How old is korra in avatar

So how old was Korra when she was discovered she was the Avatar? Korra is confirmed to have been aged four when she demonstrated her multi-element bending skills to the judges in the first episode, according to the Legend of Korra: Book 1 — Air, The Art of the Animated Series artbook.

Obviously she's had a little time to work on these skills, so presumably she was three or four when she made the discovery. You gotta deal with it! We loved her perfectly it summer up her attitude and personality and incorporated it into the first episode.

Four-year-old Korra design by Ki-Hyun Ryu. Given her apparent age, her sentence syntax and structure, I would put her age around six or seven in the image above. Given she was likely bending for a bit before that, she may have started as early as five. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Upon receiving the compliment that she looked great, she dragged Tenzin off toward the training grounds, eager to show him how much she had improved. She sparred against three firebenders, and although she started strong, she was knocked down after she was once again overcome with a vision of Zaheer flying down upon her.

Helped back to her feet by Tenzin, who declared the sparring match to be over, she angrily stated that she believed she had been ready. As Tenzin tried to put her at ease by pointing out that there was no shame in taking the time needed to make a full recovery as her duties as the Avatar could wait, Korra asked about the Earth Kingdom since she knew it was still in chaos.

Hearing that the situation had been stabilized by Kuvira, she grew sad, stating that the metalbender was doing her job. Before Tenzin could tell her that she merely needed to be patient, Korra glared at him, threatening that if he would voice the thought, she would "water-smack" him in the mouth.

Frustrated about the situation, she left the sparring ring. Korra confided in Asami about all her fears regarding her recovering via a letter. For two years, Korra continued her training and recovery at the Southern Water Tribe. At one point, she wrote a letter back to Asami, in which she apologized for not having written before. She revealed that the past couple of years had been the hardest of her life, and even though she had recovered physically, she still could not enter the Avatar State and was often plagued by memories of Zaheer and the Red Lotus attack.

She admitted that she worried that she might never fully recover, despite her best efforts. Korra implored Asami not to inform Mako and Bolin about the letter, as she did not want to hurt their feelings and felt like they would not understand her as opposed to Asami. While having a meal with her parents, an absent-minded Korra was playing with her food until her mother's inquiry about her well-being snapped her out of her thought.

She expressed her desire to return to Republic City, hoping that it could speed up her recovery due to it being the place of action and where her friends were. Korra declined Tonraq's offer to get the White Lotus to prepare for her departure, insisting on going alone as it would give her the chance to clear her head.

Wanting to start over and rediscover herself, Korra shed her Water Tribe identifiers, donned an Earth Kingdom attire, and cut her hair. En route, Korra briefly stopped at a beachside village to purchase supplies.

Upon requesting the local fishmonger for two lobster crabs, she was recognized as the Avatar and asked to pose for a picture, just like Avatar Aang had done decades before.

The man's ramblings about Avatars were cut short when another vendor shouted about a robbery in progress, and the fishmonger pushed Korra to intervene. Although she intercepted the thieves, the two men easily defeated her, leaving Korra lying on the beach in shame.

Korra eventually made it to Republic City, though as she neared Air Temple Island, she saw herself in the Avatar State standing atop one of the rocks near the island, glaring menacingly at her. Realizing she was not ready to return, she turned her boat and left Yue Bay, docking somewhere in a deserted area, where she obtained Earth Kingdom clothes, shed all her Water Tribe identifiers, and cut her hair.

Convinced that she needed to discover how to reconnect with Raava on her own, Korra declined the help of the spirits. Korra traveled to the Spirit World through the northern spirit portal and made her way to the Tree of Time.

Her meditation in the hollow of the tree was interrupted by chattering spirits, who were debating among themselves whether or not she was the Avatar. When Korra verified her identity as such, she revealed to them that she had been away for a while due to sustaining severe injuries in her last big battle, which had left her unable to contact Raava. She admitted to meditating in the Tree of Time since the last time she had done so, it had shown her a myriad of images, and she had hoped it would be the case again, figuring it could help her to reconnect with Raava and access the Avatar State.

When it proved to be unsuccessful, she declined the spirits' help, deciding that she needed to figure it all out on her own since the help of others had not borne any fruit so far.

In order to keep people from worrying about her, Korra wrote letters to her parents, telling them she was pleased to have returned to Air Temple Island and see her friends again. In reality, however, Korra was roaming the physical world by herself, crossing icy seas, hiking up volcanoes, and traversing the desert, all the while seeing an apparition of herself in the Avatar State.

While she was wandering the desert, Korra saw Raava atop a nearby dune, though by the time she had scampered to the top, the Light Spirit was gone, having been only a mirage.

