The Blooding Years is the Sangheili term for the civil war that raged for five years on Sanghelios and throughout Sangheili-occupied territories following the end of the Human-Covenant War and disappearance of the San’Shyuum.

The Assassination of Avu Med 'Telcam was an assassination sanctioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence Section Three and carried out by SPARTAN-G059 on the leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth on former colony world New Llanelli in the Brunel system in January 2558.