Unidentified shipmaster (Righteous Vigilance): Difference between revisions

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This '''unidentified [[shipmaster]]''' was the [[Sangheili]] commander of the [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance]], who fought in the [[Human-Covenant War]] and later seceded from the hegemony along with his Sangheili brethren when the [[Great Schism]] broke out.<ref name="Return">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Return''</ref>

The Shipmaster fought at the [[Fall of Reach]], where he destroyed three [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s. He claimed that he saw the best of humanity's combat prowess at [[Reach]].

{{Quote|Betrayal! Our people have been betrayed by the [[San'Shyuum|Prophets]] and their [[Jiralhanae|savage puppets]]! You have seen what they have done, how they stroke down our faith and our leaders! And you know what we must do in the face of such betrayal. Our war against these deceivers starts now!|The Shipmaster to his soldiers before killing the Prophet of Conviction}}

When the Great Schism began, he confronted the Prophet of Conviction, whose species, the [[San'Shyuum]], had attempted to kill the Sangheili. The Prophet had heard of the start of the Schism and locked himself in his room, armed with his plasma pistol. On the way the Shipmaster was confronted by the Prophet's Honor Guards, with one raising his energy sword but the shipmaster only gently moved him aside and engaged the armed Prophet. The Shipmaster, however, overpowered the Prophet after dodging his overcharged shot and brought him forward in front of the crew, who were exposed to images of the [[Sangheili Councilor]]s assassinated by the San'Shyuum's [[Jiralhanae]] "puppets". He then executed Conviction and left with the crew to join other [[Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Return}}

From that day until at least [[2559]], he had been fighting the Jiralhanae in the ongoing [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war]]. That year, the Shipmaster returned to Kholo so that he could atone for the sins he felt that he had committed. On Kholo, he discovered a human excavation operation among the ruins of a city. There, he observed humans in a firefight with a small group of [[Kig-Yar]] raiders, eventually fighting the Kig-Yar himself. Shortly thereafter he encountered two humans, one dead from multiple plasma shots in the legs and torso, and another who had been wounded. Thinking that the human would die from his wound, the Shipmaster moved on, but then stumbled upon pictures of humans observing [[Forerunner]] artifacts, including an [[Monitor|"Oracle"]]. He then returned to the wounded human; realizing that the [[Type-51 Carbine|carbine]] round had passed through the latter's body, the Shipmaster decided to try to save the human, calling in a medic from his ship, as well as a security squad, the ship's chief engineer, and a patrol of the surrounding area for Kig-Yar or human ships. It was his intention that once the human recovered, he would interrogate him in order to discover the reason for the excavations on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Return}}

The Shipmaster of Rightous Vigilance was a firm believer of the Great Journey until the Great Schism began, but this did not stop him from  revering the Forerunners as gods. He vowed revenge on the San'Shyuum, whom he labelled as "deceivers", when he found out that the Great Journey was a lie, and that lie resulted in the "death of the Covenant". Fighting alongside his fellow Sangheili, he took it upon himself to hunt down as many Jiralhanae he could, for their role in the Covenant's sudden betrayal of his race. As a warrior, he respected humanity's prowess, claiming he saw the best of it during the [[Fall of Reach]]. While it is unknown whether he became a [[Swords of Sanghelios|Sword]], he evidently held high regard for [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], once referring him as the Sangheili's "Champion". By the time of his walking on Kholo's surface, he felt great shame and sorrow for his role in the genocidal campaign he committed during the [[Human-Covenant War]], and wished to atone for his sins, while also believing his people are slowly declining as a people and as a society. Since the San'Shyuum's betrayal and subsequent disappearance, he believed the Sangheili have lost their purpose and messenger between them and their gods. Not wanting his race to lose their way, he vowed to find himself a new purpose in life, even it meant reaching out to his gods, but he did not know what his gods wanted him to do nor did he know if they were still out there.