Kig-yar Stories

The Human-Covenant War, also known as the Great War, was a major interstellar conflict that occurred between February 3rd, 2525, and March 3rd, 2552, and saw a state of total war exist between the Unified Earth Government and the Covenant Empire. The war took place in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, the location of both the main belligerents' territories, and also involved The Flood and automated remnants of the Forerunner Empire, both within the Orion arm and across the wider galaxy. A single engagement, the Battle of The Ark, took place beyond the galactic disc itself, and is widely regarded by historians as one of the most decisive battles of the war. The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose High Prophets discovered that humans were directly descended from the Forerunners, a hyper-advanced extinct species whom the Covenant venerated. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity, and over the next decades the Covenant repeatedly defeated humanity across hundreds of colony worlds, slowly moving closer to Earth itself and leaving only dead worlds in its path. The Covenant, with superior technology, numbers and firepower, dealt humanity heavy blows at nearly every encounter, including those at heavily defended strongholds such as Reach and New Carthage. The UEG could only achieve scattered victories, almost always at a heavy cost. Cover art is by the wonderful Coolcatdaddio! The conflict was closely connected with, and the short term cause of, the Great Schism, in which the entirety of the Sangheili race split from the Covenant after the usurpation of their power by the Jiralhanae, at the command of the Prophet of Truth. The Covenant Separatists, comprised of Sangheili, Unggoy and Lekgolo defectors, allied themselves with the severely weakened UEG, forming an uneasy alliance based on necessity and a mutual foe in the Covenant.

"𝕆𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕆𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕤." ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Zhor 'Cheem, a Sangheli apart of the Covenant skeptic about the Prophet's teachings, is deployed into a battle in which the Covenant combats the UNSC on one of its colonies, unbeknown of what lies ahead. "𝔾𝕖𝕥 𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝔽𝕖𝕖𝕥, 𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕣!" '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Avery Cohlbert, a UNSC Marine born and raised on Earth, is sent into battle to defend one of the UNSC's colonies, and makes a decision.

~ Sunay 'Vadamee was born with to much sense for his own good. Unlike his kin, he has always questioned The Great Journey. Yet he fights because his people believe in it, and he wants to do what is best for them. But what if what's best for them involves opening their eyes? ~ Note: This is a major Halo AU, so if there is any inaccuracies, Sorry! It's mostly just for fun so I'm not gonna bother trying to be 100% accurate, especially since there is still a ton we don't know abt the Covenant