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{{Quote|multi=yes|1=Vil 'Kthamee|q1=I think he is a liar, Your Eminence.|2=Trok 'Tanghil|q2=I agree with Vil 'Kthamee. This traitor speaks so much only because he hopes to dazzle with words.|3=[[Vil 'Kthamee]] and [[Trok 'Tanghil]] on 'Crolon, to the Prophet of Inner Conviction<ref name="bc168"/>}} | {{Quote|multi=yes|1=Vil 'Kthamee|q1=I think he is a liar, Your Eminence.|2=Trok 'Tanghil|q2=I agree with Vil 'Kthamee. This traitor speaks so much only because he hopes to dazzle with words.|3=[[Vil 'Kthamee]] and [[Trok 'Tanghil]] on 'Crolon, to the Prophet of Inner Conviction<ref name="bc168"/>}} | ||
The next day, 'Crolon stabbed his guard, [['Kwari]], in the hearing membrane with a small blade. The guard opened the door to | The next day, 'Crolon stabbed his guard, [['Kwari]], in the hearing membrane with a small blade. The guard opened the door to wound 'Crolon with his burnblade, but the traitor stabbed 'Kwari in the eye with his makeshift blade and wrestled the burnblade from his grasp. Decapitating the injuring guard, 'Crolon ran towards the shield world's hangar. Sooln became aware of 'Crolon's escape and informed Ussa. The two ran to the jail, where Enduring Bias showed them how 'Crolon escaped. 'Crolon sabotaged the hanger's controls to prevent Bias from stopping his escape. 'Crolon enabling an emergency fail-safe within the hangar that allowed him to board ''[[Clan's Blade]]'' and open the hangar door through the ship's controls. Despite the trio's attempts to stop him, 'Crolon escaped and fled [[Ussan system|the system]] by entering [[slipstream space]]. Fearing that 'Crolon might give the shield world's coordinates to the Covenant, Ussa prepared the Ussans for war.<ref name="bc155"/> However, ''Clan's Blade'' was soon intercepted by the Covenant and 'Crolon was captured. He offered to show the Covenant where the shield world was located, though his help was not needed as the world's coordinates were found in the vessel's records. Nonetheless, he was interrogated and kept alive in hopes of bargaining with the Ussans in the inevitable conflict that ensured.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 165'' (Google Play edition)</ref> During his interrogations, he claimed that he was attempting to act as an agent for the Covenant, but [[Qurlom]] searched the records and confirmed that the only [[Vertikus|Covenant agent]] on [[Sanghelios]] had been killed.<ref name="bc168"/> | ||
'Crolon was brought aboard ''[[Pledge of Holiness]]'', the [[flagship]] of the [[Covenant fleet]] tasked with quelling Ussa's rebellion. [[Mleer]] brought 'Crolon before the [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben|Prophet of Inner Conviction]], the commander of the fleet, to be interrogated. Inner Conviction revealed his intent to use 'Crolon as a negotiator, however, the Ussan traitor insisted that he would be killed by Ussa. He claimed that Ussa was aware of 'Crolon's support of the "''holy and sacred Covenant''" and his love for the [[Great Journey]], and that he had fled the shield world and Ussa's "dictatorship" to join the Covenant. He grew nervous when he called Enduring Bias a "diabolical intelligence" and realized that the monitor would be revered by the Covenant, and instead reiterated that Bias was programmed to be diabolical by Ussa and Sooln. Conferring with his Sangheili advisers, Inner Conviction realized that 'Crolon was a liar and had Mleer lock him up in the [[Covenant carrier|carrier]]'s brig.<ref name="bc168"/> 'Crolon was sent to lead the first invasion force of the [[Covenant military]] to the shield world's surface, despite his reluctance. He encountered Ussan forces that attacked the Covenant-loyal Sangheili. Realizing that he had been spotted by the Ussans, 'Crolon attempted to run and requested for the Covenant soldiers to pull back to a safer vantage point. However, three Ussans surrounded 'Crolon and cut him down with their burnblades, killing the traitor.<ref name="bc177">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 177-178'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | 'Crolon was brought aboard ''[[Pledge of Holiness]]'', the [[flagship]] of the [[Covenant fleet]] tasked with quelling Ussa's rebellion. [[Mleer]] brought 'Crolon before the [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben|Prophet of Inner Conviction]], the commander of the fleet, to be interrogated. Inner Conviction revealed his intent to use 'Crolon as a negotiator, however, the Ussan traitor insisted that he would be killed by Ussa. He claimed that Ussa was aware of 'Crolon's support of the "''holy and sacred Covenant''" and his love for the [[Great Journey]], and that he had fled the shield world and Ussa's "dictatorship" to join the Covenant. He grew nervous when he called Enduring Bias a "diabolical intelligence" and realized that the monitor would be revered by the Covenant, and instead reiterated that Bias was programmed to be diabolical by Ussa and Sooln. Conferring with his Sangheili advisers, Inner Conviction realized that 'Crolon was a liar and had Mleer lock him up in the [[Covenant carrier|carrier]]'s brig.<ref name="bc168"/> 'Crolon was sent to lead the first invasion force of the [[Covenant military]] to the shield world's surface, despite his reluctance. He encountered Ussan forces that attacked the Covenant-loyal Sangheili. Realizing that he had been spotted by the Ussans, 'Crolon attempted to run and requested for the Covenant soldiers to pull back to a safer vantage point. However, three Ussans surrounded 'Crolon and cut him down with their burnblades, killing the traitor.<ref name="bc177">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 177-178'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||