All right. I'm just going to answer this just so I can share info. I don't care if it's 7 weeks after Halo 4 or 7 years, I just love going into all the details. So, lets start off back at Earth. Thel Vadam (Formerly Thel Vadamee, dropping the "-ee" suffix to signify his abandonment of the Covenant) after leaving Earth, heads to Sangheilios ( Elite homeworld) along with Rtas 'Vadum and the rest of the Elites to see if it was safe. A short while after returning, the Arbiter seeks to have a peace treaty with the Humans. This caused many Sangheili to turn against him, primarily the Servants of Abiding Truth, a religious group still worshiping Forerunners as gods. After a brute uprising in Ontom, Avu Med Telcam, leader of the Servants, decided to attack Vadam's keep. At first, things were going well for the Arbiter, but the tide turned when Arbiter allowed Kilo-Five to land and search for a missing scientist. Many viewed this as a desecration and joined Telcam. But the tide turned once more when Arbiter accepted help from the UNSC Infinity. Telcam escapes escapes from from Infinity's firepower and retreated to New Llanelli to receive weapons and supplies from Kilo-Five. Jul Mdama, a warrior for the Servants, had followed Telcam to New Llanelli and witnessed the trading, but was knocked unconscious by the Spartan II Naomi. He was then brought aboard UNSC Port Stanley to be interrogated. Soon after he was kept prisoner on the new camp on the shield world Trevelyan, and subject to more interrogation. Eventually, Jul was allowed to wander around Trevelyan whilst being attached to an explosive vest and watched by an Engineer, Prone to Drift. Jul managed to force Prone to disarm his X vest and jumped through a portal. Jul ended up on the colony world of Hesduros, who hasn't had any contact with the Covenant for about a year, and have no knowledge of the Great Schism or the end of the war. Jul meets several youngsters on the planet and ask if they can help him contact his keep. After making contact, he learns that his wife, Raia and friend Forze have been killed by the Arbiters forces. One of the kids approached Jul as he was admiring Forerunner relics, and explains to him the Forerunner symbols that were encrypted on Jul's belt. They then travel to a second holy gate and finds the same symbols on his belt are on the gate. He learns that those were the symbols for Didact and coordinates for Requiem. The native Sangheili believe he was sent by the Forerunners to find the Didact and free him. They promise to help him and give him all the ships they can use to help. They then travel to Requiem, and blah blah next thing you know half of a ship comes floating through space, then boom. Halo 4.