Sons of Heaven

The Sons of Heaven (Qers'nok: Shabui h'ringunna) are a religious militant post-Covenant polity. They are somewhat comparable in size and influence to the Keepers of the One Freedom albeit with a Sangheili leadership, different doctrinal bent and more entrenched presence on Covenant worlds in the Greater Spinward Frond. Effectively a religious military junta, their main activity includes running what is effectively a protection racket across a number of worlds, most prominently within the Ikket'hai Cascade of the Siakar Expanse. Their increasing organization and expansion has also led to disagreements, one of which culminated in the warlord clique known as the Storm of Faith splitting off from the group; even now, the Storm remains one of the Sons' sworn enemies. While most of the Sons' hostile activity is centered on the Siakar Expanse and the secular and/or religiously unorthodox ex-Covenant polities there, the Sons have positioned themselves against both the United Earth Government and the Concord of Reconciliation. Although willing to accept human converts, they have conducted incursions into the fringes of the human sphere and give no quarter toward those who refuse to submit to their rule.