Editing San'Shyuum

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{{Species infobox
|name=San'Shyuum
|image=[[File:H2A - San'Shyuum Councilors.jpg|303px]]
|latin=''Perfidia vermis''{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=San'Shyuum|D=27|M=11|Y=2015}}
|classification=
|subspecies=
|diet=Omnivorous
|height=213.4 cm (7')–226.1 cm (7'5") {{c|In [[Gravity Throne]]s}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=hoh|Heading=[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]|Subheading=[[Hall of History]]|Detail=[[:File:HOD_Hall_of_History_Concept_Covie_scale.jpg|Covenant Heights]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|weight=81.4 kg (179.4 lbs)–96.6 kg (212.9 lbs){{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|distinctions=Long necks, humanoid features{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|lifespan=Over two hundred years{{Ref/Game|Id=Best|H3|Bestiarum|Detail=San'Shyuum}}
|homeworld=[[Janjur Qom]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Site|Id=qom|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/janjur-qom|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Janjur Qom|D=27|M=10|Y=2015}}
|techlevel=[[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 2: World Builder|Tier 1]] (prehistory)<br>
[[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 2: Interstellar|Tier 2]] (modern-day){{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Best}}
|notable-person=*[[Boru'a'Neem]]{{Ref/Reuse|SoI}}
*[[Breaking Shadow]]{{Ref/Book|Mythos|Page=39}}
*[[Dhas Bhasvod]]{{Ref/Novel|DW}}
*[[Hod Rumnt]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2heretic}}
*[[Lod Mron]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2heretic}}
*[[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=BCP|BC|Chapter=Prologue}}
*[[Ord Casto]]{{Ref/Level|Id=h2heretic|H2|H2:The Heretic|The Heretic}}
*[[Tem'Bhetek]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=SoI|SoI}}
*[[Zo Resken]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC15|HBC|Chapter=15}}
*[[Kafo Dein]]{{Ref/Reuse|ET6}}
*[[Dovo Nesto]]{{Ref/Reuse|ET6}}
*[[Minister of Harmony]]{{Ref/Level|Id=Boarding|CEV|[[CEV:Boarding Action|Boarding Action]]}}
|othernames=*Prophets{{Ref/Game|Id=Conversations|H2|Conversations from the Universe|Detail=Elite Conversation}}
*Holy Ones{{Ref/Reuse|HTFP}}
|languages=[[San'Shyuum language]]
}}
{{Quote|I don't think I like them. Too charming. Slippery.|[[Chakas]], referring to the San'Shyuum{{Ref/Novel|Cry|Page=166}}}}

'''San'Shyuum''' ([[Latin]] ''Perfidia vermis'',{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} meaning "worms of treachery"),{{Ref/Site|URL=http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756|Site=Halo.Bungie.org|Page=Bestiarum Latin names translated|D=19|M=3|Y=2008}} also known as '''Prophets''' by many individuals, are a near-extinct [[Sentience|sapient]] species native to [[Janjur Qom]]. Prior to the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552]], the San'Shyuum served as the leadership caste of the [[Covenant]]. By that time, the San'Shyuum had exerted complete control over the Covenant's [[Covenant religion|religious]] and political affairs.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}}

Contemporary San'Shyuum civilization developed on a planet rich in artifacts left behind by the [[Forerunner]]s, whom the Covenant would later revere as gods.{{Ref/Reuse|Conversations}} Prophets derived their legitimacy as leaders as well as their colloquial names from this connection. The San'Shyuum of the Covenant originated from the [[Reformists]], a radical faction that believed Forerunner technology should be deeply analyzed and fled Janjur Qom aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] after a [[San'Shyuum Schism|lengthy civil war]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc30|Enc11|Page=30}} According to the San'Shyuum, their homeworld was later allegedly destroyed in [[648 BCE]] as the result of a natural [[Supernova|stellar collapse]]. Because of this, they elected to make their home on the mobile planetoid station [[High Charity]], powered by the Dreadnought.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}}

