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Water Tribe
Southern Water Tribe
Tonraq
Korra's biological father
- Badass in Distress: During Chapter Sixteen, he willingly lets himself be captured because they offer him a chance to see his daughter again.
- Determinator: After Korra was kidnapped, aven after fourteen years, he has not given up on trying to find her.
- Good Parents: He clearly loves Korra and was a good father to her prior to her kidnapping. During Book Two, he is trying to be a good father again, but he knows it will be difficult to get used to being a father again.
- The Leader: Of the Southern Water Tribe.
- My Greatest Failure: Being gone at the time the Red Lotus kidnapped Korra and not being able to save her.
- Papa Wolf: He will do anything to get his daughter back.
- Tears of Joy: When he is reunited with his daughter in Chapter Nineteen.
Senna
Korra's biological mother
- Adaptational Badass: Unlike in canon where her waterbending abilities are never shown onscreen, there are a few instances she demonstrates these abilities, and they prove to be quite useful. She manages to save Bolin and Mako's lives.
- Ascended Extra: She plays a bigger role in the plot than her canon counterpart did. She even has a few POV segments during Book One.
- Good Parents: She was a good mother to Korra prior to the Red Lotus kidnapping her. During Book Two, she is trying to be a good parent to Korra again, but she knows that her daughter has been through a lot, and she is not entirely sure what she is supposed to do after not seeing her daughter for fourteen years.
- Mama Bear: Despite being outnumbered and outmatched, she did everything she could to protect Korra from the Red Lotus.
- My Greatest Failure: Not being strong enough to prevent the Red Lotus from being able to kidnap her daughter.
- Off Screen Moment Of Awesome: She attempted to fight to Red Lotus to protect Korra. While she failed, it is still awesome and a testament to her Mama Bear status that she tried.
- Tears of Joy: In Chapter Nineteen, when she sees her daughter again for the first time since Korra's abduction fourteen years prior.
North Pole Residents
Unalaq
Chief of the Northern Water Tribe
- Adaptational Heroism: While still highly spiritual and rather self-righteous, Unalaq in this continuity apparently has no affiliation with the Red Lotus and appears to genuinely care about his brother, his wife, and his children.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When Korra and the Red Lotus have come to assassinate him and his family, he begs Korra to kill him if she must but to spare his wife and children.
- Pet the Dog: In this story, his relationship with Tonraq is more or less this.
Malina
Unalaq's wife
- Ascended Extra: Makes an actual appearance in this story while only being mentioned in passing in canon.
- Pet the Dog: According to Tonraq and Senna, she is understanding of Korra's circumstances and does not hold her responsible for the events of the attempted assassination of her family.
Desna and Eska
The twin son and daughter of Unalaq and Malina
- Creepy Twins
- Curb-Stomp Battle: They are on the receiving end of this from Korra.
- In Spite of a Nail: Despite their father appearing to have Adaptational Heroism, Desna and Eska's personalities are exactly as they are in canon.
- Promoted to Love Interest: Inverted. Unlike in canon, Bolin is instantly uncomfortable with Eska's advances and clearly does not wish to be in a relationship with her.
Earth Kingdom
Earth Queen Hou-Ting
The current ruler of the Earth Kingdom and her rule has been causing many civilians in the Earth Kingdom to flee to Republic City and other Nations.
- 0% Approval Rating: She's such a detestable tyrant that none of her subjects like her. Only Mako's and Bolin's grandmother venerates her. At the premiere of the Mover that depicts Kuvira's murder of her, no one in the audience shows any sympathy for the Earth Queen's fate.
- Adaptational Jerkass: While she was a villain in the original series, her actions have apparently been even worse than they were in canon based on how many civilians have sought shelter in Republic City and the Water Tribes.
- The Caligula: The Earth Queen in the story is perhaps even more of a tyrant than in canon. Refugees flee from her regime in the Earth Kingdom in droves, and the economies of the other nations are stretched thin trying to accommodate them.
- Everyone Calls Her "Barkeep": She is always referred to by title, never by name. Until Book Two where she is revealed to have the same name as in canon.
