Editing Ascension (ceremony)

{{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW}}
{{Center|This article is about the ceremony. For the [[Halo 2]] multiplayer map, see [[Ascension (level)]]; for the [[Halo Wars 2]] campaign level, see [[Ascension (Halo Wars 2 level)]].}}
An '''Ascension''' is a grand ceremony in which three [[San'Shyuum]] are promoted to the rank of [[Hierarchs|Hierarch]] of the [[Covenant]] and announce their names as the Prophets to the Covenant spectators. A monumental ceremony, the Ascension draws out tens of thousands of spectators, due to its rare occurrence. It takes place in ''[[High Charity]]'', specifically on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. 

==Background==
Once the [[High Council]] has formally declared the beginning of a new [[History of the Covenant|Age]], the three new Hierarchs leave the [[High Council Chamber]] to travel to the Dreadnought. Once they arrive, each San'Shyuum ascends one of the three legs of the ship until they reach the place where [[Mendicant Bias]] has been chained in order to receive the blessing from their "Oracle". They then address the crowd waiting below and declare their new names, after which holographic representations of the [[Halo Array]] appear around the Dreadnought, with the [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner glyph]] representing the new age appearing in the rings.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', "Epilogue"</ref>

During the Ascension of the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophets of Truth]], [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]], and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], attendants of the ceremony included [[San'Shyuum High Councilor|San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili High Councilor]]s, wealthy [[Unggoy]] traders, [[Kig-Yar]] [[shipmaster]]s, and a [[Yanme'e]] [[Yanme'e Queen|Hive Queen]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
[[Category:The Covenant]]
[[Category:Festivals]]