History of the Covenant-The Great Schism

The Great Schism, also known as the Covenant Schism, or the Great Betrayal among the Sangheili, was a major civil conflict between the forces loyal to the Covenant against the Sangheili and their followers, which split apart on November 3, 2552. The Schism marked both the end of the Covenant and the partition of its client species for a thousand years.
Today, my fellow Covie fans, we'll be looking at the Covenant civil war that broke this once powerful alien empire. Enjoy!
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[@barkley8285]

"Brute ships, staggered line. Shipmaster, they outnumber us three to one" "Then it is an even fight, all ships fire at will, Burn their mongrel hides!"

[@friskydingooo7992]

I always wondered why I didn’t see any Elites in ODST , Brutes Killed them

[@friskydingooo7992]

I’m playing now , I’ll look

[@5223142]

@@friskydingooo7992 Buck’s mission, they’re a bit out of the way to find

[@mrkrabskraps7085]

@@5223142no there not

[@mrballpython2105]

The betrayal of the Elites is the absolute dumbest decision by the prophets.

[@AkshatSTR8EDGE]

MrBallPython i think his plan backfired when humans and the elites created an alliance.

[@5xg378]

AkSTRIXWarrior 117 thats the thing that Made the plan fail.

[@Spongebrain97]

Its because of how over zealous and confident truth was.

[@whitephillip6997]

I can't believe they thought the brutes could take the place of the elites. The elites were so much better military and IQ wise

[@lewismacleod6899]

Brutes are stronger than elites they just lack manners

[@mgpmisterk2322]

Dude it boggles my mind how God damn lucky humanity was during the human covenant war, they just so happened to find the unyielding hierophant station, they just so happened to find out about halo and the prophets just so happened to make a bunch of stupid decisions at just the right time, the flood just happened to do many things which were beneficial in some way to humanity, and let's not forget how lord hood was prepared not to let anyone chase the covenant through the ark portal. The fact that humanity won the war at all is nothing more than a complete fluke

[@aiden4917]

It could also be a writing kink For example since mercy was the oldest and was an experienced politician He should have read the situation and truths intentions way better than he did especially since he knew him so well And since odds are he would have had to restrain truth numerous times throughout the years He would have clicked then developed countermeasures just in case. He also would have definitely spotted a pattern around the time Truth wanted to punish

[@aiden4917]

Regret Heck even if he didn't see for all those years the restraining of

[@aiden4917]

Truth for regret would've been the wake up call.

[@aiden4917]

How easily truth disregards one of the other phrophets at the slightest chance should have been a massive redpill for mercy.

[@SuperVoidBoyz]

@@aiden4917 Regret was literally the only smart prophet out of the 3 of them. He saw how much of a psychopath Truth was becoming.. Mercy was blind as hell it seemed to Truth. Once Regret died the covenant died in my opinion.

[@paladinrense2324]

This reminds me of Order 66 and the birth of the Galactic Empire

[@greaterhalo0659]

Yeah but instead of the rise of a empire it's the fall of an Empire

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Order 66 except it backfired horribly

[@craidsaber5986]

Except the victims puts up a heavy resistance

[@pearsehegarty9395]

Halo and Star Wars have a lot of similarities

[@gabrieltejada1697]

What a bad comparison, considering this was different in every aspect with the only similarity being both conflicts had betrayal involved but everything else was completely different from one another.

[@Xanmanbro]

Elites > Brutes

[@redaug4212]

I see people saying how lucky Humanity was that the prophets betrayed the elites, but really it's the elites who are lucky that the prophets forced them to switch to the good side, even though there's little that's good about the elites. If they hadn't been betrayed, then they would have helped the prophets win the biggest Darwin award in the universe, and that would have been embarrassing.

[@whenuaoner7374]

By the prohets what have these brutes done.

[@covenantcanon7970]

They have shed our brother’s blood, and for that they must die!

[@halopro8958]

Covenant Canon A Zealot? So much for a stealthy advance...

[@bananaslug7552]

I already know all the lore especially around the great schism.. but it is always awesome to see different KZbinrs showcase different halo lore videos. Overall good job and keep up the cool videos👍

[@GTKO427]

it exsplains why there a dead elietes everywhere on halo 3 odst now when they joined forces with the humans them brutes was smoke 😴

[@donisbaddass]

if most of the grunts and hunters sided with the elites on high charity, why do they all fight with the brutes in halo 3 and later with the covenant in halo4/5

[@MrEvan1932]

The covenant were still a functioning hierarchy even during the civil war, as many remained loyal to them simply due to obligation or survival.

