Saikhan

"earth"

- From the looks of it, you smashed up a lot more than that.

Saikhan was a captain, and later chief, of the Republic City Metalbending Police Force. Before becoming chief, he worked under his predecessor, Chief Lin Beifong, and rose in the ranks of the police force under the tutelage of Lin, eventually becoming her right-hand man. Because of this, he respects her immensely.

History
After Avatar Korra thwarted an extortion attempt by Triple Threat Triad members, Captain Saikhan and other metalbending police officers arrived at the scene via a police airship. Quickly assessing the situation, Saikhan ordered his officers to apprehend the three immobilized criminals, and attempted to arrest Avatar Korra as well for damaging private and public property. He attacked her with his metalbending, but due to Naga's interference, he was unable to detain her for very long. The Avatar was eventually apprehended, and during her interrogation at the police headquarters, Saikhan informed Lin Beifong of Councilman Tenzin's arrival.

After the Equalist attack on the Pro-bending Arena, Saikhan assisted Lin and the other police officers in the search of Cabbage Corp's warehouse. When the search yielded incriminating evidence, including Equalist propaganda flyers and stockpiles of electrified gloves, he commented to his superior that "there [was] enough evidence [there] to bury Cabbage Corp for an eternity".

Following Chief Beifong's resignation, Saikhan was appointed Chief of Police. During a speech outside of the police headquarters, he agreed to help use the force's resources to work with Councilman Tarrlok and his task force to bring the Anti-bending Revolution to an end. Tenzin and Korra later talked to him at the police headquarters demanding the release of the Avatar's friends and the accused non-benders; however, he advised that they speak with Tarrlok about the matter. Before leaving, Korra called Saikhan the "worst Chief of Police ever", a statement Tenzin wholeheartedly agreed with.

Trivia

 * Saikhan means "beautiful" in Halkh Mongolian.
 * Saikhan's voice actor, Richard Epcar, also provided the voices of Two Toed Ping and the warehouse worker.
 * As Captain, Saikhan's armor was slightly different than that of a regular metalbending officer. Whereas the regular uniform's hat is slightly darker than the rest of the uniform, Saikhan's hat is the same shade of gray as the rest of his armor. His armor also lacks the metal shoulder plates and resembles more the design of Lin's armor. When Saikhan replaced Lin Beifong as Chief of Police, his armor was upgraded to the same black armor that Lin always wore.