It stood among a Forerunner city atop a massive basalt column that rose out of the sea. In June or July 2559, three Phantoms approached the Keyship. The raid on Anodyne Spirit Main article: Raid on Anodyne Spirit Minas was assigned to lead the expedition. And so, Atriox assembled a strike force to infiltrate the Keyship and retrieve the crystal. Like all Forerunner starships, its slipspace drive was powered by one of these crystals. Thankfully, the Anodyne Spirit-the keyship that the Prophet of Truth had used to reach the Ark-had been found in an uncontested region that the Banished had dubbed Mahsko. To do so, he would need a Forerunner slipspace flake to open a portal to a facility rumored to be hidden on Reach, a human colony that had been glassed by the Covenant nearly seven years earlier. While the Banished continued to battle the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire for control of the installation, Atriox decided that he must return to the galaxy to deal with an unknown situation. Recruiting Choros into the Banished, the two of them would serve together for years to come, even being selected by Atriox to accompany him to the Ark in 2558. Minas learned that the younger Jiralhanae had worked closely with the Prophets aboard the Forerunner Dreadnought until their lies were revealed for all to see.

Here he found Choros in the brimstone-dockyards of Ividar Rux, repairing damaged warships. At some point after the Great Schism, he made his way to Warial, one of the moons of the Jiralhanae homeworld Doisac. The Banished Ĭhieftain Minas served the Banished even after the Covenant's war with the humans came to a close. And so, Minas enlisted with the very faction he was sent to destroy. At that moment, Minas decided that he could no longer endure the lies and hypocrisy that he sensed from the Prophets and the High Council. It is a cost that no one can escape, so someone might as well die for something that they truly believe in-something that they are willing to give their life for. However, as Minas prepared to deliver the death blow, Atriox told him that everyone must die for something. Eventually, Minas came face-to-face with Atriox and had a brief opportunity to strike a fatal blow to both the warmaster himself and the rebellion that he led. He would lead a legion in a protracted campaign, chasing the Banished as they raided world after world.

Despite failing to see the wisdom in wasting time and resources searching for such an insignificant rebelling faction, Minas followed the orders of the councilors without question. Sometime after Atriox first rebelled from the Covenant, Chieftain Minas had been tasked by the High Council with hunting down and destroying the Banished, and bringing the rogue Jiralhanae to justice.

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