Sanghelios — SANGHELIOS

**HOST STAR:** *Urs-Fied-Joori*
**STATUS:** *Damaged (civil war* *2553*-*2558*)

POPULATION: <4 billion (8.135 billion pre-war)
SPECIES: Sangheili

ANCIENT HISTORY

Sanghelios is the homeworld of the Sangheili, seeing their evolution from planet-bound clans to a space-faring race with extrasolar colonies before humanity had built the pyramids. This rapid evolution was due in no small part to the Forerunner artifacts that were left scattered throughout the planet, which the Sangheili revered as relics of the gods. In 938 BCE, the Sangheili met the San'Shyuum, and after a war over the treatment of Forerunner relics, formed an alliance known as the Covenant.

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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.

MODERN HISTORY

The climate of Sanghelios is considered harsh, and is suggested to have effected the Sangheili's cultural evolution into a feudal system of clans and warriors. This proved beneficial to the San'Shyuum, who used the Sangheili as their loyal protectors while the San'Shyuum took the role of rulers. It also became a significant burden to the Sangheili after the war, as they hadn't had to govern themselves for thousands of years. This, along with the power vacuum that was formed when the Covenant suddenly collapsed, led to a regression of the Sangheili into their old clans and alliances. This time period was known as the Blooding Years, several years of Sangheili civil war, culminating in Thel 'Vadam and his Swords of Sanghelios driving out the last of their major resistance to a central Sanghelios government at Sunaion in 2558.

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Mar 1

March 1, 2553 – October 27, 2558

Blooding Years

March 1, 2553 – October 27, 2558

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.

March 1, 2553 – October 27, 2558

Mar 24

March 24, 2553 – March 26, 2553

Siege at Kolaar

March 24, 2553 – March 26, 2553

The Siege at Kolaar was an attack on Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his forces by Avu Med 'Telcam and the Servants of the Abiding Truth in the first major conflict of the Sangheili civil war.

March 24, 2553 – March 26, 2553

Oct 23

October 23, 2558 – October 28, 2558

Raising of the Guardians

October 23, 2558 – October 28, 2558

The Raising of the Guardians was a series of events involving the awakening and unearthing of Forerunner ships known as Guardians by Cortana in late October 2558.

October 23, 2558 – October 28, 2558

Oct 26

October 26, 2558

Battle of Nuusra

October 26, 2558

The Battle of Nuusra was a battle between the remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces, the Swords of Sanghelios, and Spartan-IV Fireteam Osiris in the sate of Nuusra on the continent Qivro on the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios on October 27th, 2558.

October 26, 2558

Oct 27

October 27, 2558

Battle of Sunaion

October 27, 2558

The Battle of Sunaion was a battle between the Swords of Sanghelios led by Thel 'Vadam, their allies Fireteam Osiris led by Jameson Locke, the last of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces, and the Created forces led by the Warden Eternal in the state of Sunaion on the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios.

October 27, 2558