Eternal Covenant

The Eternal Covenant is a loose association of Covenant successor states and groups. Governed primarily by San'Shyuum and Jiralhanae, the Eternal Covenant is a descendant of the Torchbearers and other Loyalist groups who, by and large, continue to adhere to the Truth Doctrine of the 9th Age of Reclamation with varying degrees of commitment. As their name suggests, the Eternal Covenant claims to be the one true successor state to the Covenant, though they are merely one of many to do so in the post-war era. In a similar fashion, they lay claim to the entire Holy Ecumene; in reality, their territory is relatively contained to a fragmentary group of fiefdoms in the Covenant's spinward side. The main body of the group is located in the heartlands of Jiralhanae space, and though they retain holdings outside this, these are often isolated and only tenuously connected to the whole. Even though the Eternal Covenant is more aptly described as a collection of roughly ideologically aligned groups, their leadership seeks to cultivate an outward image of one monolithic entity in order to appear more impressive and hide their internal differences, which have at times escalated to open warfare.

Siakar Expanse faction
Located in the Ikket'hai Cascade of the Siakar Expanse, the Eternal Covenant's Siakar fiefdom originated as an outgrowth of a group of raiders established by the Jiralhanae warlord Targanus. By 2575, they were the largest Eternal Covenant-aligned state in the Siakar Expanse. The Eternal Covenant maintains tenuous alliances to several like-minded polities within Ikket'hai, and extracts tribute from a number of lesser worlds. While it seized most of its current territory with an initial, aggressive expansion phase, Targanus' group appears to have lost its initial momentum and has grown passive since the tide turned against the Loyalists in the wider Great Schism. Due to recurring skirmishes with other factions within the Ikket'hai Cascade as well as increasing encroachment by the neighboring Golden Compact and Chikri-Merkaa Conflux, their isolation from the other member states of the Eternal Covenant, as well as a domino effect resulting from the near-breakdown of supply chains to their worlds, it is suspected that both their resources and general morale have either run out or are at the risk of doing so in the immediate future. While the larger member factions of the Eternal Covenant further coreward may have the resources to aid the Siakar Expanse one economically or militarily, it does not appear to be in their interests to do so, particularly since the Concord of Reconciliation took control of major supply routes in between their territories.

Notable worlds

 * Qloosh
 * Ven'chre