White Lotus sentries

The White Lotus sentries are the supporting characters of The Legend of Korra. They are low-ranking members of the Order of the White Lotus.

History
Following the conclusion of the Hundred Year War, the Order of the White Lotus gathered the courage to reveal themselves to the world. Before Avatar Aang died in 153 AG, he instructed the Order to watch over his incarnation during her Avatar training.

In accordance with Aang's request, protecting and training the new Avatar became the organization's priority when the White Lotus leader and two other members discovered the new Avatar, a girl named Korra, at the Southern Water Tribe. The society created a compound dedicated to these objectives, and it was there where many sentries were stationed to closely watch over the Avatar.

After Avatar Korra escaped to Republic City to find Aang's son, Tenzin, the airbender ordered her to return to the Southern Water Tribe. A small group of the Order's sentries arrived at Air Temple Island that night with the intention of returning to the South Pole with the Avatar immediately. Before the sentries had taken Korra onto the ship, however, Tenzin reconsidered, and decided that Korra's airbending training should begin, thereby allowing her to stay on the island.

Many sentries were relocated to Air Temple Island after Korra's move, continuing to carry out Aang's death wish of protecting his reincarnation. They had a small building for themselves where they often listened to pro-bending matches via the radio. The sentries were even present in the island's dining hall during a few of Korra's meals, making sure that the Avatar would remain on the island, a task they were not always able to bring to a successful end.

During the Equalists' attack on the air temple, the White Lotus sentries witnessed the arrival of the Equalist airships from their elevated quarters and rushed toward the main courtyard to confront the Equalist raiders. They launched a barrage of firebending, earthbending, and waterbending attacks, and, with the help of Lin Beifong and Tenzin's children, eventually defeated the invaders. On orders from the former Chief of Police, they locked the captured Equalists up in the temple's basement. The tides quickly changed, however, when more airships made their way over from the mainland and deployed more Equalists on the island, prompting the residents to prepare for a quick departure. To allow Avatar Korra and her friends enough time to escape the island, four sentries remained behind to thwart and delay any possible pursuit of the Avatar by Equalists forces.

With the fall of Air Temple Island, a number of White Lotus sentries were captured and brought before Amon, who removed their bending abilities using his advanced bloodbending.

Uniform
The White Lotus sentries' uniforms are very similar to the uniforms worn by higher-ranking members of the Order in 170 AG. The main difference is that the sentries wear a helmet with the Order of the White Lotus' insignia on it, while higher-ranking members do not.