When I was younger, all I wanted to do was please my mother. I became a police chief because I thought it would make her happy ... but it didn't. You need to make decisions based on what you want. Don't make the same mistakes I did.
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~ Lin Beifong
Lin Beifong is one of the supporting characters of the TV show The Legend of Korra. She is the Chief of Police for Republic City's Police Department, the daughter of Toph Beifong, and the older half-sister of Suyin Beifong and a valuable ally of Team Avatar.
Lin would be born twenty years after Avatar Aang brought peace to the land to Toph Beifong. Both Lin and her half-sister were born as Earthbenders, having inherited the ability from their mother. However, Lin grew up frustrated with her mother for never sharing who their father was. Unlike their mother's childhood, Lin and Suyin were given more freedom. However, while Lin tried being the model daughter for Toph by training as a police officer, her sister Suyin fell into the wrong crowd due to their shared jealousy of each other. Despite their strained relationship, Lin was quite close with her mother's best friend, Avatar Aang. She soon dated Tenzin Aang's son. However, the two broke up, with Tenzin marrying Pema instead.
During one of the robberies that Lin was assigned, her half-sister became the getaway driver. Lin tried to subdue Suyin, only for the latter to accidentally injure her older sister. Angered, Lin arrested Suyin but Toph, head of the police burned Suyin's record. As a result, Toph sent Suyin to live with her grandparents. She shortly afterwards retired as an act of contrition for having to cover-up criminal activities for her daughter and appointed Lin as her replacement. As a result, Lin blamed her younger sister for Toph's retirement. The sisters would not speak to each other for thirty years when Suyin got her life back on track and married with four children.
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Earthbending
Metalbending: Like her mother, Lin knows how to bend metal, as it is refined earth.
Seismic Sense: Like her mother, Toph and Aang, Lin uses the earth to detect vibrations in the ground to perceive attacks.
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