Avu Med 'Telcam
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January 21, 2558[2] (aged 72) |
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Assassinated by SPARTAN-G059[2] |
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Male |
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238.8 centimeters (7.83 ft)[1] |
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150.5 kilograms (332 lb)[1] |
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Orange[1] |
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Field Master (formerly)[1] |
- "A god who creates tools is still a god. It is not for us to impose qualifications upon the divine or presume to guess its intentions."
- — Avu Med 'Telcam concerning modern views on the Forerunners[3]
Avu Med 'Telcam, commonly known as "The Bishop," was a Sangheili fundamentalist and the leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth (Neru Pe 'Odosima).[3]
Biography[edit]
Early career[edit]
'Telcam was a Sangheili who once served in the Covenant military as an interpreter of several human languages for his former shipmaster; he was promoted to the rank of Field Master before his resignation. When the Great Schism began, 'Telcam was against the High Prophets as they had betrayed his entire species.[3]
Post-war[edit]
Following the successful defeat of the Covenant and the end of the war, Avu Med 'Telcam found himself in turmoil among his fellow Sangheili as differing beliefs emerged. He viewed the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his followers as "infidels"—traitors to their faith. From his perspective, the Arbiter and his followers deemed the gods as decievers.[3]
'Telcam and his order attempted to begin an insurrection against 'Vadam's forces. In January 2553, the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence organized a meeting between 'Telcam and Captain Serin Osman, along with Professor Evan Phillips on the glassed New Llanelli. The purpose of the meeting was to negotiate terms of cooperation between ONI and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, as ONI wished to create unrest amongst the Sangheili and thereby remove them as a threat to the UNSC and humanity. 'Telcam agreed to accept ONI's assistance on the condition that the UNSC ceased to "blaspheme" the divinity of the Forerunners, and that humanity would remain uninvolved with Sangheili affairs following the Servants' successful takeover of Sangheili society—terms to which Osman agreed.[3]
'Telcam met with ONI operatives again on New Llanelli, where he received a shipment of human and Sangheili weaponry to support his forces. However, he was questioning what Osman's real plan was.[4] Meeting with Forze 'Mdama and Jul 'Mdama in the state of Ontom, 'Telcam took them on a tour of the Temple of the Abiding Truth, pointing out the symbols that may lead to the Halo Array.[5] 'Telcam worked with Forze, Jul, and Buran 'Utaral to retrieve the latter's ship he once commanded during the war from the Aanrar Shipyard. After stealing the frigate, the Sangheili group hid it in the Bekan quarry in the state of Mdama.[6] 'Telcam later had Manus, a Jiralhanae loyal to Buran, transport weapons to him aboard the Piety. However, the Piety was intercepted by the UNSC Port Stanley and the Jiralhanae crew were killed by Kilo-Five. The Huragok stationed on the Piety, Requires Adjustment, was taken aboard Port Stanley, the navigational records were altered, and the bodies of Kig-Yar were placed on the ship; no evidence of human involvement remained.[7] Upon recovering the Piety in Mdama, 'Telcam was tricked into believing Kig-Yar pirates were responsible for the attack. He searched the navigational records and discovered Venezia had radio contact with the Kig-Yar. Angered at losing a valuable Huragok, 'Telcam swore he would get his revenge against the planet.[8] After leaving Mdama, 'Telcam met with Kilo-Five on New Llanelli again. He refused to name of the location or the names of the individuals he was meeting to others. During this meeting, Jul 'Mdama covertly observed from a distance but was captured by Naomi-010, a SPARTAN-II and a member of Kilo-Five.[9]
'Telcam later met with Professor Evan Phillips in Ontom. Phillips was on Sanghelios allegedly to study Sangheili culture; in addition, however, he was on a covert ONI mission to gather intelligence on the Abiding Truth's temple. Suddenly, two explosions, rigged by Jiralhanae terrorists, detonated nearby them. This caused Phillips to lose contact with the rest of Kilo-Five, sending the team to Sanghelios to recover him.[10] 'Telcam was outraged by the Jiralhanae insurrection and aided the state's militia in killing them.[11]
Blooding Years[edit]
- Main article: Blooding Years
After the attempted Jiralhanae uprising in the state of Ontom, 'Telcam decided to launch an attack on the state of Vadam.[12] After picking up more loyal troops and gaining a fleet of nine vessels, 'Telcam led the assault from the frigate Unflinching Resolve, joined by Forze and Jul 'Mdama's wife, Raia. He ordered Buran and the other shipmasters to avoid damaging any Forerunner relics in the state, much to their disbelief. During the assault, Unflinching Resolve was damaged. Buran warned 'Telcam that the frigate needed to retreat, but 'Telcam ordered him to continue the attack. Ultimately, the frigate was shot down and the ship crash-landed on the Vadam shoreline, although 'Telcam, Raia, Forze, and Buran survived.[13] 'Telcam and the other survivors ran from the wreckage, avoiding 'Vadam's forces, and joined the rest of the attacking force on the coast.[14]
At first the attack seemed to be failing, as few Sangheili keeps backed up his invasion. Soon after however, news spread across the planet that Thel 'Vadam was allowing humans to fight for him and land on Sanghelios. After this word reached indecisive keeps, 'Telcam gained supporters and had Vadam keep surrounded.[15] As 'Telcam's troops moved in on Vadam keep, the UNSC Infinity arrived at Sanghelios and aided the Arbiter by destroying several of 'Telcam's ships.[16] Avu was then deemed valuable by the Office of Naval Intelligence and necessary to maintain the imposed stalemate between the two Sangheili factions. As such, he was abducted by Kilo-Five and taken aboard UNSC Port Stanley to make an agreement to retreat. During this time, Infinity destroyed the Defender of Faith and some of the Sangheili raiding Vadam keep.[17] Kilo-Five's AI, Black-Box, impersonated a Kig-Yar pirate shipmistress as a cover, allowing Port Stanley to attack Thel 'Vadam's ships to impose a stalemate between the Abiding Truth and 'Vadam. 'Telcam, truly believing Port Stanley was a Kig-Yar vessel, asked the "shipmistress" of Sav Fel, a T'vaoan pirate that stole the Pious Inquisitor from him. This alerted the UNSC of the battlecruiser's disappearance.[18] Most of 'Telcam's ground forces were killed and Cleansing Truth was destroyed with Forze and Raia aboard, resulting in their deaths.[19] After retreating from the system, 'Telcam ordered Kilo-Five to drop him off at New Llanelli.[20]
Due to a lack of ships, 'Telcam put out a reward to the Kig-Yar to find the ship Pious Inquisitor.[