Respect Unalaq (The Legend of Korra)
Respect Unalaq
After today there will be no more Water Tribe; no more nations of any kind. The world is about to be transformed into something magnificent, and new. And I will lead this glorious revolution.
History: Unalaq was born the second in the line of succession to lead the Northern Water Tribe after his older brother Tonraq. Though Unalaq successfully manipulated events so that Tonraq was banished from the Northern Water Tribe and Unalaq took his place on the throne, there was more power in the world Unalaq coveted: that of the Avatar. To make matters worse, the new Avatar was Tonraq's daughter, Korra.
Early in his life Unalaq joined the anarchist organization the Red Lotus, which believed in joining the Spirit World with that of the humans, freeing the dark spirit Vaatu, and dismantling the Four Nations. Though Unalaq aided the Red Lotus in planning to abduct Korra as a child, he betrayed the organization and abandoned them. Secretly Unalaq wanted the power of the Avatar for himself.
After many years of planning Unalaq's plans partially became a reality. The Spirit World was united with the human world and he became a new Dark Avatar after freeing Vaatu. The light beat out the darkness in the end, however, and both Vaatu and Unalaq were destroyed by Avatar Korra.
Powers: Unalaq was a powerful waterbender and a foremost spiritual expert. He could "spiritbend" water around a target to either bring peace to them or destroy their soul. He later fused with Vaatu to become the Dark Avatar, seemingly enhancing his powers and gaining new shenanigans.
Source Key:
The Legend of Korra Season 2 Episode # =E#
Physicals
- Durability
- Speed
Waterbending
- Defends from Korra and Mako's attacks with water shields, releasing blasts of his own that down Mako ^(E4)
- Maintains a continuous stream of water, then redoubles his efforts with multiple streams that turns to ice to bore into his target ^(E9)
- Incapacitates Korra's spirit with rapid streams of water ^(E10)
- Forms an ice wall and returns a blast of water ^(E11)
- Wins a duel against Tonraq ^(E11)
- Leaps over a wave of air and creates an ice slide down ^(S12)
- Exchanges attacks with Mako and Bolin simultaneously ^(S12)
- Throws several shards of ice, with some embedding into a wall of stone ^(S13)
- KOs Mako & Bolin with a large stream of water, then drifts forward on a wave of water ^(S13)
- Interrupts Korra's concentration while trying to imprison Vaatu, then knocks her down with a blast of water it takes her a few moments to get up from ^(S13)
- Dark Avatar
- Rides a column of water, splits apart rocks with water, and craters Korra into the ground by grabbing her shield with water ^(E13)
- Opens a fissure in the ice to trap Korra, then begins closing it around her until she activates the Avatar State to resist ^(E13)
- Ascends on a water spout and flees on it in response to Avatar State Korra's attacks ^(E13)
- Matches waterbending strength with Korra in a struggle, with both sending fissures out in the ice around them, before Vaatu rips Raava from Korra's body ^(E13)
- Traps Raava in a bubble before defending attacks from Mako & Bolin, KOing both with a large impact of ice ^(E13)
- Pummels Raava with water, destroying Korra's connection to her past lives ^(E13)
Spiritbending
- Dissipates a large spirit attacking Korra ^(E1)
- Dissipates several evil spirits simultaneously in his youth ^(E2)
- Dissipates a spirit attacking Korra she failed to spiritbend ^(E2)
- Threatens to destroy Jinora's soul while spiritbending her ^(E10)
- Lifts Korra into the air and begins to consume her before getting interrupted ^(E10)
- Dark Avatar
Dark Avatar
- Fuses with Vaatu to become the Dark Avatar and opens a spirit portal ^(E13)
- Releases part of Vaatu from his mouth to rip Raava from Korra's body ^(E13)
- Turns into a giant kaiju and flies off into the sky ^(E13)
- Flies to Republic City, resists an onslaught of fireblasts, sweeps a fleet of ships away with a tidal wave, and topples a giant statue of Aang ^(E14)
- Throws ships, releases an energy beam that downs a blimp, and creates vines that entangle Republic City ^(E14)
- Fights with a giant kaiju Korra ^(E14)
- Gains the upperhand in a fight with giant kaiju Korra ^(E14)
- Keeps blasting Korra before spiritbending around her, threatening to overtake her before Jinora interrupts the process ^(E14)
- Jinora awoke a piece of Raava inside of him, allowing Korra to tear it out and then spiritbend him, dissipating Unalaq and Vaatu both ^(E14)
Posted May 10, 2020, 3:11 PM UTC · edited
I dunno if the first two bullets in Durability are really anything special because practically everyone in the Avatar world is that durable...