- The Ghost: While she has been mentioned and the results of her reign have become known, she did not make an appearance in Book One, and did not ever send a representative to the World Leader conference. She finally makes an appearance near the end of Book Two shortly before Kuvira kills her and her relatives.
- God Save Us from the Queen!: She is far from an ideal ruler.
- Greater-Scope Villain: The Earth Queen's actions prior to and throughout the story have had numerous consequences that have caused trouble for the protagonists and other characters.
- The number of refugees from the Earth Kingdom have not only stretched the other nations thin, but it made it easier for the Red Lotus to manipulate Korra, which almost led her to kill Unalaq and his family.
- The world leaders have had to put more focus on handling the consequences of her actions rather than being able to lend manpower to help the White Lotus search for Korra.
- Even in Book Two she is indirectly the catalyst of the conflict. Amon, when he was young, was forced into the Earth Kingdom's Child Soldier program and when Hou-Ting ordered the child soldiers to be purged, Amon was able to escape. The treatment that he endured because of his abilities led Amon to hate bending and begin working towards its eradication.
- Hate Sink: Such terrible and heartless queen that it's very hard to feel sorry for her when Kuvira decides she doesn't deserve to rule and kills her.
- Jerkass: She's a cruel and petty woman who doesn't care how she has driven her own kingdom to poverty and thinks being born into royalty gives her the right to do whatever she wants with no repercussions. That is, until Kuvira decides the Earth Kingdom needs a better ruler and gets her out of the throne... by force.
Suyin Beifong
Lin's younger half sister.
- Broken Pedestal: She's seen by Kuvira as the ideal leader who could make the Earth Kingdom better than it ever was. Kuvira feels betrayed when Suyin refuses the opportunity Kuvira created for her to replace the Earth Queen (who Kuvira assassinated), as Suyin sees trying to supplant a royal bloodline of generations wrong, especially with the current crisis in the Earth Kingdom.
- Heroic Bastard: Similar to canon, Lin is Toph's illegitimate daughter.
- The Leader: She is the matriarch of Zaofu.
- Parental Substitute: She basically adopted Kuvira as one of her children after her parents abandoned her for her own protection.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She wishes to help the Earth Kingdom.
Opal
Suyin's daughter.
- Adaptational Sexuality: While showing very little romantic interest in Bolin, Opal quite enjoys the opportunity to kiss both Korra and Asami. She also begins a romantic relationship with Zhu Li.
- Nice Girl: She's very friendly and kind.
- Promoted to Love Interest: Inverted. This Opal never becomes Bolin's girlfriend. Instead, she and Zhu Li become a couple.
Fire Nation
Fire Lord Izumi
Daughter of former Fire Lord Zuko and current ruler of the Fire nation
- Ascended Extra: In canon, she only makes one non-speaking cameo and one speaking appearance. While she has only appeared in one chapter so far, it appears she will probably make more appearances in the future.
- The Leader: She is the current Fire Lord.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She is willing to help the Earth Kingdom refugees.
- She Is the King: The title Fire Lord is unisex similar to canon.
Azula
Zuko's younger sister.
- Brutal Honesty: Even if she has greatly improved as a person, Azula voices her opinions in the bluntest way possible, which still makes her hard to get along with for anyone outside the Fire Nation royal family.
- Cool Aunt: Her great-nephew Iroh is very fond of her.
- Cynical Mentor: She bitterly agrees to teach Korra lightning bending, although she makes clear she doesn't really care whether Korra successes or gives up on it, especially because Azula would like to kill her enemy Kuvira herself since Kuvira tried to kill Azula's great-nephew Iroh.
- The Dreaded: The Red Lotus practically wet themselves when she enters the fray.
- Heel–Face Turn: Judging from her actions, she made peace with her family and the Gaang at some point in this universe.
- Relative Button: Sneaking into the Fire Nation Royal Palace and trying to kill her family members is a fast way to get on her bad side.
- The Resenter: Zuko reveals in the Book Two prologue that even after Aang has been dead for nearly two decades, Azula still holds a grudge.
