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{{quote|No enemy has ever withstood our might.|The [[Prophet of Truth]].}} | {{quote|No enemy has ever withstood our might.|The [[Prophet of Truth]].}} | ||
The '''Covenant''' is a religiously zealous collection of alien races, controlling a large portion of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, currently waging a [[Human-Covenant War|genocidal campaign]] of extermination against humanity. The Covenant was once dominated by the two major species, the [[Elites]] and the [[Prophets]], until the introduction of the [[Brutes]] and the Elites withdrawal from the Covenant. Currently, the Brutes have assumed the former positions of the Elites, and lead the Covenant forces, under the orders of the Prophets, against the human and Elite defenders of Earth. | The '''Covenant''' is a religiously zealous collection of alien races, controlling a large portion of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, currently waging a [[Human-Covenant War|genocidal campaign]] of extermination against humanity. | ||
==Background== | |||
The Covenant was once dominated by the two major species, the [[Elites]] and the [[Prophets]], until the introduction of the [[Brutes]] and the Elites withdrawal from the Covenant. Currently, the Brutes have assumed the former positions of the Elites, and lead the Covenant forces, under the orders of the Prophets, against the human and Elite defenders of Earth. | |||
The name "Covenant" was taken from the binding pact between the Elites and the Prophets at the formation of the civilization.<ref name="best">http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=covenanthierarchy</ref> The two races were once locked in a bitter power struggle, but when the Prophets found evidence of the [[Forerunners]] and their [[The Great Journey|"The Great Journey"]], hoping to create tranquility between them, told the Elites of their discovery and promised to find the means of the Forerunners' transendence. The Prophets would share this knowledge with the Elites and they in turn would protect the Prophets as they searched for transendent Forerunner artifacts. | The name "Covenant" was taken from the binding pact between the Elites and the Prophets at the formation of the civilization.<ref name="best">http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=covenanthierarchy</ref> The two races were once locked in a bitter power struggle, but when the Prophets found evidence of the [[Forerunners]] and their [[The Great Journey|"The Great Journey"]], hoping to create tranquility between them, told the Elites of their discovery and promised to find the means of the Forerunners' transendence. The Prophets would share this knowledge with the Elites and they in turn would protect the Prophets as they searched for transendent Forerunner artifacts. | ||