Korra

Korra

Korra is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist in Nickelodeon's animated television series The Legend of Korra, a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and is voiced by Janet Varney.

Korra lives in a fantasy world where a large fraction of the human population can magically manipulate any one of the classical elements: earth, fire, air, or water. The art of manipulating an element is called "bending" within the narrative. Korra is the current incarnation of the Avatar, a semi-divine, reincarnating human embodiment of light and peace, capable of bending all four elements simultaneously. As the Avatar, it is Korra's duty in life to first master all four bending principles, and use these abilities to maintain peace and balance between humans and spirits in the world.

Korra's character was inspired by various female MMA fighters, as Bryan Konietzko is a fan of mixed martial arts. In addition, she was indirectly inspired by one of Bryan Konietzko's sisters. Korra was also designed to be an inversion of Aang, the title character of the preceding story Avatar: The Last Airbender. Instead of the young, spiritual Aang, Korra is a more physical character who has trouble grasping the spiritual side of being the Avatar, while Aang takes a while to master each of the elements, but connects with the spirit world instantaneously.

Korra's name was settled long after her character was imagined. Konietzko and DiMartino couldn't agree to a name for her until they learned "Cora", the name of a hotel operator's dog. The name was kept, and only changed in spelling.

Unlike her predecessor Aang, Korra is described by her creators as "very tough, very headstrong, and not scared to get into a fight." Although she is talented, her stubborn and hot-headed personality prevents her from easily learning Airbending or connecting with the Spirit World. The Avatar traditionally has the greatest difficulty mastering the element diametrically opposed to the Avatar's native bending ability. For instance, Avatar Roku—a Firebender—took longer to learn Waterbending and Aang—an Airbender—took longer to learn Earthbending. The Waterbender Korra, on the other hand, had little difficulty with Firebending but had considerable trouble with Airbending, a situation noted to be psychological and not elemental.

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