Still suffering from the mental whiplash of the mercury poisoning, Korra was haunted by visions of her Avatar self attacking her. Six months after having left the South Pole, Korra made her way to a small Earth Kingdom town at night, where she was once again haunted by her Avatar apparition.

Determined to end the haunting, Korra confronted the apparition, though lost. Losing track of the animal, which turned out to be the light spirit whom she had met at the Tree of Time, she was once again attacked by her apparition, who dragged her down in a hallucinatory pool of mercury.

She eventually woke up in the home of Toph Beifong, who had found her unconscious in the mud. Letting go of her fears of her past enemies, Korra was able to bend the mercury out of her body, relieving her mental block. Desiring to get back into Avatar fighting shape, Korra asked Toph for help and eventually learned that she was still carrying around traces of mercury.

When she was plagued by another vision of Zaheer trying to asphyxiate her in the Avatar State as Toph tried to remove the mercury, Korra was told that she would have to bend the metal out herself, since she was subconsciously fighting Toph's attempts to remove it out of fear of getting injured again. In order to speed up her recovery, Toph took her to the banyan-grove tree , where she reconnected with herself and the world.

After being found by Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo, they all returned to Toph's dwelling in the swamp, where Korra eventually managed to bend out all of the residual poison out of her system. Still not in top form and plagued by hallucinations, Korra was overpowered by Kuvira. In order to let Kuvira and the rest of the world know that the Avatar was back, Korra and the three airbenders traded the swamp for Zaofu, though they discovered that the military of the Earth Empire was already camped at its gates.

Believing that conflict had only made things worse in the past, Korra set out to negotiate with Kuvira though she was urged to convince Suyin to give the city up. Upon her return to the city, Korra learned that Suyin had left with Wei and Wing to sneak into Kuvira's camp and deal with the threat themselves. Kuvira had the upper hand until Korra entered the Avatar State.

On the verge of ending Kuvira, however, she was plagued by another hallucination of herself in the Avatar State, allowing the army commander to recover and defeat her.

Moving past the tension, Korra shared a warm hug with Mako and Asami , truly reuniting as a team. Returning to Republic City, Korra met up with Asami and Mako, though their reunion soon became tense due to their three-year separation. When Prince Wu was kidnapped , the trio gave chase, tracking the royal down to a train departing from Central City Station.

Despite the team's continuous bickering, they found Wu and freed him, though they were soon after forced on the defense by several Earth Empire agents. Working together, however, they managed to hold them off and escape. With no other options left to her, Korra agreed to let Zaheer guide her into the Spirit World and help her to let go of her fear of "what might have been".

When Jinora asked for her and Opal's help to search for Ryu , who had gone missing with his tour group in the Spirit Wilds , Korra discovered via the plants that Kuvira was harvesting roots from the Foggy Swamp. Splitting for Jinora, she left to warn the world leaders about the impending danger, though she was soon contacted by Jinora again, who called for help as she was being attacked by the vines. With Mako's help, Korra discovered that Jinora, Ryu, and the other tourists' souls had been trapped in the Spirit World, though after failing to meditate in, being blocked again by Zaheer's memory, she concluded that she needed to face the Red Lotus leader.

When Zaheer noted that her spiritual block was a conscious choice, Korra snapped at him for having created the "worst dictator the Earth Kingdom [had] ever seen", which led Zaheer to offer to guide her into the Spirit World. Although Korra initially refused his help, she let him guide her through her traumatic experience, and she managed to make it into the Spirit World, where Raava's spirit lit up within her.

Together, they found and rescued the trapped souls. Korra managed to force Baatar Jr. To help the United Republic prepare for battle, Korra asked the spirits to help defend their new home, though they refused to take part in human wars. Much to her shock, however, she discovered that Kuvira was already nearing the city and had mounted the weapon on an enormous mecha suit instead. The plan failed, however, and they were nearly all killed when she blew up the Future Industries factory in which they were hiding.

Risking her own life, Korra bent the beam from the spirit energy cannon to save Kuvira. While it was decided that Asami and Varrick, with the help of Hiroshi and Zhu Li, would adjust the prototypes of the hummingbird mecha suits in order to cut through platinum, Korra, and the other benders faced Kuvira's enormous mecha suit in an attempt to slow it down.

The two women continued their fight inside the Spirit Wilds, where Kuvira fired the spirit energy cannon at Korra. Although she dove out of the way of the beam, the cannon charged itself with the surrounding spirit vines and overloaded. When the beam threatened to kill Kuvira, Korra jumped in front of her and, entering the Avatar State, held the beam at bay, though the enormous surge of energy expanded around them and exploded, creating a new spirit portal.

