Kuvira

Kuvira is a metalbending member of the Metal Clan in Zaofu and serves as both the captain of the city's guard and part of Suyin Beifong's dance troupe.

Defending Zaofu
In 171 AG, Kuvira and the other members of Suyin Beifong's dance troupe rehearsed a routine for an upcoming recital. The rehearsal ended following the arrival of Avatar Korra and her company.



Several days later, Kuvira accompanied Suyin's family and Team Avatar to a rooftop where they bade farewell to Opal, who left Zaofu to train in the Northern Air Temple. After the airbender's airship left the city, Kuvira used her radio to command the other guards to begin locking Zaofu for the night. Later that night, Kuvira attacked Zaheer and his associates after the four managed to infiltrate the city. She helped the other members of the Metal Clan trap the criminals in a makeshift metal prison, before ordering them to surrender and return the Avatar. Kuvira and the other guards searched the city following the group's escape, though they were unable to find any traces of the four benders.

Kuvira was questioned by Aiwei, along with the rest of the city's guards, in an attempt to determine the identity of Zaheer's accomplice. When Aiwei fled the city after his involvement in the attempted kidnapping of Avatar Korra was revealed, Kuvira was ordered by Lin Beifong to search the city for the truth seer and determine where the tunnel underneath his house led, which she eventually traced to a dead end with no sign of Aiwei nearby.

Stopping the Red Lotus
Kuvira traveled with Team Avatar, their allies, and additional members of the Metal Clan to the Northern Air Temple in an attempt to free the airbenders being held captive by the Red Lotus. With Zaheer demanding to meet Korra alone at Laghima's Peak, Kuvira went with Suyin, Lin, Tonraq, and the other metalbenders to the base of the peak and would use their bending to scale the mountain. When Mako alerted Lin that they had been double-crossed, Kuvira and the other metalbenders rapidly climbed the rest of the way to save Korra, though she and another guard were blown down the mountain when one of P'Li's combustion attacks exploded nearby. Using their cables, they managed to save themselves and re-ascend the cliff. When Tonraq was thrown off the cliffside by Zaheer's airbending, Kuvira used her cables to save him.



While the group reassembled at the base of the peak, Kuvira tended to Tonraq's wounds, bandaging his arm, and was thanked for saving his life. When addressed as captain, she introduced herself by name to the Southern chief. After Kai and the rest of Team Avatar returned and everyone learned of the airbenders' whereabouts from the young boy, Kuvira requested to go along on the rescue mission, but was told by Suyin to stay behind with the injured. Knowing she would be picked up once the Avatar was retrieved, she inclined her head, accepting the order.

Trivia

 * Kuvira is a Hindu name meaning "courageous woman", befitting her job as part of Zaofu's metalbending guard.
 * Kuvira's image was on the back of the newspaper Lin Beifong was reading before being interrupted by Korra and Opal one night in Zaofu. The text below her picture read, meaning "security team".