Cleansing Blade

The Cleansing Blade is an illegal paramilitary organization founded by the rogue Sangheili Shinsu 'Refum. Although its conception painted it as a purely Sangheili splinter group from the Fallen separatist movement, Shinsu soon began incorporating elements of existing human Insurrectionist factions into his forces before expanding the scope of his recruitment efforts to include elements of all species. With close ties with the far-flung Syndicate's criminal empire, the Cleansing Blade is extremely well funded and boasts a remarkably deadly core of elite warriors as its central attack force. The Cleansing Blade's goal is ostensibly the dissolution of the Interspecies Union, but Shinsu's actions indicates that the organization's real intentions are far more ambitious.