RELATED: Xbox: 5 Things Halo Does Better Than Gears Of War (& 5 That GOW Does Better) Usze 'Taham is an exception to this rule, as his father was not of the 'Tahamee lineage, and in fact, neither of his parents were. Like all Sangheili, Usze's surnames comes from his father's side lineage, where each lineage is ascribed its own state in Sanghelios, though many Elites would move to other states outside of their name-state.