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{{Character infobox | {{Character infobox | ||
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|name=Tartarus | |name=Tartarus | ||
|image=[[File:H2A | |image=[[File:H2A Tartarus.png|300px]] | ||
|homeworld=[[Doisac]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/tartarus '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tartarus'']</ref> | |homeworld=[[Doisac]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/tartarus '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tartarus'']</ref> | ||
|birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref> | |birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref> | ||
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Maccabeus summoned Tartarus at the pair's explosive arrival and would later become a protector of the Engineer when the resentful [[Yanme'e]] on board set out to kill it for taking their job: repair and maintenance of the vessel. He journeyed to [[Harvest]] during the first contact between the Jiralhanae and the [[human]]s, in a staged offer of peace that soon erupted into battle after an Unggoy, [[Yull]], nervously attacked [[Osmo|a member]] of Harvest's [[Colonial Militia]]. Tartarus proceeded to kill Yull by throwing him down cascades of water.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 213''</ref> Later, Tartarus and [[Vorenus]] scouted out Harvest's orbiting platform [[Tiara]]. The two Jiralhanae remained at the station briefly, long enough to be sure that it was devoid of human life. They left Dadab in charge of sixty Unggoy on the station to protect it from human soldiers.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 303''</ref> | Maccabeus summoned Tartarus at the pair's explosive arrival and would later become a protector of the Engineer when the resentful [[Yanme'e]] on board set out to kill it for taking their job: repair and maintenance of the vessel. He journeyed to [[Harvest]] during the first contact between the Jiralhanae and the [[human]]s, in a staged offer of peace that soon erupted into battle after an Unggoy, [[Yull]], nervously attacked [[Osmo|a member]] of Harvest's [[Colonial Militia]]. Tartarus proceeded to kill Yull by throwing him down cascades of water.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 213''</ref> Later, Tartarus and [[Vorenus]] scouted out Harvest's orbiting platform [[Tiara]]. The two Jiralhanae remained at the station briefly, long enough to be sure that it was devoid of human life. They left Dadab in charge of sixty Unggoy on the station to protect it from human soldiers.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 303''</ref> | ||
On [[2525#February|February 22, 2525]], Tartarus participated in the [[First Battle of Harvest#Siege on Gladsheim|siege of Gladsheim]], serving as a gunner on a | On [[2525#February|February 22, 2525]], Tartarus participated in the [[First Battle of Harvest#Siege on Gladsheim|siege of Gladsheim]], serving as a gunner on a {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}}. The Spirit was destroyed when several [[JOTUN Heavy Industries|JOTUN cropdusters]], controlled by the [[AI]] [[Mack]], were launched at the Spirit. Tartarus barely made it out alive, although he did not evacuate until he had tried everything to save the Spirit's pilot and young pack mate of his, [[Ritul]], from the destruction. Ritul burned to death before Tartarus could save him.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 312''</ref> When Tartarus, the injured Maccabeus, and others returned to the cruiser, they discovered that several Yanme'e that did not participate in the engagement were attempting to kill Lighter Than Some for "stealing" their engineering responsibilities. Vorenus and Tartarus attempted to defend the Huragok from the enraged Yanme'e and were eventually able to subdue them.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 313''</ref> | ||
[[Ponder|Captain Ponder]] later managed to lure Tartarus, Vorenus, and two other Jiralhanae to the abandoned [[Utgard Mall]] using a false Oracle. As ''Rapid Conversion'' began to move over Tartarus' position, the colony's [[mass driver]] disabled the cruiser after two rounds and it crashed into Utgard. Furious over the trick, Tartarus killed Ponder and ordered Vorenus and the other Jiralhanae to disable the mass driver. Meanwhile, Tartarus returned to ''Rapid Conversion'' to confront his uncle.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 335-336''</ref> After Tartarus returned to the crippled ship, he confronted Maccabeus about the legitimacy of their search for holy artifacts. Tartarus then challenged his uncle in the ritualistic manner of Jiralhanae to a fight to the death. He made concession to his wounded opponent by allowing Maccabeus to keep his weapon and removing the ammunition from his own. He successfully killed Maccabeus by taking his uncle's weapon, the Fist of Rukt, and smashing his skull. Through this fight, Tartarus began his ascent to the upper echelons of power.{{Ref/Reuse|ch347}} Later during the battle on the Tiara above Harvest, Tartarus found Dadab dying from lack of [[methane]]. After saving the Unggoy, Tartarus revealed that he suspected him of aiding the humans and that he would allow Dadab to live long enough to explain the extent of his betrayal. Tartarus then killed the wounded [[Bapap]], Dadab's friend.