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Introduced in Turf Wars

    Jargala Omo 

Jargala Omo

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The leader of the Creeping Crystal triad, and an apparent rival of Tokuga's.


  • Ambiguously Brown: She, alongside Guru Pathik and the sham at Varrick's court, remains one of the three Avatar characters with an Indian appearance and cultural sensibilities in spite of the lack of an India analogue.
  • Ambiguously Gay: When she's threatening Asami, she sits on her desk, calls her "sweetheart," and generally behaves flirtatiously.
  • Bullying a Dragon: Treats Korra like someone she can just push around.
  • Call-Back: Her triad is named for Jennemite, the creeping crystal used to imprison people until the crystal overtakes them. It's the same crystal King Bumi used to trap Sokka and Katara in the previous series. Wonder if they know that Jennemite is made of rock candy?
  • Dark Action Girl: She heads up a criminal gang, and fights alongside them in gang wars.
  • Defiant to the End: Tokuga had her dead to rights in Part 1 and she was courageous enough to Face Death with Dignity, Fortunately for her though the police broke up the fight, but the key thing is she did not flinch at potential head-losing.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: She and the rest of her triad are earthbenders.
  • Enemy Mine: After losing her turf to Tokuga in Part 3 she teams up with Korra, Mako and Bolin and agrees to sneak them into the building the Triple Threats are hiding in to get revenge.
  • Faux Affably Evil: In typical mobster fashion, she's amused by Asami's "moxie" and allowed Ms. Sato to insult her, but still broke in to threaten a protection racket, has intentions of returning in a few days to do so again as well as letting the rest of Team Avatar search her headquarters to find their missing teammate while doing nothing more than casually trash talking Korra on the team's way out.
  • Nerves of Steel: Say what you will about Jargala but she doesn't back down to anyone or anything whether they be rival gangs or the Avatar herself.
  • Not Me This Time: Considering both a previous "visit" to Asami and the rocks thrown around the office, Korra understandably suspects the Creeping Crystals of kidnapping Asami, but they had nothing to do with it.
  • Shame If Something Happened: Waits until Asami's alone one night to "offer" protection and intends to return in a few days to let Asami "think about it."
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The last time we see her in Part 3 of Turf Wars, she's fighting off members of the Triple Threat Triad as Korra, Mako and Bolin head off to stop Tokuga and rescue Asami.

    Tokuga 

Tokuga

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The new leader of the Triple Threat Triad after Kuvira's attack on Republic City.


