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"Welcome to Republic City" is the series premiere of the American animated television series The Legend of Korra, a spin-off/stand-alone sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. Written by series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and Ki Hyun Ryu, the episode premiered online on March 24, 2012 ...
The Legend of Korra focuses on Avatar Korra, a seventeen-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe and the successor of Avatar Aang from The Last Airbender. The first season is mostly set in Republic City, the capital of the United Republic of Nations, a new multicultural sovereign state founded by Avatar Aang after the end of The Last Airbender.
Korra debuted in the first episode of The Legend of Korra, "Welcome to Republic City", originally airing on Nickelodeon on April 14, 2012. At the start of the series, she meets Bolin and Mako after arriving in Republic City, where she first experiences independence after living a secluded life of training, led by the Order of the White Lotus.
Korra's uncle Unalaq, the chief of the Northern Water Tribe, seizes control of the Southern Water Tribe as part of a scheme to free Vaatu, an ancient dark spirit. The story follows Korra's friends' efforts to win support for the southern tribe in Republic City, and Korra's quest to foil Unalaq's plans while learning about spirits.
The children would successfully complete their mission returning Korra back to Republic City. When Korra shared with Tenzin that she felt like a failure in being badly outclassed by Kuvira in a battle, Tenzin stated no one expected her to face the dictator alone and that it was everyone's responsibility to resolve the Kuvira crisis. [30]
Two weeks later, Korra is in a wheelchair and is being helped around by Asami Sato. Because the remaining poison is still in her body, she unable to access the Avatar State until the remaining poison is gone. President Raiko officially welcomes Korra back to Republic City after she defeated the Red Lotus terrorist attacks.
"Korra Alone" received critical acclaim for its handling of complex themes and heavy subject matter such as Korra's post-traumatic stress disorder. [1] [2] Rick Stevenson of Looper stated the episode is a "masterpiece" for its chronicle of the "ongoing process of recovery — a process of anger, frustration, guilt, acceptance, failure, triumph, and change.", [3] while C. K. Anderson of Loud ...
Lin Beifong is the Chief of Police of Republic City and the daughter of Toph Beifong, who once held the same position. Like her mother, Lin is able to both manipulate the classical element of earth, which is known as earthbending and its sub-ability to manipulate metal, which is termed metalbending.