The San'Shyuum waged a fierce and bloody [[War of Beginnings|war]] against the [[Sangheili]] between [[938 BCE|938]] and [[852 BCE]],{{Ref/Reuse|enc30}} halted only by their realization that the war would never come to an end.{{Ref/Reuse|Conversations}} The two races united to learn their secrets, forming a mutually beneficial arrangement that would eventually become the Covenant, although they typically regarded themselves as above the Sangheili. The Sangheili became the protectors of the Prophets while the Prophets dedicated themselves to studying their "gods" and learning the secrets behind the "ascension" they left on.{{Ref/Site|Id=primer|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=697|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The Covenant Primer|D=14|M=3|Y=2014}}

Since the activation of the [[Halo Array]] and the subsequent [[Reintroduction|reseeding]], the San'Shyuum population has diminished. While their population at the time of the reintroduction was 500,000,000,{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} there were only 23,831,463 living San'Shyuum by 2552. After the [[Flood]] invasion of High Charity, the majority of their species was consumed and it was estimated that less than a thousand members of the species still lived, assuming that the destruction of Janjur Qom did in fact occur.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} However, a [[San'Shyuum flotilla|flotilla]] of starships capable of supporting thousands managed to evacuate surviving San'Shyuum from High Charity,{{Ref/Reuse|SoI}} with a secret destination set for the [[shield world]] of [[Cloister]] to hide from the vengeful Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=7}} The current status of this flotilla's voyage and whereabouts, are unknown to most in the known galaxy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla11|Gla|Chapter=11}} Over the years, many of these ships were hunted down by the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' and their crews imprisoned until they stood trial. However, most were too proud to answer for their crimes and attempted to flee, only to be slaughtered.{{Ref/Reuse|ET6}}

In late [[2559]], the San'Shyuum [[Order of Restoration]] emerged from hiding under the leadership of [[High Lord]] [[Dovo Nesto]] -- the greatest and most powerful San'Shyuum to survive the destruction of both High Charity and the Covenant -- and set out to restore the Covenant empire.{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET11|ET|Chapter=11}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ET12|ET|Chapter=12}} Following a failed attempt to take over the [[Domain]] through the [[Lithos]], Nesto took control of the [[Covenant remnants|Covenant remnant]] [[Sali 'Nyon's Covenant|once led by]] [[Sali 'Nyon]] to continue his efforts to restore the Covenant empire.{{Ref/Reuse|ET47}}

==History==
===Prehistory===
{{Quote|The San'Shyuum are not naturally inclined to war. They are a handsome, intelligent race, besotted with eternal sexuality and youth. They hoped to spend their lives in luxury. For all that, their science was extraordinary.|The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], referring to the prehistoric San'Shyuum{{Ref/Reuse|Cry11}}}}
[[File:HM-CharumHakkor.png|thumb|300px|left|A city on Charum Hakkor, the capital of the Human-San'Shyuum empire.]]
Early on in their first space-faring civilization, the San'Shyuum mined material in the [[Oort cloud#San'Shyuum home system|Oort cloud]] surrounding their [[Qom Yaekesh system|home system]] for starship fuel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=c143|Cry|Page=143}} Later, the San'Shyuum achieved remarkable technological sophistication, and after encountering the [[Ancestors]], the San'Shyuum and the humans formed [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|an alliance]], based on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], forming a major power in the [[Orion Arm]] of the galaxy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry11|Cry|Chapter=11}} The San'Shyuum were commonly regarded as a peaceful species.{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}} During this period, they encountered the [[Flood]] for the first time, but the spread of the infection was successfully pushed back by their human allies while it was still relatively minor. The empire later collapsed when the San'Shyuum surrendered to the [[Forerunner]]s during the [[human-Forerunner wars]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cry11}}

The Forerunners established a [[quarantine shield]] that encompassed Janjur Qom and two other inner planets in the system. Under the watch of the [[Confirmer]] and the {{Class|Fortress|vessel}} ''[[Deep Reverence]]'', the San'Shyuum inhabited Janjur Qom, one other planet, and the [[moon]]s of both worlds{{Ref/Novel|Id=c170|Cry|Page=170-171}}

