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|name=Tartarus

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|homeworld=[[Doisac]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/tartarus '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tartarus'']</ref>

|birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref>

|birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]<ref name="universe"/><ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref>

|death=[[2552|November 3, 2552]] {{C|aged 61}}

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{{Quote|The Great Journey has begun, and the Brutes, not the Elites, shall be the Prophets' escort!|Tartarus, to the Arbiter<ref name="journey">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]''</ref>}}

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===Right hand of Truth===

After the battle, Tartarus caught the eye of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]], who was attempting to replace the [[Sangheili]] with the Jiralhanae. Tartarus continued to gain more authority and soon controlled the majority of his skein. Truth and Tartarus would work together throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the Prophet of Truth eventually elevated Tartarus to [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|a position]] that put him in control of all Jiralhanae forces in the entire [[Covenant military]] late in the war. The two continued to scheme, with Truth intending to make Tartarus the commander-in-chief of the entire Covenant military, and arm him and his Jiralhanae to led a coup against the zealous Sangheili.<ref name="waypoint"/><ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 209''</ref> The meetings between Truth and Tartarus were kept a secret from the other Hierarchs, allegedly to prevent "petty jealousies".<ref name="bc195">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 195-196''</ref> Meanwhile, Truth accelerated production of Jiralhanae weaponry at [[Sacred Promissory]] and placed clans loyal to Tartarus' on valuable resource worlds.<ref~~>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/~~universe/~~characters/tartarus '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tartarus'']</ref~~>

After the battle, Tartarus caught the eye of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]], who was attempting to replace the [[Sangheili]] with the Jiralhanae. Tartarus continued to gain more authority and soon controlled the majority of his skein. Truth and Tartarus would work together throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the Prophet of Truth eventually elevated Tartarus to [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|a position]] that put him in control of all Jiralhanae forces in the entire [[Covenant military]] late in the war. The two continued to scheme, with Truth intending to make Tartarus the commander-in-chief of the entire Covenant military, and arm him and his Jiralhanae to led a coup against the zealous Sangheili.<ref name="waypoint"/><ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 209''</ref> The meetings between Truth and Tartarus were kept a secret from the other Hierarchs, allegedly to prevent "petty jealousies".<ref name="bc195">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 195-196''</ref> Meanwhile, Truth accelerated production of Jiralhanae weaponry at [[Sacred Promissory]] and placed clans loyal to Tartarus' on valuable resource worlds.<ref name="universe"/>

[[File:H2A - Tartarus and HighCouncil.png|thumb|250px|Tartarus and the [[High Council]] during the trial of Thel 'Vadamee.]]

Even back before the [[Battle of Earth]], the Prophet of Truth had trusted Tartarus enough to dismiss the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili Honor Guardsmen]]—that never left the Prophets unprotected—in order to speak to him alone. Tartarus had scoured the wreckage of the Covenant attack coordination station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' after its destruction at the hands of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. Tartarus reported the Covenant fleet preparing to attack [[Earth]] was largely destroyed, and an artifact of the Forerunners that was able to bend time and disrupte [[slipstream space]] was almost entirely lost. The pilots had managed to recover three small chips of the crystal, (the rest of which were lost in slipspace after [[Locklear|Corporal Locklear]] destroyed it with [[C-7 foaming explosive]]s) which Tartarus presented to Truth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''pages 406-408''</ref>

He was instructed to reward the surviving pilots well, then execute them all quietly to ensure Truth's plans remained secret from the rest of the Covenant. He was also ordered to bring [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]], who was unable to stop the destruction of [[Installation 04]], before the Council to let "''his fate match the magnitude of his failure.''" Tartarus branded the Commander with the [[Mark of Shame]] and took him to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]] for his execution. When the Sangheili was pardoned and promoted to [[Arbiter]], Tartarus was obviously displeased, but kept silent out of respect for the Prophets.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> Tartarus provided aerial support for the Arbiter during his mission to assassinate [[Sesa 'Refumee]] on [[Threshold]]. The Arbiter encountered [[343 Guilty Spark|the Oracle]] during his duel with 'Refumee, and Tartarus quickly captured it and returned back to ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>

He was instructed to reward the surviving pilots well, then execute them all quietly to ensure Truth's plans remained secret from the rest of the Covenant. He was also ordered to bring [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]], who was unable to stop the destruction of [[Installation 04]], before the Council to let "''his fate match the magnitude of his failure.''" Tartarus branded the Commander with the [[Mark of Shame]] and took him to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]] for his execution. When the Sangheili was pardoned and promoted to [[Arbiter]], Tartarus was obviously displeased, but kept silent out of respect for the Prophets.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> Tartarus provided aerial support for the Arbiter during his mission to assassinate [[Sesa 'Refumee]] on [[Threshold]]. The Arbiter encountered [[343 Guilty Spark|the Oracle]] during his duel with 'Refumee, and Tartarus quickly captured it and returned back to [[High Charity]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>

