Clan of the Long Shields

Clan of the Long Shields
Government overview
Type:	Banished clan
Head of state:	Warlord Pavium Voridus
Societal overview
Official language(s):	Jiralhanae language Human languages
Historical overview
Affiliation:	Banished

The Clan of the Long Shields, often simplified as Long Shields, are a Jiralhanae-led Banished clan under the leadership of Warlord Pavium and his brother Voridus, larger than a pack though not the size of a legion. They were decimated in the events surrounding the Battle of Epsilon Clarion, leaving only a few known survivors.

History

Unleashing the Flood

Main article: Outbreak on Installation 00

Pavium and Voridus are sent on a salvage mission to the wreckage surrounding High Charity, although they are ordered to avoid going into the Covenant holy city by Atriox out of fear of the Flood surviving within. Not believing in the existence of the Flood, Pavium and Voridus lead the clan to High Charity, deactivating the Ark's Sentinel defense network and breaching the quarantine shield with a Banished Scarab. However, when the Long Shields enter High Charity, the Flood within quickly set upon them, infecting many of the Banished forces and escaping from their quarantine to infest the Ark once more.

Pavium and Voridus quickly regroup their remaining forces to contain the Flood once more with Atriox enraged by their actions which force him to pull back from positions that Atriox has spent months fortifying in order to focus on the threat of the Flood. As Pavium and many of the Long Shields hold the line, Voridus leads more troops into a Forerunner structure where he manages to reactivate the Sentinel defense network.

With the Ark's defenses back online, the Long Shields attack a massive Proto-Gravemind that the Flood have formed which is in danger of quickly becoming a Gravemind. With the help of a Retriever Sentinel, the Long Shields are able to kill the Proto-Gravemind before an angry Atriox arrives to admonish Pavium and Voridus. The Long Shields then join a force of thousands of Sentinels in containing the Flood outbreak completely. Ultimately, the Banished and the Sentinels succeed in "scouring" the Flood from the ruins of High Charity and plundering the ruined city's data stores, retrieving, amongst other things, the access codes for Anodyne Spirit and a Forerunner entanglement dish.

The conflict costs the Long Shields hundreds of troops and vehicles - 40% of their total forces.

Stopping the Great Journey

After being disgraced following the Flood outbreak, Pavium and Voridus discovered a note left behind by Veta Lopis, a covert double agent inside the Keepers of the One Freedom. This note informed them that the Keepers intended to fire all the Halo rings from the Ark. Seeing this as an opportunity to redeem their clan, they set out to stop the Keepers who had allied with Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant loyalists. Throughout their mission, Pavium's authority was indirectly challenged by Thalazan who saw an opportunity to compete with the disgraced warlord for leadership.

During the Battle of Epsilon Clarion, the Ferrets alerted the loyalists and the Keepers to the clan's presence as their impending attack threatened the UNSC's plans to destroy Intrepid Eye. The battle decimated all three sides, leaving Voridus, Pavium and possibly Thalazan as the only survivors of the Long Shields. Following the orbital bombardment by the Spirit of Fire that destroyed Epsilon Clarion and stopped the attempt at firing the Halo Array, Pavium and Voridus plotted to claim that the Long Shields had held off the Keepers long enough for the humans to commence their bombardment, knowing that there was no one left alive to contradict their claims.

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Military assets

The Long Shields make use of various Banished vehicles and weaponry. While predominantly composed of Jiralhanae, fifteen of the Banished's many humans were in the clan, as well as Sangheili mercenaries from Let 'Volir's clan, Unggoy, and Huragok. A few humans in the clan defected to the UNSC after the Flood outbreak on the Ark, leading Pavium to pre-emptively kick out the humans under his command, killing some in the process. Warmaster Atriox was upset with his decision to do so, considering all Banished humans to be valuable assets.

List of appearances

• Halo Wars 2
  • Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare (First appearance)
• Halo: Divine Wind