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Vicious, cunning and brilliant, Atriox is a deadly warrior and the skilled warmaster leading the [[Banished]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-wars-2 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo Wars 2'']</ref> Atriox rose to power through fierce tenacity and shrewd strategic planning. He is highly ambitious, seemingly holding power for its own sake as his supreme value and motivation.{{Ref/Reuse|HP}} Atriox is a versatile soldier, collecting and repurposing former [[Covenant military]] weapons, vehicles, and other equipment to allow the Banished to gain strength against other factions.{{Ref/Reuse|gamespot}} In addition, he eschews the Covenant's reverence for Forerunner artifacts and has no compunction over taking control of them for his own ends. He holds an extremely pragmatic view of warfare and understands the importance of supporting infrastructures and how to build armies and structures cheaply and efficiently. Atriox's brilliant strategies are unconventional when necessary and imitative when efficient, for he will adopt whatever techniques and technologies he has to in order to guarantee victory. His use of [[Huragok]] and compact assembly vats in forward bases would have been considered unorthodox, even [[ | Vicious, cunning and brilliant, Atriox is a deadly warrior and the skilled warmaster leading the [[Banished]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-wars-2 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo Wars 2'']</ref> Atriox rose to power through fierce tenacity and shrewd strategic planning. He is highly ambitious, seemingly holding power for its own sake as his supreme value and motivation.{{Ref/Reuse|HP}} Atriox is a versatile soldier, collecting and repurposing former [[Covenant military]] weapons, vehicles, and other equipment to allow the Banished to gain strength against other factions.{{Ref/Reuse|gamespot}} In addition, he eschews the Covenant's reverence for Forerunner artifacts and has no compunction over taking control of them for his own ends. He holds an extremely pragmatic view of warfare and understands the importance of supporting infrastructures and how to build armies and structures cheaply and efficiently. Atriox's brilliant strategies are unconventional when necessary and imitative when efficient, for he will adopt whatever techniques and technologies he has to in order to guarantee victory. His use of [[Huragok]] and compact assembly vats in forward bases would have been considered unorthodox, even [[List of known Covenant heretics|heretical]] under the Covenant's traditional war creed, but those days are past. After encountering the Spartans of Red Team, it amused him when he confirmed that they were indeed only humans beneath their armor. He subsequently mocked them by calling them "little [[demon]]s". He often demonstrates a high degree of intuition, notably when he realized that there was [[Flood|something threatening]] inside the rubble of High Charity due to the heavy Sentinel surveillance, warning [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] not to go inside.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare''', ''campaign level: [[Manifestation]]''</ref> | ||
Harboring a hatred of the Covenant and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]],<ref name="finals countdown">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-update-the-finals-countdown '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Finals Countdown'']</ref> Atriox initially seemed to follow a philosophy of utter, amoral pragmatism, focusing solely on gathering power for himself and the Banished as a whole and ignoring whatever he cannot leverage as a useful asset. He was apathetic to the brutality and suffering that prevail in the Banished's ranks as long as he gains results,<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs — Scarab''</ref> and has no attachment to faith, actively lauding it as outdated and needless. Likewise, Atriox had no animosity towards [[humans]],<ref name=AngryAtriox>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/195788-Angry-Atriox-Brings-Hell-To-Halo Angry Atriox Brings Hell To Halo] ''"He would tell the soldiers that they, too, are nothing but expendable. They are nothing more than cannon fodder to be thrown at their enemies. He would tell them that he doesn’t blame them for what they are. He bears them no malice. But he would also tell them that he offers no mercy. They have a role to play, just as he does, and that means that he must kill them all."''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ForWhat}} nor did he care for the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Sangheili-Jiralhanae feud]].{{Ref/Reuse|htfs vengeance}} Atriox viewed both humans and [[Sangheili]] as warriors with potential usefulness to him;<ref name="H:OSFM1">[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]], page 161 - "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."</ref><ref>'''Halo: Tales from Slipspace''', '''Hunting Party''' - "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."</ref> though other leaders would struggle to hold control over bitter rivals on the battlefield, Atriox's charisma and the fervor it inspired in his followers made it possible. His open minded philosophy was also demonstrated by his interactions with the [[UNSC]] crew of the ''[[Spirit of Fire]]''. During the fight at the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]], Atriox intentionally let [[Red Team]] escape with his forces in pursuit, both as a show of power and to discover where the Spartans came from. Later, on [[Installation 09]], he offered [[Captain Cutter]] and the UNSC crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' another chance to walk away peacefully, and was impressed by Cutter's refusal to do so. During the conversation, Atriox compared the ferocity of the ''Spirit of Fire'' crew to himself and [[Atriox's Chosen|his brothers]] and admitted to having respect for his UNSC enemy and the fact that they were survivors like him.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Halo]]''</ref> Upon his [[Operation: WOLFE|return]] to the [[Milky Way]] from the Ark, Atriox suddenly had animosity toward humans for reasons unknown, the allied humans under the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were advised to be kept out of his sight and the mere act of them boarding his Lich along with the rest of the Keepers species angered him.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter=21}} | Harboring a hatred of the Covenant and its [[Covenant remnants|remnants]],<ref name="finals countdown">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-update-the-finals-countdown '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Finals Countdown'']</ref> Atriox initially seemed to follow a philosophy of utter, amoral pragmatism, focusing solely on gathering power for himself and the Banished as a whole and ignoring whatever he cannot leverage as a useful asset. He was apathetic to the brutality and suffering that prevail in the Banished's ranks as long as he gains results,<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs — Scarab''</ref> and has no attachment to faith, actively lauding it as outdated and needless. Likewise, Atriox had no animosity towards [[humans]],<ref name=AngryAtriox>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/195788-Angry-Atriox-Brings-Hell-To-Halo Angry Atriox Brings Hell To Halo] ''"He would tell the soldiers that they, too, are nothing but expendable. They are nothing more than cannon fodder to be thrown at their enemies. He would tell them that he doesn’t blame them for what they are. He bears them no malice. But he would also tell them that he offers no mercy. They have a role to play, just as he does, and that means that he must kill them all."''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ForWhat}} nor did he care for the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Sangheili-Jiralhanae feud]].{{Ref/Reuse|htfs vengeance}} Atriox viewed both humans and [[Sangheili]] as warriors with potential usefulness to him;<ref name="H:OSFM1">[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]], page 161 - "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."</ref><ref>'''Halo: Tales from Slipspace''', '''Hunting Party''' - "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."</ref> though other leaders would struggle to hold control over bitter rivals on the battlefield, Atriox's charisma and the fervor it inspired in his followers made it possible. His open minded philosophy was also demonstrated by his interactions with the [[UNSC]] crew of the ''[[Spirit of Fire]]''. During the fight at the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]], Atriox intentionally let [[Red Team]] escape with his forces in pursuit, both as a show of power and to discover where the Spartans came from. Later, on [[Installation 09]], he offered [[Captain Cutter]] and the UNSC crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' another chance to walk away peacefully, and was impressed by Cutter's refusal to do so. During the conversation, Atriox compared the ferocity of the ''Spirit of Fire'' crew to himself and [[Atriox's Chosen|his brothers]] and admitted to having respect for his UNSC enemy and the fact that they were survivors like him.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Halo]]''</ref> Upon his [[Operation: WOLFE|return]] to the [[Milky Way]] from the Ark, Atriox suddenly had animosity toward humans for reasons unknown, the allied humans under the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were advised to be kept out of his sight and the mere act of them boarding his Lich along with the rest of the Keepers species angered him.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Shadows of Reach|Chapter=21}} | ||