Gek 'Lhar

"Faster! Move as if the Didact himself were watching!"

- Gek 'Lhar ordering his fellow Sangheili into action

Gek 'Lhar was a Sangheili Commander serving in the reformed Covenant and Jul 'Mdama's lieutenant during the Requiem Campaign.

Early career
Gek 'Lhar was born October 19, 2499 on the island of Alytcos on Sanghelios. 'Lhar served ruthlessly in the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War. By 2556, he led an unruly group of salvagers. By this time, Gek had also come to work for Jul 'Mdama and his new sect based out of Hesduros. Gek was tasked by Jul with securing weapons and ships for the new Covenant. In January of 2557, Gek and his crew ambushed the salvage crew of Ram Chalva as it was returning from a fortuitous trip to Mesa. Ram was captured and kept as a prisoner on Gek's war-freighter.

Capture and Escape
In December 2557, Gek carried out a terrorist attack on Earth. He was subsequently detained and interrogated at ONI's Midnight Facility; however, he managed to escape in February 2558, killing several of the facility's personnel in the process.

Requiem campaign
During the Requiem Campaign of early 2558, Gek greeted Jul 'Mdama as he arrived at his location in the Librarian's Rest on Requiem, informing him that they were still preparing "the shrine". Jul then brought Doctor Henry Glassman, who had offered his knowledge in exchange for his life. Gek was later tasked to watch over Dr. Glassman as he tried to work on their Forerunner "shrine". When Jul came to check on his progress, Glassman got frustrated and started to walk toward Jul. Gek quickly pulled his tether to get him to stop. Joining 'Mdama on watching the assault on Galileo Base by their Covenant faction, Gek was informed that 'Mdama was only trying to create a show of attempting to recover the Didact's Gift, making it seem important to the humans.

Back at their base of operations somewhere in the tunnel complex of Sniper Alley, Glassman managed to somehow activate something in the shrine, prompting all the present Sangheili—save Jul—to bow to it. Noticing none of the Sangheili were holding his collar now, Glassman fled the antechamber in fear. As Jul tried to touch the artifact's energy sphere, it physically rejected him, prompting the Sangheili Commander to direct his fury at Glassman, who was now gone. Half-dozen of the present Sangheili gave pursuit to the doctor but Jul held Gek back. After being told Glassman's escape was unacceptable, Gek reassured Jul that he would deal with the matter personally, leaving Jul and his two guards with the artifact. Gek soon found Glassman's discarded collar and decided to activate a remote detonator for Glassman's explosive harness, but Spartan Gabriel Thorne managed to pull off the harness in time and toss it toward Glassman's pursuers, killing them all in the explosion. Gek was able to observe the aftermath and not long after, picked up the trail of the fleeing humans.

Death
Gek tracked Glassman and Thorne to the Quarry, and managed to catch the duo off guard with his Type-3 active camouflage. After simply throwing Glassman aside, he attempted to kill Thorne with his energy sword but the Spartan succeeded in kicking it out from Gek's hand. After a short close-quarters combat fight with Thorne, the Spartan attempted to smash Gek's head in with a large rock. However, the Sangheili warrior managed to overpower Thorne and smashed the rock over Thorne's chest and head. With Thorne stunned, Gek gained the upper hand and went to retrieve his energy sword. Glassman attempted to aid Thorne by grabbing the sword, but Gek stopped him by crushing the doctor's arm with his boot. Gek was about to execute Thorne with his energy sword when the rest of Fireteam Majestic arrived and Paul DeMarco shot Gek in the back with a burst from his BR85HB battle rifle, killing the Sangheili. Majestic then looted Gek's body, including his energy sword, his active camouflage, the dog tags attached to his armor, and a holographic map of Requiem.

Personality and traits
Gek harbored a deep-seated hatred for humanity, and Spartans in particular. In early 2557, Gek was blinded in his left eye from a shot fired from an M6 series magnum by Rion Forge, which also left a large scar across his face. Gek was very aggressive and brash, although he was still very loyal to Jul 'Mdama. He was shown to be persistent, pursing Dr. Henry Glassman and Gabriel Thorne, after they escaped from Librarian's Rest, across a desert on Requiem. After unintentionally killing several allied Sangheili, 'Lhar was saddened by the losses and sought vengeance against those he deemed responsible.

Equipment
Gek donned the normal Sangheili Storm combat harness, despite being a Commander. Eleven UNSC dog tags (including one from Cade), were attached to the left side of Gek's harness; these were trophies taken from enemies he had killed, including a few Spartans. Gek often forwent wearing a helmet. He armed himself with a Type-1 energy sword and was equipped with a Type-3 active camouflage unit.

Trivia
Gek was originally supposed to have his own subplot in Spartan Ops, but the scenes were cut entirely since it was believed that they did not fit the same format the rest of the episodes followed.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Smoke and Shadow