Great Schism

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The Covenant Civil War, also known by members of the Covenant as the Great Schism, is a war between the two factions that split apart in October, 2552.

Cause

After the Prophet of Regret was killed by the Master Chief, the Prophets, most notably the High Prophet of Truth, deemed it necessary to reorganize Covenant society, replacing the Elites with Brutes as the Prophets' protectors. The Elites viewed this as a violation of the principle the Covenant had been founded upon and threatened to resign from the High Council arguing that if Truth had not withdrawn the Phantoms that had been on route to Regret's location, the Prophet's death would have been prevented, and the Demon would have been killed.

To further deform the Covenant, Truth then gave command of the Covenant fleets (the Elites' job) to the Brutes. Once there were enough Brutes in place, Truth instigated the war by secretly ordering the assassination of all ruling Elites on and around High Charity, and presumably, the entire galaxy and beyond. This is disguised as a Brute insurrection against the Covenant to the Elites, the Hunters, and most Grunts, and as an Elite revolt to the other factions (excluding the Brutes and the Prophets).

Factions

When war broke out on High Charity, the two sides were quickly decided, leaving the Covenant split in two, though one could say that it "truly" split when the Elites learned the truth about the Halos and the Great Journey. One force, the Covenant Loyalists consist primarily of the Prophets, Brutes, Jackals, Drones and, to a lesser extent, Grunts while the Covenant Seperatists fill out their ranks with the Elites, Hunters, and most of the Grunts. Furthermore, it appears that an alliance of circumstance galvanized in the control room of Delta Halo has tied the fate of the UNSC with that of the Covenant Separatists.[1]

The Story so Far

Elites have been confirmed as allies to the humans of the UNSC. The "Story So Far..." page at halo3.com has stated: "Even with our newfound allies, the Elites, and their valiant and honorable leader, the Arbiter, we are still hopelessly outnumbered and at the mercy of the will of the Prophets, and the single minded force of the Flood."

Along with the Elites bio page: "The Elites have allied with their former Human foes in part because of a deep-seated resentment of the Prophet rule and in part because they actually understand the scale of the Flood problem."

Timeline

2552

September 22:

October 20:

October 21:

  • The Master Chief tracks down and kills the Prophet of Regret on Installation 05.
  • High Charity arrives at Installation 05. Witnessing the assassination of the Prophet of Regret, the Prophet of Truth replaces the Honor Guard Elites with Brutes. Insulted, the Elite Councilors threaten to resign from the High Council.
  • The Arbiter and Tartarus are sent to retrieve The Index. The Arbiter successfully takes the Index, but Tartarus tries to kill him and takes the Index from him, as he was secretly ordered to do so by the Prophet of Truth.

October 22:

  • Most of the Elite Councilors are taken to the surface of Installation 05 where they are massacred by the Brutes.
  • Tartarus declares war on the Elites, and the Battle of High Charity begins. Fighting between Elite and Brute forces breaks out all over the Holy City. As word spreads, fighting takes place throughout the fleet, as Elite- and Brute-controlled ships attack one another.
  • Flood invade High Charity in the middle of the battle using the UNSC frigate In Amber Clad.
  • Tartarus attempts to activate the Halo.
  • The Arbiter, with the help of Sergeant Johnson and Rtas 'Vadumee, kills Tartarus.
  • The battle in and around High Charity ends with the Flood in control of the city. The Brute and Elite fleets remaining around the city-station continue to destroy each other.
  • The Prophet of Truth takes the Forerunner Ship to Earth, to join The Second Battle of Earth. The Brute forces there are already engaged in fighting with the UNSC. Unbeknownst to the Prophet of Truth, the Master Chief is on the ship, with the intention of "finishing the fight".

November 3

  • the UNSC Prowler Dusk witnesses the battle between Elite- and Brute-held ships above Delta Halo, both fighting each other pausing only to stop an immediate outbreak of the Flood from the ringworld, and links up with Battlegroup Stalingrad.
  • Major Domo Voro 'Mantakree kills his Ship Master while he is attempting to allow the Flood to enter the ship, assumes command, and becomes the de facto leader of the Second Fleet of Homogenous Clarity. He leads his forces to Joyous Exultation, pursued by the Brute Gargantum and his ships.
  • Imperial Admiral Xytan Jar 'Wattinree plans to lure the Brute leadership to Joyous Exultation, and plans an ambush for them. He deploys the newly-promoted Fleet Master Voro 'Mantakree to Onyx to recover the Forerunner technologies there, and prevent the UNSC forces there from claiming it themselves. A NOVA bomb captured by the supercarrier Sublime Transcendence devastates the planet moment after Mantakree's forces leave, the survivors joining Mantakree at Onyx.[3]

March 3, 2553

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In a leaked ending to Halo 3, this appears to be the end of the Civil War and a Covenant Seperatist victory.[4] Template:Spoiler End

Sources

  1. ^ Halo 2, last cutscene
  2. ^ Halo: First Strike
  3. ^ Halo:Ghosts of Onyx (page 244-245)
  4. ^ http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/106934.html

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