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| {{Series/Species/Sangheili}}
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| Many countless '''[[world]]s''' would fall under the control of the [[Covenant]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg232|Enc22|Page=232}} in a "Covenant sphere".{{Ref/Reuse|rtasstatus}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=43|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2311}} The [[Sangheili]]'s colonies were considered the Covenant's primary worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} Many Sangheili colonies were reforged into strongholds and fortresses capable of amassing vast military power.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}}
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| [[Ages of Conversion|With each species added to the alliance]], so too were their worlds on top of new worlds being settled and the subsuming of certain Forerunner installations.{{Ref/Site|Id=coviewaypoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Factions|Page=Covenant|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant.html}} Various physical materials from each of the incorporated species' homeworlds were used in the [[Skin of the First Worlds]], itself a component of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg227|Enc22|Page=227}}
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| As the Created came to control many of these worlds, only echoes of the empire remain.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}}
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| ==History==
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| ===Pre-Covenant history===
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| ====Pre-Great Purification====
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| The [[Forerunners]] built numerous facilities on various other Covenant worlds including the [[Guardian Custode]] support areas on Sanghelios,{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Alliance]]}} a portal to [[Sarcophagus]] from Hesduros,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Thursday War|Page=398-399}} and a facility in the Y'Deio system.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc192|Enc22|Page=192}} They also maintained facilities on other worlds that the Covenant would subsume such as Zhoist.{{Ref/Novel|HSS|Chapter=26}}
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| [[File:HM WarOfBeginnings.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Sangheili colony of Ulgethon was a major battlefield during the War of Beginnings.]]
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| ====The Former Age====
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| {{Main|The Former Age|Age of Abandonment}}
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| Following the Great Purification, an unknown complication occurred and the [[Forerunner starship]] ''Anodyne Spirit'' crashed onto the surface of Janjur Qom.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Mendicant Bias|D=30|M=10|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias.html}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=27}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P384&385|Enc22|Page=384-385}} This would invariably lead to the [[War of Wills]], where two factions would fight over control of the ship.
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| Several hundred years before the Covenant,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}} the Sangheili colonized dozens of worlds which ranged from thriving population hubs to frontier worlds with only a handful of pioneer keeps.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg234|Enc22|Page=234}} [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBC1|BC|Chapter=1}} and mines on Suban.{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=128}} The [[Age of Seven Worlds]] appears to have started about the time of or after the colonization of the seventh world.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=6}} Interstellar Sangheili colonies included [[Glyke]],{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} [[Hesduros]],{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg235|Enc22|Page=235}} [[Codisfold]],{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P258|Enc22|Page=258}} and [[Ulgethon]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=191}} The 76th explored world was [[Creck]].{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} These collective worlds were bound by blood and belief over any centralized authority.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg198|Enc22|Page=198-199}}
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| It was on one such colony world, Ulgethon, that the Sangheili [[Desecration of Ulgethon|first encountered]] the San'Shyuum thus commencing the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 5]]}} Fighting in the war would take place on other Sangheili colonies{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} [[Raid at Codisfold|such as]] [[Codisfold]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=258}} The Dreadnought which was in possession of the San'Shyuum at the time, would cause untold destruction on several Sangheili worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg226}} Battling in the war would even reached [[Battle of Sanghelios|Sanghelios itself]].
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| [[File:HM-HighCharityBC.png|thumb|left|200px|''High Charity'' under construction over [[Tuluk'katho]].]]
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| ===Covenant era===
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| ====Early era====
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| Following the War of Beginnings, Sanghelios would be the capital of the Covenant until ''High Charity'' was completed.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=229}} The remaining Sangheili colonies became some of the primary worlds for the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} A few of these worlds would be given an alternate name by the Prophets. Glyke would be 'blessed' with the name "Sphere of Praise"{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} while Hesduros would be referred to as "Silent Homage" by San'Shyuum scientists.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg235}} The signing of the [[Writ of Union]] would however lead to the [[Rending]] which would take place at several points in Covenant space including [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=bcchapt1|BC|Chapter=1}} It would also lead to the settlement and destruction of [[The Refuge]]. At roughly the same, the Covenant would undertake [[Mission to Janjur Qom|a secret mission]] to [[Janjur Qom]].
