User:Pious Inquisitor

Pious Inquisitor, known better by the name of Hawk by the humans, is a Covenant Elite currently on Installation 05 aiding the Arbiter in stopping the Brutes from activating the ring.

Rank
Pious has the rank of a Zealot. He wears gold armour and has a symbol of a Hawk on both his arms and his back, hence the reason he is called Hawk by the humans. He has also ahd a ship named after him, which he controls. The Pious Inquisitor (ship) was at the first battle of Earth and was thought to have been destroyed. However, Pious (Elite) was able to escape alive with the ship, but the crew were all dead. His previous ranks have been Minor, Honour Guard and Ultra.

Early Life
Pious started off as a fairly weak Elite. He was very skinny, and was not signed up to the Covenant army training programme due to his build. However, one day in the city of High Charity, he witnessed a Grunt being assulted by a Brute because he accidently ran into him. Both were members of the Covenant army. The Brute had the Grunt at his mercy, and was about to finish him off when Pious decided to intervene. He charged at the Brute with all of his might, but ended up hurting himself more than the Brute. Pious did not give up however, and started to use his main ability, quickness, to escape the Brutes punches and kicks. In the end he was able to get the Brute to slam himself into a wall. He then helped the Grunt up and aided him in getting back to the part of the city where only members of the army were allowed. The Grunt then explained to Pious that he was in fact a major member of Grunt Society, and although the Grunts were the lowest beings in the Covenant Hierarchy, he might be able to get Pious a place in the training program for the Elites. Pious was extremely happy with this and accepted the offer from the Grunt. The Grunt told his story to the Prophets of Mecry and Regret (Truth was away with a fleet trying to take over a planet), who said that they must see it to believe it. The prophets put Pious in the Covenant Dueling Ring with a Brute who was put in prison for killing two of his own kind. The Brute was allowed a Brute Plasma Rifle, a Brute Shot and armour. Pious was allowed nothing but the clothes on his back. Despite overwhelming odds, Pious was able to kill the Brute by stealing his Brute Shot and cutting his throat with the blade on the weapon. This impressed the Prophets greatly, and he was given a place at the training program.

Training
For five years Pious was trained in the ways of combat. He mastered the training exeptionally quickly for an Elite who had a small build. His agility was the main thing that gave him an edge. He was even able to take down an enraged Hunter who's bond brother had just been accidently been killed by a Jackal with a Beam Rifle. The Hunter went mad, and killed two Honour Guards, but Pious was able to overcome the beast and knock it out. He was eventually given a place in the Covenant fleet as a Minor Elite. He was commanded by the Zealot Elite Horrando Xtronaila.

The Beginning
As a Minor, Pious went on very few dangerous missions, and when he did he was not permitted to fight on the front lines. However, luck came his way, as the ship lead by Xtronaila crashed on an unknown world, and the ship was attacked by a strange alien race known as the Tyrano's. They were very large compared to an Elite, and were very powerful. They stood on two legs and had long arms with four foot claws attatched to the hands. Xtronaila was attacked and wounded by one, but Pious was able to stop the Tyrano from finishing the job. He picked up Horrando's energy sword (which was forbidden to be used by any rank lower than SpecOps) and beheaded the monster. After the ship was repaired, Horrando, instead of punishing Pious, said that he would request that he be promoted. When Horrando explained what happened to the Prophets, Mercy and Regret agreed entirely. Truth however did not agree, and from that moment did not like Pious. Despite Truth's disagreement, the vote was two to one on for promoting him. Instead of being promoted to Major, Pious was elevated five levels to Honour Guard. This had never been done in the Covenant before, but Regret and Mercy believd that he would be able to protect the prophets no matter what.

Honour Guard
Pious was an Honour Guard for four years, but found the job fairly boring, as he was never in combat except for training in the Covenant Dueling Ring. Three years into that four year period, the human race was discovered by the Covenant. The humans presented a threat to the Covenant, especially with the Spartan Project. The Prohets decided to have Pious rejoin the front lines of battle. The idea came from Truth, who was happy to be rid of Pious. Regret and Mercy agreed, and Pious left the rank of Honour Guard for Ultra.

Spartan Mission
As an Ultra, Pious' major mission was to infiltrate a UNSC ship and kill or severely injure the one-hundred Spartans on board. Pious got onto the ship undetected and was able to electrocute seventy-four of the Spartans, making them disabled for life. He killed twenty-five of the other remaining Spartans, but one, John-117, was able to escape alive. Despite the escape ofone of the Spartans, Pious was rewarded greatly for killing ninety-nine of them. He had a ship named after him which was put under his control, and was granted the rank of Zealot.

Halo
Pious' first major battle as a Zealot was the battle of Reach, where he was a major influence over the Covenants victory against the UNSC. When the Pillar of Autumn fled the battle, e left the Pious Inquisitor (ship) for someone else temporarily, and got onto the future Arbiter's ship to follow the Pillar of Autumn. When he landed on Halo, his job was to keep the future Arbuter's ship active and undamaged. The futiure Arbiter's job was to kill the Humans and activate Halo. When the Flood escaped containment, it was Pious who ordered the Special Operations team to arrive and repair and escape in the Truth and Reconciliation, so the Flood could not repair it themselves and escape the ring. When the Master Chief detonated the fusion reactors of the Pilla of Autumn, Pious was able to escape on the future Arbiter's ship.

Return To High Charity
Upon returning to High Charity and telling the Prophets of Halo's destruction, he was not held responsible, insted the future Arbiter was. Pious was then given time to rest as he had sustained major injuries on Halo and needed medical healing. He was rested for many months, and made his return at the beginning of the Covenant civil war.

The Covenant Civil War
Pious began fighting again when the Covenant Civil War began. Brutes began to attack the Elites in the lower parts of High Charity, and he was forced to escape the city by using a Elite Escape pod. The pod landed on the second Halo sicovered, and he met up with the Arbiter. They, and some other Elites, got revenge on the Brutes. He then split up with the Aribiter to try win back his ship for the first time since the Battle of Reach. Once he regained the ship, he landed it on Halo and went to aid the Arbiter in fighting Tartarus. By this time he learned the true nature of the Halos, and had formed an alliance with the humans like the rest of his kind.

Preventing Halo's Activation
Pious succeeded in helping the Arbiter from stopping Halo's activation. It is unknown whether he is currently alive or dead.

Pious In Combat
- Pious' favourite weapon is the Energy Sword, he is very skilled in it's use.

- Pious also enjoys duel-weilding Needlers, he can be very lethal with them.

- Pious' favourite vehicle is the Banshee, he is very skilled using it.

- Pious is in charge of a rather large section of the Covenant fleet. If he is still alive, then he will be a major figure in the Covenant Civil War, and most likely control large sections of the fleet.