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 365''</ref> As Tartarus charged into the fray, Dadab came to blame Tartarus for the deaths of his friends and the ongoing violence. As Tartarus battled [[Avery Johnson]] and the militia, Dadab came up behind the newly-crowned chieftain and shot him in the chest with an over-charged [[plasma pistol]] shot. Collapsing Tartarus' [[energy shielding]], the chieftain killed Dadab and was then forced to flee the firefight.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 371-373''</ref> In the following months, Tartarus and the crew managed to repair the ''Rapid Conversion'' and began to glass Harvest, eventually reducing the planet's surface to cinder.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 382''</ref> | [[Ponder|Captain Ponder]] later managed to lure Tartarus, Vorenus, and two other Jiralhanae to the abandoned [[Utgard Mall]] using a false Oracle. As ''Rapid Conversion'' began to move over Tartarus' position, the colony's [[mass driver]] disabled the cruiser after two rounds and it crashed into Utgard. Furious over the trick, Tartarus killed Ponder and ordered Vorenus and the other Jiralhanae to disable the mass driver. Meanwhile, Tartarus returned to ''Rapid Conversion'' to confront his uncle.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 335-336''</ref> After Tartarus returned to the crippled ship, he confronted Maccabeus about the legitimacy of their search for holy artifacts. Tartarus then challenged his uncle in the ritualistic manner of Jiralhanae to a fight to the death. He made concession to his wounded opponent by allowing Maccabeus to keep his weapon and removing the ammunition from his own. He successfully killed Maccabeus by taking his uncle's weapon, the Fist of Rukt, and smashing his skull. Through this fight, Tartarus began his ascent to the upper echelons of power.{{Ref/Reuse|ch347}} Later during the battle on the Tiara above Harvest, Tartarus found Dadab dying from lack of [[methane]]. After saving the Unggoy, Tartarus revealed that he suspected him of aiding the humans and that he would allow Dadab to live long enough to explain the extent of his betrayal. Tartarus then killed the wounded [[Bapap]], Dadab's friend.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 365''</ref> As Tartarus charged into the fray, Dadab came to blame Tartarus for the deaths of his friends and the ongoing violence. As Tartarus battled [[Avery Johnson]] and the militia, Dadab came up behind the newly-crowned chieftain and shot him in the chest with an over-charged [[plasma pistol]] shot. Collapsing Tartarus' [[energy shielding]], the chieftain killed Dadab and was then forced to flee the firefight.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 371-373''</ref> In the following months, Tartarus and the crew managed to repair the ''Rapid Conversion'' and began to glass Harvest, eventually reducing the planet's surface to cinder.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 382''</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your [[Sangheili|incompetent race]]. And I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it!|Tartarus, to Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee<ref name="h2qz">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your [[Sangheili|incompetent race]]. And I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it!|Tartarus, to Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee<ref name="h2qz">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:H2A - Tartarus smashing Flood.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Tartarus and the Honor Guardsmen engage a Flood swarm.]] | [[File:H2A - Tartarus smashing Flood.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Tartarus and the Honor Guardsmen engage a Flood swarm.]] | ||
Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[ | Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to High Charity.{{Ref/Reuse|h2qz}} At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in High Charity when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> | ||
As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by [[Pod infector]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single Pod infector managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.{{Ref/Reuse|journey}} | As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by [[Pod infector]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single Pod infector managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.{{Ref/Reuse|gravemind}} He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.{{Ref/Reuse|journey}} | ||
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==Skills and abilities== | ==Skills and abilities== | ||
Before he became Chieftain, Tartarus wielded the [[ | Before he became Chieftain, Tartarus wielded the [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker]] with deadly force, with both its projectiles and fierce blades. Tartarus used an empty Carbine in his battle against his uncle Maccabeus. Eventually, he defeated Maccabeus and gained his new primary weapon, the Fist of Rukt.{{Ref/Reuse|ch347}} He also made use of a variety of "invincibility shield" used by other Jiralhanae Chieftains, although his was longer lasting. In the battle between [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], only multiple direct hits from a [[Type-50 particle beam rifle|beam rifle]] was able to penetrate his powerful shield. The shield quickly recharged, making Tartarus invincible once more. Even without his shield, Tartarus was still able to take enormous amounts of damage and take on disproportionate numbers of his Sangheili foes and kill many before succumbing to his injuries, a trait all [[Jiralhanae]] share.{{Ref/Reuse|journey}} | ||
