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{{Quote|What have these Brutes done? They have shed our brothers' blood... and for that, they must die!|[[Sangheili]] on [[ | {{Quote|What have these Brutes done? They have shed our brothers' blood... and for that, they must die!|[[Sangheili]] on [[Installation 05]]}}{{Ref/Level|Id=Uprising|Halo 2|Level=Uprising}} | ||
The '''Great Schism''',{{Ref/Book|Id=GoO|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=240}} also known as the '''Covenant Schism''',{{Ref/Book|Id=GoO245|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=245}} was a major civil war between the forces loyal to the [[Covenant]] (led by the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Jiralhanae]]) against the [[Covenant separatists]] (the [[Sangheili]] and their followers), which split apart on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]. The [[High Prophet of Truth]] ordered the extermination of the entire Sangheili species,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TEVG}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 2|Quote=A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your incompetent race, and I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it! ...When they learn? Ha ha. Fool! They ordered me to do it!}} forcing them out of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Elites}} 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]] and his 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/Reuse|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/Book|Id=GoO|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=240}} also known as the '''Covenant Schism''',{{Ref/Book|Id=GoO245|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=245}} was a major civil war between the forces loyal to the [[Covenant]] (led by the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Jiralhanae]]) against the [[Covenant separatists]] (the [[Sangheili]] and their followers), which split apart on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]. The [[High Prophet of Truth]] ordered the extermination of the entire Sangheili species,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=TEVG}}{{Ref/Game|Halo 2|Quote=A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your incompetent race, and I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it! ...When they learn? Ha ha. Fool! They ordered me to do it!}} forcing them out of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Elites}} 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]] and his 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/Reuse|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]]. | ||
