Covenant murals

Covenant Murals after the 3:00min mark

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In the deleted scenes on the Collector's Edition DVD Joseph Staten describes and shows some of the Covenant History. Specifically he shows a pre-render cinematic of the Covenant Murals.

The seven murals show the seven "ages" of Covenant history There are a number of scenes that were cut from the game that show some murals that depict the Covenant's.

Murals

File:First Mural BG.jpg First Mural	Joseph Staten:So when you look at the first Mural you see its a representation of the conflict between the Prophets and Elites and this one shows the Elites function in the Covenant which is as the enforcers. Taylor Beeler and Garrick Payne: Another speculation is that in the first age of the covenant, the species were not unified. Thus resulting in the Elites and Prophets fighting. Revolving around mysterious structures left by the forerunners, the covenant was born.
File:TamingOfHunters.jpg Second Mural	Main article: Taming of the HuntersThe Taming of the Hunters was a period in the history of The Covenant. Not much is known about this event except that an Arbiter was vital to its success. Many people, though, have been able to speculate what the Taming of the Hunters was all about. Outcome: Lekgolo join the Covenant.
File:Third Mural.jpg Third Mural	Joseph Staten:This one here shows what the Prophets do which essentially search through old Forerunner ruins and find artifacts and one of the most amazing things they found as they searched was this myth of the seven rings created by the Forerunners scattered throughout the Galaxy and this myth of the rings became the thing which ahh drove the creation of the Covenant, they foundation of their religion which is a belief that these rings are scared objects that will if activated make you a God.
File:Forth Mural.jpg Forth Mural	Taylor Beeler and Garrick Payne: This mural is hard to understand yet we speculate that the mural stands for the elites and prophets either finding, or understanding the technology left by the forerunners. The picture depicts a hidden sword, which could symbolize hidden technologies. The Elites hand and the prophets are reaching for it together in harmony. Notice the Elites weapon in this mural, and the ones before. It's a spear. After this, the weapon of the elite is replaced by the energy sword. The reasoning behind our speculation is that in the First, Second, and Third Mural/Age of the covenant, No forerunner technology is found. Only very simplistic weapons like knives, and spears are shown. The Fourth Age is the turning point for the covenant, The point in time in which technology is found. Between this age, and the current 7th age, complete understanding of the technology is understood, thus the ability to start the "Great Journey".
Fifth Mural	The fifth Mural while hard to see in the Deleted scene video shows the existence of and general location of the seven Halos throughout the Galaxy.
File:Second Mural.jpg Sixth Mural	This one may involve the races of the Covenant leaving to halo, where they will join together and activate the rings to begin The Great Journey
File:Seventh Mural.jpg Seventh Mural	The last Mural shows the Elites and Prophets embarking on The Great Journey