Tartarus was able to wield the Fist of Rukt with great strength, effortlessly eliminating foes in a single blow. By the time of the [[Great Schism]], there were few individuals serving the Covenant that did not fear the sight of Tartarus and his hammer. After the hammer was upgraded by the High Prophet of Truth, Tartarus became an expert in operating the Fist of Rukt's newly attached fixed gravity impellors. He learned to not only use them to enhance the damage of the war hammer's attacks, but to also manipulate the gravity fields near and around opponents to his advantage.{{Ref/Reuse|waypointfist}} | Tartarus was able to wield the Fist of Rukt with great strength, effortlessly eliminating foes in a single blow. By the time of the [[Great Schism]], there were few individuals serving the Covenant that did not fear the sight of Tartarus and his hammer. After the hammer was upgraded by the High Prophet of Truth, Tartarus became an expert in operating the Fist of Rukt's newly attached fixed gravity impellors. He learned to not only use them to enhance the damage of the war hammer's attacks, but to also manipulate the gravity fields near and around opponents to his advantage.{{Ref/Reuse|waypointfist}} | ||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
The [[Fist of Rukt]] was the personal weapon of Chieftain Tartarus. After he was given the title of [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] had the hammer modified with Covenant technology. Tartarus later carefully increased the hammer's haft to account for the upgrades added by the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|waypointfist}} A heavily modified war hammer and the precursor to the [[ | The [[Fist of Rukt]] was the personal weapon of Chieftain Tartarus. After he was given the title of [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] had the hammer modified with Covenant technology. Tartarus later carefully increased the hammer's haft to account for the upgrades added by the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|waypointfist}} A heavily modified war hammer and the precursor to the [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]], the Fist of Rukt not only served as an excellent melee weapon, but could alter gravity to move objects and living beings around. The hammer was passed down from generations to generations in his family, by killing the current chieftain in a battle. Tartarus claimed ownership over the weapon after killing his own uncle, [[Maccabeus]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch347}} Tartarus wore little armor, aside from a heavy bandolier and a golden shoulder pad on his left arm, which he later attached what appears to be a Sangheili skull.{{Ref/Reuse|journey}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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File:H2A-leonid-enin-tartarus.jpg|Concept art of Tartarus for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | File:H2A-leonid-enin-tartarus.jpg|Concept art of Tartarus for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | ||
File:H2A - Tartarus model.jpg|A model of Tartarus for ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | File:H2A - Tartarus model.jpg|A model of Tartarus for ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | ||
File:H2A-Tartaruscloseup.png|A close-up of Tartarus' face in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | |||
File:H2A - Tartarus branding.jpg|Tartarus prepares to brand [[Thel 'Vadamee]] with the [[Mark of Shame]]. | File:H2A - Tartarus branding.jpg|Tartarus prepares to brand [[Thel 'Vadamee]] with the [[Mark of Shame]]. | ||
File:H2A - Tartarus and Spark.jpg|Tartarus captures 343 Guilty Spark at the Gas Mine after the Heretics' demise. | File:H2A - Tartarus and Spark.jpg|Tartarus captures 343 Guilty Spark at the Gas Mine after the Heretics' demise. | ||
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File:H2A - Reluctant Tartarus.jpg|Tartarus is ordered by Truth to abandon Mercy to his fate just as he attempts to kill the [[Flood]] [[Pod infector|form]]. | File:H2A - Reluctant Tartarus.jpg|Tartarus is ordered by Truth to abandon Mercy to his fate just as he attempts to kill the [[Flood]] [[Pod infector|form]]. | ||
File:H2A - Tartarus with Keyes and Spark.jpg|Tartarus escorts the imprisoned Keyes into Installation 05's Control Room. | File:H2A - Tartarus with Keyes and Spark.jpg|Tartarus escorts the imprisoned Keyes into Installation 05's Control Room. | ||
File:Merch-Misc TartarusArt.jpg|Artwork of Tartarus created for merchandise. | |||
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*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' | *''[[Halo 2]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Covenant military personnel]] | [[Category:Covenant military personnel]] | ||
[[Category:Covenant politicians]] | [[Category:Covenant politicians]] | ||
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