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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Prelude=== | ===Prelude=== | ||
{{Quote|When we arrived on their frontier world of Ulgethon, the cost of life was severe. Led by a mighty Arbiter, the Sangheili resisted our entreatment with ruthless force, leading to decades of war.|[[Unidentified San'Shyuum scribe|A San'Shyuum scribe]]<ref name="h2aterm">'''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 2 Anniversary|Terminal 6]]''</ref>}} | |||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 4.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The San'Shyuum land on Ulgethon]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 4.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The San'Shyuum land on Ulgethon]] | ||
After leaving their homeworld [[Janjur Qom]] in [[2100 BCE]], the [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] encountered the [[Sangheili]] in [[938 BCE]], who also had experience with [[Forerunner]] technology. First contact between the two species occurred in a Sangheili-colonized system on a world that contained Forerunner artifacts. The San'Shyuum believed that incorporating Forerunner technology was allowed by their religion. To the Sangheili, such a thing would have been unthinkable heresy.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 350''</ref> The San'Shyuum attempted diplomacy with the Sangheili; they sent a delegation to the Sangheili frontier world of [[Ulgethon]] to explain that they, too, worshiped the Forerunners. The Sangheili summarily executed the delegation, thus beginning the hostilities.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 4''</ref><ref name="h2aterm" | After leaving their homeworld [[Janjur Qom]] in [[2100 BCE]], the [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] encountered the [[Sangheili]] in [[938 BCE]], who also had experience with [[Forerunner]] technology. First contact between the two species occurred in a Sangheili-colonized system on a world that contained Forerunner artifacts. The San'Shyuum believed that incorporating Forerunner technology was allowed by their religion. To the Sangheili, such a thing would have been unthinkable heresy.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 350''</ref> The San'Shyuum attempted diplomacy with the Sangheili; they sent a delegation to the Sangheili frontier world of [[Ulgethon]] to explain that they, too, worshiped the Forerunners. The Sangheili summarily executed the delegation, thus beginning the hostilities.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 4''</ref><ref name="h2aterm"/> | ||
===War=== | ===War=== | ||
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The war eventually led to a [[Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red|skirmish]] on the [[Planet of Blue and Red]] in [[860 BCE]]. The planet's location made it of strategic importance to the Sangheili, however the San'Shyuum desired to take control of the world for the numerous Forerunner artifacts located on and underneath the planet's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 1-3''</ref> The San'Shyuum forces were led by [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben|Mken 'Scre'ah'ben, High Lord of Sacred Relics]], while the Sangheili forces were led by [[Ussa 'Xellus]]. Although the San'Shyuum were vastly outnumbered,<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 6-7''</ref> they used [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s to weaken Sangheili forces while scientists uncovered and examined the Forerunner structures. Eventually, the San'Shyuum's command stations were breached by Sangheili assassins—forcing all San'Shyuum on the planet to retreat to orbit. High Lord Mken had ordered the Forerunner Dreadnought to fire upon the Sangheili forces, but under Ussa's command, most of them had escaped into a Forerunner structure, which the San'Shyuum were unwilling to damage.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 9-13''</ref> The Sangheili on the planet were eventually forced to flee the system.<ref name="bcpreview">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> | The war eventually led to a [[Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red|skirmish]] on the [[Planet of Blue and Red]] in [[860 BCE]]. The planet's location made it of strategic importance to the Sangheili, however the San'Shyuum desired to take control of the world for the numerous Forerunner artifacts located on and underneath the planet's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 1-3''</ref> The San'Shyuum forces were led by [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben|Mken 'Scre'ah'ben, High Lord of Sacred Relics]], while the Sangheili forces were led by [[Ussa 'Xellus]]. Although the San'Shyuum were vastly outnumbered,<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 6-7''</ref> they used [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s to weaken Sangheili forces while scientists uncovered and examined the Forerunner structures. Eventually, the San'Shyuum's command stations were breached by Sangheili assassins—forcing all San'Shyuum on the planet to retreat to orbit. High Lord Mken had ordered the Forerunner Dreadnought to fire upon the Sangheili forces, but under Ussa's command, most of them had escaped into a Forerunner structure, which the San'Shyuum were unwilling to damage.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 9-13''</ref> The Sangheili on the planet were eventually forced to flee the system.<ref name="bcpreview">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> | ||
The war was eventually brought to the Sangheili homeworld, Sanghelios. The San'Shyuum and the Sangheili both fought for possession of the numerous Forerunner artifacts on the planet.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 120'' (2011 edition)</ref> | The war was eventually brought to the Sangheili homeworld, Sanghelios. The San'Shyuum and the Sangheili both fought for possession of the numerous Forerunner artifacts on the planet.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 120'' (2011 edition)</ref> The state of [[Vadam]] was one of the many Sangheili city-states attacked by the Reformists during the battle. However, [[Vadam keep]]'s well-defended position in [[Kolaar Mountain]] prevented the keep from being destroyed.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 90''</ref> | ||
===The Writ of Union=== | ===The Writ of Union=== | ||