Let 'Volir (Earth-5875)

"Yes. And the machine. We still don't know how she accessed our... How many of your men survived?! ... Enough to honor our contract."

- - Let 'Volir and Atriox

Let 'Volir is a sangheili and high-ranking member of the Banished, who served as the Shipmaster of the CAS-class assault carrier Enduring Conviction. A former member of the Covenant, 'Volir swore his allegiance to Atriox and the Banished purely out of the desire to survive and the safety of his crew.

First Contact War
During the First Contact War, Let 'Volir led the CAS-class assault carrier Enduring Conviction as its Shipmaster under a large fleet. From 2548 and 2552, it was responsible for the destruction of six UNSC Navy warships. The Enduring Conviction took part in the Defense of Concord in 2551, where it performed a flawless maneuver that destroyed three human ships at once.

After the outbreak of the Great Schism, 'Volir and most of his crew abandoned the Covenant and the Path. When the sangheili species were betrayed by the Hierarchs and the jiralhanae, 'Volir and his men fought until the very end against the Covenant, and managed to survive all battles.

Following the downfall of the Covenant and the death of the Prophet of Truth, 'Volir had no desire to join the Swords of Sanghelios or the many factions that sought to be their own version of the Covenant. As such, 'Volir had the Conviction remain under the command of Fleetmaster Arkad Nar 'Kulul, where they remained stationed in deep space.

The Banished
In 2555, Atriox, leader of the Banished, willingly giving himself up to 'Volur and the forces under Fleetmaster 'Kulul. He was taken to the Enduring Conviction, where the jiralhanae asked for 'Volir's attention. There, Atriox appealed to the fading faith of 'Volir, as well as his devotion and care for the ship's crew, and offered him a position in the Banished in trade of fuel and his loyalty. 'Volir accepted the offer, and twelve hours later, the Conviction broke from 'Kulul's formation and jumped to slipspace. The ship then escaped towards Ansket IV, an abandoned Covenant world which was home a hydro-processing plant. Once they landed, they killed all the forces on the planet and took it for themselves in order to fuel the Conviction, where Let and his crew swore loyalty to Atriox and the Banished. The Warmaster would supply them forever in trade of the sangheili's assets. As a result of his betrayal and allegiance to a jiralhanae, and above all, in a subordinate role, 'Volir's name was forever tarnished and corrupted within sangheili society. However, he cared little for what others thought about him, as his only objective was to safeguard his crew.