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The '''Fire and Repentance Codices''' are an ancient and oral ritual cited by [[Covenant | The '''Fire and Repentance Codices''' are an ancient and oral ritual cited by [[Covenant]] [[Shipmaster]]s, originating in the [[History of the Covenant|first age]] of the Covenant's history - presumably that of the [[Ages of Reconciliation|First Age of Reconciliation]].{{Ref/Note|The codices' name of ''repentance'', combined with sections of them directly quoting the Writ of Union signed at the end of the Covenant's foundational [[War of Beginnings]], would indicate that the codices were written during the First Age of Reconciliation, as opposed to the First Age of Conflict.}} The Codices are a series of ritual greetings and responses given by a shipmaster and a subordinate seemingly once a task has been assigned; during the [[Onyx Conflict]], [[Fleetmaster]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and Shipmaster [[Qunu]] of the [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Far Sight Lost]]'' repeated several responses of the codices following Qunu's tasking to contact the [[Onyx Sentinel|guardians]] of [[Onyx]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO30|GoO|Chapter=30}} | ||
Qunu was noted by 'Mantakree to have had an unmatched knowledge of the codices, resulting in the fleetmaster electing to assign the honourable task of contacting the planet's defenders to the subordinate shipmaster.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO30}} | |||
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'''Greeting''': "...let us cast arms aside. ...And like discard our wrath. Thou, in faith, will keep us safe. Whilst we find the path. | ==Known codices== | ||
'''Greeting''': "''Honor light your way.''"<br> | |||
'''Response''': "''Our blood will forge a thousand generations.''" | |||
'''Greeting''': "''...let us cast arms aside. ...And like discard our wrath. Thou, in faith, will keep us safe. Whilst we find the path.''" (citing the [[Writ of Union]]) | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | ||
== Sources == | ==Notes== | ||
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==Sources== | |||
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[[Category:Ideology]] | [[Category:Ideology]] | ||
[[Category:The Covenant]] | [[Category:The Covenant]] | ||
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