Prophet of Decadence

The Prophet of Decadence (born Drod Vacrum and also known as the Minister of Questioning) is a San 'Shyumm who was born on High Charity and eventually became a rather obscure Ministry Prophet. Despite his obscurity, he eventually became a member of the High Council in the wake of The Covenant Civil War. Once the civil war began, Decadence made sure to leave High Charity before his life could be threatened. Following his escape, he ultimately sided with the Covenant Loyalists and commanded a CCS-class Battlecruiser during the Battle of Installation 00 and managed to save his ship from destruction. It was after the Death of the High Prophet of Truth that Decadence then lead the reconstruction of the Covenant into the Sovereign Covenant Empire and started yet another war against Humanity. He is the only Sovereign leader of the SCE.

Minister of Questioning
Drod Vacrum became the Minister of Questioning during the Age of Doubt, following a mysterious and un-investigated assassination of a previous Minister. As the Minister of Questioning, his duty to the covenant was, as his namesake, Questioning the actions of Humanity, and even the society of the covenant. It was rumored throughout High Charity that his questioning may have caused the Grunt Rebellion though this was never truthfully proven. It was also this part of his life that he made his rather biased views towards Elites clear, as he was known for blaming their entire species for numerous incidents that would happen in High Charity such as crimes against religion, murders, and most events that he himself was often rumored to have caused, which include a massive hostage incident in which three members of the council were held captive in a minor building by Brutes and ended up being slaughtered in the climax of said incident, and another incident which involved a pack of vicious Kig-Yar that took hostage of a Phantom and attacked the Sanctum of the Hierarchs during a council session which ended in the Phantom being shot down and the surviving Kig-Yar being placed in the prison chambers of High Charity. Though no true evidence of his involvement were found, it was speculated from his behavior and subtle support of the assailants that he may have directed the events in secret. In his final years as the Minister of Questioning, he spoke out against the High Prophet of Tolerance, High Prophetess of Obligation, and High Prophet of Restraint by speaking against their leadership. This ultimately lead to him being deposed by the Hierarchs, and gave him a motive when the Minister of Fortitude approached him with a plan to become the next Hierarchs of the Covenant. Drod accepted the offer, and aided Fortitude in his plot to depose the three Hierarchs that deposed him as Minister with Fortitude organizing the plot. Despite helping him alongside other prophets, Vacrum was not appointed to High Prophet of the Covenant while the others became the Prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret. In-fact, it took a long time before the former Minister became a member of the High Council and that was only thanks to the Assassination of another councilor Prophet.

High Council Member
It was in the wake of the Trial of the future Arbiter that Vacrum finally became a Council member due to the mysterious Assassination of another Prophet that was never investigated thanks to his own objection during a Council session. The only trial that the former Minister of Questioning truthfully attended was the trial of Thel 'Vadamee in which he was among the many Councilors that were against Thel's side. Upon announcement that 'Vadamee was to become the next Arbiter, he was not pleased. However, he did not have time to cause a public up-roar, as soon enough the Arbiter was believed to be dead and the Elites were beginning to be replaced by the Brutes which was one of the many things the Prophet would support during his days as Minister. Even this, however, was short-lived as soon enough the Covenant Civil War began.