The San'Shyuum managed to regain a comfortable lifestyle, with light commerce and travel between the quarantined worlds under their "control". Abandoning their hedonistic lifestyles for guidance under religious elders,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry26|Cry|Chapter=26}} the San'Shyuum were overtly "model citizens" to the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|c170}} However, as the Confirmer grew lax in his duties, the San'Shyuum began stockpiling outdated Forerunner weaponry on the third quarantined planet.{{Ref/Reuse|Cry26}}{{Ref/Novel|Cry|Page=198}} During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the [[Librarian]] visited Janjur Qom to secure specimens of San'Shyuum for [[Conservation Measure|preservation]] from the [[Halo Array]]. The San'Shyuum elders correctly suspected that a catastrophe was imminent, and launched [[Battle of Janjur Qom|a short-lived uprising]] against their Forerunner overseers. All San'Shyuum on the planet were subsequently killed when [[Halo Array|a Halo]] was fired on a low power setting nearby.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Pri17|Pri|Chapter=17}} The surface of Janjur Qom remained scarred from the battle for millennia to come and while the events themselves were forgotten, San'Shyuum myth held that their kind had once been punished for rebellion against their gods in the ancient past.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC7|BC|Chapter=7}}

The San'Shyuum were successfully preserved on [[Installation 00]] and were thus sheltered from [[Great Purification|the firing]] of the Halo Array in [[97,445 BCE]]. The species was given time to grow and be observed on the Ark wherein Janjur Qom's temperate ecosystem was imitated for them.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=PTK|HFra|Story=Promises to Keep}} Interestingly, some San'Shyuum were also permitted to live among humans on the Ark during their time of reacclimation preceding reintroduction as the first species to undergo such a process.{{Ref/Novel|Sil|Chapter=[[Rebirth]]}} Some curious San'Shyuum would also occasionally find their way near the Forerunners who inhabited the Ark and overhear their conversations; the Forerunners believed no harm would come of allowing this, assuming the San'Shyuum would forget what they had heard shortly after their reintroduction.{{Ref/Reuse|PTK}} After around a century after [[Great Purification|the firing]] of the Halo Array, five hundred million San'Shyuum were [[Reintroduction|reintroduced]] to their homeworld;{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} due to simple logistics, they were the last species to be reseeded by the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|PTK}}

Having eventually lost nearly all memory of the Forerunners, the San'Shyuum discovered Forerunner technology on their homeworld and based their religion around the artifacts they found.{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC115|ENC09|Page=115}} Meanwhile, a fragment of [[Mendicant Bias]] took control of the [[keyship]], named ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'', that reseeded Janjur Qom and attempted to take it to [[Earth]], but the starship ultimately crashed on the San'Shyuum homeworld.{{Ref/Reuse|qom}}

===War of Wills===
{{Quote|So many worlds contain their leavings and their structures, but only ours was blessed with a ship, a teacher. It taught us all how to unlock the secrets of space and time, to build ships of our own that sail the stars to spread the word. But it also seemed to ever nudge us in a direction, to build weapons of war—energy that could burn or sear flesh, vaporize bone.|The [[Minister of Discovery]] in his final confessions, prior to his death}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=WoS|Evo|Story=Wages of Sin}}
[[File:HM WarOfWills.jpg|thumb|300px|Stoic and Reformist forces battle around the Forerunner Dreadnought.]]
Following the activation of the Halo Array, the San'Shyuum recovered faster than most species, with their technological advancements enhanced by the presence of numerous Forerunner relics on their planet.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc120|Enc11|Page=120}} The San'Shyuum redeveloped technology, language, and culture and philosophy based on their observation of these Forerunner artifacts, having little to no knowledge of their species' previous conflicts with the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} In [[2200 BCE]], a radical group of San'Shyuum believed that they should enter into the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] present on their planet and learn from its technology. The majority of the San'Shyuum considered the claim to be heresy, leading to the radical San'Shyuum rebelling. As the [[War of Wills]] begun, two factions emerged: the conservative [[Stoics]], who refused to enter and desecrate the Dreadnought, and the militant progressive [[Reformists]], radicals who wanted to develop new technologies by entering and studying the Dreadnought.{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}}{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=118}}{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}}

