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===[[Battle of the Rubble]]=== | ===[[Battle of the Rubble]]=== | ||
Almost ten years later, Truth was behind a plot to have a group of Kig-Yar "ally" themselves with Humans, in an attempt to find Earth. It was going well until Regret (who was not informed of the the plan) sent [[Thel 'Vadamee]] to investigate a series of modified Covenant weapons used by Humans, believed to have come from the Kig-Yars. Due a failure of the Humans providing Earth's location, the Kig-Yar in command, [[Reth]], ordered an attack on the Rubble and Exodus asteroids, which soon failed along with Truth's plan. With the failure of the plan Truth called it's aftermath "a mess"<ref>[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]</ref>, and he was about to have Thel and his soldiers killed, until Thel saved him from a [[Zhar (Sangheili)|disillusioned Elite]], and for that he spared Thel on the basis that he "never say anything of what happened here". After returning to High Charity, Truth looked on the positive side, saying they had purged possible human-sympathizing Kig-Yar and Unngoy, and because of the modified weapons, found two more Human worlds. | Almost ten years later, Truth was behind a plot to have a group of Kig-Yar "ally" themselves with Humans, in an attempt to find Earth. It was going well until Regret (who was not informed of the the plan) sent [[Thel 'Vadamee]] to investigate a series of modified Covenant weapons used by Humans, believed to have come from the Kig-Yars. Due a failure of the Humans providing Earth's location, the Kig-Yar in command, [[Reth]], ordered an attack on the Rubble and Exodus asteroids, which soon failed along with Truth's plan. With the failure of the plan Truth called it's aftermath "a mess"<ref>[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]</ref>, and he was about to have Thel and his soldiers killed, until Thel saved him from a [[Zhar (Sangheili)|disillusioned Elite]], and for that he spared Thel on the basis that he "never say anything of what happened here". After returning to High Charity, Truth looked on the positive side, saying they had purged possible human-sympathizing Kig-Yar and Unngoy, and because of the modified weapons, found two more Human worlds. | ||
=== Divisive Mandate === | |||
Obsessed with the Great Journey and his personal ascension into godhood, Truth would not allow anyone to meddle in his plans or slow him down in his path to ascension, which was always his ultimate motivation. He would use any means necessary to eventually begin the Great Journey. | |||
Even well before the removal of the Sangheili from the [[Honor Guard]] and the Covenant's [[Great Schism]], Truth had begun to doubt the loyalty and reliability of the Sangheili, viewing them as a species splintered by heresy and derision, even amongst their own ranks. The Sangheili had exhausted their usefulness to him, and he would not allow them to meddle in his affairs any longer, and he would not want to place the Great Journey into the hands of those he saw as incompetents. | |||
On the other hand, he admired the Jiralhanae, for their eagerness to prove that their loyalty and battle prowess had earned them a seat at the side of the Hierarchs, as the protectors of the Covenant. Such blind faith and eagerness marked them as near perfect pawns for Truth to sacrifice. | |||
This led Truth to put his "divisive mandate" in motion. Secretly, he laid a complex scheme to eventually replace the Sanghili with the Jiralhanae as his personal guardians, as well as the primary warrior race of the Covenant. This started with subtle gestures, culminating in the beginning of the Great Schism. His plans were never made in haste. They were well laid.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16989</ref> | |||
===The Reach Campaign and [[Thel 'Vadamee|The Arbiter]]=== | ===The Reach Campaign and [[Thel 'Vadamee|The Arbiter]]=== | ||
{{Quote|The council decided to have you hung by your entrails, and your corpse paraded through the city, but ultimately the terms of your execution are up to me.|Truth speaking to the new Arbiter, Thel 'Vadamee.}} | {{Quote|The council decided to have you hung by your entrails, and your corpse paraded through the city, but ultimately the terms of your execution are up to me.|Truth speaking to the new Arbiter, Thel 'Vadamee.}} | ||
