Jul Mdama

Jul Mdama, born Jules Madam, was a fanatical Elite Zealot who, after the fall of the Covenant, refused to beleive that the Forerunners had abandoned them. He continued the Covenant belief in the Forerunners even after the truth was revealed to the Galaxy, and both him and his followers were present on Requiem during the years immideitly following Jorgey's Master Plan.

Jul had suffered an unhappy childhood. He was initially not accepted into the Sangheilian Academy for Military Education because of his ridiculous name. He changed his name after three unsuccessful years and was finally accepted. He realised that his entire childhood had been wasted and he went home and killed both his parents in a swordfight that destroyed their family home.

Years later, just as Jul was about to be conscripted into the Covenant Army, the war ended and the Humans and the Elites made a truce. Disgusted, Jul adopted a loathing of Humans and matters were made worse when news reached Sangheilios that the entire religion of the Covenant was a lie. most Elites cared little for this, the ones on Sangheilios being the ones who opted to not join the Covenant in the first place. However, Jul was a fanatical believer in the Covenant Doctrine and he refused to abandon his religion.

Gathering together a group of other like-minded Elites, the so-called 'Storm' movement attacked one of the sacred Elite temples that was being demolished. They slaughtered all the 'Heretics' who defiled the temple and recovered thousands of documents, databases and artifacts relating to the Forerunners. Amongst them was a special set of Zealot armour, apparently preserved for the 'Didacts Hand'. Jul adopted that title and wore the armour for the next six years.

As his faction grew, Jul attacked his next target - a former Covenant Shipyard, now controlled by Humans. He ransacked the place and killed every Human there, and they even managed to steal seven Covenant Warships complete with Slipspace Drives and Weapons systems. They used the information gleaned from the databases they took from the Covenant Temple to plot a course for a Forerunner Shield World - designation 'Requiem'.

There, Jul and his minions waited for three years for the planet to become active. They set up camps on the surface and set their ships in orbit around the planet. They destroyed anything that came near to the planet, Human, Sangheili or anything else that dared defile their sacred shield world. After three years of waiting, a battered Human Ship appeared near the Shield World. This was none other than the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, and on that ship was Johnny Spartan encased in Cryo ever since the Halo event.

Jul initially ordered the Ship destroyed, but after a chance hit by a missile destroyed one of his ships the planet opened and scanned the Human. Jul watched in awe as the planet pulled in three more of his ships, destroying another one in the process. Rallying the remainder of his forces, he ventured into the planet to see what they had been guarding all these years...