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At some point during the Algolis Invasion on the surface of Algolis, the Covenant began to fear a revolt from the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], who survived in numerous large-scale battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]] such as [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] (when he was a [[Bloodstars|Bloodstar]] [[Jiralhanae Stalker|Stalker]]){{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Silent Storm|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Retribution|Page=265}} despite his improbable survival. While viewed as a legendary powerful Jiralhanae warrior in the eye of many Covenant, Atriox was in disbelief of the [[Great Journey]] and disinterested in the genocidal campaign against the [[human]]ity.{{Ref/Comic|Id=ForWhat|Comic=Halo: Rise of Atriox|Issue=[[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 2|#2]]|Quote=My brothers fall in the war against your kind. And for what?}}<ref name=AngryAtriox>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/195788-Angry-Atriox-Brings-Hell-To-Halo Angry Atriox Brings Hell To Halo] ''"He would tell the soldiers that they, too, are nothing but expendable. They are nothing more than cannon fodder to be thrown at their enemies. He would tell them that he doesn’t blame them for what they are. He bears them no malice. But he would also tell them that he offers no mercy. They have a role to play, just as he does, and that means that he must kill them all."''</ref> Served as a cannon fodder repeatedly along with his Jiralhanae packs and continued to lose his 39 Jiralhanae brothers battle by battle, his resentment toward the Covenant and [[Hierarchs]] in particular grew.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}}

During the ongoing Covenant siege on Algolis, Atriox participated in a siege of an Algolis [[city]], which was ultimately devastated by the Covenant forces, allowing a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} to [[Glassing|glass]] the city with its ventral [[energy projector]] in the night as he left angrily the now-destroyed city as many Jiralhanae forces were killed during the engagement.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} While Atriox returned to the Covenant planetside base that was recently established on the planet after being dropped by a [[Phantom]]'s [[gravity lift]] as the only living veteran of a recent battle as the night is falling, the Sangheili Executioner, [[Itho 'Hesiikee]], in authority over the group of Jiralhanae to which he belonged was troubled by the cult of personality surrounding Atriox, speaking to the [[Prophet of Truth]] via remote communication and noted that he was never supposed to have survived this long.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Truth believed Atriox could still be a valuable tool of warfare and stated that he would only sanction his elimination if he was confirmed to be disloyal to the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After Atriox rebuked the underestimation of the humans by the Covenant as they were stronger than the Covenant realized with their abilities to kill practically all of his [[pack]] but him continually, Itho 'Hesiikee reported to Truth that Atriox was an even more dangerous threat than they feared when the Jiralhanae said that pure loyalty was maybe not the path to righteousness as the Covenant taught and that his Jiralhanae brothers were likely not defending the Great Journey at uselessly dying.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} The decision was made to have him killed, but it was agreed that it must be done so delicately in order to avoid martyrdom.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} In an attempt to end his life, Atriox and other Jiralhanae were sent on one last mission against UNSC forces in a UNSC [[military base]] on the next day, carefully observed by their Sangheili masters and 'Hesiikee hoping for his death via [[San'Shyuum]] [[Eye]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Most of Atriox compatriots died but he did not.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After a securing victory, Atriox, who was still questioning his loyalty to the Covenant, found a wounded marine, [[Michael Taylor]], and told him to run. As Taylor stumbled and fell while running, Atriox lazily followed and then killed him with his [[~~Type-2~~ gravity hammer]] while no malice toward the man,{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}{{Ref/Reuse|AngryAtriox}} proclaiming his frustration and hatred for the Covenant's lies to the frightened human.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Atriox faced and struck down a pious Jiralhanae who hardly challenged him for his blasphemy on the outskirts of the battlefield while in combat and desperately implore him to use reason and to see the Covenant's beliefs and strategies for what they were.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}

