Hekabe
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Hekabe of Maardoth was a Jiralhanae chieftain that attempted to seize power in the years following the implosion of the Covenant.
Covenant Service
Hekabe served the Covenant loyally during its war with humanity. When the Great Schism broke out in late 2552, he was counted among a list of major chieftains that could be relied upon by the Prophet of Truth. He commanded an ORS-class heavy cruiser, Foebane, at this time. Hekabe took the Gathering of Praise to Earth, where it participated in the battle raging there. When the Excession was activated by the union of it and the Covenant's Forerunner keyship, he trailed Truth through the portal to Installation 00. Upon arrival at the Ark, a handful of ships were under Hekabe's command. The Sangheili Fleet of Retribution surrounded these ships and destroyed them, along with close to the entirety of Hekabe's familial clan, many members of which were aboard at the time. During the battle at the Ark, he broke away from the rest of the Covenant forces and landed on its surface. Prior knowledge he had gained of the existence of a fabled artifact which he believed could be found on the installation had provided Hekabe's true motivation for embarking on the desperate extragalactic journey. Hekabe's faith was rewarded that day, as the device he sought, the Vertex, was in fact retrieved by him. His prize secured, he abandoned the other Covenant forces and began the long voyage back to the Milky Way. In the following years, rumors spread of Hekabe and the powerful object he had supposedly come into possession of at the Ark. By 2557, the leader of the Spartan-IV Fireteam Apollo recommended that his risk level be upgraded and that an investigation into his activities be conducted. At some point between 2553 and 2558, Hekabe killed his great-uncle, Remarus, by sneaking up on him and slicing his throat. Hekabe had thought Remarus, the chieftain of their clan at the time, was going to be the death of them all. He had been forcing them to become mired in internecine conflicts and raids. Hekabe's vision of the future was much grander, and so he took matters into his own hands and made himself chieftain by virtue of murder.
List of appearances
- Halo: Envoy (First appearance)
