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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
===Covenant religious crisis=== | ===Covenant religious crisis=== | ||
[[Covenant]] culture and society was founded on the belief that they were the chosen ones of the [[Forerunner]]s. Piety was partially demonstrated by the "Reclamation" of ancient, and supposedly holy, artifacts. In [[2525]], a query to an [[ | [[Covenant]] culture and society was founded on the belief that they were the chosen ones of the [[Forerunner]]s. Piety was partially demonstrated by the "Reclamation" of ancient, and supposedly holy, artifacts. In [[2525]], a query to an [[Mendicant Bias|ancient Forerunner AI]] concerning the large number of "relics" on a world as-yet unvisited by the Covenant revealed a critical flaw in Covenant belief; "Reclamation" was a mistranslation of "[[Reclaimer]]" in the Forerunner language, the "relics" on the world were human beings, and that ''humans'' were the Forerunners' chosen inheritors of the galaxy.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 274-276''</ref> | ||
This information was restricted to only a few in Covenant leadership. They realized the public knowledge would shake the foundations of the polity and potentially destroy it. Those privy to the information moved to prevent catastrophe. They seized control of the Covenant and used their new powers to declare a war of extermination on humanity. The first target was the world that the Forerunner AI had been consulted about: the UNSC colony world of [[Harvest]]. | This information was restricted to only a few in Covenant leadership. They realized the public knowledge would shake the foundations of the polity and potentially destroy it. Those privy to the information moved to prevent catastrophe. They seized control of the Covenant and used their new powers to declare a war of extermination on humanity. The first target was the world that the Forerunner AI had been consulted about: the UNSC colony world of [[Harvest]]. | ||