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| The homeworld of the Covenant,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg188-189|Enc22|Page=188-189}} ''[[High Charity]]'' began construction in [[851 BCE]] over Sanghelios.{{Ref/Reuse|bcchapt1}} Construction of the station would continue over [[Tuluk'katho]] and eventually completed in [[791 BCE]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg226|Enc22|Page=226}} In [[648 BCE]], the San'Shyuum would claim that their cradle world would be destroyed by stellar collapse.{{Ref/Generic|[[Bestiarum]]}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=113}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc192}}
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| ====Incorporation and expansion====
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| [[File:H2A Terminals - Balaho discovered.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Balaho is discovered and occupied by the Covenant.]]
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| The [[Yanme'e]] species had at some point progressed in technology to the point of allowing them interplanetary travel and the colonization of two of their homeworld's moons.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=205}} In [[1112]], the Covenant discovered [[Palamok]] and would incorporate the species after warring with them for a time.{{Ref/Reuse|enc192}} Following this, Sangheili and [[Yanme'e Queen]]s would settle [[Malurok]] together.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=55}}
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| For several years prior to [[1342]], the [[Kig-Yar]] would wage war against the Covenant.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc206|Enc22|Page=206}} Eayn would subsequently be folded into the Covenant. The gas giant in which it orbited would eventually become the only known Covenant controlled world to humanity prior to first contact.<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|enc11pg308}}
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| In 2142, [[Balaho]] and the [[Unggoy]] species were discovered by the Covenant subsequently brought under their authority.{{Ref/Site|Id=unggoy|D=4|M=8|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/unggoy|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=Unggoy|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/unggoy.html}} Balaho would eventually become a backwater in Covenant space with most shipping routes avoiding it.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11pg308|Enc11|Page=307-308}}
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| In at least one case, the Covenant [[Extermination of Karava|wiped out]] an [[List of unidentified species#Karava|unidentified civilisation]] on the planet [[Karava]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p289|Enc22|Page=289}} and settled the world afterward.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE5|HE|Issue=5}}
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| In [[2462]], the [[Unggoy Rebellion]] began. In a play to end the conflict, the Covenant would end up glassing part of [[Balaho]].<ref name="h2a terminal10">''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 10]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|unggoy}}
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| The Jiralhanae had managed to achieve spaceflight and established colonies within the [[Oth Sonin system]].{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=309}} Shortly prior to [[2492]], Doisac suffered a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] war known as the [[Great Immolation]]. In 2492, the Covenant would find and quickly incorporate Doisac and the Jiralhanae into the Covenant.{{Ref/Novel|CH|Page=194}} Since then, the [[San'Shyuum]] settled Jiralhanae on resource-rich worlds to guard them against anyone seeking to claim them for themselves;{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc1|HEsc|Issue=1}} mostly ambitious members of the other client species.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShocks|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}}
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| At some point following 2492, but before 2531, new tithes were implemented by ''High Charity''. In response, a series of heretical uprisings took place on various Covenant worlds. [[Avitus]] would be sent to quell these rebellions.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=254}}
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| [[File:HM PROMETHEUS.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Operation: PROMETHEUS on K7-49.]]
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| ===War of Annihilation===
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| {{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
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| Early in the War of Annihilation, the [[UNSC]] [[Operation: SILENT STORM|counterattacked]] the invading Covenant and [[Battle of Zhoist|struck]] at [[Zhoist]]. This would result in the regional capital of the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] being destroyed,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg225}} along with UNSC [[Nuclear weapon]]s destroying two out of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]].{{Ref/Novel|HSS|Epilogue}}
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| The UNSC would make further attempts to strike Covenant-controlled worlds. In 2537, [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] was [[Operation: PROMETHEUS|deployed]] to asteroid [[K7-49]] in order to disrupt Covenant operations there. While they succeeded, 300 SPARTAN-IIIs were killed in the process.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=83-86}} A similar action would be repeated at [[Pegasi Delta]] in [[2545]] with [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. While also a victory, it would cost the lives of 298 SPARTAN-IIIs of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Beta Company]].{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=16-27}}
