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| + | |family = San (father), Naoki (mother), Mako (brother), Chow (paternal uncle), LiLing (aunt), Chow Jr. (first cousin), Tu (first cousin), Meng-Meng (first cousin), Bohai (paternal grandfather), Yin (paternal grandmother) |
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| + | |friends = Asami Sato, Korra, Lin Beifong, Mako, Naga, Pabu, Tenzin, Varrick, Eska, Ikki, Kai, Jinora, Meelo, Iroh, Pema, Ginger, Gommu, Toza, San, Tu, Opal, Kuvira (formerly), Baatar Jr., Suyin Beifong, Toph Beifong, more ... |
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| + | |enemies = Amon, Tarrlok, Unalaq, Eska (formerly), Earth Queen Hou-Ting, Kuvira, Baatar Jr. (formerly), Hiroshi Sato, Tahno, Equalists, rival pro-bending teams, Red Lotus, the military of the Earth Empire, more ... |
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| + | {{Quote|Maybe I just can't turn my back on people when they're down!|Bolin to Mako}} |
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| + | '''Bolin''' is the tritagonist, later overall tertartagonist of ''The Legend of Korra''. He serves as the tritagonist in the first two seasons and tehn the tertartagonist in the second two seasons. Bolin is an earthbender in Rebublic City with his brother, [[Mako (The Legend of Korra)|Mako]], and one of the first people [[Korra]] meets when arriving to train with her mentor Tenzin. His naturally chipper demanor gave Korra a fast friend in after her move to the city. Through Bolin Korra and Mako also become fast friends and the three start off as team-mates in Probending which establishes them as team-mates for stopping various threats Korra must deal with as The Avatar. |
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| − | |Row 8 info = Geokinetic Hero|Image file = Bolin_profiel.png|Image size = 240}}'''Bolin''' is a major character and the main tritagonist in ''The Legend of Korra''. He is an earthbender from a multicultural family. He grew up on the streets of Republic City under the protection of his older brother, [[Mako]], after their parents were murdered by a firebender. Eventually, he and his brother founded a pro-bending team, the Fire Ferrets, that would later include [[Korra|Avatar Korra]]. After the Pro-bending Tournament ended, Bolin joined Team Avatar in an attempt to stop the Equalist organization. In the following months, Bolin became friends with the Southern Water Tribe industrialist Varrick and starred in The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South, a propaganda film series created by Varrick in an attempt to drum up support for the Southern Tribe within Republic City during the Water Tribe Civil War. After reuniting with [[Team Avatar]], Bolin attempted to help his friends stop Chief Unalaq from merging with Vaatu, the spirit of darkness, during Harmonic Convergence. |
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| + | ==Background== |
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| − | A few weeks after Harmonic Convergence, Bolin and his friends traveled around the Earth Kingdom to search for airbenders. At one point, the group had to flee from Ba Sing Se and split up from [[Tenzin]]. They continued their search until the Red Lotus attacked [[Zaofu]], at which point they instead worked to combat the anarchist organization. |
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| + | Bolin and his brother. Mako are Pro-Benders. Benders are those who are born with the power to manipulate the elements, decendants of various people touched by spirits a long time ago, whose powers awaken based on natural talent and refined through varouius diciplines. Pro-Benders are sports stars who use bending as form of competition. Bending is passed down along family lines and as such for generations benders can be seperated by the nations they are from. |
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| − | After bringing down the Red Lotus, Bolin began a relationship with [[Opal (Legend of Korra)|Opal]] and joined [[Kuvira]] in her goal of reuniting the divided Earth Kingdom with military force with the rank of corporal, believing it gave him the opportunity to help others. He eventually realized, however, that there was a darker side to the army's actions, which prompted him to desert, though he was apprehended. However, he managed to escape with Varrick, leaving the army to believe they were dead for a while, and rejoined Team Avatar in Republic City to help them defeat Kuvira, while rebuilding his relationship with Opal. |
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| + | Republic City was founded by the previous Avatar, Avatar Aang. Aang stopped the mad-king of the Fire Nation gone warlord, [http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Ozai Fire-Lord Ozai], from destroying the Earth Nation, halting him as he first started across the tip of it burning an island to the ground with his power. Ozai was defeated on the island and as it needed to be-rebuilt anyway and Aang had saved the world The Earth Nation granted the island independence and Aang founed a new common-wealth there which would become Republic City. Republic city is a melting pot for the Four Nations and members from across the world came there to co-mingle or find new oppertunities. Unfortunatly some of the oppertunies sought were criminal ones and though Republic City is diverse it also has serious crime issues, espeically since many criminals are benders, using their powers and the powers of fellow gang members to commit crimes that are hard to stop since potenially all the elements can be involved in a single heist. |
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| + | ==The Fire Ferrets== |
