abstract
| - After the Covenant's discovery of Ketesh, there was a brief moment of panic among the Covenant hierarchy. The Sangheili military commanders worried that they would be forced to wage a brutal military campaign their "unenlightened" brethren. The Prophets feared that the new planet had already been stripped of artefacts, and that they inhabitants would reject the Covenant faith. Neither fear proved true, though not for lack of trying on the part of the Cult of Quenyathar. Though called a "Cult" by most, its true name is "The Sacred Order of The Bringers of Holy Light," and was once the dominant religion of the continent. The Bringers of Holy Light have been responsible for some of the most important innovations and discoveries in Kaaranese history - the discovery of the Quenyathar ruins, the development of Voltakran alchemy, and the unification of the continent in a single religion venerating the Forerunners. After the planet joined the Covenant, it was brutally hunted down by local Prophet regional governors, its members persecuted as heretics, its spiritual leaders forced into exile. After the Schism, the Order returned to prominence, casting off the ways of the Prophets, once again restoring the ancient religion to the continent.
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