User:144PA/Great Schism (Legacy)

The Great Schism was a great, almost legendary conflict between the Covenant Loyalists and the Separatists. This conflict began in the ending years of the Human-Covenant War. Tensions always existed between the Jiralhanae and the Sangheili and they only increased when the High Prophets initiated the Changing of the Guard.

Because the Sangheili were unable to protect the Prophet of Regret from the Humans, the Prophets would have them replaced with the Brutes. The Prophets would later go a step further and call for the complete and utter genocide of the Sangheili species. The ambush that resulted caused the deaths of many Sangheili leaders and troops but they would be rallied by the Arbiter. The civil war would tear the Covenant asunder but would continue long after the deaths of the Prophets and the end of the Covenant.

Both the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae were known for their ferosity in combat. Battles between the two opposing forces were massive and legendary but also caused extraordinary amounts of death and destruction, crippling both forces. In the end, the Covenant Separatists would find themselves with a victory as the Loyalists split apart and the Jiralhanae would be embroiled in a civil war.