Editing Blooding Years

|date=[[2553#March|March 2553]]{{Ref/Novel|TTW|Page=28}}-

|result=*'''Ongoing'''

**The [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] are defeated on Sangheilios{{Ref/Novel|LoO|Chapter=5}}

**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] and [[Thars 'Sarov|Thars' seditionists]] are destroyed

*Numerous unnamed keeps {{C|[[Sanghelios global war]]}} {{Ref/Novel|Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual}}

*Allied keeps

*[[Otar 'Bemet]]'s Team{{Ref/Novel|MorDi|Page=122}}

*[[Captain|CAPT]] [[Andrew Del Rio]] {{C|formerly}}

|commanders4=*[[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] [[Hekabe]]†{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Envoy}}

**{{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} {{C|formerly}}

|forces4=*Numerous Jiralhanae{{Ref/Reuse|mythos144}}

*Heavy{{Ref/Level|Id=Sunaion|H5G|[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]}}

Over the next few years, numerous skirmishes and battles for land and rights among [[Sanghelios]]'s various keeps and states would encapsulate the majority of conflicts that took place throughout the Blooding Years. {{Ref/Novel|LoO}} As unrest across the planet was continuously put down, devastating events such as an instance of a rogue [[Covenant corvette]] crashing into the [[Tower of Ghalod'n]] continued to encourage exodus from the Sanghelios.{{Ref/Book|Id=mythos144|HM|Page=144}} The [[Iruiru]] war college would be destroyed in fighting sometime between 2553 and [[2555]].{{Ref/Novel|HitD|Chapter=5}}  

 

Following the Siege of Kolaar, conflict between the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the [[Servants of Abiding Truth]] had shifted into a war of attrition, as the Servants began launching a campaign of hit and run attacks and covert operations against the Swords, while [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] continued his attempts to sway neutral keeps to join his side.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 118-124''</ref> Direct warfare between The Swords and [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction]] also sprang up, with the [[Shadow of Intent]] being rendered combat-ineffective after a battle with Jul 'Mdama's forces on April 22, [[2554]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=10|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post #6}}

Some time after the death of [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], the [[Servants of Abiding Truth]]'s dwindling presence on [[Sanghelios]] collapsed beneath the might of the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], forcing the Servants to abandon the planet entirely in hopes of finding another way to retake the planet.{{Ref/Novel|LoO|Chapter=5}}  

By early [[2558#March|March 2558]], Sanghelios was in a steady enough state for the Arbiter to take an impressive fleet to [[Ealen IV]] for a [[Attack on Ealen IV|peace conference]] with a [[Children of Oth Sonin|powerful Jiralhanae master pack]].{{Ref/Comic|Halo: Escalation, issue 1}}

At some point in late 2558, the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] launched an assault on [[Hesduros]] with the intent of killing 'Mdama and destroying his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] for good. The offensive devastated multiple redoubts, including [[Panom keep]], but Jul was able to escape. The defeat did force his faction to completely abandon Hesduros, however.{{Ref/Novel|Id=LoO5|LoO|Chapter=5}}

Around [[2558#October|October 17, 2558]], the Covenant besieged Sanghelios; other factions on the planet fought back, leading to a planet-wide conflict.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 95}} Covenant aligned assets on Sanghelios rose up to support their offensive, leading to most of the planet's [[city|city-states]] experiencing heavy fighting.{{Ref/Novel|LoO}} During the attack, [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] gained control of the city of [[Sunaion]] on Sanghelios and began formulating plans for an assault on Vadam. After becoming aware of this, the Swords of Sanghelios established a forward operating base in the ruins of Nuusra in hopes of striking the Covenant at Sunaion. {{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/sunaion|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Locations|Page=Sunaion|D=13|M=4|Y=2016|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/sunaion.html}}

On [[2558#October|October 27, 2558]], the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] attacked the [[Elder Council Chamber]] in [[Nuusra]] in an attempt to kill [[Thel 'Vadam]] after receiving intelligence on his exact location from [[Murok 'Vadam]].{{Ref/Game|Id=officer|H5G|Detail=[[Mission Intel#Before the Storm|Mission Intel - Before the Storm - Sangheili Security Officer's Log]]}} At the same time, due to the need to find [[Blue Team]], [[Fireteam Osiris]] was sent to [[Sanghelios]] to enlist Thel's help to use the [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]] on the planet to follow Blue Team. Arriving as the attack was underway, Osiris aided the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] in repelling the attack and rescued Thel.{{Ref/Level|H5G|Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios}}

After Halsey succeeded in programming the [[Constructor]],{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Before the Storm]]}} the [[Swords of Sanghelios]], aided by [[Fireteam Osiris]], launched an assault on [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]'s final stronghold in the city of [[Sunaion]]. Osiris aided Thel's forces in clearing out the anti-air defenses so that Thel's ships could move in and fought their way through the city to reach the [[Guardian]] before it could launch. With the help of Halsey and [[Sarah Palmer]], Osiris succeeded in boarding the Guardian before it launched into [[slipspace]] though they had to face [[Promethean]]s and the [[Warden Eternal]] first.{{Ref/Level|Id=Sunaion|H5G|[[Battle of Sunaion (level)|Battle of Sunaion]]}} Having previously witnessed the launch of a Guardian,{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Evacuation]]}} Locke warned Thel to move his ships back as the construct would release a series of concussive blasts before making the jump. As a result, 'Mdama's Covenant would take the brunt of the blasts instead which could be used by the Swords to their advantage. This tactic succeeded with much of 'Mdama's Covenant's ships knocked out by the final blast as the Guardian jumped to [[Genesis]].

With the [[subjugation of Sanghelios]] in 2558, the planet was placed under a Created administrator. 'Vadam himself seemed to believe the Blooding Years were over by [[2559]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=OC1|Out|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=2}} At least on Malurok, keeps had fallen into a form of detente while also under the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|en22pg233}}

*''[[Halo: Sunrise on Sanghelios]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Halo: Anvil Accord]]'' {{Im}}