Editing Luro 'Taralumee

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'''Luro 'Taralumee''' was a [[Sangheili]] [[Supreme Commander]] who led the [[Covenant]]'s [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. He sent regular status reports to the [[Vice Cleric of Zeal]].{{Ref/Film|Id=TP|HLeg|Story=[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]}}{{Ref/Novel|HTFoR|Chapter=Adjunct|Detail=Word from the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence}}

==Biography==
===Attack on the fleet===
{{Main|Operation: WARM BLANKET}}
After the [[Battle of Miridem]] in [[2544]], 'Taralumee's fleet captured [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] while she was [[Cryo-chamber|cryogenically frozen]]; she was then placed aboard 'Taralumee's [[flagship]], ''[[Resplendent Fervor]]''. However, magnetic interference placed in the system prevented them from jumping to [[Slipstream space|slipspace]]. He realized the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] would attempt to rescue her and created decoy beacons from {{Pattern|Chershi|antimatter charge}}s aboard his ships. When a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTANs]] attacked, he set his trap, detonating one of the charges and killing [[Solomon-069]]. When the rest of the Spartans realized where Halsey was, they headed toward 'Taralumee's [[Kerel-pattern assault carrier|assault carrier]]. The Supreme Commander remained confident that the SPARTANs would not make it aboard his ship, arguing with a [[Sangheili Major]], [[Thel 'Lodamee]], who had fought them before and felt that they posed a greater threat than 'Taralumee realized. 'Taralumee held the Major in contempt for not dying with the rest of his battalion in the engagement, saying that 'Lodamee ''"...lack[ed] the heart to die with honor."''{{Ref/Reuse|TP}}

After the SPARTANs boarded the ship and advanced toward Halsey, 'Taralumee ordered that sections of the ship to be detached. However, [[John-117]] nonetheless continued toward Halsey and retrieved her from her cryo-chamber. Soon, his fleet cleared the magnetic interference and began the jump to Slipspace, breaking off the entire lower section of the assault carrier before he left, in an attempt to kill the two [[human]]s. One of his [[Unidentified Sangheili bridge officer|bridge officers]] noted that this action would abandon 'Lodamee and his accompanying forces; however, the Supreme Commander disregarded this, remarking that 'Lodamee was already shamed and could only regain his honor by dying or by becoming an [[Arbiter]]. This decision inadvertently saved John-117 and Dr. Halsey, as 'Lodamee had defeated the SPARTAN in an [[Energy sword (fiction)|energy sword]] duel and was about to kill the two humans. By detaching this section of the ship and pulling 'Lodamee out of the fight, 'Taralumee unintentionally allowed the humans to escape. As the ship's [[gravity lift]] pulled him away from his prey, 'Lodamee cursed the Supreme Commander.{{Ref/Reuse|TP}} For his failure, Supreme Commander Luro 'Taralumee was most likely punished upon his return to ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=967958|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Package|Quote=For all the comments made about the major's fate, it seemed obvious to me that the commander was the one going to be in hot water when he gets back to High Charity—package lost, two very expensive ships scuppered.|Quotee=Frank O'Connor|D=31|M=07|Y=2023}}

===Post-war===
After the end of the Human-Covenant War, 'Taralumee used his previous station within the Covenant in an attempt to consolidate power for unknown reasons. Renouncing the [[San'Shyuum]] who betrayed his kind and filling the vacuum in their absence,{{Ref/Site|Id=Clarity|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-clarity-grace|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Clarity & Grace|D=03|M=11|Y=2015}} his zealous devotion to the [[Great Journey]] and adherence to Covenant ideals without the Prophets has marked him as dangerous by the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|Clarity}}

== Trivia==
'Taralumee was voiced by [[Wikipedia:Christopher Ayres|Christopher Ayres]].{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Story=The Package (animated short)|Detail=[[Halo Legends credits|credits]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:ThePackage Elites Concept.png|Renders of Luro and Thel 'Lodamee.
File:Old HW MDT 1.png|Luro 'Taralumee at his station on the bridge of ''Resplendent Fervor''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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