Korra

## 柯拉Korra

**Korra** was a human female bender from the Southern Water Tribe — one of the Four Nations of the Deep Core planet of Reylea — and the immediate successor to Avatar Aang. Born and raised as the only child to Tonraq and Senna, Korra was discovered as the Avatar at the age of five, following which she was sequestered to a remote compound for her safety — a lonely upbringing which found comfort a year later when Caran, a young Force-sensitive boy, was adopted into her family after she found him as a baby in the wreckage of a crashed ship. Though Caran's origins and his powers remained a mystery, Korra instantly fell in love with her new adopted brother and grew fiercely protective of him. Gaining mastery over three of the four Bending Arts over the next decade, her struggle with its spiritual aspect compounded with her inability to Airbend — prompting her to sneak away with Caran in tow to Republic City, where she began her training under the reluctant tutelage of Tenzin, Aang's son.

## **Personality and traits**

Korra was a human female with brown skin, blue-cyan eyes, black hair, and a tough muscular build.

On the surface, Korra was fierce, independent, and pugnacious, but beneath her tough exterior, she possessed a strong sense of compassion and loyalty to family and friends, especially her adopted brother, Caran. She also carried a fierce devotion toward her duty as the Avatar. Her offensive battle style meant that she was 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 was capable of, and her rash decisions often resulted in her accidentally insulting others.

Korra's personality was, in many ways, the opposite to that of her past life—Aang was a peaceful, diffident, nomadic airbender, whereas Korra was tough, impatient, headstrong, sarcastic, and assertive. She had 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 had a good sense of humor and enthusiasm, and was vulnerable teenage charm.

Being initially unable to connect with her spiritual side proved to be a stumbling block in Korra's training, and she admitted that her personality is the opposite of the typical airbenders; as Tenzin noted, Avatars tend to struggle with the bending art most opposite their personality. Due to the lack of a spiritual center in her life, Korra was impulsive and therefore had a hard time hiding her true feelings; this proved especially true whenever she was around Caran, who knew her well enough to the point that he did not even need to use the Force to understand what she was feeling.

## **Powers and abilities**

As the Avatar, Korra possessed the unique ability to bend all four elements, along with the potential to become the most powerful bender in the world. Ever since she was a child Korra showcased a remarkable affinity to the physical side of bending, while the opposite held true for the spiritual side of bending. As such, she was easily able to master earthbending, firebending, and her native element of waterbending, whereas she was entirely incapable of airbending. Nevertheless, through her training under the White Lotus and Katara—a waterbending master and wife of the previous Avatar—Korra grew to be an extremely powerful and skilled bender by the age of seventeen.

In addition to her bending abilities, Korra also possessed considerable physical prowess. Due to her affinity for the physical aspect of bending, Korra gained an impressive level of strength great enough to lift a fully grown human male without any noticeable effort. Likewise, she can easily leap across long distances and over high obstacles from a stationary position, as well as effectively traverse various terrains and vertical surfaces with great speed to hoist herself up and across rooftops. Like most earthbenders, Korra's physical prowess gave her more stamina and also made her more durable than the average human, enabling her to take extensive punishment and still continue fighting. She is also extremely proficient in unarmed hand-to-hand combat, being able to defeat multiple opponents without her bending abilities, and combined with her sharp reflexes and flexibility, was capable of countering and parrying close-ranged attacks.

While lacking in her spiritual side, Korra nevertheless carried an innate sense as the Avatar for things that most others could not pick up on, though not to the same extent that her adopted brother, Caran, could sense. Similarly to a Force-sensitive individual, Korra was capable of sensing the mystical energies of the Force, mainly whenever in the presence of something or someone strong in either the light side or dark side of the Force.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 61: Destiny" (voice only)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Lost Child* — "Chapter 1: Fall From the Stars"
* *Joker's Interrogation* (first canonical appearance)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: World of the Force* (will appear)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 3: The Fate of Reylea* (will appear)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 4: United We Stand* (will appear)

### **Non-canon appearances**

* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 1: Prologue" (first appearance)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 2: Unexplainable Bending"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 3: Welcome to Republic City"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 4: A Leaf in the Wind"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 5: The Revelation"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 6: The Voice in the Night"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 7: Spirit of Competition Pt 1"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 8: Spirit of Competition Pt 2"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 9: And The Winner Is-"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 10: The Messenger"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 11: Getting to Know You"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 12: The Aftermath"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 13: What is the Force?"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 14: Visions"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 15: New Team Avatar"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 16: When Extremes Meet"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 17: Out of the Past"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 18: Reunion—And Sorrow"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 19: The Equalists Strike"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 20: Turning the Tides"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 21: A Love Square?"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 22: New Knowledge"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 23: Endgame"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 24: Greatest Change"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 25: Discussion With a Jedi"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 1: A Harsh Lesson" (main story and recap)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 2: Learning About the Force"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 3: Force Powers"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — After-Credits Scene (mentioned only)
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 4: Dark Knights Attack"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 5: Going More Public"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 6: Criminal Activities"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 7: Seeking the Triads"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 8: Planning Secret Activities"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 9: Major Crime Bust"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 10: Escalation"
* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 2: Mysteries of Reylea* — "Chapter 11: Crashing the Party"
* *A Failed Knight* (mentioned only)
* *Recovery*

## **Sources and copyrights**

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