Towards the climax of the war, approximately one thousand of the most radical Reformists broke into the Dreadnought and occupied it.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} While they learned how to activate and commandeer the vessel, the Reformists occasionally raided Stoic territory to collect and stock the ship with natural resources and supplies.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC2|BC|Chapter=2}} In [[2100 BCE]], the Reformists finally learned how to activate the Dreadnought. The outraged Stoics were unable to take action, since even their fury toward the Reformists could not bring them to destroy the object of their reverence. The Reformists then took flight from Janjur Qom, breaking off a massive chunk of rock in doing so. This piece of rock would later become the foundation of [[High Charity]], the future holy city of the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}}{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}} With the help of the Forerunner technology from the Dreadnought, the Reformists were able to survive and travel the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}}

Although the Reformists had achieved victory and left the Stoics behind, they realized that they were doomed due to the small number that had joined their cause to control the Dreadnought.{{Ref/Reuse|CH16}} With an extremely small gene pool, they enacted strict controls around mating to prevent potentially disastrous inbreeding. The Stoics continued to inhabit Janjur Qom and developed [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 5]] technology on their own, still refusing to "desecrate" Forerunner artifacts. Later, a task force of the nascent Covenant would covertly procure [[Needful Maidens|a small group]] of healthy females from Janjur Qom to ensure genetic diversity in the space-faring San'Shyuum.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BC8|BC|Chapter=8}} The San'Shyuum in the Covenant would later maintain that Janjur Qom had been destroyed circa [[648 BCE]] by its star going [[supernova]], although this information could not be verified. At some point, the Reformists encountered [[Huragok]] aboard [[M-series facility|M-series facilities]] and enlisted them to work with Forerunner relics.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}}

===Forming the Covenant===
{{Quote|Hmm… yes, they were accomplished manipulators—back before the firing of the array. I see at least that hasn't changed.|[[343 Guilty Spark]], speaking to [[Sesa 'Refumee]]}}{{Ref/Game|H2A|H2A:Terminals|Terminal 7}}
[[File:H2A Terminals - Prophets.png|thumb|250px|left|Several San'Shyuum Reformists at the time of their first contact with the Sangheili.]]
The Reformist San'Shyuum encountered the [[Sangheili]] in [[938 BCE]], and the [[War of Beginnings]] soon began when a hostile first contact resulted due to vastly differing beliefs. As with the San'Shyuum Stoics, the Sangheili believed that [[Forerunner]] technology should not be touched or used for personal gain, while the San'Shyuum believed that it should be reverse-engineered to further their own technology.{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}} Their first meeting on the Sangheili [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] of [[Ulgethon]] resulted in a bloody engagement.{{Ref/Game|Id=h2a t6|H2A|H2A:Terminals|Terminal 6}} Physically, the Sangheili were far superior—one Sangheili warrior was the equal to at least ten San'Shyuum.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH9|CH|Chapter=9}} However, technologically, the San'Shyuum had the advantage. The San'Shyuum had the Forerunner Dreadnought under their control, and proceeded to wipe out the Sangheili armada using hit-and-run tactics. [[Sanghelios]], the Sangheili homeworld, was even attacked by the Reformists as the conflict waged on. Eventually, the Sangheili realized that their only chance for survival lay in using the Forerunner relics on their planet to engineer more effective weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|enc30}} This forced the Sangheili to abandon their convictions, and with the core reason of their conflict now gone, the two races united in [[852 BCE]] to form the early Covenant, with the San'Shyuum as the head religious leaders and the Sangheili as the military backbone and defenders of the Prophets.{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}}

