She sits on a cliff, sobbing. She has saved the city, but lost her identity. She cannot bend Water, Earth, or Fire. She tells Mako, “I’m not the Avatar anymore.”

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.”

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.