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| | #REDIRECT [[Covenant Empire]] |
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| {{Merge2|Covenant Empire|date=July 2010}}
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| {{Affiliation infobox
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| |name= Covenant Loyalists
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| |image=[[File:ChieftainPrecher.jpg|300px]]
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| |type= [[Prophet of Truth|Theocratic dictatorship]]
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| |founding=Writ of Union
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| |constitution=
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| |headofstate= [[High Prophet of Truth]] (deceased)
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| |headofgov=
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| |commander=
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| *[[High Prophet of Truth]] (deceased)
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| *[[High Prophet of Mercy]] (deceased)
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| *[[Tartarus|Chieftain Tartarus]] (deceased)
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| |defacto=
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| |executive=
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| |legislative=
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| |judicial=
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| |capital= [[High Charity]]
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| |language= [[Covenant Language]], (various languages spoken by the different races)
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| |currency=
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| |religious= Worship of Forerunners, belief in [[Great Journey]]
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| |holiday=
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| |anthem=
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| |formed= [[Covenant]]
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| |established= October [[2525]]
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| |fragmented= September [[2552]]
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| |reorganized= November [[2552]]
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| |dissolved= November 2552
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| |restored=
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| }}
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| {{quote|With my blessing, the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] now lead our fleets! They ask for your allegiance, and you shall give it!|[[Prophet of Truth]] on [[High Charity (Level)|High Charity]]}}
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| The '''Covenant Loyalists,''' are a faction that is composed of some of the former [[Covenant Empire]] species that remained loyal to the Prophets, after the [[Great Schism]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref>
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| ==Hierarchy==
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| The Covenant Loyalists are comprised of the [[San 'Shyuum]], [[Jiralhanae]], [[Kig-Yar]], [[Yanme'e]], and certain [[Unggoy]] and [[Lekgolo]] that support them within the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]'s hierarchical society. However, it is likely that since the Grunts supported the Loyalists primarily because they thought that the Separatists would lose and preferred not to die, they would abandon the Loyalists upon their loss to the [[Separatist]]/[[UNSC]] forces.
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| ==Background==
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| This faction is made up of those who (as of the end of ''[[Halo 2]]'') still remain in the Covenant and are set on activating the [[Halo|Halo Array]] and starting [[The Great Journey]]. Since the beginning of the [[Great Schism|Covenant Civil War]], they have been fighting the [[Covenant Separatists]], led by the [[Sangheili]] and their [[Unggoy]] and [[Mgalekgolo]] supporters. The fronts of this war include [[High Charity]], [[Delta Halo]], [[Earth]] and areas of space where Covenant ships operate.
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| This is not necessarily the first internal dispute in the Covenant's society; when the current Arbiter was assigned to his office, he was reminded by the [[High Prophet of Mercy]] that an Arbiter was necessary during the [[Grunt Rebellion]], a conflict between the Covenant and it's lowest caste, the [[Unggoy|Grunts]].
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| ==Origins of the Faction==
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| The [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]] led a botched mission to [[Earth]] and was forced into the [[Battle of Earth]] upon discovering what turned out to be the [[human]] homeworld. The [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]] escaped to [[Delta Halo]] but he is later assassinated by the [[John-117|Master Chief]], which is considered an extreme failure in the [[Sangheili|Elite]]'s mission to protect the leading caste of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. The remaining [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets]], led by the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]], used this opportunity to [[Changing of the Guard|replace]] the Elites with [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] as their protectors. However, this move effectively shames and angers the Elites, who have been in such a position since the founding of the Covenant and they threaten to resign from the [[High Council]].
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| [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]] gave command of the [[Covenant Fleet]]s to the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]], a position previously held by the [[Sangheili|Elites]]. Once there were enough and an ample amount of Brutes in place, Truth secretly ordered the Brutes to commit a mass genocide of the Elites. With this act disguised and incognito as a Brute insurrection, the Brutes replaced the Elites within the society of the [[Covenant]]. The Elites, of course, revolted, enlisting the help of the [[Hunters]] and [[Grunts]], birthing the [[Great Schism|Covenant Civil War]] in [[High Charity]].
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| Early into the Covenant Civil War, the Elite [[Councilors]] were assassinated by the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] at the will of the [[San 'Shyuum|Prophets]], mainly [[Prophet of Truth|the Prophet of Truth]]. When the Elites learn the truth about the [[Halos]], it changes the war significantly and adds the [[Humans]] to the struggle. Instead of a Great Journey, the [[Gravemind]]'s revelation regarding the super weapon contradicts the Covenant's belief system and is motivating at least the Arbiter in his eventual opposition to the Covenant as they try to activate [[Delta Halo]] later in the game.
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| ==The Fate of The Loyalists==
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| {{Quote|I am Truth! The voice of the Covenant!|[[Prophet of Truth]]}}
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| {{Quote|And so, you must be silenced.|[[Thel 'Vadam]]}}
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| Though the [[Prophet of Truth]] was killed, and most of the Loyalist's known fleet was destroyed by the Sangheili fleet above the [[Installation 00|Ark]], the Covenant Loyalists still exist in some force, though likely in a weakened state, forced to rebuild after the war.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level ''[[Assembly (Level)|Assembly]]'' description</ref> Rtas 'Vadum expressed concern that the Sangheili homeworld, [[Sanghelios]], may have still been endangered by the Covenant, and considering the sheer size of the former Covenant it is unlikely that the entirety of the Loyalists were present at Earth. Exactly who or what remains in charge of their political and military leadership is also unknown - the Prophets have been reduced to near extinction<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref>, and all of the Hierarchs were killed by the UNSC or Separatists, while the Jiralhanae also suffered the loss of most of their leadership with the deaths of [[Tartarus]] on [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]] and other high-ranked Chieftains at [[Earth]] and the Ark.
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| ==Military Forces==
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| ===Commanders===
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| *[[High Prophet of Truth]] (Deceased)
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| *[[High Prophet of Mercy]] (Deceased)
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| *[[Tartarus|Chieftain of the Jiralhanae Tartarus]] (Deceased)
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| *[[Gargantum|Jiralhanae Chieftain Gargantum]] (Most likely deceased)
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| *[[Lepidus|Jiralhanae Shipmaster Lepidus]] (Deceased)
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| ===Military===
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| *[[San 'Shyuum]]
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| *[[Jiralhanae]]
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| *[[Mgalekgolo]] (some)
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| *[[Kig-yar]]
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| *[[Unggoy]] (some)
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| *[[Yanme'e]]
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| ===Units===
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| *[[Covenant Army|Covenant Loyalist Army]]
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| **Numerous Legions assigned to the [[Fleet]].
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| *[[Covenant Navy (Service)|Covenant Loyalist Navy]]
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| **[[Truths fleet|Truth's Fleet]]- Believed to be completely [[Battle of Installation 00|destroyed.]]
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| ***[[Fleet of Furious Redemption]]- Belived to be destroyed at [[Installation 00|The Ark]].
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| ==Related Pages==
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| *[[Covenant|The Covenant]]
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| *[[Covenant Separatists]]
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| *[[Civil War of the Covenant]]
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| {{Major Factions}}
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| [[Category:Factions]]
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| [[Category:The Covenant]]
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