A high-ranking Sangheili commander, Rtas ‘Vdaum fought alongside Thel ‘Vadam during the Great Schism and the final days of the Human-Covenant War, and served as captain of the Shadow of Intent through much of the Post-War period.
HOMEWORLD: Sanghelios
BORN: September 21, 2487
DIED: N/A
SERVICE RECORD
‘Vadum, better known as Half-Jaw, is a commander in the Swords of Sanghelios under former Arbiter Thel ‘Vadam. Towards the end of the Human-Covenant War, he fought as a Special Operations commander in the Fleet of Particular Justice, battling the Flood on Alpha Halo. Following the ring’s destruction, Rtas was assigned a mission alongside the Arbiter to eliminate Sesa 'Refumee, succeeding in his mission and recovering 343 Guilty Spark as well.
Half-Jaw and the Arbiter would fight alongside each other again during the Battle of Installation 05, where Rtas provided support for Thel as he attempted to retrieve Delta Halo’s activation index. It was during this time that the Prophet of Truth initiated the Changing of the Guard of the Covenant from the Sangheili to the Jiralhanae, which sparked the Great Schism. In the course of the conflict, Rtas sided with the Arbiter against the Covenant, fighting alongside the UNSC to defeat them and kill the prophets.
Following the war, Rtas was put in charge of the Shadow of Intent, using it to patrol the galaxy, while keeping it away from Sanghelios until the Swords of Sanghelios could maintain order on the planet. During this time, the Shadow of Intent crew stopped a San’shyuum Prelate and Covenant Minister of Preparation plot to use a prototype Halo to kill everyone on Sanghelios.
The Battle of Installation 04 was an engagement between the UNSC Pillar of Autumn and the Covenant Fleet of Particular Justice on and around the Forerunner megastructure known as Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, in the Soell system.
The Battle for Earth was a large-scale space, air, and ground battle between the invading Covenant forces and the UNSC Home Fleet on and around Earth at the end of 2552.
The Battle of Installation 05 was an engagement between the Covenant forces, including those that fled the Battle for Earth, High Charity, and the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, and the UNSC-allied forces, including the UNSC In Amber Clad led by Miranda Keyes, and the Fleet of Retribution led by the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam.
The Great Schism was a conflict between the forces loyal to the Covenant, led mostly by the Jiralhanae, and the Sangheili, beginning on November 3rd, 2552 and continuing off and on until the Rule of the Created in 2558.
The Battle of Installation 00 was a major conflict between the forces stationed aboard the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam's Fleet of Retribution, and the Covenant fleet loyal to the Prophet of Truth.
The Attack on Rahnelo was an unprovoked attack by the San'Shyuum Prelate Tem'Bhetek, directed by the former Covenant Minister of Preparation Boru'a'Neem, on the Sangheili colony world of Rahnelo towards the end of 2553.
The Ambush at Duraan was the second part of the prelate Tem'Bhetek's plan to lure in the Shadow of Intent, capture the ship, and kill Rtas 'Vadum.
The Battle of the Prototype Halo Installation was a conflict between Tem'Bhetek, the former Covenant Minister of Preparation Boru'a'Neem, and the Shadow of Intent crew including Rtas 'Vadum and Tul 'Juran.
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