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==Government and politics== | ==Government and politics== | ||
[[File:H2A-ThelBeforeCouncil.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Thel 'Vadam on trial at the [[High Council Chamber]].]] | [[File:H2A-ThelBeforeCouncil.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Thel 'Vadam on trial at the [[High Council Chamber]].]] | ||
For the majority of its existence, the two ruling classes of the Covenant were the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili, though the former held greater sway over the Covenant due to their status as "the voice of the gods".{{Ref/Reuse|Ency112}} On the outbreak of the Great Schism, the Sangheili were cast out and the Jiralhanae replaced the Sangheili as the secondary ruling class. The Covenant had ten echelons of government,{{citation needed}} the highest echelon being the [[High Council]], which was responsible for making all important decisions. Prior to the Great Schism, it was made up of over two hundred members of Sangheili commanders and San'Shyuum ministers,<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''' ''page 345''</ref><ref name="Harvest">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 271''</ref> and was ruled by the three San'Shyuum [[Hierarchs]]. These Hierarchs were the highest political and religious authority in the Covenant. For each new Age, three new Hierarchs were appointed; in order for them to usher in a new age and assume power, they must receive a blessing from the Oracle of High Charity.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}<ref name="ency119">'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''' ''page 119''</ref> This Oracle was a Forerunner artificial intelligence found within the Dreadnought which sat at the center of the capital. Until the events that led to the war against humanity, the Oracle had not spoken for over a millennia, so the ascension of the Hierarchs was steeped with political bribes, blackmail and manipulation of the San'Shyuum [[Philologist]].{{Ref/Reuse|ency119}}<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 274''</ref> | For the majority of its existence, the two ruling classes of the Covenant were the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili, though the former held greater sway over the Covenant due to their status as "the voice of the gods".{{Ref/Reuse|Ency112}} On the outbreak of the Great Schism, the Sangheili were cast out and the Jiralhanae replaced the Sangheili as the secondary ruling class. The Covenant had ten echelons of government,{{citation needed}} the highest echelon being the [[High Council]], which was responsible for making all important decisions. Prior to the Great Schism, it was made up of over two hundred members of Sangheili commanders and San'Shyuum ministers,<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''' ''page 345''</ref><ref name="Harvest">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 271''</ref> and was ruled by the three San'Shyuum [[Hierarchs]]. These Hierarchs were the highest political and religious authority in the Covenant. For each new Age, three new Hierarchs were appointed; in order for them to usher in a new age and assume power, they must receive a blessing from the Oracle of High Charity.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}<ref name="ency119">'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''' ''page 119''</ref> This Oracle was a Forerunner artificial intelligence found within the Dreadnought which sat at the center of the capital. Until the events that led to the war against humanity, the Oracle had not spoken for over a millennia, so the ascension of the Hierarchs was steeped with political bribes, blackmail and manipulation of the San'Shyuum [[Philologist]].{{Ref/Reuse|ency119}}<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 274''</ref> |