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There were some doubts among the Covenant that the legend was true. Some [[Sangheili]], such as the clan of [[Ussa 'Xellus]], believed that the rings did not exist but were a lie made up by the San'Shyuum in order to deceive species they enslaved.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 196''</ref> One of the San'Shyuum Prophets, [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben]], had doubts about the rings' function, since to him the descriptions of the Halo effect sounded close to that of weapons.<ref name="sublime">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 67''</ref> Another San'Shyuum, the future [[Prophet of Truth]] believed in the rings and initiated their firing, but feared that some of the faithful could be left behind and not ascend, after discovering that [[human]]s were, by his interpretation, [[Reclaimer|un-ascended Forerunners]]. Truth thus resolved to eliminate all opportunity of doubt for the Covenant, demanding the extinction of humans before their status was discovered then ordering the Sangheili assassinated and replaced with [[Jiralhanae]] when many Elites began to question the claims of the Prophets. | There were some doubts among the Covenant that the legend was true. Some [[Sangheili]], such as the clan of [[Ussa 'Xellus]], believed that the rings did not exist but were a lie made up by the San'Shyuum in order to deceive species they enslaved.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 196''</ref> One of the San'Shyuum Prophets, [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben]], had doubts about the rings' function, since to him the descriptions of the Halo effect sounded close to that of weapons.<ref name="sublime">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 67''</ref> Another San'Shyuum, the future [[Prophet of Truth]] believed in the rings and initiated their firing, but feared that some of the faithful could be left behind and not ascend, after discovering that [[human]]s were, by his interpretation, [[Reclaimer|un-ascended Forerunners]]. Truth thus resolved to eliminate all opportunity of doubt for the Covenant, demanding the extinction of humans before their status was discovered then ordering the Sangheili assassinated and replaced with [[Jiralhanae]] when many Elites began to question the claims of the Prophets. | ||
The truth of the Halos of what happened to the Forerunners was revealed in [[2552]], when [[343 Guilty Spark]], the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] explained their true use to the Covenant and humanity. Some, such as the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] and the Prophets chose to reject his words, and so nearly initiated a second Purification twice, at Delta Halo and then at the Ark.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> Others, like humans and the Sangheili, accepted his words and put their efforts into preventing the firing of the rings. While humanity willingly fired a single ring, [[Installation | The truth of the Halos of what happened to the Forerunners was revealed in [[2552]], when [[343 Guilty Spark]], the [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]] explained their true use to the Covenant and humanity. Some, such as the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] and the Prophets chose to reject his words, and so nearly initiated a second Purification twice, at Delta Halo and then at the Ark.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> Others, like humans and the Sangheili, accepted his words and put their efforts into preventing the firing of the rings. While humanity willingly fired a single ring, [[Installation 08]], at the very end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the ring was safely kept out of range from the rest of the galaxy so its effects would be confined to the Ark.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> | ||
A few Forerunner survivors emerged in the years after the Covenant War, resentful of the Purification's destruction of Forerunner civilization. After [[New Phoenix Incident|an initial attack on Earth]] with the [[Composer]] failed, the revived [[Ur-Didact]] attempted revenge on humanity with [[Installation 03|a captured Halo ring]], abandoning his principles to never use them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]'''</ref> Another ancient, [[000 Tragic Solitude]], used the threat of a second Purification to trick humans into opening [[Portal at Voi|a portal from Earth to the Ark]], feeling that the species of the galaxy deserved to be wiped out for their own mistreatment of the Array. To prevent further incidents, standard operating procedure when encountering a new Halo was to secure its control room and [[activation index]] so that the ring would be prevented from firing.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref> | A few Forerunner survivors emerged in the years after the Covenant War, resentful of the Purification's destruction of Forerunner civilization. After [[New Phoenix Incident|an initial attack on Earth]] with the [[Composer]] failed, the revived [[Ur-Didact]] attempted revenge on humanity with [[Installation 03|a captured Halo ring]], abandoning his principles to never use them.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]'''</ref> Another ancient, [[000 Tragic Solitude]], used the threat of a second Purification to trick humans into opening [[Portal at Voi|a portal from Earth to the Ark]], feeling that the species of the galaxy deserved to be wiped out for their own mistreatment of the Array. To prevent further incidents, standard operating procedure when encountering a new Halo was to secure its control room and [[activation index]] so that the ring would be prevented from firing.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'''</ref> | ||