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Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

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This article is about the rogue splinter faction during the post-war era. For the original theocratic empire, see Covenant.
“The Covenant”
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The various symbols of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant
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'Mdama and his followers gathering to discuss plans
Government overview

Type:

Founder(s):

Jul 'Mdama

Head of state:

The "Didact's Hand"[2]

Societal overview

Formed on:

Hesduros

Official language(s):

Sangheili

Official religion(s):

Worship of the Forerunners and their technology

Official script(s):

Syllabary and logograms

Notable event(s):

Historical overview

Formation:

April 1, 2553,[4] after the end of the Human-Covenant War

Dissolution:

October 28, 2558

Affiliation:

 

John-117: "I thought we had a truce with the Covenant."
Cortana: "A lot can happen in four years."
— The Master Chief during his first encounter with 'Mdama's Covenant[5]

Jul 'Mdama's Covenant,[6] simply referred to as "the Covenant" by its followers,[7][8] was a newly created splinter faction and terrorist organization formed from assets of the former Covenant Empire.[1][2] Founded and led by Supreme Commander Jul 'Mdama,[9] this faction continued to worship the Forerunners while also rejecting the Prophets for their betrayal,[10] and opposed the Swords of Sanghelios following the end of the Human-Covenant War. It was later bolstered by the Didact's Prometheans and fought against the United Nations Space Command during the post-war era.[11] The faction lasted for five years, crumbling after Jul's death in the Battle of Kamchatka and finally falling during the Battle of Sunaion.[12]

Although the faction was generally recognized as a Sangheili attempted re-creation of the original Covenant and referred to as “the Covenant”,[13][8] its members were identified as cultists by the UNSC[3] and the organization itself was regarded as terrorists as opposed to an empire like the original Covenant.[2]

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

Jul 'Mdama, the leader of his new Covenant

When the Great Schism began, the entirety of the Sangheili species were forced out of the Covenant by the High Prophet of Truth and its new Jiralhanae-led military.[14] Shipmaster Jul 'Mdamaee was against the High Prophets and renounced his service to them by removing the "ee" suffix from his name,[15] as did many other Sangheili.

Following the Covenant's destruction on the Ark, its former member races returned to their home systems. Many Sangheili and Jiralhanae continued to fight each other, steadily dwindling both sides' military resources.[16] After the revelation of the Prophets being false, some Sangheili began to forsake their religion altogether while others reverted back to pre-Covenant worship of the Forerunners. With the Covenant that had betrayed the Sangheili now dissolved, there was no longer a common goal to keep the separatists united.

Formation[edit]

The Sang