[@onefadedgunner3281]

Well you didn’t see to many hunters after Halo 2, a few on earth. And Grunts reproduce very fast so they have many of them, which is probably why they were used as canon fodder

[@vincent_bishop9040]

Because they still fear the covenants power

[@leoncoben6983]

The Grunts were most likely more of split faction. They didn't know which side to take and just ran to the side closest to them. As for the Hunters, it's most likely Truth had his trip to Earth prepared far ahead of time. It's most likely those Hunters weren't even aware that the Elites had been betrayed and by the time they arrived at Earth Truth already infected their minds that the Elites betrayed them.

[@liamdalemon1525]

I think the Great Schism mostly took place on High Charity. After High Charity got taken over, the remaining Hunters and Grunts wouldn't know the full story and would assume the Elites were the traitors. Kinda sad though, I would have liked to have seen grunts on the player's side.

[@wiki6799]

I have a feeling you read the entire Halopedia article out loud

[@somekid1053]

Lol

[@genericusername7194]

You're reading word for word from Halopedia xD Not that I have an issue with that :3

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

hahahahaha that explains the beautiful monotone voice, i love it

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

im gonna get off to the audio mp3 of this video, i love you Covenant Canon

[@Deka4891]

Very good! I was always surprised that some of the other species joined the Sangheili during the Schism. After playing tons of HALO 3 I always thought most of the other groups joined the Brutes against Arby and Shipmaster.

[@covenantcanon7970]

It's my pleasure to deliver new info to Covie fans!

[@Deka4891]

Many thanks for that!

[@isaac14ac]

Its actually not so much of surprise because any grunts who are under the elites command would follow them and as for the hunters they were strongly loyal to the elites that's why a majority if not almost all joined the elites reason why some hunters joined the brutes because of fear of their home world being glassed.

[@Deka4891]

I could see the Grunts being divided, but I forgot about the Brutes' blackmail with the threat of glassing the homeworld! It makes more sense now.

[@isaac14ac]

Deka Tron Some Grunts have no loyalty, some mostly follow who ever leads them because they had no idea who to chose during the civil war.

[@hmshood9212]

As a Human I do realize that the reason why we were able to survive the Great War was because of Sangheili and their opposition to the Covenant after the Schism to the survival of my race. Thanks to their troops and naval tonnage we were both not wiped from existence by the Prophets or being consumed by the Flood. I may not like what many did to my species but I understand they honestly believed what they did was right and once they found out the truth they did was right and drove the enemies of both humanity and those who were betrayed by the Prophets. I can extend that thanks to them and take steps to heal the friction between our species to make a better galaxy free of outside oppressi in on.

[@olivermendonca9545]

i thought Regret discovered Earth but did not know it was the Human Home planet, so i thought Unyielding Hierophant. would have been a force sent by Regret ? because that is before Truth realzed that Regret had fucked up

[@majorRedelitE]

truth knew about the earth location but kept it secret but then regret learned of earth by himself and took a fleet there, truth wss pissed about this and left regret to die when the chief found regret in delta halo

[@dilung4250]

There was honor in our covenant once, and there shall be again! -Thel Vadum

[@hessstudios3500]

Hello, I'm planning on making a Stop Motion series about the Great Schism. I was wondering if you had any ideas on what battles I could recreate, best way to have the story etc.

[@nelsonmatamoros7084]

Would be sick if you showed what happend whe. The elites were killed by the brutes in new mombasa

[@xavex8099]

How’s it going??!

[@elviajerodelalba6257]

Show the part where the council elites where killed

[@EvilGrunt98]

rare footage of a brute with an energy sword at 3:30 lol

[@Metal_Icarus]

That was a great succinct description of the Great Schism! Thanks for the video!

[@gonebzrk1835]

You didn't mention much of the stuff from broken circle, the prophet of clarity had quite a large part in the great schism. But other than that great video

[@Voro_Rogarai]

He might have not included it due to people not knowing about Broken Circle so not to confuse them.

