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| “ | We fight one another now, but we should be fighting the true enemy. Humans. | „ |
| ~ Jul 'Mdama |
Jul 'Mdama is the supreme commander of the Storm Covenant and one of the two secondary antagonist of the Halo franchise's Reclaimer Saga (alongside Atriox). He is known to his followers as the "Didact's Hand" or the "Hand of the Didact", was a Sangheili shipmaster previously in the service of the Covenant during its war against humanity. Fueled by hatred for humanity after the death of his wife Raia 'Mdama, 'Mdama became the supreme leader and founder of a new Covenant faction in the wake of the Great Schism. Despite years of eluding the public light, his activities on the shield world Requiem established him as a highly valued target and war criminal for the United Nations Space Command.
He is voiced by Travis Willingham, who also voiced Jūgo, Tobi, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu in Naruto, Kokutō and Kūgo Ginjō in Bleach, Cell in Raging Blast to Battle of Z, Isaac Frost in Fight Night Champion, Zavok in Sonic: Lost World and Sonic Forces, Kingpin in Marvel's Spider-Man, Paul De Pleur in Far Cry 4, Satan in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, Carl Stoddard in Battlefield: Hardline, Scabrous Scrotus in Mad Max, Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp, and Two-Face in Telltale's Batman.
History[]
Past[]
Prior to the Great Schism, Jul 'Mdama was a Shipmaster in the Covenant Forces and later, the Covenant Separatists. After the downfall of the Covenant Empire, Jul returned to his keep in 'Mdama, debating how Sanghelios would be run now that the Prophet Hierarchs had betrayed them and been driven off. His wife, Raia, however, was more concerned with how the Sangheili would rebuild in agriculture and engineering.
Because of how the Covenant's downfall leaves to turmoil to the former Covenant species and their division from each other, his xenophobic agenda against humanity and angry about a proposed peace between him and Sangheili, he ultimately sided against Thel 'Vadam and his movement, the Swords of Sanghelios, and sides with Avu on his war against them. Along the way, he grew suspicious on where Avu got his weapons from and secretly followed him to find out where he has these weapons from ONI and soon was captured by them. He was then held as their prisoner to be used for their experiments to eradicate the Sangheili such as the modified crops.
Though weakened from being tested, but survived and was able to make his escape to Hesduros where he learned about Raia's death, discovered the location of an ancient Forerunner commander and forms a Covenant remnant faction continue in his war to resume the fight against the UNSC. 'Mdama's forces later managed to gain access to the Shield World Requiem, where they unearthed the Didact and his Prometheans.
Halo 4[]
While absent from the main campaign beyond being referenced as the "Didact's Hand", he can be heard calling his name and was crowned the "Hand of the Didact" while also told by the Didact that he is a noble and strong Sangheili who will serve him well even in his second form. Jul 'Mdama serves as the main antagonist of the "Spartan Ops" campaign which deals with the Spartan Ops fighting back against 'Mdama and his associates. During that time, he would capture Halsey and claim one half of the Janus key then escape Requiem as he set the coordinates to a sun to destroy Infinity. The crew of Infinity, however, were able to deactivate the Forerunner artifacts and made their escape while Halsey agreed to help Jul, vowing revenge on the UNSC.
Halo: Escalation[]
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Halo 5: Guardians[]
Following Cortana beginning to rise to power, Jul lost most of his own power with the Prometheans turning on him and Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey betraying him and broadcasting Jul's location to the UNSC. During the Battle of Kamchatka, Jul attempted to have Halsey track Cortana's movements, only to have Fireteam Osiris attack. Jul personally dueled with Spartan Jameson Locke, but he proved to be no match for the former ONI assassin. Finally, Locke jumped on Jul's back and stabbed Jul in the neck with his combat knife, killing him.
Subsequently, his entire faction was wiped out during the Battle of Sunaion where they made a last stand against the Arbiter and the Swords of Sanghelios.
Legacy[]
During the battle of Installation 07, one of the marines mentioned his name and that he dies because he "sucked" while one of the Unggoy in the Banished shouted his name to avenge him, showing that his legacy is not entirely in vain.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Jul 'Mdama on the Halo Alpha Wiki
