Master Chief in HALO INFINITE (2021)
Banished? What are they doing here? Making a mistake.

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Master Chief in HALO INFINITE (2021)
Banished? What are they doing here? Making a mistake.
Finally got the go ahead to share that I worked on designing sketch cards for UpperDeck’s Halo Legacy Card collection. All but Noble Six were accepted! Can’t wait to see if people get my cards in their packs.
I've been replaying Halo: Infinite and a thought has occurred to me about the elites. Mostly that our last elite enemies were Jul 'Mdama's Storm Covenant. We know he was refusing to join The Arbiter because he still believed in The Great Journey. This makes sense from what we know in Halo's lore. The Sangheili were indoctrinated into this for generations. It's unlikely they or other Covenant species will just stop believing without directly seeing the evidence Thel saw or if they already trusted him like The Shipmaster did.
However, The Banished don't. They're unique among Covenant separatists groups in a lot of ways, including not believing in The Great Journey. So, why aren't the elites from The Banished just in Sangheili space? I asked that and then started to realize something. The Arbiter didn't create an independent Sangheilios. He started reforms. Including making doctors a respectable career among the sangheili and allowing women to serve in the military. Effectively, Thel Vadam created universal healthcare and started a feminist reform on his home planet.
So, I'm now wondering if The Banished elites are just the chud sangheili. Like these guys took one look at all the social progress and said "NO! WE DON'T LIKE THIS WOKE NONSENSE! WE WANT TO BE COOL SPACE CONQUERORS AGAIN! So we're gonna go join space Genghis Khan (Atriox)! Fuck you Cuckbiter!".
Am I crazy or does that seem like the plausible explanation?
"He will make that sale, and heres how!" Atriox, part-time Banished ruler, full time used car salesman. process:
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I need to look over Atriox with a jeweler's loupe and think about him.
This will take a long time because he's large.
Halo Sketches :D
Celestial Saturday — Algolis
Established in 2475, Algolis formerly hosted a small population of human colonists as well as ONI research facilities. In early 2549, the planet was attacked by the Covenant, an invasion which ultimately led to Atriox's formation of the Banished.
Algolis is a former human colony planet in the Algol system. It is known to possess at least two moons. The planet housed a relatively small