Covenant murals

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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.

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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.

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Murals
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
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.
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.
GpTb: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.
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.
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
The last Mural shows the Elites and Prophets embarking on The Great Journey