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{{quote|"...This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded."}}
 
A member of the Sangheili ("Elite") race of the Covenant, currently in disgrace after a [[You Have Failed Me...|serious failure]]. Given one last chance to redeem himself (or die trying) by [[Legacy Character|stepping into the armor of The Arbiter]], he becomes a second [[Player Character]] for part of the plot and eventually spearheads a diplomatic and military effort to rebel against the Covenant and seek alliance with humanity.
 
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]- Was a Supreme Commander before being "Shamed". And considering how the Sangheili promotion system works...
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'''343 Guilty Spark'''
* [[Affably Evil]]: He's not entirely evil, but he's so ''damn'' polite.
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]- More than a little nuts from the get-go. {{spoiler|Finally goes violently off the deep end towards the conclusion of Halo 3}}.
** According to the ''Anniversary'' edition terminal in "The Silent Cartographer," Spark was entering prolonged periods of hibernation, and when he awoke he became so bored that he started conducting experiments on Installation 04 - such as ''blowing up sections of the surface'' and throwing them into space to see what would happen to the soil and organic life on those sections.
* [[Ancient Keeper]]- Over 100,000 years old... and more than a little unhinged from the eons of isolation.
* {{spoiler|[[Anticlimax Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]}}: It's hinted in ''Origins'', from ''[[Halo Legends]]'', that he was {{spoiler|rebuilt by some Forerunner machine after his death}}.
** {{spoiler|Confirmed in ''Primordium'': his data stream was harvested from the monitor with Chakas' memories, and has hijacked a human ship to search for the Librarian.}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]- {{spoiler|Both Sgt. Johnson and Master Chief had to learn this the hard way}}
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* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: A milder form of this to Truth.
* [[The Starscream]]: A mild and self-preservational example towards Truth, who he thought would ditch him as soon as he was [[You Have Failed Me...|no longer useful.]] {{spoiler|He was right.}}
* [[Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb]]
 
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* [[Final Boss]]: For Halo2.
* [[Flunky Boss]]: Has a few squads of brutes backing him up, though it hardly makes a difference since you have a bunch of Elites backing ''you'' up, so you're free to ignore them and just focus Tartarus.
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]: Subverted. He gets all berserk when the Arbiter and 343 Guilty Spark tell him the truth of the Halos, but he refuses to believe it. It's a good hint that his rage was born from denial.
* [[Large and In Charge]]
 
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* [[A God Am I]]- Though it's argueably the truth.
* [[Assimilation Plot]]- The Gravemind keeps insisting that if it's allowed to carry out its plan, true peace will result. Right...
* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]}}: It probably wasn't kidding when he told that {{spoiler|his death was just a setback, since a Flood form could be seen alive after Halo 04 (II)'s activation in ''Origins''}}.
** {{spoiler|The Gravemind is literally the consciousness of the flood, so it ALREADY had come back; it's the "same" Gravemind that was in the Forerunner-Flood war in mind, though not in body}}.
* [[Badass Boast]]- "I HAVE BEATEN FLEETS OF ''THOUSANDS''! CONSUMED A GALAXY OF ''FLESH'' AND ''MIND'' AND ''BONE''!"
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'''Linda-058'''
* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]- Well, she was ''clinically'' dead after the Battle of Reach.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: An [[Easter Egg]] in ''Anniversary'' includes a computer display at the cryo room noting her clinically dead status.
* [[Cold Sniper]]
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'''Artificial Intelligence'''
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: ''Smart'' AIs have a chance to go rampant after seven years.
* [[Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence]]: There are 2 kinds of Human [[A Is]]: Dumb [[A Is]], who, despite the name, are very smart, but cannot learn, and Smart [[A Is]], like Cortana, who can learn. The Forerunner's Dumb [[A Is]] are on par with human Smart [[A Is]]. One example is 343 Guilty Spark. The Smart ones are amazingly smart and powerful, but have the risk of rampancy.
* [[Virtual Ghost]]: ''Smart'' AI's are created from brains from deceased donors.
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* [[Stout Strength]]: Stronger than they look, judging by the heavy equipment they're sometimes seen carrying.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: Suicide bombers in ''3'', ''ODST'', and ''Reach'', and the Suicide Grunts in ''Halo Wars''.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In ''Halo 3''. Instead to run away as they did in the former games, they usually decide to blow themself up in order to kill the Chief. Just listen to their new war cries, it's scary.
** In-universe, this happened during the Grunt Rebellion, where the Grunts showed the Covenant that they were fully capable of fighting off highly trained warriors with sheer numbers and determination. The Elites response to said rebellion? [[Defeat Means Friendship|Give them proper training and real weapons]].
* [[To Serve Man]]: During the Battle of Draco III, they were set loose to devour the prisoners the Covenant had captured.
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* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: They only joined the Covenant because they lost the war against them and for its technology, and they don't have any real grudge against the humans.
* [[Starfish Alien]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: From [[Fake Ultimate Mook]] to [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]; it seems the longer the series goes on, the stronger the hunters get.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]/[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Once one of them dies, the other one will get ''pissed'', and if playing on a level higher than Easy, you're in big trouble.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: According to ''Ghosts of Onyx'', they've been known to pause mid-battle to recite war poetry.
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'''Heretics'''
* [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Heretics wear brown and gold armour to destinguish themselves from their Covenant counterparts.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: The Heretic Leader
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: They're the main enemy for the first half of the Arbiter's campaign.
* [[La Résistance]]: Broke of from the Covenant after finding the truth about the Halos.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Heretic Grunts do not retreat when an Elite dies and are more efficient with their weapons.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Originally were only supposed to consist of Hunters.
 
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