Timeline of the Remnant War

The following is a timeline of events occurring between the undeclared Remnant War, between in January 2553 and the Battle of Glorious Salvation in July 2565.


 * January 17 2553- The is killed at the . The  begins disintegrating as lower  and high ranking  seize command of their forces and fight with one another, as a result of the highly centralised nature of the now-absent Covenant leadership. Beginning of the Fall of the Covenant Empire.


 * January 19 2553- Forces loyal to the Jiralhanae lieutenant, Cronus, break away from the Covenant and form their own faction, the Covenant of Mercy.


 * February 2553- The Prophet of Foresight and Brute Chieftain Thietus gain control of the Covenant in a successful coup, killing the Prophet of Wisdom, forcing the Prophet of Obedience to flee and expelling the from the Covenant.


 * February 2553- and  still loyal to the  form the Covenant of Devout Warriors on the world of.


 * March 19 2553- formation of the Alliance of Sangheili Clans on after the  and newly formed Sangheili Defence Force defeats disarrayed Covenant forces there.


 * March 30 2553- formation of the Yanme'e Conglomeration on after the Alliance of Sangheili Clans assists the population in overthrowing the disarrayed Covenant forces there, after an uprising against the Covenant.


 * April 14 2553- Operation: KEY HOLE and the TOUCAN BLUE event involves Sangheili and Human forces' first contact with the Theran and Ve'nek species above.


 * May 8 2553- Operation: REAR GUARD involves Sangheili, Human, Theran and Ve'nek forces defending against a True Covenant attack.


 * June 2553- Dosiac Uprising- the Jiralhanae of reject the Covenant, defeat the leaderless Covenant forces and appropriate their ships and vehicles. Without the moderating presence of the Covenant, the tribes go to war with one another, beginning a long period of civil war. Dozens of Jiralhanae warlords with their power based in Dosiac tribes join the Remnant War.


 * August 17 2553- The Prophets of Obedience, Humility and Contrition form the Covenant Reborn.


 * November 22 2553- the UNSC launches Operation: LOOSE END against the Brute warlord Chieftain Loragus, which results in his death and the absorption of his forces into surrounding factions.


 * January 2554- The Prophet of Deliverance breaks away from the Covenant Reborn with a small fleet of ships, and seizes the unguarded world of Glorious Salvation.


 * July 2554- The Holy Covenant begins a campaign against the Prophet warlords in an attempt to reunify the Covenant.


 * November 2554- The Jiralhanae from the Holy Covenant leave and form their own faction, the Fist of the Covenant.


 * March 2555- The Prophet of Contrition is killed during Operation: REGAL SNAKE, possibly by Covenant Reborn forces.


 * September 1-November 4 2555- The Sangheili Defence Force leads a two month offensive against Covenant remnant forces, supported by the Ve'nek Dominion, Royal Allegiance and UNSC. The offensive leads to the destabilising of the Covenant successor factions and destruction of the Covenant of Devout Warriors.


 * October 8 2555- The Covenant Reborn is defeated at the Battle of Korll, resulting in the death of the Prophet of Humility. The Prophet of Obedience embarks on a campaign to further destabilise the rest of the Covenant factions through direct attack, sabotage and subversion.


 * November 23 2555- official formation of the Unified Coalition of Governments with the United Earth Government, Alliance of Sangheili Clans, Ve'nek Dominion, Royal Allegiance and Yanme'e Conglomeration as founding members. The Fist of the Covenant is granted 'special temporary membership' on the condition that it be replaced by a proper and official planetary government based on Dosiac once the civil war is ended, which will be granted founding member status.


 * January 2556- Infighting within the True Covenant begins between the mainly Prophet-controlled Navy and mainly Brute-controlled Army.


 * May 2556- Brute Chieftain Thietus kills the Prophet of Foresight and takes control of the weakened True Covenant.


 * September 28 2557- Bageera 5 incident- Prophet of Obedience reunifies the Covenant by killing the leaders of the seven biggest splinter factions and assimilating their forces. The Covenant Reborn absorbs the True Covenant, Followers of Glorious Salvation, Alliance of Prophet States, Eternal Covenant, Covenant of Mercy, Prophet of Faith's Covenant and Architects of the New Covenant, and became by far the dominant Covenant successor state. The Covenant Reborn is now known to outsiders as as the Covenant Remnant, and to its inhabitants as the Covenant Reborn or simply the Covenant.


 * June 5 2558- the Covenant Remnant defeats the last elements of The Tribe, absorbing their forces and territory.


 * August 10 2562- the Sangheili Defence Force invades and occupies Dosiac, ending the Jiralhanae Civil War and stopping the Covenant Remnant from sourcing troops there.


 * August 29 2562- Union of Jiralhanae Tribes forms on Dosiac out of the remnants of the Fist of the Covenant, and establishes itself as the legitimate planetary government.


 * November 3 2562- the Union of Jiralhanae Tribes is provisionally accepted into the Unified Coalition of Governments in place of the Fist of the Covenant.


 * July 2565- the Unified Coalition of Governments defeats the Covenant Remnant at the Battle of Glorious Salvation, ending the Remnant War and the Covenant Civil War.