Phoenix Logs/Campaign Logs/A Split Heart is Easily Conquered


 * From the journal of Orda Val 'Saham, Sangheili Guard 03/30/2559


 * This may be my last entry. The humans reached the Cartographer and by now
 * have no doubt discovered the location of Atriox's reinforcement portals. I admire
 * the humans' courage and skill as warriors; they are just one ship, but fight as
 * fiercely as an entire fleet! If their leader is as shrewd as he has appeared so far,
 * then he will understand the value of the portals and they must be the human's
 * next target. They're likely already striking out to destroy them.


 * I have been ordered to defend the portals and must report to Decimus. This
 * gives me grave concern. When we first arrived at the Cartographer, I was
 * among the Sangheili who were to sweep the area for hostile elements and as
 * such I was privy to Decimus' movements.


 * He is Atriox's right-hand and pledges loyalty to the Banished, but as I watched
 * him walk among the ancient's halls I recognized the awe and reverence in his
 * eyes that I once saw among my own clan. I saw that fatal longing, that tragic
 * need to be once more struck dumb and blind by the promise of a wondrous
 * destiny. If we are to succeed, Decimus must purge these old conflicts from his
 * thoughts. A warrior's heart must be certain if he is to survive, as doubt is a
 * surer killer than the sharpest blade.