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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post}} |
| {{Series/Species/Sangheili}}
| | As a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 2]] species, the [[Sangheili]] had surveyed and colonized a range of planets in the centuries before and after the formation of the [[Covenant]]. Developed worlds are governed by hundreds of [[clan]]s and their [[keep]]s, each competing for power and influence using both politics and military force. Smaller colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sangheili'']</ref> |
| As a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 2]] species, the '''[[Sangheili]] colonized''' and surveyed a range of [[planet]]s in the centuries before and after the formation of the [[Covenant]]. Developed worlds are governed by hundreds of [[clan]]s and their [[keep]]s, each competing for power and influence using both politics and military force. Smaller colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources.{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Sangheili}} | |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===The Former Age===
| | After achieving space flight, the Sangheili began traveling from [[Sanghelios]] to colonize other worlds. [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost<ref name="HBC1" > '''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> and mines on Suban.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 128''</ref> Other worlds were soon colonized. The Sangheili spread to the stars searching for both resources that could be used to build and power spaceships, and planets which contained [[Forerunner]] relics to worship. By the time of the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]], there were a total of seventy-six Sangheili colonies.<ref name="HBC1"/> It was on one such world, [[Ulgethon]], that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal 5]]</ref> |
| [[File:HM WarOfBeginnings.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Sangheili colony of Ulgethon was a major battlefield during the War of Beginnings.]]
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| After achieving space flight, the Sangheili began traveling from [[Sanghelios]] to colonize other worlds. [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBC1|HBC|Chapter=1}} and mines on Suban.{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=128}} Other worlds were soon colonized. The Sangheili spread to the stars searching for both resources that could be used to build and power spaceships, and planets which contained [[Forerunner]] relics to worship.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}}The [[Age of Seven Worlds]] was a period of Sangheili history in this era, presumably at the time when they had [[seven]] planets colonised.{{Ref/Novel|Id=OC6|HOut|Chapter=6}} | |
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| By the time of the [[War of Beginnings]], there were a total of seventy-six Sangheili colonies. It was on one such world, [[Ulgethon]], that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum.{{Ref/Game|H2A|Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal #5}}
| | Following the end of the war and the formation of the Covenant, Sangheili colonies became anchor points for Covenant. While ''[[High Charity]]'' was the political center of the alliance, Sanghelios and its colonies became the place where warriors would be recruited for the [[Covenant military]]. After Sanghelios, the important worlds were Sangheili fortress worlds, examples of which include [[Joyous Exultation|Saepon'kal]] and [[Malurok]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Covenant'']</ref> |
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| ===Covenant era===
| | Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Sangheili, lacking a centralized government, were thrown into political turmoil, ultimately resulting in [[Blooding Years|civil war]]. While some colonies, like [[Hesduros]], would join the [[Covenant remnants]], most colonies like [[Duraan]], [[Khael'mothka]] and [[Rahnelo]] joined with Sanghelios under [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s new [[Swords of Sanghelios]], fighting off the other remnant groups and the [[Jiralhanae]].<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] found it difficult to track the true extent of the Sangheili colonial sphere and the military growth present in the dozens of active Sangheili colonial polities, particularly due to their differing political structures.<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''' - ''Report 2''</ref> |
| Following the end of the war and the formation of the Covenant, Sangheili colonies became anchor points for the Covenant. While ''[[High Charity]]'' was the political center of the alliance, Sanghelios and its colonies became the place where warriors would be recruited for the [[Covenant military]]. After Sanghelios, the important worlds were Sangheili fortress worlds, examples of which include [[Joyous Exultation|Saepon'kal]] and [[Malurok]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Covenant}} | |
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| ===Post-war=== | | ==Known colonies== |
| Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Sangheili, lacking a centralized government, were thrown into political turmoil, ultimately resulting in [[Blooding Years|civil war]]. While some colonies, like [[Hesduros]],{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Catalog Interaction - Page 14}} would join the [[Covenant remnants]], most colonies like [[Duraan]] and [[Rahnelo]] allied with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] under [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], fighting off the other remnant groups and the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] found it difficult to track the true extent of the Sangheili colonial sphere and the military growth present in the dozens of active Sangheili colonial polities, particularly due to their differing political structures.<ref>''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]'' - Report 2</ref>
