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==History== | ==History== | ||
During the [[human-Forerunner wars]], the Council was affected by the growing influence of the [[Builder]]s, whose power and wealth continued to accumulate as they supplied increasingly more weapons to fuel the war effort. The Council began to lose many of the Forerunners' old ways and ideals, becoming more ruthless and economically-driven. This general corruption led to [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity's]] exceedingly severe punishment after the Forerunners' victory.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 33-34''</ref> The Builders' power continued to consolidate gradually over the following millennia due to the political maneuvering of the [[Master Builder]], [[Faber]], culminating around [[ | During the [[human-Forerunner wars]], the Council was affected by the growing influence of the [[Builder]]s, whose power and wealth continued to accumulate as they supplied increasingly more weapons to fuel the war effort. The Council began to lose many of the Forerunners' old ways and ideals, becoming more ruthless and economically-driven. This general corruption led to [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity's]] exceedingly severe punishment after the Forerunners' victory.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 33-34''</ref> The Builders' power continued to consolidate gradually over the following millennia due to the political maneuvering of the [[Master Builder]], [[Faber]], culminating around [[98,445 BCE]] with the exile of the opposing [[Promethean]]s, leaving Faber and his like-minded Builders virtually in complete control of what would later be known as the "Old Council".<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 47''</ref> | ||
However, around a thousand years later, the Old Council underwent a radical change. After the Master Builder used [[Installation 07|a Halo]] to [[Battle of Janjur Qom|commit a genocide]] of the [[San'Shyuum]], not even Faber's allies in the Council could justify what was considered a crime against the [[Mantle]], and a revolutionary party of younger councilors opposed to the Master Builder took command.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref> With word out that the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] had returned, he was called upon to be restored in command while Faber was put on trial before the [[Supreme Mantle Court]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 250''</ref> During the proceedings, however, the rogue AI [[Mendicant Bias]] staged a [[Battle of the Capital|massive attack on the Capital]] and eventually fired a [[Halo Array|Halo]] in the system, killing most of the Old Council; however, a number of councilors managed to survive deep within the Capital.<ref name="s18"/> | However, around a thousand years later, the Old Council underwent a radical change. After the Master Builder used [[Installation 07|a Halo]] to [[Battle of Janjur Qom|commit a genocide]] of the [[San'Shyuum]], not even Faber's allies in the Council could justify what was considered a crime against the [[Mantle]], and a revolutionary party of younger councilors opposed to the Master Builder took command.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref> With word out that the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] had returned, he was called upon to be restored in command while Faber was put on trial before the [[Supreme Mantle Court]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 250''</ref> During the proceedings, however, the rogue AI [[Mendicant Bias]] staged a [[Battle of the Capital|massive attack on the Capital]] and eventually fired a [[Halo Array|Halo]] in the system, killing most of the Old Council; however, a number of councilors managed to survive deep within the Capital.<ref name="s18"/> | ||