  • Arc Villain: He spends all of one fight scene working for Keum, then takes over his operation as retribution for Keum's ill-planned attempt to get the airbenders away from the portal after which he serves as the main villain for the rest of Turf Wars.
  • An Arm and a Leg: Tokuga has part of his tentacle arm chopped off near the end of Turf Wars by Wonyong with an ax. Though giving his half spirit physiology he may just grow said arm back.
  • Badass Longcoat: Tokuga wears a pretty sweet trench coat that does a lot of sweeping whenever he jumps and moves around.
  • Badass Normal: He isn't a bender, just good with swords, knives, and has chi-blocking training. He still managed to depose Viper and take over the Triple Threats.
  • Body Horror: Thanks to brief contact with a spirit, Tokuga's face is part fish and his right arm has turned into a tentacle.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Nothing's off the table with him. Hookswords and Chi blocking are the starting course, then hostage-taking and choking are on the next course; followed up with a poisonous gas attack on an entire city with no means of self defense which is arguably entering scorched earth territory. He makes it clear that if he doesn't get his way, you're getting killed or hurt very badly.
  • Combat Tentacles: After being mutated by the Dragon-Eel spirit his right arm is replaced with a tentacle which if anything makes him more deadly, allowing him to Neck Lift people easily, and chi-block at a distance.
  • Composite Character: Strictly regarding his abilities he's a mix of Jet and Ty Lee with Azula's charisma and negotiating tactics.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To the animated series villains as a whole. Unlike Amon, Unalaq, Zaheer and Kuvira, he's a nonbender with no deeper purpose or meaning other than wanting to rule Republic City.
  • Dual Wielding: He fights with a pair of hook swords.
  • Empowered Badass Normal: After getting mutated by the Dragon-Eel spirit he gains a powerful tentacle arm and is immune to toxic gas.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: Nobody knows where the hell this guy came from. According to Two-Toed Ping, Tokuga shows up out of nowhere, kills Viper and assumes control of the triad; and unlike the triads pre-comics, Tokuga is a serious threat.
  • I Control My Minions Through...: fear. Two-Toed Ping considers himself a dead man in jail for talking to the cops and in volume 2, he outright killed Viper off-screen for failing him, chokes Zhen into compliance to not end up the same way and makes the whole triad declare loyalty to him or die.
  • I Have Your Wife: He kidnaps Asami during Part 2 in order to use her as leverage against Korra. Fortunately Asami is able to save herself and Korra arrives to provide backup.
  • It's Personal: Tokuga blames Korra for his transformation into a spirit hybrid, assuming she deliberately called the spirits and ordered them to attack him.
  • Mysterious Past: He came from somewhere outside Republic City with only Viper vouching for him, otherwise nothing else is known of him even by the Triple Threats after taking over.
  • Neck Lift: Becomes a favorite tactic of his with his tentacle arm post mutation.
  • No-Sell: His mutation has rendered him immune to poison gas.
  • Pressure Point: He knows chi-blocking, using it to take out some rival gang members. His long tentacle arm can also use chi-blocking and its extra reach allows him to get the drop on Korra.
  • Smoke Out: He carries smoke grenades on him in case he needs a quick distraction.
  • The Starscream: Viper brought Tokuga into the triad and he eventually took over leadership then killed Viper at some point during volume 2.
  • Took a Level in Badass: He claims to have become stronger, faster and smarter after his mutation. And having a long tentacle for an arm can certainly be handy.
  • Two-Faced: He gets this inflicted on him by an angry spirit, with the right half of his entire body becoming fish-like.
  • Visionary Villain: Post-mutation, he states the experience made his mind clearer and that wanting a few blocks was thinking small compared to taking over the entire city.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: After his plans for Republic City goes up in smoke Tokuga escapes into the Spirit World to recuperate although Korra notes that they likely haven't seen the last of him.

    Wonyong Keum 

Wonyong Keum

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A businessman trying to profit off the new spirit portal. When Avatar Korra interferes, he gets involved with the Triple Threat Triads in an attempt to get his way.


  • Bullying a Dragon: Persists in his plans to make money off the spirit portal even though the airbenders, the Avatar, and even the spirits make it abundantly clear it won't be tolerated.
  • Demoted to Dragon: He's the driving force behind the first part of Turf Wars, but Tokuga takes over his operations after being mutated by a spirit.
  • The Dog Bites Back: After spending most of the story held captive and having his company stolen by him Wonyong gets some payback on Tokuga by chopping off part of his tentacle arm and sending him falling into the spirit world.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Part 3 of Turf Wars reveals that he balked at the idea of helping Hiroshi Sato develop weapons for the Equalists. He is also shown being horrified by Tokuga's plan to use Hiroshi's device to release poisonous gas all over Republic City to take the city hostage.
  • Evil Is Not a Toy: Hires an extremely dangerous criminal to clear the airbenders away from the portal, which he knows is under the protection of the spirits and the Avatar. Tokuga comes back mutated and very angry, and proceeds to take over Keum's whole operation.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Works with Asami to escape from Tokuga's airship. If it wasn't played straight then, it is when he ends the conflict with the spirits by relinquishing his claim to the lands around the spirit portal, and admits that he wants to help Korra keep balance after she and Asami saved his life.
  • Hostage Situation: The end result of him hiring Tokuga, as he's Bound and Gagged by the very people he hired to do his dirty work and has been AWOL for days.
  • Jerkass: Tries to bully the airbenders away from the spirit portal and thinks he can order Korra around. When that fails, he hires the Triple Threats to do it for him.
    • Asami still hates his guts over welching on a deal with her father eight years ago. To put that into perspective, Varrick and her father have done worse to her for a shorter amount of time yet forgave both of them by the end of the TV show. If a person who's forgiven men that tried to kill her or steal her company thinks you're a dick then you must be a dick.
    • Yet part 3 reveals that Jerkass Has a Point: as Asami's father was creating chemical weapons that would've killed hundreds if not thousands of benders and any non-bender as collateral due to being an Equalist at the time. Wonyong may have been an asshole regarding the spirits, but he's more greedy than outright violent and he could not stomach such a heinous plan, which is why he welched out of any current dealings and refused future dealings with Hiroshi.
  • Pet the Dog: He shows concern for Asami's wellbeing when the two of them are imprisoned by Tokuga. He later agrees to give up the land around the spirit portal when she and Korra save him, not wanting to cause any further conflict in Republic City.

