Nizat 'Kvarosee

"The humans are not intelligent enough to know that their days are truly numbered."

- Nizat 'Kvarosee

Nizat 'Kvarosee was a Sangheili officer serving the Covenant's fleet as the Fleetmaster of the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience and the shipmaster of the Pious Rampage. 'Kvarosee was given command of one of the first campaigns during the Covenant's war against humanity and was responsible for the glassing of at least seven Outer Colonies.

A new war
With the Human-Covenant War bringing forth the Ninth Age of Reclamation, Nizat 'Kvarosee was the shipmaster of the Pious Rampage. When 'Kvarosee ascended to Fleetmaster of the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience, he swore to execute the will of the San'Shyuum as if it were his own. The Minor Minister of Artifact Survey was attached to his fleet, serving as a ceremonial magistrate rather than a military commander. The Minor Minister was particularly ill-suited to the rigors of campaigns and glassing operations, and 'Kvarosee found himself taking a dislike to the unimpressive San'Shyuum politician. In this capacity, 'Kvarosee was charged with leading his fleet against the United Nations Space Command across the Outer Colonies.

His orders were to destroy human colonies as quickly as possible, and to survey their worlds and capture those that contained Forerunner relics, while glassing the worlds that did not. Under 'Kvarosee's invasion plan, he had numerous colonies designated as targets, with Amasa being the tenth. A unit of the Silent Shadow led by First Blade Tel 'Szatulai was tasked with scouting out the targeted worlds for any Forerunner artifacts and measure the defenses of each world.

Outer Colony campaigns
Early in 'Kvarosee's campaigns, Unrelenting and Radiant Arrow were lost through mysterious means while alone over Chi Ceti IV and Netherop, respectively. The loses of these ships led to much speculation among his staff officers. In March 2526, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience was targeting the underdeveloped and primitive colony of Etalan in the Igdras system. After two uneventful cycles of glassing the planet, the Minor Minister grew restless and incited 'Kvarosee to expedite the extermination. Before anything could be done, 'Szatulai approached the Fleetmaster with a message from Major General Harper Garvin of the United Rebel Front. Garvin revealed that Spartan-IIs were responsible for the loss of his ships, and intended to destroy his fleet at Biko, further proposing to help eliminate the Spartans if the Covenant left their worlds alone. 'Kvarosee had 'Szatulai assemble a kai'd to hunt down the Spartans and locate Garvin on Biko's moon of Seoba. To ensure the deaths of Etalan's inhabitants, 'Kvarosee bombarded Etalan's shield volcano with plasma fire, triggering an eruption that filled the sky with ash to suffocate its inhabitants.

After 'Szatulai had convened with the United Rebel Front, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience attacked Biko, which 'Kvarosee hoped to capture to use as a forward operating base. After five days of battle, resulting in the loss of five cruisers and Biko's shipbuilding stations 'Kvarosee had hoped to capture, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience defeated the last of human resistance and began glassing the planet. This was aided by information from the rebels that allowed the Fleetmaster to adjust his tactics to the human boarding tactics. However, much to the Fleetmaster's fury, the Spartan-IIs had slipped away to Etalan and decimated most of the fleet's supply convoy that 'Kvarosee had left behind, bringing the fleet's advance to a halt. While the Minor Minister threatened him with punishment from the High Council, 'Kvarosee called for a new logistics flotilla to meet with his fleet after gathering the surviving vessels at Etalan. 'Kvarosee and the Minor Minister met with 'Szatulai again, who warned them that the humans had captured a kelguid from one of his corvettes, which contained the fleet's supply network. While the Minor Minister feared the humans planned to attack High Charity, the Sangheili suspected that the nearby Covenant supply world of Zhoist was the likely target.

By April 15, 2526, the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience had arrived at Zhoist, where the Spartans began targeting orbital facilities and raiding its space elevators. 'Kvarosee dispatched the First Blade to hunt down the Spartans at the elevators, while he continued to hunt down the humans' remaining Prowlers. Despite his efforts, 'Szatulai was slain by the Spartans and two of Zhoist's Ten Cities were destroyed, along with the planet's Ring of Mighty Abundance and the under-construction Covenant supercarrier Hammer of Faith. While the Minor Minister threatened and disparaged the Fleetmaster, 'Kvarosee's steward Tam 'Lakosee killed the San'Shyuum. 'Kvarosee resolved to incinerate the Prophet's body and inform the Hierarchs that the Minor Minister died in battle. 'Kvarosee had his fleet regroup to recover what he could and withdraw beyond the planet's gravity well. To his displeasure, the human captives only laughed when interrogated. Shortly afterwards, six of his ships were destroyed by the octas the prisoners managed to smuggle into his fleet when they were captured.

Personality and traits
Nizat 'Kvarosee was considered an honorable and competent commander, proud of his station and skill. He was loyal to his crew and those who served him, and willingly took responsibility for any mistake he made, imagined or not. This willingness to take responsibility earned him a high degree of respect from First Blade Tel 'Szatulai who excused some of 'Kvarosee's impudent actions towards him as a result. Though he considered humans to be weak and cowardly, 'Kvarosee educated himself to learn English and a handful of other human languages, and he had ordered the Vicars of the Fleet to do the same. 'Kvarosee considered the glassing of human colonies to be a cruel, though admittedly found it glorious and beautiful. He believed that the annihilation of humans was his gift to the gods, a mere tithe he offered to one day be deemed worthy for the Great Journey.

However, 'Kvarosee had a hint of dissent growing within and found no delight from inflicting suffering and death on defenseless humans. He regarded the San'Shyuum as repulsively weak, though he was careful to address them with a tone just shy of reverence. He had a particular dislike for the Minor Minister of Artifact Survey, who he considered unimpressive and annoying. Despite this, he refused to lie to a San'Shyuum. On several occasions, 'Kvarosee found himself imagining killing the Minor Minister. At one point, 'Kvarosee contemplated whether or not 'Szatulai would follow the order if he gave it which 'Szatulai's own internal musings showed he gladly would've and wondered in turn if 'Kvarosee and his crew would be willing to cover it up. He found that his path grew darker after his steward Tam 'Lakosee slew the Minor Minister and the fleetmaster quickly decided to lie to the Hierarchs about the manner of Survey's death to save the life of his steward.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Silent Storm
 * Halo: Oblivion