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'''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 gods, 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 transcend 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 own doomed existences 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 "obstacles" or "tests" that the Covenant must pass to begin The Great Journey.

On [[The Ark]], during the [[Halo 3]] campaign, several [[terminals]] can be found left by the [[Forerunners]], describing the activation of the Halo arrays as the Great Journey. Through such terminals on other Forerunner installations, the Covenant may have learned of the Great Journey, and used that name.  

[[Heretics (Faction)|A few of the Covenant]], called the Heretics, were aware that the Halos, when activated, would destroy all sentient life in the galaxy, including themselves. The Heretics were led by the [[Elite]] [[Sesa 'Refumee]], who discovered the true purpose of the Halos from [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] and realized that the Prophets were liars and had become insane in their path to salvation(to activate the rings would have meant the destruction of all known forms of life in 3 radii. The Prophets sent a group of Special Operations Elites and Grunts into their base, a gas mine, accompanied by the new Arbiter, to silence the heretics. 'Refumee was killed by the Arbiter at the [[Threshold]] Gas Mine before he could escape, and the heresy was put down, but still few major heretics were alive.