How To Draw An Elite Zealot

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"The true devotee honors our proper noun with deportment, not words."

— Sangheili Zealot'south mantra

The Sangheili Zealots are the elite Covenant Sangheili officers who is charged with the recovery of Forerunner artifacts. Unparalleled among the Covenant for their skill at arms, Zealots will finish at nothing, not even the eradication of heretical species, in order to recover these holy relics.^[2]

Zealot is also a generic term for a Sangheili with official command responsibilities.^[iii] ^[4] Members of the Zealot-grade include Shipmaster, Armada Master, Field Marshal, Field Chief, and Supreme Commander. The only known ranks higher up Zealot are Councilor, Arbiter, and Imperial Admiral.

While some Zealots are strictly deployed to not-combat Fleet or Field Command posts, they often operate on the front lines and possess considerable battlefield experience, having killed endless enemies of the Covenant earlier attaining their post.

1 Function
2 Zealot titles
iii Combat
four Known Zealots
- 4.1 Fleet Masters
- 4.2 Send Masters
- 4.3 Field Masters
5 Physical appearance
vi Trivia
7 Gallery
8 Appearances
nine Sources

Role

As members of the Ministry building of Fervent Intercession, true Zealots form the razor's edge of any significant Covenant military operation. Zealot squads are tasked with the location and assay of any information which might lead to a reliquary site. Once located they are so charged with its recovery, typically through churchly intervention by force, though no measure is considered too extreme. They wearable a number of different armor iterations, from aureate to reddish, which are highly advanced with advanced shielding tech and improved protection.^[2]

Zealot titles

Zealot is the highest military rank a Sangheili can achieve with the exception of the Arbiter, Sangheili High Councilor, and Imperial Admiral. The Special Operations Commander of the Covenant is lower than higher Zealot ranks such as Supreme Commander,^[5] only probably college than lesser ones such as Field Master. The positions a Zealot can concur include:

Field Chief: This rank is equivalent to the UNSC Army and Marine Corps numerous General ranks. Field Masters control entire armies, legion force or greater. Unlike Human being Generals, Field Masters accept a much more active role in combat, as in charging into the battle with their troops rather than giving orders from an expanse away from the ongoing conflict. They are in charge of all warriors of any race within that regular army, as well as all armor, air support and material utilized past that army. An example of this is Noga 'Putumee, who led the Covenant forces against the Human-held Alpha Base of operations during the Battle of Installation 04.

Field Align: The Field Align rank falls under the Zealot-class, just appears to outrank regular Zealots. Besides leading large-scale ground operations, Field Marshals are known to lead small strike teams equanimous of Zealot officers. While other Zealots use the Free energy Sword, the Field Marshal uses heavy weaponry such as the Fuel Rod Cannon and only uses an Energy Sword as a backup weapon.

Shipmaster: This rank is equivalent to the UNSC Navy's Captain rank. Ship Masters command star ships within the Covenant but they however fall nether the control of their Fleet'south Supreme Commander and Fleet Primary. An example of this is Orna 'Fulsamee, who was the ship chief of an unknown destroyer. Many believe that Orna Fulsamee commanded a CCS-grade battlecruiser, though he really allowable a destroyer. It mentioned it at the opening pages of Halo: The Alluvion. The championship of Ship Master is not sectional only to the Zealot rank. This is supported by the fact that earlier the Battle of Voi, the Covenant's Special Operations Commander, Rtas 'Vadum was promoted to the Ship Master of the Set on Carrier, Shadow of Intent.^[six] He seemed to still be an Sangheili Ultra at the time.

Fleet Master: This rank is the equivalent to the UNSC Navy's numerous Admiral ranks. A Armada Master commands all of the ships in his item armada, in improver to his own vessel. In the example of a De Facto Armada Master or Fleet Principal/De Facto Commander a Sangheili is a normal Send Master and controls just i ship, but when a Armada needs to do a special objective, the Armada Master/De Facto Commander acts as the commander for the ships participating in that objective (normally called Job force). Voro Nar 'Mantakree was a Fleet Main/De Facto Commander and was in charge of leading a chore forcefulness to Onyx to pursue the Bloodied Spirit
Supreme Commander: The highest rank a zealot can achieve, supreme commanders are tasked with space operations and commanding large fleets and armadas

Combat

Zealots are significantly more challenging to fight than other Sangheili. In Halo: Gainsay Evolved, Zealots are known to wield Energy Swords and Plasma Rifles. They are much tougher than regular Sangheili, every bit they shoot faster and tend to actively pursue and chase their target, rather than shoot at the closest enemy. They too have extremely strong shields that are twice every bit strong as those of a Sangheili Major (In Halo: Combat Evolved, they can survive a rocket on Easy). They are much faster than lower ranking Sangheili and can leap at an enemy as well. They are considerably harder to striking and they constantly duck behind obstacles to avoid fire, although this can be used confronting them if they are on a bridge. Zealots wielding an Energy Sword are extremely unsafe in shut quarters and should be dealt with chop-chop and preferably while they are withal reasonably far away since a accident from an energy sword is typically an instant kill. They are a powerful, smart, and very dangerous foes to be reckoned with, peculiarly on higher difficulties.

