Prophet of Stewardship (Movie)

Prophet of Stewardship was a Lesser Prophet and an antagonist in the Halo: Combat Evolved movie. He was attached to the Fleet of Particular Justice and a member of the Council of Masters fleet.

History
When the Fleet of Particular Justice arrived at the Soell System and discovered Installation 04, Stewardship immediately claimed authority over the fleet per the reclaimation procedure, as Halo was a religious matter. Supreme Commander Thel Vadam was reluctant to cede authority with the UNSC Pillar of Autumn heading for the system, and after a meeting on the Seeker of Truth to contact High Charity to verify who had command, no decision was made.

During the battle over Halo, Stewardship was aboard a Covenant destroyer under the command of Shipmaster Orna Fulsamee. The Prophet forbade the fleet from using the Plasma Torpedoes to destroy the Pillar of Autumn, saying that the torpedoes could damage Halo, an order Thel overrode. This proved to be a grave mistake as the Pillar of Autumn held out against the Covenant boarders long enough to crash land on the ring world. Stewardship oversaw the Battle of Installation 04, giving Zuka Zamamee orders, first denying then later granting permission to hunt down John-117. He also threatened Zuka with execution when he failed in killing John.

As the battle worn on, Stewardship, alternating between the Truth and Reconciliation on the ground and the Ascendant Justice in orbit, began to disregard the Elites' authority. When he discovered a Gas mine located in Threshold which was clearly Forerunner in origin, Stewardship sent an expeditionary force under Sesa Refumee and Loka Bandole to investigate, an act which Thel believed unwise because of the human presence. Thel finally sent a formal request to cease force misappropriation, which was ignored. The failure to secure a science facility resulted in the execution of Soha Rolamee. At this point, Thel sent a single infantry unit to relieve Stewardship until the humans were eliminated, but Stewardship ordered them destroyed on final approach to the Ascendant Justice, warning that any further affronts to his leadership would be met with equally lethal results. Thel finally assembled a force to retake the Ascendant Justice and physically relieve the Prophet, but Stewardship relocated to the Truth and Reconciliation, leaving orders for the crew to arrest Thel if he interfered with his consecration of the ring, an order the crew ignored. Soon, however, SpecOps Commander Rtas Vadumee was recovered from his mission to the Infinite Soccer, revealing that the Flood was on the ring, leading Thel to initiate emergency quarantine response, priority alpha, meaning that Stewardship would not able to leave the ring unless his ship was uninfected.

Stewardship was captured during First Lieutenant Melissa McKay's raid on the ship. He made no attempt to hide his status as a Prophet from his captors, no doubt so they would take him prisoner rather than kill him on the spot. He was able to send a rescue request ordering all available Covenant vessels to rescue him, but Thel denied the request as the ring was about to detonate. Stewardship died when McKay disabled the ship's main controls with a grenade, causing the ship to crash, thereby reducing the chance of spreading the Flood infestation.