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Amon retreats, but his plan is already in motion. Amon declares the final revolution. Using stolen biplanes and Hiroshi’s airship fleet, the Equalists attack the city on the night of the pro-bending finals.

Korra, weeping, touches the cliffside. A memory of Aang appears. He smiles, touches her forehead, and in a flash of light:

Tenzin kneels beside her and says, “I know you feel broken, but you are not. You have connected with your spiritual self. When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.” avatar korra season 1

They escape and inform the police. The city’s council (led by Tarrlok, a corrupt Water Tribe politician) declares martial law. Councilman Tarrlok is the main political antagonist before Amon. He forces Korra to join his new "anti-Equalist" task force. When she refuses, he kidnaps Bolin. Korra agrees to hunt the Equalists.

Korra learns that bending is not universally loved. A populist movement called the claims benders oppress non-benders. Their leader, Amon, wears a theatrical mask and has the terrifying ability to permanently remove a person’s bending through bloodbending. Amon retreats, but his plan is already in motion

—not through meditation, but through raw, physical desperation and freedom from fear.

In a terrifying scene, Amon easily defeats Tarrlok, removes his bending, and reveals: “We are not so different, you and I. We both know what it’s like to be cursed with the power to take away people’s bending.” Korra, weeping, touches the cliffside

Hiroshi reveals his motive: his wife was killed by a firebending thug. He now believes all benders are dangerous. He lures Korra, Mako, Asami, and Bolin to his mansion, traps them, and unleashes mecha-tanks.