The Covenant Remnant was a faction that comprised the few remaining territories of the Covenant Empire. Known as the Covenant Empire by its inhabitants, yet referred to as the Remnant by its neighbours, the 'Covenant' was centered on the fortress world of Glorious Salvation and was the direct continuation of the former Covenant. While the term Covenant remnants once referred to the various warring splinter factions of the Covenant following its disastrous defeat during Operation: BLIND FAITH, it later became used to refer to the reformed Covenant faction as a whole, after the Prophet of Obedience initiated the reunification of the splinter factions in 2557. Under Obedience's leadership the Covenant regained much of its former strength and waged war with the nations of the fledgeling Unifie