History Characters / TheLegendOfKorraEnemiesSeasons1And2

* DePower: And [[KickTheSonOfABitch richly deserved]] at the time.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He is the first person to lose his bending to Amon and apparently loses his position as the Triad's boss soon after. He also never gets his bending restored after Amon's defeat.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Amon depowered him and Zolt to prove his abilities. He made it seem like PayEvilUntoEvil, but he did it because they were benders not because they were bad people, though he used that fact to gain more followers.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While Amon and Hiroshi Sato qualify for their own reasons, the Equalists as a whole qualify for the fact that despite saying benders are oppressors who abuse their powers on non-benders, they use their technology and Amon's abilities to do the same to benders and any non-bender not associated with them.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Asami understands his hatred for benders cones from her mother's death. However, she told him that after everything becuase of that, she can't even considered themselves family and her mom would hate for what he's become. He doesn't take that well.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He chews out the Southern Tribe for its spiritual decay and decadence in the middle of a banquet in his honor, saying it is their fault the spirits are attacking. Ultimately, his words were nothing but excuses for his real cause. In fact, [[SubvertedTrope He was actually behind the attacks. He's not trying to stop them, but rather, the opposite]].

* SpockSpeak: They frequently engage in this. In fact most of their lines are delivered in a eerie monotone.

* BaitTheDog: He takes Korra's advice and agrees to let the rebels who just tried to kill him have a fair trial. In his very next scene, he arrests Korra's parents. And the trial turned out to be rigged anyway. Hell, this could be considered his whole character arc.

* {{Revenge}}: His main reason for joining the Equalists.

* {{Flanderization}}: InUniverse. Varrick's moving pictures have him portrayed as a over-the-top villain with a waterbending doomsday machine. Strangely, the actor looks a lot like Actor Ozai from "The Ember Island Players". Funny thing is, the propaganda films [[AccidentalTruth weren't that far off, apart from hamminess of the actor of course]].

** Still, [[spoiler:his attempted kidnapping]] is what led to Korra's family and the White Lotus being overprotective of Korra and keeping her in the South Pole; the lack of the Avatar's presence is what allowed the Equalists to kick off their campaign in Republic City.

* GutturalGrowler: Par the course when voiced by Steve Blum.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He's the spirit of Chaos and Darkness. It's in his nature, but by Korra's time though, Unalaq convinces him that humans can be a part of the chaotic world he wants rather than a worthless race to be killed off, provided they serve him of course. TropesAreTools, as his sheer ruthlessness and merciless nature combined with being an EldritchAbomination somehow only manages to make him ''creepier''.

* TheAntiGod: Instead of deriving from Satan like most gods of evil, he's closer to [[Usefulnotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]]: like the Zoroastrian evil god, Vaatu is a primordial being of darkness, chaos and lies opposing a light of order (though not necessarily truth), revelling in wickedness for its own sake, and just as powerful as his competitor. He also corrupts spirits into shadows of their former selves, and seeks the utter annihilation of all life. As if that wasn't enough, he bears distinctively Vedic patterns on his body. Just like Angra Mainyu, he will always lose to his good counterpart in the end.

** Threatens to wipe out Jinora's soul in the Spirit World to force Korra to open the portal, and would have done the same to Korra if not for a timely rescue.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Asami understands his hatred for benders because of her mother's death. However, she told him that after everything he's done as a result, she can't even considered themselves family and her mom would hate for what he's become. He doesn't take that well.

* BilingualBonus: Their seal means 'flat' or 'tie' in Chinese.

* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler: He was a member of the Red Lotus and proposed the plot to kidnap Korra when she was a child. However, he was never caught and covered up his involvement.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: During the final battle with him.

* BigBad: He might as well be this for the entire ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' series (quite fitting as he is Korra's EvilUncle and becomes her EvilCounterpart with his fusion of Vaatu), as almost every event that takes place can be traced back to him. He tricked Tonraq into becoming a disgrace with his family, resulting him becoming chief of the Northern Water tribe despite not being his birthright (this would allow him to gain territorial control over the Spirit Portals en route to his encounter with Vaatu). Then, he aligns with the Red Lotus and orchestrated the kidnapping of Korra when she was a child in hopes of bringing her to Vaatu, but was able to avoid capture after he betrayed Zaheer and co. and ordered their imprisonment. Still, his attempted kidnapping is what led to Korra's family and the White Lotus being overprotective of Korra and keeping her in the South Pole; the lack of the Avatar's presence is what allowed the Equalists to kick off their campaign in Republic City. Then, the events of Book 2 happens, with Unalaq playing a critical role in Harmonic Convergence by releasing Vaatu — which leads to a series of events where a vast amount of spiritual energy results in non-benders suddenly able to receive the power of airbending — including Zaheer. Then, there's the domino effect of Zaheer's campaign culminating in the Rise of Kuvira. So if anything, almost ''none'' of the events would have happened had Unalaq not crazily devote himself to Vaatu.

* BadassBaritone: Owing to his voice actor, he has a very cool, deep voice.

* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Jonathan Adams.

* SurpriseCreepy: Hundun being an old man with supernatural powers is creepy enough. But him being [[spoiler:a conjoined twin who's scarred brother is horribly emaciated]] is all different shades of unsettling.

* DrivenByEnvy: Korra speculates that the real reason why he arranged his brother's banishment is because he envied his brother's position. She also suggests that his desire to train her stems from further envy that Tonraq sired the Avatar.