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'''Maccabeus''' was a [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] and one of the few Jiralhanae [[Ship Master]]s prior to the [[Great Schism]]. He was honored and respected by his pack for his unshakable faith in the [[Forerunners]]. He was also the uncle to the future [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], [[Tartarus]].

At the command of the [[Prophet of Regret|Vice-Minister of Tranquility]], Maccabeus took ''Rapid Conversion'' to the planet [[Harvest]], site of a supposed Forerunner reliquary. Recovering the [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]] and Huragok ''[[Lighter Than Some]]'', Maccabeus assessment of the planet with the ships [[Luminary]] showed thousands of relics. The devout Chieftain was soon shocked to learn that Dadab believed that there was an [[Monitor|Oracle]] located on the planet. Recovering a pictogram message left by the humans, Maccabeus took four of his pack to the planet to meet.

Maccabeus was one of the first official representatives of the Covenant to meet with the humans. However, the talks went sour when some overeager [[Unggoy]], lead by Tartarus, broke rank and made an early attack on a group of militia recruits. One Unggoy attacked a recruit named [[Osmo]]. When Osmo caught a glimpse of his attacker, he attempted to open fire, but it was already too late. The Unggoy split Osmo open across his belly. After confirming that there was an Oracle on the planet, Maccabeus sent a message to the Vice-Minister. However, the response the Chieftain received said that there were no relics or Oracle, and that the aliens were to be destroyed. Unable to reconcile the orders of the Prophets with his own faith in the Forerunners Luminary, Maccabeus decided to continue his search for relics, something which the rest of the pack disagreed with. Maccabeus was severely injured in battle when he was hit by [[Staff Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]'s [[Warthog]] and was greatly dishonored in this way. Returning to the ship, Maccabeus found that ''Lighter Than Some'', who wanted to make peace between the Covenant and the humans, had built some plows from a [[Spirit]] damaged when it and Dadab had been brought aboard. Having feared he would be killed for the Huragok's disobedience, Dadab said that they were vehicles of war for the Jiralhanae. After Dadab took the Huragok to the [[Tiara]] for safekeeping when the [[Yanme'e]] attacked it, ''Lighter Than Some'' made contact with [[Loki]] and set a trap to help the humans escape Harvest.

Being lead to believe that the humans were surrendering the Oracle, Maccabeus took the ''Rapid Conversion'' to [[Gladsheim]]. However, the ''Rapid Conversion'' damaged by the planet's [[mass driver]] as the humans fled aboard the Tiara. Believing this was enough, Tartarus challenged Maccabeus for dominance of the pack. Having yet to fully heal from his injury, Maccabeus was overwhelmed. Maccabeus' last words to Tartarus were: "Never forget the meaning of this [[Age of Doubt|Age]], nephew." Tartarus then crushed Maccabeus' skull while he clung onto a ladder. Maccabeus' body plummeted into the explosions and fires below. Tartarus returned to Maccabeus' body and stripped him of his Chieftain armor.

*Maccabeus wielded the Fist of Rukt before it was outfitted with gravity technology.

*His favorite food was the smallest thorn of the [[Thorn Beast]] when it was properly cooked because once the Chieftain worked the thorn back and forth in its socket, it would bring a muscle-bed with it along with a tender ball of meat on a crisp and oily cone which was called an appetizer and a dessert.

*In ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', his [[energy shields]] were powerful enough to withstand fire from about 30 members of the [[Colonial Militia of Harvest]] wielding [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System]]s, and two with [[Prototype BR-55]]s without failing. This may be due to weaker weapons from the Colonial Militia, or that Maccabeus had an early version of the shielding that Tartarus used in his final battle.