There is no Storm Faction. [i]Jul considers himself the true inheritor of the Covenant, and – for reasons both practical and psychological – his faction has continued under that banner: the Covenant. It is also true that after the war and the breaking of the original Covenant, other Sangheili attempted to create sects resembling the older alliance. It’s important to note that terms like “Covenant Remnant” and “Covenant Storm” are not proper names used to describe any current Covenant faction. And for clarification, the term “Storm” when used in the context of Jul’s Covenant, refers to a specific role and the equipment used for it. Covenant soldiers outfitted with Storm armor, weapons, etc are used primarily in shock/assault roles; the employment of such forces have varied by fleet and objective.[/i] [quote]Or did they help overthrow Truth and then reform the Covenant?[/quote]All Sangheili abandoned the Covenant during the Great Schism as the Jiralhanae were mandated with the genocide of the Sangheili.

The Elites were part of a genocide?

I thought juls elites were on a distant planet so they had not been apart of the great schism and didnt know anout it.

While Jul did gain an initial backing on Hesduros, a colony absent from the war effort, the majority of his forces came from Sanghelios.