With this history of troublesome influential Sangheili well documented among the High Prophets, the threat the Sangheili posed was made even more apparent during the Human-Covenant War in 2552, when Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction spread information about the Great Journey being false. As such, the San'Shyuum High Prophets perceived these influential Sangheili as a threat to their authority, and would send them on suicidal missions decorated under the honorary guise of Arbiters to discretely remove their threatening presence. Discovering such a truth would falsify the Covenant religion and shatter the empire along with its power structure. įor centuries over the course of the history of the Covenant, various high ranking Sangheili with great influence would use their power to ask questions, eventually coming close to discovering the truth about the Forerunners. The Sangheili threatened San'Shyuum power, while the Jiralhanae threatened Sangheili power. The conflict went down in Sangheili history as the Great Betrayal, its deep wounds continuing to stir animosity between their kind and the Jiralhanae for years to come. For the UNSC, it served as a major turning point that led to the end of the war after their disastrous defeat on Reach. The Schism marked both the end of the Covenant and the partition of its client species for a thousand years. The deciding battles were fought between the Sangheili Fleet of Retribution allied with the UNSC against the High Prophet of Truth and his remnants of the Covenant on the Ark. The Flood additionally played a tertiary role, when they took over the holy city in an effort to assimilate the other warring factions. Battles during the Schism took place all throughout Covenant space, most prominently on High Charity, the heart of the alien empire. The High Prophet of Truth ordered the extermination of the entire Sangheili species, forcing them out of the Covenant. The Great Schism, also known as the Covenant Schism, was a major civil war between the forces loyal to the Covenant (led by the San'Shyuum and the Jiralhanae) against the Covenant separatists (the Sangheili and their followers), which split apart on November 3, 2552. and for that, they must die!" - Sangheili on Installation 05 " What have these Brutes done? They have shed our brothers' blood. Most San'Shyuum (reduced to an endangered species).Sangheili-led Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity.Jiralhanae-led High Charity defense fleet.Ongoing conflict between the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae.San'Shyuum reduced to an endangered species.Continues as the Sangheili-Jiralhanae war.
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