The True Covenant was the de facto continuation of the Covenant Empire following the destruction of its leadership at the Battle of The Ark. Immediately after the Prophet of Truth's death and the fracturing of the Covenant, the Prophets of Foresight, Obedience and Wisdom were chosen to replace the Prophets of Truth, Mercy and Regret. Foresight however, along with the Jiralhanae Chieftain Thietus, took sole control by staging a brutal coup against the other two prophets in February 2553; Wisdom was killed though Obedience fled with a force he commandeered, leaving Foresight in sole control of what remained of the Covenant forces. Thietus went a step further than Foresight's coup orders and ejected the remaining Prophets from the Covenant, though many had escaped with whatever forces they co