Editing Voice of Maardoth

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Organization infobox
|name=Voice of Maardoth
|image=[[File:Enc22 Hekabe.jpg|300px]]<br>Hekabe, Chieftain of the Voice of Maardoth prior to his death in September 2558
|type=Jiralhanae [[clan]]
|founder=
|leaders=
*[[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Remarus]] {{C|Formerly}}
*Chieftain [[Hekabe]]
|affiliation=
*[[Covenant]] {{C|Formerly}}
|partof=
*[[Truth's fleet]] {{C|Formerly}}
*[[Covenant remnants]]
|branches=
|headquarters=Outlands, [[Doisac]]{{Ref/Reuse|Id=Enc22p255}}
|formed=
|reorganized=
|dissolved=
|notable=
}}
The '''Voice of Maardoth''' were a [[clan]] of [[Jiralhanae]] based on [[Doisac]] prior to its [[Razing of Oth Sonin|destruction]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=247}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p255|Enc22|Page=255}}

==History==
===Human-Covenant War===
The Maardoth clan were based in the outlands of Doisac, and for most of their existence were considered a relatively small and weak clan. At this time, they were ruled by the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Remarus]], who was said to have led the pack into near-ruin.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HE3|HEnv|Chapter=3}} During the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the Maardoth clan were selected to join [[Truth's fleet]] at [[Installation 00|the Ark]], commanding at least one [[Covenant cruiser|cruiser]] during the battle. While [[Prophet of Truth|Truth's]] attempt to activate the [[Halo Array]] would end in failure, the Maardoth did find some success thanks to an unauthorised excursion led by [[Hekabe]] into the bowels of the [[Forerunner]] megastructure, managing to recover the artefact referred to as the ''[[vertex]]''. The arrival of [[High Charity]] and its [[Flood]] payload later in the campaign saw the death of many Maardoth Jiralhanae, though the clan was able to make it back through the [[Slipspace portal|portal]] to return to the [[Milky Way]] - instead of being stranded on the Ark like many other [[Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HE10|HEnv|Chapter=10}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p255}}

===Post-war===
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With the [[Covenant]] defeated and the clan's fleet nearly lost, the Maardoth would return to Doisac to resort to the piracy and inter-clan warfare that had characterised the world's surface since the [[First Immolation]]. During this era they often raided old [[Sangheili]] colonies, though did not accrue much power. This changed with the assassination of Remarus at the hands of Hekabe - allowing Hekabe to ascend to the title of Chieftain and lead the clan henceforth into an imposing military force. Hekabe believed the key to Maardoth success lay not in simply raiding [[Sangheili colonies]], but on the [[Human colonies|human world]] of [[Carrow]]. At the behest of many of his soldiers and [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captains]], Hekabe allied the Maardoth with the Sangheili [[Thars 'Sarov]] to gain victory on Carrow - with the intent of using the ''vertex'' to reactivate the planet's hidden vaults of [[Sharquoi]] left by the Forerunners to gain an advantage in his ambitions. 

Unlike many other clans on Doisac, the Voice of Maardoth did not consider submitting to the larger competing [[master-pack]]s like the [[Children of Oth Sonin]], or allying themselves with the growing [[Banished]] mercenary force led by [[Atriox]]. Rather, the Voice of Maardoth and the latter were often at odds with one another - with Hekabe's own [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] - the [[Oath of Fury]] - stolen from the Banished with Hekabe's killing of Banished Chieftain [[Odanostos]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HE12|HEnv|Chapter=12}} As the Sharquoi were unleashed on Carrow, the warrior [[Anexus]] considered the option of allying with the Banished to use their vast fleet to transport the Sharquoi offworld, though the proposal was dismissed by Hekabe - who saw the Voice of Maardoth as not requiring the assistance of any outside forces.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HE19|HEnv|Chapter=19}}

Once Hekabe betrayed Thars 'Sarvov during the [[Carrow Conflict]], ordering an attack on his ships as planned, he used the ''vertex'' to control the Sharquoi. A combined [[human]] and Sangheili force, confronted Hekabe to halt his plans.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p255}} Using an [[EMP]] cannon, modified from an [[M68 Gauss cannon]], the joint-force shot Hekabe, temporarily disabling is ability to control the creatures. Governor [[Ellis Gass]] took the ''vertex'' from the stunned Hekabe and used it to have the Sharquoi kill him. The Voice of Maardoth fleet was completely destroyed in the battle.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HEnv|HEnv}}

==Military forces==
At the time of the Battle of Carrow in [[2558]], the Voice of Maardoth possessed a large number of warriors and materiel. These included a small fleet consisting of two {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}s including the ''[[Foebane]]'' and two {{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}s, ''[[Hammerstrike ]]'' and ''[[Fighter's Blood]]''. Their groundfleet consisted largely of Jiralhanae vehicles including [[Qavardu Workshop Prowler]]s, [[Qavardu Workshop Gravemaker]]s and [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Marauder]]s.

Maardoth infantry employed [[Jiralhanae power armor|power armor]] leftover from their service in the Covenant, often adorned with upgrades and trophies from their conquests on Doisac.{{Ref/Reuse|HE3}} 

==Personnel==
The following were members of the Voice of Maardoth:
*[[Anexus]]
*[[Hekabe]]
*[[Kritus]]
*[[Remarus]]
*[[Terrillus]]
*[[Vikus]]

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
[[Category:Jiralhanae clans]]