On [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], shortly after the [[Battle of Installation 05#Assassination of Regret|assassination]] of the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], Tartarus and the [[Prophet of Exquisite Devotion]] met with the Prophet of Truth in the [[Palace of the Hierarchs]]. Truth informed Tartarus that their plans to rid the Covenant of the Sangheili would soon be set in motion, as the Jiralhanae had already replaced most of the Sangheili forces on [[Earth]].<ref name="bc198">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 198-202''</ref>

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{{Quote|A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your [[Sangheili|incompetent race]]. And I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it!|Tartarus, to Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee<ref name="h2qz">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>}}

[[File:H2A - Tartarus smashing Flood.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Tartarus and the Honor Guardsmen engage a Flood swarm.]]

Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to ''High Charity''.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in ''High Charity'' when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>

Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to High Charity.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in High Charity when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>

As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by [[Flood infection form]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single infection form managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.<ref name="gravemind"/> He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.<ref name="journey"/>

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Tartarus was the nephew of [[Maccabeus]], whom he killed on the bridge of ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' in order to gain the position of [[Chieftain]] of his entire [[Maccabeus' clan|clan]]. Tartarus was very ambitious and impatient, as he desperately was wanting to set his plan with the Prophet of Truth into fruition.<ref name="bc198"/> Like most Jiralhanae, he sought to reach the top of his species' hierarchy, a goal he succeeded in.<ref name="waypoint"/>

Despite his typically rude attitude, he was always polite and respectful when around the Prophet of Truth.<ref name="bc195"/> Tartarus was reluctant to leave the [[Prophet of Mercy]] for dead on ''[[High Charity]]'', and only did so at the insistence of Truth.<ref name="gravemind"/> Tartarus enjoyed a beverage that Truth reserved for high-ranking Jiralhanae. The drink was a thick, red, noxious liquid that was rumored to be toxic to other species.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 197''</ref> Tartarus took great joy in using the Fist of Rukt, and the war hammer rarely left his side. Using the hammer to ensure obedience from the other species placed under his control, Tartarus would also use the hammer to eliminate any chieftain that attempted to challenge his command.<ref name="waypointfist">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/fist-of-rukt '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fist of Rukt'']</ref>

Despite his typically rude attitude, he was always polite and respectful when around the Prophet of Truth.<ref name="bc195"/> Tartarus was reluctant to leave the [[Prophet of Mercy]] for dead on [[High Charity]], and only did so at the insistence of Truth.<ref name="gravemind"/> Tartarus enjoyed a beverage that Truth reserved for high-ranking Jiralhanae. The drink was a thick, red, noxious liquid that was rumored to be toxic to other species.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 197''</ref> Tartarus took great joy in using the Fist of Rukt, and the war hammer rarely left his side. Using the hammer to ensure obedience from the other species placed under his control, Tartarus would also use the hammer to eliminate any chieftain that attempted to challenge his command.<ref name="waypointfist">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/fist-of-rukt '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fist of Rukt'']</ref>