- Mentor Archetype: She trained Iroh in firebending and lightning bending.
- Never Mess with Granny: Old age has not made her any less dangerous. It's even lampshaded by Ming Hua. For reference, when the Red Lotus tried to assassinate the Royal Family, Azula was holding off the Red Lotus with only the then-child (General) Iroh helping her.
- Scars Are Forever: During the final battle, she gets a burn scar on her face similar to Zuko's, but on the other side.
- Took a Level in Kindness: This universe, especially her side story about her relationship with her great-nephew Iroh, shows old age did a lot of good for Azula. She has become much more stable and can be considerate and protective towards her family. Ty Lee points out Azula isn't scary like in their youth and has become much nicer. That said, she's still capable of being terrifying in combat.
- Unstoppable Rage: Emphasis on unstoppable."she was a nightmare given form, terrifying and monstrous. She was fury incarnate, moving faster than she should be capable of; lightning and flames burst from her hands as she roared fire."
- Vengeance Denied: According to Zuko, Azula wanted to kill the Red Lotus for their assassination attempt on her great-nephew Iroh, but Korra went ahead of her and killed them all. Zuko thinks Azula is so reluctant to think Korra lightning bending so Korra can't kill Kuvira, who Azula hates for trying to kill Iroh too.
Previous Team Avatar
Avatar Aang
The previous Avatar
- Big Good: He was this during his time. He still manages to fulfill this role to an extent during Korra's time by acting as Korra's conscience to prevent her from going through killing Unalaq.
- Broken Pedestal: He was Zaheer's mentor during Zaheer's time as an Air Acolyte. They eventually had a falling out that led Zaheer to develop a low opinion of Aang, considering him to be failure as an Avatar and as an Air-bender.
- Posthumous Character: If he was not dead, Korra would not be the current Avatar.
- Spirit Advisor: He has not made a full connection to Korra yet, but he has been able to partly reach out to her. He finally can appear before her and talk to her when she travels to the Spirit World early in Book Three.
Katara
The wife of Avatar Aang and mother of Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin.
- Cool Old Gal: Is an actual grandmother and like Azula, old age hasn't made Katara miss any steps in a fight.
- A Day in the Limelight: The prologue of Book Two is done completely from her perspective. She meets with a large number of characters who appeared during Book One, and has one-on-one conversations with Asami, Bolin, and Mako before finally meeting Korra herself.
- The Ghost: For Book One since she is mentioned a few times and never appears outside of a picture. She finally makes her debut during Book Two.
Sokka
The brother of Katara and brother-in-law Avatar Aang.
- Badass Normal: He was this.
- The Ghost: Due to his death prior to Book One, he was mentioned a few times, but never received any flashback appearances unlike canon Book One. However, he appeared in a flashback from his sister's perspective during the beginning of Book Two.
- Posthumous Character: He died prior to the start of the story.
Toph
Avatar Aang's former Earth Bending teacher and mother to Lin and Suyin.
- Death by Adaptation: In this version, Toph died in the Foggy Swamp some time after going missing. She still makes an appearance in Book Three when Korra meets her in the Spirit World.
- The Ghost: During Book One, she has been mentioned several times and is apparently alive, but she has yet to make an appearance in the present. During Book Two, she appears in a flashback from Katara's perspective.
- Killed Offscreen: In Book Two, the reader learns Toph is dead when the people of the Foggy Swamp Tribe mention they found a blind old woman's corpse.
- Really Gets Around: The authors confirmed that Lin and Suyin have different fathers like in canon.
Zuko
Former Fire Lord and father to current Fire Lord Izumi. He was a friend to Avatar Aang, and his fire bending teacher.
- Death by Adaptation: He dies a heroic death when fighting in the final battle of Republic City against the Earth Empire.
- The Ghost: Throughout Book One, he was mentioned a few times, but he did not make any appearances. He finally makes his debut during Book Two.
- Passing the Torch: After Aang's death, he announced his intention to step down as Fire Lord.
