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[[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 1.jpg|thumb|250px|An ancient Arbiter stands atop a battlefield]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 1.jpg|thumb|250px|An ancient Arbiter stands atop a battlefield]] | ||
{{Quote|They ruled their world with pride, and vigilance, surviving the perils of both land and sea. These were the Arbiters of old; part king, part judge. Warrior-rulers unlike any of which would follow.|[[Unidentified San'Shyuum scribe|A San'Shyuum scribe]]<ref name="h2aterm6">'''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 2 Anniversary|Terminal 6]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|They ruled their world with pride, and vigilance, surviving the perils of both land and sea. These were the Arbiters of old; part king, part judge. Warrior-rulers unlike any of which would follow.|[[Unidentified San'Shyuum scribe|A San'Shyuum scribe]]<ref name="h2aterm6">'''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 2 Anniversary|Terminal 6]]''</ref>}} | ||
The title of Arbiter dates back long before the [[Covenant]], and long before the [[Sangheili]] became a spare-faring race, originating on [[Sanghelios]]. The Arbiters of old were immensely powerful and skilled warriors who ruled over all Sangheili [[clan]]s. | The title of Arbiter dates back long before the [[Covenant]], and long before the [[Sangheili]] became a spare-faring race, originating on [[Sanghelios]]. The Arbiters of old were immensely powerful and skilled warriors who ruled over all Sangheili [[clan]]s. They were described as "''part king, part judge''", and they continued to lead their species even after the Sangheili had colonized [[Sangheili colonies|dozens of other worlds]]. When the [[San'Shyuum]] arrived in their [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in [[938 BCE]] on the Sangheili frontier colony of [[Ulgethon]], an Arbiter initiated the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]] by decapitating a delegation of San'Shyuum and returning their heads to the Dreadnought for the other San'Shyuum [[Reformists]] to find. As the war began, the Arbiter led the Sangheili against the San'Shyuum during the war that lasted many decades. After the [[Writ of Union]] was ratified and the war had ended, the [[Hierarchs]] of the newly formed Covenant realized the importance of the title of Arbiter.<ref name="h2aterm6"/> | ||
===The Covenant=== | ===The Covenant=== | ||