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{{Main|Covenant loyalists}} | {{Main|Covenant loyalists}} | ||
[[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s Covenant loyalists are a faction of Covenant troops that survived the firing of [[Installation 08]] aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. They remained behind to guard the [[keyship]] while the [[Prophet of Truth]] left to fire the [[Halo Array]] and remained onboard the ship for nearly eight years afterwards, completely undetected by the other residents of [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. Unlike the other Covenant remnants, this particular faction remains completely loyal to the fallen [[Covenant]] Empire and were equipped with several Phantoms.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|HSoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} In [[2559]], following the [[Outbreak on Installation 00]], the [[Banished]] [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' for the shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] that [[Tartarus]] had collected years earlier and came into conflict with the Covenant loyalists. Most of the invading Banished forces were wiped out, but [[Minas]] and other survivors managed to escape with the shards of the crystal. The loyalists remained in control of the keyship after the attack.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} In October, the loyalists engaged in a three-way battle with both the Banished and the UNSC for control of the [[slipspace portal]] that Atriox had opened using the crystal shards. When the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] arrived in a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]], they formed an alliance with the Covenant to fire the [[Halo Array]] and begin the Great Journey, utilizing the Covenant's knowledge of the Ark to their advantage. However, due to the intervention of both the Banished and the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s forces, the Keepers and the Covenant suffered heavy losses that left the Keepers decimated. During the [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]], the two surviving Keepers abandoned their mission after learning of the truth about the Halo Array while both [[Intrepid Eye]] and [[Epsilon Clarion]] were destroyed by the ''Spirit of Fire''. Bhasvod was left disappointed that his true plan had failed: to wipe out all life in the galaxy so that if the [[San'Shyuum flotilla|hiding]] [[San'Shyuum]] made it to the [[Cloister]] [[shield world]] for protection, they could take complete control of the Milky Way in the aftermath. With the shards of the Forerunner crystal still in the hands of the Banished, Bhasvod and his forces were left for the time being unable to open a slipspace portal to Cloister and communicate their failure.{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s Covenant loyalists are a faction of Covenant troops that survived the firing of [[Installation 08]] aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''. They remained behind to guard the [[keyship]] while the [[Prophet of Truth]] left to fire the [[Halo Array]] and remained onboard the ship for nearly eight years afterwards, completely undetected by the other residents of [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. Unlike the other Covenant remnants, this particular faction remains completely loyal to the fallen [[Covenant]] Empire and were equipped with several Phantoms.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Sacrifice|HSoR|Detail= Adjunct - [[Sacrifice]]}} In [[2559]], following the [[Outbreak on Installation 00]], the [[Banished]] [[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|raided]] ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' for the shards of the [[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] that [[Tartarus]] had collected years earlier and came into conflict with the Covenant loyalists. Most of the invading Banished forces were wiped out, but [[Minas]] and other survivors managed to escape with the shards of the crystal. The loyalists remained in control of the keyship after the attack.{{Ref/Reuse|Sacrifice}} In October, the loyalists engaged in a three-way battle with both the Banished and the UNSC for control of the [[slipspace portal]] that Atriox had opened using the crystal shards. When the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] arrived in a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]], they formed an alliance with the Covenant to fire the [[Halo Array]] and begin the Great Journey, utilizing the Covenant's knowledge of the Ark to their advantage. However, due to the intervention of both the Banished and the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s forces, the Keepers and the Covenant suffered heavy losses that left the Keepers decimated. During the [[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]], the two surviving Keepers abandoned their mission after learning of the truth about the Halo Array while both [[Intrepid Eye]] and [[Epsilon Clarion]] were destroyed by the ''Spirit of Fire''. Bhasvod was left disappointed that his true plan had failed: to wipe out all life in the galaxy so that if the [[San'Shyuum flotilla|hiding]] [[San'Shyuum]] made it to the [[Cloister]] [[shield world]] for protection, they could take complete control of the Milky Way in the aftermath. With the shards of the Forerunner crystal still in the hands of the Banished, Bhasvod and his forces were left for the time being unable to open a slipspace portal to Cloister and communicate their failure.{{Ref/Reuse|DW}} | ||
===Ke 'Nzahz's Evocati=== | |||
{{Main|Ke 'Nzazh's Evocati}} | |||
Led by [[Colonel]] [[Ke 'Nzahz]], this order of [[evocati]] warriors are active in the post-war era and known as a threat to the UNSC.{{Ref/Game|Id=Myriad|HINF|[[High Value Target]] dossier, Myriad|Quote=We encountered [individualistic behaviour] in recent years with the Swarmlords that served alongside a dangerous independent faction of ex-Covenant evocati led by Ke 'Nzahz}} | |||
==Former groups== | ==Former groups== | ||