Editing Zeretus

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'''Zeretus''', also known as the '''Scourgemaker''' to those under his command, was a [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Battle Officer|Battle Officer]] and one of the most senior members within the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Reuse|TargetZeretus}}{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} He was among the first to join [[Atriox]] in his rebellion against the [[Covenant]]. During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], Atriox selected him for [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|a mission]] led by [[Chieftain]] [[Minas]] to retrieve [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|a]] [[slipspace]] [[slipspace flake|flake]] from the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} Zeretus accompanied the [[warmaster]] when he used the crystal to return to the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] months later.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR21|SoR|Chapter=21}} Zeretus was part of Eta Pack in the Third Combat Element of the [[Lance of the Writhing Star]]. He was killed by [[John-117]] during the [[Installation 07 conflict]].{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

In the midst of the [[Second Ark Conflict]], Atriox charged [[Chieftain]] [[Minas]] with the [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|recovery]] of a [[slipspace]] [[Menachite Forerunner crystal|flake]] from the interior of the Forerunner [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]], which had been [[Battle of Installation 00|abandoned]] by the [[High Prophet of Truth]] years earlier. The remaining shards of this crystal would be used to open a [[slipspace portal]] to the [[human]] [[human colonies|colony]] of [[Reach]]. Zeretus led one of the three small strike teams that were sent on this mission, with the other two being led by [[Blademaster]] [[Okro 'Vagaduun]] and Minas himself. Each team rode in a separate [[Banished Phantom|Phantom]] [[dropship]] to where the [[keyship]] rested in a presently uncontested region of the Ark they had dubbed [[Mahsko]]. After they had breached the vessel, a Jiralhanae warrior named Choros guided them to their destination. Early in the mission, Zeretus declared that the ship did in fact appear abandoned. However, the teams would soon be ambushed by surviving [[Covenant loyalists]] that stayed behind to defend the keyship, even after nearly [[seven]] years had passed since their empire had fell.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}}

With the crystal secured, Atriox sent word to [[Escharum]]—the appointed leader of all Banished forces still in the galaxy—that a [[Menachite portal complex|portal facility]] on Reach must be found and activated so that he could return from the Ark.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR3|SoR|Chapter=3}} Primarily due to the efforts of the allied [[Dokab]] [[Castor]] and his [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], the facility was found and activated. Atriox brought Zeretus along with him to Reach, and he was one of the officers that [[Inslaan 'Gadogai]] introduced to Castor as he stepped off the [[Banished Lich|Lich]] that had carried them through the portal. Upon seeing [[Ferret|the humans]] that the Keepers employed, he was overtly disgusted. Shortly after arriving on Reach, Zeretus escaped the planet along with the rest of the loyal Banished forces aboard Escharum's [[intrusion corvette]].{{Ref/Reuse|SOR21}}

In [[2560#May|May 2560]], Zeretus served within Eta Pack in the Third Combat Element of the [[Lance of the Writhing Star]] and was [[Installation 07 conflict|stationed]] on [[Installation 07]], having been in command of [[Annex Ridge]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost Intel 3|Banished Audio log|Detail=Outpost Intel #12 - Whispers from the Past}} [[The Weapon]] discovered his location and passed the information on to [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]]. After tracking him down, the Spartan attacked and killed both Zeretus and the other Banished forces accompanying him.{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}

During the Banished's raid on the ''Anodyne Spirit'', Zeretus was seen wielding a [[Type-2 gravity hammer]]. When fighting humans, he was known to regularly take weapons from fallen enemies and use them against others of their kind, thinking it to be more shameful for a human to be killed by an ally's weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} Fittingly, Zeretus wielded a unique [[UNSC]] [[M41 SPNKR]] referred to as the [[M41 Tracker]] during the Installation 07 conflict.{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}{{Ref/Reuse|TargetZeretus}}

File:HINF ZeretusTarget.png|Zeretus, as seen in his target profile.