Daniel Dae Kim)[12] is a barrel-chested businessman with a big personality. His family
lineage extends back to the first Fire Nation colonists. Hiroshi is a wealthy industrialist, producing
Satomobiles from his Future Industries factories.[13] He is later revealed to be working with the
Equalists by manufacturing the technology they use to fight, as revenge against all benders for the
murder of his wife, Yasuko.
Tarrlok (Dee Bradley Baker) is the secondary antagonist of the first book of the series. He is the
representative for the Northern Water Tribe on the United Republic Council and also serves as its
chairman. Tarrlok seeks to fight the Anti-bending Revolution with violence rather than peaceful
negotiation and is willing to go to extreme lengths to win the conflict against the Equalists, even if it
means fanning the flames of aggression and risking the lives of innocent people.

Book Two characters

Tonraq (James Remar) is Korra’s respected warrior father. He was once in line to inherit the chiefdom of
the Northern Water Tribe, but left to settle in the South Pole. Despite being an excellent waterbender,
he lacks the spiritual connection to his people.

Unalaq (Adrian LaTourelle) is the main antagonist of the second book of the series. He is Korra’s paternal
uncle and current chief of both the Northern and Southern Water Tribes. As a particularly spiritual man,
he possesses an extremely strong connection with the Spirit World. He is a firm believer in the old ways
of the Water Tribe and a true fundamentalist as far as honoring the spirits is concerned.

Desna and Eska (Aaron Himelstein and Aubrey Plaza) are Chief Unalaq’s twin children and Korra’s
cousins. They rarely show emotion and find most people, places, and things very boring. Both are
incredible waterbenders and are able to perform amazing feats in tandem. Eska is also the princess of
the Northern Water Tribe.

Bumi (Richard Riehle) is Tenzin’s older brother and the former commander of the United Forces Second
Division. Described as being wild by General Iroh, he is a brave man and great strategist, despite having
tendencies of childishness that are often directed at his little brother.

Kya (Lisa Edelstein) is Tenzin’s older sister and the second of Aang and Katara’s three children. She is a
great waterbender like her mother, and a proficient healer. Although she keeps a clear head in times of
distress, she becomes wild and unpredictable around her brothers.

Varrick (John Michael Higgins) is the secondary antagonist of the second book of the series. He is an
eccentric captain of industry from the Southern Water Tribe, who would go to great lengths to increase
his wealth. He spends most of his time traveling around the world on his yacht.

Zhu Li (Stephanie Sheh) is Varrick’s calm and loyal assistant. She almost never leaves her boss’s side,
fulfilling his every command without question.

President Raiko (Spencer Garrett) is the first democratically-chosen president of the United Republic of
Nations. He was elected following the events of Book One: Air as a result of the dissolution of the United
Republic Council.

Book Three characters

Zaheer (Henry Rollins) is the main antagonist of the third book of the series. He is a fugitive who gained
airbending due to Harmonic Convergence and, along with his three comrades, seeks to end the Order of
the White Lotus and the Avatar herself.

Ghazan (Peter Giles) is an earthbending criminal and ally of Zaheer. He is able to phase-change earth
and bend it into lava.
Ming-Hua (Grey DeLisle) is an armless waterbender who uses water as a substitute for her missing limbs.
She is also a criminal and part of Zaheer’s group.

P’Li (Kristy Wu) is also a criminal and a firebender who can create explosions with her mind. She is
Zaheer’s girlfriend.

Hou-Ting (Jayne Taini) is the secondary antagonist of the third book of the series. She is the tyrannical
Queen of the Earth Kingdom who will do anything and everything in her power to attain what she wants,
whether it is extorting money from her subjects or manipulating others into doing her work for her.

Kai (Skyler Brigmann) is an orphan from the Earth Kingdom who acquired airbending abilities as a result
of Harmonic Convergence. He has joined Team Avatar in their search for new airbenders. He later begins
a romantic relationship with Jinora.

Zuko (Bruce Davison) is the co-founder of Republic City and a former member of the original Team
Avatar. He is currently leading attempts, alongside the various leaders of the different nations and the
Order of the White Lotus, to recapture Zaheer, P’Li, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan before they can capture the
Avatar for their own sinister intentions.

Suyin Beifong (Anne Heche) is the daughter of Toph Beifong and the creator of the metal city, Zaofu.
Though she has a somewhat troubled past and a strained relationship with her older half-sister Lin,
Suyin is happily married with five children.

Opal Beifong (Alyson Stoner) is Suyin Beifong’s only daughter. She acquired airbending abilities following
the events of Harmonic Convergence and started to train, along with other newfound airbenders, under
the tutelage of Tenzin. She has a romantic relationship with Bolin.

Book Four characters

Kuvira (Zelda Williams) is the main antagonist of the fourth and final book of the series. Introduced as a
minor character in Book Three, she is a metalbender and was the captain of Zaofu’s city guard before
being appointed Interim President of the Earth Kingdom, forming her own army to reunite and stabilize
the nation after the death of Earth Queen Hou-Ting. She would usurp the monarchy and declare the
Earth Empire in its place.

Baatar Jr. (Todd Haberkorn) is Suyin’s eldest son and the fiancée of Kuvira. He is an inventor who uses
his ideas to help aid Kuvira and her cause.

Wu (Sunil Malhotra) is a great-nephew of Earth Queen Hou-Ting and her successor to the throne. He has
been living in Republic City due to the anarchy in the Earth Kingdom, awaiting his opportunity to return
safely and take the throne.

Toph Beifong (Philece Sampler) is the former Chief of Police of Republic City and the creator of
metalbending. She is also a former member of the original Team Avatar and the mother of Lin and Suyin.
After her early retirement from the police force, she set off to travel the world in search for
enlightenment and settled down in the Foggy Swamp.