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Now foes of the Covenant and a target to them after being formed and rising,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} the Banished became self-reliant and started off as little more than raiders and [[pirate]]s,<ref name="log foundry">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Foundry''</ref> mostly comprising Jiralhanae and several [[Unggoy]] and those who have been kidnapped from the Covenant and pressed into servitude.<ref name="RoA1">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox I''</ref> Atriox, now the [[warmaster]] of his faction, and his Banished surgically raided Covenant targets and other to scavenge for Covenant resources and gather mercenaries to their cause and grow into a formidable strength for over a decade,<ref name="log outpost">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] - Outpost'' - "The Banished have perfected their strip—mining and rapid assault and extraction efforts '''over a decade''' of raiding Covenant and other targets."</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} with Atriox having plans for dominance across the [[Orion Arm]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|Part=Phoenix Logs|Detail=Harvester}} Eventually, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was a target of those raids as well.{{Ref/Reuse|RoA1}} Despite the persisting Banished raids and attacks against both the Covenant and the UNSC, the Covenant was unable to contain Atriox at the height of its power and continued to concentrate most of their forces against the UNSC and the [[human]]ity with significant deployments,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} [[Siege of the Inner Colonies|continuing to target]] any remaining [[human colonies]], leading the [[Fall of Reach|largest UNSC defeat]] at [[Reach]], until eventually finding and [[Battle for Earth|attacking]] [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]] thanks to the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s reckless arrival, ending the Cole Protocol effect for the human homeworld, as soon as the [[Great Schism]] has led the [[Battle of the Citadel|dissolution]] of the alien hegemony, hence saving the humanity from destruction, despite cataclysmic casualties.{{Ref/Generic|Id=FTH|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 1.jpg|First Twelve Hours]]}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 2}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 3}} Unimpeded by the Covenant civil war, the Banished salvaged numerous Covenant former assets after its fall.{{Ref/Reuse|gamespot}} | Now foes of the Covenant and a target to them after being formed and rising,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} the Banished became self-reliant and started off as little more than raiders and [[pirate]]s,<ref name="log foundry">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Foundry''</ref> mostly comprising Jiralhanae and several [[Unggoy]] and those who have been kidnapped from the Covenant and pressed into servitude.<ref name="RoA1">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox I''</ref> Atriox, now the [[warmaster]] of his faction, and his Banished surgically raided Covenant targets and other to scavenge for Covenant resources and gather mercenaries to their cause and grow into a formidable strength for over a decade,<ref name="log outpost">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] - Outpost'' - "The Banished have perfected their strip—mining and rapid assault and extraction efforts '''over a decade''' of raiding Covenant and other targets."</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} with Atriox having plans for dominance across the [[Orion Arm]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|Part=Phoenix Logs|Detail=Harvester}} Eventually, the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was a target of those raids as well.{{Ref/Reuse|RoA1}} Despite the persisting Banished raids and attacks against both the Covenant and the UNSC, the Covenant was unable to contain Atriox at the height of its power and continued to concentrate most of their forces against the UNSC and the [[human]]ity with significant deployments,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} [[Siege of the Inner Colonies|continuing to target]] any remaining [[human colonies]], leading the [[Fall of Reach|largest UNSC defeat]] at [[Reach]], until eventually finding and [[Battle for Earth|attacking]] [[Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]] thanks to the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s reckless arrival, ending the Cole Protocol effect for the human homeworld, as soon as the [[Great Schism]] has led the [[Battle of the Citadel|dissolution]] of the alien hegemony, hence saving the humanity from destruction, despite cataclysmic casualties.{{Ref/Generic|Id=FTH|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]|Detail=[[:File:LC 002 Doc 1.jpg|First Twelve Hours]]}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 2}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 3}} Unimpeded by the Covenant civil war, the Banished salvaged numerous Covenant former assets after its fall.{{Ref/Reuse|gamespot}} | ||
