A roar vibrated throughout the makeshift arena, alerting all present over the incoming fight and eventual bloodshed that was about to occur between these two Sangheili warriors clad in ancient arbiter armour. The Harbinger was advancing violently with his energy reaper cocked heavily in his hand while Thel 'Vadam simply waited back and barely even acknowledged his own set of weaponry or the advancing nemesis. Instead he looked out to the thunderous armada of Storm covenant warriors that surrounded them; they screamed and honked at him aggressively; representing their own dislike of the peace maker as well as their own animalistic outcomes.

The Arbiter frowned at them all, trying to understand how such a mighty collection of species had been torn together to mere violent creatures; he thought this issue had been overcome and sorted out but as usual, evil was allowed to prevail inside the minds of both his own race and others.

"Face me heretic!" The Harbinger roared at the new comer grey clad Sangheili, almost as if a great vintage portion of hatred and vengeful actions had been stored straight for this ionic hero with ill intentions.
The Arbiter nodded once and activated his own energy sword in his right arm, letting the cackling energy spiral in all directions as he spun the blade around himself and prepared to protect himself for the inevitable assault; hundreds of different teachings of the blade ran through his own head as he looked upon the charging huge jet-black Sangheili.

As the Harbinger ripped its energy reaper forward, Thel dodged to the side and immediately kicked his own boot forward in order to smash the large black Elite straight back in order to smash the nemesis against a forerunner wall. A goblet of spittle and blood slowly drawled out of the Harbinger's right mandible, causing him to wipe it away in confusion at the prospect of an enemy drawing his own blood.
"Do you not see what you have become?" Thel 'Vadam spoke quickly, swinging his blue energy blade to the side in order to block and reflect any incoming attack. As the nemesis thundered in for another attack, the Arbiter managed to jump to the side and slash his own blade to push the enemy back against another wall.

"I follow the covenant and the holy path, something you will never understand" The Harbinger roared outloud, aggressively smashing his energy reaper so it could smash into the enemies' sword with an eruption of cackling energy and sparks.
"The hierarch is leading you all too unimaginable destruction" The Arbiter resoluted his own knowledge unto the horde of the covenant as he continued to speak whilst defending himself against the thunderous plasma reaper blows, "You have been pressured and blinded into this fruitless massacre and brutality by this power hungry prophet, the formation of choice and free will has been stripped away from your own identities!"

"Silence!" The Harbinger roared furiously, rushing forward and attempting to halt the grey clad elite's speech to the rest of the covenant armada.
Thel 'Vadam responded quicker, smashing his left arm forward with the plasma rifle to impact roughly with the nemesis's head as his right fist cut his energy blade forward in order to block the other's assault. This time however, the Harbinger violently responded and smashed his entire frame in order to knock the Arbiter back ferociously.
"You never believed in the holy path Harbinger, you merely believe in the hunt of mankind and the vengeance of your forefathers" Thel finally spat out, attempting to raise himself up from one knee in order to defend himself quickly as he activated his energy blade again, "And now these storm factions have followed your leadership into peril!"

The Harbinger laughed out ferociously at the foolish Sangheili, it was amazing that the Arbiter had even halted the original war, "The Storm follows no leadership but that of the Hierarch, they are tools under the prophet's machine of war and the holy path; nothing more!"
A numerous amount of Sangheili and Unggoy cocked their heads to each other slowly, their own understanding of the situation starting to form in their skulls as they heard the true proposed identity from this large leader.

"Your barbaric leadership of these victims represents how little empathy you still contain" The Arbiter spat out in disgust at the huge Jet-Black Sangheili, "All your life you have focused on the hunt, on leading your inferiors with fear and forced cruelty and not once have you stopped to consider them as their own individuals."

"They are tools! And you are halting them to reach the holy path!" The Harbinger responded ferociously, growling at two small Unggoy to back off and hold their own position in the circle without complaint. The Sangheili Nemesis could almost smell a great impact of confusion and almost newly created sense of realisation and he knew that if he didn't silence the enemy speaker then his armada could even turn on him.

"What holy path!" The Arbiter responded evenly, his own questions starting to even formulate inside the nemesis's heavily corrupted mind, "Do you know what will happen if that prophet awakens the Precursor?! We are ants in comparison to that entity and our own destruction will not be prevented with simple faith and barbarism!"
"Blasphemy!" The Harbinger screamed out in confusion and resented fury, rushing forward blindly and swinging his own energy reaper without worry or concern until finally the Arbiter blocked the quick volley of attacks and sliced vertically with his own energy sword so the cackling blue energy literally ripped upwards and cut the entire reaper in half.

