Hesduros
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Hesduros is a remote planet in former Covenant space colonized by Sangheili.[4]
Overview[edit]
Nomenclature[edit]
- Jul 'Mdama: "Where is this place? I was told it was called Kelekos. But that was the Forerunners' sacred name for it."
- Kaidon Panom: "This is Hesduros."
- — The meeting between Jul 'Mdama and the Sangheili of Panom.[5]
Hesduros was originally known to the Forerunners as Kelekos.[5] Later, the first San'Shyuum science cohorts sent to try and learn from the Forerunner relics would refer to it as Silent Homage.[2]
Topography and ecology[edit]
Hesduros possesses a dense atmosphere.[6] The supercontinent, Vakkoro, occupies much of the northern hemisphere.[6] Stone Forerunner ruins are a common sight on Vakkoro. At least two sites with obvious Forerunner architecture are built around slipspace portals that link Hesduros to other worlds. Keeps are often organized into small settlements with modest, multiple story stone buildings. As well, there are a number of fortresses on its surface. Flora on Hesduros include varieties of trees and grasses. Species similar to birds and insects also call the planet their home.[5]
Hesduros contains expansive forests and tundra regions.[2]
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History[edit]
- "Our forefathers left Sanghelios generations ago. We sent sons to the war, but we have heard nothing for a year of more."
- — Kaidon Panom.
Ancient history[edit]
Then known as Kelekos, this planet was once a well-known part of the Forerunner Ecumene. There was a relatively high number of Forerunners whom called Kelekos home. Multiple portals were constructed on the world, one of which was linked to the enormous Shield World 006.[7]
Post-Great Purification[edit]
Prior to the founding of the Covenant, the Sangheili would settle the world, giving the planet a small population.[2]
Covenant era[edit]
Following the creation of the Covenant, San'Shyuum science teams would attempt to understand the Forerunner relics on the world. They would be unable to, thus leading the world to be relatively untouched and undeveloped by the Covenant.[2] By 2551, a number of Hesduros Sangheili were subjected to the Minister of Harmony's gene-forge experiments aboard the research vessel Triumph of Tolerance; they were presumably killed when the ship was destroyed at the end of Operation: METEORITE.[8]
Postwar[edit]
- "We will seek the Didact, and ask for his help to cleanse the galaxy of humanity."
- — Kaidon Panom's words give birth to a new Covenant.[5]
After the empire's collapse, Jul 'Mdama arrived in the state of Panom on April 1, 2553 via the portal from the aforementioned shield world. There, he met the leaders of Panom keep and learned that they had not been in contact with the wider Covenant for over a year and were quite unaware of the events surrounding the Great Schism and the end of the war with the humans. 'Mdama noticed that glyphs at two locations with portals were identical to those he had previously identified as representing the Didact and Requiem. In addition, what appeared to be coordinates revealing Requiem's location were also present. By exploiting the religious devotion the residents of Panom and Hesduros-at-large had to the Forerunners, Jul convinced them to join him in seeking out the Didact, believing that if he existed he may be a powerful tool to unleash against humanity. This signaled the genesis of a new Covenant faction following the end of the Great War.[9] With Hesduros as a base of operations, Jul's Covenant grew by leaps and bounds and the colony profited in turn. His Covenant built up factories of war whilst using the planet as its base and used its denizens as laborers.[10] The poor assortment of sh