Halo timeline: Growth and expansion of the Covenant empire

[Windows Central]

Following the birth of the Covenant, the new Sangheili-San'Shyuum coalition explored the galaxy searching for Forerunner artifacts — and along the way encountered several species that they would come to integrate into the alliance.
In our last Halo timeline article, we explored the bloody, brutal background of the war between the Sangheili and the San'Shyuum, and the formation of their alliance, the Covenant.

• Halo timeline part one: Precursors, Forerunner betrayal, and the era that followed
• Halo timeline part two: Forerunner-Flood War and the firing of the Halo arrays
• Halo timeline part three: War of Beginnings and formation of the Covenant

In this installment, we're going to take an in-depth look at the history of the Covenant's expansion throughout the Milky Way galaxy, and the conquest of all of the species that would become integrated into the caste system of the Covenant.

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