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[[File:H4-Terminal-CharumHakkor-Battle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Human forces making their last stand on Charum Hakkor's surface.]]
[[File:H4-Terminal-CharumHakkor-Battle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Human forces making their last stand on Charum Hakkor's surface.]]
{{Main|Battle of Charum Hakkor}}
{{Main|Battle of Charum Hakkor}}
For over five decades, Charum Hakkor was the site of the [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|concluding battle]] of the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. [[Forthencho]], the Lord of Admirals, commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the the Didact for the last three years of the war despite being severely outnumbered. Forerunner forces eventually, with the help of the San'Shyuum, broke through humanity's lines, destroying the planet's defenses and made landfall on the surface. Human land forces on Charum Hakkor were pushed back to a Precursor ruin, the [[Citadel Charum]], where the Forerunners extracted their essences with [[Composer]]s after humanity was forced to capitulate. The final battle resulted in the shattering of the [[human-San'Shyuum alliance]] and the loss of most of humanity's reserve forces.<ref name="c111"/> After Charum Hakkor fell, the last vestiges of humanity's military retreated to the [[wolf-faced planet]] where they destroyed the system.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 155-156''</ref> Had it not been for the San'Shyuum's treachery, the deadlock might have lasted much longer.<ref>'''Halo: Mythos''', ''pages 15''</ref>
For over five decades, Charum Hakkor was the site of the [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|concluding battle]] of the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. [[Forthencho]], the Lord of Admirals, commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the Didact for the last three years of the war despite being severely outnumbered. Forerunner forces eventually, with the help of the San'Shyuum, broke through humanity's lines, destroying the planet's defenses and made landfall on the surface. Human land forces on Charum Hakkor were pushed back to a Precursor ruin, the [[Citadel Charum]], where the Forerunners extracted their essences with [[Composer]]s after humanity was forced to capitulate. The final battle resulted in the shattering of the [[human-San'Shyuum alliance]] and the loss of most of humanity's reserve forces.<ref name="c111"/> After Charum Hakkor fell, the last vestiges of humanity's military retreated to the [[wolf-faced planet]] where they destroyed the system.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 155-156''</ref> Had it not been for the San'Shyuum's treachery, the deadlock might have lasted much longer.<ref>'''Halo: Mythos''', ''pages 15''</ref>


===Forerunner-Flood war===
===Forerunner-Flood war===