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| At some point during the war, [[Linda-058]] was [[Operation: HORN AND HIDE|deployed]] to the world of Odenli'sh to assassinate a San'Shyuum missonary.{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint-linda|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Linda-058|D=30|M=10|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058.html}}
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| As well, in 2552, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] had made a breakthrough and learned the locations of several Covenant worlds including Sanghelios and Glyke. With this knowledge, when [[Condition Endgame]] was declared at the [[Battle for Earth]], [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]] began resulting in [[Gray Team]] being deployed to Covenant space.{{Ref/Novel|Id=env12|Env|Chapter=12}}
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| At the onset of the [[Great Schism]],{{Ref/Game|Id=Target03|HINF|[[High Value Target]] dossier, [[Okro 'Vagaduun]]}} the Hierarchs would also order an attack on the [[Bloodbrave Guardians of Suban]] at [[Suban]], resulting in only [[Okro 'Vagaduun|a single survivor]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P458|Enc22|Page=458}} As well, the world Joyous Exultation would act as a rallying point for the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} A [[NOVA bomb]] was detonated there by accident resulting in a quarter of the world being vaporized and its moon shattering.{{Ref/Novel|HGOO|Page=244-245}} The conflict would result in most of the San'shyuum governors of the various Covenant worlds joining the rest of the species on [[San'Shyuum flotilla|their mass exodus]].{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet 54}}
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| ===Postwar and Covenant dissolution===
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| {{Main|Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Blooding Years}}
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| [[File:Hroa4 raid.png|thumb|right|250px|The Banished [[Raid of Kostroda|raiding]] [[Kostroda]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=roaissue4|HRoA|Issue=4}}]]
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| Just days after [[Treaty of 2552|a tentative peace treaty]] was formed between the [[Fleet of Retribution|group]] that would become the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the UEG, the Sangheili colony of [[Glyke]] was mysteriously destroyed, killing billions. Rumors had it that the colony's destruction was either an internal conflict or a [[Jiralhanae]] retaliation, but in truth it was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] with a [[NOVA bomb]] as part of [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]], an effort to strike a blow at a major enemy world to try to cause the Covenant to reconsider. Having last heard that [[Earth]] was under attack, Gray Team were unaware of the war's end due to damaged deep-space communications equipment and thus that their mission was no longer necessary.{{Ref/Reuse|env12}}
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| The destruction of ''High Charity'' would lead to the former Covenant's worlds going into disarray with many of each species returned to their respective homeworlds{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}} including the Yanme'e.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=204}} Sangheili soldiers returned to Sanghelios to find feuding and civil unrest.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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| After the dissolution of the Covenant and the exodus of the local San'Shyuum governors,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet 54}} many of the Covenant worlds fell into the control of various factions such as [[Sephune III]] ending up under [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]],{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=2}} or [[Otraak]] under the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Comic|HRoA|Issue=3}} Some worlds were contested between species and governments,{{Ref/Reuse|HE5}} while [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s were established between the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] to allow colonies to be administrated by multiple species.{{Ref/Anthology|Fra|[[Oasis]]}}
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| The various Sangheili colonies fell into internecine conflict{{Ref/Generic|Id=eleventhhour|[[Eleventh Hour reports]]|Report 2}} such as on [[Malurok]].{{Ref/Reuse|en22pg233}} These conflicts would see many {{Pattern|Rwaru|carrack}}s pulled into military service, which would cripple much of the interstellar commerce binding the Sangheili worlds together.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=270}} Sangheili colonies also had to contend with raids and other fighting with the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}}{{Ref/Site|Id=rtasstatus|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=21|M=10|Y=2018|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.236}}{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} Similarly, Jiralhanae worlds also became embroiled in internecine conflict as rival clans fought each other for a number of reasons including land.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}} The worlds placed under Jiralhanae control would be used leverage against humanity and other members of the Covenant, though many of the dominant master-packs lacked the knowledge to fully exploit the worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}}
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| In contrast, the Kig-Yar interplanetary colonies and Balaho remained stable though Buwan was abandoned.{{Ref/Reuse|eleventhhour}}
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| Just prior to the Created uprising, Doisac and its moons had become a base of operations for most [[piracy|pirates]] in the Orion Arm. At the same time, independent packs were consolidating under the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Book|OSFM|Page=90}}
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| ====Created uprising====
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| {{Main|Created uprising}}
