Janjur Qom — JANJUR QOM

**HOST STAR:** *Unknown*
**STATUS:** *Unknown*

POPULATION: Unknown (500 million during species reintroduction)
SPECIES: San'Shyuum

HISTORY

Janjur Qom is the original homeworld of the San’Shyuum species, and was the planet where Mendicant Bias commandeered the Anodyne Spirit and crashed it into the surface following reintroduction of the San’Shyuum to the planet. During the time of the Forerunners, the San’Shyuum allied with ancient humanity against the Forerunners, but eventually capitulated and put the final nail in the coffin for humanity’s cause. Having surrendered prior to losing the war, the Forerunners quarantined the San’Shyuum to Janjur Qom and the remaining planets in the system, rather than destroying and de-evolving them like was done to the ancient humans. The San’Shyuum eventually rebelled against the Forerunner quarantine, however, and the revolt was put down with the firing of a Senescent Halo over Janjur Qom.

Following the firing of the Neoteric Halo Array and the reintroduction of species to their home planets by the Forerunners, the San’Shyuum began to regain their technological knowledge they lost centuries prior. Due to the crashing of the Anodyne Spirit on the surface, the San’Shyuum discovered the existence of Forerunner artifacts very early on in their re-evolution. Though it was initially decided that the San’Shyuum would never touch the artifacts and simply worship them, a small group calling themselves the Reformists decided it would be better to use the Forerunner technology to their advantage, sparking the War of Wills against the majority Stoics. The battle lasted one-hundred years, ending in the Reformists stealing the Anodyne Spirit and leaving the planet in the Forerunner ship along with a large chunk of the planet. The ship and attached rock would later become High Charity.

Little is know of Janjur Qom following the War of Wills, though the Reformist San’Shyuum have made trips back to their home planet to kidnap females and increase genetic diversity of the relatively few San’Shyuum on High Charity. The San’Shyuum claim the planet was destroyed when its host star went supernova in 648 BCE, though this has not been confirmed.

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Jan 3

Battle of Janjur Qom

~97,455 BCE

The Battle of Janjur Qom was a brief conflict between the San’shyuum and Forerunners on the quarantined San’shyuum homeworld of Janjur Qom several years prior to the firing of the Halo Array during the Great Purification in 97,445 BCE.

Jan 3

Capture of the Didact

~97,455 BCE

After the Revival of the Didact and his exploration of the Charum Hakkor system with fellow Forerunner Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting and humans Riser and Chakas, the Didact and crew traveled to the quarantined San’shyuum homeworld of Janjur Qom to try and unlock more memories in their quest for understanding.

Jan 3

War of Wills

2200 BCE - 2100 BCE

The War of Wills was a fierce and prolonged conflict between two factions of the San’Shyuum: The Stoics who wanted to worship Forerunner technology but never use it, and the Reformists who wanted to take advantage of the incredible Forerunner artifacts around the galaxy.

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.