Halo Broken Circle — BROKEN CIRCLE

**LOCATION:** *The Refuge*, *High Charity*, *Janjur Qom*
**START:** ~*851 BCE*
**END:** *2553*

RELEASED: November 4th, 2014

ANCIENT BEGINNINGS

After a long war between the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili, the two species finally formed an alliance, creating the Covenant. A group of Sangheili, however, did not agree with this alliance and fled to a hidden Forerunner shield world known as the Refuge to continue their community outside of Covenant influence. Their newfound peace did not last long, however, as Covenant forces followed them and forced the new colony into isolation.

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Jan 3

War of Beginnings

938 BCE - 852 BCE

The War of Beginnings was an eighty-six year conflict between the San’Shyuum Reformists who escaped Janjur Qom after the War of Wills and the Sangheili species between 938 and 852 BCE.

Jan 3

Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red

860 BCE

The Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red was a conflict between the San’Shyuum and Sangheili during the War of Beginnings in 860 BCE.

Jan 3

Writ of Union Signed

852 BCE

The Writ of Union was a declaration of peace between the San’Shyuum and the Sangheili, as well as the formation of the Covenant, signed by both species in 852 BCE.

Jan 3

Construction of High Charity

852 BCE - 791 BCE

The Writ of Union not only formed an alliance between the Sangheili and the San’Shyuum, but also commissioned the construction of a great holy city of the Covenant, known as High Charity.

Jan 3

Mission to Janjur Qom

850 BCE

Following the end of the War of Beginnings, the San’Shyuum undertook an effort to recover additional females for breeding purposes from their homeworld, known as the Mission to Janjur Qom.

Jan 3

The Rending

850 BCE

The Rending was a planned disassembly of Shield World 0673, also known as the Refuge, by a group rebelling against the formation of the Covenant in 850 BCE.

MODERN CONCLUSIONS

Thousands of years later, following the end of the Human-Covenant War and dissolution of the Covenant, a San'Shyuum and his ship returned to find the lost colony and discover it still existed, though in dire straits.

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January 1, 2553

Discovery of the Ussans

January 1, 2553

At the start of the Covenant in 851 BCE, a group of Sangheili who did not agree with the peace being formed with the San'Shyuum, formed around their leader Ussa 'Xellus and escaped to a previously unknown Forerunner construct known as Shield World 0673.

January 1, 2553