Xytan 'Jar Wattinree
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November 3, 2552[2][3] (aged 64) |
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Meduu the Fierce (daughter)[1] |
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350 centimeters (11.6 ft)[1] |
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- "The Great Schism is upon us. The unbreakable Covenant Writ of Union has been split asunder. This is the end of the Ninth, and final, Age."
- — Xytan 'Jar Wattinree, making his declaration to the assembled shipmasters over Saepon'kal.[4]
Xytan 'Jar Wattinree was a Sangheili naval officer in the forces of the Covenant empire. As one of the empire's most capable and prestigious officers, Wattinree rose to the rank of Imperial Admiral - and was ultimately relegated by the Hierarchs to command the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose in exile at the borders of Covenant space. He led the Sangheili forces during the early stages of the Great Schism.[4]
Biography[edit]
Early career[edit]
Xytan 'Jar Wattinree hailed from the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios, born on April 20, 2488. He was considered to possess an innate talent for navigating the cutthroat political machine of the Covenant's bureaucracy alongside a keen insight into the psychology of the various client races that formed the backbone of the empire's caste system. As such, he was able to use these talents alongside his status as a foremost commander and tactician to ascend the Covenant military hierarchy to the title of Imperial Admiral - the highest office in the Covenant military.[1] His posting saw him assigned to lead the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose - a massive armada of two hundred vessels charged as the vanguard for the occupied regions on the fringes of Covenant space.[5]
This act was due to Xytan's popularity within the Covenant military; his power and prestige were such that his influence was capable of challenging even the San'Shyuum hierarchs - an unacceptable situation for High Charity.[1] This may be an example of a Covenant High Fleet exile, in which a popular Sangheili commander is given an ostensibly prestigious title and office, though in practice exiled far from their ability to influence the direction of Covenant politics.[6] As such, Xytan sat out a large portion of the Human-Covenant War and was not present for many of its key battles, such as the Fall of Reach.[7]
Great Schism and death[edit]
At the outbreak of the Great Schism, Wattinree was among the first Sangheili leaders to rally his people against the Jiralhanae, who had supplanted the Sangheili as the primary caste of the empire.[8] Wattinree summoned over two hundred Sangheili shipmasters to the colony world of Saepon'kal, personally requesting the presence of thirty such individuals to the oration chamber of his personal supercarrier, Sublime Transcendence. Here, Xytan detailed his intent to win the civil war by requesting the presence of the Jiralhanae leadership at Saepon'kal under a banner of truce - in reality a ruse to gather the Jiralhanae commanders in one place to be ambushed and killed - putting an early end to the schism and allowing the Sangheili to form a new Covenant in which they would be the sole leaders of the empire. However, while Xytan and his followers no longer followed the leadership of the San'Shyuum, they did differ from the separatist group led by Thel 'Vadam in that they retained their religious beliefs - and thus intended to continue waging the ongoing war against humanity once the Jiralhanae threat was dealt with.[4]
At the urging of the shipmaster Voro 'Mantakree, Xytan did come to realise the threat posed by the outbreak of the Flood on Installation 05. Recognising Voro as a potential rival, he did not have him executed but instead promoted him to Fleetmaster of the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, and renamed him "Voro Nar 'Mantakree" - ordering him to take charge of leading an attack on the shield world of Onyx. This served Wattinree on both political and strategic levels, allowing his forces control of the strategically valuable Forerunner world while also ridding him of one of his primary potential rivals.[2][3][4]
Following Voro's departure from the Salia system, the accidental activation of a NOVA bomb captured aboard Sublime Transcendance would see the obliteration of the carrier, two-thirds of the surrounding fleet, significant portions of Saepon'kal's surface and the planet's moon of Malhiem.[4] Wattinree was atomized in the blast, ultimately putting a premature end to his dreams of empire.[2][3]