Val 'Telram (Earth-5875)

"How I wished we had a unggoy Deacon that could have taken my place. I felt less than a warrior."

- - Val 'Telram

Val 'Telram (formerly Telramee) is a sangheili Honor Guardsman of the Banished. A former member of the Covenant during the First Contact War, he was a crew member of the CAS-class assault carrier Enduring Conviction, led by Shipmaster Let 'Volir. After the Great Schism, he continued to follow 'Volir, joining the Banished, led by the jiralhanae warlord Atriox, when the Shipmaster chose to become a part of the faction.

First Contact War
Val 'Telram served aboard the CAS-class assault carrier Enduring Conviction, during the First Contact War, under the leadership of Shipmaster Let 'Volir. After the break of the Great Schism and the fall of the Covenant, 'Telram and the rest of the crew fended to survive against the onslaught of jiralhanae traitors. When the war ended, he remained lotal to 'Volir, serving as one of his personal Honor Guards.

Joining the Banished
"My ability to communicate with the huragok, the sign language and the patience required to learn it, quickly isolated me from my own kind. While my brothers fought in battle, I was to work with the huragok to secure resources and unlock technology of the gods."

- - Val 'Telram After 'Volir broke away from the remnant sangheili fleet he served on May 4th, 2553, his crew pledged their loyalty to Atriox, a jiralhanae warlord and leader of the Banished. On November 25th, 2564, the Banished invaded Installation 00, raiding the nearby Henry Lamb Research Outpost and killing all human personnel on the ring's surface.

For the next months, the Banished settled on Halo, establishing hundreds of bases and allocating their forces. During this period of time, 'Telram became separated from the crew of the Enduring Conviction duo to his fluency in huragok sign language, being forcibly assigned by Voridus with working alongside the huragok in order to secure resources for the Banished and unlock any forerunner technology they found along the way.

Second Battle of Installation 00
"The jiralhanae look with disgust as I work with Floats Low But Steady as they fear what they do not understand, but they cannot hide their awe at the results. The Ship seems to grow and rebuild itself from the very launch system, a spear to drive deep into the heart of our enemies."

- - Val 'Telram's scriptures on his lust for vengeance On March 28th, 2565, the UNSC Spirit of Fire made their arrival on the Ark after exiting from a slipspace portal. Immediately after this, a battle between the two groups soon ensued.

While he oversaw a group of huragok on April 2765, 'Telram observed helplessly as the Enduring Conviction was destroyed by the Halo's Aggressor Sentinels. The event deeply angered him, and he desired vengeance. One month later, he was assigned to an operation of retrieving forerunner weapons, led by the mgalekgolo bond-brothers known as Colony. During the mission, they were able to locate a design of a forerunner Despair-class fighter. For the next hours, Val watched as Colony's huragok, Floats Low But Steady, "communicated" with the ship, but he was unable to fully translate what the huragok was saying.