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{{Quote|What does it mean to be 'Covenant' today? A hundred warlords claim they rule the Covenant, but each of them leads only a small faction.|[[Zef 'Trahl]]<ref name="escalation5">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref>}} | {{Quote|What does it mean to be 'Covenant' today? A hundred warlords claim they rule the Covenant, but each of them leads only a small faction.|[[Zef 'Trahl]]<ref name="escalation5">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #5''</ref>}} | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== The Great Schism and dissolution of the Covenant === | === The Great Schism and dissolution of the Covenant === | ||
The remnant factions can trace their origins back to the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552#November|November 2552]]. After the [[Hierarchs]] replaced the [[Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]] and ordered the genocide of the former, the Sangheili rebelled against the [[San 'Shyuum]]-led main body of the Covenant. Many of the emerging Sangheili factions would continue to regard themselves as the "true" Covenant, some noting that the Sangheili had "kicked out" the [[San 'Shyuum]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 58''</ref> Amidst the turmoil of the Great Schism, the Sangheili factions assembled at their base world [[Joyous Exultation]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]], who announced the treachery of the Prophets and proposed the creation of a [[Joyous Exultation alliance|new, Sangheili-led Covenant]]. However, after Wattinree and his forces were killed by a [[NOVA bomb]], the Sangheili separatist movement would soon come to be most prominently embodied in [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|his faction]]. | The remnant factions can trace their origins back to the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552#November|November 2552]]. After the [[Hierarchs]] replaced the [[Sangheili]] with the [[Jiralhanae]] and ordered the genocide of the former, the Sangheili rebelled against the [[San 'Shyuum]]-led main body of the Covenant. Many of the emerging Sangheili factions would continue to regard themselves as the "true" Covenant, some noting that the Sangheili had "kicked out" the [[San 'Shyuum]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 58''</ref> Amidst the turmoil of the Great Schism, the Sangheili factions assembled at their base world [[Joyous Exultation]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]], who announced the treachery of the Prophets and proposed the creation of a [[Joyous Exultation alliance|new, Sangheili-led Covenant]]. However, after Wattinree and his forces were killed by a [[NOVA bomb]], the Sangheili separatist movement would soon come to be most prominently embodied in [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction|his faction]].<ref name="h3">'''Halo 3'''</ref> | ||
Many [[Unggoy]], [[Mgalekgolo]], [[Yanme'e]] and [[Kig-Yar]] remained within both the Jiralhanae's and Sangheili's respective command hierarchies and continued to serve their masters throughout the Great Schism.<ref name="uprising">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Uprising]]''</ref><ref name="gj">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref> | Many [[Unggoy]], [[Mgalekgolo]], [[Yanme'e]] and [[Kig-Yar]] remained within both the Jiralhanae's and Sangheili's respective command hierarchies and continued to serve their masters throughout the Great Schism.<ref name="uprising">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Uprising]]''</ref><ref name="gj">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref> | ||