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The development of the Covenant religion took place across seven ages; the [[Age of Abandonment]], [[Ages of Conflict]], [[Ages of Reconciliation|Age of Reconciliation]], [[Ages of Discovery|Age of Discovery]], [[Ages of Conversion|Age of Conversion]], [[Ages of Doubt]] and the [[Ages of Reclamation]]. These ages saw the expansion of the Empire's power and the belief in the Great Journey throughout its new vassal races. In [[784 BCE]], The [[Lekgolo]] became the next species to submit to the Covenant religion after the Sangheili. They were followed in [[1342]] By the [[Kig-Yar]] (though most were influenced by monetary rewards granted by the San'Shyuum). Next, in [[2142]], came the [[Unggoy]]. The [[Jiralhanae]], in [[2492]], were the last species to be fully integrated into the Covenant Empire, and thus their Religion.

The Covenant religion was not entirely without internal conflicts and heretical movements; in the final days of the Covenant Empire's rule, there was a [[Heretics|Heretic uprising]] on [[Threshold Gas Mine|Threshold]], near [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]]. An [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam|Thel 'Vadamee]], was sent with a strike force to deal with the threat.

The Covenant religion reached its zenith when the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] discovered [[Installation 04]] by accident, chasing the [[UNSC Pillar Of Autumn]] from [[The Fall Of Reach|Their victory]] at [[Reach]]. This unexpected discovery led to the immediate presence of the holy city [[High Charity]] and its accompanying fleet. However, efforts to ignite the ring were prevented by [[John-117]], who destroyed the Ring in order to stop the release of [[The Flood]]. This percieved sacrilege ignited widespread anger and grief among the ranks of the Covenant, having come so close to the fulfillment of their Great Journey.  

Only a month later, [[Installation 05]] was discovered when the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] made a slipspace journey to the [[Coelest system]]. However, the Covenant was once again denied in their efforts. The Master Chief and a small force of humans from the [[UNSC ''In Amber Clad'']] made their way onto the Ring and killed the Prophet in order to stop him from activating it.In response, the fleet glassed the temple from where Regret had been giving a sermon, though the Master Chief escaped. [[Prophet of Truth|The Prophet of Truth]] used Regret's death as an excuse to initiate the [[Changing of the Guard]], the first step in his plot to remove the Sangheili from the Covenant. This, and the subsequent orders for the Sangheili to be exterminated, culminated in the [[Great Schism]]. The humans from ''In Amber Clad'', in conjunction with a force of Sangheili led by Thel 'Vadamee and [[Rtas 'Vadumee|Rtas 'Vadum]], were also successful in stopping [[Tartarus]] in his efforts to activate the Ring while the battles of the Schism raged around them. Though Installation 05 was not destroyed in its emergency shutdown, the entire Halo Array was automatically moved to standby status in preperation for firing from [[Installation 00|The Ark]].