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[[File:AncientSangheili.png|250px|thumb|left|Ancient Sangheili on Sanghelios.]] | [[File:AncientSangheili.png|250px|thumb|left|Ancient Sangheili on Sanghelios.]] | ||
The Sangheili home world, [[Sanghelios]], had at one point been visited by or had been in contact with the [[Forerunners]]. They revered the objects these "gods" had left, and considered tampering with them a heresy beyond any other. In [[938 B.C.E.]] they encountered the [[San 'Shyuum]] (who would later be known as "Prophets" by Humans), a race who also | The Sangheili home world, [[Sanghelios]], had at one point been visited by or had been in contact with the [[Forerunners]]. They revered the objects these "gods" had left, and considered tampering with them a heresy beyond any other. In [[938 B.C.E.]] they encountered the [[San 'Shyuum]] (who would later be known as "Prophets" by Humans), a race who also worshiped the Forerunners as Gods, but had utilized Forerunner [[technology]] for their own needs, believing the technology had been left behind by the Gods as gifts for their children. This sparked a [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum War|war]] between the two races over how to treat the relics. Even though the Sangheili had a large numerical advantage in general, they suffered extreme casualties under the sheer power of the Prophets' [[Forerunner Dreadnought|Dreadnought]], a surviving [[Keyship]], and by [[876 B.C.E.]] even the most devout had to admit their survival depended on the reconstitution of their own Forerunner technology. This, of course, led both sides to an agreement that ended with the decommissioning of the Forerunner Dreadnought and a shaky alliance that eventually expanded into the Covenant. | ||
The Prophets helped assuage the Sangheili by informing them of the [[Great Journey]]: By seeking out the [[Halo Array|Holy Rings]] scattered throughout the galaxy and utilizing them, a Great Journey would begin. This Great Journey would transform believers into godlike beings, while providing salvation for their doomed existence of fighting with the [[Flood]]. The Sangheili then became the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|bodyguards]] of the physically less imposing Prophets, who would search the galaxy for the Halos.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', ''[[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]]''</ref> The [[Writ of Union]] was drawn up in [[852 B.C.E.]] in order to codify the Covenant. Its first canto clearly outlines the nature of the Covenant from the perspective of the Prophets. | The Prophets helped assuage the Sangheili by informing them of the [[Great Journey]]: By seeking out the [[Halo Array|Holy Rings]] scattered throughout the galaxy and utilizing them, a Great Journey would begin. This Great Journey would transform believers into godlike beings, while providing salvation for their doomed existence of fighting with the [[Flood]]. The Sangheili then became the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman|bodyguards]] of the physically less imposing Prophets, who would search the galaxy for the Halos.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', ''[[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]]''</ref> The [[Writ of Union]] was drawn up in [[852 B.C.E.]] in order to codify the Covenant. Its first canto clearly outlines the nature of the Covenant from the perspective of the Prophets. | ||