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| − | Despite his tough childhood on the street, Bolin is still a laid-back and fun-loving person and possesses a good sense of humor, in contrast to his older brother Mako. He is also expressive, naive, high-spirited, enthusiastic, and comfortable in his own skin. At the same time, he is not without insecurities, having a degree of sensitivity over his inability to perform metalbending. According to Mako, he has a "knack" for getting himself into trouble. He is typically an optimist and enjoys the attention he receives from his fangirls, though he is a novice in the world of dating. Bolin affirms that he is strong, fun, and attractive, though readily admits he is not good at reading other people. Bolin is also not the best at keeping secrets, as he accidentally blabbed to Asami about Mako and Korra's kiss while she was still dating his brother. |
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| + | It was in this enviroment Bolin and Mako were born. Bolin and Mako's father, San was from the Earth Nation and their mother, Naoki was from the Fire Nation. As it turned out both of brothers were Benders, with Bolin as an Earthbender and Mako as a Firebender. Originally Bolin and Mako used their abilies for the gangs but soon gave up crime, both because they disliked stealing to get by and because they felt Republic City gangsters were largly not worth dealing with for money. When Pro-Bending matches opened up Bolin and Mako realized they could use their powers to make an honestly living by competing as team for entertainment. Though there are four elements the Air-Nation was massacured to a man saved for Avatar Aaang and his children were the only remaining air-benders, because of this though all benders are allow in spirit largly only the other three, fire, water and earth are competitors. Each team in Pro-Bending is made up of three members one for Earthbening, one for Firebending and one for Waterbending. Bolin and Mako's team is named the Fire Ferrets after Bolin's pet fire ferret Pabu, which they use as a team mascot. Though they originally had a third member as a waterbender, he quit after several loses leaving Mako and Bolin unable to compete. |
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| − | His naive and immature personality is attributed to his past, as Mako attempted to shield him from the harsh realities of the world after their parents died. Despite differences between Mako's personality and his own, Bolin shares a close bond with his brother. However, he lacks the firebender's confidence, which leaves him to often doubt his own abilities, needing to be reassured by others. He can also get starstruck when in the presence of someone powerful or famous, such as when he first met Lord Zuko at the Misty Palms Oasis. Despite such nervousness, he is always respectful and deferential. |
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| + | Korra had been admiring the new sport shortly after arriving in the city and caught the walk-out of the third Fire Ferret while dropping by to meet the team. Bolin was almost instantly smiten with Korra and tried to make her feel appreciated as a fan. Upon hearing they would no longer be able to compete Korra offered her services as bender. Though Mako was originally hesitant to just allow a walk in on the team Bolin preasured his brother to accept her and with no other options Mako copetulated. Korra became the third member of the Fire Ferrets. Bolin, Mako and all of Republic City quickly discovered the new member of the Fire Ferrets was The Avatar, the new reincarnation of Aang shortly after she started competing when she was able to manipulate all four elements. Though the judges had to allow all forms of bending and were not prepared for airbending let alone someone who could manipulate all four elements at once, they ruled that Korra must isolate her bending to only one element per match to keep the game fair. With Korra as a star player because of the new precident she set The Fire Ferrets fandom increased and turned the team into semi-stars. Bolin continued to try to endear himself to Korra, at first as friend then later as a boyfriend. Bolin was nearly crushed when he found out Korra was attracted to Mako and though the romance was dashed early the three managed to remain friends and through Pro-bending became some-what inseperatable. As more and more dangers arose in Republic City that the Avatar was olbigated to deal with Bolin and Mako more and more began to help Korra out reguardless of Pro-bending matches. |
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| − | Although helpful and friendly, Bolin is also protective of the people about whom he cares and will spring to the defense of his friends and family. A prime example of this would be when he rode in on Naga to Asami's rescue at the Equalist airfield, employing ferocious and brutal earthbending attacks on Hiroshi Sato, who was nearly able to kill her with his mecha tank. On the other hand, Bolin is generally forgiving of others, even if they have wronged him or those he cares about, such as Korra, Varrick, or [[Desna & Eska|Eska]]. |
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| − | Bolin can be gullible at times, and was taken advantage of by Desna and Eska due to his affection for the latter. He was grateful to Korra for starting a war just to get away from Eska, but his joy immediately turned into fear upon seeing Eska coming for him in a fit of rage. |