During the ongoing Covenant siege on Algolis, Atriox participated in a siege of an Algolis [[city]], which was ultimately devastated by the Covenant forces, allowing a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} to [[Glassing|glass]] the city with its ventral [[energy projector]] in the night as he left angrily the now-destroyed city as many Jiralhanae forces were killed during the engagement.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} While Atriox returned to the Covenant planetside base that was recently established on the planet after being dropped by a [[Phantom]]'s [[gravity lift]] as the only living veteran of a recent battle as the night is falling, the Sangheili Executioner, [[Itho 'Hesiikee]], in authority over the group of Jiralhanae to which he belonged was troubled by the cult of personality surrounding Atriox, speaking to the [[Prophet of Truth]] via remote communication and noted that he was never supposed to have survived this long.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Truth believed Atriox could still be a valuable tool of warfare and stated that he would only sanction his elimination if he was confirmed to be disloyal to the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After Atriox rebuked the underestimation of the humans by the Covenant as they were stronger than the Covenant realized with their abilities to kill practically all of his [[pack]] but him continually, Itho 'Hesiikee reported to Truth that Atriox was an even more dangerous threat than they feared when the Jiralhanae said that pure loyalty was maybe not the path to righteousness as the Covenant taught and that his Jiralhanae brothers were likely not defending the Great Journey at uselessly dying.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} The decision was made to have him killed, but it was agreed that it must be done so delicately in order to avoid martyrdom.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} In an attempt to end his life, Atriox and other Jiralhanae were sent on one last mission against UNSC forces in a UNSC [[military base]] on the next day, carefully observed by their Sangheili masters and 'Hesiikee hoping for his death via [[San'Shyuum]] [[Eye]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Most of Atriox compatriots died but he did not.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After a securing victory, Atriox, who was still questioning his loyalty to the Covenant, found a wounded marine, [[Michael Taylor]], and told him to run. As Taylor stumbled and fell while running, Atriox lazily followed and then killed him with his [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] while no malice toward the man,{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}{{Ref/Reuse|AngryAtriox}} proclaiming his frustration and hatred for the Covenant's lies to the frightened human.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Atriox faced and struck down a pious Jiralhanae who hardly challenged him for his blasphemy on the outskirts of the battlefield while in combat and desperately implore him to use reason and to see the Covenant's beliefs and strategies for what they were.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}

[[File:HW2-Atriox-02.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Atriox defying the Covenant on Algolis after killing his Executioner just before moments when [[Decimus]] and his fellow Jiralhanae rose against the Sangheili.]]

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 At some point during the Algolis Invasion on the surface of Algolis, the Covenant began to fear a revolt from the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], who survived in numerous large-scale battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]] such as [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] (when he was a [[Bloodstars|Bloodstar]] [[Jiralhanae Stalker|Stalker]]){{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Silent Storm|Chapter=18}}{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Retribution|Page=265}} despite his improbable survival. While viewed as a legendary powerful Jiralhanae warrior in the eye of many Covenant, Atriox was in disbelief of the [[Great Journey]] and disinterested in the genocidal campaign against the [[human]]ity.{{Ref/Comic|Id=ForWhat|Comic=Halo: Rise of Atriox|Issue=[[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 2|#2]]|Quote=My brothers fall in the war against your kind. And for what?}}<ref name=AngryAtriox>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/195788-Angry-Atriox-Brings-Hell-To-Halo Angry Atriox Brings Hell To Halo] ''"He would tell the soldiers that they, too, are nothing but expendable. They are nothing more than cannon fodder to be thrown at their enemies. He would tell them that he doesn’t blame them for what they are. He bears them no malice. But he would also tell them that he offers no mercy. They have a role to play, just as he does, and that means that he must kill them all."''</ref> Served as a cannon fodder repeatedly along with his Jiralhanae packs and continued to lose his 39 Jiralhanae brothers battle by battle, his resentment toward the Covenant and [[Hierarchs]] in particular grew.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}}
-During the ongoing Covenant siege on Algolis, Atriox participated in a siege of an Algolis [[city]], which was ultimately devastated by the Covenant forces, allowing a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} to [[Glassing|glass]] the city with its ventral [[energy projector]] in the night as he left angrily the now-destroyed city as many Jiralhanae forces were killed during the engagement.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} While Atriox returned to the Covenant planetside base that was recently established on the planet after being dropped by a [[Phantom]]'s [[gravity lift]] as the only living veteran of a recent battle as the night is falling, the Sangheili Executioner, [[Itho 'Hesiikee]], in authority over the group of Jiralhanae to which he belonged was troubled by the cult of personality surrounding Atriox, speaking to the [[Prophet of Truth]] via remote communication and noted that he was never supposed to have survived this long.