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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Disclaimer: This video was created using assets from the Halo franchise by the Microsoft Corporation, it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.

[barkley]

"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!"

[mrballpython]

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

[friskydingooo]

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

[paladinrense]

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

[mgpmisterk]

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

[redaug]

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.

[whenuaoner]

By the prohets what have these brutes done.

[bananaslug]

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

[wiki]

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

[GTKO]

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

[genericusername]

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

[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

[hmshood]

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.

[Deka]

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.

[dilung]

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

[EvilGrunt]

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

[olivermendonca]

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

[Metal_Icarus]

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

[nelsonmatamoros]

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

[Alex-lrpg]

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