Korra understood and sympathized with Kuvira 's reasoning for her actions. Korra and Kuvira were thrown into the Spirit World. Seeing her opportunity, Korra explained that she saw a lot of herself in Kuvira, stating that they were both fierce and determined to succeed, sometimes even without thinking things through.

When the metalbender snapped that she had been merely trying to help her people in the absence of the Avatar, Korra understood that Kuvira had only been trying to create a place where she and her people would never have to feel vulnerable again and sympathized with the hardships that come from a life as an orphan.

She managed to convince Kuvira to surrender, and when they both exited the Spirit World via the portal, Kuvira gave herself up to Lin and Suyin, acknowledging that the Avatar had saved her life and possessed a power beyond what she could ever hope to achieve.

Korra and Asami held hands and gazed at each other lovingly as they entered the spirit portal , beginning their romantic relationship. Later, Korra attended Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding at Air Temple Island, during which she learned that Wu planned to abolish the earth monarchy and establish independent states with democratically elected governments akin to the United Republic of Nations instead, a cause for which she pledged her support. When Korra later distanced herself from the party and gazed over the skyline of Republic City, she was joined by Tenzin.

Talking about how much she had already changed the world and how much more she desired to do, they were eventually interrupted by Asami, and Tenzin left the two women to themselves. Korra apologized to Asami for having been absent for three years and tried to comfort her for the loss of her father. When Asami stated that she did not feel like returning to the party and could use a vacation, Korra offered to go with her anywhere she wanted.

The two decided to journey to the Spirit World and, upon stepping into the spirit portal, they turned to each other and held both hands while gazing lovingly into each other's eyes, starting their romantic relationship together.

Korra and Asami spent some time together exploring the Spirit World, although their vacation was cut short by one disgruntled spirit causing them to lose their supplies. Before they left, they shared their first kiss, with Korra noting that they had been able to spend a few wonderful days together. The new couple chose to journey to the Southern portal and pay a visit to Korra's parents and tell them about their new relationship.

Although Korra's parents were fully supportive, Korra grew offended when Tonraq suggested that they keep their relationship private from anyone who might disapprove, and abruptly left her parents. Korra was reassured by Asami that her parents were likely just trying to keep her safe as they made their way back to Republic City via the portal.

The dragon eel spirit appeared and threatened Wonyong Keum , much to Korra's surprise. Arriving back in the city, Korra discovered that the new portal was the site of a property dispute between the land's owner, Wonyong Keum , and the Air Nation, who claimed that the portal was now a spiritually sacred site; meanwhile, the dragon eel spirit urged Korra to close the new portals as it would only lead to new disputes between humans and spirits.

Korra and Asami returned to the evacuee camp where they were welcomed by the rest of their friends and allies, and took note of the distress faced by the evacuated civilians of Republic City. Korra decided to meet with Raiko, asking him to provide financial aid for the evacuees and for the city to buy the land off Keum to settle the dispute, but the president rejected both suggestions, citing the nation's financial difficulties. Kya revealed her own sexuality to Korra, explaining that each of the nations had their own view on same-sex relationships, and that she would always be there for Korra if she needed support.

Korra was then greeted by Mako and Bolin, but the group was interrupted by Jinora's spirit projection informing them of new conflict at the spirit portal. The group flew to the portal via flying bison only to see spirits trying to attack humans at the portal, and saw that several Triple Threat Triad members were present.

Korra fought off the triad members after they started attacking Asami, and witnessed the triad's new leader, Tokuga , being disfigured by a spirit attack. After the confrontation, Korra kissed Asami, revealing their relationship to all of their friends.

Korra and the airbenders were attacked by the plants around the entrance to the spirit portal. Following the battle, Korra and the airbenders ventured through the portal, only to see that it had decayed and had been abandoned by the spirits following the new conflicts with humans.

Several withered vines began attacking the group after Ikki tried to touch one of them, and Korra was able to hold off the plants with her firebending before the group escaped through the portal. They arrived in the material world to find that the United Forces had started to occupy the area, which Korra believed would only anger the spirits further. Korra tried to convince the president to order the troops to pull away from the portal, but the president refused, harshly criticizing Korra for her part in creating the portal in the first place.

Back at the evacuee camp, Korra and her friends encouraged Zhu Li to run against Raiko in the upcoming presidential election. The following morning, Korra learned that the Creeping Crystal Triad had tried to extort Asami, and offered to deal with their leader, but Asami told her that she did not have to intervene in all her troubles, and offered to take Korra on a date that evening. However, Asami did not turn up to the date, and Korra called Mako and Bolin to back her up in going to the Creeping Crystals' headquarters in search of Asami.

Jargala , the triad leader, denied kidnapping Asami, while Mako revealed that Wonyong Keum had also been kidnapped. The team soon discovered that Tokuga had kidnapped Keum, and that he was likely responsible for Asami's disappearance. Korra entered the Avatar State in order to battle the triad, but with Tokuga revealing that Asami would die if Korra did not do what she said, she exited the Avatar State.

