Editing Hekabe

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'''Hekabe of Maardoth''' was a [[Jiralhanae]] chieftain who attempted to seize power in the years following the implosion of the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]'''</ref>

Hekabe served the [[Covenant]] loyally during its [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with [[humanity]]. When the [[Great Schism]] broke out in late [[2552]], he was counted among a list of major chieftains that could be relied upon by the [[Prophet of Truth]]. He commanded an {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}, ''[[Gathering of Praise|Foebane]]'', at this time. Hekabe took the ''Gathering of Praise'' to [[Earth]], where it participated in the [[Battle for Earth|battle]] raging there. When the [[Portal at Voi|Excession]] was activated by the union of it and the Covenant's [[Forerunner]] [[keyship]], he trailed Truth through the portal to [[Installation 00]]. Upon arrival at the Ark, a handful of ships were under Hekabe's command. The [[Sangheili]] [[Fleet of Retribution]] surrounded these ships and destroyed them, along with close to the entirety of Hekabe's familial clan, many members of which were aboard at the time. During the [[Battle of Installation 00|battle]] at the Ark, he broke away from the rest of the Covenant forces and landed on its surface. Prior knowledge he had gained of the existence of a fabled artifact which he believed could be found on the installation had provided Hekabe's true motivation for embarking on the desperate extragalactic journey. Hekabe's faith was rewarded that day, as he managed to retrieve the device he sought, the [[Vertex]]. His prize secured, he abandoned the other Covenant forces and began the long voyage back to the [[Milky Way]]. In the following years, rumors spread of Hekabe and the powerful object he had supposedly come into possession of at the Ark. By [[2557]], the leader of the [[Spartan-IV]] [[Fireteam Apollo]] recommended that his risk level be upgraded and that an investigation into his activities be conducted.<ref>'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''' #5</ref>  

At some point between [[2553]] and [[2558]], Hekabe killed his great-uncle, [[Remarus]], by sneaking up on him and slicing his throat. Hekabe had thought Remarus, the chieftain of their clan at the time, was going to be the death of them all. He had been forcing them to become mired in internecine conflicts and raids. Hekabe's vision of the future was much grander, and so he took matters into his own hands and made himself chieftain by virtue of the murder. From there, Hekabe set his sights on the planet [[Carrow]] in the [[Joint-Occupation Zone]]. There he would find the [[Sharquoi]], which the Vertex would allow him to control. Hekabe did not share this information freely, of course. When he ostensibly allied with the Sangheili, [[Thars 'Sarov]], to aid him in a revolt against Thars' cousin, [[Rojka 'Kaasan]], there were many Jiralhanae that thought he was mad. They saw him of weak character, and he was forced to kill or outmaneuver multiple political opponents on [[Doisac]] in order to rally those who he led and get them to Carrow to assist Thars' uprising. One of the Brutes Hekabe killed at some point was [[Odanostos]], a chieftain that fought for the [[Banished]]. Hekabe pried Odanostos' weapon, a [[Type-2 gravity hammer]] called ''[[Oath of Fury]]'', from his grasp and kiled him with it, making the implement his own. Hekabe's true plans on Carrow, of course, were to ultimately betray Thars and seize power on the planet for himself. When Hekabe's fleet first arrived above the planet, fighting had already broke out between the Sangheili. The addition of the Jiralhanae quickly turned the tide of battle in Thars' favor. Two {{Class|RPV|light destroyer}}s that were protecting Rojka's [[flagship]], the ''[[Unwavering Discipline]]'', were obliterated and each of his {{Class|CPV|heavy destroyer}}s were ambushed and summarily set ablaze. Were it not for the arrival of Hekabe and his ships, Rojka might have been able to destroy Thars' four [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]s and his {{Class|ORS|heavy cruiser}}s. Hekabe purposefully put his ships in the line of fire but in doing so divided Rojka's fleet. At this time, he also took ''Gathering of Praise'', by this point renamed ''Foebane'', down to the surface and set it down just outside the humans' city of [[Suraka]].

In battle, Hekabe armored himself in large and rugged black-crimson [[Jiralhanae power armor|powered armor]], masked with ornate linework. His helm was that of a [[Jiralhanae Captain|captain]] from the Covenant, and thus characteristically evoked the features of a [[degaeorth]] from Doisac. His gravity hammer, ''Oath of Fury'', was a massive weapon.

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