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|image=[[Image:2_mural.jpg|250px]]
|begin=[[Age of Conversion]]
|end=Age of Conversion ([[784 B.C.E.]])<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page ??''</ref>
|place=[[Te]]
|result=[[Lekgolo]] join the [[Covenant Empire]]
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|side1=*[[Lekgolo|The Lekgolo Race]]
|side2=*[[Covenant Empire|The Covenant]]
|commanders1=Unknown
|commanders2=Unknown [[Arbiter (Title)|Arbiter]]
|forces2=*[[Arbiter (Title)|The Arbiter]]
*[[Sangheili]]
|forces1=*[[Lekgolo]]
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|casual2=Unknown number of [[Sangheili]]
|casual1=Unknown number of [[Lekgolo]]
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{{quote|While some were shortsighted and chose to reject the promise of our union, all were eventually swayed by the knowledge that those who joined the Covenant would be welcome on our [[Great Journey]].|[[Prophet of Truth]]<ref>'''[[Limited Collector's Edition Disc (Halo 2)]]''', ''Mural Scene''</ref>}}
The '''Taming of the Lekgolo''' was an event in the history of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''Halo 2:''' - ''[[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]] first cutscene''</ref>

The Taming occurred during a Covenant [[Age of Conversion]], during their galaxy-wide search for remnants of [[Forerunner]] technology. Such technology was discovered on the planet [[Te]], where the Covenant first encountered the native Lekgolo worms.

==History==
Hives of Lekgolo were found in orbital rings surrounding their planet. The rings were in fact the destroyed remains of an ancient [[Forerunner]] installation in orbit. The relics had been the Lekgolo's food for millennia, and the orbital rings around the giant were actually composed of digested-and-destroyed Forerunner relics that some of the Lekgolo had been consuming. Strangely, the Lekgolo colonies had very differing diets, as some would eat only Forerunner alloys, while other would eat everything ''except'' Forerunner materials.

Initially, [[Covenant Fleet]] commanders, especially the [[Sangheili]], wanted to destroy the Lekgolo for desecrating the holy Forerunner relics. They tried to eradicate the Lekgolo, but found that indiscriminate destruction would have unacceptable consequences: since the Lekgolo lived in the sacred relics that the Elites were trying to preserve, simply annihilating the Lekgolo would have resulted in the destruction of some or all of those relics. The [[Arbiter (Title)|Arbiter]] that was created during this crisis suggested that they could be tamed and put to better uses as part of the [[Covenant Hierarchy]].

Thus, those Lekgolo colonies which preserved Forerunner relics were incorporated into the Covenant, while those that destroyed relics were eradicated.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 114''</ref> This extermination campaign proved to be difficult, as the Lekgolo were able to combine into powerful [[Mgalekgolo]]; consequently, the Lekgolo won most, if not all, ground engagements. The Covenant's forces were completely overwhelmed by the sheer size and ferocity of their foes. On the verge of defeat, the Covenant took desperate measures, threatening to [[Glassing|orbitally bombard]] the planetary surface of Te unless the Mgalekgolo surrendered.

==Aftermath==
Facing the complete annihilation of their race, the Hunters submitted, and joined the ranks of the Covenant. The compliant Lekgolo were incorporated into the Writ of Union in [[784 B.C.E.]]<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 30''</ref> Impressed by the Mgalekgolo fighting prowess, the Sangheili incorporated them into the [[Covenant Military]]. Individual Lekgolo worms were used by [[San 'Shyuum]] priests to explore the electrical pathways deep inside the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] on [[High Charity (Structure)|High Charity]].<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page ??''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The Taming of the Hunters is pictured on one of the [[seven]] [[Covenant Murals]] in the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter]].

==Sources==
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==Related Pages==
*[[Arbiter (Title)|Arbiter]]
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Lekgolo]]
*[[Mgalekgolo]]
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[[Category:Wars]]