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'''Covenant separatists''',{{Ref/Book|Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|Page=128}}{{Ref/Site|Id=BountyHunters|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/bounty-hunters|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Bounty Hunters (pre-update)|LocalArchive=https://youtu.be/hhJLEt-Rxg8?t=134|Quote=On some units, members of the Swords of Sanghelios have incorporated a verdant iridescent sheen into the coloration; a poignant homage commissioned by the Arbiter to honor '''the Sangheili separatists''' that fought alongside human forces at the close of the Covenant War. }} colloquially referred to by their predominant species' epithet: '''the Elites''',{{Ref/Reuse|ONI lore}}{{Ref/Level|Game=[[Halo 3]]|Level=[[The Covenant (level)]]|Quote=The Elites will punch right down the middle.}} were the various forces composed of all [[Sangheili]] and their followers, who rebelled against the new [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] leadership during the [[Great Schism]]. When the Great Schism broke out on November 3, [[2552]], the entirety of the Sangheili species were forced out of the Covenant.{{Ref/Site|Id=Elites|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe: Jiralhanae|LocalArchive=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124211139/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae|Quote=The resulting conflict would be called the Great Schism, and it would divide the Covenant into two, ultimately forcing the Sangheili out.}}{{Ref/Book|Id=TEVG|Halo: The Essential Visual Guide|Page=25|Quote=...when the High Prophet of Truth appointed the Brutes for his own security, proclaiming the Elites to be heretics deserving extermination.}}{{Ref/Game|H2|Quote=A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your incompetent race, and I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes will send you to it!}}{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]|Page=208|Quote=I, like all of you, believed in our leaders and their holy Covenant. How could we have been so willing to believe a Covenant of lies! They have called for the destruction of all Sangheili.}} The [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] had ordered the reformed Covenant military, now led by the [[Jiralhanae]], to massacre the Sangheili. This caused a massive civil war to erupt across Covenant-controlled space.