History of The Red Lotus (Legend of Korra)

[Music] at this point there isn't an avatar fan that hasn't heard of the white lotus but what about the red lotus the red lotus is an anarchist organization in legend of korra founded by ji bao an ex-member of the white lotus zahir explains to cora that the red lotus was created to do what the white lotus failed at having the humans and spirits co-exist and to usher in a new world order you're watching avatar discussions and this is everything we know about the red lotus after the order of the white lotus came out of hiding following the end of the hundred years war to serve the avatar in the world's nations zhibao was disgusted deeming the white lotus as having reduced itself to merely the avatar's bodyguards in order to preserve the way how he believed the order should have been he broke away and founded the red lotus to help liberate the world from the nation's influence their original plan was to dismantle the nations and their leaders by releasing vatu from the tree of time and later by killing the world leaders and ending korra and the avatar cycle both of which as we know failed the only red lotus members who were publicly revealed as such were all powerful and influential people in korra's world the former chief oonalok the truth seer ai way and a group of terrorists led by zaheer consisting of pili mingwa and gazan zahir and his group had all been imprisoned for 13 years after failing to kidnap five-year-old korra but following harmonic convergences zahir gained the ability to airbend and was able to bust himself and the other members of the red lotus out of prison the group of four was able to send the earth kingdom into chaos by killing their queen but later failed at killing the avatar zaheer met chief oonalok after they had both joined the red lotus they learned about rava and vantu the spirits of light and darkness and how avatar one had separated them bringing imbalance to the world which he according to the red lotus had only strengthened by dividing the physical and spiritual worlds the red lotus subsequently devised a plan to kidnap the avatar in order to reverse juan's decision and teach her the ways of the red lotus so that the avatars going forward would no longer fight as the avatars from the past zaheer ghazan pali and menghua launched their plan to kidnap korra a year after the news of her being the new avatar was confirmed but were unsuccessful due to the intervention of tanrak tenzin chief saka and firelord zuko they were apprehended and detained in four maximum security prisons scattered throughout the globe oonalock however avoided being captured by fleeing before the rest were caught and he went on to become chief of the northern water tribe never suspected of being with the red lotus until zahir tells cora about the night of her almost kidnapping to cover his back he assisted firelord zuko in constructing a prison for pali in the coldest part of the north pole as for the others the order of the white lotus imprisoned gazon and minghua in environments that would suppress their bending while zahir was held in a remote mountaintop constructed entirely out of metal the organization's lesser-known agents such as iway remained at large and continued their operations in secret with the white lotus successfully raising korra the red lotus shifted plans instead of trying to convince the avatar to join them in her adulthood they decided to capture and eventually kill her while she was in the avatar state putting an end to the reincarnation cycle and further establish anarchy chief lynn bae fong of republic city spent the next 13 years interrogating each member of the red lotus in order to determine the gang's motives but she was ultimately unsuccessful following their escape they planned to take the avatar the four made their way to republic city where they hid under everybody's noses planning their next move when the time was right zahir shaved his head and infiltrated air temple island under the disguise of uru in an attempt to determine korra's whereabouts though his apparent knowledge of air nomad culture and desire to meet the avatar aroused suspicion from kaya who realized his true identity after a very short battle zaheer managed to take down kaya and flee the island using a glider he had stolen from tenzin's office this caused a widespread hunt for zaheer zahir decided to delay in order to focus on determining a method to leave the city to that end the group ambushed a truck driver who minghua threatened to smuggle them all out of the city undetected the truck driver attempted to drive out of the city via a bridge though by the time they got there the road had already been barricaded and every vehicle was being searched by the police anxious over the situation the driver wavered while questioned by the officers who forced him out of his vehicle as a result the truck driver fled the scene and left the police to open the back of the truck from where zaheer launched a surprise air bending blast knocking the officers back and giving ming hua enough time to gain control of the wheel and begin driving out of the city they then hid out and planned their attack on zafu to capture korra with the aid of ai way the red lotus was able to sneak into zafu under the cover of darkness managing to capture the avatar by knocking her and naga out with sheer shoe spit darts their escape did not go unnoticed however as pabu alerted bolin and makko who attacked the red lotus and drew attention to the group's presence the four were soon surrounded by members of the metal clan who used their metal bending to box them in between metal plates however gazan used his own skill to free themselves by creating a lava mote forcing a stalemate between the two groups eventually bolin managed to block police chi by striking her third eye with a pebble while lynn and suyan bei fong dropped in from above on cables and rescued korra zahir attempted to recapture the avatar but was thwarted by soo yin who pierced the wing of his glider with metal shards forcing him to make a crash landing to the rest of his team realizing their attempt to kidnap korra had failed zaheer created an aerodome to cover their escape after their escape they began their hunt for the avatar once again while fighting with bolin and mako minghua and gazon captured the two and brought them along on their way to boston say inside the palace the four gained an audience with earthquake ho ting by baiting her with information about the stolen airbenders zahir managed to strike a deal with the