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| {{Center|This article is about the ceremony. For the [[Halo 2]] multiplayer map, see [[Ascension]]; for the [[Halo Wars 2]] campaign level, see [[Ascension (Halo Wars 2 level)]].}}
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| 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]].
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| ==Background==
| | An '''Ascension''' is a [[Covenant]] ceremony in which three [[San 'Shyuum]] ascend to the rank of [[High Prophets|Hierarch]] and announce their names as Prophets to the Covenant. It takes place in [[High Charity]], specifically on the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]]. 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 blessing from their "Oracle." They then address the crowd waiting below and declare their names. This is heard of in the new book from Joseph Staten, "[[Contact Harvest]]". |
| 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>
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| 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>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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| [[Category:The Covenant]] | | [[Category:The Covenant]] |
| [[Category:Festivals]]
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