Editing Saepon'kal

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|image=[[File:Enc22_JoyousExultation.jpg|300px]]<br/>Saepon'kal before the planet was destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|moon(s)=[[Malhiem]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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|species=[[Sangheili]] {{C|Non-native}}
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|government=*[[Covenant]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Joyous Exultation Covenant]]
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'''Saepon'kal''',{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Covenant|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}} known as '''Joyous Exultation''' in [[English]], was a [[Sangheili colony]] [[world]]. It was located in the fringe of the massive Covenant empire in the [[Salia system]] and had a small moon, [[Malhiem]].

==Overview==
===Topography===
Several arcologies were constructed along the coasts of the Zota'hal Sea.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
====Locations====
*[[Zota'hal Sea]]
*[[State of Varo]]

==History==
[[File:HINF Concept Sunaion.jpg|250px|thumb|A city on the planet.]]
When the Sangheili came to colonize the planet, they fought to keep development in orbit in order to prevent the exploitation of it's natural habitats. The planet became a flourishing colony and hub of war science prior to the completion of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

===Great Schism===
During the [[Great Schism]], the planet was a rally point for the [[Sangheili]] [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|seceding]] from the [[Covenant]], under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]]. The [[Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose]] met here, along with several ships from the [[Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity]] as well as many other Sangheili-controlled vessels. They planned to set up a meeting with the Covenant loyalists on this planet, where they would massacre the [[Jiralhanae]] and [[San'Shyuum]] leadership.{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]|Page=236}}

The plan failed when a [[NOVA bomb]] taken from [[Reach]] by the fleet's flagship, the [[Covenant supercarrier|supercarrier]] ''[[Sublime Transcendence]]'', was accidentally detonated, vaporizing a quarter of the world, shattering the planet's moon, and destroying much of the [[Joyous Exultation alliance|fleet]] gathered there. However, due to the large size of the fleets, about a quarter of the vessels on the other side of the planet escaped. The bomb also caused massive shockwaves that leveled many cities on other parts of the planet. In addition, the explosion resulted in 300 kilometer-per-hour winds that razed many of the remaining cities, and created massive tidal waves that destroyed much of the coastline.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Page=244-245}} Imperial Admiral Xytan 'Jar Wattinree was vaporized by the blast.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]|Page=129}}

The Jiralhanae, knowing that Joyous Exultation would serve as an anchor point for the Sangheili forces, intended to lay siege to the planet. By the time they arrived, however, both the planet and the fleet had been destroyed.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009)]]|Page=270}}

What little survived was frozen or suffocated in the cataclysmic aftermath.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Covenant worlds]]