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i have been thinking for along time and thought what the covenant gods are and the call 343 guilty spark "The Oricale" and when forerunners built the rings that completly killed every lifeform in the universe and planets and the prophets planet was destriod they claim there sun went super nova because there gods sent them a message and when the forerunners sent the ship to the ark to earth after the setinals rebuilt all life forms the covenant said that the great journey was to activate all rings but the only way to do that was getting to the ship or key that led to the ark.
but since the ark was on earth the covenant took the word of their gods trying to find it but there are more reasons of why i think the forerunners are supposed to be the coveant gods but i will post more later. it could be possible the forerunners are the covenant supposed gods.