Jul 'Mdama

Jul 'Mdama was a Sangheili shipmaster and warlord who became a notable political opponent of the Arbiter, Thel 'Vadam, in the decades that followed the Human-Covenant War.

While initially allied with the Arbiter, 'Mdama was ideologically opposed to the Concord of Reconciliation's decision to allow Humanity to remain under an independent government, instead campaigning for the species' forced integration and assimilation into the Covenant collective, which he believed should continue to persist as the hegemonic force within the Orion Arm. After being betrayed by elements of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 'Mdama spent years as a mercenary in the marches between the human and Covenant spheres. In the years after the Great Schism died down, 'Mdama was able to gradually assemble a formidable support base among ex-Covenant disgruntled with the Arbiter's policies.

He is most notorious for his attack on Earth in 2584 in order to seize control of the Kenyan Excession and setting in motion the events that led to the second human Diaspora and the second conflict at the Ark.