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{{Quote|We are the Silent Shadow. Once our charge was varied—assassination, extraction—direct and thorough acts of violence. Our goals, strategic—pointed and precise. Our ends, religious, verging on Godly. Those days are over. Or, at best, on hold. Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of [[Jiralhanae|beasts]].|Resa 'Azavayl{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | {{Quote|We are the Silent Shadow. Once our charge was varied—assassination, extraction—direct and thorough acts of violence. Our goals, strategic—pointed and precise. Our ends, religious, verging on Godly. Those days are over. Or, at best, on hold. Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of [[Jiralhanae|beasts]].|Resa 'Azavayl{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | ||
The '''Silent Shadow''' was a unit of [[Special Operations Sangheili|special operations]] [[Sangheili]] within the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] branch. It was made up of several individual squads. They were often dispatched by the [[Hierarchs]] when they wanted to remove a high-ranking commander from their post. In the event that they might one day be ordered to kill them, members of the Silent Shadow are forbidden to show their faces to any of their superiors.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS9|HSS|Chapter=9}} The Silent Shadow undertook numerous missions during the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], including assassinations and extractions.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} | The '''Silent Shadow''' was a unit of [[Special Operations Sangheili|special operations]] [[Sangheili]] within the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] branch. It was made up of several individual squads. They were often dispatched by the [[Hierarchs]] when they wanted to remove a high-ranking commander from their post. In the event that they might one day be ordered to kill them, members of the Silent Shadow are forbidden to show their faces to any of their superiors.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS9|HSS|Chapter=9}} The Silent Shadow undertook numerous missions during the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], including assassinations and extractions.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}}. Following the [[Great Schism]], one such squad was led by [[First Blade officer]] [[Resa 'Azavayl]] and took it upon themselves to wipe out every [[Jiralhanae]] they encountered.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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[[File:HTFSS ElitesVsBrutes.png|300px|thumb|Silent Shadow Elites killing Banished Brutes out of hatred for their species.]] | [[File:HTFSS ElitesVsBrutes.png|300px|thumb|Silent Shadow Elites killing Banished Brutes out of hatred for their species.]] | ||
{{Quote|I see you for what you are and what you could be. We can do great things together. Not as master and slaves, but as the warriors you truly are—free to continue your crusade without the shackles of outdated faith.|Atriox, offering the Silent Shadow a place within the Banished{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | {{Quote|I see you for what you are and what you could be. We can do great things together. Not as master and slaves, but as the warriors you truly are—free to continue your crusade without the shackles of outdated faith.|Atriox, offering the Silent Shadow a place within the Banished{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | ||
After the Covenant's betrayal of the [[Sangheili]] and the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the squad led by First Blade [[Resa 'Azavayl]] dedicated themselves to eliminating all [[Jiralhanae]] that they | After the Covenant's betrayal of the [[Sangheili]] and the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the squad led by First Blade [[Resa 'Azavayl]] dedicated themselves to eliminating all [[Jiralhanae]] that they came across, as well as any forces under their control. The Silent Shadow wiped out a Jiralhanae [[pack]] in an armory on the fourth [[moon]] of [[Victors' Truth]], runaway Jiralhanae forces aboard the stolen [[Covenant corvette]] ''[[Adherent]]'', "butchers" encamped in a resource enclave in the northern highlands of [[Thalia]], Covenant holdouts aboard a derelict colonial substation in the low orbit of [[Sansar]], and the last remaining members of [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]]' crew aboard the [[Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}} | ||
At some point, the Silent Shadow embarked on a mission to eliminate Jiralhanae aboard the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Elegy's Lament]]''. Unbeknownst to the Silent Shadow, ''Elegy's Lament'' was crewed by the [[Banished]] and commanded by the faction's chief, [[Atriox]]. Infiltrating the [[corvette]], the Silent Shadow eliminated several Jiralhanae before entering the ship's [[bridge]]. Despite being [[Active camouflage|cloaked]], the Banished detected the Sangheili's infiltration and Atriox noticed the assassins' arrival when they entered the bridge. Atriox stated that he and the Banished are different from the Jiralhanae that [[Great Schism|betrayed]] the Sangheili.<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', ''[[Hunting Party]] - | At some point, the Silent Shadow embarked on a mission to eliminate Jiralhanae aboard the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Elegy's Lament]]''. Unbeknownst to the Silent Shadow, ''Elegy's Lament'' was crewed by the [[Banished]] and commanded by the faction's chief, [[Atriox]]. Infiltrating the [[corvette]], the Silent Shadow eliminated several Jiralhanae before entering the ship's [[bridge]]. Despite being [[Active camouflage|cloaked]], the Banished detected the Sangheili's infiltration and Atriox noticed the assassins' arrival when they entered the bridge. Atriox stated that he and the Banished are different from the Jiralhanae that [[Great Schism|betrayed]] the Sangheili.<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', ''[[Hunting Party]] - | ||
