Janjur Qom: Difference between revisions

==History==

===Prehistory===

Late into the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the [[Librarian]] came to Janjur Qom to collect specimens of the San'Shyuum for [[Conservation Measure|preservation]] on [[Installation 00]]. The San'Shyuum, terrified by the thought of an impending cataclysm, [[Battle of Janjur Qom|attempted to rise up against]] the Forerunner defenses surrounding their system. They were unsuccessful, and later the entire planet was sterilized in a cruel act of punishment by [[Installation 07|one]] of the [[Faber|Master Builder]]'s Halo installations. The San'Shyuum species was preserved, however, and would be reseeded on their planet after the Array was fired at the conclusion of the war. Their population was five hundred million after the activation of the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="Best">''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Bestiarum]]</ref>

===War of Wills===

{{Main|War of Wills}}

This policy was maintained until [[2200 BCE]], when a group of San'Shyuum known as the [[Reformists]] demanded they be given access to the Dreadnought. This was anathema to the [[Stoics]] who maintained the belief of reverence. For the next one hundred years, the San'Shyuum engaged in internal conflict. The war ended in [[2100 BCE]], when one thousand Reformists barricaded themselves in the Dreadnought. As the Stoics were unwilling to destroy the object they revered, they were indecisive over what to do. This allowed the Reformers to activate the Dreadnought and leave, taking a huge chunk of the planet with them. The Stoics cursed the Reformists to exile, never to return. The Reformists would later go on to be ancestors of those who [[Sangheili-San'Shyuum war|fought]] with the [[Sangheili]] and become the first Prophets of the [[Covenant]].<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', pages 262-264</ref> With the departure of the Reformists, the Stoics were left as the dominant civilization on Janjur Qom.<ref name="bc6">''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', Chapter 6</ref>

===Ecology===

Janjur Qom had many diverse species of plants and animals. The many large creatures of the planet forced the [[Stoics]] to retreat to relatively small settlements.{{Ref/Reuse|bc7}} Numerous creatures capable of flight were native to the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|bc7}} such as the bony-winged [[rakscraja]] that often dwelled in the vine-covered trees of Janjur Qom.<ref name="bc1">''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 1</ref> Animals, such as the [[garfren]], were domesticated by the San'Shyuum for meat, cheese, milk, and furs.<ref name="bc10">''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 10</ref> The [[ilpdor]] were massive carnivorous amphibians that were native to the swamps and lakes of Janjur Qom. Although they typically ate the fish that lived in the waters of the planet, ilpdor were known to eat San'Shyuum.<ref name="bc11">''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 11</ref> [[Nelosh]] were long-necked, aquatic creatures that were weightless and had the ability to float through the air.<ref>''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 20</ref> Another marine animal was the [[eilifula]], a creature with a humpbacked shell that lived in the planet's oceans.<ref>''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 5</ref> Tiny, insect-like creatures that were capable of flight sucked the [[blood]] of hosts. These creatures appeared to be similar to [[Earth]]'s [[Wikipedia:Mosquito|mosquitos]], although these animals had the ability to seemingly combine their legs with their wings.{{Ref/Reuse|bc7}}

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