[@gonebzrk1835]

+Voro 'Rogarai I suppose but, isn't the ideas of these videos to educate/entertain people, mind you it's probably a video in itself

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

Unironically I had a theory involving the inspiration behind the great schism, that involves Artriox. That Atriox and his clan rebelling against the covenant elites was the event that inspired the creation of the Great Schism. I even had the behind the scenes thought of that Tartarus having a strong hatred towards Atriox, saying that Atriox is a disgrace to the Jiranhanae Species. Even knowing that he can’t betray the Arbiter, considering him as an ally, but Tartarus goes through with it for the great good.

[@Alex-lr9pg]

I really love the og desing of the brutes, more savage and agressive than what we got in halo w2 and infinite, they look like ogres

[@nelsonmatamoros7084]

I always wonder why there were dead elite everywhere in hale odst had no idea the brutes slaughtered to take over

[@SuperVoidBoyz]

I always thought some elites simply died by odst troops defending the city.

[@R_Alexander029]

Your videos are awesome.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

sangheli are one of my favourite races overall because they look overall unhuman but exhibist some social structure etc

[@user-ox5uw5yg8c]

does anyone know what animatics were being used in the video? like the one at 3:23

[@carlosjaze7593]

Halo Evolutions.

[@user-ox5uw5yg8c]

@@carlosjaze7593 thanks

[@jamesmorgan3764]

Please make a video on the elite brute war which fallowed the great schism

[@covenantcanon7970]

There isn’t a war between the Elites and Brutes. It’s a continuation of the Great Schism after the Covenant War, between Sangheili and Jiralhanae factions

[@epicbuffalogod5700]

I’m subbing lol I love halo war and this guys voice, respect man 💪🏽✌🏽

[@waffleboywonder8868]

On one hand its annoying nonsense that no grunt allies appeared in halo 3 even though the majority sided with arby. On the other hand it led to halo 3s grunts being fanatacle morons and I love them for it

[@tusk3260]

Can you cover the Brutes civil (the ones that joined the covenant vs the ones that refused)

[@fragilewig3494]

Awesome video very informative

[@T1TXK]

Bro straight up read the fandom page letter by letter 😂

[@noahadams2609]

At first I thought it marked the beginning of the Banished

[@aaronchristanto]

Imagine human wins the war because of civil war inside their enemy.

[@mikestevanovic5000]

When Covenant animals are slaughtering each other it is a great pity they have to stop at all.

[@whenuaoner7374]

(elite) Brute ships standard line Ship master they out number us three to one! (Ship master) Then it is an even fight.

[@isaacortega2019]

that halo moose YT all shops fire at will! Burn their mongrel hide

[@olitomceliet2245]

This fleet was much smaller than the one peotecting high charity btw.

[@Wil-vd2mc]

I feel like you can talk a little faster during the explanatory sections, it sounds like a mumble to me.

[@covenantcanon7970]

I'm still not 100% comfortable speaking in a mic but I'm certainly improving compared to my first video. But I shall try twice as hard next time!

[@veronicagutierrezpatlan7697]

Like elite coment brute

[@jessicadruner1178]

Why do you sound like every halo fan

[@nadiagonzalez6176]

If tartus and brute listen arbiter join covenant separatist in halo 3

[@danewillis263]

Am I the only Sangheili supremacist here?

[@xyonentertainmentproductio4909]

Brutes have sword 0:36

[@artasuognomny7100]

You still believe in the spineless profits

[@SpartanJoe193]

I thought it was HiddenXperia.

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Trinston was here . .

[@bugsb7719]

Your story telling voice needs to be worked on just chill out and talk

[@HelghastSon]

You do not have the voice for this, but great content

[@PackHunter117]

Why wasn't the banished mentioned?

[@covenantcanon7970]

Because currently there isn't much information about them for me to include them. As far as we know the Banished might not have even participate in the Schism.

[@creakychair9387]

You part remnant?

[@PackHunter117]

Covenant Canon Oh ok.

[@genericusername7194]

The banished were not involved in the Great Schism. If they were the Brutes and Elites in the Banished would not be workign together.

[@gregmattes2119]

Good video, but you’ve really got to work on your enunciation

[@luminous6520]

Jesus christ, you need to lean back from your microphone and start enunciating your words. It's like hearing a toddler talk.