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{{Quote|I don't think I like them. Too charming. Slippery.|[[Chakas]], referring to the San'Shyuum<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 166''</ref>}}

'''San'Shyuum''' ([[Latin]] ''Perfidia vermis'',<ref name="Best"/> meaning "worms of treachery"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bunge.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> also known as '''Prophets''' by many individuals, are a near-extinct [[Sentience|sapient]] species native to [[Janjur Qom]]. Prior to the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552]], the San'Shyuum served as the leadership caste of the [[Covenant]] ~~and were the first spices to be conquered by the order at its beginning~~. By that time, the San'Shyuum had exerted complete control over the Covenant's [[Covenant religion|religious]] and political affairs.<ref name="Best"/>

'''San'Shyuum''' ([[Latin]] ''Perfidia vermis'',<ref name="Best"/> meaning "worms of treachery"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bunge.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> also known as '''Prophets''' by many individuals, are a near-extinct [[Sentience|sapient]] species native to [[Janjur Qom]]. Prior to the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552]], the San'Shyuum served as the leadership caste of the [[Covenant]]. By that time, the San'Shyuum had exerted complete control over the Covenant's [[Covenant religion|religious]] and political affairs.<ref name="Best"/>

Contemporary San'Shyuum civilization developed on a planet rich in artifacts left behind by the [[Forerunner]]s, whom the Covenant would later revere as gods.<ref name="Conversations"/> Prophets derived their legitimacy as leaders as well as their colloquial names from this connection. The San'Shyuum of the Covenant orginated from the [[Reformists]], a radical faction that believed Forerunner technology should be deeply analyzed and fled Janjur Qom aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] after a [[San'Shyuum Schism|lengthy civil war]].<ref name="enc30">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 30'' (2011)</ref> According to the San'Shyuum, their homeworld was later allegedly destroyed in [[648 BCE]] as the result of a natural [[Supernova|stellar collapse]]. Because of this, they elected to make their home on the mobile planetoid station [[High Charity]], powered by the Dreadnought.<ref name="Best"/>

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 {{Quote|I don't think I like them. Too charming. Slippery.|[[Chakas]], referring to the San'Shyuum<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''page 166''</ref>}}
-'''San'Shyuum''' ([[Latin]] ''Perfidia vermis'',<ref name="Best"/> meaning "worms of treachery"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bunge.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> also known as '''Prophets''' by many individuals, are a near-extinct [[Sentience|sapient]] species native to [[Janjur Qom]]. Prior to the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552]], the San'Shyuum served as the leadership caste of the [[Covenant]] and were the first spices to be conquered by the order at its beginning. By that time, the San'Shyuum had exerted complete control over the Covenant's [[Covenant religion|religious]] and political affairs.<ref name="Best"/>
+'''San'Shyuum''' ([[Latin]] ''Perfidia vermis'',<ref name="Best"/> meaning "worms of treachery"),<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865756 '''halo.bunge.org''': ''Bestiarum Latin names translated'']</ref> also known as '''Prophets''' by many individuals, are a near-extinct [[Sentience|sapient]] species native to [[Janjur Qom]]. Prior to the [[Great Schism]] in [[2552]], the San'Shyuum served as the leadership caste of the [[Covenant]]. By that time, the San'Shyuum had exerted complete control over the Covenant's [[Covenant religion|religious]] and political affairs.<ref name="Best"/>
 Contemporary San'Shyuum civilization developed on a planet rich in artifacts left behind by the [[Forerunner]]s, whom the Covenant would later revere as gods.<ref name="Conversations"/> Prophets derived their legitimacy as leaders as well as their colloquial names from this connection. The San'Shyuum of the Covenant orginated from the [[Reformists]], a radical faction that believed Forerunner technology should be deeply analyzed and fled Janjur Qom aboard the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] after a [[San'Shyuum Schism|lengthy civil war]].<ref name="enc30">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 30'' (2011)</ref> According to the San'Shyuum, their homeworld was later allegedly destroyed in [[648 BCE]] as the result of a natural [[Supernova|stellar collapse]]. Because of this, they elected to make their home on the mobile planetoid station [[High Charity]], powered by the Dreadnought.<ref name="Best"/>