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[Novel] True Sangheili (Part 39 available!) ~ 18 December
SCHOLAR, SOLDIER, HERETIC... SAVIOUR.
At first, the life of a warrior in the Covenant army seems a noble one. But are the motives behind the war with the humans as innocent as the Sangheili, Sorran, believes? An act of heresy unveils a conspiracy spanning thousands of years, which could bring about the total ruin of the Covenant.
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True Sangheili[/i], from the fan fiction author of [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31052475]Halo 3: Insurrection[/url] and [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=27927918]Memoirs of an ODST[/url].
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==[b]CHAPTER LISTING[/b]==[/u]
[b]Book I[/b] ([url=http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4iUh3dauqsjN2QzMjBjYzQtZGE2Ny00ZDUzLThlZTQtNDIwMDJjYTBjNTk3&hl=en]PDF[/url])
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356#35203356]Prologue + Chapter list[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356#35203379]Part One - Sorran[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356#35253886]Part Two - Warrior[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356#35297818]Part Three - Besieged[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356#35673800]Part Four - Into Custody[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true#36184265]Part Five - Interrogated[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=2#36420291]Part Six - Assessment[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=2#36697145]Part Seven - Covert Extraction[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=2#37436099]Part Eight - To kill a Demon[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=3#37531866]Part Nine - Immortal Repentance[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=3#37685366]Part Ten - Insertion[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=3#37728386]Part Eleven - To show mercy[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=4#37912997]Part Twelve - Heresy, of the greatest kind[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=4#37970850]Part Thirteen - Trial and Punishment[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=5#38158685]Part Fourteen - Factions within Factions[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=6#38396722]Part Fifteen - The Truth[/url]
[b]Book II[/b]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=7#39673575]Part Sixteen - Life goes on[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=7#39888838]Part Seventeen - Things never go according to plan[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=9#41709559]Part Eighteen - The sound of battle[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=10#43058906]Part Nineteen - Old habits die hard[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=10#43585008]Part Twenty - Cultural differences[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=11#49109093]Part Twenty One - Personified Death[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=12#50885734]Part Twenty Two - Breaking Point[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=14#51826058]Part Twenty Three - Turnabout[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=19#54241416]Part Twenty Four - Breaking free[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=21#55868885]Part Twenty Five - Mutiny[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=23#57570727]Part Twenty Six - Skirmishes, and Reflections[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=24#58101291]Part Twenty Seven - Shrouded Heresy[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=24#58896376]Part Twenty Eight - Signs and Portents[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=25#59170042]Part Twenty Nine -Parted Reunion[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=26#60763537]Part Thirty - Honour[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=29#62705377]Part Thirty One - Visitations to the past[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=30#63447045]Part Thirty Two - Loss concealed within victory[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=32#63843302]Part Thirty Three - The best intentions[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=34#64909520]Part Thirty Four -The Tower came crashing down.[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=38#66761388]Part Thirty Five - Blood runs thick, brotherhood runs thicker.[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=42#68771851]Part Thirty Six - For whom the bell tolls, for whom hell calls.[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=45#70648196]Part Thirty Seven - Daggers in a cloak.[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=50#73021323]Part Thirty Eight - Gods and their weapons.[/url]
[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=35203356&postRepeater1-p=53#76375771]Part Thirty Nine - Trials of Delphi.[/url]
[i]Next chapter ETA: Valve Time[/i]
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[b]Prologue[/b]
[i]Edict of the Most High Prophet of Truth, 9th Age of Reclamation.[/i]
By the authority of the noble Prophets of Truth, Regret, and Mercy.
Henceforth, any and all battle worthy Sangheili are to be transferred from any idle posts in High Charity and/or upon any Covenant held world/ship into the active combat. Those amongst the excused are the Honour Guard, the Councillors, and the mentally ill, physically unfit, and the old. Female Sangheili are, as always, prohibited from taking part in any military action.
Any Sangheili engaged in a guard post, other than the Honour Guard, will be replaced by the Jiralhanae until such a time as the High Council deems otherwise. Any Jiralhanae in question of where they now stand shall direct all enquiries to Tartarus, Chieftain of the Jirahanae.
Failure to adhere to this edict will result in death. No exceptions. These are trying times, my brothers. The Human infidels persist in resisting the might of the Covenant. Rest assured, this 'war' as some are calling it, will be over soon -- to be forgotten and dismissed as an insignificant event in Covenant history.