queen information about the airbenders in return for the avatar as the avatar's imprisonment in the earth kingdom would lead to a world war the red lotus was escorted to await cora's arrival in the earth kingdom royal palace's anti-chamber noticing a daily agent quickly passed by their chamber zaheer followed him sneaking into the throne room where he overheard that the queen's ship with cora aboard had crashed in the siwong desert deciding to take matters into their own hands the team barged into the throne room resulting in a fight with the daily after quickly defeating the earthbenders zaheer confronted and suffocated the queen with his airbending killing her as the red lotus leader stated that he had delivered bossing sei back into the hands of the people gazon used his lava bending to bring down the walls separating the three rings bringing forth chaos and disorder in the earth kingdom afterwards zaheer went to the palace's prison where he released all the inmates before freeing mako and bolin he gave them a message to be delivered to kora and promptly took an airship toward the northern air temple arriving at the northern air temple gazan minghua and zahir rounded up all the airbenders while police stayed aboard the airship to keep a lookout from above they intended to use the new air nation as leverage to get to korra though when tenzin figured that out he promptly attacked them giving the airbenders a chance to get away while police focused on the escapees managing to shoot kai out of the sky and corner the others at the flying bison stables zaheer faced off against tenzin while ming hua took on kaya leaving gazon to battle bumi although kaia and boomi each managed to get some hits in they eventually had to acknowledge the superiority of their opponents when they teamed up against them and managed to knock them off the balcony although boomi managed to save themselves from plunging to death they became the perfect target for police combustion attack her attack missed however as kaya convinced her brother to let them fall effectively evading the blasts at the last minute meanwhile zahir had trouble keeping up with the airbending master who managed to evade all of his counter-blows and land many of his own however the tables turned when pulley landed an attack bringing tenzin down within striking range of minghua and gazan although now it was four against one tenzin refused to give up stating he would never let the red lotus get to the avatar as long as he was breathing prompting the three members on the ground to relentlessly barrage him with their respective elements after hearing zahir's proposal from mako and bolin korra contacted zaheer over the radio from the metal clan's airship explaining that she would surrender herself so long as the here freed the airbenders zaheer instructed korra to meet him on top of lahima's peak korra used her glider to meet zahir while lin sooyin the metal clan guards and tanrak scaled the side of the mountain ready to ambush zahir meanwhile bolin asami and mako were working to rescue the airbenders while zaheer was distracted however zaheer had deceived korra yet again he had already moved all of the airbenders safe for tenzin to a mountainside hideout while minghua used waterbending to make water dummies and airbender robes when the deception was revealed gazan and minghua left mako bolin asami and tenzin to die as lava slowly destroyed the northern air temple meanwhile korra while chained with platinum cuffs resisted zaheer as the metal clan engaged pali tanrak assisted his daughter too but was thrown from a cliff by zaheer lin subsequently acted as a distraction for police as sooyian metal bent her chest plate around before she could fire confining the explosion to her head and killing her however the death of pali allowed zahir to unlock the unique airbending ability to fly by letting go of his earthly tether and escape the battle carrying cora who was unconscious the red lotus took the avatar to their mountainside hideout where they planned to use mercury to poison korra and force her into the avatar state after which they would kill her and end the reincarnation cycle of the avatar forever but when cora entered the avatar state she was able to break free of her chains and engage the here in an aerial battle meanwhile team avatar had discovered the hideout with the help of kai and freed the captured airbenders before engaging the remaining members of the red lotus mako and bolin fought mingwa and gazan respectively and after a short battle mako managed to electrocute ming hua with lightning before going back in to help his brother overwhelm gazan refusing to be taken back to prison the lava bender bent the cave down on himself in an effort to kill makko and bolin but both brothers were able to escape meanwhile korra and zahir battled in the sky above the air nomad caves where the duel went in zaheer's favor due to cora's inhibited abilities after suffering several bad falls as well as the continued effects of the poison korra collapsed on a nearby plateau which allowed zaheer to apply the asphyxiation technique he had previously used to kill the earthqueen however the freed airbenders under genora's direction created a large air spout under zahir and korra which allowed cora to force zaheer toward the ground and defeat him zahir was immediately restrained by the befong sisters genora discovered that the poison was metallic in form prompting sooyin to bend the poison out of korra's body saving her just as it seemed like korra had succumbed to the poison the remaining red lotus leaders and centuries all return to hiding after the deaths of pali menghua and gazan as well as zahir's imprisonment and remain at large with no way of knowing how many are out there moreover after the death of the earth queen the chaos of here brought to the earth kingdom still prevailed president raco declared red lotus a terrorist group in the eyes of the united republic of nations as a result of their actions for all we know the red lotus could come back at any time to finish the job the red lotus has been a huge interest point for avatar fans ever since their introduction in the legend of korra and there is still plenty unknown and lots to learn are zaheer and the red lotus your favorite antagonist or do you prefer somebody else let us know in the comments below and we'd love to hear your opinions thanks for watching and stay flamin

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Length: 10min 59sec (659 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 14 2021