The Prophet of Truth became the deciding factor in all issues for the three Prophets, representing an inequality in power that put him at the top of the other two <ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[The Heretic (Level)|The Heretic]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]]''</ref>. | The Prophet of Truth became the deciding factor in all issues for the three Prophets, representing an inequality in power that put him at the top of the other two.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[The Heretic (Level)|The Heretic]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]]''</ref> | ||
Some time before the Prophet of Regret's mission to Earth, Truth had managed to discover the location of Humanity's homeworld, Earth. For him, this was an opportunity to crush his enemy once and for all. Instead of informing the rest of the Covenant or his fellow hierarchs of this discovery, he secretly assembled a fleet of over five hundred warships, to a a command-and-control station called [[Unyielding Hierophant]]. All of these forces were commanded exclusively by the Jiralhanae, the species Truth personally favored over the Sangheili, and planned to use in his later machinations. When the time came for Truth to return his attention to Earth, his expendable regiments needed to be led by Jiralhanae, not Sangheili. Leaving the Elites to scour Earth in search of the most sacred Forerunner artifact in existence, the [[Portal]] which would open upon the [[Installation 00|Ark]] itself, would have placed all Truth's aspirations upon the shoulders of a species he had already decided to cast aside.<ref name="waypoint">''[[Halo Waypoint]], "Ten Twenty" history entry''</ref> | |||
However, the UNSC forces discovered the Unyielding Hierophant and its purpose, and a small team of SPARTAN-IIs led by [[John-117]] destryoed the station, along with most of the ships in its charge. The station's ultimate goal and its eventual destruction were suppressed by the Prophet of Truth - the unyielding Hierophant's original purpose has since remained a closely guarded secret, even from the rest of the Hierarchs.<ref name="waypoint"/> | |||
After the destruction of the Unyielding Hierophant, Truth waited in ''High Charity'' on the [[Step of Silence]] for [[Tartarus]], [[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]], to arrive, with what remained of an ancient [[Forerunner Crystal]] that could manipulate time and space. He ordered the reward and secret execution of the remaining survivors from [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]], as not to cause any disruption in the Covenant by stories of how the [[Demon]]s destroyed an entire fleet.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]''</ref> | |||
Truth | ====Occupation of Earth==== | ||
While Truth had kept the discovery of the human homeworld a secret from everyone else, the Prophet of Regret managed to independently discover the location of the Ark Portal. Eager to exploit the artifact's power, Regret quickly departed for Earth with a fleet of fifteen ships, yet uninformed of the human presence on the planet. | |||
Soon after this, Truth learned of the Prophet of Regret's brash and foolhardy move, and sent a massive fleet commanded by the Jiralhanae, to Earth to pick up where Regret had left off. Upon arrival to Earth, Regret's forces were outnumbered and outgunned. In mere hours, Regret was forced to retreat. Just after Regret's retreat, Truth's fleet arrived. | |||
Several remaining ships from Regret's fleet were still under command of the Sangheili. Once Truth gave the word, the Jiralhanae in Truth's fleet forcefully overtook the Sangheili and assumed complete control over the battle not only above Earth, but also on the ground, slaying any remaining Sangheili stationed on the planet at will. Upon further orders from Truth, they aggressively deployed significant infantry directly into New Mombasa and picked up where Regret had left off while holding the human forces at bay until Truth's reinforcements arrived. Once the UNSC forces had been defeated in the city of New Mombasa, Truth's fleet would start uncovering the Portal to the Ark, preparing it for his arrival nearly a month later.<ref name="waypoint"/><ref>''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''</ref> | |||
====The Heretics==== | ====The Heretics==== | ||
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===The Great Journey=== | ===The Great Journey=== | ||
====Punishing Regret==== | ====Punishing Regret==== | ||
{{Quote|Your haste has jeopardized the fulfillment of our Covenant, threatened our grand design.|[[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] quoting Truth's words to Regret.}} | {{Quote|Your haste has jeopardized the fulfillment of our Covenant, threatened our grand design.|[[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] quoting Truth's words to Regret.}} | ||