Strengths: Energetic, headstrong, self-confident, ambitious, free spirit, brave, fierce, friendly, witty, extremely skilled in combat, goes her own way in achieving any task, does not let others define her.
Weaknesses: Brash, highly impulsive, arrogant, impatient, aggressive, thoughtless, afraid of being alone and letting people down, self-esteem issues in light of the Avatar legacy and her living up to it, identity crisis between loving being the powerful Avatar (without fully understanding the duties and responsibilities that come with it), and hating the dangerous expectations placed on her because of it, sheltered upbringing, inexperienced with politics, has PTSD and episodes of depression, was a victim of the love triangle throughout seasons one and two.
Powers/Abilities: Avatar powers of bending - summoning and manipulating - all of the four elements: water, fire, earth and air (air is the most difficult element for her to master due to her physical, temperamental nature). Martial arts. Athletic and acrobatic reflexes and agility. The Avatar state. Metalbending. Energybending (bending restoration, and a deeply spiritual, cosmic connection). Mediator into the spirit world. Merging, transforming and becoming one with spirits, who come to her calling. Astral projection. Purifying spirits. Drives vehicles.
Will: Moderate.
Home/Place of Origin: Southern Water Tribe. Currently resides in Republic City.
Occupation: Avatar - who brings and maintains peace, balance and harmony to all the elements, and to the material and spiritual worlds.
Social Standing: Extrovert.
Ethnicity: Inuit descent.
Sexuality: Bisexual.
Other Trivia: Is the successive Avatar after Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Among her many achievements in-universe and out, she is a rarity as a female POC protagonist in an animated children's action fantasy programme. And by the fourth and final season of The Legend of Korra, "Balance", she becomes the first canonically-queer woman of colour protagonist in western animated television history; as well as the first protagonist in children's animation to be confirmed as bisexual by her creators. Her adventures continue in comic book form in "Turf Wars", which focuses more on her relationship with her girlfriend Asami Sato than ever before (coming-out issues among family and friends are written in also, showing how different parts of the world of Avatar stand on the LBGTQ community), with the two sharing a couple of kisses. This is possibly one of the best, most daring ways of resolving a love triangle ever conceived - a guy dating two girls, who remain friends (no cattiness here!) and eventually they start dating each other. Their bond is one of unconditional, effortless trust and support. Additionally, Korra's suffering from PTSD and depression at the end of season three and throughout season four are issues that are rarely explicitly raised and depicted in children's animated television. She starts out as a brash, impulsive, conceited, and rather violent and trigger-happy seventeen-year-old Avatar, and slowly develops, with a lot of bumpy roadblocks along the journey, into a more mature, responsible, spiritual, and enlightened woman; a full-rounded advocate for peace. Her animal guide is Naga the polar bear-dog (the first of her species to be tamed).
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