this is a Halo one shot that might not stay at one shot I currently have a lot of stuff in life but I wanted to write this idea down

what are the hellhounds

As you know the

The Fall of Reach sometimes referred to as the Battle of Reach, Or the Reach Campaign, and the Defense of Reach. was one of the largest engagements in the Human-Covenant war. It was fought between the UNSCDF and the Covenant from July 24 to August 30, 2552.

But here's something you might not know. Oni had known they had calculated and projected. that the covenant would find reach within a year. here's the letter that proves it.

ONI has been studying recent planetary attacks and Covenant ship movements, they believe that on July 2552 that they were close to discovering Reach, calculating an 87.2% likelihood of it being found by the end of this year. Consequently (Admiral Margaret Parangoski) I believe we should use Reach for Operation red flag Vice Admiral Stanforth.

The plan required a sacrifice of a world, to succeed and they didn't even bother to tell us. soldiers civilians left behind on a half glass and burning world.

And from this burning world, hellhounds Rose from the ashes. in mythological lore hellhounds often guarded gateways to hell or mass Graves.

I guess you could call reach both. but hellhounds don't just guard. they help poor lost souls. they find and drag the Damned to hell. That's just what these men and women were. They were angry at the covenant burning their world, they were even more angry at Oni who left them to die.

So this group went on to hunt, and try to find more survivors.

what they found in the end, was a small group misfits. a couple of Spartans some Marines good bit of security personnel a few civilians and one or two scientist.

Together they made a vow. To not only hunt down and kill the covenant, for burning their world. But to destroy the wicked and corrupt organization that is Oni, and make those responsible pay for their crimes.

And so they could distinguish themselves, from Oni and the UNSC. They painted their armor crimson red, in honor of the fallen. the color of the blood they shed trying to save their world.

And on their armor they put these letters, H.O.R. for

[Hellhounds of Reach] and then in partial Latin their motto

[wolves armati dissectum] meaning wolves cloaked in crimson.

And on the year 2554 they managed to find, a half complete and somewhat functional warship. which they would spend 4 months getting space Worthy.

And then when the time came, they left the surface of reach. promising to one day return, and in doing so faded into the shadows.

Every once in awhile you'll hear something about an Oni base getting annihilated, or covenant Fleet mysteriously disappearing. these are the actions of the hellhounds, dragging the damn to their fiery grave.