While various [[Covenant remnants|Covenant groups]] of Sangheili and Jiralhanae refused to cease to massacre each other out of their hatred even after the war,{{Ref/Comic|Id=beasts|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of beasts}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=pay|Novel=Halo: Fractures|Section=Halo: Shadow of Intent|Page=133|Quote=And I promise the Sangheili will pay for everything they have done}} the Banished would continue to expand even more throughout the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] since the final years of the Human-Covenant War, occupying locations such as several colonies and cities,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}}{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} and gaining more and more new allies and members from former Covenant who wished to continue living as warriors, including many Jiralhanae clans across [[Doisac]] and its moons, which Atriox offered them a place within the Banished, where they would serve as warriors and fight under their own free will.{{Ref/Comic|Id=warrior|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=I see you for what you are and what you could be. We can do great things together. Not as master and slaves, but as the warriors you truly are -- free to continue your crusade without the shackles of outdated faith.}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=other|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Agreed. Atriox is of a kind with our enemies, but he is OTHER, and an ally worth considering.}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=blood|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Impressive. And welcome. You will be paid -- in blood and sport and spoils.}} Atriox even allowed the Sangheili and humans to incorporate with the Banished at their own will, stating that he and his loyalists were completely different from the Jiralhanae that betrayed the Sangheili, nor they do care about the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|feuds]] [[Human-Covenant War|segregating]] species, which were frowned as a | While various [[Covenant remnants|Covenant groups]] of Sangheili and Jiralhanae refused to cease to massacre each other out of their hatred even after the war,{{Ref/Comic|Id=beasts|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Now we have but one aim… the slaughter of beasts}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=pay|Novel=Halo: Fractures|Section=Halo: Shadow of Intent|Page=133|Quote=And I promise the Sangheili will pay for everything they have done}} the Banished would continue to expand even more throughout the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] since the final years of the Human-Covenant War, occupying locations such as several colonies and cities,{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}}{{Ref/Reuse|ANE}} and gaining more and more new allies and members from former Covenant who wished to continue living as warriors, including many Jiralhanae clans across [[Doisac]] and its moons, which Atriox offered them a place within the Banished, where they would serve as warriors and fight under their own free will.{{Ref/Comic|Id=warrior|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=I see you for what you are and what you could be. We can do great things together. Not as master and slaves, but as the warriors you truly are -- free to continue your crusade without the shackles of outdated faith.}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=other|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Agreed. Atriox is of a kind with our enemies, but he is OTHER, and an ally worth considering.}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=blood|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Impressive. And welcome. You will be paid -- in blood and sport and spoils.}} Atriox even allowed the Sangheili and humans to incorporate with the Banished at their own will, stating that he and his loyalists were completely different from the Jiralhanae that betrayed the Sangheili, nor they do care about the [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|feuds]] [[Human-Covenant War|segregating]] species, which were frowned as a barbarist restriction with no reward.{{Ref/Comic|Id=vengeance|Comic=Halo: Tales from Slipspace|Story=Hunting Party|StoryLinkText=Hunting Party|Quote=Vengeance is petty. Vengeance has no reward.}} Additionally, human criminals were influenced by the Banished and may have joined the faction.<ref name="log rise iv">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Logs - Rise of Atriox IV''</ref>{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM2|OSFM|Page=156|Quote=Atriox is reported to have led a fleet of Banished to an unknown destination, but the chieftains he has organized and controlled continue to spread their influence and power throughout Brute colonies and even into human criminal enterprises.}}{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFM1|OSFM|Page=161|Quote=In theory, all who can aid Atriox's ambition and will bend the knee are welcome, from human to hunter, but their violence and conditions of service limit recruitment opportunities.}} However, there were many groups and clans, including Jiralhanae clans on [[Warial]], who continued to resist the Banished.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p447|Enc22|Page=447}} Many humans were unattracted to the Banished due to their violent culture and conditions of service.{{Ref/Reuse|H:OSFM1}} Some considered the Banished to be too similar to the Covenant from a distance, and were wary of being shackled by oppression again.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p447}} Others on Doisac saw working alongside the much abhorred Sangheili to be a sign of vulnerability and poor character.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy2|Env|Chapter=3|Quote=The Sangheili had lorded over the Jiralhanae in the Covenant for decades. They openly despised the Jiralhanae and had torn apart the Covenant in open war the very moment the Jiralhanae became favored by the Prophets. The Great Schism, as most Jiralhanae knew, had shown the truth of the Elite–Brute relationship—the Sangheili were arrogant and cruel slavers. For Hekabe to offer assistance to an Elite showed incredible vulnerability and poor character, as far as his opposition was concerned.}}{{Ref/Comic|RoA|Issue=[[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 5|#5]]|Quote=Jiralhanae do not band with Sangheili and give themselves names.|Quotee=Jovus}} | ||
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