Editing Lepidus

{{Status|Canon}}
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|image=[[File:Lepidus.jpg|300px]]
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'''Lepidus''' was the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Shipmaster]] of the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Triumphant Declaration]]'' in the [[Fleet of Furious Redemption]].<ref name="is1">'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Battle of Cleveland===
{{Main|Battle of Cleveland}}
Lepidus was the first member of the Covenant to hear of the [[Key of Osanalan]] after torturing [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. He then informed the [[High Prophet of Truth]] of the Key, which sparked the [[Battle of Cleveland]].{{Ref/Reuse|is1}} He then reported to the High Prophet of Truth aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], where the [[John-117|Master Chief]] attempted to assassinate Truth.

Truth escaped, as did Lepidus, but every Covenant unit who stayed in the room was killed by John-117. Lepidus later returned aboard the ''Triumphant Declaration'' in the orbit of [[Mars]], furious at Colonel James Ackerson for tricking the Covenant into believing in the Key of Osanalan. He then beheaded Ackerson with his [[Jiralhanae combat knife|combat knife]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>

== Trivia ==
*Lepidus' armor looks like the original [[Brute Captain]]'s armor, cut from ''[[Halo 3]]''. This is likely due to the fact that the first issue of ''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' was released before ''Halo 3''.
*[[wikipedia:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Lepidus]] was also the name of a Roman politician and General who, along with Octavian (later known as Emperor Augustus) and Marcus Antonious (Marc Antony) formed the Second Triumvirate, which governed the Roman Republic from 43-33 b.c.e. He was ultimately ousted from power by his former friend, Augustus, and died in relative obscurity.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Uprising - Lepidus.png|Close-up of Lepidus' head.
File:Jiralhanae Combat Knife.jpg|Lepidus using his knife to torture Colonel Ackerson.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Jiralhanae characters]]
[[Category:Covenant military personnel]]