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As the presence of a Luminary is required on all Covenant vessels, there are likely at least tens if not hundreds of thousands of them in existence, depending of course on the number of ships the Covenant control. The Luminary of the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' is significant as it led the Covenant to the [[UNSC]] colony [[Harvest]], and precipitated the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It identified Harvest with several thousand Forerunner glyphs (referred to as Luminations in this context and called relics by the Covenant) that led the Covenant to believe the world held innumerable Forerunner treasures. Unfortunately, they misinterpreted the sign as "Reclamation," rather than the actual translation, "[[Reclaimer]]s."<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 155''</ref> | As the presence of a Luminary is required on all Covenant vessels, there are likely at least tens if not hundreds of thousands of them in existence, depending of course on the number of ships the Covenant control. The Luminary of the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' is significant as it led the Covenant to the [[UNSC]] colony [[Harvest]], and precipitated the [[Human-Covenant War]]. It identified Harvest with several thousand Forerunner glyphs (referred to as Luminations in this context and called relics by the Covenant) that led the Covenant to believe the world held innumerable Forerunner treasures. Unfortunately, they misinterpreted the sign as "Reclamation," rather than the actual translation, "[[Reclaimer]]s."<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 155''</ref> | ||
Although the newly appointed [[Prophet of Truth]] was aware of | Although the newly appointed [[Prophet of Truth]] was made aware of this mistake by [[Mendicant Bias]], he refused to let the Covenant know of humanity's relationship to the Forerunners (or, rather, his assumption that the Reclaimers were actual descendants of the Forerunners) as such a revelation directly contradicted the basis of the Covenant faith: that ''every'' Forerunner transcended to godhood, and so would anyone who followed in their footsteps. Instead, he claimed that humans destroyed the relics at Harvest, and would do the same to the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]] should they ever find them. He also planned to use the Luminations as a means of tracking down [[human]]s and exterminating them. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 382''</ref> | ||
On very rare occasions, the Covenant would also find original Forerunner Luminaries pointing to specific artifacts of high importance. For example, [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben]]'s expedition party discovered a Forerunner Luminary pointing to the Halo rings' locations on [[Janjur Qom]], only for the device to be lost before the expedition could return to ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle'''</ref> In [[2551]], Covenant forces under the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s command discovered a Luminary on [[Meridian]] pointing to [[Installation 00]] and [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] on a planet known as [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]. Seeking to outdo his fellow [[Hierarchs]] by claiming the monumental discovery for himself, the Prophet of Regret took the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] to the Portal's location, unaware that Erde-Tyrene was actually [[human]]ity's homeworld, Earth.<ref>'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', ''Prologue Terminal 1''</ref> | On very rare occasions, the Covenant would also find original Forerunner Luminaries pointing to specific artifacts of high importance. For example, [[Mken 'Scre'ah'ben]]'s expedition party discovered a Forerunner Luminary pointing to the Halo rings' locations on [[Janjur Qom]], only for the device to be lost before the expedition could return to ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle'''</ref> In [[2551]], Covenant forces under the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s command discovered a Luminary on [[Meridian]] pointing to [[Installation 00]] and [[Portal at Voi|the Portal]] on a planet known as [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]. Seeking to outdo his fellow [[Hierarchs]] by claiming the monumental discovery for himself, the Prophet of Regret took the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] to the Portal's location, unaware that Erde-Tyrene was actually [[human]]ity's homeworld, Earth.<ref>'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', ''Prologue Terminal 1''</ref> | ||