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-The '''Writ of Union''' is an oath of service to the [[Covenant]], written by the [[Prophets]] and [[Elites]] who created the Covenant, apparently the Covenant [[High Council]] of Concordance. In the current Covenant tradition, when an Elite becomes a warrior, they recite the oath with a Prophet. This writ was apparently authored in the first [[Age of Reconciliation]].
+The '''Writ of Union''' is an oath of service to the [[Covenant]], written by the [[Prophets]] and perhaps [[Elites]] who created the Covenant, apparently the Covenant [[High Council]] of Concordance. In the current Covenant tradition, when an Elite becomes a warrior, they recite the oath. This writ was apparently authored in the first [[Age of Reconciliation]].
 ==The Oath==
-In an extended cinematic found in the [[Halo 2]]: Limited Collector's Edition DVD, the [[Arbiter]] recites the first canto with the [[High Prophet of Truth]]:
+The full content is unknown, but here are some excerpts:
-'''Arbiter:''' "So full of hate were our eyes that none of us could see. Our war would yield countless dead but never victory."
+''So full of hate were our eyes that none of us could see.''<br>
+''Our war would yield countless dead, but never victory.''
-'''Prophet of Truth:''' "So let us cast arms aside, like discard our wrath. Thou in faith will keep us safe, whilst we find the path."
+''So let us cast arms aside, and like discard our wrath.''<br>
+''Thou, in faith, will keep us safe, whilst we find the path.''<ref>[[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]]</ref>
-This is also found in the inside cover of the [[Halo 2: Original Soundtrack]].
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 In [[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]], SpecOps Elites recite this:
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 '''SpecOps Elites:''' "Even to our dying breath!"
-In an [[Early Halo 2 Script|early draft of the Halo 2 script]], the following quote appeared before the [[The Heretic (Level)|first cinematic]]:
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 ''On and on shall old war go'',<br>
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 ''O’er your eyes ‘til they cannot see''<br>
-''The impossibility of victory.''
+''The impossibility of victory.''<ref>[[Early Halo 2 Script]]</ref>
-''--Excerpt from the Writ of Union''<br>
+{{ref}}
-''Unknown Covenant Author''
+[[Category:The Covenant]]
-[[Category:The Covenant]][[Category:Ideaology]]
+[[Category:Ideology]]
-'''Covenant Writ of Union, Canto 1'''
-''So full of hate were our eyes''
-''That none of us could see''
-''Our war would yield countless dead''
-''But never victory''
-''So let us cast arms aside''
-''And like discard our wrath''
-''Thou, in faith, will keep us safe''
-''Whilst we find the path''
-High Council of Concordance,
-First Age of Reconciliation
-==Final Canto==
-Another canto, presumed to be the final canto by some, goes as such:
-''Put an ear to the Stone of this Holy City''
-''The Voices still Whisper "Seven Rings begin the Journey"''