Covenant: Difference between revisions

===Founding===

{{Main|War of Beginnings}}

At some point before the San'Shyuum encountered the Sangheili, the [[Huragok]] were found by the San'Shyuum in various [[M-series facility|M-series facilities]].<ref name="best">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> In [[938 BCE]],{{Ref/Reuse|Ency1}} the San'Shyuum [[Reformists]], aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] and the planetoid that would come to be known as High Charity, entered a Sangheili-occupied system that led to first contact between the two alien species. The San'Shyuum, who came to Sanghelios in order to claim and study the rich abundance of Forerunner artifacts left behind,<ref name="Ency114">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''' ''page 114''</ref> soon found themselves sharing different ideologies of how such relics should be treated, which quickly devolved into conflict between the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili.

After the UNSC stronghold [[Reach]] fell to the Covenant in [[2552]], they made a discovery of tremendous significance: a single UNSC vessel, the [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|''Pillar of Autumn'']], had made a supposedly blind jump away from the battle, inadvertently leading the [[Fleet of Particular Justice|pursuing Covenant fleet]] to the location of [[Installation 04|one]] of the seven Halo rings.{{Ref/Level|CE|[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]}}The Covenant's celebration following the discovery of this prized relic was short-lived, however, as a small group of UNSC forces—among them the fearsome, enigmatic soldier known to Covenant forces as "[[John-117|the Demon]]"—managed to destroy the ring by detonating the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s [[fusion drive|fusion engines]].{{Ref/Level|CE|[[The Maw]]}} [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, the [[Supreme Commander]] of the fleet present at Halo, was branded a heretic for his failure to save the ring,{{Ref/Level|H2|[[The Heretic]]}} although he was subsequently appointed an [[Arbiter]].{{Ref/Level|H2|[[The Arbiter]]}}

During the events on the second Halo, the two remaining Hierarchs used the Sangheili's failure to safeguard Regret as an opportunity to replace the Sangheili with Jiralhanae as their protectors and military leaders. The two Prophets had doubts about the Sangheili's loyalty to the Covenant cause, and used the opportunity to ensure that there would be no future dissidence in the Covenant. However, this move greatly angered the Sangheili, who threatened to resign from the High Council.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref>

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*[[Urs system]]

**[[Sanghelios]] – Sangheili homeworld

***[[Qikost]] – Sangheili colony

***[[Suban]] – Sangheili colony

*[[Oth Sonin system]]

**[[Doisac]] – Jiralhanae homeworld

***[[Teash]] – Jiralhanae colony

***[[Soirapt]] – Jiralhanae colony

*[[Y'Deio system]]

**[[Ap'ot]] – Orbital port city

**[[Dal'koth]] – Kig-Yar asteroid colony

**[[T'vao]] – [[T'vaoan]] asteroid homeworld

*[[Napret system]]

**[[Palamok]] – [[Yanme'e]] homeworld

***[[Rantu]] – Lekgolo colony

***[[Rentus]] – Lekgolo colony

*[[Aspero system]]

**[[Hesduros]] - Remote world with dense atmosphere

***[[Hral]]

***[[Nakton]]

*[[Bosthra system]]

**[[Rahnelo]] - Pristine looking world; frontier colony

**[[Zhoist]] - A revered Covenant world home to the [[Ten Cities of Edification]] and [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], a massive Covenant fleet resupply base. Destroyed by UNSC forces in [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] in [[2526]].

***[[Rudara]]

*[[Ealen system]]

**[[Ealen IV]] – Industrial world; [[terraforming|terraformed]] to produce [[plasma]]

*[[Greaw-Jomel system]]

**[[Malurok]] (Decided Heart) – Sangheili base planet

**[[Glyke]] - Sangheili colony and major shipyard. [[Operation: SUNSPEAR|Destroyed]] by [[Gray Team]] just after the end of the Human-Covenant War

***[[Sofu'Eron]]

*[[51 Pegasi system]]

**[[51 Pegasi B]]

***[[Pegasi Delta]] – Home to a starship fuel refinery and staging area

*[[Strilun system]]

**[[Strilun IV]]

'''Worlds in unknown systems'''

*[[Aru'spaw]] – Sangheili colony

*[[Bhedalon]] – Sangheili colony

===Fracture: Entrenched===

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==Trivia==

File:Covenant SymbolHorizontal.png|Horizontal version of the Symbol of the Covenant.

File:Covie Lance1.jpg|Kig-Yar and Unggoy listening to the sermons of a Prophet.

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*''[[Halo Infinite: Memory Agent]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Contact]]''

**''[[Unbound]]''

**''[[Transcendence]]''

*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}

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