Elder

Elders are a part of Sangheili local governments, assisting Kaidons in governing their States and electing new Kaidons. If a council elder believes that his vote was "ill advised" or "had second thoughts", it was considered a tradition for council elders to send assassins to kill a kaidon in order "to test the true merit of a ruler's martial abilities". The belief was that "a kaidon who could not defend himself [...] was not a true leader."