Sanghelios: Difference between revisions

Since [[2553|March 2553]], a majority of Sanghelios has become engulfed in a [[Blooding Years|civil war]] between the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] loyal to Arbiter Thel Vadam and the factions—such as the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]]—that sought to worship the Forerunners as gods and exterminate humanity.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'''</ref> By [[2558]], the Arbiter's followers were firmly in control of the planet, though Sanghelios and most Sangheili colonies remain in a tense state.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} In that year, [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] attacked the world igniting a [[Sanghelios global war|global war]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Legacy of Onyx|Chapter=21}} The [[Battle of Sunaion]] marked a fatal blow to Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo Waypoint: Sunaion}} During the battle, a Forerunner [[Guardian]] that had lain beneath the [[Csurdon Sea]] for millennia emerged and departed for [[Genesis]].{{Ref/Level|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]}}

At one point, a human-Sangheili "librarian" team began to research archived Covenant records on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|catalog}}

On [[2558#October|October 28, 2558]] the Swords of Sanghelios emerged victorious over Jul 'Mdama's Covenant at the [[Battle of Sunaion]].{{Ref/Level|Halo 5: Guardians|[[Guardians]]}} However, when [[Fireteam Osiris]] and [[Blue Team]] returned through a [[slipspace portal]] in [[India 127|a Pelican]] from Genesis, they found the planet blacked out and realized that Cortana [[The Reclamation|sent]] a Guardian to Sanghelios too after the Sangheili were too proud to accept her offer. The Spartans were able to track the Arbiter and his surviving people to [[Nuusra]] where they reunited with the Swords of Sangheilos, Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. The Arbiter invited them to join them for a meal while Halsey revealed that she had managed to use the Forerunner technology in the area to make contact with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} which would appear off the far side of Suban for fifteen minutes the next day at eighteen hundred hours standard time. Palmer explained that soon after Cortana sent out her manifesto, a Guardian arrived on Sanghelios and began taking most of what remained of 'Mdama's Covenant fleet with its standard armament before using an EMP to shut down power across the hemisphere. Rumor had it that the Guardian was on the other side of the planet blacking out that side too since its effect had a limited range. The next day, the humans departed Sanghelios in the Pelican recovered from Genesis and managed to avoid any trouble while rendezvousing with ''Infinity''. However, the Arbiter received reports of Forerunner soldiers actively pacifying cities that resisted the Guardian.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Bad Blood]]|Chapter=1}}

==Government and society==

{{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]], referring to the ancient Arbiters that led Sanghelios<ref name="h2a terminal 6">'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal Six]]''</ref>}}

File:HINF Concept Sanghelios5.jpg|More early concept art exploration for ''Halo Infinite''.

File:HINF Concept EarlySanghelios.jpg|Early concept art of Phantoms on Sanghelios for ''Halo Infinite''.

File:HINF ArbyMeeting.jpg|Early concept art for ''Halo Infinite'' showing [[Kelly-087]] meeting with Thel 'Vadam in a Swords of Sanghelios base.

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