Editing Vadam Valley

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[[File:Outcasts - State of Vadam.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Vadam Valley nestled between Vadam Harbor (left) and Kolaar Mountain (right).]]
The '''Vadam Valley''' is a valley located in the state of [[Vadam]] in the continent of [[Yermo]] on [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out1|Out|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HHITDC3|HiTD|Chapter=3}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTCPC72|TCP|Chapter=72}}

==Overview==
===Topography and ecology===
Vadam Valley is situated between [[Vadam Harbor]] and [[Kolaar Mountain]].{{Ref/Reuse|HHITDC3}} From [[Vadam Keep]] on the lower slopes of Kolaar Mountain, one can look over the valley towards the harbor and distant sea.{{Ref/Reuse|HTCPC72}}{{Ref/Generic|Id=VadamImage|[[:File:Outcasts - State of Vadam.jpg|Image of Vadam]]}}

The valley contains homes and properties scattered throughout,{{Ref/Reuse|HHITDC3}} including the tenement islands for the forge-workers of the [[Kolaar Manufactorum]]. These are large compounds in-comparison to the single-brood merchant domiciles that lined the [[Old Borough]], which is also in the valley.{{Ref/Reuse|Out1}} From the perspective of the buildings in the valley, Vadam Keep looms above them in the foothills of Kolaar Mountain.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTCPC9|TCP|Chapter=9}}

==History==
===Ther 'Vadams escape from Vadam keep===
In the [[House of Vadam]] story of [[Ther 'Vadam]], when Ther escaped Vadam keep, he climbed down a cliff face before coming to the valley, where he swam down the river to safety.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTCPC29|TCP|Chapter=29}}

===Blooding Years===
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In [[2553#March|March 2553]], [[Sangheili]] insurgents led by the [[Servants of Abiding Truth]] launched [[Siege at Kolaar|an assault]] on Vadam Keep, gathering ground forces in Vadam Valley along the coast. As [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s reinforcements couldn't arrive in time, he reluctantly accepted the [[UNSC]]'s offer of assistance. The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} destroyed the assaulting ground forces with a [[MAC]] round, leaving a large crater on the coast of Vadam Valley. The crater filled in with water, effectively extending Vadam Harbor inland.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TTW12|TTW|Chapter=12}}

By [[2559]], Thel 'Vadam allowed several [[human]]s to live in Vadam Valley, including [[Spartan-IV]] [[Olympia Vale]], who was supplied with a villa to live in as she served as a liaison between 'Vadam and his human allies. The other humans in the valley were engineers and technical advisers who had once helped Kolaar Manufactorum design the small runs of weapons and [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|armor]] they produced for the UNSC, and then became trapped on Sanghelios when [[Cortana]] and her [[Created]] [[The Reclamation|rose to power]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out2|Out|Chapter=2}}

===Created uprising===
{{Main|Created uprising}}
In late 2559, a tenement island was destroyed by [[Created]] [[armiger]]s as they searched for [[Keely Iyuska]], a human [[Xenoarchaeology|Xenoarchaeologist]] who had the discovered the existence of a method to defeat the Created's [[Guardian Custode]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Out2}} Following the [[High Gathering]], the [[Crav]] carrying Arbiter Thel 'Vadam passed through the valley's Old Borough on the way back to Vadam Keep. The vehicle was stopped by Created armigers while attempting to search for those who took part in the fighting,{{Ref/Reuse|Out1}} presumably Iyuska in particular.{{Ref/Reuse|Out2}} 

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Sanghelios locations]]