Voridus

"Relax, brother. You worry too much."

- Voridus to Pavium.

Voridus is a Jiralhanae lieutenant within the Banished who fought against the Flood during the Second Ark Conflict.

Biography
Both Pavium and Voridus joined the Banished in the post-Covenant War era. Both brothers were present during a conflict with Jovus's pack.

Installation 00
During the time after the Banished seized Installation 00 on November 25, 2558, Voridus ruthlessly exploited the Ark for new resources and knowledge, especially the energetic meta-materials pumped throughout the Ark in great rivers to keep the installation functioning; these efforts culminated in his recent harnessing of infusion gel. However, the prototype infusion technology Voridus created produced corrosive and mutagenic sludge during operation, even "damaging" some Huragok in the process, but it hasn't stopped Voridus from field testing new weapons that harness infusion gel's byproducts.

Releasing the Nightmare
"I'll look around. And if we find prizes to bring back, how could that go wrong?"

- Voridus to Pavium.

Months after Installation 09 left the Ark, Voridus and Pavium were tasked by Atriox to salvage starships near the remains of High Charity. At some point before this assignment, Voridus failed Atriox once, trying to prove himself, but he was spared; failing his task in High Charity would not save him from Atriox, even with Pavium's intervention.

While Pavium established a salvage site, Voridus led his forces to the High Charity crash site. Driving a Banished Scarab, Voridus smashed through wreckage and even a small UNSC base to the crash site. As his forces approached the crash site, the Forerunner Sentinels guarding the area descended upon them. Having already used disruption emitters to disable nearby Sentinel launching bays, Voridus recklessly disabled the Forerunner defenses to deactivate a Retriever Sentinel defending the crash site.

Personality and traits
Voridus is many things that his elder brother Pavium is not: glory-seeking, impulsive, impatient, vicious, curious, and spontaneous. He is also gifted with an intuitive understanding of Forerunner systems.

Voridus is fast and vicious in combat, even for a Brute, and wields a barbed gravity hammer. He has a retractable double blade on his left gauntlet used that can be used to attack enemies behind him and in front of him.

He has a deep fascination with Infusion gel as many units under his command utilize it.

Trivia

 * Voridus is voiced by Ashley Bagwell.
 * Voridus's mask and retractable double blade bear strong similarities to the mask and wrist blade of Yautja from the Predator franchise.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars 2
 * Halo: Rise of Atriox