Sali 'Nyon's Covenant

Sali N'yon's Covenant was one of the Covenant remnants factions, created from a radical group who separated from Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.
== History ==
The founding leader of this faction was Sali N'yon, one of the officers under Jul 'Mdama's orders. Due to his collaboration with Catherine Halsey among other things, warriors of 'Nyon's Covenant see 'Mdama as a false prophet and instead believe that Sali 'Nyon is a legitimate one. The group's first appearances was the 19 7 of 2558, in Aktis IV, when they downed a human Pelican and its GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor escort, unraveling Jul's people carefully placed ambush. Sali's people stole the second half of the Janus Key, taking it to its secret refuge, a cave in the jungle.Halo: Escalation - Issue 14
However, their success was brief: Jul's forces annihilated any of Sali's followers they found. An unnamed elite, apparently expecting to save his own life, defected along with the key, offering to guide Jul's men to Sali's hideout, but after giving the key to Dr. Catherine Halsey, he was immediately executed.Halo: Escalation - Issue 14 
Almost at the same time, the heretics hideout was located and all Sali's followers, apparently, killed. As for Sali itself, he was caught fleeing the caves, captured alive and given as a gift top Jul. He ordered to keep him alive, which later proved to be a fatal mistake.Halo: Escalation - Issue 15
Sali was taken aboard the Song of Retribution, and keep prisoner in a cell, where Jul itself interrogated and beat him, but, if Sali knows about other of his followers cause inside Jul's people, he refused to say nothing about it. During the search of the Absolute record, the Breath of Annihilation was damaged and Jul send it to a nearby moon for repairs, and Sali was transferred on it.Halo: Escalation - Issue 20 Soon after, the 9-18, a mysterious Sangheili killed Sali's guards and liberated him. After recovering his confidence on himself, Sali led a new rebellion. In the ship's chaotic situation, after an SPARTAN attack, the rebellion succeeded, and soon, Sali's loyalists took control of the Annihilation.Halo: Escalation - Issue 22 In fact, Sali's savior was Ayit ´Sevi, an ONI agent, who wasbehind the SPARTAN's infiltration, and in fact he wasn't helping but manipulating him to create a distraction, but Sali didn't ever suspected it. Jul's attempt to seize the REcord failed, and when the Retribution returned, found the Annihilation again in space, and totally under Sali's forces control. Both carriers engaged in a brutal space battle, but not one win, and Jul's forces cannot retake Sali's ship, so finally they broke contact.Halo: Escalation - Issue 24
After Jul's death in Kamchatka, it is possible than Sali's Covenant grew bigger with the incorporation of Jul's surviving members and vessels, but this isn't confirmed.
== Group Composition ==
All seen Sali N'Yon's initial followers were Sangheilis, and their equipment appears to have been limited, only some Ghosts, without any space forces. Their numbers appears to be very reduced, two dozens at most. 
Only after the Annihilation's rebellion, they appears to be greater. The second Sali's army, again, apparently was composed only by Elites. Their equipment probably was much bigger, but their only confirmed warship was the Annihilation itself. 
== Appearances ==
Halo: Escalation. (First appearance)
== Sources ==