Homebrew Elites (Sangheili) Species Details

On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the Covenant!

— Sangheilian Oath to the Covenant

 

The Sangheili (Macto cognatus, or "I glorify my kin"), known to humans as Elites, are a saurian species of strong, proud, and intelligent warriors, as well as skilled combat tacticians. The Sangheili are named after their home planet, Sanghelios. Due to their skill in combat, the Sangheili have formed the military backbone of the Covenant for almost the entirety of its existence. They had a very strong rivalry with the Jiralhanae, which finally boiled over into open hatred during the Great Schism, and the conclusion of the Human-Covenant war.

Originally a founding member of the unified conglomerate of races known as the Covenant, their entire species later led the breakaway faction known as the Covenant Separatists, who sided with the humans against their former allies due to the fact that the Prophets of Truth and Mercy had ordered the genocide of the entire Sangheili race. This was established after the assassination of the Prophet of Regret at the hands of John-117, as it was the Sangheili who were ultimately held responsible for Regret's death, and they were seen as "unfit" to continue to guard the San'Shyuum. The San'Shyuum sought to achieve this through use of the other Covenant races, primarily the Jiralhanae.

The Sangheili are renowned for great strength and intelligence, and are praised for their bravery and honor. Sangheili warriors augment these natural abilities further through use of Energy Shields integrated into their armor.

Sangheili are generally between 2.2 and 2.6 meters (Roughly 7.4 to 8.6 feet) tall. Including helmet and armor, have two fingers and two thumbs on each hand which are much larger than human fingers and thumbs, which make the Sangheili look ungainly when wielding small human weapons such as A dagger. Their large, reptile-like appearance has earned them the nicknames "Alligator" and "Dino." They look vaguely like lizards or theropods, except for their jaws.

Their jaws are quadruple-hinged, with an upper jaw, a greatly reduced lower jaw which are four mandible-like "lips." With few exceptions, these mandibles are generally shown with six teeth each; many sources also depict an additional large fang on the tips of each mandible. Anywhere from eight to ten broader teeth have been observed mounted on the central jaw structure. Some Sangheili keep their mandibles closed, using only the front two joints of their lower mandibles to speak, giving them a more humanoid appearance. Sangheili smell with the use of two nostrils, each a little in front and below the eye socket. Given their predatory nature, a Sangheili's sense of smell is likely very developed. However, it must be noted that as a distinct race they may have omnivorous tendencies. The mandibles appear to be made for gripping small prey, which insinuates that the Sangheili evolved from a quadruped race and that they are much larger than their natural prey.

Female Sangheili are similar in appearance to male Sangheili. Raia 'Mdama, was described as being slightly shorter than the average male and having paler skin tone. Female Sangehili are oviparious, meaning babies are born from eggs outside the mother's body.

Oh, and I almost forgot. the Their skin color can range from Gray, Brown, and Black. And they have no hair.

Elites (Sangheili) Traits

Elites aren't far off from humans. however, there is a difference.

Alignment

For being with the covenant so long, you think they wouldn't be lawful? The answer is, they would. However, through halo 2 there was an evil elite. So that's not out of the question.

Size

I've already stated this in this description, but it's around 7'4 and A max of 8'6. And they weight 310 lb to 390 lb. Your size is large.

Age

There isn't any cannon information for section, so I will just say they can live as long as humans. (100 years.)

Speed

In all the halo games, they seem to run as fast as the player, so about 30 ft.

Ability score increase

You gain +2 to strength, and +1 to intelligence.

Language

Despite being aliens, they mostly speak common, for some reason. You can speak, read, and write common and one language of your choice.

Alien mind

When role-playing an Elite, it is important to remember that they do not have the same mindset as a human. An example would be: two wandering NPCs, one human, and one Elite, happened to be in a cave. They don't know this but there's a dragon in there. They both got to a certain point in the cave and WHAMY! They both took 4d6 blungoning damage. They both react. The human seem scared and fearful. However the elite acts a lot more brave and honorable.

Ever Expanding

There are many types of Elites, some are Insightful, and some are more acrobatic.

Choose to be proficient in insight, or acrobatics.

Virtue and honor.

At level 3, the player character is allowed to cast "Branding strike", and if the player levels up, he/she can put it on different slots. Spell save is 14.