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-|birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref>
+|birth=[[2491|July 8, 2491]]<ref name="universe"/><ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 194''</ref>
-|death=[[2552|November 3, 2552]] {{C|aged 61}}
+|death=[[2552|November 3, 2552]]<ref name="universe"/> {{C|aged 61}}
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 {{Quote|The Great Journey has begun, and the Brutes, not the Elites, shall be the Prophets' escort!|Tartarus, to the Arbiter<ref name="journey">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]]''</ref>}}
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 ===Right hand of Truth===
-After the battle, Tartarus caught the eye of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]], who was attempting to replace the [[Sangheili]] with the Jiralhanae. Tartarus continued to gain more authority and soon controlled the majority of his skein. Truth and Tartarus would work together throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the Prophet of Truth eventually elevated Tartarus to [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|a position]] that put him in control of all Jiralhanae forces in the entire [[Covenant military]] late in the war. The two continued to scheme, with Truth intending to make Tartarus the commander-in-chief of the entire Covenant military, and arm him and his Jiralhanae to led a coup against the zealous Sangheili.<ref name="waypoint"/><ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 209''</ref> The meetings between Truth and Tartarus were kept a secret from the other Hierarchs, allegedly to prevent "petty jealousies".<ref name="bc195">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 195-196''</ref> Meanwhile, Truth accelerated production of Jiralhanae weaponry at [[Sacred Promissory]] and placed clans loyal to Tartarus' on valuable resource worlds.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/tartarus '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tartarus'']</ref>
+After the battle, Tartarus caught the eye of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]], who was attempting to replace the [[Sangheili]] with the Jiralhanae. Tartarus continued to gain more authority and soon controlled the majority of his skein. Truth and Tartarus would work together throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], and the Prophet of Truth eventually elevated Tartarus to [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae|a position]] that put him in control of all Jiralhanae forces in the entire [[Covenant military]] late in the war. The two continued to scheme, with Truth intending to make Tartarus the commander-in-chief of the entire Covenant military, and arm him and his Jiralhanae to led a coup against the zealous Sangheili.<ref name="waypoint"/><ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 209''</ref> The meetings between Truth and Tartarus were kept a secret from the other Hierarchs, allegedly to prevent "petty jealousies".<ref name="bc195">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 195-196''</ref> Meanwhile, Truth accelerated production of Jiralhanae weaponry at [[Sacred Promissory]] and placed clans loyal to Tartarus' on valuable resource worlds.<ref name="universe"/>
 [[File:H2A - Tartarus and HighCouncil.png|thumb|250px|Tartarus and the [[High Council]] during the trial of Thel 'Vadamee.]]
 Even back before the [[Battle of Earth]], the Prophet of Truth had trusted Tartarus enough to dismiss the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|Sangheili Honor Guardsmen]]—that never left the Prophets unprotected—in order to speak to him alone. Tartarus had scoured the wreckage of the Covenant attack coordination station ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'' after its destruction at the hands of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] during [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. Tartarus reported the Covenant fleet preparing to attack [[Earth]] was largely destroyed, and an artifact of the Forerunners that was able to bend time and disrupte [[slipstream space]] was almost entirely lost. The pilots had managed to recover three small chips of the crystal, (the rest of which were lost in slipspace after [[Locklear|Corporal Locklear]] destroyed it with [[C-7 foaming explosive]]s) which Tartarus presented to Truth.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''pages 406-408''</ref>
-He was instructed to reward the surviving pilots well, then execute them all quietly to ensure Truth's plans remained secret from the rest of the Covenant. He was also ordered to bring [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]], who was unable to stop the destruction of [[Installation 04]], before the Council to let "''his fate match the magnitude of his failure.''" Tartarus branded the Commander with the [[Mark of Shame]] and took him to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]] for his execution. When the Sangheili was pardoned and promoted to [[Arbiter]], Tartarus was obviously displeased, but kept silent out of respect for the Prophets.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> Tartarus provided aerial support for the Arbiter during his mission to assassinate [[Sesa 'Refumee]] on [[Threshold]]. The Arbiter encountered [[343 Guilty Spark|the Oracle]] during his duel with 'Refumee, and Tartarus quickly captured it and returned back to ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>
+He was instructed to reward the surviving pilots well, then execute them all quietly to ensure Truth's plans remained secret from the rest of the Covenant. He was also ordered to bring [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]], who was unable to stop the destruction of [[Installation 04]], before the Council to let "''his fate match the magnitude of his failure.''" Tartarus branded the Commander with the [[Mark of Shame]] and took him to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]] for his execution. When the Sangheili was pardoned and promoted to [[Arbiter]], Tartarus was obviously displeased, but kept silent out of respect for the Prophets.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Heretic]]''</ref> Tartarus provided aerial support for the Arbiter during his mission to assassinate [[Sesa 'Refumee]] on [[Threshold]]. The Arbiter encountered [[343 Guilty Spark|the Oracle]] during his duel with 'Refumee, and Tartarus quickly captured it and returned back to [[High Charity]].<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref>