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Truth believed Atriox could still be a valuable tool of warfare and stated that he would only sanction his elimination if he was confirmed to be disloyal to the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After Atriox rebuked the underestimation of the humans by the Covenant as they were stronger than the Covenant realized with their abilities to kill practically all of his [[pack]] but him continually, Itho 'Hesiikee reported to Truth that Atriox was an even more dangerous threat than they feared when the Jiralhanae said that pure loyalty was maybe not the path to righteousness as the Covenant taught and that his Jiralhanae brothers were likely not defending the Great Journey at uselessly dying.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} The decision was made to have him killed, but it was agreed that it must be done so delicately in order to avoid martyrdom.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} In an attempt to end his life, Atriox and other Jiralhanae were sent on one last mission against UNSC forces in a UNSC [[military base]] on the next day, carefully observed by their Sangheili masters and 'Hesiikee hoping for his death via [[San'Shyuum]] [[Eye]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Most of Atriox compatriots died but he did not.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After a securing victory, Atriox, who was still questioning his loyalty to the Covenant, found a wounded marine, [[Michael Taylor]], and told him to run. As Taylor stumbled and fell while running, Atriox lazily followed and then killed him with his [[Type-2 gravity hammer]] while no malice toward the man,{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}{{Ref/Reuse|AngryAtriox}} proclaiming his frustration and hatred for the Covenant's lies to the frightened human.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Atriox faced and struck down a pious Jiralhanae who hardly challenged him for his blasphemy on the outskirts of the battlefield while in combat and desperately implore him to use reason and to see the Covenant's beliefs and strategies for what they were.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}
+During the ongoing Covenant siege on Algolis, Atriox participated in a siege of an Algolis [[city]], which was ultimately devastated by the Covenant forces, allowing a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} to [[Glassing|glass]] the city with its ventral [[energy projector]] in the night as he left angrily the now-destroyed city as many Jiralhanae forces were killed during the engagement.{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} While Atriox returned to the Covenant planetside base that was recently established on the planet after being dropped by a [[Phantom]]'s [[gravity lift]] as the only living veteran of a recent battle as the night is falling, the Sangheili Executioner, [[Itho 'Hesiikee]], in authority over the group of Jiralhanae to which he belonged was troubled by the cult of personality surrounding Atriox, speaking to the [[Prophet of Truth]] via remote communication and noted that he was never supposed to have survived this long.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Truth believed Atriox could still be a valuable tool of warfare and stated that he would only sanction his elimination if he was confirmed to be disloyal to the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After Atriox rebuked the underestimation of the humans by the Covenant as they were stronger than the Covenant realized with their abilities to kill practically all of his [[pack]] but him continually, Itho 'Hesiikee reported to Truth that Atriox was an even more dangerous threat than they feared when the Jiralhanae said that pure loyalty was maybe not the path to righteousness as the Covenant taught and that his Jiralhanae brothers were likely not defending the Great Journey at uselessly dying.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} The decision was made to have him killed, but it was agreed that it must be done so delicately in order to avoid martyrdom.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} In an attempt to end his life, Atriox and other Jiralhanae were sent on one last mission against UNSC forces in a UNSC [[military base]] on the next day, carefully observed by their Sangheili masters and 'Hesiikee hoping for his death via [[San'Shyuum]] [[Eye]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Most of Atriox compatriots died but he did not.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} After a securing victory, Atriox, who was still questioning his loyalty to the Covenant, found a wounded marine, [[Michael Taylor]], and told him to run. As Taylor stumbled and fell while running, Atriox lazily followed and then killed him with his [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]] while no malice toward the man,{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}{{Ref/Reuse|AngryAtriox}} proclaiming his frustration and hatred for the Covenant's lies to the frightened human.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}} Atriox faced and struck down a pious Jiralhanae who hardly challenged him for his blasphemy on the outskirts of the battlefield while in combat and desperately implore him to use reason and to see the Covenant's beliefs and strategies for what they were.{{Ref/Reuse|hroa2}}
 [[File:HW2-Atriox-02.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Atriox defying the Covenant on Algolis after killing his Executioner just before moments when [[Decimus]] and his fellow Jiralhanae rose against the Sangheili.]]