| | *[[Creck]] - Unknown status |
| | | *[[Duraan]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control |
| Just days after [[Treaty of 2552|a tentative peace treaty]] was formed between the [[Fleet of Retribution|group]] that would become the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the UEG, the Sangheili colony of [[Glyke]] was mysteriously destroyed, killing billions. Rumors had it that the colony's destruction was either an internal conflict or a [[Jiralhanae]] retaliation, but in truth it was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] with a [[NOVA bomb]] as part of [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]], an effort to strike a blow at a major enemy world to try to cause the Covenant to reconsider. Having last heard that [[Earth]] was under attack, Gray Team were unaware of the war's end due to damaged deep-space communications equipment and thus that their mission was no longer necessary. When Gray Team resurfaced in [[2558]], [[Thel 'Vadam]] agreed to pardon the three Spartans for the action instead of trying them as [[war criminal]]s for genocide as part of a deal [[ONI]] offered to have Gray Team join an interspecies strike force operating in the [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Novel=Halo: Envoy}}
| | *[[Glyke]] - Destroyed in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]] |
| | | *[[Hesduros]] - Under [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] control |
| ==Scale==
| | *[[Karava]] - Independent colony |
| Around the time of the War of Beginnings, there were 76 colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} By the time of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], there was a primary "complex" of Sangheili worlds.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Hunters in the Dark|Page=87 (Google Play edition)}}
| | *[[Khael'mothka]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control |
| | | *[[Malurok]] - Under [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] control |
| ==List of known colonies==
| | *[[Joyous Exultation|Saepon'kal]] - destroyed |
| *[[Aspero system]]
| | *[[Planet of Blue and Red]] - Attacked, unknown status |
| **[[Hesduros]] - Remote world with dense atmosphere; war colony
| | *[[Qikost]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control |
| *[[Baelion system]]
| | *[[Rahnelo]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control |
| **[[Creck]] - Methane world
| | *[[Suban]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control |
| *[[Bosthra system]]
| | *[[The Refuge]] - Under [[Ussans]] control |
| **[[Rahnelo]] - Pristine looking world; frontier colony
| | *[[Ulgethon]] - Destroyed during the [[War of Beginnings]] |
| *[[Duraan's red dwarf star]] | | *[[Whispering Trees]] - Independent colony |
| **[[Duraan]] - Arid world
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| *[[Greaw-Jomel system]]
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| **[[Malurok]] - Harsh world with barren atolls and jointly settled with [[Yanme'e]]; fortress world and war colony
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| *[[Holdhorne system]] | |
| **[[Carrow|Rak]] - Jointly settled world with Humans
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| *[[Salia system]]
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| **[[Saepon'kal]] - Destroyed by a [[NOVA bomb]]; fortress world
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| *[[Keskus system]] | |
| **[[Glyke]] - [[Operation: SUNSPEAR|Destroyed]] in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]] by [[Gray Team]]; civilian world
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| *[[Urs system]]
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| **[[Qikost]] - Moon of [[Sanghelios]]
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| **[[Suban]] - Moon of Sanghelios
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| *[[Ussan system]]
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| **[[The Refuge]] - Under [[Ussans|Ussan]] control
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| *[[Zeta Doradus system]]
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| **[[Sarcophagus]] - Under joint UEG and Swords of Sanghelios control
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| *[[Zethro'Kal system]]
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| **[[Feldokra]] - Ocean-[[moon]]; fortress world
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| *[[Emauzs system]]
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| **[[Om'a'Varo]]
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| *Unknown system
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| **[[Anvarl]] - Attacked, unknown status
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| **[[Aru'spaw]]
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| **[[Bhedalon]] - A fortress world, devastated during the [[Great Schism]]
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| **[[Codisfold]] - Ringed world and battleground during War of Beginnings
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| **[[Eshin]]
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| **[[Eudolaan]]
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| **[[Karava]] - Independent colony
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| **[[Khael'mothka]] - Located outside the complex of primary Sangheili worlds
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| **[[Okal'supen]]
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| **[[Ulgethon]] - Destroyed during the [[War of Beginnings]]
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| **[[Whispering Trees]] - Independent colony
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Covenant worlds]] | | [[Category:Covenant worlds| ]] |
| [[Category:Sangheili culture]] | | [[Category:Sangheili culture]] |
