kanto was lin's father in legend of korra.
kanto was lin's father in legend of korra.
who is lin's father in legend of korra?
kanto
in season four, set three years after the conclusion of season three, lin would spend the majority of her time at republic city. however, she did make one excursion outside the city, to save suyin and many members of her family, who were imprisoned by the earth kingdom dictator, kuvira. when the world leaders decided to not attack kuvira, lin immediately sought out opal. eventually the two allowed bolin to join their mission, flying on opal's sky bison, juicy. once the trio arrived at zaofu, they encountered toph, whom lin addressed as "chief". after bolin, through his stint as a soldier of kuvira's army, was able to inform them the location of the nearest “reeducation camp”, the quartet left for the camp on juicy. during dinner, lin made a number of sarcastic comments towards her mother. when bolin asked toph who lin's father was, her mother casually answered that it was a man named kanto, who she characterized as a “nice man”. sensing her daughter's "enraged breathing" toph told lin to say whatever was on her mind. lin angrily replied that growing up without a father and never seeing or even discussing him was unacceptable to her. lin declared that after the rescue, she wanted nothing to do with her mother. toph solemnly stated that if that made lin happy, she would accept her decision. the four would eventually successfully free suyin and all the incarcerated members of her family. they would also rescue varrick's longtime assistant zhu li. lin and her mother would eventually reconcile with the latter stating that she was proud of both her and suyin. subsequently, zhu li informed lin that kuvira planned to invade republic city in two weeks. lin played a large role in the battle of republic city. she along with korra, mako, bolin, tenzin, bumi, jinora, ikki, meelo, opal and other airbenders battled a 25-story mecha suit, operated by kuvira. she was part of the incursion team that successfully entered kuvira's machine. once inside, lin and suyin inflicted major damage. they rendered the suit's primary weapon, a large cannon mounted on its right arm, useless. when kuvira ripped the now functionless arm off and violently tossed it away, lin and suyin were trapped in the appendage. the two were knocked unconscious by the resulting impact with the ground but would later regain consciousness. when kuvira finally surrendered, lin arrested the despot and led her away. shortly after she and many others attended the wedding and reception party of varrick and zhu li, lin smiling as the newlyweds kissed.
lin beifong
lin spent the vast majority of season one in republic city. when lin first met korra, she made it clear that she held no favors for korra. she interrogated the avatar and when tenzin arrived, lin agreed to drop the charges against korra, though made it clear that she wanted the avatar "out of [her] city". lin initially held a grudge against tenzin over their breakup several years earlier, but agreed to “bury the hatchet” in their effort to secure a sporting event from a terrorist group, the equalists. despite maximum-level security, the equalists were able to disrupt the event, overwhelming the police forces. lin, with the help of korra, was able to repel the terrorist group, though they were unable to capture the organization's leader, amon. korra had earned lin's respect and trust in the process. after the equalist attack, lin received negative press for failing to capture amon. lin would lead an investigation that uncovered that industrialist hiroshi sato, asami sato's father, involvement with the equalists. in an ensuing battle pitting lin, korra, tenzin and members of the police force against the terrorist organization, a number of police officers were captured by the equalists. the trio was able to avoid capture, but lin elected to tender her resignation. when tenzin encouraged her to not give up, lin shared that she intended to capture amon “outside of the law”. later, with tenzin needing to attend a council meeting, lin watched over tenzin's wife and children on air temple island. shortly, the equalists invaded the island, incapacitating lin in the process. ironically, lin was rescued by three of tenzin's kids, jinora, ikki, and meelo, who easily defeated the invaders. upon tenzin's return to the island, noticing that more equalist airships were heading to republic city tenzin decided to take his family and flee republic city on tenzin's sky bison, oogi. lin accompanied the family. however, when it became apparent that oogi would not outpace the airships, lin made the decision to abandon oogi and attack the fleet in midair in an effort to ensure the family's escape. in an impressive display of midair metalbending, lin single-handedly destroyed a number of airships before she was captured by the terrorist organization, allowing tenzin and his family to at least temporarily escape capture. lin would lose her bending at the hands of amon, who had the ability to take away bending, but would have it later restored by korra.
lin beifong