War of Prophecy

"Prophecy dictates that Serpent People will come and destroy our land. We did what any smart Grunt do, attack Serpent before Serpent attack us."

- An Unggoy on the war.

The War of Prophecy, (sometimes reffered to as The Great Purging or Azather's war), was a war enacted between the Unggoy and the Nartol species. The roots of this war was an ancient Unggoy prophecy stating that a race of humanoid serpents would rise up and destroy Balaho. While the Nartol were completely unaware of this, they retaliated with full force upon of their ships being crtically damaged by an Unggoy-manned ship. The war ended with the destruction of many of the Unggoy's planets, and sparked hostilities with the Covenant Seperatists. The impact of this war forced a more ancient, powerful race to emerge...