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===Massacre and Banished recruitment=== | ===Massacre and Banished recruitment=== | ||
When the Covenant [[Great Schism|fell into disarray]] at the hands of the [[San'Shyuum]] in late [[2552]], 'Vagaduun abandoned his post and returned to Suban.{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} Around this time, the [[Hierarchs]] sought to destroy the recalcitrant autonomy of the Bloodbrave Guardians, sending an entire [[battle group]] to the Subanese jungle-crater of [[Kovokel]], the sect's base of operations. Here, they massacred every member of the sect, except 'Vagaduun, who managed to survive the attack. Following his narrow escape, he was given quarter by [[Decimus]],{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} and [[Atriox]] offered him a place within the [[Banished]], though he would not accept immediately | When the Covenant [[Great Schism|fell into disarray]] at the hands of the [[San'Shyuum]] in late [[2552]], 'Vagaduun abandoned his post and returned to Suban.{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} Around this time, the [[Hierarchs]] sought to destroy the recalcitrant autonomy of the Bloodbrave Guardians, sending an entire [[battle group]] to the Subanese jungle-crater of [[Kovokel]], the sect's base of operations. Here, they massacred every member of the sect, except 'Vagaduun, who managed to survive the attack. Following his narrow escape, he was given quarter by [[Decimus]],{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} and [[Atriox]] offered him a place within the [[Banished]], though he would not accept immediately.{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} | ||
As part of his initiation into the Banished, 'Vagaduun took on board Atriox's teachings, which demanded that he give up all former allegiances and notions of honor - | After a year of watching his Sangheili people descend into [[Blooding Years|civil war]], 'Vagaduun finally accepted.{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} As part of his initiation into the Banished, 'Vagaduun took on board Atriox's teachings, which demanded that he give up all former allegiances and notions of honor - a core value in Sangheili culture. As part of his quest to sever his past ties, at some time prior to [[2555#March|March 2555]], 'Vagaduun returned to his old swordmaster Toha 'Sumai to assassinate him and prove his loyalty only to Atriox for payment of sport and spoils. 'Vagaduun and 'Sumai dueled in open combat, with 'Vagaduun managing to run 'Sumai through on his own sword - ultimately retrieving the now-dead 'Sumai's [[duelist energy sword]] and claiming it for his own.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFNY|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-new-year-new-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - New Year, New Lore|D=23|M=01|Y=2023}} 'Vagaduun fought for the mercenary faction as part of the revitalized Bloodbrave.{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} | ||
===Battle for the Ark=== | ===Battle for the Ark=== | ||
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | {{Main|Second Ark Conflict}} | ||
To enact his plan to return to the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] | Okro 'Vagaduun was among those chosen by Atriox to accompany him to [[Installation 00]] in [[2558]].{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Target03}} To enact his plan to return to the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] to locate the [[Xalanyn]], Atriox needed the fragments of a slipspace flake stored within the [[keyship]] that the [[Prophet of Truth]] had used to travel to Installation 00. These shards would allow for a [[slipspace portal]] to be opened to the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Reach]]. As such, Atriox chose 'Vagaduun to participate in a [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raid]] on the vessel led by Chieftain Minas.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | ||
In the summer of [[2559]], the raid commenced. The blademaster led a team of Sangheili warriors while Minas and [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Zeretus]] led two other teams, both composed of choice [[Jiralhanae]], [[Kig-Yar]], and [[Unggoy]] soldiers. Each team rode in a separate [[Banished Phantom|Phantom]] dropship to where the ''Anodyne Spirit'' rested in a region of the Ark they had dubbed [[Mahsko]]. Once inside the keyship, 'Vagaduun expressed confidence that the vessel was indeed devoid of any living beings, but that they should still be careful regardless. His caution was proved to be well-founded when surviving [[Covenant]] [[Covenant loyalists|loyalists]] ambushed the group, attempting to repel them from the ship that had landed on the Ark nearly [[seven]] years prior.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | In the summer of [[2559]], the raid commenced. The blademaster led a team of Sangheili warriors while Minas and [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Zeretus]] led two other teams, both composed of choice [[Jiralhanae]], [[Kig-Yar]], and [[Unggoy]] soldiers. Each team rode in a separate [[Banished Phantom|Phantom]] dropship to where the ''Anodyne Spirit'' rested in a region of the Ark they had dubbed [[Mahsko]]. Once inside the keyship, 'Vagaduun expressed confidence that the vessel was indeed devoid of any living beings, but that they should still be careful regardless. His caution was proved to be well-founded when surviving [[Covenant]] [[Covenant loyalists|loyalists]] ambushed the group, attempting to repel them from the ship that had landed on the Ark nearly [[seven]] years prior.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | ||
Displaying his masterful swordsmanship, 'Vagaduun's efforts were vital to the success of the mission. As Minas' | Displaying his masterful swordsmanship, 'Vagaduun's efforts were vital to the success of the mission. As Minas' team found the [[Forerunner]] device called "the Adytum" and extricated the shards from within it, the Sangheili and his team valiantly—and perhaps overconfidently—held off the Covenant defenders. 'Vagaduun and Minas were the only two survivors of their respective teams, the others having sacrificed themselves so that they might escape the keyship with the crystal. After they reunited with Zeretus and his team, that is exactly what they did. They evacuated in the same Phantoms that they had used to approach the vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} | ||
With their mission a success and the crystal shards in Banished hands, Okro 'Vagaduun and a small cast of other accomplished warriors—including [[Balkarus]], [[Jato 'Ratum]], and Zeretus—were picked by Atriox himself to return with him to the Milky Way. The crew of warriors, titled the [[Exodus Guard]], used Atriox's personal [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich|Lich]] ''[[Pegoras]]'' to travel through the Portal on the Ark and emerged on Reach where they met [[Escharum]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and left the planet on the former's [[intrusion corvette]].{{Ref/Novel|SOR}} | With their mission a success and the crystal shards in Banished hands, Okro 'Vagaduun and a small cast of other accomplished warriors—including [[Balkarus]], [[Jato 'Ratum]], and Zeretus—were picked by Atriox himself to return with him to the Milky Way. The crew of warriors, titled the [[Exodus Guard]], used Atriox's personal [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich|Lich]] ''[[Pegoras]]'' to travel through the Portal on the Ark and emerged on Reach where they met [[Escharum]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and left the planet on the former's [[intrusion corvette]].{{Ref/Novel|SOR}} | ||