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| [[File:HINF Concept GuardianRising.jpg|250px|left|thumb|A Guardian Custode over Sanghelios.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg194|Enc22|Page=194-195}}]]
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| As the Created uprising began to take shape in 2558, a [[Sanghelios global war|global war]] started on Sanghelios.{{Ref/Novel|HLOO|Chapter=21}} With the onset of the [[Cortana Event]], Sanghelios was [[Subjugation of Sanghelios|directly hit]] by [[Guardian Custode]]s{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=1}} and despite proximity, Suban suffered minimal damage.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22-230|Enc22|Page=230}} The immediate loss of communications and disruption of logistics would inhibit previously ongoing independence movements on [[Qikost]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=231}}
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| The Cortana Event did not affect the Urs system alone. Created forces would end up occupying Malurok, prompting a detente among the warring parties on the world.{{Ref/Book|Id=en22pg233|Enc22|Page=233}}
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| [[Balaho]] sided with the Created, meaning no Guardian was sent to the world.{{Ref/Novel|Id=badbchapt3-4|BadB|Chapter=3-4}} Old factories were reactivated and supplies from the Created were shipped to the planet.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDF|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Driving Force}} A [[Battle of Balaho|skirmish]] would break out on the planet between various forces of the UEG and Unggoy on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt3-4}}
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| Doisac was hit quite hard, [[Razing of Oth Sonin|being completely destroyed]] by a fleet of Guardians on the direct orders of Cortana.{{Ref/Quest|Id=rep|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}} The exploding debris of the planet would obliterate the moon of [[Soirapt]], and heavily damaged the moons of [[Teash]] and [[Warial]]. A large amount of survivors from Teash managed to resettle on the colonies of [[Gathved]], [[Ordun Dal]], and [[Savadok]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=446-447}} The news of this action would reach the Sangheili on Sanghelios three days later, around the time of the [[High Gathering]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=1}}
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| ==Government and politics==
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| ===Administration===
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| ====Interstellar====
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| Collectively, the non-cradle worlds of the Covenant were referred to as "tithe worlds"{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg234}} and described as protectorates.{{Ref/Reuse|out23}} Worlds employed with military planning and production were known as "fortress worlds."{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=189}} The fortress worlds would often be patrolled by {{Pattern|Ekesan|Umbra}}s{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=275}} and vast urban areas would require transport in vehicles such as the {{Pattern|Iqnucekk|transport}}s, {{Pattern|Maravelotz|transport}}s, and {{Pattern|Khaulio|administrator}}s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=219}} Overall, these key fortress and stronghold worlds served as key proxies for High Charity in administering the empire.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/the-new-halo-encyclopedia-is-out-today|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The New Halo Encyclopedia is Out Today|D=11|M=03|Y=2023}}
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| Spread throughout the empire were regional capital sites known as [[harborage]]s; [[city-ship]]s and command-and-control centers. From them, the Prophets could be broadcasted, [[Covenant starship]]s could be resupplied, and [[Forerunner]] artifacts safeguarded. As well, each inhabited system was given a [[Coordination platform]] and garrison overseen by the [[Ministry of Concert]]. Smaller platforms were placed in strategic locations.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg225}}
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| The [[High Council]] was responsible for the administration of these interstellar territories, assigning tithes and levies, and allocating resources across the numerous member worlds.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=52}} San'Shyuum governors handled administrative duties on a local scale.{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet 54|HWF|Page=54}} Hundreds of Covenant worlds had their own emissaries, some of which would be sent to ''High Charity''.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg227}} Trade between these worlds appeared to have been handled by more local authorities, such as [[Ghe 'Talot]]'s clan would supply production materials to [[Kolaar Manufactorum]] on [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchapt4|Out|Chapter=4}}
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| Known worlds to the Covenant had information recorded to the [[Covenant World Registry]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=4}} On some stellar charts, systems can be given a scarlet colored border, which means "Forbidden".{{Ref/Novel|BC|Chapter=19}}
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| ====Planetside====
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| Covenant planets had considerable autonomy in running their own affairs.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg225|Enc22|Page=225}} However, the Covenant maintained local sites of administration, such as their site along the [[Zota'hal Sea]] on [[Saepon'kal]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}}
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| =====Sangheili=====
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| [[File:Outcasts - State of Vadam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Vadam on Sanghelios.]]
