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The '''Honor Guard'''<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 95''</ref> is a special unit of [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] warriors tasked with providing security for the [[High Council]]. They were traditionally composed of [[Sangheili]] members, but were replaced by [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae]] during the [[Great Schism]].<ref name="gravemind">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>

==History==

===Human-Covenant War===

Between 2542 and 2552, the Honor Guard were charged with defending a [[Unidentified Prophet (Heian)|Lesser Prophet]] on a [[Heian|Covenant-controlled planet]] that served as a major logistics base. Unfortunately for them, a team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] infiltrated the planet and sniped the Prophet from a distance of two miles before the Honor Guard could intervene.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[The Babysitter]]''</ref>

Much to the Prophet's surprise, the human vessel ''[[In Amber Clad]]'' followed him to the Installation. The UNSC forces aboard, led by [[Miranda Keyes]], initiated an assault on the temple with the intent of capturing or killing the Prophet. SPARTAN-II John-117 led the attack, infiltrating the temple and entering the Prophet's chamber. The Sangheili Honor Guardsmen fought furiously to protect the Hierarch, but ultimately could not prevent John-117 from killing the Prophet of Regret.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Regret (level)|Regret]]''</ref>

{{Main|Changing of the Guard}}

Following the catastrophic failure of Sangheili forces in safeguarding Installation 04, the Hierarch's confidence in the abilities of the Sangheili wavered. Their willingness to trust the Sangheili as their personal protectors declined even further when the Prophet of Regret's bodyguards failed to save him from death at the hands of the "Demon" [[John-117]]. As a result, the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] ordered the Sangheili to step down as the protectors of the Prophets. In their place, the Jiralhanae filled in the void left by the disgraced [[Sangheili]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref>

At the [[Battle of the Quarantine Zone]] in [[2552|November 2552]], [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]] retrieved the [[Activation Index|Index]] from the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]], and moments later sent him to his death which he survived.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>

During the [[Battle of High Charity]], the [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] were put into more of an infantry role fighting the Covenant [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|separatists]] still on the capital world and on ships in orbit.<ref name="gravemind"/>

Later during the battle on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Prophets of Truth and Mercy along with their personal [[Jiralhanae]] Honor Guards fled towards a landing pad where they would leave on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in the middle of the city.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref>

==Gallery==

File:Sangheili HG 01.png|A standard Sangheili Honor Guard  

File:Honor guard Ultra0111.jpg|An Honor Guard Ultra

File:Honor Guard Councilor.jpg|The [[Honor Guard Councilor]]

File:Brutehonorguardsmanedit.png|The newer Jiralhanae Honor Guards

==Sources==

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[[Category:The Covenant]]

[[Category:Covenant Military Units]]