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| {{seealso|Honor Guard}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Honor Guard#Sangheili]] |
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| {{Covenant Rank Infobox
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| |name=Honor Guard
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| |image=[[Image:HonorGuard07.jpg|300px]]
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| |species=[[Sangheili]]
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| |weapons=*[[Honor Guard Pike]]
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| *[[Plasma Rifle]]
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| *[[Plasma Sword]]
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| |equipment=[[Elite Personal Energy Shield]]
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| |vehicles=
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| |missions=Guard
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| |role=Guarding important places and individuals
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| |notable=
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| |affiliation=[[Covenant]], later [[Covenant Separatists]]
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| }}
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| '''Elite Honor Guard''' is a [[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] (Elite) rank.
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| Coming from highly honored backrounds, these [[Elites]] are picked at birth to be the personal bodyguards of the [[Prophet]] Hierarchs.
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| ==Rank==
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| [[Image:HonorGuard01.jpg|left|thumb|115px|Honor Guard Elite with pike.]]
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| They wear red helmets and under-armor with large semi-circular orange 'plates' sticking into the air. These 'plates' also have yellow and red alternating patterns, bordered by black. This yellow/red alternating pattern is also seen on the thrones of [[High Prophets]]. It is unknown if they are the highest rank or in another rank class entirely, but some things support that they are equal in rank with the [[Ultra Elite]]. For the first: Both ranks can become [[Honor Guard Ultra]]s, and for the second: An Honor Guard is less active than a [[Zealot]], making many people to believe that they're one step lower than [[Zealot]]s, and that's equal with [[Ultra Elites]]. This is speculation, but it is believable.
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| It seems that wherever a High Prophet is present, the Honor Guard are also. There could be as many as 300 Honor Guard Elites for each Prophet, as the [[Step of Silence]] seems designed to hold 300 Honor Guard but only one Prophet.
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| They are commanded by the more skilled [[Honor Guard Ultra]]s.
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| ==Combat==
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| [[Image:Brutesarbiter.jpg|left|250px]]
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| Up until the changing of the guard, seen before the level [[The Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]] in [[Halo 2]], these Elites were the personal bodyguards of the [[High Prophets|Prophet Hierarch]]s. They were replaced when the [[Brute]]s took over, just before the [[Civil War of the Covenant]]. Honor Guard Elites' armor could take as much damage as that of an [[Major Domo Elite|Elite Major]]. They fought usually with [[Energy Swords]] and occasionally have [[Plasma Rifles]], double [[Plasma Rifle]]s in pairs and [[Carbines]]. They also wield the ceremonial [[Honor Guard Pike]] that match their armor (only in cutscenes). More wiry and agile than the Brute honor guards, their speed and quick reflexes with the Energy Sword
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| paired with their skill with double Plasma Rifles rapid fire made them formidable foes. The Elite Honor Guards are only seen in cutscenes and the levels [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]], [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], and [[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] as enemies. It seems that once the Covenant Civil War began Guards took back their armor as some Elite Honor Guards can be seen fighting [[Brute]]s in the level Gravemind.
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| Since the [[Flood]] have taken over [[High Charity]], it is currently unknown if any Honor Guard lives anymore. It may be possible that some guarding [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]] on [[Installation 05]] have survived, though the bulk were probably destroyed when [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] ordered Regret's temple destroyed.
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| ==Related Links==
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| *[[Honor Guard Ultra]]
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| *[[Brute Honor Guard]]
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| *[[Honor Guard Councillor]]
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| {{Elite Ranks}}
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| {{Clear}}
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| [[Category:The Covenant]]
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| [[Category:Elites]]
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| [[Category: Ranks]]
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