Avatar Korra

**Avatar Korra**, also known as **Korra**, is the titular main protagonist from the *The* *Legend of Korra* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Korra is the current living Avatar, successor to (and reincarnation of) Aang. Born in the Southern Water Tribe to the Waterbenders Tonraq and Senna, she is a teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe with a brash, pugnacious personality. Over the course of the series, her fetters and flaws are broken down, enabling her to grow and become one of the most world-changing Avatars in history.

On the surface, Korra is fierce, independent, and pugnacious, but beneath her tough exterior, she possesses a strong loyalty toward her friends and duty as the Avatar. She also has an admirable compassion and devotion, demonstrated when she expresses love toward things such as her family and friends. Her offensive battle style means that she is always quick to initiate or rise to a challenge, and is similarly quick witted and impulsive, especially in heated situations. As an "Avatar-in-training", she lacked perception toward the damage her bending is capable of, and her rash decisions often resulted in her accidentally insulting others.

True to Korra's character, Lin once stated to Tenzin that it was "hard to believe [his] sweet-tempered father was reincarnated into that girl". Her personality is, in many ways, the opposite of her past life's; Aang was a peaceful, diffident, nomadic airbender, whereas Korra is tough, impatient, headstrong, sarcastic, and assertive. She has a habit of getting close-up to people when confronting them, sometimes grabbing them by the chin when trying to get her point across. Additionally, while Aang was initially reluctant to be the Avatar, to the point where he ran away to prevent his responsibilities as the Avatar from disturbing his life, Korra fully embraced her position as the Avatar from a young age, reveling in its power. However, similar to Aang, she also has a good sense of humor and enthusiasm, and a vulnerable teenage charm.

## **Appearance**

### **Cartoons**

* The Legend of Korra - Book One: Air
* The Legend of Korra - Book Two: Spirits
* The Legend of Korra - Book Three: Change
* The Legend of Korra - Book Four: Balance

### **Comics**

* The Legend of Korra
* The Legend of Korra - Ruins of the Empire
* The Legend of Korra - Turf Wars

### **Video Games**

* Nick Football Champions
* Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
* Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
* Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
* Scary Brawl
* Super Brawl 3: Good vs. Evil
* Super Brawl 4
* Super Brawl Universe
* Super Brawl World
* Super Mini Puzzle Heroes
* The Legend of Korra
* The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins

## **Trivia**

* Her name follows a longstanding tradition in the polar Water Tribes, where often people include one or two "K"s and/or have an "AH" sound in their name (Arnook, Eska, Desna, Hakoda, Kanna, Katara, Kuruk, Noatak, Pakku, Sokka, Tarrlok, Varrick, Yakone, Yagoda, etc.).
* On the wanted poster issued by the Earth Queen, her name was written with the characters meaning "bandit drag", though official merchandise and the Chinese dub uses the characters instead, meaning "stem" and "pull".
* The creators could not find a name that they agreed on that followed the tradition of the Water Tribe names, but when they were staying in an eco-lodge, the owner introduced them to his dog Cora. The creators agreed on the name, and with a spelling tweak, it fit into the established culture.
	+ Coincidentally, the actress who provided the voice of four-year-old Korra is also named Cora.
* Korra's situation is the opposite of Aang's; Aang had mastered airbending during his time spent at the Southern Air Temple and had to travel the world to learn the other three elements, whereas Korra had mastered waterbending, earthbending, and firebending at the compound in the South Pole and had to travel to learn airbending. In addition, while Aang was in tune with the spiritual side of bending and had to work to achieve the physical ability to bend the other elements, Korra is talented with the physical side of bending but has difficulty mastering the spiritual side. Furthermore, Aang stated he never wanted to be the Avatar; meanwhile, Korra claimed she never wanted to be anything but the Avatar.
* Korra's bending training is similar to Aang's in that they both learned their native elements from a childhood friend of their previous life; Korra learned waterbending from Katara, who became Aang's wife, while Aang learned airbending from Gyatso, a friend of Roku. In addition, Korra and Aang learned their final element from a descendant of their previous life; Korra learned airbending from Tenzin, Aang's son, while Aang learned firebending from Zuko, Roku's great-grandson.
* Korra is the second known Avatar shown to know of her status as the Avatar before her sixteenth birthday, Aang being the first, though she knew of her status at a significantly younger age.
* Chronologically, Korra is the youngest known fully-realized Avatar. In terms of biological age, she is the second youngest known, with Avatar Aang being the youngest.
* Korra is the only Avatar known to have her bending blocked with chi-blocking.
* Korra is the first Avatar known to have her bending removed and likewise restored.
* Korra is the second known Avatar to utilize energybending.
* Korra is the second known Avatar to be seen restoring someone's bending that had been previously taken away and the first to be seen doing so while presently alive.
* Korra favors the "I'm looking for the bathroom" excuse whenever someone confronts her on what she is doing when she should not be there.
* Whereas Aang relied most on his native element, Korra does not have a preference for one element over the other.
* In the Russian dub, Korra is voiced by the same actress who previously voiced Aang in *Avatar: The Last Airbender*.
* Korra is the first known person to have ever tamed a polar bear dog.
* Korra is the waterbender shown in the opening sequence of *The Legend of Korra*.
* When she first utilized the Avatar State, Korra bent each of the four elements in reverse order of the cycle; air, fire, earth, water. This was the same order Aang bent the elements during the battle at Wulong Forest when he entered the Avatar State.
* Korra is the fifth known person to break free of a bloodbender's hold by their own doing, the others being Katara, Aang, Amon, and Mako. She is, however, the first Avatar known to be able to resist bloodbending without being in the Avatar State.
* Korra used the phrase "if you're man enough to face me" when trying to goad Amon into fighting her, which was the same phrase Katara used when she goaded Pakku into fighting her.
* Korra's design was inspired by various female MMA fighters, one being Gina Carano.
* After defeating Amon, Korra's outfit has changed; it has sleeves and an asymmetrically necked top.
* Korra is the second Avatar known to have familial ties to a ruling class, following Roku, an ancestor of Zuko.
* A chibi version of Korra can be seen in *Republic City Run* and in *Super Mini Puzzle Heroes Multiplayer*.
* Korra's airbender staff is similar in design to the staff Aang received from the mechanist on the Day of Black Sun.
* Korra is the second person known to be able to collect water from the air, the first being Hama.
* Korra is the only person to appear in every episode of *The Legend of Korra*.
* Korra and her girlfriend, Asami, were the first canon depiction of a same-sex couple in the *Avatar* universe.
* Bryan Konietzko drew Korra and Asami cuddling during a turtle duck boat ride for *The Legend of Korra / Avatar: The Last Airbender* Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus.
* Korra had the last line in the series.
* The design of Korra's boots for Book Four: Balance was based on a pair of existing knee-high faux suede flat winter buckle boots.
* In July 2020, the game SMITE launched a battle pass that featured two skins with which the player could alter the appearance of the Norse goddess Skadi and her winter wolf Kaldr to look like Korra did in Book One or Book Four, complete with access to the Avatar State, and Naga, respectively.