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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early career=== | ===Early career=== | ||
'Telcam was a [[Sangheili]] who once served in the [[Covenant military]] as an interpreter of several human languages for his former [[shipmaster]]; he was promoted to the rank of [[Field Master]] before his resignation. When the [[Great Schism]] began, 'Telcam was against the [[High Prophets]] as they had betrayed his entire species.<ref name="SangheiliVsProphets">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''' " | 'Telcam was a [[Sangheili]] who once served in the [[Covenant military]] as an interpreter of several human languages for his former [[shipmaster]]; he was promoted to the rank of [[Field Master]] before his resignation. When the [[Great Schism]] began, 'Telcam was against the [[High Prophets]] as they had betrayed his entire species.<ref name="SangheiliVsProphets">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''' "We have been in thrall to mongrel races long enough. We have let the false prophets of the San’Shyuum corrupt our pure connection to the divine.", Avu Med 'Telcam</ref> | ||
===Post-war=== | ===Post-war=== | ||
Following the successful defeat of the Covenant and the end of the war, Avu Med 'Telcam found himself in turmoil among his fellow Sangheili as differing beliefs emerged. He viewed the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his followers as "infidels"—traitors to their faith. From his perspective, the Arbiter and his followers deemed the gods as decievers.<ref name=" | Following the successful defeat of the Covenant and the end of the war, Avu Med 'Telcam found himself in turmoil among his fellow Sangheili as differing beliefs emerged. He viewed the [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his followers as "infidels"—traitors to their faith. From his perspective, the Arbiter and his followers deemed the gods as decievers.<ref name="Traitor Thel">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''' "The traitor Thel ‘Vadam and his ilk now say the gods are deceivers, and so they shall die", Avu Med 'Telcam</ref> | ||
'Telcam and his order attempted to begin an insurrection against 'Vadam's forces.<ref name="Glasslands excerpt">'''Official Xbox Magazine: Halo - The 10th Anniversary —''' ''Glasslands excerpt''</ref> In [[2553|January 2553]], the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] organized a meeting between 'Telcam and Captain [[Serin Osman]], along with Professor [[Evan Phillips]] on the glassed [[New Llanelli]]. The purpose of the meeting was to negotiate terms of cooperation between ONI and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, as ONI wished to create unrest amongst the Sangheili and thereby remove them as a threat to the UNSC and humanity. 'Telcam agreed to accept ONI's assistance on the condition that the UNSC ceased to "blaspheme" the divinity of the Forerunners, and that humanity would remain uninvolved with Sangheili affairs following the Servants' successful takeover of Sangheili society—terms to which Osman agreed.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 23''</ref> | 'Telcam and his order attempted to begin an insurrection against 'Vadam's forces.<ref name="Glasslands excerpt">'''Official Xbox Magazine: Halo - The 10th Anniversary —''' ''Glasslands excerpt''</ref> In [[2553|January 2553]], the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] organized a meeting between 'Telcam and Captain [[Serin Osman]], along with Professor [[Evan Phillips]] on the glassed [[New Llanelli]]. The purpose of the meeting was to negotiate terms of cooperation between ONI and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, as ONI wished to create unrest amongst the Sangheili and thereby remove them as a threat to the UNSC and humanity. 'Telcam agreed to accept ONI's assistance on the condition that the UNSC ceased to "blaspheme" the divinity of the Forerunners, and that humanity would remain uninvolved with Sangheili affairs following the Servants' successful takeover of Sangheili society—terms to which Osman agreed.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 23''</ref> | ||