Pale Blade (Earth-5875)

"Oh my God... What is that?"

- - Chyler Silva

The "Pale Blade" was a sangheili Zealot of the Covenant, who participated in the early years of the First Contact War.

Battle of Circinius IV
The sangheili only known as the Pale Blade took part in the Battle of Circinius IV in April 2526. After two SDV-class heavy corvettes destroyed Circinius IV's space elevator, which was set to be used by the students of the Corbulo Academy of Miliary Science to escape, the Zealot was dispatched to the ground to lead an assault against the survivors in the academy. He personally stated the attack by drawing its Type-1 energy sword to destroy the statue of General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, the Ancient Roman military leader for whom the academy was named. Its kig-yar soldiers were easily able to overwhelm the UNSC Marines and ODSTs positioned to protect the cadets.

After more humans, the Pale Blade started to hunt down the cadets who survived out of tradition and sport. Using its cloak, the Zealot killed Junjie Chen by impaling him in the heart, and shortly after it started pursuing the survivors to a nearby weapons locker, where it killed Walter Vickers with a Type-25 plasma rifle. After cornering April Orenski, Chyler Silva, Thomas Reyes, and Michael Sullivan, it prepared to kill them, but was stopped by SPARTAN-II John-117, who impaled the sangheili's neck with his combat knife, killing him.