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Voridus was a Jiralhanae lieutenant who served the Banished and fought against the Flood in the Second Battle of Installation 00.

Biography

Many months after Installation 09 entered slipspace and left the Ark, Voridus and his older brother Pavium were tasked by Atriox to scout and salvage any crashed starships near the ruined remains of High Charity, which had crashed down on to the Ark's surface seven years before. When warned by Pavium to stick to Atriox's orders and leave High Charity untouched, he insisted that his brother "worries too much."

The two commanders soon engaged the swarms of Sentinels that grew in numbers and ferocity the closer they came to High Charity's crash site. To deal with the wreckage blocking the path, Voridus called in a Scarab to clear the way. Soon, Retrievers appeared, and since they had no way to fight the nearly indestructible constructs, Voridus accessed a Forerunner interface and shut down the entire swarm.

While Pavium handled a salvaging operation nearby, Voridus went against Atriox's orders and had his Scarab breach the quarantine shield around High Charity's wreckage and sent three Brutes to scout the interior. When one of the Brutes, now a Flood Combat form, emerged from the wreckage, Voridus sensed something was horribly wrong. Dormant for seven years, a sea of Flood forms poured from the breach and rapidly began to overwhelm Voridus and his forces. Voridus fought fearlessly and savagely, killing many Flood, but he knew he was fighting a losing battle and with Pavium's help he accessed another Forerunner interface below the surface and reactivated the Sentinels to help push back the Flood, as well as receiving reinforcements from Atriox.

The appearance of a Proto-Gravemind proved to be the greatest challenge yet. Fortunately, Voridus gained command of the powerful Retriever Sentinels, allowing the Banished to eliminate the colossal Flood form. Atriox arrived shortly after and berated the two for the disaster that they had caused, but spared them for their cunning and ferocity in battle and left them to seal the breach, total catastrophe having narrowly been averted.

Personality

Voridus is, in nearly every way, the polar opposite of his brother, Pavium. Like most Brutes, he is brash, stubborn, glory-seeking, and aggressive. However, he is also quite clever and excels at coming up with solutions to a problem on the fly. He, like his brother, is also very adept with Forerunner technology, able to interface with the Ark's control systems with little problem.

In combat, Voridus is fast and aggressive. He favors melee combat, always on the offensive and pushing the objective by any means necessary. It was his thirst for glory and his desire to prove himself that has not only gotten him in trouble with Atriox, but almost unleashed the Flood, the greatest threat the galaxy has ever seen.

Like many Banished Brutes in the post-Covenant era, Voridus scoffs at anything having to do with the Covenant and their religion. However, having never faced the Flood, he also discarded Pavium's fear not only that the parasite still existed on the crashed High Charity, but that it existed at all and claimed it was another of Prophet's lies.

Appearance

While significantly shorter than his brother Pavium, Voridus stands just taller than other Brutes, and wears bulky red and black Banished Brute armor with numerous modifications, such as a large pauldron on his right shoulder. His armor also has several glowing orange nodes to distinguish his armor in low light situations. His helmet comprises of a removable faceplate and a collapsible headgear that retracts into his back armor.

Voridus, like his brother, seems to have little hair on his head and body compared to other Brutes. What hair he does have is a sort of "high and tight" buzzcut atop his head.

For weapons, he wields a deadly mace much like Atriox's "Chainbreaker," but collapsible so that it fits neatly on his back. On his left gauntlet, he has a deadly set of four hefty blades that can cleave enemies in half and can even be fired as projectiles at short range.

Quotes

"If we find prizes to bring back, how could that go wrong?"
"Relax, brother. You worry too much."
"The Banished go where they want, and destroy any who oppose!"
"This war has tamed you, brother. Where is your Jiralhanae lust for adventure?"
"Next time the Covenant lose a war, I hope they clean up after themselves."
"Prepare yourselves."

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Appearances

Halo Wars 2
- Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare (First appearance)

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 *"Relax, brother. You worry too much."
 *"The Banished go where they want, and destroy any who oppose!"
-*"This war has tamed you, brother. Where is your Jirilhanae lust for adventure?"
+*"This war has tamed you, brother. Where is your Jiralhanae lust for adventure?"
 *"Next time the Covenant lose a war, I hope they clean up after themselves."
 *"Prepare yourselves."