Covenant (Halo)

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The Covenant is a fictional military alliance of various extraterrestrial species featured in the Halo science fiction series. The Covenant are composed of a variety of diverse species, united under the religious worship of the enigmatic Forerunners and their belief that Forerunner ringworlds, known as Halos, will provide a path to salvation. After the Covenant leadership – the High Prophets – declare humanity an affront to their gods, the Covenant prosecute a lengthy genocidal campaign against the technologically inferior race. The Covenant were first introduced in the 2001 video game Halo: Combat Evolved as enemies against the player character, a human supersoldier known as the Master Chief. Unaware that the Halos were in fact intended to be weapons of mass destruction rather than salvation, the Covenant attempt to activate the rings on three separate occasions throughout the series, inadvertently releasing a virulent parasite known as the Flood in the process. To develop a distinctive...

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