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Tartarus started life as the nephew of a venerable and religious pack leader known as [[Maccabeus]]. He took on the childhood nickname of "Tartar". Wearing the scarlet armor of a Brute Captain, the young Tartarus was part of his uncle's crew of one of the few [[Brute]]-controlled ships in the Covenant, the ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. The [[Elites]] did not approve of a Brute controlling a ship and had disabled many of it's key features such as weaponry, gravity lifts, and other useful mechanics, but Maccabeus' faith in the [[Great Journey]] helped him turn a blind eye to this unfair treatment. Soon a [[Grunt]] [[Deacon]] named [[Dadab]] and his companion, a [[Huragok]] named [[Lighter Than Some]], found themselves on board the Rapid Conversion after escaping the destruction of their ship, the [[Minor Transgression]], a  [[Kig-Yar]] pirate ship. Maccabeus summoned Tartarus at the pair's explosive arrival and would later become a protector of the [[Engineer]] when the resentful [[Drones]] on board set out to kill it for taking their job, repair and maintenance of the vessel. He journeyed to [[Harvest]] during the first contact between the Brutes and the [[Humans]], in a staged offer of peace that soon erupted into battle. Tartarus found himself aboard a [[Spirit]] Dropship that was soon destroyed, although he did not evacuate until he had tried everything to save [[Ritul]], a young pack mate of his, from the destruction. After being attacked by the [[Human]]s in a trap designed by [[Loki]], the [[Rapid Conversion]] was left severely damaged with [[Maccabeus]] on board.  After Tatarus returned to the crippled ship he confronted [[Maccabeus]] about the legitimacy of their [[Luminary|search for holy artifacts]]. Tartarus then challenged his uncle in the ritualistic manner of [[Brutes]] to a fight to the death. With the victor emerging as the [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]]. He made concession to his wounded opponent by imposing a handicap on himself. He successfully killed [[Maccabeus]] and received his uncle's weapon, the [[Fist of Rukt]]. Tartarus began his ascent to the upper echelons of power.<ref>[[Contact Harvest]] Pg.347</ref>Even back before the [[First Battle of Earth]], [[Prophet of Truth]] had trusted Tartarus enough to dismiss the Elite [[Honor Guard]]s that usually never left the [[Prophets]] unprotected in order to speak to him alone. Tartarus had scoured the wreckage of the Covenant attack coordination station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' after its destruction at the hands of the [[Master Chief]], [[Grace]] (who died there), [[Fred]], [[Will]], and [[Linda]]. Tartarus reported the Covenant Fleet preparing to attack Earth was largely destroyed, and an artifact of the Forerunners that was able to bend time and disrupted Slip space almost entirely lost but for three small chips, the rest of which were lost in Slip space after [[Corporal Locklear]] destroyed it with [[C-7 Foaming Explosive]], which he presented to Truth. He was instructed to reward the surviving pilots well, then "''Execute them all. Quickly. Quietly.''" He was also requested to bring the [[Arbiter (character)|Supreme Commander]], who was unable to stop the destruction of [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]], before the Council to let "''his fate match the magnitude of his failure.''" Tartarus branded the Commander with the [[Mark of Shame]] and took him to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiters]] for his execution. When the Sangheili was pardoned and promoted to [[Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]], Tartarus was obviously displeased, but kept silent out of respect for the Prophets. Tartarus provided aerial support for the Arbiter during his mission to assassinate [[Sesa 'Refumee]] on [[Threshold]]. The Arbiter encountered [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|the Oracle]] during his duel with 'Refumee, the Heretic leader and Tartarus swiftly captured it and returned to [[High Charity]].