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 {{Quote|This is the third vector of chaos.|[[Zo Resken]], former Prophet of Clarity, to his [[Sangheili]] liberators<ref name="gl232">'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 232''</ref>}}
-The '''Great Schism''',<ref name="GoO">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 240''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant Schism''',<ref name="GoO245">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 245''</ref> or the '''Great Betrayal''' among the [[Sangheili]],<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''The Return'', ''page 247''</ref> was a major civil war between the forces loyal to the [[Covenant]] against the [[Covenant separatists]], which split apart on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]. During the Schism, three major forces fought for victory: the Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]] allied with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]; the remnants of the Covenant led by the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Jiralhanae]]; and the [[Flood]], which took over the Covenant holy city of ''[[High Charity]]'' in an effort to assimilate the other warring factions. The Schism marked both the end of the Covenant and the partition of its client species for a thousand years.<ref name="GoO245"/> For the UNSC, it served as a major turning point that led to the [[Battle of Installation 00|end of the war]] after their [[Fall of Reach|disastrous defeat on Reach]].
+The '''Great Schism''',<ref name="GoO">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 240''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant Schism''',<ref name="GoO245">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 245''</ref>  was a major civil war between the forces loyal to the [[Covenant]] (led by the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Jiralhanae]]) against the [[Covenant separatists]] (composed of the [[Sangheili]]), which split apart on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]. Battles during the Schism took place all throughout Covenant space, most prominently on ''[[High Charity]]'', the heart of the alien empire. The [[Flood]] additionally played a tertiary role, when they took over the holy city in an effort to assimilate the other warring factions. The deciding battles were fought between the Sangheili [[Fleet of Retribution]] allied with the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] against the [[High Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth's]] remnants of the Covenant on the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. The Schism marked both the end of the Covenant and the partition of its client species for a thousand years.<ref name="GoO245"/> For the UNSC, it served as a major turning point that led to the [[Battle of Installation 00|end of the war]] after their [[Fall of Reach|disastrous defeat on Reach]].
+The conflict went down in Sangheili history as the '''Great Betrayal''',<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''The Return'', ''page 247''</ref> its deep wounds continuing to stir animosity between their kind and the Jiralhanae for years to come.<ref name="The Return"/>
 ==History==