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| Sangheili planets are run in a style similar to [[Wikipedia:Manorialism|feudal manorialism]]. Multiple Sangheili [[clan]]s ally together and are led by a single [[Kaidon]] who controls the surrounding territory from a fortified [[keep]]. Smaller Sangheili colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources. On larger worlds like Sanghelios, hundreds of keeps vie for power and influence using politics and military force.{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=Sangheili|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili.html}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}}
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| In more modern times, some major keeps evolved into fully fledged city-states that ally with lesser kaidons.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
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| After the fall of the Covenant, some keeps have transformed into military sects.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}}
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| =====Jiralhanae=====
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| Doisac was largely controlled by two [[skein]]s, or master-packs.{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} Several of their other settled worlds were controlled by master-packs.{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}} Despite being settled on numerous resource worlds by the San'Shyuum, the Jiralhanae lacked the ability to mine the resources themselves.{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}}
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| =====Kig-Yar=====
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| For the Kig-Yar, and in the case of [[Eayn]] specifically, it is ruled by an alliance of arch-matriarchs{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=54}} with pseudo-governments on the world being [[Wikipedia:Ochlocracy|ochlocracies]] and [[Wikipedia:luck egalitarianism|Luck egalitarianism]] forming the base of justice systems.{{Ref/Generic|[[Bestiarum]]}} Some of these pseudo-governments ruled over full continents of the world such as with the continents of [[Ruuht]] and [[Ah'lomet]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=48|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2312}}
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| ====Fringe====
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| Most of the Fringe species were relegated to their homeworld or remote locations and most often locally administered by San'Shyuum executors and a cortege of Kig-Yar enforcers.{{Ref/Book|Id=encfringe|Enc22|Page=214}} Fringe space would be protected by [[Covenant fleet]]s such as the [[Fleet of Recalcitrant Ire]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFire|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-covering-fire|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Covering Fire|D=31|M=01|Y=2024}}
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| ==Scale==
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| The Covenant occupied numerous worlds, though a world would often be left untouched unless it offered particular treasures both religious and practical.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} These worlds were based primarily out of the [[Orion Arm]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg188-189}}{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet galaxy|HWF|Page=12-13}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=San'Shyuum|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum.html}}{{Ref/Note|The [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant Halo Waypoint article] for the Covenant claims that the empire "dominated much of the galaxy". Similarly, the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022)|2022 ''Halo Encyclopedia'']] uses the word "galaxy" to describe their dominion. However, a number of sources (including ''Halo: Warfleet'' and several Waypoint articles) agree that the Covenant Empire was based out in the Orion Arm. Likely the use of "galaxy" in this context is a colloquialism.}} A few of these worlds like [[Strilun IV]]{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} and [[Ealen IV]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}} were near human occupied space. The space between Covenant space and human space was referred to as "wild space".{{Ref/Novel|Id=out23|Out|Chapter=23}} The [[Svir system]] was considered near the [[Urs system]].{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=16}} A region of space for the Kig-Yar also existed.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF156|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fleetcom-fiction|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fleetcom Fiction|D=14|M=8|Y=2024|LocalArchive=Armory Infinitum#Pinpoint Needler}}
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| The Covenant fringe's worlds were scattered around the Orion Arm.{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint axl|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Axl|D=19|M=1|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl.html}}
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| ===Sangheili===
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| Around the time of the War of Beginnings, 76 worlds were explored by the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} By the time of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], there was a primary "complex"{{Ref/Novel|HitD|Page=87 (Google Play edition)}} or "core sphere"{{Ref/Reuse|rtasstatus}} of Sangheili worlds. The total amount of Sangheili worlds was equivalent to that of [[human colonies|humanity's colonies]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=12}} There was also a "Sangheili frontier"{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Env|Chapter=3}} and a region of space known to the Sangheili called the [[Out Sectors]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchapt2|Out|Chapter=2}}
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| ==List of known worlds==
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| ===Post-Great Purification===
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| ! Species !! System !! Name !! Role !! Status !! Source
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| |rowspan="22"| [[Sangheili]] || [[Aspero system]] || [[Hesduros]] || War colony || ||
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| |[[Baelion system]] || [[Creck]] || || ||
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| |[[Bosthra system]] || [[Rahnelo]] || Frontier world || ||
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| |[[Duraan's red dwarf star]] || [[Duraan]] || || ||
