Taming of the Hunters

Summary
The Taming of the Hunters was a period in the history of The Covenant. Not much is known about this event except that an Arbiter was vital to its success. Many people, though, have been able to speculate what the Taming of the Hunters was all about.

The most plausible theory is that the Taming began during the Covenant Age of Doubt when they were sending out missionaries to recruit more races. They stumbled on the Hunters (Lekgolo), a worm type of creature with the ability to amass themselves into a hive form capable of taking on a large number of forms. The Covenant saw potential in these creatures and sent Elites to teach them their faith. The Hunters rejected it and war broke out. The Hunters won most ground battles against Elites and apparently also killed an Arbiter during some period. Seeing no other way to win, the Covenant began to send out Seraph squadrons to bombard the planet into submission, forcing the Hunters to surrender. As a compromise, the Elites simply demanded that the Hunters serve in the military and that they can continue practicing their original religion.