User:LieutenantDavies/Venerate Vanguard

Venerate Vanguard was an in-development Sangheilian colony by 2534. Due to its distance from the rest of Sangheili space, it became the home of exiles, bandits and general "honor-less scum". Later during the year, the exiled Koida Clan arrived, and having made alliances with many other exiles already, they quickly established a fortified position on the planet.

After a while, the Koidam, as they came to call themselves, descended upon the other, ragtag settlements on the planet. Most of the states fell, unable to mount an efficient defense. By 2536, all states on the planet were either conquered, made vassals or forced to pay tribute to Koidam.

During the Great Schism, the Koidam rallied all the planet's forces and defeated the loyalist forces in the sector. Jor 'Koidam, the Kaidon, then tried to rally other Sangheili fleets at Venerate Vanguard to launch an invasion of Jiralhanae-controlled sectors, although the call was ignored due to the requests from Xytan 'Jar Wattinree and Thel 'Vadam on other locations.

After the Great Schism, the Koidam under a new kaidon, Vod, began renewed attempts of absorbing the remaining states on Venerate Vanguard, although he also sent colony ships to find new planets to inhabit, and thus to increase Koidam's range of influence.