


The species, called Sangheili in the Covenant language, is portrayed as physically strong and capable of brilliant military strategy they serve as one of the player's most dangerous enemies in both Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Until a civil war in Halo 2, they serve as one of the two primary commanding species in the caste system of the Covenant, an alliance of alien races. Elites are a fictional alien race in the Halo series by Bungie Studios.
