Triad

Triad was a religious movement conceived and propagated by Dasc Gevadim, a disgraced businessman who claimed to have found peace through the unification of his three internal lives. Triad spread quickly and gained a large following in a short amount of time, possibly due to Gevadim's claim that finding transcendence might save one from the imminent danger posed by the Covenant threat. After his disappearance in the early 2540's, his followers became convinced that he had achieved such transcendence and the beliefs of Triad were continued in hopes that they, too, would unlock that power. Though Gevadim had started out in hopes of profiting from his religion, he became caught up in the adoration that his followers bestowed upon him and ultimately prioritized their belief over his personal gain, to the point where he exiled himself to Beta Gabriel so they would believe he actually succeeded in ascending. Triad continued to thrive after the end of the Human-Covenant War and spawned several cults which absorbed many Covenant teachings into their belief system, combining transcendence with the concept of the Great Journey. The most prominent of these cults, the Triplicate, succeeded in converting a Forerunner artifact on the partially glassed colony of Bhuj into a monastery before being slaughtered the Governors of Contrition.