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|result = '''Ongoing as of early [[2560]]'''{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvolutionsDate|Evo|Story=The Return|Quote=For six years after the High Prophet of Truth, the father of all the Prophets' lies, died at the hands of the Arbiter, the Shipmaster had taken up the fight against everything that threatened his people.}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=blood-moon|Battle for the Blood-Moon}} | |result = '''Ongoing as of early [[2560]]'''{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvolutionsDate|Evo|Story=The Return|Quote=For six years after the High Prophet of Truth, the father of all the Prophets' lies, died at the hands of the Arbiter, the Shipmaster had taken up the fight against everything that threatened his people.}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=blood-moon|Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon}} | ||
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{{Quote|It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Jiralhanae with powerful new weapons, hoping that they would in turn defend their Prophets against our wrath. But when the Prophets went into hiding, the lack of leadership allowed the Jiralhanae to return to their savage nature and they soon began to fight against each other. This lack of solidarity made them much easier prey. Some of my fellow commanders continue that fight even now.|[[Unnamed Sangheili Shipmaster (The Return)|Sangheili Shipmaster]]{{Ref/Film|Id=motioncomic|EvoMC|Story=[[The Return#Motion Comic|The Return]]}}}} | {{Quote|It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Jiralhanae with powerful new weapons, hoping that they would in turn defend their Prophets against our wrath. But when the Prophets went into hiding, the lack of leadership allowed the Jiralhanae to return to their savage nature and they soon began to fight against each other. This lack of solidarity made them much easier prey. Some of my fellow commanders continue that fight even now.|[[Unnamed Sangheili Shipmaster (The Return)|Sangheili Shipmaster]]{{Ref/Film|Id=motioncomic|EvoMC|Story=[[The Return#Motion Comic|The Return]]}}}} | ||
The '''Sangheili-Jiralhanae war''' | The '''Sangheili-Jiralhanae war''' was a series of scattered [[battle|conflicts]] between the [[Sangheili]] and the various [[Jiralhanae]] factions after the events of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and acted as a continuation of the [[Great Schism]].{{Ref/Reuse|Evolutions}}{{Ref/Reuse|motioncomic}} | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Tensions and rivalry already existed between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae long before the Human-Covenant war. However, it was the [[Changing of the Guard]] that eventually | Tensions and rivalry already existed between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae long before the Human-Covenant war. However, it was the [[Changing of the Guard]] that eventually led to actual battles between the two species when the [[High Prophet of Truth]] instigated the [[Great Schism]] as part of his greater plans. The Great Schism resulted in the collapse of the Covenant, but tensions continued to exist between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae which continued even after the fall of the Covenant. This conflict took place in the form of raids, massacres and some outright battles.{{Ref/Reuse|Evolutions}}{{Ref/Reuse|motioncomic}} | ||
Following Atriox's rebellion and the formation of a military alliance known as the [[Banished]], as the [[Warmaster]] gained support across the Orion Arm, the Banished [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] turned his attention to Doisac, hoping to reignite and accelerate the Jiralhanae's progress in all political and military arenas.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22-446&447|Enc22|Page=446-447}} | Following Atriox's rebellion and the formation of a military alliance known as the [[Banished]], as the [[Warmaster]] gained support across the Orion Arm, the Banished [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] turned his attention to Doisac, hoping to reignite and accelerate the Jiralhanae's progress in all political and military arenas.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22-446&447|Enc22|Page=446-447}} | ||
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[[File:Escalation raids.png|left|thumb|200px|Jiralhanae riding Choppers during a raid on a Sangheili colony.]] | [[File:Escalation raids.png|left|thumb|200px|Jiralhanae riding Choppers during a raid on a Sangheili colony.]] | ||