The [[Writ of Union]] was ratified by both species, which established the Covenant. Following the terms of the treaty, the San'Shyuum's Dreadnought was decommissioned and made the center point and power source of High Charity, a mobile planetoid and holy capital of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|CH9}} The San'Shyuum established themselves as the dominant ruling caste of the Covenant. Over the years of the Covenant Empire's existence, other species were encountered within the [[Orion Arm]] and incorporated into the Covenant. These client species worked as either soldiers or laborers for the Covenant and worshiped the San'Shyuum and their teachings, at least overtly.{{Ref/Reuse|enc120}} The San'Shyuum were essentially in total control of a powerful, unified empire stretching across hundreds of worlds and billions of individuals.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

===Human-Covenant War===
[[File:H2ATruth2.png|thumb|250px|The High Prophet of Truth, the principal Hierarch during the Human-Covenant War.]]
{{Quote|Who would doubt the Prophets? What have they foretold that has not come to pass?|The High Prophet of Truth{{Ref/Level|Id=h2grave|H2|H2:Gravemind|Gravemind}}}}
In [[2525]], three San'Shyuum learned that the recently discovered [[human]]s were the [[Reclaimer|inheritors]] of the Forerunners' [[Mantle]], decreed by the Forerunners themselves.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH16|CH|Chapter=16}} Realizing that this revelation could dismantle the Covenant, these San'Shyuum initiated a political coup against the Covenant's High Prophets and ascended to the position of Hierarchs themselves, with the support of the High Council. Now taking the titles of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophets of Truth]], [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]], and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], the Hierarchs of the Covenant declared [[Human-Covenant War|a holy war]] against humanity.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CHE|CH|epilogue}} As the war dragged on for decades, the Sangheili's near-complete control of the Covenant military proved to be a source of friction and distrust from the San'Shyuum, including Truth.{{Ref/Site|Id=universecov|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe|Page=Covenant|D=4|M=7|Y=2015}} Many San'Shyuum feared that the Sangheili would eventually rebel and turn against them.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} With several San'Shyuum seeking to overthrow the Sangheili, the loyal [[Jiralhanae]] were secretly armed and empowered by Truth and his allies.{{Ref/Reuse|universecov}}

At some point during the Covenant's long history, the [[Sharquoi]], dangerous creatures once altered for use by the [[Forerunners]], were discovered. A few were brought aboard ''High Charity'' and the remainder were left in stasis on the world where they were found. The hierarchs kept the existence of the Sharquoi secret from the rest of the Covenant, but rumors spread and a small amount of San'Shyuum and Sangheili came to know about them regardless. Some of these individuals begged for the beasts to be used against the humans during the war, but nothing like this ever came to pass because though they could have unleashed Sharquoi, they lacked [[Vertex|the means to control]] them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy13|Env|Chapter=13}}

In [[2552#November|November 2552]], with the [[activation index]] of [[Installation 05]] under Covenant control, the Covenant's Great Journey appeared near. With the assassination of the High Prophet of Regret, Truth faulted the Sangheili and eventually ordered the massacre of the [[Sangheili High Councilor]]s to prevent the election of another San'Shyuum in place of Regret.{{Ref/Site|Id=council|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/high-council|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe|Page=High Council|D=27|M=10|Y=2015}} This ultimately resulted in the [[Great Schism]] and the fragmentation of the Covenant. The Sangheili abandoned the Covenant and declared a war of their own against the San'Shyuum and Jiralhanae,{{Ref/Level|Id=uprising|H2|H2:Uprising|Uprising}} with many eventually allying with humanity.{{Ref/Level|Id=journey|H2|H2:The Great Journey|The Great Journey}} Further events led to a [[Flood]] [[Fall of High Charity|outbreak]] on High Charity that led to the deaths of millions of San'Shyuum.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} Simultaneously, many San'Shyuum traveled to the surface of Installation 05 in preparation for the Great Journey, inadvertently avoiding Flood infection.{{Ref/Reuse|WoS}} Ultimately, the firing of Installation 05 was averted and the Covenant forces in [[Coelest system|the system]] either retreated or were destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|journey}} With the death of Truth in December 2552, the Covenant was destroyed by the allied human and Sangheili forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=h3covenant|H3|H3:The Covenant|The Covenant}}

