Sangheili Civil War

"What began as a few thousand Sangheili leaving the army soon grew into a full scale invasion. They thought like us, they fought like us, they knew our battle plans and strategies and they were merciless. With the majority of our forces fighting for Sanghelios on other planets, we were not going to get reinforcements. If it wasn't for the capture of Lady Sintharia and the death of Serka 'Rolam, the war could and would of lasted for years. But they paid for what they did to Sanghelios, to my family's statues, to Ehru..."

- A section of Stel 'Vadam's war journal, May 2572.

The first uprising in Sangheilian history since before the founding of the Covenant, the Sangheili Civil War (sometimes referred to as the Destined Uprising), was a Civil War fought between the Sangheili Confederacy and a Rebel group known as The Destined Ones. The war was enacted because the Confederacy, desperate for soldiers, began to force civilians to join the military and began rationing the public so they could conserve food for the war effort. The rations were lethal, with any Sangheili not in the military starving or not strong enough to perform labour work (which 45% of all jobs on Sanghelios included since 2563).

The Destined Ones secretly released propoganda into the Confederate army's ranks, convincing thousands to abandon the apparently 'corrupt' Confederacy. The leaders of the Destined Ones comprised of Serka 'Rolam and a 'Destined Council', which were twenty Sangheili of military, weaponry and/or econimical intellegence who gave the Destined forces orders to attack several locations on Sanghelios. Serka himself lead a raid on a Sangheili Black Market, stealing all the weapons. Seeking assistance from the Tier 1 Nartol, Firnor 'Fonom (a member of the Destined Council) contacted Tir-D-yar and Lady Sintharia, the only Nartol forces that did not have any friendly relations with the Confederacy. Tir sent Lady Sintharia to Sanghelios after agreeing to help when offered Black Market weapons and gear.

The war officially began when the Destined forces attacked the States of the southern hemipshere in a suprise attack. The attack began the war and gave the Destined Ones an immediate advantage.