 On [[2552#November|November 2, 2552]], shortly after the [[Battle of Installation 05#Assassination of Regret|assassination]] of the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], Tartarus and the [[Prophet of Exquisite Devotion]] met with the Prophet of Truth in the [[Palace of the Hierarchs]]. Truth informed Tartarus that their plans to rid the Covenant of the Sangheili would soon be set in motion, as the Jiralhanae had already replaced most of the Sangheili forces on [[Earth]].<ref name="bc198">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 198-202''</ref>
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 {{Quote|A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your [[Sangheili|incompetent race]]. And I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it!|Tartarus, to Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee<ref name="h2qz">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref>}}
 [[File:H2A - Tartarus smashing Flood.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Tartarus and the Honor Guardsmen engage a Flood swarm.]]
-Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to ''High Charity''.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in ''High Charity'' when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>
+Using information gained from the Oracle, the Prophets of Truth and Mercy sent the Arbiter and Tartarus on a mission to obtain the [[activation index|Sacred Icon]] on [[Installation 05]]. After dropping off the Arbiter in a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]], Tartarus had the dropship engage an [[Enforcer]] before it could kill the Arbiter. After the Arbiter disabled the [[containment shield]], Tartarus arrived to pick him up in the Phantom, but was attacked by another Enforcer.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref> Later, while the Arbiter rode an [[anti-gravity gondola]] to reach the Library, Tartarus provided him air support against the attacking Flood. He also engaged the gondola that was ridden by the UNSC forces. When Tartarus entered the Library, he witnessed [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] engaged in a firefight with the Arbiter. Using the Fist of Rukt, he captured Keyes and took the index for himself. Tartarus and his Jiralhanae surrounded the wounded Arbiter, and the chieftain revealed that the Hierarchs had ordered him to betray and kill the Sangheili. Shocked at the revelation, the Arbiter was seemingly killed when Tartarus blasted him into an abyss. Tartarus then took Keyes and [[Avery Johnson|SgtMaj. Avery Johnson]]—as a [[Reclaimer]] was required to activate Delta Halo—and returned to High Charity.<ref name="h2qz"/> At the same time, Tartarus' second-in-command, [[Melchus]] led the massacre on the [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili High Councilors]].<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 219-222''</ref> Tartarus later commanded Covenant forces as the [[Great Schism]] broke out in High Charity when Sangheili warriors [[Fall of High Charity|battled]] Covenant forces, while [[John-117]] attempted to assassinate the remainder of the Covenant leadership.<ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>
 As the Flood began to infest the holy city, Tartarus and a group of [[Jiralhanae Honor Guardsman|Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen]] escorted the High Prophets of Truth and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] to evacuation Phantoms, with Miranda and Johnson in tow. Tartarus ordered the humans to be split up into two different dropships. As Truth tasked Tartarus with activating Installation 05, the group was ambushed by  [[Flood infection form]]s. While Tartarus and the Jiralhanae guards succeeded in holding off most of the Flood, a single infection form managed to climb up along Tartarus' Fist of Rukt and latch onto Mercy's throat. Tartarus attempted to save the frail prophet, but Truth intervened and ordered that Mercy be left for dead. Tartarus reluctantly complied out of respect for Truth and carried on with his mission to activate Halo.<ref name="gravemind"/> He chose Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo and then told the Jiralhanae under his command to kill the other human prisoners that had been accumulated over the course of the battle.<ref name="journey"/>
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 Tartarus was the nephew of [[Maccabeus]], whom he killed on the bridge of ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' in order to gain the position of [[Chieftain]] of his entire [[Maccabeus' clan|clan]]. Tartarus was very ambitious and impatient, as he desperately was wanting to set his plan with the Prophet of Truth into fruition.<ref name="bc198"/> Like most Jiralhanae, he sought to reach the top of his species' hierarchy, a goal he succeeded in.<ref name="waypoint"/>
-Despite his typically rude attitude, he was always polite and respectful when around the Prophet of Truth.<ref name="bc195"/> Tartarus was reluctant to leave the [[Prophet of Mercy]] for dead on ''[[High Charity]]'', and only did so at the insistence of Truth.<ref name="gravemind"/> Tartarus enjoyed a beverage that Truth reserved for high-ranking Jiralhanae. The drink was a thick, red, noxious liquid that was rumored to be toxic to other species.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 197''</ref> Tartarus took great joy in using the Fist of Rukt, and the war hammer rarely left his side. Using the hammer to ensure obedience from the other species placed under his control, Tartarus would also use the hammer to eliminate any chieftain that attempted to challenge his command.<ref name="waypointfist">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/fist-of-rukt '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fist of Rukt'']</ref>
+Despite his typically rude attitude, he was always polite and respectful when around the Prophet of Truth.<ref name="bc195"/> Tartarus was reluctant to leave the [[Prophet of Mercy]] for dead on [[High Charity]], and only did so at the insistence of Truth.<ref name="gravemind"/> Tartarus enjoyed a beverage that Truth reserved for high-ranking Jiralhanae. The drink was a thick, red, noxious liquid that was rumored to be toxic to other species.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 197''</ref> Tartarus took great joy in using the Fist of Rukt, and the war hammer rarely left his side. Using the hammer to ensure obedience from the other species placed under his control, Tartarus would also use the hammer to eliminate any chieftain that attempted to challenge his command.<ref name="waypointfist">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/fist-of-rukt '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fist of Rukt'']</ref>
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