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It was on one such colony world, [[Ulgethon]], that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum thus commencing the [[War of Beginnings]].<ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 5]]</ref> Fighting in the war would take place on other Sangheili colonies{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} [[Raid at Codisfold|such as]] [[Codisfold]]{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=258}} and even [[Battle of Sanghelios|Sanghelios itself]].

Following the War of Beginnings, Sanghelios would be the capital of the Covenant until ''High Charity'' was completed.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=229}} The remaining Sangheili colonies became some of the primary worlds for the Covenant and [[Ages of Conversion|with each species added to the alliance]], so too were their worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} Various physical materials from each of the incorporated species' homeworlds were used in the [[Skin of the First Worlds]] on ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=227}}

*the rending/refuge

The Covenant as an organization would go on to settle new worlds and subsume certain Forerunner installations.{{Ref/Site|Id=coviewaypoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Covenant}} An example of both of these would be [[Strilun IV]].{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} In at least one case, the Covenant wiped out an [[List of unidentified species#Karava|unidentified civilisation]] on the planet [[Karava]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p289|Enc22|Page=289}} and settled it afterward.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE5|HE|Issue=5}}

Since the incorporation of the Jiralhanae, the [[San'Shyuum]] settled them on resource-rich worlds to guard them against anyone seeking to claim them for themselves.{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc1|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|#1]]}}

Early in the War of Annihilation, the [[UNSC]] [[Operation: SILENT STORM|counterattacked]] the invading Covenant and [[Attack on Zhoist|struck]] at [[Zhoist]]. UNSC [[Nuclear weapon]]s destroyed two out of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Silent Storm|Epilogue}}

Near the end of the war, and during the [[Great Schism]], a [[NOVA bomb]] was detonated at Joyous Exultation by accident. A quarter of the world was vaporized and its moon was shattered.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=244-245}}

[[File:Hroa4 raid.png|thumb|left|250px|The Banished [[Raid of Kostroda|raiding]] [[Kostroda]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=roaissue4|[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]|Issue=[[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 4|4]]}}]]

After the dissolution of the Covenant and the exodus of the local San'Shyuum governors,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet 54}} many of the Covenant's colonies fell under the control of the hegemony's various [[Covenant remnants|splinter factions]], while others were claimed by unaffiliated members of the Covenant client species, especially the Sangheili or Kig-Yar. Some worlds were contested between species and governments,{{Ref/Reuse|HE5}} while [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s were established between the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] to allow colonies to be administrated by multiple species.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', ''"[[Oasis]]"''</ref>

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