[Edited on 12.17.2012 5:35 PM PST]
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[i]Ahkrin, you'd better be grateful for this[/i], Zharn muttered inwardly as he jumped off the Falcon to the ground. The base in which his friend was trapped was somewhat in the distance, surrounded by a group of marines attempting a last stand. Colonel Errand, his Demon and the other humans with them had already reached the Albatross at the far end of the canyon, with the technology cache on board. The Demon was holding off the horde of Covenant soldiers throwing themselves against the ship single-handedly. It was impossible not to admire the proficiency of the devil. Zharn sprinted through the battlefield at a quick pace, dodging the human bullets being fired at him. He took cover behind a large rock, where a squad of Unggoy led by a Sangheili Minor were residing. "Ultra!" the Minor saluted, as did the Unggoy in his command. Zharn nodded, resting his head back against the rock for a moment and breathing deeply. "What is our plight?" Zharn demanded of the Minor, who looked to be young and green. Probably a conscript. Like Sorran had been. Zharn felt a rush of sadness as he remembered his dead friend. "The humans are barricaded in that building, with enough ammo to keep us suppressed for hours. Meanwhile, the Demon and his accursed infidel comrades are escaping with that which we came for," the Minor reported with a tone of frustration. "What of the Sangheili held hostage inside?" Zharn asked, referring to Ahkrin. The Minor's look grew thoughtful. "He might still be alive. I am doubtful, noble Ultra." Zharn sighed -- he knew the Minor was right. Ahkrin was probably dead. Still, he had a duty to pull his friend out from the building; alive [i]or[/i] dead. "Lay down a volley of suppressing fire, I am going to storm the building," Zharn informed the small lance of Covenant warriors, who baulked. "By yourself? That is madness!" the Minor protested. "Then consider me mad brother," Zharn muttered, drawing out a rapid fire needle rifle. He dove out from cover, shooting a sniper up on the building's roof with a volley of pink crystals. The shards embedded themselves in the human's body, before combining and exploding, staining the roof with blood and flesh. The other humans had opened fire on Zharn, but he was too quick for them. With the grace of a Jackal, Zharn leaped up onto the roof of the rectangular building, taking out the other sniper with ease. He searched for a tactical weakness in the roof, and, finding one, primed a plasma grenade. The resulting explosion tore a hole in the heavy steel of the roof, causing molten metal to smother an unlucky marine who had been unfortunate enough to stand underneath. He screamed as he was essentially cooked to death. Zharn leaped down the hole and with a quick slice of his crimson blade, put the human out of his misery. He could see Ahkrin in the centre of the building's ground floor, tied up and hooked to some form of primitive electric torture device. The marines on the floor Zharn was currently on the fourth, opened fire upon him. Zharn dispatched them quickly with a few shots from his rapid needle rifle. He then ripped a wire from the rafter it was firmly bonded too, pulling on it a few times to test its strength. Hopefully, it would hold. Holding onto the wire with one hand, Zharn leaped off the railings of the fourth floor, abseiling down to the bottom. Bullets fired from marines bounced off his shields as he lowered himself. When he reached an amiable height, Zharn let go of the wire, his heavy boots denting the ground as he landed on the floor. "Zharn?" Ahkrin cried out as he saw his friend. Zharn didn't answer the Stealth Sangheili, instead rolling across the ground and swiping a marine across the neck with his sword as he stood back up. Driving his blue sword backwards, he impaled a charging marine in mid-stride. One more remained, but before Zharn could grab him, he had Ahkrin on his feet and with a magnum aimed at his unshielded skull. "Drop the sword," the human lieutenant shouted at Zharn, who was reluctant to do so. The lieutenant drove the barrel deeper into Ahkrin's head, and finally the Sangheili Ultra let his blade drop to the floor, where it disengaged. "And your weapons," the human continued, backing away with Ahkrin towards the door. Zharn began to loosen his weapon belt with a sigh. Ahkrin wore an expression which was a mix between fear of dying, and embarrassment at Zharn seeing him in this situation. "I'm going to back out of this door, get in the Warthog outside, and leave. I'll take your friend with me. When I get to a certain distance, away from the battle, I'll throw him out. You can find him then." [i]Yeah, throw him out dead, he means.[/i] Still, Zharn had no choice but to go along with the plan. The marine was moving closer to the door, with Ahkrin close in front of him. He backed up against the metal, electronic door of the building, waiting for the computer to recognise him and open. The computer never had the time to do just that. One second, the marine was standing calmly, and the next, the huge, spiked hilt of a Gravity Hammer was stuck through the metal of the door and through the marine's chest. At first, the lieutenant looked down with curiosity at the huge spike sticking through his chest. He hadn't fully grasped the situation yet. Then the realisation kicked in along with the pain, and the human began to shriek, grasping desperately at the hilt as if he could pull it out and survive. After ten seconds or so of shrieking, the human's cries fell quiet, and he slumped against the spiked hilt, being suspended by the sheer size of the weapon's handle. The door suddenly crumpled outwards, and standing in the doorway was a Jiralhanae Chieftain, who looked incredulously at Zharn and Ahkrin. The latter had staggered over to where Zharn stood, breathing deeply. "We must move. Human reinforcements are arriving in their pods. If we don't leave now, we'll be overwhelmed," the Jiralhanae told the two Sangheili, who looked at each other, before nodding. Zharn handed Ahkrin his spare plasma rifle. "Lead on Chieftain," Zharn intoned. The Jiralhanae nodded, throwing the corpse of the human lieutenant off his Gravity Hammer and picking up the Sangheili-sized weapon with a single hand. He turned, and began to move. "Well this isn't how I expected my rescue to end," Zharn muttered to Ahkrin as the two began to follow the Chieftain. Looking around outside, Zharn saw the Jiralhanae had been right. The Covenant forces were being massacred by ODSTs dropping from the skies, which were now completely clear of Covenant Banshees and other air vehicles. The Albatross, presumably along with the technology cache, had vanished too. "Let's just take the situation as it goes my friend. With this Brute around however, I'll be certain to sleep with one eye open." There was no option other than to flee, on foot. Zharn and Ahkrin followed the Jiralhanae Chieftain up a small path cutting through a cliff. The sound of battle faded as they ran.