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| + | Bolin is mainly both laid-back and excitable. He likes to have fun and is eager to engage with others. Bolin ussually tries to find method of resolving conflict outside of fighting, however he will still engage in combat once it is started. Bolin is frequently seen as immature by Mako but also does his best to cheer up his normally dour brother. Korra takes to fun and game much easier than Mako but is still weighed down with responsiblty, which Bolin does his best to relieve with acts of levity. |
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| − | As the earthbender for an official pro-bending team, Bolin has become highly skilled in the art of earthbending. Bolin describes his earthbending style as "light on his feet", which grants him greater maneuverability and evasiveness during matches. Bolin also employs pro-bending-like attacks along with more traditional earthbending outside of matches, as made evident by him sending rectangular blocks flying at the Lieutenant and defending himself with an earth wall. |
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| − | Bolin also possesses a sharp aim, being able to direct an earth disc at the exact angle to make it ricochet off a guard rail and squarely strike an opposing player. His aim is so great that he can bend a tiny pebble and strike P'Li's third eye, thus making her combustion explode, which affected Ghazan and Ming-Hua. He can also fire small chunks of earth in rapid succession to take down a speeding motorcycle, thus demonstrating the ability to earthbend without touching the ground at all. He is also capable of subduing three waterbenders in tandem, using only the small discs available in the Pro-bending Arena. He is agile as he was able to dodge the Dai Li's attack in attempt to escape the Earth Queen's Temple. |
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| − | [[File:Lavabending_Bolin.png|thumb|260px|Bolin created the stream of lava with ease.]]Although Bolin discovered by accident that he had the rare ability to bend lava, he was able from the start to quickly stop an oncoming flow of the heated substance. Shortly afterward, despite being an amateur, Bolin proved himself able to phase change the earth between both states and manipulate it in battle. During his second fight with Ghazan, Bolin was able to hold his own using this skill against the more experienced lavabender. At first, he used a range of pro-bending tactics in his combat against Ghazan. As the battle continued, he used more traditional earthbending tactics, incorporating them into his lavabending. By 174 AG, his proficiency in lavabending had improved to the point that he could create larger streams of lava that stretched much further and even use it while being handcuffed. He also demonstrated the ability to lavabend with his feet and is able to turn lava back into earth much quicker and with less effort, while also being able to create large waves of molten rock. Bolin can also manipulate and maintain lava in a disc shape and rotated it at high speeds to cut through metal. |
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| − | Bolin also has some skill in wrestling and grappling, which he utilized during his one-on-one tiebreaker match with an experienced Black Quarry Boar-q-pine earthbending opponent. He also has a degree of resilience to pain, as during his semifinal pro-bending match, he was able to continue fighting despite being hit in his right shoulder by an earth disk. Bolin has also proven himself to be a good swimmer, capable of holding his breath for a significant period of time while simultaneously dodging Ghazan's lavabending attacks. |
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| − | As noted by both [[Asami Sato|Asami]] and [[Varrick]], Bolin has strong business sense. Bolin is a talented and charismatic public speaker, able to draw huge positive reactions from crowds. Varrick decided to exploit this ability by casting Bolin as the star of his propaganda films, making him the poster boy of the Southern rebellion. |
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| + | Bolin is very protective of the people he care about whom he cares about. He will act immediately if one of his friends is threatened. When Mako's girlfriend and the fourth friend in their circle, [[Asami Sato]], is threaten Bolin instantly leaps to action to proptect her from harm. Though Bolin gets highly emotional he is also very forgivng of others, sometime to a fault. This lack of emotional control and naivity towards others ended up with him being declared the boyfriend and later fiance of the Water Tribe princess [[Desna & Eska|Eska]] and briefly her fiance, despite being mistreated by the sadistic, though ultimatly good-hearted, princess. |
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| − | Bolin was able to figure out how to pilot an airship, albeit with some difficulty, and has a close relationship with his pet fire ferret, [[Pabu]], to whom he could give various commands. |
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| − | [http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Bolin Visit Avatar wiki for more details on Bolin] |
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Revision as of 23:49, 8 October 2019
| “ | Maybe I just can't turn my back on people when they're down! | „ |
| ~ Bolin to Mako |
Bolin is the tritagonist, later overall tertartagonist of The Legend of Korra. He serves as the tritagonist in the first two seasons and tehn the tertartagonist in the second two seasons. Bolin is an earthbender in Rebublic City with his brother, Mako, and one of the first people Korra meets when arriving to train with her mentor Tenzin. His naturally chipper demanor gave Korra a fast friend in after her move to the city. Through Bolin Korra and Mako also become fast friends and the three start off as team-mates in Probending which establishes them as team-mates for stopping various threats Korra must deal with as The Avatar.
