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At the [[Battle of the Quarantine Zone]] in [[2552|November 3, 2552]], [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]] retrieved the [[activation index]] from [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, and moments attempted to kill the Arbiter by sending him falling to his presumed death.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref> Meanwhile, the Hierarchs had a majority of the Sangheili High Councilors and former Sangheili Honor Guardsmen met in the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of Installation 05 to begin the preparations for the Great Journey. However, [[Jiralhanae Captain]] [[Melchus]] led a large contingent of Jiralhanae into the Control Room and massacred the Councilors and former Honor Guards.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> These actions, charged to Tartarus and Melchus by the High Prophets, started the [[Great Schism]],<ref name="gravemind"/> that would last for several years.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Return]]"</ref>
At the [[Battle of the Quarantine Zone]] in [[2552|November 3, 2552]], [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]] retrieved the [[activation index]] from [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, and moments attempted to kill the Arbiter by sending him falling to his presumed death.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref> Meanwhile, the Hierarchs had a majority of the Sangheili High Councilors and former Sangheili Honor Guardsmen met in the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]] of Installation 05 to begin the preparations for the Great Journey. However, [[Jiralhanae Captain]] [[Melchus]] led a large contingent of Jiralhanae into the Control Room and massacred the Councilors and former Honor Guards.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> These actions, charged to Tartarus and Melchus by the High Prophets, started the [[Great Schism]],<ref name="gravemind"/> that would last for several years.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Return]]"</ref>


During the [[Fall of High Charity]], the [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] were put into more of an infantry role fighting the [[Covenant remnants|Sangheili]] still on the capital world and on ships in orbit.<ref name="gravemind"/> Later during the battle on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Prophets of Truth and Mercy along with their personal Jiralhanae Honor Guards fled towards a landing pad where they would leave on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in the middle of the city. During this, the [[Flood]], led by the [[Gravemind]], begin their invasion of ''High Charity''. A lone [[Flood infection form]] that slipped past the Jiralhanae guards, grasped onto Mercy's chest and began his assimilation into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. Truth, not wanting any potential threat to his ultimate supremacy, prevented the Guards from saving Mercy and allowed the old Prophet to die.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref>
During the [[Fall of High Charity]], the [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] were put into more of an infantry role fighting the [[Covenant remnants|Sangheili]] still on the capital world and on ships in orbit.<ref name="gravemind"/> Later during the battle on ''[[High Charity]]'', the Prophets of Truth and Mercy along with their personal Jiralhanae Honor Guards fled towards a landing pad where they would leave on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in the middle of the city. During this, the [[Flood]], led by the [[Gravemind]], begin their invasion of ''High Charity''. A lone [[Pod infector]] that slipped past the Jiralhanae guards, grasped onto Mercy's chest and began his assimilation into a [[proto-Gravemind]]. Truth, not wanting any potential threat to his ultimate supremacy, prevented the Guards from saving Mercy and allowed the old Prophet to die.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref>


The Jiralhanae Honor Guard continued to defend the Prophet through the final days of the Human-Covenant War, though by the time of the Covenant's [[Battle of Installation 00|final stand]] on [[Installation 00|The Ark]], their ranks had been drastically depleted. With Truth's death, the fragmentation of the Covenant and the rise of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] as the main governing body of the title's former bearers, it's highly likely that the Honor Guard has ceased to exist.
The Jiralhanae Honor Guard continued to defend the Prophet through the final days of the Human-Covenant War, though by the time of the Covenant's [[Battle of Installation 00|final stand]] on [[Installation 00|The Ark]], their ranks had been drastically depleted. With Truth's death, the fragmentation of the Covenant and the rise of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] as the main governing body of the title's former bearers, it's highly likely that the Honor Guard has ceased to exist.