After the defenders are overpowered, the Red Lotus throws Kya and Bumi off the mountain and subdue the exhausted and badly beaten Tenzin. The design for the armless waterbender Ming-Hua was based on Bryan Konietzko's friend Michi, and Opal's hairstyle was based on that of Dolly Haas.Īfter a violent confrontation, Jinora leads the airbenders to pull Zaheer out of the sky with a massive air vortex formed from their combined bending. Book Three was the first season of The Legend of Korra to be created with a full in-house design and revision team, an expansion from the 25 to 30 people who worked for the series at Nickelodeon for seasons 1 and 2.
Among the season's new supporting characters are the now elderly Zuko, a character from the original series, as well as Lin Beifong's sister Suyin and her family. The season's antagonists are the 'Red Lotus', a group of dangerous anarchists led by the new airbender Zaheer who wants to overthrow the world's governments and the Avatar. After leaked episodes and following declining ratings, the series stopped airing on Nickelodeon after episode 8 on July 25, The season takes place largely in the Earth Kingdom, one of the four major nations in the setting of the series, and also depicts the re-emergence of airbending among people of other nations. The season began airing on Nickelodeon in the U.
