User:Kougermasters/Sangheili Loyalists (Faction)

The Sangheili Loyalists were a faction of Sangheili and Unggoy who broke away from the rest of their kind after the Battle of Installation 05. The Sangheili Loyalists are also known as the Faithful. They are not to be confused with the Heretics, for their ideas and faiths are exactly the opposite of each other.

Origins
The future leader of the Sangheili Loyalists, Fleet Master Nofa 'Ralolee had been in orbit over Installation 05 when the Jiralhanae had betrayed the Sangheili. His small Fleet of a few ships had fought fiercely until they were overwhelmed. The small amount of survivors fled their ships in anything they could find; Spirits, Phantoms, Seraph fighters, and even Banshees. The Covenant fliers scattered in every direction. The Jiralhanae fired upon them of course, but only hit a few. They didn't bother following, as a Flood controlled Sangheili ship had just attacked.

Nofa 'Ralolee had urgently ordered all of his ships in range to flee to the gas giant Substance, as he knew there was a Forerunner Gas Mining Facility there where they could construct shelters and live for a while. His and the others' faith in the other Sangheili was very shaken because the Sangheili hadn't come to rescue them. Because 'Ralolee and his fleet had been cut off from the other Sangheili, they had believed that the Jiralhanae had been the ones to denounce the Journey, and that the Sangheili were trying to enforce it. If there had been any holes in this theory, such as the opinion of the Prophets, 'Ralolee and his Sangheili had ignored them.

When they had arrived at the Gas Mine, a considerable amount of the small ships that had fled the Jiralhanae to begin with had been destroyed by either the Brutes, each other, the Flood, or the titanic gravitation forces of Substance itself. 'Ralolee attempted to marshal his troops and eventually succeeded, though not after many Unggoy had rioted and caused even more damage to the already-battered aircraft and troops.

Separatist Assassins
A few days after settling in the Mine, 'Ralolee had learned that it was the Jiralhanae that were still loyal to the Prophets and the Forerunners, and that his Sangheili brothers were the rebels, though not necessarily the traitors. He knew they were wrong, that the Forerunners were gods, and that the Halos were a path to the divine Great Journey. Then, to add to his woes, he learned that Rtas 'Vadumee had sent an assassination team to kill him. 'Ralolee had just been in the middle of an important speech when an explosion shook the room, and an enemy sniper had killed two Grunts form a high window. His guards had anxiously shoved him into a different room, and dragged him to a safe place. 'Ralolee then decided to try and communicate with the strike team to ask if they could maybe have a truce and talk.