By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Posted by: D4RK45S45S1N
could the covenant ever recover, i mean the odds are astronomical that no covenant survived. plus there seemed to be millions of prophet type species from the view we get in halo 2
The Covenant's leadership collapsed with the death of Truth, the de-facto ruler of the Covenant.
The San 'Shyuum were very few in number, the Reformists fled their homeworld in the Forerunner Dreadnaught before their planet's sun went supernova. The Stoics were left behind.
Then the San 'Shyuum got into a war with the Sangheili, that decreased the Reformist population a lot until they told the Sangheili of the Great Journey - setting aside their arms and joining to make the Covenant.
Since then, the San 'Shyuum spent the majority of the time attempting to preserve their strongest genes to ensure the survival of their race. When the Flood arrived at High Charity, the vast majority of the Covenant's Prophets were wiped out.
I'd speculate that only several dozens are left, too tired to carry on.