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Vaik 'Jaren, warrior cadet of the Chikri-Merkaa Conflux 's Foremost Legion, in a ready stance. She is one of a newer generation of combatants trained in the years after the war with humanity according to the Conflux's own, rather than the Covenant's, doctrine. Although 'mainline' Sangheili tradition has historically forbidden females from serving in military roles, like in any starfaring species there exists a great deal of regional variety in customs across the Sangheili colonial sphere; owing partly to the species' meta-civilization's disparate governance and clan-specific customs. Case in point, the House of Jaren and other clans on their home-colony of Glorious Proclamation have been accepting of females in combat and leadership roles for millennia, though they were still barred from Covenant military service in all but a handful of largely ceremonial roles and special monastic orders. The C-M Conflux is one of several splinter polities to have dispensed with such strictures following the Covenant's fall, in part due to the example set by the Swords of Sanghelios but also the prominent influence of the House Jaren in the group's internal affairs. Even so, female warriors remain rare outside the clans of Glorious Proclamation and their off-world holdings.

Digitally refined from a sketch seen here and sort-of inspired by Isaac Hannaford's illustration of Tul 'Juran for Halo Mythos, with some Halo CE/pre-Xbox influence thrown in for good measure; slim and streamlined Elites are the best kind. I didn't originally even have a name for the character but since I think the design turned out okay, I might revisit her at some point.

Description
Vaik 'Jaren, warrior cadet of the Chikri-Merkaa Conflux 's Foremost Legion, in a ready stance. She is one of a newer generation of combatants trained in the years after the war with humanity according to the Conflux's own, rather than the Covenant's, doctrine. Although 'mainline' Sangheili tradition has historically forbidden females from serving in military roles, like in any starfaring species there exists a great deal of regional variety in customs across the Sangheili colonial sphere; owing partly to the species' meta-civilization's disparate governance and clan-specific customs. Case in point, the House of Jaren and other clans on their home-colony of Glorious Proclamation have been accepting of females in combat and leadership roles for millennia, though they were still barred from Covenant military service in all but a handful of largely ceremonial roles and special monastic orders. The C-M Conflux is one of several splinter polities to have dispensed with such strictures following the Covenant's fall, in part due to the example set by the Swords of Sanghelios but also the prominent influence of the House Jaren in the group's internal affairs. Even so, female warriors remain rare outside the clans of Glorious Proclamation and their off-world holdings.

Digitally refined from a sketch seen here and sort-of inspired by Isaac Hannaford's illustration of Tul 'Juran for Halo Mythos, with some Halo CE/pre-Xbox influence thrown in for good measure; slim and streamlined Elites are the best kind. I didn't originally even have a name for the character but since I think the design turned out okay, I might revisit her at some point.