Before its fall, the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] had settled the Jiralhanae on resource-rich worlds as their strength and aggressive demeanor would deter other members from getting greedy. | Before its fall, the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] had settled the Jiralhanae on resource-rich worlds as their strength and aggressive demeanor would deter other members from getting greedy.However, since the Jiralhanae were technologically limited, they did not have the ability to mine and use the resources they already possessed without the Covenant. Their species was facing a looming famine and they resorted to stealing supplies and resources.{{Ref/Comic|Id=Esc1|HE|Issue=1}} | ||
Following the wake of the Great Schism, the Sangheili prospered compared to most former Covenant species. [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] had a decent amount of "fortunes" amassed.{{Ref/Comic|HE|Issue=1|Quote=I'm afraid the Brutes aren't sharing in on the Arbiter's postwar fortunes and they're none too happy.}} Many Jiralhanae were not happy with the distribution of resources, and felt entitled to it. Because of this, the Jiralhanae marked them as the perfect target to raid. | Following the wake of the Great Schism, the Sangheili prospered compared to most former Covenant species. [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] had a decent amount of "fortunes" amassed.{{Ref/Comic|HE|Issue=1|Quote=I'm afraid the Brutes aren't sharing in on the Arbiter's postwar fortunes and they're none too happy.|Quotee=Terrence Hood}} Many Jiralhanae were not happy with the distribution of resources, and felt entitled to it. Because of this, the Jiralhanae marked them as the perfect target to raid.{{Ref/Reuse|Esc1}} | ||
The Jiralhanae were divided into separate master packs and skeins, resulting in highly disorganized raids on Sangheili colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|Esc1}} The [[Vheiloth|Vheiloth Jiralhanae]] saw the raids as a necessity, while the [[Rh'tol|Rh'tol Jiralhanae]] glorified their piracy as power over the Sangheili for oppressing them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy1|Env|Chapter=3|Quote=The Rh’tol skein now gloried in the piracy against the former Covenant. It let | The Jiralhanae were divided into separate master packs and skeins, resulting in highly disorganized raids on Sangheili colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|Esc1}} The [[Vheiloth|Vheiloth Jiralhanae]] saw the raids as a necessity, while the [[Rh'tol|Rh'tol Jiralhanae]] glorified their piracy as power over the Sangheili for oppressing them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Envoy1|Env|Chapter=3|Quote=The Rh’tol skein now gloried in the piracy against the former Covenant. It let | ||
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By [[2559]], some Sangheili commanders had continued hostility, gaining the upper hand in their genocidal campaign against the Jiralhanae as the latter had splintered and begun to fight among each other.{{Ref/Reuse|motioncomic}} While the lack of Jiralhanae solidarity gave the upper hand to their Sangheili opponents, the Sangheili had already been [[Blooding Years|fighting amongst each other for several years]] as well. | By [[2559]], some Sangheili commanders had continued hostility, gaining the upper hand in their genocidal campaign against the Jiralhanae as the latter had splintered and begun to fight among each other.{{Ref/Reuse|motioncomic}} While the lack of Jiralhanae solidarity gave the upper hand to their Sangheili opponents, the Sangheili had already been [[Blooding Years|fighting amongst each other for several years]] as well. | ||
However, mass power consolidation and cooperation had begun to take form on [[Doisac]] and its moons under the Banished, leading the [[UNSC]] to consider targeted strikes to prevent a unified Jiralhanae threat,{{Ref/Book|Id=osfm90| | However, mass power consolidation and cooperation had begun to take form on [[Doisac]] and its moons under the Banished, leading the [[UNSC]] to consider targeted strikes to prevent a unified Jiralhanae threat,{{Ref/Book|Id=osfm90|OSFM|Page=90}} as Chieftains under Atriox's command spread the power and influence of the Banished across Jiralhanae colonies.{{Ref/Book|Id=H:OSFMp156|OSFM|Page=156}} Atriox himself had become a symbol for the Jiralhanae on the planet to rally behind with many joining the Banished.{{Ref/Game|HW2|[[Phoenix Logs#The Halo 2|Phoenix Logs: Rise of Atriox VI]]}} | ||
===The Reclaimation=== | ===The Reclaimation=== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' | *''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Battle for the Blood-Moon]] | *''[[Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||