Halo Covenant Explained: Prophets, High Charity & The Great Journey
Paramount TV+'s Halo series is inspired by a classic series of Xbox games, in which the heroic Master Chief is Earth's last defense against an alien group known as the Covenant — whose religious zeal for what's called the Great Journey threatens to extinguish all life in the galaxy. Set in the 26th century, Halo imagines a future where humanity's reach has spread across the stars. When first contact finally happened, though, the human race learned it shared the galaxy with hostile alien forces.
The Covenant is an alliance involving multiple alien races bound together by a religious belief in the guidance of their Prophets and the so-called "Great Journey." Humanity's very existence poses a threat to the Covenant's doctrines, and so the Prophet have called the Covenant to commit a genocidal war against the human race. The Covenant's advanced technology gives them a devastating advantage in fleet warfare, while many of their member races possess biological advantages over humans in ground combat. Fortunately the UNSC has developed the Spartan program, a group of genetically engineered warriors who wear powerful exo-armor. These Spartans — led by John-117, the Master Chief — are humanity's last effective weapon against the Covenant.
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Seemingly, Paramount TV+'s Halo series will be faithful to the original games. Given this, it's possible for viewers to go in with a lot more knowledge about the Covenant than even the show's Master Chief himself. Here's everything viewers need to know about the Covenant, based on their already established lore.
The leaders of the Covenant are a race known as the Prophets. They are few in number, and as a result it's very
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