An early render of a Zealot wielding an Energy Sword.

The best mode to deal with a Zealot is to either use a Plasma Grenade or to attack it from long range, as they are mortiferous in mitt-to-paw combat because of their Energy Sword (in Halo: Combat Evolved, a single strike tin can kill the player up to Normal difficulty). Due to their stiff shields, it is advisable to use heavy weaponry, such every bit the Sniper Burglarize or Rocket Launcher. The Shotgun can likewise work pretty well as a shot at point bare range can disable their shields and stun them. The M6D pistol is only moderately constructive, taking 16 caput shots to kill a fully shielded Zealot on Normal difficulty. The Needler is both mutual and extremely constructive, due to the fact that vii rounds will kill well-nigh enemies and the weapon'due south large magazine and ability to habitation in even when the reticle is not red or on the enemy.

In Halo 2, they practice not utilise Overshields and their shields are equally strong as those of a Sangheili Major and Special Operations Sangheili, but they are a lot smarter and tougher. They are still very mortiferous in close-quarters, though in Halo 2, their sword blitheness has been changed to being "more realistic" in the sense that in Halo: Combat Evolved, a sword swing had a huge area of effect, and information technology was incommunicable to contrivance a swing. In Halo ii, it is possible to side step and assassinate a Zealot, or any other Sangheili with a sword. When the Zealot is swinging, rapidly pace to the side and behind him, and then melee him, which results in an instant kill. This is the quickest and most constructive way of dispatching Zealots, or other sword wielding Sangheili. It is likewise very risky. Zealots tin take more than damage when their Energy Shields are down. In improver to the tactics mentioned in the preceding paragraph, dual M6C Magnums tin can be very effective at close ranges so long as you stay outside of their sword's reach. Dual Needlers are besides effective. Also, Zealot AI is noticeably dissimilar in Halo 2; Zealots are always found wielding Energy Swords, formalism weapons befitting their high rank. In almost cases, they will not fire a weapon if given one and will try to melee with it.

Some other fact that should be known is that Zealots volition never, under any circumstances, ride in or bulldoze a vehicle for religious purposes;^{[commendation needed]} they do not believe information technology is honorable to kill their enemies with vehicles instead of hand-to-hand combat. If a player tries to give them a take a chance to become in i, such equally in Uprising, their animation volition glitch and they will kickoff to walk toward the vehicle and turn around, they will then keep doing this.

In Halo: Combat Evolved, Zealots had a "flaw" that fabricated killing one slightly easier. It would do some form of roaring animation (similar to the Sangheili berserkers in Halo 2), or pointing out the player and yelling. This animation makes the Zealot's body more than open and gives the player a moment to snipe, fire a rocket at, or damage the shields of the Zealot. This Sangheili is the only Sangheili that will only spawn when scripted to, unlike Minors to Ultras, whose chances depend purely on difficulty.

Known Zealots

Fleet Masters

Voro Nar 'Mantakree - De facto Fleet Master of the 2nd Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity

Ship Masters

Orna 'Fulsamee - Shipmaster of an unnamed destroyer.
Tano 'Inanraree - Ship Principal of the Incorruptible
Qunu - Transport Master of the Far Sight Lost

Field Masters

Noga 'Putumee - Field Master in the Fleet of Particular Justice
Re'gish Wamik - A Field Master during the Harvest Entrada.
Avu Med 'Telcam - A former Field Master in the Covenant Navy and leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth.

Physical advent

In Halo: Combat Evolved, Zealots wear solid gilded armor, a pointed helmet and shoulder pauldrons (signifying rank), blue lights running on their armor, and a Forerunner glyph on their dorsum. Their shields are much more than powerful than those of their subordinates, and wield either an Energy Sword or Plasma Rifle (They fire much faster than other Sangheili and with greater accuracy). In Ceremony, they take their Halo: Reach appearance with Combat Evolved gilded colour.

In Halo 2, Zealots wear the standard armor of all Sangheili, with orange lights running on their armor, just this time wear gold and tan armor.

In Halo: Reach, a lower ranking variation of the Zealot appears in the game, serving equally a Special Forces unit, oft commanded by Field Marshals and answering straight to the Zealot gild. They wear a more ornamental helmet, with blue lights running on their helmets and shoulder pauldrons and also a little chip on their body and thighs. Zealots now have a maroon color, like to the Field Marshal.