    Wenyan 

Wenyan

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President Raiko's campaign manager, helping run his reelection campaign after Raiko's handling of Kuvira's invasion has made him immensely unpopular.


  • '50s Hair: He rocks a pompadour.
  • Hyper-Competent Sidekick: He's pretty on the ball as far as advice goes, pointing out some pretty obvious PR issues that Raiko fails to notice.
  • Jerkass: He doesn't care at all about the people of Republic City and only advises Raiko to help them when it'll advance his popularity with the masses. He also pushes Raiko to take credit for others achievements.
  • Malicious Slander: He can and will spin anything to his advantage. He even takes the fact Zhu Li helped the Avatar fight Kuvira to paint her as too reckless and irresponsible to make an effective president.
  • Smug Snake: Is very smug and sure of his political savvy, but his influence on Raiko's campaign against Zhu Li (and Varrick) ends up doing far more harm than good.
  • The Social Expert: Skilled at manipulating the opinion of the masses against Zhu Li, however, not quite as skilled as Varrick is at manipulating it in her favor.
  • Toxic Friend Influence: Raiko was never a good person to start with but by the time of the comics he's begun to question his choices a lot more and seems more uncertain about his ability as a leader than he ever did during the show. Wenyan convinces him to ignore his doubts and focus solely on getting reelected at whatever cost.

Introduced in Ruins of the Empire

    Commander Guan 

Commander Guan

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Commander of the Earth Empire's southern forces. When Kuvira surrendered in Republic City, he refused to lay down arms, and seeks to use the Earth Kingdom's elections to legitimize the Empire under his rule.


  • Arc Villain: The main antagonist of the Ruins of the Empire.
  • Ascended Extra: Believe it or not but Guan does appear briefly in the first episode of Book 4 after Kuvira has taken the state of Yi into her empire. Fast forward to this comic trilogy and he has been upgraded to the main villain.
  • Big Bad Wannabe: He ultimately turns out to be this, especially when compared to Kuvira and Baatar Jr.. His faction is but a tiny fragment of the now disbanded Earth Empire, and people are only reluctant to move against him due to legal and political concerns. Once those are out of the picture, he gets beaten by Kuvira three times, and Baatar Jr. manages to figure out a way of reversing his brainwashing - which he had planned to use to take over the entire Earth Kingdom - in less than a day.
  • Broken Pedestal: Guan is a true believer of the Earth Empire's philosophy and as such was a believer in Kuvira as well. He was therefore disgusted when Kuvira surrendered at Republic City and believes she is a traitor to the cause.
  • Foil: To Kuvira. While she was a Villain with Good Publicity who made most of her gains through superior power while hiding her real agenda, Guan is fully upfront about his intentions yet chooses more subtle methods that will nevertheless give him what he wants.
  • The Strategist: Simply fielding himself and other candidates into positions of power grants him an ability to not only quickly gain power, but protection. He knows that if Korra and Wu were to simply stop him or the election; the Earth Kingdom inhabitants will feel like their votes have no real power. Considering that the change from monarchic rule hasn't been received very well alone, undermining what power the people think they have will sour the process for them. In addition, should he or his candidates win, they're protected politically from the Avatar and are free to legitimize the Earth Empire.
  • Villain Has a Point: As usual per Korra's standards. He may be a fascist, but he lays out exactly why rash implementation of democracy can allow people like him to ascend.

    Doctor Sheng 

Doctor Sheng

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Chief scientist of the Earth Empire's southern forces during the rule of Kuvira and continued to serve in an armed holdout outside Gaoling in the months following the latter's surrender.



Alternative Title(s): The Legend Of Korra Turf Wars

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