With the outbreak of the Flood and its subsequent arrival at the holy city, the San'Shyuum had experienced two extinction events within a "single great cycle". Only those individuals who were permanently posted somewhere other than High Charity are certain to have survived, though many San'Shyuum still held positions aboard Sangheili ships at the time of the Great Schism,{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} leading to their deaths at the hands of betrayed and furious Sangheili.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=TR|Evo|The Return}} The Covenant War ultimately resulted in the deaths of millions of San'Shyuum and the species' current total population was estimated at less than one thousand.{{Ref/Reuse|Best}} However, unbeknownst to the rest of the galaxy, a sizable population of San'Shyuum were evacuated from High Charity aboard [[San'Shyuum flotilla|a flotilla of starships]], which promptly fled the doomed holy city{{Ref/Reuse|SoI}} heading for the [[shield world]] [[Cloister]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW17}} In addition, one individual, the former Prophet of Clarity [[Zo Resken]], settled on the [[Ussan]] world known as [[the Refuge]] following his escape. With ''High Charity''{{'}}s loss, administration of Covenant colonies fell to San'Shyuum governors but they soon absconded their positions to join the exodus, leaving local warlords and factional leaders to fill the voids.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=54}}

===Post-Covenant War===
{{Quote|And I promise: we will make the Sangheili pay for everything they have done.|[[Boru'a'Neem]] telling [[Tem'Bhetek]] his plans for revenge against the Sangheili.}}{{Ref/Reuse|SoI}}

[[File:HM - SOI.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Tem 'Bhetek engages the Sangheili [[Tul 'Juran]] and [[Rtas 'Vadum]] aboard the ''Shadow of Intent''.]]
With their population at [[Extinction|dangerously low]] levels following the loss of High Charity, and now having to contend with the wrath of the [[Sangheili]], the San'Shyuum gave their new Jiralhanae protectors access to all the technology they had. Immediately following the collapse of the Covenant and the end of the Human-Covenant War, however, the remaining San'Shyuum vanished into hiding. The Sangheili had heard rumors that the San'Shyuum went on the Great Journey, but most disregarded them.{{Ref/Reuse|TR}} As this coincided with the disappearance of most Huragok, others believed that the San'Shyuum may have taken the Huragok with them when they fled. By [[2558]], limited numbers of San'Shyuum continued to be encountered within the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s and the former Covenant's sphere of influence in the galaxy.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=43|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2311|Quote=Limited numbers of [perfidia vermis] continue to be encountered in both Human and [Covenant] [spheres].}} Notable among these was [[Alo Sebukah]], who was found and arrested by the [[UNSC]] in a damaged skiff orbiting [[Substance]] and taken to [[Midnight Facility]] for interrogation and indefinite incarceration.{{Ref/Generic|Id=HLCDD8|Heading=[[Halo Legendary Crate]]|Subheading=[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #8]]}}

In the wake of the Covenant's demise, the majority of San'Shyuum society was a part of the [[Order of Restoration]], a fanatical sect which had been shrouded in secrecy for many ages. The Order of the Restoration was a clandestine group of high-profile San'Shyuum who had allegedly pulled the strings of the Covenant's politicians and nobility, all the while secretly plotting to restore the old ways of their forebears on [[Janjur Qom]]. It was an invisible lineage that flowed from the earliest days of the Covenant, even their time on ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'', and was only brought to light in the years after the [[Human-Covenant War]]. The leader of the Order was [[High Lord]] [[Dovo Nesto]], a near mythological San'Shyuum who had disappeared at the end of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|ET6}}

About a year after the Covenant's fall, in [[2553]], [[Tem'Bhetek]] and [[Boru'a'Neem]]—a former [[Prelate]] and [[Minister (title)|Minister]] of [[Ministry of Preparation|Preparation]], respectively—sought revenge against the Sangheili, having [[Tem'Bhetek's faction|departed]] from the hidden San'Shyuum flotilla to do so. Utilizing [[Prototype Halo installation|a prototypical Halo]], the two San'Shyuum plotted to eradicate all life on Sanghelios and its moons. However, their plan was foiled by the crew of ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' led