Editing Voice of Maardoth

|image=[[File:Enc22_Hekabe.jpg|300px]]<br>Hekabe, Chieftain of the Voice of Maardoth prior to his death in September 2558

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 [[Covenant loyalists]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HE10|HEnv|Chapter=10}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p255}}

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. Ultimately, he was stopped and killed by a combined [[human]] and Sangheili force in the [[Carrow Conflict]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p255}}

Unlike many other clans on Doisac, the Voice of Maardoth did not consider allying themselves with the growing [[Banished]] force, led by [[Atriox]]. Rather, the two groups were often at odds with one another - with Hekabe's own [[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}}

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 cruisers}} including the ''[[Foebane]]'' and two Sinaris-pattern_heavy_destroyers which included the ships 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.