Exra 'Kasum

Exra 'Kasum is a female, Sangheili Mercenary, working under the Banished Warlord Arkarum, 
==Biography==
===Early life===
Born in the lower echelons of Sangheili society in Whispering Trees, Exra was born to a Nera, a commoner mother, and a Sangheili patriarch who held the title of Kaidon, product of a brief affair between the two, part of a larger quest for him to preserve his bloodline, just as established by Sangheili tradition. 
For most of her life, she was unaware of this fact, as newborn childlings were prohibited to know their biological father. Instead, she was raised by Yero, her mother's husband, who taught her in the arts of combat and self-defense, much to her mother's dismay, who wanted her to follow a more, traditionalist path, an idea to which Exra didn't agree. Despite her ideological differences, she loved her mother and wished to make her proud.
One day, when her parents were absent and she was left alone at her homestead, Exra snuck on her mother's room and stole her mother's trysting pod and learned of her heritage. Shocked by the revelation, she confronted her mother, and told her she would reclaim her position as the Kaidon's daughter to bring honor to the family. Her mother tried to persuade her away from doing so, but failed. Exra left her homestead, and using the skills taught by her father, she managed to sneak into the Keep and arrive to the Kaidon's quarters, confronting him.
Impressed by her skills, the Kaidon accepted her challenge, and thanks to his superior skill, he defeated her, but let her live, under the condition she would leave the planet and never to return.
=== Joining the Banished ===
After her exile, Exra was smuggled away on a cargo freighter to Karava, a backwater world in the fringes of Covenant space, where she tried to make a life for herself as a mercenary, and failing to do so. An acquantaince of her, Zef 'Trahl, put her in contact with 'Baruch, a Sangheili recruiter who also worked as the leader of the mercenary company known as the Nomadic Blades. He promised her that, if she joined the Banished, she could not only find a way to restore her honor, but to take revenge on those who casted her out. 
And so she did, joining the crew of the Ghost of Doda'keyt, an Irusk Workshop dreadnought under the command of the Jiralhanae Chieftain Arkarum, one of Atriox's closest lieutenants at the time. 
==Literary appearances== 
*Solipsis: A Halo Story (first appearance)