Korra confessed her love for Asami , prompting Asami to tell Korra that she loved her, too. Korra worked with the police to track down the Triple Threats, and struck a deal with Jargala to team up with her triad in order to take down the Creeping Crystals' rivals. After witnessing Tokuga and his hostages board an airship, Korra borrowed Oogi and flew to release Asami from captivity.

Now alerted of Korra's presence, Tokuga gave an order to release poison gas to the city, but Asami managed to pilot the ship through the portal and into the Spirit World. Tokuga battled Korra and successfully chi blocked her, but Asami swerved the ship to make the attacker lose his balance before the ship touched down on the ground.

Although Tokuga escaped, Keum agreed to relinquish his claims to the land around the portal in thanks for the Avatar saving his life. Several weeks later, Korra witnessed Zhu Li's election as president and her decision to grant the land around the portal to the Air Nation. She met with Tonraq again and fully reconciled with him for their earlier misunderstanding, before she and Asami declared their love for one another.

Asami and Team Avatar discussed whether Kuvira could be trusted to help with the democratic movement. Three months after the invasion of the United Republic, Kuvira's trial began to commence, while Wu announced the beginning of the Earth Kingdom's election and its democratic transition. Korra and her friends were brought to a meeting with President Moon and were shocked to discover an Earth Empire holdout still operating in the State of Gaoling , the same region where the first elections were due to be held.

After meeting with Kuvira to acquire more information about the new de facto Earth Empire leader, Guan , she came to the conclusion that the former dictator was now a broken woman, and thought it was possible for Kuvira to come and talk the Earth Empire holdout into surrendering. The president agreed to Kuvira's temporary release, and traveled with Team Avatar to Gaoling via a Future Industries airship.

After arriving in the city, Korra grew somewhat skeptical of the elections, as the only two candidates were remnants of the bureaucratic Earth Kingdom monarchy. When Guan began to march on the city, Kuvira began to intimidate him, but Asami had the woman shocked via an electrode belt after she tried to initiate violence; Guan also revealed his intention to run in the election democratically instead of conquering the city. The group locked up Kuvira in a platinum pod in the airship, and decided to try to convince Toph to run in the election, as she had much more of a hope in defeating Guan than the other candidates.

Korra and Wu readied to venture into the Foggy Swamp on Naga, while their other allies left for Zaofu to hold Kuvira there until the end of the election. Korra sensed Toph's location through the spirit vines, and ended up at her cave in order to convince her to join.

The elderly earthbender initially refused, but Korra and the king convinced Toph to run after Wu told Toph about a vision he received of the late queen. The group returned to Gaoling with Toph, registering her as an official candidate, but were shocked to see Kuvira disguised as an Earth Empire soldier on their way to the airship.

Kuvira claimed that the rest of Team Avatar had been brainwashed , which Toph confirmed to be true via her truth-seeing. The group saw a Metal Clan airship approach the airfield, as Kuvira had informed Suyin of the situation earlier. A small confrontation broke out with Guan's forces, and although Korra was able to retrieve a brainwashed Asami, the king was lost to Earth Empire forces.

April 13, pm. Logo text. Related Stories. Related Story Colleen Fitzpatrick, a. Related Story By the Numbers. Read More About: Avatar Nickelodeon. Rambling Reporter How One of L. He was 20 years old when he met and bound with Raava, and he appeared to be middle-aged when he died. It stands to reason, then, that Wan lived until he was at least 40 years old, though that has yet to be confirmed. Unfortunately, not much is known about the Avatars who came after Wan - until Yangchen's time, that is.

Yangchen was the previous Airbender who became the Avatar before Aang. She succeeded Avatar Szeto and spent most of her life trying to maintain peace and balance in the world, either through wisdom or aggression despite growing up as a pacifist. Although it's unclear how old she lived to be since her birthdate has never been revealed, it's been confirmed that she died in BG.

Like Wan, she lived to be at least middle-aged, based on information gleaned from the shows and graphic novels. Kuruk was the previous Avatar who hailed from one of the water tribes, before Korra's time, but unfortunately, he was also one of the Avatars who lived a short life. Born in BG, Kuruk spent most of his time traveling the world and taking on dark spirits so others didn't have to.

Combined with the high stresses of his daily and solitary life, Kuruk's mission took its toll on him until he ultimately died at the age of 33 years old in BG. The odds of being born the Avatar is itself next to impossible, but to then become not only the longest living Avatar but the oldest human on the planet is something else entirely.

But that's exactly what makes Kyoshi unique , not including the many feats she accomplished in her years.