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| |[[Salia system]] || [[Saepon'kal]] || Fortress world || Destroyed by a [[NOVA bomb]]; ||
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| |[[Keskus system]] || [[Glyke]] || Civilian world || [[Operation: SUNSPEAR|Destroyed]] in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]] by [[Gray Team]]; ||
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| |rowspan="4"|[[Urs system]] || [[Sanghelios]] || Sangheili cradle world || ||
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| |[[Qikost]] || || ||
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| |[[Suban]] || || ||
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| |[[Unidentified moon (Urs system)|Unidentified moon]] || || ||
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| |[[Ussan system]] || [[The Refuge]] || ||Under [[Ussans|Ussan]] control ||
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| |[[Zethro'Kal system]] || [[Feldokra]] ||Fortress world || ||
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| |rowspan=10"|Unknown || [[Aru'spaw]] || || ||
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| |[[Bhedalon]] ||Fortress World || devastated during the [[Great Schism]] ||{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Legacy of Onyx|Chapter=8}}
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| |[[Codisfold]] || || Ringed world and battleground during War of Beginnings ||
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| |[[Eshin]] || || ||
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| |[[Eudolaan]] || || ||
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| |[[Karava]] || ||Independent colony ||
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| |[[Khael'mothka]] || || Frontier colony ||
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| |[[Anvarl]] || ||Attacked, unknown status ||
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| |[[Ulgethon]] || [[Reliquary]] ||Destroyed during the [[War of Beginnings]] ||
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| |[[Whispering Trees]] || ||Independent colony ||
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| |rowspan=6"|[[Kig-Yar]] ||rowspan=6"|[[Y'Deio system]] || [[Eayn]] || Kig-Yar homeworld || ||
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| |[[Dal'koth]] || || ||
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| |[[T'vao]] || [[T'vaoan]] asteroid homeworld || ||
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| |[[Valyanop]] || || ||
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| |[[Muloqt]] || || ||
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| |[[Kaelarot]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=7"|[[Jiralhanae]] ||rowspan=3"|[[Oth Sonin system]] || [[Doisac]] || Jiralhanae homeworld || [[Razing of Oth Sonin|Destroyed]] by the [[Created]] ||
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| |[[Teash]] || || ||
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| |[[Warial]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=4"|Unknown || [[Gathved]] || || ||
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| |[[Ordun Dal]] || || ||
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| |[[Savadok]] || || ||
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| |[[Odenli'sh]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=3"|[[Yanme'e]] ||rowspan=3"|[[Napret system]] || [[Palamok]] || Yanme'e homeworld || ||
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| |[[Ka'amoti]] || || ||
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| |[[Oquiu]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=2"|[[Lekgolo]] ||rowspan=2"|[[Svir system]] || [[Rantu]] || || ||
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| |[[Rentus]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=2"|[[Unggoy]] ||rowspan=2"|[[Tala system]] || [[Balaho]] || || ||
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| |[[Buwan]] || || ||
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| |rowspan=2"|[[Covenant fringe|Fringe]] ||rowspan=2"|Unknown || [[Reme]] || [[Dazreme]] cradle world || ||
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| |[[Yonhe]] || [[Yonhet]] cradle world || ||
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| |rowspan=1"|Jointly settled || [[Greaw-Jomel system]] || [[Malurok]] || War colony; jointly settled between Sangheili and Yanme'e || Uneasy peace ||
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| |rowspan=14"|Other || [[51 Pegasi system]] || [[Pegasi Delta]] || Home to a starship fuel refinery and staging area || ||
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| |[[Buta system]] || [[Zhoist]] || Relic World || ||
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| |[[Ealen system]] || [[Ealen IV]] || || ||
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| |[[Mis'Fah system]] || [[Kostroda]] || [[Assembly Forges|Assembly Forge]] || ||
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| |[[Sephune System]] || [[Sephune III]] || || ||
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| |[[Ansket system]] ||[[Ansket IV]] || || ||
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| |[[Strilun system]] || [[Strilun IV]] || || ||
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| |[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon]] || || || ||
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| |rowspan=6"|Unknown || [[K7-49]] || || ||
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| |[[Okal'supen]] || Fortress world || ||
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| |[[Otraak]] || || ||
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| |[[Song of Victory]] || || ||
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| |[[Tuluk'katho]] || || ||
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| |[[Ulumari]] || || ||
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| ==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
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| ===Silver Timeline===
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| {{Main|Silver Timeline}}
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| {{Notice/Silver}}
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| The [[Covenant#Silver Timeline|Covenant]] are known to have a prescence in the [[Aspero system]] at the planet of [[Raas Kkhotskha]].
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Sources==
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| [[Category:Sangheili culture]]
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| =Ancestor ships= | | =Ancestor ships= |
| The [[Ancestors]] produced several different ship classes of varying sizes | | The [[Ancestors]] produced several different ship classes of varying sizes |
