Kismet Spheres of Sammath

The Kismet Spheres of Sammath, also known as simply the Sammathari Spheres, was a prominent Covenant secession-state active during the Feudal Period, headquartered on Blissful Contemplation in the Sammath Basin. Though apparently ruled by a Sangheili Arch-Kaidon, he had very little actual power and instead served as a figurehead for the Yanme'e Schivvhm-zazz Hive and the Kig-Yar Silver Fang Khanate. Their worlds were populous, wealthy, and in a state of rapid development, thanks to the Covenant's recent burst of expansion along the sliplane to Zhoist. They also controlled a military that had a blending of Yanme'e swarm-and-hammer doctrine and Kig-Yar mobility warfare, which led to a military known for favoring terrifyingly fast and overgunned vessels for their tonnage.

Ceding in 1482 CE, at a time when the Covenant retreated from their frontier territories to combat insurgency in the Sunlit Worlds, the Sammathari Spheres quickly expanded to engulf most of what is today the Seventh Epiphany and Sea of Solace Primary Domains. Despite their aggressive surprise attacks on anchorages in the region, only a handful of Covenant warships were captured at first, with most scuttling themselves or fighting in glorious last lands. It was also because they failed to encircle and destroy Fleetmaster 'Voontomee's Fleet of Truthful Respite, who commanded one of only two modern fleets in the entire region at the time. His story of circumventing Sammathari fleets, waging a guerrilla war, and his final stand that allowed his fleet to return home became the stuff of legends.

The Sammathari Spheres lasted until 1604, and the campaign to retake their worlds was a bloody affair. Covenant forces were usually locally isolated and outnumbered, and each invasion turned into a protracted siege thanks to substantial planetary fortifications. Still, one by one their holdings fell, and it took a traitorous faction in the Silver Fangs to finally bring them back in line. Their legacy remain in Ordained Edict, the only one of their fortress worlds that never fell in battle with the Covenant, which has since turned into a popular tourist hub.