User:Captain Tyrant/Mvas Halum

Mvas Halum is quite large for an elite, almost the size of a small brute. He trained in many fighting styles, and got really talented with his sword. His blade work rivals, sometimes even surpasses the Honor Guards and his quick thinking and agility gives him a fighting chance against brutes. He avoids Hunters because he fear's their pure strength and prophets because he fears their absolute command of the entire Covenant. He is brutal in battle, but he is also sympathetic, which is a bad combination and he usually lowers his guard to an enemy on the ground. This often leads to him being attacked and the enemy getting away.

=Biography=

Early Life
Mvas Halum from birth never agreed with the covenant, and sought a way to lift their lies from his people. His chance came when he was summoned to High Charity by the high prophets. When he arrived he questioned the elites following the prophets. "Why should we follow them? They are frail, pathetic excuses for lifeforms.  If anyone should lead this deluded religion it is the Sangheili!" He activated his energy sword and pointed it at the Prophet of Truth, but did not attack. "Give me a reason why I shouldn't strike you down." The Honor Guard were too stunned at the heresy that they couldn't move, neither could the crowd. The brutes recovered first and attacked Halum, who killed one and crippled the other that attacked him. By this time the Honor Guard had recovered and they easily overpowered and arrested Halum for heresy. His weapons were confiscated and he was thrown in jail, but he managed to steal the energy swords of the three Honor Guard that escorted him.

Escape from High Charity
After a month in jail Halum was ready for his escape. His cell mate, a grunt named Torak, was also thrown in jail for heresy. Halum gave him one of the three energy swords and kept the other two for himself. The both activated their swords and cut through the cell door. They were assaulted by four brutes, Halum managed to get away, but Torak was caught between them. Seeing there was nothing he could do for his ally he charged into the main court, taking four Honor Guard off guard as he fled. When he finally managed to reach the ship docking bay, the Prophet of Salvation was waiting for him with a team of brutes. Halum's energy swords were depleted, and he started to back away as the brutes closed in on him. Two more energy swords flew through the air and landed at Halum's feet. He looked up and saw Torak, also holding two energy swords, ready to jump the brutes below. Torak stuck two of the brutes with plasma grenades, allowing him and Halum the chance to kill the other three. The two attacked and tore through the brutes and the Prophet of Salvation tries to flee, Halum threw both his swords and missed, and charged at the prophet, grabbed Torak, and threw him at the prophet. Torak caught the prophet's chair and drove his sword through the prophet's chest. Halum grabbed a phantom and picked up Torak and escaped High Charity.

Alpha Halo
Halum heard about the discovery of the Alpha Halo and set course with a destroyer he had captured and renamed it the Truth of Lies. He, and a crew of a few elites and grunts headed to the Halo to try and stop the Covenant from finding the control room. His trip was stopped short however, by Ascendant Justice. Halum's ship fought hard but it couldn't match the firepower of a flagship. He preformed a slipspace jump and escaped before the future Arbiter could destroy him and his ship. This distraction however, prevented the Ascendant Justice from being at the ring when the UNSC Pillar of Autumn crashed therefor not being able to stop the Master Chief from destroying the ring.

Delta Halo
Halum was outraged that he could not help destroy the first ring, and when he heard of the second he gathered up his followers, which had grown over time thanks to multiple heretic movements within the Covenant. He was going to glass the surface when High Charity apeared out of slipspace. He hid his ship among the Covenant's and launched a phantom down to the surface to retrieve and destroy the activation index and if possible the ring. His trek was again stopped short, this time by the Flood. The parasites took his team by surprise, and only a few managed to survive. Halum had to retreat from Delta Halo to prevent killing himself and his entire team.

The Civil War
When the Arbiter found out that the Covenant's "Great Journey" was a lie, he sparked a rebellion. Halum was one of the first to join the Arbiter, after Rtas Vadum. He added a significant force to the elite's cause because he had been gathering not only elites and grunts, but jackals, drones and even some hunters.

