This is less a chapter and more an informational bit, Profiles for our ten characters.
Remember, they're now separated. John, Shayla, Thel, and Rtas are on land, Max is missing, and Anna, Jack, Jared, Simon, and Aidan are still in the wreck.
-Shadow
Master Chief/John 117
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:Spartan II
Height:6ft 6in
Appearance: Number one buzzcut, brown hair, blue eyes, Muscular and tall.
Age:26
Trained as a soldier from age six, John saw his first battle at age 12, Now at age 24, he's an accomplished fighter and leader. He can pilot most UNSC vehicles and use all UNSC weapons due to his training. You know his story.
Arbiter Thel 'Vadam
Species:Sangheili
Gender:Male
Occupation:Arbiter/Kaidon of house Vadam
Height:7ft 3in
Appearance:A grey-skinned Sangheili he has golden eyes and is powerfully built. He is one of the tallest of his species.
Age:34
Trained in combat and battle tactics from a young age, he was brought up to be a leader of his people. At age sixteen, he joined the Covenant Military, earning the name Vadamee. By twenty he was commander of the Fleet of Particular Justice. At 27 he lead the attack on the Human world of Reach, ending in the planet's glassing. He followed an escaping ship, the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, and stumbled across the first Halo Ring, leading to the battle of Installation 04. The ring was destroyed and he was given the shameful rank of Arbiter and branded for failing to protect it. He went on to learn the truth about the Halo Rings and join Master Chief in defeating the Covenant Empire. He then led his loyal forces in taking control of Sanghelios and establishing the United Sangheili Council to govern Sanghelios and it's colonies.
Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum
Species:Sangheili
Gender:Male
Occupation:Shipmaster
Height:7ft
Appearance:Slightly shorter than his closest friend and commander, Thel 'Vadam, Rtas has a light gray skin tone and green eyes. His defining feature is the absence of his two left mandibles, lost in a skirmish with Flood during the Battle of Installation 04.
Age:34
An attachment to House Vadam, and a distant relative of the Vadam family, Rtas Vadum is close friends with the Kaidon, Thel 'Vadam. He server under Thel in the Fleet of Particular Justice, fighting for his friend as Shipmaster of his flagship. He was involved in the battles of Installation 04 and the Fall of Reach, to name a few. He has an unusual amount of sympathy for the former member of the lower classes in the Covenant, such as the Unggoy and the Kig-Yar. He served alongside Thel again during the Covenant Civil War, or Great Schism, and fought alongside John 117 in multiple battles.
Sergeant Max Vaughner
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:UNSC Marine, Sergeant
Height:6ft 1in
Appearance:Black hair, military styled cut. He has green eyes and is of african descent.
Age:28
Max Vaughner joined the UNSC Marines at age 17. By 22 he was leading a squad stationed at the Sword Base on Reach. A year later, during the Fall of Reach, they were re-deployed to assist with the fighting in New Alexandria, coming into contact with Nobles Six and Two during the fateful night of it's glassing. Vaughner's squad was evacuated and re-deployed again, this time to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, which fled the planet, stumbling upon Installation 04, a Halo Ring. During the battle of Installation 04, the squad was pinned down by Flood, and were saved by Master Chief.
Anna Vitavosky
Species:Human
Gender:Female
Occupation:UNSC Marine
Height:5ft 9in
Appearance:Anna is a Brunette of Ukrainian descent, with pale skin and blue eyes. She wears her hair long, in a ponytail, and has a scar running across her face, obtained at the Battle of Installation 04 during a fight with a group of Special Ops Sangheili.
Age:22
Anna has served with and under Sergeant Vaughner since she joined the UNSC Marines at age 17. She fought in the battles of New Alexandria and both Battles of Sword Base during the Fall of Reach, and fought at the Battle of Installation 04, during which her squad was rescued from a horde of Flood by John 117, and she received her scar.
Jack O'Riley
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:UNSC Marine'
Height:6ft 1in
Appearance:Jack O'Riley is a tall man with red hair and green eyes. He has noticeable freckles, and an earring in his left ear.
Age:22
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Jack O'Riley Joined the UNSC Marines at 17, fighting under Max Vaughner at the Battles of New Alexandria and both Battles of Sword Base on Reach. He was in the Battle of Installation 04, where John 117 saved his squad from the Flood, personally pulling an injured Jack from the fight. His unit was re-deployed to an outer colony afterward, and did not see battle for the rest of the war. Jack has a fondness for good beer and a certain Ukrainian Marine.
Shayla Anderson
Species:Human
Gender:Female
Occupation:Mining Technician
Height"6ft 3in
Appearance:Shayla is a tall blonde woman from Australia. She has green eyes, and tan skin.
Age:25
Growing up on Earth during the war, Shayla never really saw the effects of the war. She had no family in the UNSC, and even when the war came to Earth, it was still an ocean away. She graduated her university with a major in engineering and was hired by the Auterra Mining Company as a technician. After the end of the war, AUterra entered a deal with the UNSC and the United Sangheili Council to build a mining colony on Krylon, and she was sent on the mission.
Jared Malcolm
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:Miner
Height:5ft 11in
Appearance:Black hair, blue eyes. He has a dark complexion.
Age:26
Jared was born on Reach and taken to Earth during the fall of Reach. He is a miner for the AUterra Mining Company. His family didn't make it off Reach, and he has no family and few friends on Earth, one of the reasons he volunteered for the Krylon Mission.
Aiden Avkiar
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:Miner
Height:5ft 10in
Appearance:Long blonde hair, brown eyes. He has pale skin and an eastern European look.
Age:26
Born on Reach, Aidan and his family were evacuated to a mining colony owned by AUterra Mining. He was hired by the company as a miner and joined the Krylon Mission for large pay raise.
Simon Stevenson
Species:Human
Gender:Male
Occupation:Miner
Height:5ft 7in
Appearance:Short black hair, brown eyes. He is of African descent, and has an English accent.
Age:35
He was born on a mining colony run by AUterra, and eventually was hired as a miner. He has a wife and kids on Earth.