Post-Covenant War conflicts: Difference between revisions

{{Quote|I hate them all!|[['Juran]] snarling and sobbing while kicking a dead Jiralhanae corpse after they had [[Attack on Rahnelo|massacred]] Sangheili on [[Rahnelo]]{{Ref/Novel|SoI|Page=140|Quote=They killed his du'nak too?" The boy's voice cracked between a snarl and a sob. He gave the nearest Jiralhanae  

  a ferocious kick. "I hate them all!" The Jiralhanae's body barely moved.}}}}

After the [[Changing of the Guard]], the [[Great Schism#Conflict erupts|massacre of the Councilors]], and the Jiralhanae ultimately forcing the Sangheili out of the original Covenant,<ref name="CanonFodder">'''[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae Canon Fodder]''' ''"The resulting conflict would be called the Great Schism, and it would divide the Covenant into two, ultimately forcing the Sangheili out." ''</ref> the two species remain at war.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TheReturn|Evo|Detail=''[[The Return]]''|Quote=It was a terrible war. The Prophets provided the Brutes 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 Brutes 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.}}

With Truth dead, ''High Charity'' destroyed, and the Ark heavily damaged after Installation 08's firing, some of the remaining Jiralhanae forces tried to rebuild their tattered strength to continue their war of conquest.{{Ref/Game|H3|Detail=multiplayer level [[Assembly]]}}> Even though the Jiralhanae eventually collapsed into various civil wars, they still posed enough of a threat that Sangheili commanders kept up the offensive against them for at least another six years, even as they continued to lose irreplaceable warships and the war continued with no end in sight. This forced the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and their [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] allies to fight in a two-front war, one was the [[Blooding Years]] against other Sangheili who remained loyal to the [[Covenant religion]] and the other was the continued conflict against the Brutes, who were also engaged in numerous civil wars.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Evolutions|Evo|Detail=''[[The Return]]''}}

Some fanatical Sangheili, who did not associate themselves with any particular Sangheili-led faction, continued to hunt down and eliminate all Jiralhanae they discovered, as well as any forces under their control. A notable example of such Sangheili was the [[Silent Shadow]] squad under the command of First Blade [[Resa 'Azavayl]].{{Ref/Reuse|HP}} They wiped out Jiralhanae forces across multiple systems, slaughtering them at an armory on the fourth moon of [[Victors' Truth]], aboard the stolen [[Covenant corvette]] ''[[Adherent]]'', at the northern highlands of [[Thalia]], aboard a derelict colonial substation orbiting [[Sansar]], and eradicating the last remaining members of [[Chieftain]] [[Tartarus]]' crew aboard the [[Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. Ultimately, they found themselves face to face with [[Atriox]], leader of the [[Banished]]. When Atriox extended the Silent Shadow an offer to join the Banished, Resa refused, declaring that he and the Banished deserved death for their "sins". Atriox had mentioned to them that he was not involved in the [[Great Schism|betrayal and massacre]] of the Sangheili,{{Ref/Comic|TFS|Detail=''Hunting Party''|Quote=I am not Tartarus or some fanatic. I am not Truth. I am not Regret. I am their remedy.}} and the squad began to view him as "other".{{Ref/Comic|TFS|Detail=''Hunting Party''|Quote="Agreed. Atriox is of a kind with our enemies, but he is OTHER, and an ally worth considering.}} Resa's brothers in arms, believing Resa was blinded by old loyalties and festering delusions of vengeance, turned on their leader and killed him. Afterwards, Atriox allowed the remaining members of the Silent Shadow to join the Banished, offering to reward them with "blood and sport and spoils".{{Ref/Reuse|HP}}

Boru'a'Neem and his Jiralhanae forces planned to activate a [[prototype Halo installation]] near Sanghelios, in an attempt to genocide the populace of the Sangheili homeworld. These plans were ultimately foiled by [[Rtas 'Vadum]], [[Tul 'Juran]], the crew of the ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' and the Prelate himself after he discovered the truth about the deaths of his family. The Prelate would ultimately sacrifice himself to destroy the installation while Preparation, mortally wounded by 'Vadum and 'Juran, died in the blast after trying activate the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|SoI}}

The Covenant had strategically settled Jiralhanae populations on resource-rich worlds as a planetary garrison force to protect the worlds from potential raids. While the Jiralhanae continued to inhabit these worlds after the dissolution of the Covenant, they were unable to mine or utilize the resources because of their own lack of sufficient technology. With the Covenant's supply chains gone, the Jiralhanae quickly found their supplies near depletion. This was one of the primary reasons for their raids on Sangheili colonies after the Human-Covenant war; despite quite literally living on top of plentiful resources, the Jiralhanae were entirely dependent on the already processed supplies of other races due to their technological backwardness. However, the Jiralhanae could not sustain themselves via raiding alone in the long term and their supplies began to wear thin, leading to an impending species-wide famine in [[2558]] and an increase in Jiralhanae attacks across Sangheili and [[Kig-Yar]] colonies as a result. During this crisis, the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Lydus]] and his [[Lydus' clan|clan]] were willing to initiate peace talks with [[Arbiter]] [[Thel Vadam]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], overseen by the [[UNSC]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=escalation1|HE|Detail=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|Issue 1]]''}} However, the negotiations were interrupted by Covenant mercenaries hired by the [[New Colonial Alliance]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE5}}