High Charity
What is High Charity?
History of High Charity
High Charity, often referred to as the Holy City, was the Covenant's mobile capital city and center of government, and was effectively the collective's united homeworld. It was a massive space station, home to billions of individuals from each of the Covenant's member species. Because it served as the Covenant's most significant religious center and capital, High Charity was considered to be of utmost importance and sanctity to the Covenant. It was widely believed that true adherents to the Covenant religion should visit it at least once in one's lifetime, although few of the Covenant could afford to do so. Home to the Hierarchs and the High Council, the city was full of San'Shyuum and Sangheili High Councilors, who functioned as the general leadership of the entire alien hegemony. Throughout the history of the empire, High Charity "gorged on the wealth of hundreds of worlds."
