It seems strange that 343 would leave Atriox out of Halo Infinite, however.

While Atriox was willing to let humans join the Banished, the War Chief seems bent on wiping them out after the recent defeats the group has suffered. The message also suggests that the Banished have finally gained control of a Halo ring, which Atriox originally failed to do. The speaker in the teaser is War Chief Escharum, and his lines seem to imply that Atriox is missing or out of action by the time of Halo Infinite. We are the Banished.”īy the time of Halo Infinite, however, it is not Atriox leading the Banished’s main forces. Their brazen defiance will be all but a memory. Within hours it will be under our control. One Halo Infinite teaser released on twitter contained a message from the Banished. Since then the Banished have been on the rise once more.

RELATED: Halo Shares Hilarious Face Reveal of Master Chief Fortunately, the Banished forces were able to overcome the Flood, but not without taking further casualties. To make matters worse, just a few months later, the Banished would accidentally release the Flood surviving in the wreckage of the High Charity, the former space-faring capital of the Covenant. The Banished’s flagship was destroyed in the conflict, Decimus was killed, and the attempt by the Banished to capture a Halo ring failed. Despite rejecting the Covenant's species hierarchy, Brutes dominated the Banished while other species were relegated to lower positions.Ībout six years after the end of the Human-Covenant War, the Banished came into conflict with the UNSC Spirit of Fire while attempting to capture the Ark, the Forerunner installation that the Halo Array superweapon could be activated from. Inter-species tensions between Halo's alien races still arose during the Banished’s expansion, however, with Brute Chieftain Jovus dying during an attempted attack on Atriox for allowing Elites to join his organization. The Banished were also able to take over the Covenant assault carrier Enduring Conviction, turning it into the mercenary group’s flagship for Halo Wars 2. Atriox sent members to Brute colonies and into human criminal organizations to make connections. Once the Banished had grown, it began branching out even further. Despite their similar origins, the Banished also profited from being seen as distinct from Tartarus and his forces, allowing them to bring factions like the Elite squad “the Silent Shadow” into their fold. Thanks to the Great Schism, the Banished gained many more recruits, even opening its ranks to human criminals willing to stand the group's harsh conditions. During this, a group of Brutes led by one named Tartarus began taking revenge against the Elites, leading many Elites to retaliate against the Brutes. The faction's opportunism paid off, allowing the Banished to take control of even more of the Covenant’s resources after the Great Schism. This group of Brutes included one know as Decimus, who would come to be known as the co-founder of the Banished.Īt first, the Banished mostly led pirate raids against the Covenant.

However, Atriox overpowered his Elite executioner at the last moment, inspiring a group of other Brutes who were present at his execution to rise up and overthrow their officers. In the ensuing fight, Atriox killed his accuser, an act for which he was sentenced to death. However, when he turned around, Atriox found himself confronted by another Brute who accused him of blasphemy against the Covenant. Increasingly disillusioned with the Covenant and their war against humanity, Atriox vented his frustration at the Covenant to a human marine before killing him. As a result, he became something of a reluctant legend among his people. Over the course of the war, Atriox became one of few Brutes to survive multiple first-wave attacks. The Banished were founded by a Brute named Atriox. During the war, it was typical for groups of around forty Brutes to clear the way for future attackers, but this usually led to the Brutes sacrificing themselves for the Covenant cause the most despite being the most recent species to join. Several Jiralhanae, known as Brutes by humans, grew tired of being placed on the front lines by their Sangheili officers, known as Elites. The Banished faction was born out of inter-species tensions within the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War.