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Now foes of the Covenant and a target to them along with the humanity after the Banished were formed and escaped Algolis,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} the faction became self-reliant and started off as little more than raiders and [[pirate]]s,<ref name="log foundry">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Foundry''</ref> mostly comprising Jiralhanae and several [[Unggoy]] and those who have been kidnapped from the Covenant and pressed into servitude.<ref name="RoA1">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox I''</ref> Atriox, now the [[warmaster]] of his faction, and his Banished began to surgically raid Covenant targets and other to scavenge for Covenant resources and gather mercenaries to their cause and grow into a formidable strength.<ref name="log outpost">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] - Outpost'' - "The Banished have perfected their strip—mining and rapid assault and extraction efforts '''over a decade''' of raiding Covenant and other targets."</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} Eventually, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was a target of those raids as well.{{Ref/Reuse|RoA1}} Somewhere during the [[Human-Covenant War|Great War]] or after, the Banished captured the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Elegy's Lament]]'', possibly during or after the Algolis Invasion, commanded by Atriox himself until capturing the much larger [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] ''CAS''-class assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' operated by the Sangheili [[Shipmaster]] [[Let 'Volir]] who would be now defected from a large Covenant separatist fleet to join the Banished in [[2553#May|May 2553]].<ref name="RoA3">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox III''</ref> Throughout the final years of the Human-Covenant War, Atriox and the Banished gained many allies and many new members in the war's aftermath from former Covenant who wished to continue living as warriors and additionally [[human]] criminals who were influenced by the Banished and may have joined.<ref name="log rise iv">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Rise of Atriox IV''</ref>{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM2|OSFM|Page=156|Quote=Atriox is reported to have led a fleet of Banished to an unknown destination, but the chieftains he has organized and controlled continue to spread their influence and power throughout Brute colonies and even into human criminal enterprises.}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM1|OSFM|Page=161|Quote=In theory, all who can aid Atriox's ambition and will bend the knee are welcome, from human to hunter, but their violence and conditions of service limit recruitment opportunities.}} | Now foes of the Covenant and a target to them along with the humanity after the Banished were formed and escaped Algolis,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} the faction became self-reliant and started off as little more than raiders and [[pirate]]s,<ref name="log foundry">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Foundry''</ref> mostly comprising Jiralhanae and several [[Unggoy]] and those who have been kidnapped from the Covenant and pressed into servitude.<ref name="RoA1">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox I''</ref> Atriox, now the [[warmaster]] of his faction, and his Banished began to surgically raid Covenant targets and other to scavenge for Covenant resources and gather mercenaries to their cause and grow into a formidable strength.<ref name="log outpost">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] - Outpost'' - "The Banished have perfected their strip—mining and rapid assault and extraction efforts '''over a decade''' of raiding Covenant and other targets."</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} Eventually, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was a target of those raids as well.{{Ref/Reuse|RoA1}} Somewhere during the [[Human-Covenant War|Great War]] or after, the Banished captured the {{Class|SDV|heavy corvette}} ''[[Elegy's Lament]]'', possibly during or after the Algolis Invasion, commanded by Atriox himself until capturing the much larger [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] ''CAS''-class assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' operated by the Sangheili [[Shipmaster]] [[Let 'Volir]] who would be now defected from a large Covenant separatist fleet to join the Banished in [[2553#May|May 2553]].<ref name="RoA3">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox III''</ref> Throughout the final years of the Human-Covenant War, Atriox and the Banished gained many allies and many new members in the war's aftermath from former Covenant who wished to continue living as warriors and additionally [[human]] criminals who were influenced by the Banished and may have joined.<ref name="log rise iv">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Rise of Atriox IV''</ref>{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM2|OSFM|Page=156|Quote=Atriox is reported to have led a fleet of Banished to an unknown destination, but the chieftains he has organized and controlled continue to spread their influence and power throughout Brute colonies and even into human criminal enterprises.}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM1|OSFM|Page=161|Quote=In theory, all who can aid Atriox's ambition and will bend the knee are welcome, from human to hunter, but their violence and conditions of service limit recruitment opportunities.}} | ||
Despite the persisting Banished raids and attacks against both the Covenant and the UNSC, the Covenant was unable to contain Atriox at the height of its power and continued to concentrate most of their forces against the UNSC and the [[human]]ity with significant deployments, targeting any remaining [[human colonies]] with the [[Fall of Reach|largest and most disastrous UNSC defeat]] of the entire war at [[Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]] at the hands of a massive combined Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice|armada]], and the eventual full discovery of Earth in [[2552#October|October 2552]] by the [[Prophet of Regret]] that ended the Cole Protocol and resulted a massive [[Battle for Earth|prolonged global battle]] raging with waves of Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} Nonetheless, the Covenant forces on Earth (other than the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|focusing loyalists]] at the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]]) and across the Covenant-controlled space