In Halo 4, the Zealot wears what appear to exist a mixture of the Halo: Achieve Zealot armor and the Special Operations Sangheili armor, albeit with a battle-scarred look. The armor itself is a traditional design from Hesduros.^[2] The inner toes have a pocket-sized, hook-like projections on them. The helmets have four noticeable lights on the top, and masks most of the user'south caput and face. Zealots with this armor are known as "Roaches" by UNSC troopers.^[seven]

Trivia

Zealots and Field Marshals are the only enemies you cannot fight in Firefight.
The plasma rifle-wielding Zealots of Halo: Combat Evolved will non melee. This is due to the fact that they are programmed to berserk when they see yous, and have no provisions to melee while in berserk mode.
In Halo: Gainsay Evolved, Zealots (every bit with all Sangheili), will commonly leap out of the mode to avert a grenade: when near a ledge, they will jump over and will autumn to their deaths. However, on Legendary, the Zealots will sometimes charge through the nail and try to kill the histrion.
Zealots merely have the shields of a Sangheili Major in Halo 2, but what they lack in shields they make up for in skill.
Zealots' gauntlets are blue in Halo: Combat Evolved, (the same color Stealth Sangheili and SpecOps Sangheili have), just in Halo 2, they article of clothing the usual orangish gauntlets of all other Sangheili.
In Halo: Reach, there are two loadout naming options called "Zealot" and "Majestic Zealot." Past default, these loadouts spawn with the Evade Armor Power, a Needle Rifle primary and either a Needler or Plasma Pistol secondary.
In Halo: Accomplish, the Zealot armor is available equally an Armor Permutation if the player reaches the in-game rank of Captain.
During the collision cutscene in Lone Wolf, Noble Half dozen met his demise at the hands of a Zealot's Free energy Dagger.
The simply two Halo games that Zealots don't appear in are Halo 3 and Halo iii: ODST.
The armor of the Zealot is identical to that of the Sangheili Field Marshal, with the only differences being two distinguished horns on the Field Align's headdress and differing pauldrons.
In the Halo: Reach campaign in that location are a total of 9 Zealots, a pair of Zealots assisting the Field Marshal in Winter Contingency, a third in Tip of the Spear, a pair which attack (and are killed by) Emile, a trio assisting the Field Marshal and the one who finishes off Noble Six in the concluding cutscene in Lone Wolf.
In Halo: Reach, Noble 6 was almost killed by a Sangheili Zealot in the campaign mission Winter Contingency.
In Halo four, Jul 'Mdama'south Covenant Zealots look similar extremely battle-scarred Special Operations Sangheili.
The armor worn by the Zealots in Halo iv is the traditional Zealot armor worn in-field before the Sangheili joined the Covenant.^[8]
The Zealots in Halo four were originally supposed to wear a ruddy variant of the Ultra armor from Halo: Accomplish.^[9]
In Halo: Gainsay Evolved Anniversary, the Stealth Sangheili seen in the Legendary ending is replaced by a Sangheili Zealot. 343 Industries has however to requite a reason for this modify.
Zealot Blargball, a version of Grifball that uses Sangheili, gets it proper noun from the Sangheili Zealots.

Gallery

Arbiter & Zealot

Appearances

Sources

↑ They are seen using them in the Halo 4 level "Requiem".
↑ ^two.0 ^2.1 ^two.2 Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 60 Cite fault: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HEVG" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Halo: Reach, Winter Contingency (level)
↑ Halo Encyclopedia, page 135
↑ Halo Graphic Novel
↑ Halo 3 , level Floodgate
↑ Halo: Nightfall, Episode 1
↑ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, Page 49, (http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/03/06/The-Halo-4-The-Essential-Visual-Guide-is-coming!.aspx)
↑ Awakening: The Art of Halo 4, Page 131

v d due east Sangheili ranks

High Quango	Sangheili High Councilor

Honor Baby-sit	Honor Guardsman • Honor Guard Ultra • Honor Guard Councilor

Temporary/Prominent	Ossoona • Czar

Special Operations	Spec-Ops • Spec-Ops Officeholder • Spec-Ops Commander of the Covenant

Specialists	Stealth • Ranger • Austere

Navy	Shipmaster • Fleet Master • Supreme Commander • Imperial Admiral

Zealot	Zealot • Field Master • Field Marshal

Infantry	Modest • Major • Ultra • Full general

Civilian	Kaidon • Oracle Master • Blueblood

Heretic	Heretic Pocket-size • Heretic Major • Heretic Leader

Remnant	Storm • Commander • Enforcer • Warrior • Zealot Assassin • Wraith Officer • Wraith Helm • Tankmaster

Other	Weapons Master