Alrighty, well, once again, I've managed to disappear from the DA scene for the better part of about a month, so I'm back again. And this time, I give you (not corn) ELITES!

Yes, that's right, you jerks, I've got a bit of a Halo bent going on, and I've always loved the Elites, in both Background and look, so I finally joined the other 'Leet lovers on DA and made my own!

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His name is Roko Atam'ee. As far as rank, he's an Elite Major trained in the way of Asceticism. After having had his cousin lose a duel and be consumed by a particularly nasty Brute Chieftan, Roko took up a Vow of Righteous Vengence, and set out to destroy the Brute who sullied his lineage's honor.

The only way of getting to the Brute Chieftan, who unluckily happened to be a high ranking Alpha Jiralhanae, was to work his way up the Covenant hierarchy and work under Brute commanders until such time as he could strike. However, the Brutes wouldn't accept a proud Sangheili warrior into their midst under any circumstances. So, Roko volunteered to be publicly castigated by the Kaidon and the ruling council with the understanding that it would convince the Brutes he was not working for his lineage and thus allow him to infiltrate their command infrastructure. However, Roko brokered a deal with the Kaidon and his Advisors: if he completed his task, he would be made an advisor to the Kaidon, promoted to the rank of Ultra, and be next in line for the Kaidonship. Much to his surprise, they agreed.

So, a trumped up charge of battlefield insubordination was brought against Roko, who then had his forearms scarred with the Mark of Disobedience. He kept his rank and title, but lost command of his Elites and was assigned to serve in the 3rd Fleet of Merciful Sacrifice under the command of a Brute Field Commander. It is currently there that Roko pursues his agendas, attempting to track down the Alpha Jiralhanae and liberate the great beast from the tyranny of his mortal existence. Until then, Roko must remain patient, and make due with unleashing his anger by covertly killing Jiralhanae warriors on the field of battle.

Thankfully, despite his answering to a Brute Field Commander, the Fleet of Merciful Sacrifice does have other species within it's ranks, including Elites, and his duty does not conflict with spending time with his kinfolk.

His weapons of choice are Brute manufactured, namely a pair of Maulers he scavenged from a pair of Jiralhanae security officers he killed during one assassination run, and a Gravity Hammer of the mass-manufactured variety which he won in a duel with a Brute Chieftan.

As he would say, "Why dirty an Honorable Sangheili weapon with the blood of these cretins?"

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Sooooo, there you go, Roko Atam'ee in a nutshell. I'll be uploading a picture of him as early as tonight, maybe even *gasp* earlier!

Speaking of Elitedom, I'm also starting up a Text Halo-based RP Forum I'm calling "Age of Reconciliation". It'll be a proboards thing, and I'm looking forward to running it. It'll have the usual restrictions for forums of it's kind: don't be a dildorian, obey posting order, no Godmodding or Mary Sues, etc. Also, it will be exclusively for Covenant Species: NO SPARTANS OR HUMANS OR UNSC. At least not at the beginning. It's still under construction, so when it's done, I'll post up a link in a new journal. If you can't wait until then, if you Google Proboards and Age of Reconciliation, it should eventually come up. I hope.

Anyway, also, I'll be posting a bit more now that I have more reliable access to the internet and scanners are slightly more avaliable.

PS. HIIIII TO LEE, BEETLE, AND ALL MY PEEPS UP IN FORT LAUDERDALE! WOOT WOOT!