Wanderer

"Why are we still here? Just to suffer? I can still feel the agony of the body that was taken from me, the disgrace that was heaped upon me. I'm going to take back what was mine, what he stole. If I must endure the shackles of some weak human body, then so be it. There is no greater good any longer, no just cause or Mantle to hold me in check. There is only the joy of battle, the thrill of bloodshed. Wanderer, Stray, whatever title I bear, I will wade into battle and take hold of what I seek."

- The Wanderer

The known by the name of Wanderer was an elusive figure in the history of the. Born as a during the, this low-rated Forerunner took it upon himself to violate the foundational laws of the  and forcibly mutate his body into that of a. Aided and abetted by his friend, herself a, the renegade Miner was received and protected by a commander known as the Dekanate. The mutated warrior served as the Dekanate's subaltern during the war against the Flood and became known as one of the most fearsome warriors in the immense conflict. However, near the end of the war a rift erupted between himself and the Dekanate and he was cast from the commander's ranks, receiving the disgraceful title of "Wanderer" which marked him as a deserter and traitor to the Mantle. The Wanderer was defeated in the private war that ensued, but rather than end his life the Dekanate instead him and preserved his consciousness and genetic data within a specialized  device. The only one who did not abandon the Wanderer was the Lifeworker who had fought alongside him in his rebellion against the Dekanate. By her own volition she was composed and imprisoned alongside the Wanderer; together, their consciousnesses escaped the destruction wrought by the and lived on in the millennia that followed the Forerunner's destruction.