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Decimus advised Atriox that the Banished should travel to the planet [[Otraak]] to recruit an old friend of his, a [[Kig-Yar]] [[T'vaoan]] scientist named [[Sig Raan]]. Decimus was sent to investigate first, where Sig Raan initially welcomed him and his squad showing off her latest invention: a device that could control the [[Yanme'e]] by simulating their [[Yanme'e Queen|queen's]] pheromones. Sig Raan then attacked Decimus with her Yanme'e swarm. Atriox showed up along with more of his Banished forces and attacked in Sig Raan in return. Decimus killed her, putting an end to the skirmish.{{Ref/Comic|Id=ROA3|RoA|Detail=[[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 3|Issue 3]]}}

Following the [[Great Schism]], some [[Sangheili]] continued their genocidal campaign against the [[Jiralhanae]] out of hatred. One such group was [[Resa 'Azavayl]]'s Elite squad of the [[Silent Shadow]]. After slaughtering various Jiralhanae [[packs]] across various solar systems, the Silent Shadow boarded Atriox's {{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} ''[[Elegy's Lament]]''. The Silent Shadow slaughtered several of the Jiralhanae crewmen aboard, until they encountered Atriox who talked them down. Atriox stated that he and the Banished were different from the Jiralhanae led by [[Tartarus]] and the [[High Prophet of Truth]], who had betrayed and massacred the Sangheili. Upon hearing this distinction, 'Azavayl's squad began to see the Banished as "other". Atriox then told them that they should rejoice that the traitorous Covenant was no more and invited them to join the Banished, to which 'Azavayl's squad expressed they were open to. 'Azavayl himself continued to harbor hatred toward Atriox for being a Jiralhanae, to which Atriox dismissed that vengeance was petty. 'Azavayl attacked Atriox but was killed by his Silent Shadow brethren who wanted to join the Banished. Atriox happily recruited them.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HuntingParty1}}

{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}}

{{Quote|In the shadows of the Ark lurked a banished legacy of the shattered Covenant: a new opponent fueled not by religious fervor, but by raw lust for power.|[[Curator]]'s update on the Banished.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Mythos|HM|Page=200}}}}

Atriox and the Banished took a fleet led by their flagship ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' to the extra-[[Milky Way|galactic]] [[Forerunner]] structure known as [[Installation 00|the Ark]], with a force comprised of Jiralhanae, Sangheili, humans, Unggoy, Mgalekgolo, and Huragok. They [[Attack on Installation 00|attacked]] a [[Henry Lamb research outpost|UNSC research facility]] on its surface, leaving no survivors but [[Isabel]], a [[smart AI]]. The Banished would occupy the Ark, unaware that a large military force would soon encounter them.

======Portal on Reach======

{{Main|Operation: WOLFE}}

A Banished force allied with the [[Legion#Banished|Jiralhanae legions]] [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], the [[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]], and the [[Clan of the Ravaged Tusks|Ravaged Tusks]], were deployed to the glassed surface of [[Reach]] to search for a [[Menachite portal complex|slipspace portal]] which would allow [[Atriox]] to return to the [[Milky Way]] from [[Installation 00|the Ark]], under the orders of [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 3|SoR|Chapter=3}} They successfully located the portal and activated with the help of the [[Ferret]]s who were undercover in the Keepers of the One Freedom, allowing Atriox to return to the Milky Way in a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]]. However, [[Castor]] of the Keepers of the One Freedom betrayed the rest of the Banished by going rogue and taking his forces to the Ark, with the aim of activating the [[Halo Array]] himself.

===Jiralhanae===

;Ranks

*'''[[Warmaster]]''': First-in-command of the Banished, as the supreme leader and founder, this rank is held by Atriox.<ref name="Atriox log">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] —  Atriox''</ref>