Temu

Temu
"We won't solve anything through barbarism. Peace, we can."

- Temu to David Summers during the battle of New Mombassa.

Life
Temu was born on Dosiac on 2529 in a small, secluded tribe away from most other tribes in the forests there, who called themselves the Uutanu. Unlike most tribes, his believed in peace over war, and hardly ever fought other tribes over anything other than their defense. Because of this, when the Covenant invaded, the tribe Temu was in tried to stay secluded. They did so for years until 2542, where they contacted the tribe and had them submerge into the Covenant. The ones who denied where killed off, and the females were forced into slavery. Temu was just a young adult when this happened. He was forced to fight many skirmishes against UNSC, and even had been in pillages against regular humans, innocent ones. Young, old, weak, male or female, they didn't care. Temu did. He even had to attack a small group of Unggoy because they couldn't do something their supervisor. He knew it was impossible, and Temu knew, and the Unggoy knew, but he didn't care. This is where he lost his innocence.

Battle of New Mombassa
Temu was deployed in the Battle of New Mombassa as a Minor Brute. He was part of a Brute Patrol with 6 others and one being a Major. He was forced to kill a child to prove his worthiness as a brute, and this is what made him sick of himself for the rest of his life. During the battle, he was ambushed by a frightened but strong human who killed his squad. He was further behind the rest of them, so he could get away with running. He was then stopped by the human, who said to him if he had any last words. Temu only responded with:

"Not all Brutes are one with the Covenant. I'm not."

The human then lowered his weapon and tried to reason with Temu. The human was successful and he revealed himself as David. When he was about to leave, he was given a sigil from the tribe Temu was a part of. It was the Symbol of Kindness, a forbidden symbol within the Covenant, but he held on to it for his tribe. He was extracted from the city, lying to a group of Brutes saying he had killed some humans with strong will who killed his whole squad. They thought he was referring to a group of Imps, the word for ODST in the Covenant, and so he promoted him to Chieftain in the Covenant. When the Covenant disbanded later on, he decided to retire to a planet called Skybreach on the once border between the UNSC and Covenant. Their, he made a home for himself and started a mine. After that, Temu went and found his tribal remnant and brought them to his home. In 2553, a human named Marc Fisher decided to travel to his home, and asked if he could stay. Being a merciful individual, he said yes, and he made his own home and work on the mine. More and more people came and other species too. So Temu decided to make a colony for all species there, and in 2554, the colony of Skybreach was created.