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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early career=== | ===Early career=== | ||
Mken was born on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] occupied by the [[Reformists]]. Early on, Mken 'Scre'ah'ben dreamed of a career as a relic historian and spent a significant amount of time studying | Mken was born on the [[Forerunner]] [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]] occupied by the [[Reformists]]. Early on, Mken 'Scre'ah'ben dreamed of a career as a relic historian and spent a significant amount of time studying Forerunner designs and [[holography|holographic]] imagery of the San'Shyuum homeworld [[Janjur Qom]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 4''</ref> He attained the title of the Prophet of Inner Conviction because he was known for holding sermons emphasizing intrinsic purity.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC 1}} At some point, the [[Prophet of Excellent Redolence|High Prophet of Excellent Redolence]] and [[R'Noh Custo]] had planned to kidnap females from Janjur Qom to help prevent inbreeding on the Dreadnought. However, Mken informed the other two [[Hierarchs]] and Excellent Redolence was overruled. Excellent Redolence and R'Noh Custo pretended to shrug off the matter, but both conspired against Mken.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 51''</ref> Mken was once unfairly placed on the [[Roll of Celibates]], but he managed to remove himself from it by speaking to the San'Shyuum that headed the Roll.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 54''</ref> | ||
During the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]], [[High Lord]] Mken 'Scre'ah'ben was present on [[Anvarl]] overseeing [[Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red|a battle]] against the [[Sangheili]] based there in [[860 BCE]]. Mken and his military advisor, a [[Steward]], personally descended on the planet's surface in a [[Covenant drop pod|drop pod]]; the High Lord had insisted that they land on the planet's "purple line", a narrow band where the light of the blue and red stars that illuminated the world mixed. Mken consulted one of the [[Eye]]s—San'Shyuum battlefield intelligence drones—to observe Sangheili movements in the area. As he was organizing a counterattack against the Sangheili forces using [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinels]] appropriated by the San'Shyuum, Sangheili assassins struck against the two San'Shyuum from an underground tunnel. The Steward was killed while 'Scre'ah'ben was able to retreat into his pod and to orbit where he ordered the Forerunner Dreadnought to fire upon the Sangheili forces on the ground, quelling them for the time being. Mken saw potential in [[Ussa 'Xellus]], the innovative commander of the Sangheili troops in the region, and hoped he might be able to convince 'Xellus to act as a liaison for peace between the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili.<ref name="HBC pro">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''Prologue''</ref> | During the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]], [[High Lord]] Mken 'Scre'ah'ben was present on [[Anvarl]] overseeing [[Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red|a battle]] against the [[Sangheili]] based there in [[860 BCE]]. Mken and his military advisor, a [[Steward]], personally descended on the planet's surface in a [[Covenant drop pod|drop pod]]; the High Lord had insisted that they land on the planet's "purple line", a narrow band where the light of the blue and red stars that illuminated the world mixed. Mken consulted one of the [[Eye]]s—San'Shyuum battlefield intelligence drones—to observe Sangheili movements in the area. As he was organizing a counterattack against the Sangheili forces using [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinels]] appropriated by the San'Shyuum, Sangheili assassins struck against the two San'Shyuum from an underground tunnel. The Steward was killed while 'Scre'ah'ben was able to retreat into his pod and to orbit where he ordered the Forerunner Dreadnought to fire upon the Sangheili forces on the ground, quelling them for the time being. Mken saw potential in [[Ussa 'Xellus]], the innovative commander of the Sangheili troops in the region, and hoped he might be able to convince 'Xellus to act as a liaison for peace between the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili.<ref name="HBC pro">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''Prologue''</ref> | ||