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{{Planet infobox | {{Planet infobox | ||
|name=Ulgethon | |name=Ulgethon | ||
|image=[[File:HM | |image=[[File:HM-Ulgethon.png|300px]]<br/>Fighting breaks out on Ulgethon as the ''Anodyne Spirit'' looms in the low atmosphere. | ||
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'''Ulgethon''' was a | '''Ulgethon''' was a [[planet|rocky world]] [[Sangheili colonies|colonized]] by the [[Sangheili]] in the pre-[[Covenant]] era.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', ''Terminal 6''</ref><ref name="mythos39">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 39''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== | ===Post-Great Purification=== | ||
Ulgethon was | Ulgethon was colonized by the [[Sangheili]] as a [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] world. A largely barren world, the Sangheili that lived on Ulgethon inhabited a large mountain range,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}} In [[938 BCE]], the [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] arrived on the rocky planet of Ulgethon with their [[Keyship]], the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. The keyship's [[Luminary]] alerted the San'Shyuum of a repository of [[Forerunner]] relics hidden in an enormous mountain range on the seemingly uninhabited world. The first pioneer detachment dispatched to the mountains discovered that they were inhabited by the Sangheili. Their first contact with the saurian species proved to be tense, but constructive. The San'Shyuum attempted diplomacy with the Sangheili by sending a delegation to explain that they, too, revered Forerunner technology as holy.{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}} | ||
In 938 BCE, the [[ | |||
However, the two species had ideological differences regarding the treatment of Forerunner artifacts | However, the two species had ideological differences regarding the treatment of Forerunner artifacts. When the Sangheili learned of the San'Shyuum's sacrilegious intent to retrieve Ulgethon's sacred relics, they quickly turned against the invaders. Led by [[Unidentified Arbiter (San'Shyuum-Sangheili war)|an Arbiter]], the Sangheili resisted the entreatment of the San'Shyuum and summarily executed the delegation. What followed was the [[Desecration of Ulgethon]], a year long violent conflict that left the planet a charred husk filled with fallen warriors and shattered ships. This event would effectively spark a decades-long war between the two species, known as the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Reuse|mythos39}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 4''</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
