Prophet of Regret
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Beaten to death by John-117 |
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- "Every member of the Covenant shall walk the path. None will be left behind when our Great Journey begins. That is the Prophets' age-old promise, and it shall be fulfilled!"
- — The Prophet of Regret
The High Prophet of Regret, born Lod Mron,[1] was the youngest of the three San'Shyuum High Prophets who led the Covenant High Council during the Human-Covenant War. Rash, ambitious, immature, and naive compared to the other Hierarchs, Regret originally served as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Tranquility, where he worked frequently with Sangheili and had adopted some of their personality traits, such as a preoccupation with honor and personal arms.[3] In many ways, he can be characterized as a Prophet who thought like an Elite; a rare mindset for his species, and from the High Prophet of Truth's point of view, a dangerous one. Regret was intelligent and fiercely opposed humanity through the course of the war.[4] He expected his soldiers to obey him without question.[5]
Biography[edit]
Age of Doubt[edit]
During the 23rd Age of Doubt, 2524 by the UNSC Military Calendar, Lod Mron held the post of Vice Minister of Tranquility. He was unique among the Prophets for his confrontational demeanor, a trait he gained from working with the Sangheili. He informed the Minister of Fortitude, Ord Casto about the existence of Harvest and what they believed to be a vast repository of Forerunner artifacts. Tranquility sent a Jiralhanae crew to search for survivors of the ship that discovered Harvest and, at Fortitude's recommendation, told the Jiralhanae to execute survivors if they were found with stolen artifacts.[6] After conspiring with Fortitude to gain these artifacts for their own use, he helped him by pretending to sympathize with those blacklisted from reproducing due to inbreeding, which included the Prophet of Restraint. After pretending to be the father of two children Restraint had unlawfully fathered, Tranquility blackmailed Restraint into stepping down from his position as High Prophet.[7]
Before their coup, the Prophets visited the Philologist Hod Rumnt, leader of the ascetic priests aboard the Forerunner Dreadnought and keeper of the Oracle, which was actually the long-dormant Mendicant Bias, an ancient AI that had not spoken to anyone for thousands of years. When the Luminaries of Harvest were entered into its matrix, the Oracle reactivated and said the symbols had been misinterpreted: the symbol didn't mean "Reclamation", but "Reclaimer", whom it called his makers. Fortitude concluded that these Reclaimers, the planet's aliens, were living Forerunners who had been left behind when the others transcended. Tranquility refused to believe this and accused the Philologist of tampering with the Oracle. As it attempted to launch the Dreadnought from High Charity the Lekgolo worms inside the Dreadnought short-circuited it and stopped Mendicant Bias.[7] Fortitude, Tranquility, and the Philologist made the decision to disconnect the Oracle from the ship and decided to eradicate humanity before any of the Covenant learned that the most basic premise of their faith was false, and that "living gods" would probably replace the Prophets. As such, their ascension was made, taking the names of Truth, Regret, and Mercy.[8]
Age of Reclamation[edit]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
- "The Journey requires sacrifice! Set the charges. Return to us! Our patience is not infinite!"
- — Regret, speaking via hologram to Ripa 'Moramee
Upon the onset of the Human-Covenant War, Regret formalized the Fleet of Glorious Interdiction; a Sangheili-led military force under his personal supervision,[9] and appointed Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee as its leader, choosing him for his ruthlessness and undying loyalty.[5] Obsessed with the Forerunners and the prospect of activating the Halo Array, Regret dispatched 'Moramee on numerous missions throughout Covenant and human space to find the means to do this.[10]
At Trove, in a Forerunner installation known as the Apex Site, Regret discussed with Ripa the state of the installation, and that the recently glassed human world Harvest had a Forerunner relic buried in the planet's northern polar region. Regret sent Ripa to go and recover the secrets the site held to hopefully get his key to the Apex Site.[11] However, the relic on Harvest proved to be some sort of Forerunner mapping device, and with UNSC forces closing in however, Regret ordered that the relic be destroyed to prevent the retrieved information from falling into human hands. Against his instincts, the Arbiter obeyed.[12] However, despite Covenant efforts, the site was not destroyed, allowing the humans to learn of the information that Regret planned to use.
Later, at the Apex Site, Regret discussed with the Arbiter his plans to activate the Forerunner Sojourner-class dreadnoughts located there. When he could not activate the artifact himself, he ordered the Arbiter to capture the human female, Ellen Anders, who they encountered at the "Ice Relic" and bring her to the Apex.[13] Later when the Arbiter returned with her, Regret was in disbelief, saying "you would hardly think them a threat." When they learned the humans were closing in on them Regre