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{{Quote|Shall we let the Flood consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched [[Flood hive|hives]]? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail.|The [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]}}<ref name="highcharity">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Shall we let the Flood consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched [[Flood hive|hives]]? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail.|The [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]}}<ref name="highcharity">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | ||
'''High Charity''', often referred to as the '''Holy City''', was the [[Covenant]]'s mobile capital city and center of government, effectively | '''High Charity''', often referred to as the '''Holy City''', was the [[Covenant]]'s mobile capital city and center of government, and was effectively the collective's united homeworld.<ref name="floodgate">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> It was a massive space station, home to billions of individuals from each of the Covenant's member species. Because it served as the Covenant's most significant [[Covenant religion|religious]] center and capital, High Charity was considered to be of utmost importance and sanctity to the Covenant. It was widely believed that true adherents to the Covenant religion should visit it at least once in one's lifetime, although few of the Covenant could afford to do so.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 304''</ref> Home to the [[Hierarchs]] and the [[High Council]], the city was full of [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili Councilor|High Councilors]], who functioned as the general leadership of the entire alien hegemony.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/high-charity '''Halo Waypoint''': ''High Charity'']</ref> Throughout the history of the empire, High Charity "gorged on the wealth of hundreds of worlds."{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | ||
Throughout the history of the empire, High Charity "gorged on the wealth of hundreds of worlds."{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} | |||
== Design and construction == | == Design and construction == |