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{{Quote|We are the Silent Shadow. Once our charge was varied—assassination, extraction—direct and thorough acts of violence. Our goals, strategic—pointed and precise. Our ends, religious, verging on Godly. Those days are over. Or, at best, on hold. Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of [[Jiralhanae|beasts]].|Resa 'Azavayl{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | {{Quote|We are the Silent Shadow. Once our charge was varied—assassination, extraction—direct and thorough acts of violence. Our goals, strategic—pointed and precise. Our ends, religious, verging on Godly. Those days are over. Or, at best, on hold. Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of [[Jiralhanae|beasts]].|Resa 'Azavayl{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}}} | ||
The '''Silent Shadow''' was a unit of [[Special Operations Sangheili|special operations]] [[Sangheili]] within the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] branch. It was made up of several individual squads. They were often dispatched by the [[Hierarchs]] when they wanted to remove a high-ranking commander from their post. In the event that they might one day be ordered to kill them, members of the Silent Shadow are forbidden to show their faces to any of their superiors.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS9|HSS|Chapter=9}} The Silent Shadow undertook numerous missions during the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], including assassinations and extractions.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} | The '''Silent Shadow''' was a unit of [[Special Operations Sangheili|special operations]] [[Sangheili]] within the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant Special Operations|Special Operations]] branch. It was made up of several individual squads. They were often dispatched by the [[Hierarchs]] when they wanted to remove a high-ranking commander from their post. In the event that they might one day be ordered to kill them, members of the Silent Shadow are forbidden to show their faces to any of their superiors.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS9|HSS|Chapter=9}} The Silent Shadow undertook numerous missions during the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], including assassinations and extractions.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}}{{Ref/Reuse|HSS9}} Following the [[Great Schism]], one such squad was led by [[First Blade officer]] [[Resa 'Azavayl]] and took it upon themselves to wipe out every [[Jiralhanae]] they encountered.{{Ref/Reuse|tfs}} | ||
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