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originally posted in: Let's Talk About The Jiralhanae
2/25/2014 6:23:19 PM
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I feel like there's more going on with the Moonbabies than you see at first glance. In many similar ways, they're like the Krogan. And I also believe there's a division somewhere among them, primarily based on their goals for the future of their species. For starters, let's take a look at them. It's been stated that they climbed up the technological ladder and blasted themselves back to the past, and were recovering when the Covenant found them. When an alien race comes from the stars, with all this godlike technology in comparison to your kind's meager triumphs, and you look at your kind, and the state of your world and it sits in, and you are offered a position, would you not take it? I think there are two, main factions of Jiralhanae. The first one gained more weight in the early years of the Covenant. They supported joining the Covenant and saw what they could gain by having such a boost behind them. These were basically the "dreamers" of the Jiralhanae. They looked at their world, looked at their progress, and wanted out. They wanted to expand to the stars and claim their place like all the other races. These were the political savants, the ones that spent the most time and gained the most leway in climbing up the Covenant's heiarchy ladder. But, this did not mean that all the Jiralhanae saw so far ahead into the future. Evidently, with such a vast and awe inspiring collection of technology before them, some of the more simple minded Jiralhanae were easily converted to the Covenant faith, and were less questioning, but still held the expansionist values of their forefathers. I base this off two particular examples, Tartarus and his Uncle, whose name I forget. Jiralhanae work in packs, and it's been noted that there is a heiarchy among even this, with all the Jiralhanae being led by a prime pack of sorts, of likely the smartest, and strongest of them all. Which is why their government is so unstable, with so many changes of hands as competitors rise and fall. Tartarus gained his position of power by killing his Uncle, who in comparison, was a pretty big contrast in views and thinking over Tartarus. He was more level headed, was one of the first "political" oreintated Jiralhanae to get command of his own ship, and was not one to give blind faith so completely. When Tartarus seized his title from his uncle, this was when the other side of Jiralhanae gained more political power, and the more zealous of the lot got their time in the spotlight. The rest is as follows. So, I'd be willing to bet the Lydus is one of the older, more tactical of his kind. Wanting to expand to the stars beyond, and take what they could get from the Covenant, while doing the "Smile and Wave Boys" type deal in the Covenant political ladder, while in contrast, Tartar was zealous and blindly loyal, and in the prime position of power to speak and control the more basic of his kin.
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