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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Covenant}}
{{Planet infobox
[[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 4.jpg|thumb|250px|The San'Shyuum land on Ulgethon.]]
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'''Ulgethon''' was an ancient [[Sangheili]] [[Sangheili colonies|frontier world]].<ref>'''Halo 2 Anniversary''', ''Terminal 6''</ref>
|image=[[File:HM WarOfBeginnings.jpg|300px]]<br/>Sangheili attempt to repel the San'Shyuum and the ''Anodyne Spirit'' from Ulgethon.
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'''Ulgethon''' was a rocky [[planet|world]] [[Sangheili colonies|colonized]] by the [[Sangheili]] in the pre-[[Covenant]] era.<ref name="Term6">'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', ''Terminal 6''</ref><ref name="mythos39">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 39''</ref>
 
==Overview==
===Topography and climate===
Ulgethon was a largely barren and dry world, covered in rocky crags and mountain ranges.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}{{Ref/Reuse|Term6}}


==History==
==History==
===Early history===
In [[938 BCE]], the [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] arrived on the rocky planet of Ulgethon with their [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. The dreadnought's [[luminary]] alerted the San'Shyuum of a repository of [[Forerunner]] relics hidden in an enormous mountain range on the seemingly uninhabited world. The first pioneer detachment dispatched to the mountains discovered that they were inhabited by the Sangheili race. Their first contact with the saurian species proved to be tense, but constructive. The San'Shyuum attempted diplomacy with the Sangheili by sending a delegation to explain that they, too, revered Forerunner technology as holy. However, the two species had ideological differences regarding the treatment of Forerunner artifacts. When the Sangheili learned of the San'Shyuum's sacrilegious intent to retrieve Ulgethon's sacred relics, they quickly turned against the invaders. Led by [[Unidentified Arbiter (San'Shyuum-Sangheili war)|an Arbiter]], the Sangheili resisted the entreatment of the San'Shyuum and summarily executed the delegation. What followed was the [[Desecration of Ulgethon]], a year long violent conflict that left the planet a charred husk filled with fallen warriors and shattered ships. This event would effectively spark a decades-long war between the two species, known as the [[War of Beginnings]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 4''</ref><ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 39''</ref>
Ulgethon was at one point visited by the [[Forerunner]]s, who left technology and various structures hidden in its mountain ranges. Prior to [[938 BCE]], Ulgethon was [[Sangheili colonies|colonized]] by the [[Sangheili]], establishing at least one settlement amid the structures built by the Forerunners, whom they worshipped as gods.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P191|Enc22|Page=191}}{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}
 
===Conflict with the San'Shyuum===
{{Main|Desecration of Ulgethon}}
In 938 BCE, the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] arrived on Ulgethon with their Dreadnought, the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. The [[keyship]]'s [[Luminary]] had alerted the San'Shyuum of a repository of Forerunner relics hidden in an enormous mountain range on the seemingly uninhabited world. The first pioneer detachment dispatched to the mountains discovered that they were inhabited by the Sangheili. Their first contact with the saurian species proved to be tense, but constructive. The San'Shyuum attempted diplomacy with the Sangheili by sending a delegation to explain that they, too, revered Forerunner technology as holy.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P191}}
 
However, the two species had ideological differences regarding the treatment of Forerunner artifacts, with the Sangheili viewing the manipulation of their gods' technology as blasphemy and punishable by death.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P191}} When the Sangheili learned of the San'Shyuum's sacrilegious intent to excavate Ulgethon's sacred relics, they turned against the invaders. Led by [[Arbiter]] [[Vema 'Togad]],{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P244|Enc22|Page=244}} the Sangheili summarily executed the delegation, sending their corpses back to the Dreadnought.{{Ref/Reuse|Term6}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P191}} What followed was a year long violent [[Desecration of Ulgethon|conflict]] that left the planet a charred husk littered with fallen warriors and shattered ships.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P191}} This event would effectively spark a decades-long war between the two species, known as the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 4''</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:H2A Terminals - Prophet-Elite War Arbiter.jpg|The Arbiter that led the Sangheili on Ulgethon in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''{{'}}s [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminals]].
File:H2A Terminals - Prophet-Elite War Arbiter.jpg|The Arbiter that led the Sangheili on Ulgethon in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'''s [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|terminals]].
File:H2A Terminals - Prophets.png|Three San'Shyuum make a gruesome discovery.
File:H2A Terminals - Prophets.png|Three San'Shyuum make a gruesome discovery
File:H2A Terminals - Executed san'shyuum.jpg|The severed heads of the San'Shyuum delegation.
File:H2A Terminals - Executed san'shyuum.jpg|The severed heads of the San'Shyuum delegation
File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 4.jpg|The San'Shyuum land on Ulgethon.
File:HM-Ulgethon.png|Ulgethon in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
**''[[Sacrifice]]'' {{Im}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:Covenant worlds]]
[[Category:Covenant worlds]]

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