The Storm Covenant, also known as Jul 'Mdama's Covenant, are a splinter faction of Sangheili serving as major antagonists in both Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, as well as the main antagonists of Halo 4's Spartan Ops campaign.
After the original Covenant betrayed the entire Sangheili species, the Sangheili rebelled and sided with the humans to destroy the empire that betrayed them. With the Covenant destroyed, the Sangheili splintered into separate factions, no longer sharing a common goal. Jul 'Mdama led several others who shared his radical views. Despite the Human-Covenant War being over, the Storm Covenant sought to resume hostility and exterminate humanity: a goal they would ultimately fail with their defeat on Sunaion, Sanghelios. This goal put them into conflict with both the UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios, who wish to work with humanity to rebuild both of their homeworlds.
History[]
Before their reformation as a splinter faction, the Storm Covenant were originally members of the Covenant whom existed as specialized shock troopers in the Covenant military. They often serve as scouts, marksmen and assault forces in their primary roles and can lead several Unggoy and Kig-Yar by their side but still report to their superiors. They manage to participate in their roles where a portion of the shock troops were present aboard the Unrelenting under command of a Kig-Yar crew. They attempted to stop the Spartan-II Fireteam Blue Team to try to stop them from destroying the ship but failed as they died from the explosion.
Just more than a year after the start of the Human-Covenant War, another force of the shock troops were present when a Covenant fleet arrived to the UNSC colony Circinius IV and invaded the planet. The known area they were present is the Corbulo Academy under command of the Corbulo Zealot. During the invasion, they manage to kill almost all of the entirety of the academy leaving only the remaining members of Hastati squad. The Corbulo Zealot was later killed by the Spartan John-177 the Master Chief and aided the team battling through the Zealot's forces bent to hunt and kill the survivors. While there were casualties, Orenski, Lasky and Sullivan were the only survivors left on the colony to be saved by the Spartan and escorted from the now glassed colony.
At some point in 2550, the huge majority of the shock troops on the Sangheili colony Hesduros would loose contact with the rest of the Covenant. In the following result, they would be unaware of the events that follow being the Great Schism and the Fall of the Covenant years later.
After the joint forces of humanity and the Sangheili defeated the Prophet of Truth and the remaining Covenant Empire forces, the Sangheili found themselves in turmoil. While many Sangheili wanted to stay allied with humanity and work with them, others still viewed them as a threat with ONI being an example with their motives to eradicate the Sangheili, and wished to resume the genocide of humanity without the influence of their traitorous Prophets. Several Covenant Remnant factions were formed, including one by Jul 'Mdama and the Kaidon Panom. Jul's faction quickly entered into war with the Swords of Sanghelios. The Remnant forces soon gained an advantage after discovering the shield world Requiem and allying with The Didact and his Prometheans. They also gained an ally in Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, who allied with them to get revenge on the UNSC.
However, the Storm Covenant suffered tremendous losses during the Battle of Kamchatka, where Fireteam Osiris killed Jul Mdama while attempting to recover Dr. Halsey.
After Jul's death, Kitun 'Arach and several of Jul's other lieutenants assumed joint leadership of the Storm Covenant. The Storm Covenant made their final stand on Sanghelios against the Swords of Sanghelios on the Sangheili city of Sunaion. The battle was ultimately a victory for the Swords, with the Storm Covenant being all but abolished after the fight. As for the remaining survivors, they were eventually brought to Genesis where they fought against Cortana's Promethean forces in the Created before all the remaining Storm Covenant forces on the planet were eventually killed.
Even though this splinter faction is brought to an end, simulations of them make their appearance in War Games with the Spartans participating in Warzone simulations with Jul 'Mdama as an example alongside simulations of the Prometheans.
Halo Recruit[]
In this non-canon spinoff, the Storm Covenant serve as the main enemies under command of a particular Warrior for the Recruit to fight against in the simulation. Under training from both Cortana and Guilty Spark, the Recruit fights against the Storm Covenant forces to determine how much he shoots to score to increase his rank. Once the Warrior and his forces are defeated, the Recruit will get the rank increased with a visit from the Master Chief.
Members[]
- The Ur-Didact - Leader
- Jul 'Mdama - Founder / Supreme Commander / Didact's Hand
- Gek 'Lhar - Field Commander
- Parg Vol - Commander
- Kitun 'Arach - Commander
- Ryn 'Alun - Shipmaster
- Panom - Co-founder / Kaidon
- Murok 'Vadam - Elder / Collaborator
- Kit Pitlimp - Soldier / Explorer
- Warrior - Commander
- Singing Grunt - Soldier / Singer
- Dham 'Mashatt - Warrior
- Jabjab - Soldier
- Naliligaw - Soldier
- Yimblap - Meltermaster
- Tomp - Fury of Balaho
- Stimbab - Plasmamaster
- Pipab - Recon
- Mvon 'Sraom - Baron / Pilot
- Rok - Tankmaster
- Floating Grunt - Soldier
- The Lucky Grunt - Soldier / Survivor
Other Appearances[]
Red vs. Blue[]
While not adapted to be in any part of the game, they do appear as part of footage scene with it focusing on the events of the Battle of Requiem. During the battle, Tucker would be seen running through the battlefield between the two factions wondering who they are in a frantic manner from his running exercise. Given from this, the battlefield was part of the obstacle course set up by Washington.
Lucky Grunt[]
In this ad, this particular Unggoy Storm known as the Lucky Grunt is being interviewed acknowledging his claim to fame that he is the only Unggoy to survive every encounter with the Master Chief. But when his interviewer reveals that he actually survived by his cowardice, the Lucky Grunt tries to deny it each time. The interviewer then asks how he can survive when the players prevail on defeating the Unggoy over and over again, resulting in the Lucky Grunt to hide in the curtain before hiding his feet when the interviewer still sees him.
Killer Instinct[]
While not in the main campaign, they do appear at the stage, Arena of Judgement, while they and the Swords of Sanghelios endure a battle against against each other. In time, the battle would escalate as a Phantom crashes, resulting in a massive dog fight between both forces. In addition, both a Sangheili Storm and a Sangheili Commander came as skins for the player to customize Thel as one of the playable characters.
Xbox Series X x Taco Bell[]
When a customer, Calvin, thinks of himself as Master Chief, he begins to daydream and narrates his own fictional story of becoming the Master Chief in a city where he would prepare his move through a squad of Storm Covenant members. This unit consists of two Unggoy Storm, a Sangheili Minor and a Banshee all ready for combat. The customer takes another sip to acquire the helmet and moves avoiding the two Unggoy Storm and using his hook to attach to the Banshee. As the Banshee makes its way to leave, the customer manages to avoid and escape the Storm Covenant by shooting at one of the Unggoy Storm, killing them both while the Sangheili Minor vanished from the unit before being interrupted by a woman implied to be his wife, ending his daydream.
Halo: Infinite x Trolli[]
In this crossover commercial, the Trolli worms emerge from their bag and gain entry to an Xbox One S where upon arriving to the world of the video game, Halo Infinite, the game distorts into a Trolli version. Just then, three members of the Storm Covenant emerge as disfigured Trolli versions of their former selves preparing to attack the Master Chief, but he managed to shoot at them using the Trolli Needler starting with an Unggoy Storm, a Sangheili Storm and later a Mgalekgolo whom explodes on him at the end.
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