The Sepulchre

"From the shadows, the Sepulchre rises"

- Ver 'Morkamee, first Commander of the Sepulchre

The Sepulchre are a small organization within the Swords of Sanghelios, formerly serving as an intelligence agency and assassins for the Covenant. They were briefly disbanded during the Great Schism, and soon resurfaced after 2554, now rebuilt and reformed to serve under the Swords of Sanghelios. They are infamous for their secrecy, remaining almost obscure and unknown during the Human Covenant war, even as they hunted down and successfully eliminated several Spartans.

Background
"Honor is meaningless if it brings downfall."

- Hal 'Moramee

Several years after the formation of the Covenant, it was clear that there would more than likely be several enemies both internally and externally. It was clear to the prophets that even with the sangheili's blind obedience to the ideals of honor, they would still need to commit underhanded tricks to successfully deal with several threats.

It was with this realization that Hal 'Moram, an already disgraced warrior, sought a chance at redemption, if only for the chance to once again fight. Begging the prophets for a chance to further serve the covenant, they decided, a surprise to even Hal, that they would not make him an Arbiter, but instead give him command of a small band of other disgraced Sangheili, tasked with both spying on suspected heretics within the Covenant, as well as the rare few external threats, given free reign over their methods.

Hal quickly used his newly acquired group to eliminate several Kaidons, warriors, and other such members of the Covenant either plotting against or doubting the truth of the Great Journey, proving themselves to be unusually proficient at the tasks assigned to them, even rooting out and eliminating some of their own targets. However, the massive stigma and 'honorless' attributes of Hal's organization meant that they had to operate in secrecy, lest the other Sangheili discover them and wipe them out.

During one assassination attempt, Hal and his assassins would meet together in the tomb of an ancient descendant of their current target, a grave heresy and massive disrespect to said target. It was in this tomb that their name, The Sepulchre, would arise, now giving them an official, if rarely spoken title.

Assassination of Kaidon Jav 'Lodam
(WIP)

Near-Discovery and Executions
(WIP)

Human-Covenant War
(WIP)

Disbandment and The Great Schism
(WIP)

Reformation
(WIP)

Trivia

 * Other names considered for the Sepulchre were The Inquisition, The Templars, or The Council of the Shadow.
 * Their creation was inspired by the unusual armor of the Special Operations sangheili shown in the Headhunters motion comic, which prompted the author to ponder whether or not they could be working for some sort of other Covenant branch. Several other events and random thoughts soon resulted in the creation of the Sepulchre.
 * The Sepulchre were named after a suggestion made by Ajax-013.