Jul 'Mdama

Jul 'Mdama is a boss mob that is part of the Storm Covenant.

Appearance
Jul 'Mdama is a Sangheili Zealot wearing a dark blue harness. A hologram of a Forerunner symbol reflects above his helmet.

Info
Jul 'Mdama was a Sangheili Zealot that stood with the Covenant during the war, and eventually joined Arbiter Thel 'Vadam in the Covenant Separatists. Following the end of the war, the Arbiter moved to have peaceful relations with the UNSC. However, many Sangheili, including 'Mdama, disagreed with the Arbiter. 'Mdama started as part of Avu 'Med Talcam's faction, the Servants of the Abiding Truth. 'Mdama was later captured by ONI and taken to a research station on Onyx. There he was studied and interrogated by scientists. Though he no longer worshiped the Forerunners as gods, he pretended that he still did, so that he may visit various Forerunner structures under the guidance of an engineer. He used one of the artifacts to escape Onyx, and arrived to the Sangheili colony of Hesduros. The Sangheili there did not know about the Great Schism. 'Mdama used this to his advantage, and claimed that his journey to Hesduros was a religious one. He would act as a sort of Forerunner Prophet, and would lead his new faction in the search for the Forerunner known as the Didact. He would eventually find the shield world Requiem, but was unable to open it. When John-117 awakened from stasis, he was scanned by the planet, and the gravity well opened, pulling him and most of Jul's fleet inside. Upon the Didact's awakening, Jul and his forces sided with the Forerunner and his force of Prometheans.

6 months after the Didact's death, Jul 'Mdama retained control on Requiem. Using Dr. Henry Glassman and eventually Dr. Catherine Halsey, he would attempt to activate a shrine that contained the soul of the Librarian. When Halsey activated it, she instead went inside and received the Janus Key from the Librarian. Jul took one half, while the other was taken by Spartan Thorne. Halsey would spend the next several months as a hostage of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.

Almost a year later, he would be present on Kamchatka, when the Prometheans began to rebel against the Covenant. Fireteam Osiris was sent to rescue Dr. Halsey, killing Jul 'Mdama in the process. Despite his death, the Covenant maintained a small handful of operations on various systems, including on Sanghelios. Many of these operations, however, would fall under indirect control of Surc Varo and his new San'Shyuum Empire. In fact, many survivors of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant would seek refuge with the new San'Shyuum after Sunaion fell.