Background
Bolin and his brother. Mako are Pro-Benders. Benders are those who are born with the power to manipulate the elements, decendants of various people touched by spirits a long time ago, whose powers awaken based on natural talent and refined through varouius diciplines. Pro-Benders are sports stars who use bending as form of competition. Bending is passed down along family lines and as such for generations benders can be seperated by the nations they are from.
Republic City was founded by the previous Avatar, Avatar Aang. Aang stopped the mad-king of the Fire Nation gone warlord, Fire-Lord Ozai, from destroying the Earth Nation, halting him as he first started across the tip of it burning an island to the ground with his power. Ozai was defeated on the island and as it needed to be-rebuilt anyway and Aang had saved the world The Earth Nation granted the island independence and Aang founed a new common-wealth there which would become Republic City. Republic city is a melting pot for the Four Nations and members from across the world came there to co-mingle or find new oppertunities. Unfortunatly some of the oppertunies sought were criminal ones and though Republic City is diverse it also has serious crime issues, espeically since many criminals are benders, using their powers and the powers of fellow gang members to commit crimes that are hard to stop since potenially all the elements can be involved in a single heist.
The Fire Ferrets
It was in this enviroment Bolin and Mako were born. Bolin and Mako's father, San was from the Earth Nation and their mother, Naoki was from the Fire Nation. As it turned out both of brothers were Benders, with Bolin as an Earthbender and Mako as a Firebender. Originally Bolin and Mako used their abilies for the gangs but soon gave up crime, both because they disliked stealing to get by and because they felt Republic City gangsters were largly not worth dealing with for money. When Pro-Bending matches opened up Bolin and Mako realized they could use their powers to make an honestly living by competing as team for entertainment. Though there are four elements the Air-Nation was massacured to a man saved for Avatar Aaang and his children were the only remaining air-benders, because of this though all benders are allow in spirit largly only the other three, fire, water and earth are competitors. Each team in Pro-Bending is made up of three members one for Earthbening, one for Firebending and one for Waterbending. Bolin and Mako's team is named the Fire Ferrets after Bolin's pet fire ferret Pabu, which they use as a team mascot. Though they originally had a third member as a waterbender, he quit after several loses leaving Mako and Bolin unable to compete.
Korra had been admiring the new sport shortly after arriving in the city and caught the walk-out of the third Fire Ferret while dropping by to meet the team. Bolin was almost instantly smiten with Korra and tried to make her feel appreciated as a fan. Upon hearing they would no longer be able to compete Korra offered her services as bender. Though Mako was originally hesitant to just allow a walk in on the team Bolin preasured his brother to accept her and with no other options Mako copetulated. Korra became the third member of the Fire Ferrets. Bolin, Mako and all of Republic City quickly discovered the new member of the Fire Ferrets was The Avatar, the new reincarnation of Aang shortly after she started competing when she was able to manipulate all four elements. Though the judges had to allow all forms of bending and were not prepared for airbending let alone someone who could manipulate all four elements at once, they ruled that Korra must isolate her bending to only one element per match to keep the game fair. With Korra as a star player because of the new precident she set The Fire Ferrets fandom increased and turned the team into semi-stars. Bolin continued to try to endear himself to Korra, at first as friend then later as a boyfriend. Bolin was nearly crushed when he found out Korra was attracted to Mako and though the romance was dashed early the three managed to remain friends and through Pro-bending became some-what inseperatable. As more and more dangers arose in Republic City that the Avatar was olbigated to deal with Bolin and Mako more and more began to help Korra out reguardless of Pro-bending matches.
Personality
Bolin is mainly both laid-back and excitable. He likes to have fun and is eager to engage with others. Bolin ussually tries to find method of resolving conflict outside of fighting, however he will still engage in combat once it is started. Bolin is frequently seen as immature by Mako but also does his best to cheer up his normally dour brother. Korra takes to fun and game much easier than Mako but is still weighed down with responsiblty, which Bolin does his best to relieve with acts of levity.
Bolin is very protective of the people he care about whom he cares about. He will act immediately if one of his friends is threatened. When Mako's girlfriend and the fourth friend in their circle, Asami Sato, is threaten Bolin instantly leaps to action to proptect her from harm. Though Bolin gets highly emotional he is also very forgivng of others, sometime to a fault. This lack of emotional control and naivity towards others ended up with him being declared the boyfriend and later fiance of the Water Tribe princess Eska and briefly her fiance, despite being mistreated by the sadistic, though ultimatly good-hearted, princess.
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