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<center>''Looking for [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]], the level?''</center> | <center>''Looking for [[The Great Journey (Level)|The Great Journey]], the level?''</center> | ||
{{BigQuote|None will be left behind when our Great Journey begins; that is the Prophets' age old promise.}} | {{BigQuote|None will be left behind when our Great Journey begins; that is the Prophets' age old promise.}} | ||
'''The Great Journey''' is a central theme for the [[Covenant]] and its theocratic government; it is their ultimate goal. It is also that which stopped the war between the Prophets and the Elites. The Covenant believe that their ancestors, the [[Forerunner|Forerunners]], used the [[Halos|Sacred Rings]] to cleanse the universe of all that is unholy, escaping a doomed existence of fighting an endless struggle against the [[The Flood|Flood]], and allowing them to transend into gods, giving them ancient and unlimited power. The Covenant wish to activate the Halo installations to wipe out [[Human|humanity]] and the [[The Flood|Flood]], which would provide salvation for their doomed existence and allow them to follow the Forerunners to their mysterious destination, where they will share in their power. In Covenant Religious terms the Flood are known as one of the many "obsticles" or "tests" that | '''The Great Journey''' is a central theme for the [[Covenant]] and its theocratic government; it is their ultimate goal. It is also that which stopped the war between the Prophets and the Elites. The Covenant believe that their ancestors, the [[Forerunner|Forerunners]], used the [[Halos|Sacred Rings]] to cleanse the universe of all that is unholy, escaping a doomed existence of fighting an endless struggle against the [[The Flood|Flood]], and allowing them to transend into gods, giving them ancient and unlimited power. The Covenant wish to activate the Halo installations to wipe out [[Human|humanity]] and the [[The Flood|Flood]], which would provide salvation for their doomed existence and allow them to follow the Forerunners to their mysterious destination, where they will share in their power. In Covenant Religious terms the Flood are known as one of the many "obsticles" or "tests" that the covenant must pass to begin the Great Journey. | ||
However, [[Heretics|a few of the Covenant]] are aware that the Halos, when activated, destroy all sentient life in the galaxy. Whether the [[High Prophets]] do know the true effects of activating a Halo is uncertain, but the very fabric of the Covenant is built on accomplishing it, believing this will be akin to following in the footsteps of the Forerunners and propel them into the "Divine Beyond", a heavenly paradise they will share with the Forerunners. Those few are known as [[Heretics]]. | However, [[Heretics|a few of the Covenant]] are aware that the Halos, when activated, destroy all sentient life in the galaxy. Whether the [[High Prophets]] do know the true effects of activating a Halo is uncertain, but the very fabric of the Covenant is built on accomplishing it, believing this will be akin to following in the footsteps of the Forerunners and propel them into the "Divine Beyond", a heavenly paradise they will share with the Forerunners. Those few are known as [[Heretics]]. | ||