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{{Quote|Shall we let the Flood consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched [[Flood hive|hives]]? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail.|The [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]}}<ref name="highcharity">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Shall we let the Flood consume our holy city? Turn High Charity into another of their wretched [[Flood hive|hives]]? No enemy has ever withstood our might. The Flood too shall fail.|The [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]]}}<ref name="highcharity">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> | ||
'''High Charity''', often referred to as the '''Holy City''', was the [[Covenant]]'s mobile capital city and center of government, | '''High Charity''', often referred to as the '''Holy City''', was the [[Covenant]]'s mobile capital city and center of government, effectively serving as the collective's united homeworld.<ref name="floodgate">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> It was a massive space station, home to billions of individuals from each of the Covenant's member species. Home to the [[Hierarchs]] and the [[High Council]], the city was full of [[San'Shyuum Councilor|San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili Councilor|Sangheili]] [[Councilor|High Councilors]], who functioned as the centralized government of the entire alien hegemony.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/high-charity '''Halo Waypoint''': ''High Charity'']</ref> High Charity also housed the Covenant's many [[ministries]] in its [[Tower Districts]],{{Ref/Book|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=304}} as well as their [[minister (title)|minister]]s.{{Ref/Book|Wages of Sin}} Because it served as the Covenant's most significant [[Covenant religion|religious]] center and capital, High Charity was considered to be of utmost sanctity and importance to the Covenant, thus guarded by their central fleet: the [[High Charity defense fleet]]. | ||
Throughout the history of the empire, High Charity "gorged on the wealth of hundreds of worlds."{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}} It was widely believed that true adherents to the Covenant religion should visit it at least once in one's lifetime, although few of the Covenant could afford to do so.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 304''</ref> | |||
== Design and construction == | == Design and construction == |