Editing Itka

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Character infobox
|variant=Ban
|name=Itka
|image=
|homeworld=
|birth=
|death=June or July [[2559#June|2559]]{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}{{Ref/Note|The brief [[Flood]] [[Outbreak on Installation 00|outbreak]] on June 4 is mentioned during the [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|mission]] where Itka is killed. This means that the mission took place after this event, but before [[Escharum]] orders his forces to [[Reach]] at some point in July, as described in ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''.}}
|causeofdeath=Pierced with [[Grenflekt Workshop Spiker|spikes]] fired by [[Covenant]] loyalist forces aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}
|parents=
|siblings=
|spouses=
|children=
|species=[[Kig-Yar]]
|gender=Male
|height=
|mass=
|hair=
|eyes=
|affiliation=[[Banished]]
|rank=
|sn=
|notable=
}}

'''Itka''' was a [[Kig-Yar]] weaponsmith in service of the [[Banished]]. He had an unusual talent for hacking, especially when it came to [[Forerunner]] technology. After joining the Banished, he seemingly forged a bond with [[Choros]], a [[Jiralhanae]] and the [[Jiralhanae Captain|captain]] of [[Chieftain]] [[Minas]]' guard. Itka was among the forces that Atriox chose to bring to [[Installation 00]] in [[2558]], most notably participating in the [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|mission]] to the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|HSoR|Detail=Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}}

==Biography==
===Cracking the Keyship===
{{Main|Raid on Anodyne Spirit}}
When [[Atriox]] desired to activate a [[Slipspace portal|portal]] that could transport him back to the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] from the [[Installation 00|Ark]], he assembled a small strike force to gather [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|the necessary]] [[slipspace flake]] from within the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. [[Chieftain]] [[Minas]] was assigned to lead this strike force, which would be spilt into three separate teams. Minas personally led his own team, which contained [[Choros]] and Itka, while [[blademaster]] [[Okro 'Vagaduun]] and [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] [[Zeretus]] led their own teams.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

Upon arriving at the seemingly abandoned [[Keyship]], Itka set to work opening the exterior doorway. In doing so, he encountered both old and ''new'' securities, but he bypassed them easily enough. As the group trekked through the immense vessel, Itka's knowledge of [[Forerunner]] interfaces was needed to activate a [[Elevator|lift]] that led higher up in the vessel. After the [[Banished]] force encountered some [[Covenant loyalists]] that were still alive within the Keyship after over six years, his skills became useful once more when they came to one final lift. This took the group to the chamber that held the Adytum, a device that in turn contained the slipspace crystal that they were searching for. Itka opened the chamber's sealed door and began working extracting the crystal with Choros. However, the Covenant loyalists caught up with them and attacked Minas' team, resulting in the deaths of many Banished personnel. Itka himself had been pinned to the wall of the room with burning hot [[Grenflekt Workshop Spiker|spikes]], killing him.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

===Legacy===
Before he died, Itka and Choros had managed to extract the small [[Onyx (material)|onyx]] box holding the crystal, ultimately allowing the mission to succeed. Choros paid his respects to Itka in the form of a prayer. Seeing the bodies of so many fallen compatriots littering the floor inspired Choros to sacrifice himself so that Minas and the other surviving Banished forces could escape the Keyship with the crystal.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

==Personality and traits==
===Skills and abilities===
While Itka was of little use in combat, he was irreplaceable when it came to infiltration and hacking. He possessed a large store of intrusion software, which Minas suspected had been "thieved from every corner of the known galaxy." Despite their inherently complex and mysterious nature, even Forerunner security systems were easy for Itka to access.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' 
**''[[Sacrifice]]'' {{1st}}

==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Kig-Yar characters]]
[[Category:Banished members]]