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"'''Reliquary'''" is the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] term for a planet that holds a tremendous number of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 224''</ref> | "'''Reliquary'''" is the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] term for a planet that holds a tremendous number of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 224''</ref> | ||
Only two known reliquaries are known. The first was likely the planet where the [[Sangheili]] and [[San 'Shyuum]] encountered each other, a world in [[Sangheili]] territory with [[Forerunner]] relics.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 147''</ref> The second was the human-colonized world of [[Harvest]], which was glassed by the Covenant believing the [[humans]] had destroyed or stolen the relics present, leading to the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In reality, the signal being read by Covenant scans as Forerunner artifacts to be reclaimed were in fact individual human beings, who were all | Only two known reliquaries are known. The first was likely the planet where the [[Sangheili]] and [[San 'Shyuum]] encountered each other, a world in [[Sangheili]] territory with [[Forerunner]] relics.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 147''</ref> The second was the human-colonized world of [[Harvest]], which was glassed by the Covenant believing the [[humans]] had destroyed or stolen the relics present, leading to the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In reality, the signal being read by Covenant scans as Forerunner artifacts to be reclaimed were in fact individual human beings, who were all labeled as [[Reclaimer]]s until scanning technology was altered to prevent that knowledge from falling to the general Covenant populace. | ||
Both the San 'Shyuum homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] and the Sangheili homeworld of [[Sanghelios]] were Reliquaries, with their [[Forerunner]] Artifacts jump starting both their religious and [[Technological Achievement Tiers|technological]] progress. | Both the San 'Shyuum homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] and the Sangheili homeworld of [[Sanghelios]] were Reliquaries, with their [[Forerunner]] Artifacts jump starting both their religious and [[Technological Achievement Tiers|technological]] progress. | ||