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"'''Reliquary'''" is the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] term for a planet that holds a tremendous number of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 224''</ref>
'''Reliquary''' is the [[Covenant]] term for a planet that holds a tremendous number of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 224''</ref>


Only two known reliquaries are known. The first was likely the planet where the [[Sangheili]] and [[San 'Shyuum]] encountered each other, a world in [[Sangheili]] territory with [[Forerunner]] relics.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 147''</ref> The second was the human-colonized world of [[Harvest]], which was glassed by the Covenant believing the [[humans]] had destroyed or stolen the relics present, leading to the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In reality, the signal being read by Covenant scans as Forerunner artifacts to be reclaimed were in fact individual human beings, who were all labelled as [[Reclaimer]]s until scanning technology was altered to prevent that knowledge from falling to the general Covenant populace.
Only two reliquaries are known. The first was likely the planet Ulgethon, a world in [[Sangheili]] territory with [[Forerunner]] relics where the [[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]] encountered each other.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 147''</ref> The second was the human-colonized world of [[Harvest]], which was glassed by the Covenant believing the [[humans]] had destroyed or stolen the relics present, leading to the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In reality, the signal being read by Covenant scans as Forerunner artifacts to be reclaimed were in fact individual human beings, who were all labeled as [[Reclaimer]]s until scanning technology was altered to prevent that knowledge from falling to the general Covenant populace.


Both the San 'Shyuum homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] and the Sangheili homeworld of [[Sanghelios]] were Reliquaries, with their [[Forerunner]] Artifacts jump starting both their religious and [[Technological Achievement Tiers|technological]] progress.
Both the San'Shyuum homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] and the Sangheili homeworld of [[Sanghelios]] were Reliquaries, with their [[Forerunner]] artifacts jump starting both their religious and [[Technological Achievement Tiers|technological]] progress.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}}
==Sources==
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==Sources==
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Reliquary is the Covenant term for a planet that holds a tremendous number of Forerunner artifacts.[1]

Only two reliquaries are known. The first was likely the planet Ulgethon, a world in Sangheili territory with Forerunner relics where the Sangheili and San'Shyuum encountered each other.[2] The second was the human-colonized world of Harvest, which was glassed by the Covenant believing the humans had destroyed or stolen the relics present, leading to the Human-Covenant War. In reality, the signal being read by Covenant scans as Forerunner artifacts to be reclaimed were in fact individual human beings, who were all labeled as Reclaimers until scanning technology was altered to prevent that knowledge from falling to the general Covenant populace.

Both the San'Shyuum homeworld of Janjur Qom and the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios were Reliquaries, with their Forerunner artifacts jump starting both their religious and technological progress.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 224
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 147
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