Unidentified Sangheili Zealot (Circinius IV)

"Oh my God... What is that?"

- Chyler Silva

This unidentified Sangheili Zealot participated in the Fall of Circinius IV, when the Covenant attacked Circinius IV in 2526, following the start of the Human-Covenant War. Shortly after Covenant corvettes destroyed the planetary space elevator being used to evacuate Corbulo Academy's cadets, this Zealot led a ground assault on the Academy. The Zealot personally initiated the attack by using his energy sword to demolish a statue of General Corbulo, the Roman general whom the Academy was named after. The Covenant troops, consisting mostly of Kig-Yar, soon overwhelmed the Marines and ODSTs protecting the Academy.

Once most resistance was neutralized, the Zealot began hunting down the surviving cadets for sport. Under the cover of Active Camouflage, the Zealot killed Cadet Junjie Chen in the dorms with its energy sword, then pursued the remaining cadets to the weapons locker, where it killed Cadet Walter Vickers with a plasma rifle. The Zealot soon cornered Cadets April Orenski, Thomas Lasky, Chyler Silva, and Michael Sullivan and was about to kill them too when John-117 suddenly appeared and stabbed the Elite in the back of the neck with a combat knife, killing the Sangheili.

Trivia

 * The Corbulo Zealot's armor is similar to the Hesduros-style armor worn by the Sangheili Zealots serving in the Covenant remnant.
 * Several of the Corbulo Zealot's lines can be heard by Elites in the Halo 4 campaign.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn