Postwar Crusades

"We will take the fight to them and burn all those that still follow the lies and indignation of the false Prophets! The Covenant as we knew it is no more!"

- General Xiphos 'Kakolo, during the Liberation of Te

The Postwar Crusades, otherwise known as the Sangheili Crusades or the Covenant Eradication Crusade, were a series of conflicts lead by many Covenant Separatist Leaders to root out and destroy splinter factions of the Covenant Empire.

The Crusades began a little over a year after the official end of the Human-Covenant War. Many Sangheili and former Covenant Separatists felt that they had been wronged by the Covenant and wanted to enact revenge on those that still followed the defunct Empire's tenants. Others wanted to eliminate all traces of the genocidal Covenant from the galaxy. These forces combined to form the Knights of the Crusade, a group of soldiers and fleets dedicated to fighting the Covenant's remnants.

The first major battle in the Crusades was fought at the Lekgolo homeworld of Te, where a large remnant of Covenant forces had been holding presence since the end of the war. The Fleet of the Righteous Crusade attacked the Covenant occupying force.

The Crusades ended after the Battle of Threshold, when a legion of Crusaders slaughtered a large number of Unggoy noncombatants on the moon of Basis. The atrocity soiled the reputation of the Crusades, ultimately leading to disbanding of the Knights.