Editing Sangheili colonies

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As a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 2]] species, the [[Sangheili]] had surveyed and colonized a range of planets in the centuries before and after the formation of the [[Covenant]]. Developed worlds are governed by hundreds of [[clan]]s and their [[keep]]s, each competing for power and influence using both politics and military force. Smaller colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Sangheili'']</ref>

==History==
After achieving space flight, the Sangheili began traveling from [[Sanghelios]] to colonize other worlds. [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost<ref name="HBC1" > '''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> and mines on Suban.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 128''</ref> Other worlds were soon colonized. The Sangheili spread to the stars searching for both resources that could be used to build and power spaceships, and planets which contained [[Forerunner]] relics to worship. By the time of the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]], there were a total of seventy-six Sangheili colonies.<ref name="HBC1"/> It was on one such world, [[Ulgethon]], that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal 5]]</ref> 

Following the end of the war and the formation of the Covenant, Sangheili colonies became anchor points for Covenant. While ''[[High Charity]]'' was the political center of the alliance, Sanghelios and its colonies became the place where warriors would be recruited for the [[Covenant military]]. After Sanghelios, the important worlds were Sangheili fortress worlds, examples of which include [[Joyous Exultation|Saepon'kal]] and [[Malurok]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Covenant'']</ref> 

Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Sangheili, lacking a centralized government, were thrown into political turmoil, ultimately resulting in [[Blooding Years|civil war]]. While some colonies, like [[Hesduros]], would join the [[Covenant remnants]], most colonies like [[Duraan]], [[Khael'mothka]] and [[Rahnelo]] joined with Sanghelios under [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s new [[Swords of Sanghelios]], fighting off the other remnant groups and the [[Jiralhanae]].<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] found it difficult to track the true extent of the Sangheili colonial sphere and the military growth present in the dozens of active Sangheili colonial polities, particularly due to their differing political structures.<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''' - ''Report 2''</ref>

Just days after [[Treaty of 2552|a tentative peace treaty]] was formed between the group that would become the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the UEG, the Sangheili colony of [[Glyke]] was mysteriously destroyed, killing billions. Rumors had it that the colony's destruction was either an internal conflict or a [[Jiralhanae]] retaliation, but in truth it was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] with a [[NOVA bomb]] as part of [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]], an effort to strike a blow at a major enemy world to try to cause the Covenant to reconsider. Having last heard that [[Earth]] was under attack, Gray Team were unaware of the war's end due to damaged deep-space communications equipment and thus that their mission was no longer necessary. When Gray Team resurfaced in [[2558]], [[Thel 'Vadam]] agreed to pardon the three Spartans for the action instead of trying them as [[war criminal]]s for genocide as part of a deal [[ONI]] offered to have Gray Team join an interspecies strike force operating in the [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]'''</ref>

==Known colonies==
*[[Bhedalon]] - A fortress world, devastated during the [[Great Schism]]
*[[Creck]] - Unknown status
*[[Duraan]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[Glyke]] - [[Operation: SUNSPEAR|Destroyed]] in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]] by [[Gray Team]]
*[[Hesduros]] - Formerly under the control of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
*[[Karava]] - Independent colony
*[[Khael'mothka]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[Malurok]] - led by independent kaidons and Yanme'e queens
*[[Planet of Blue and Red]] - Attacked, unknown status
*[[Qikost]]  - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[Rahnelo]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[Carrow|Rak]] - Independent colony, allied with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]
*[[Joyous Exultation|Saepon'kal]] - Destroyed by a [[NOVA bomb]]
*[[Suban]] - Under [[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[The Refuge]] - Under [[Ussans]]-[[Swords of Sanghelios]] control
*[[Ulgethon]] - Destroyed during the [[War of Beginnings]]
*[[Whispering Trees]] - Independent colony
*[[Sarcophagus]] - Under joint UEG and Swords of Sanghelios control

==Sources==
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