A horrendous scream ripped out of the jet-black Sangheili as he realised his own defeat, a great sense of self-hatred emanating as the Arbiter quickly spun around and smashed his own heel forward and knocked the entire elite nemesis into the ground. Thel quickly lowered his energy sword and aimed it straight down the downed enemy, both sets of energy slotting the Harbinger's neck and life force in place.
The Arbiter looked down at the Harbinger slowly, almost challenging the downed nemesis to move as he turned back and looked around to the numerous confused covenant armada; then without a pause he pointed straight to a singular Unggoy Minor and spoke, "What drove you to join the Storm and bring about the doom and destruction of not just your own race but those of the entire universe."

The small grunt gulped nervously and inhaled a small bubble of methane as he looked out awkwardly to the rest of the covenant; no one had ever taught or told him to ever speak up, especially when it came to his own personal life, finally he spoke up awkwardly, "My masters tell me to follow them into battle and so I do, in order to protect my nipple brothers and my life."

"Silence you worm!" The Harbinger roared outloud, only stopping when the blade sharply twisted and cut tightly into the side of his thick muscular black neck.
The Arbiter growled at the large defenceless elite to be silent before he continued, "Your own choice is something that was never given to you Unggoy, nor to any of you!" He roared out to the entire armada loudly, "Long has this battle raged and lives have been lost, but for what? What can the Prophet give to you that would balance the slaughter of your races and that of the humans!?"
The covenant didn't reply, numerous looks of confusion and many of them turning their heads to each other as they thought through what the Arbiter was truly saying.

Finally the Unggoy minor stepped forward and spoke, "I would like to visit my home world with the rest of my nipple-brothers" As he tugged at the heavy methane armour and mask that encased his freedom and life, "We have been forced to wear these suits our entire lives and I want to finally take it off and smell for the first time."
"And you shall young Unggoy warrior, your bounds will be ripped off and your race will be finally set free" The Arbiter continued to speak, harmony slowly resounding his voice, "As will you, servants of the Sangheili be placed within your own race and given the final freedom and lack of bounds, and you! The Kig-Yar will be placed back on their own home and given true humility in their own choices."

The Harbinger growled as he looked at the traitorous curs that were once members of his covenant armada, even the once loyal Sangheili had turned their backs on him and thrown down their own plasma weaponry in defiance of the covenant.
"Even you!" The Arbiter finally turned back and pointed to a pair of large burly armour clad hunters as he spoke, "The Mgalekgolo were once a proud and honourable race of assorted society and now look at you, the covenant has turned you into simple killing machines!"

"They will not listen to you!" The Harbinger roared to the grey clad Sangheili whilst attempting to control the rebelling individuals of covenant species. The large black clad elite growled ferociously at the Unggoy that had spoken up, attempting to quell the uprising but failing to override the concept of freedom and choice that had been placed before the all, "They have come together in order to exact the destruction of humanity and the righteous path of the ancients."

"Ahhhh yes Humanity" The Arbiter sighed outloud, "Once a thorn in our side and now a formidable enemy that we believe to be a curse in our universe, what exactly has mankind done to you to deserve such a fate; they merely fight for their own survival and honour."
"There is no honour amongst them; they are prey to be hunted down and crushed!" The Harbinger finally screamed as the blue energy blade continued to tighten around his neck; all voice and tone set on his honourable act to slaughter mankind in jousts of feat and honour.

"You underestimate the humans Harbinger, you treat them like game to be hunted and prey to be slaughtered" Thel 'Vadam slowly spoke, lifting his energy blade slightly as he looked down at the downed elite, "You must realise that the humans are a species to respect, they are not an inferior race none of us truly are; they are an existing species that we must learn to cohabitate with if we are to weather the many horrors of the universe."
A numerous number of covenant warriors screamed out in triumph and agreement, showing their own approval and appreciation of the change in tactic and teachings. As the Harbinger watched in disbelief, every single member of the large armada started lowering their own weaponry and smashed them against the floor with finality.

"We have come so far!" The Harbinger growled furiously, leaning back in futile resistance whilst attempting to overcome the feelings of agreement and questioning that had been residing within his own mind, "We can't turn back now!" He roared to them all.

"You have been drowning for too long" Thel 'Vadam completely sheathed his energy sword while looking down at the lost nemesis Sangheili with a twinge of sympathy, finally he stepped back and spoke evenly, "It is time for you to rise and breathe the fresh air in again my brother."
The Arbiter loomed down quickly and reached his right fist in order to grab the Harbinger's arm and lift him up to stand before him equally; where the first thing he did was to embrace the other Sangheili like a true brother.