were later left desperately organized when the [[Great Schism]] began with all Sangheili [[Covenant separatists|forced out]] from the Covenant now led by the Jiralhanae that | Despite the persisting Banished raids and attacks against both the Covenant and the UNSC, the Covenant was unable to contain Atriox at the height of its power and continued to concentrate most of their forces against the UNSC and the [[human]]ity with significant deployments, targeting any remaining [[human colonies]] with the [[Fall of Reach|largest and most disastrous UNSC defeat]] of the entire war at [[Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]] at the hands of a massive combined Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice|armada]], and the eventual full discovery of Earth in [[2552#October|October 2552]] by the [[Prophet of Regret]] that ended the Cole Protocol and resulted a massive [[Battle for Earth|prolonged global battle]] raging with waves of Covenant fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} Nonetheless, the Covenant forces on Earth (other than the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|focusing loyalists]] at the [[East African Protectorate|East Africa]]) and across the Covenant-controlled space were later left desperately organized when the [[Great Schism]] began with all Sangheili [[Covenant separatists|forced out]] from the Covenant now led by the Jiralhanae that remained loyal to the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] and fought each other. This would be an error from the Covenant that inadvertently served to help the UNSC save Earth from the [[Glassing|fate]] of most other once-attacked human worlds, despite cataclysmic casualties on the planet when final Jiralhanae-led reinforcements from Truth arrived, and definitively ended the alien hegemony during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] by the aid of Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=FTH|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 1.jpg|First Twelve Hours]]}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 2}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 3}} Unimpeded by the Covenant civil war, the Banished salvaged numerous Covenant former assets after its fall.{{Ref/Reuse|gamespot}} | ||
Following the Human-Covenant War, various [[Covenant remnants|Covenant groups]] of Sangheili and Jiralhanae refused to cease to massacre against each other out of their hatred.{{Ref/Comic|Id=beasts|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of beasts}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=pay|Novel=Halo: Fractures|Section=Halo: Shadow of Intent|Page=133|Quote=And I promise the Sangheili will pay for everything they have done}} A squad of the [[Silent Shadow]] led by First Blade [[Resa 'Azavayl]] was still hunting [[Jiralhanae]] that they came across to eliminate them out of their hatred for the species. When the squad boarded the ''Elegy's Lament'' and began to slaughter all Jiralhanae in the corvette unbeknownst that the ship were crewed by the Banished, Atriox, despite the Sangheili being [[Active camouflage|cloaked]], noticed the infiltrating assassins when they entered the bridge and stated to them that him and his loyalists were completely different from the Jiralhanae that betrayed the Sangheili nor they do care about the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Sangheili-Jiralhanae feuds]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=vengeance|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Vengeance is petty. Vengeance has no reward.}} He also offered a place within the Banished, where they would serve as warriors and fight under their own free will.{{Ref/Comic|Id=warrior|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|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.}} Greatly tempted by Atriox's offer and willing to join the Banished, the squad turned against and slain their former leader Resa 'Azavayl, who refused and believed that they have the merit to face death for their "sins".{{Ref/Comic|Id=other|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Agreed. Atriox is of a kind with our enemies, but he is OTHER, and an ally worth considering.}} Eventually, the remaining members of the Silent Shadow were happily accepted to join, offering to reward them with "blood and sport and spoils".{{Ref/Comic|Id=blood|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Impressive. And welcome. You will be paid -- in blood and sport and spoils.}} | Following the Human-Covenant War, various [[Covenant remnants|Covenant groups]] of Sangheili and Jiralhanae refused to cease to massacre against each other out of their hatred.{{Ref/Comic|Id=beasts|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of beasts}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=pay|Novel=Halo: Fractures|Section=Halo: Shadow of Intent|Page=133|Quote=And I promise the Sangheili will pay for everything they have done}} A squad of the [[Silent Shadow]] led by First Blade [[Resa 'Azavayl]] was still hunting [[Jiralhanae]] that they came across to eliminate them out of their hatred for the species. When the squad boarded the ''Elegy's Lament'' and began to slaughter all Jiralhanae in the corvette unbeknownst that the ship were crewed by the Banished, Atriox, despite the Sangheili being [[Active camouflage|cloaked]], noticed the infiltrating assassins when they entered the bridge and stated to them that him and his loyalists were completely different from the Jiralhanae that betrayed the Sangheili nor they do care about the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Sangheili-Jiralhanae feuds]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=vengeance|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Vengeance is petty. Vengeance has no reward.}} He also offered a place within the Banished, where they would serve as warriors and fight under their own free will.{{Ref/Comic|Id=warrior|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|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.}} Greatly tempted by Atriox's offer and willing to join the Banished, the squad turned against and slain their former leader Resa 'Azavayl, who refused and believed that they have the merit to face death for their "sins".{{Ref/Comic|Id=other|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Agreed. Atriox is of a kind with our enemies, but he is OTHER, and an ally worth considering.}} Eventually, the remaining members of the Silent Shadow were happily accepted to join, offering to reward them with "blood and sport and spoils".{{Ref/Comic|Id=blood|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Impressive. And welcome. You will be paid -- in blood and sport and spoils.}} | ||