The Ark
A third opportunity arose for Halum to stop the great journey, this time in the form of the Ark. When they went through slipspace and arrived at the Ark, Halum's ship was the first to engage the Covenant. The Truth of Lies was badly damaged in the battle, and barely managed to land on the Ark. Halum, Torak and the rest of his surviving team engaged the Covenant on the ground while the Master Chief went to the Cartographer to find the location of the Citadel. Halum met up with the Arbiter and went to deactivate the second tower. They were successful and while the phantoms went to the third tower to assist the Chief and Johnson he returned to his troops and repaired the Truth of Lies and managed to get it space worthy just before the Flood arrived in High Charity. The Shadow of Intent was damaged by the flood, and the Truth of Lies'' went to assist it. After the repairs the Truth of Lies departed and jumped into slipspace just before the Ark collapsed and the Halo ring exploded.

Truth of Lies
Twenty years after the Ark another Halo ring was discovered near the planet Orpheus IV. Halum, still angry that he never got a chance to destroy the other rings, saw this as his chance to redeem himself. He volunteered to go to the ring, and destroy it. He gathered his team of elites and boarded the Truth of Lies and headed to Orpheus IV. Before they jumped into slipspace his ship was flagged by a phantom. Inside the phantom was the grunt Torak. Torak was immediately allowed to board the ship and he resumed his place of second-in-command on the Truth of Lies. Another elite, Ktar Ulum, the current second in command was outraged by the fact that a lesser being like Torak surpassed him. Halum told him if he wanted his place back, to fight for it. Torak and Ulum got in a ring, Ulum drew his energy sword and Torak drew the one that was given to him. Ulum charged forward but Torak sidestepped, deactivated the sword, and drove the hilt into a pressure point in the elite's neck, knocking him unconscious. Ulum remained bitter towards Torak after that.

The Index
Their ship, like the UNSC Breakneck was shot down, but Halum managed to land the ship in a repairable state. Halum and his team reached the index room and were greeted by the monitor and SPARTAN-417. Before the SPARTAN could get it Ulum ran forward and took it. "No lesser being shall surpass me again!" he yelled as he ran off with the index. On his way out Ulum stabbed Torak in the shoulder, but not without getting one of his right toes cut off. Ulum handed the index over to the locals who wanted to activate it, in exchange for his safety, and the locals agreed. They needed to deactivate the ring and get out alive, and the first thing they needed to do was destroy the cannons that stranded them here so the Truth of Lies could take them all away when the ring exploded. Halum met up with SPARTAN-300 and destroyed the main battery for the cannons, off-lining them.

Destroying the Ring
As Halum headed to the Ring he came across SPARTAN-331, who was badly injured. He immediately called SPARTAN-417, who arrived and took her. Halum wanted to stay and help but he had to get to the ring and find the traitor Ulum. He reunited with SPARTAN-417 and SPARTAN-288 to destroy the ring, and he was just about to reach the control room when the trio ran into Ulum and Halberd, the alien commander. Halberd fled but Halum caught Ulum before he could flee and as the SPARTANS went after the ring, he dealt with his ex-first mate. He defeated Ulum and offered him a choice to surrender or die. Ulum took a cheap shot at Halum's leg, leaving a deep gash in it, and Halum fell over, unable to walk. Ulum tried to get away, but Torak was waiting for him at the exit. Torak disarmed Ulum and decapitated him, then helped Halum to his feet and got him to the Truth of Lies. Halum took off and the ring exploded.

Aftermath
Halum searched for survivors, and as he turned to retrieve the SPARTANS, their longsword exploded. After that Halum nearly gave up until a pelican appeared on his radar, he picked it up and thankfully found four survivors, including SPARTAN-414. He jumped to Earth then jumped back to Orpheus IV for further exploration, and came across a Cryo-tube. He picked it up and found the fifth and last human survivor of Orpheus IV, SPARTAN-331.

Return to Sangheilios
After Orpheus IV Halum returned to Sangheilios, with the report that the ring was destroyed. As evidence he brought a friend he made on the ring, the monitor 820 Shadowed Sympathy, who, along with many Sentinels modified the Truth of Lies and gave it multiple forerunner tech upgrades.