: No, I'm quite sure he meant "The Storm", that awesome name that Jul
: 'Mdama came up with to differentiate his forces from the old Covenant that
: nobody wants to associate with. There's plenty of reasons, both practical
: and psychological , for Jul 'Mdama to avoid the Covenant brand like the
: plague. And he's a smart cookie. He ain't going to make amateur branding
: mistakes like that.

: OK, serious question: what is Jul 'Mdama's Covenant? The Covenant between the
: Elites and the Prophets was a truce and a mutual cooperation pact and we
: can be fairly certain that that Covenant is null and void.
: Jul 'Mdama isn't working with Prophets (That we know of) so who is his
: Covenant with? When was it formed?

It's still a conglomeration of races. I agree it's probably simpler to keep the name, the Byzantine Empire as a possible real-world example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire