The Abundant Spring Wars

"These monstrosities, these degenerates of a species, have launched an unprovoked and unacceptable attack against us. I will lead the Sangheili to glory, I will show these ' true''' military prowess."

- Hiuel Jadam, commander of the Abundant Springs Reclamation force.

The Abundant Spring Wars, were a series of small scale bush wars on the Sangheili colony of Hiuermok (English: Abundant Springs) between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae that took place intermittently between 2552 and 2557. The Jiralhane had made the world a colonial target upon the accession to the, however the instead awarded the planet to the Sangheili, increasing further animosity and tension between the two species that eventually turned into open conflict during the.