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Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to High Charity.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in High Charity when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>
Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to High Charity.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in High Charity when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>


As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by  [[Flood infection form]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single infection form managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.<ref name="gravemind"/> He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.<ref name="journey"/>
As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by  [[Pod infector]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single infection form managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.<ref name="gravemind"/> He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.<ref name="journey"/>


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