Banished

The Banished was a mercenary faction that broke away from the Covenant Empire. This faction was led by Atriox. The logo of The Banished is called the Mark of Atriox.

Origins
During the Human-Covenant war, Atriox was sent to fight in 40 man teams. In each battle, Atriox was the only survivor. Tired of seeing his compatriots die, Atriox rebelled against the Covenant. Thus The Banished was created. Now, its own organization separate from the Covenant, The Banished began fighting against the Covenant before the Great Schism.

Expansion
In early 2550, the Office of Naval Intelligence began to take notice of The Banished. Specifically after The Banished's attack and theft from the Carter Guard Armory. For the rest of the year, The Banished turned toward the Covenant primarily, raiding and recruiting only to have ONI notice this trail after Codename: Slow Dive. Desperate to gain any assistance in the Human-Covenant war, one ONI agent proposed making a deal with Atriox.

The largest acquisition by The Banished happened in 2553. The Enduring Conviction and its crew would fall under control of Atriox.

In the October of 2558, The Banished arrived at Installation 00. However, The Banished maintained some operations in the Orion Arm. After arriving, the Banished assaulted the Henry Lamb Research Outpost and killed most who were in the base.

Battling the Spirit of Fire
In 2559, the crew of the  encountered them. Atriox attacked Red Team, and allowed them to escape. James Cutter then declared war upon the Banished. During the battle, the Banished lost the Enduring Conviction to a barrage of Sentinels. Though this loss was devastating, The Banished had discovered Installation 04C. They immediately attempted to board the new Halo, though a large portion of them failed to get on thanks to the Spirit's forces. The remaining Banished forces on the ring were destroyed in attempts to access the Control Room. However, this failure didn't stop Banished forces still on the Ark proper.

Following the conflict with the Halo, forces of the Banished ended up disobeying Atriox's orders about a location on the Ark. What resulted, was a Flood resurgence on Installation 00.

Ground Vehicles
The Banished use a variety of ground vehicles. These include the Reaver, the Marauder, the Type-26 Wraith, the Type-25 Chopper, the Type-32 Ghost and Type-47 Scarab. The Banished also use their own variant of the Shade turret.

Air Vehicles
The Banished utilised the Shroud and Blisterback as well as their own variants of the Type-26 Banshee, Type-25 Spirit and Type-56 Lich.

Starships
The Banished have control over at least one, the Enduring Conviction.

Subordinates
The Banished is predominantly composed of Jiralhanae and led by the Jiralhanae Atriox and Decimus.

Unlike most Jiralhanae, Atriox does not care for the Sangheili-Jiralhanae war, viewing the feud as petty. As such, he has welcomed many Sangheili into the Banished as warriors. Because Atriox and the Jiralhanae in the Banished claim to not have been involved in the betrayal and massacre of the Sangheili, many Sangheili have willingly accepted the offer, and joined viewing the Banished as "other". Let 'Volir, his crew, and three Sangheili formerly from Resa 'Azavayl's Silent Shadow squad reluctantly joined the Banished. Despite this coexistence, rivalry between the two species still manifests. The Sangheili under Decimus' command were treated with resentment and often sadistically sent on suicide missions. This is due to Decimus in particular, still holding a grudge against the Sangheili for treating the Jiralhanae as inferior during the time of the Covenant.

The Banished encompass members of several species, including Unggoy, Huragok and Mgalekgolo.

Jiralhanae

 * Atriox: Warmaster and supreme leader of the Banished.
 * Decimus: A general in the Banished and Atriox's right hand. Killed by UNSC forces on Installation 00.
 * Balkarus: A Jiralhanae Captain under the command of the Banished.
 * Teranus: A Jiralhanae Guard.
 * Odanostos: A Jiralhanae Chieftain. Killed by Hekabe prior to September 2558.

Sangheili

 * Let 'Volir: A Sangheili shipmaster reluctantly serving the Banished in exchange for supplies for his ship and crew.
 * Jato 'Ratum: A Sangheili who served in a mining expedition for the Banished.
 * Orda Val 'Saham: A Sangheili Guard in service to Atriox and Let 'Volir.
 * Val 'Telram: A Sangheili Guard and Huragok translator.

Mgalekgolo

 * Colony: Commanders of all its Lekgolo forces on the Ark.

Unggoy

 * Yapyap
 * Yam-Blim: An Unggoy thrall-taskmaster under the command of Decimus. Killed by Spartan-II Alice-130 on the Ark.

Appearances

 * Halo: Tales from Slipspace
 * Halo Wars 2