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Following the death of [[War Chief]] Decimus,{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM4|OSFM|Page=159|Quote=Decimus: Banished War Chieftain}} Atriox's original second-in-command,{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM3|OSFM|Page=159|Quote=He serves as one of Atriox's most trusted field commanders, and has served as the Banished second-in-command for years.}} War Chief Escharum had become the next second-in-command of the Banished.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR17B|HSoR|Chapter=17|Quote=He watched as the vessel swung toward a relatively flat area between the rim of the cliff and valley behind it. Once he was sure that was where the pilots intended to land, he summoned his warriors and went to receive the Banished's second-in-command.}} | Following the death of [[War Chief]] Decimus,{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM4|OSFM|Page=159|Quote=Decimus: Banished War Chieftain}} Atriox's original second-in-command,{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM3|OSFM|Page=159|Quote=He serves as one of Atriox's most trusted field commanders, and has served as the Banished second-in-command for years.}} War Chief Escharum had become the next second-in-command of the Banished.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR17B|HSoR|Chapter=17|Quote=He watched as the vessel swung toward a relatively flat area between the rim of the cliff and valley behind it. Once he was sure that was where the pilots intended to land, he summoned his warriors and went to receive the Banished's second-in-command.}} | ||
In the summer of [[2559]], Escharum received a transmission from Atriox informing the War Chief of his [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|posession]] of [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|a]] [[Forerunner]] [[slipspace]] [[slipspace flake|flake]] and his intention of using it to return to the galaxy via a [[slipspace portal]] [[Menachite portal complex|facility]] hidden on [[Reach]]. He instructed Escharum to find and activate this portal as soon as possible. Escharum sent the Keepers to Reach, along with the [[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]] and the [[Ravaged Tusks]]—two Jiralhanae [[clan]]s that had been absorbed into the Banished and reorganized into [[legion]]s under the direction of [[Legionmaster]]s [[Deukalion]] and [[Ballas]], respectively. Their mission was locate the portal facility and report its location back to Escharum before activating it so that they all might be there together to witness the return of Atriox.{{Ref/Reuse|SOR3}} | In the summer of [[2559]], Escharum received a transmission from Atriox informing the War Chief of his [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|posession]] of [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|a]] [[Forerunner]] [[slipspace]] [[slipspace flake|flake]] and his intention of using it to return to the galaxy via a [[slipspace portal]] [[Menachite portal complex|facility]] hidden on [[Reach]]. He instructed Escharum to find and activate this portal as soon as possible. Escharum sent the Keepers to Reach, along with the [[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]] and the [[Ravaged Tusks]]—two Jiralhanae [[clan]]s that had been absorbed into the Banished and reorganized into [[legion#Banished|legion]]s under the direction of [[Legionmaster]]s [[Deukalion]] and [[Ballas]], respectively. Their mission was locate the portal facility and report its location back to Escharum before activating it so that they all might be there together to witness the return of Atriox.{{Ref/Reuse|SOR3}} | ||
On [[2559#October|October 12, 2559]], Escharum arrived at Reach aboard his personal [[intrusion corvette]] to visit Castor and scold him in person for his inability to locate the portal. It had been roughly three months since the Keepers and the other legions had been assigned to the task, and none of them had anything to show for it other than some [[human]] towns and hardware that they had managed to capture. While Escharum approved of the dokab's plan to follow the recently-arrived [[Blue Team|team]] of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] to the hidden portal, he was dissatisfied with the lack of results. Landing at [[Figyelő Point]], he confronted Castor and 'Gadogai, expressing his frustrations about both the still-missing portal and the fact that the UNSC was starting to gain a hold on Reach once again, putting pressure on their mission. However, the blademaster presented a plan—acting as if it had been the dokab's all along—that would buy them more time. If the Spartans did not lead them to the portal soon, they would use the human prisoners they had captured from the [[Viery Militia]] as hostages and force the rest off-world. This plan satiated the war chief's concerns until they were no longer relevant just moments later. The Keepers had detected a squadron of UNSC [[F-41 Broadsword|craft]] | On [[2559#October|October 12, 2559]], Escharum arrived at Reach aboard his personal [[intrusion corvette]] to visit Castor and scold him in person for his inability to locate the portal. It had been roughly three months since the Keepers and the other legions had been assigned to the task, and none of them had anything to show for it other than some [[human]] towns and hardware that they had managed to capture. While Escharum approved of the dokab's plan to follow the recently-arrived [[Blue Team|team]] of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] to the hidden portal, he was dissatisfied with the lack of results. Landing at [[Figyelő Point]], he confronted Castor and 'Gadogai, expressing his frustrations about both the still-missing portal and the fact that the UNSC was starting to gain a hold on Reach once again, putting pressure on their mission. However, the blademaster presented a plan—acting as if it had been the dokab's all along—that would buy them more time. If the Spartans did not lead them to the portal soon, they would use the human prisoners they had captured from the [[Viery Militia]] as hostages and force the rest off-world. This plan satiated the war chief's concerns until they were no longer relevant just moments later. The Keepers had detected a squadron of UNSC [[F-41 Broadsword|craft]] | ||