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 {{Title|''Halo: Epitaph''}}
 {{Status|RealWorld}}
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 {{Novel infobox
 |image=[[File:HaloEpitaph Cover Front.jpg|300px]]
 |author=[[Kelly Gay]]{{Ref/Reuse|KellyAnnounce}}
-|cover artist=[[:Category:Images by Chris McGrath|Chris McGrath]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Cover|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-epitaph-reveal|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: Epitaph - Cover Reveal|D=15|M=05|Y=2023}}
+|cover artist=[[:Category:Images by Chris McGrath|Chris McGrath]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Cover|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-epitaph-reveal|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: Epitaph - Cover Reveal|D=15|M=05|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFire|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-covering-fire|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Covering Fire|D=31|M=01|Y=2024|Detail=Interview with Chris McGrath about the cover for Epitaph}}
 |illustrator=
 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
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 {{Quote|The Didact returns...|[[Alex Wakeford]] announcing the novel.{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}}}
-'''''Halo: Epitaph''''' is an upcoming [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novel]] by long-time series writer, [[Kelly Gay]],{{Ref/Twitter|Id=KellyAnnounce|KellyHGay|1583574969048440832|Kelly Gay|Quote=Yep it’s official! Writing a Didact novel: HALO: EPITAPH. #halo #HaloWC 🤗|D=21|M=10|Y=2022}} which was originally set to release in late [[2023]] before being pushed back to February 27, 2024, after being originally pushed to [[2024#January|January 2, 2024]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFAuditory}}{{Ref/Reuse|S&SEpitaph}} The book was formally announced during the [[Canon Fodder]] live event at the [[Halo Championship Series|Halo World Championship]] on [[2022#October|October 21, 2022]], in a panel focusing on the discussion of how ''Halo'' multiplayer maps fit into canon. Appropriately, the novel's name is a reference to the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Epitaph]].{{Ref/YouTube|Id=StreamAnnounce|Yz-fW1-B3tw|Halo|HaloWC 2022 Community Stage - Friday}}
+'''''Halo: Epitaph''''' is a [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novel]] by long-time series writer, [[Kelly Gay]],{{Ref/Twitter|Id=KellyAnnounce|KellyHGay|1583574969048440832|Kelly Gay|Quote=Yep it’s official! Writing a Didact novel: HALO: EPITAPH. #halo #HaloWC 🤗|D=21|M=10|Y=2022}} released on [[2024#February|February 27, 2024]]. The book was formally announced during the [[Canon Fodder]] live event at the [[Halo Championship Series|Halo World Championship]] on [[2022#October|October 21, 2022]], in a panel focusing on the discussion of how ''Halo'' multiplayer maps fit into canon. Appropriately, the novel's name is a reference to the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[Epitaph]].{{Ref/YouTube|Id=StreamAnnounce|Yz-fW1-B3tw|Halo|HaloWC 2022 Community Stage - Friday}}
-''Halo: Epitaph'' will feature the continuation of the story of the [[Ur-Didact]] and is set after ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''{{'}}s [[The Next 72 Hours]] arc from [[2013]] during which he is [[Composer|composed]] following a conflict with [[John-117]] and the rest of [[Blue Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=AlexTweet1|haruspis|1583587329419390978|Alex Wakeford|Quote=To be totally clear, this is set AFTER Halo 4 and Escalation. As I said on the panel: the Didact’s story continues!|D=21|M=10|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=Esc10|HE|Issue=10}}
+The novel was originally set to release in late [[2023]] before being pushed back to [[2024#January|January 2, 2024]], before a second delay to the final release date.{{Ref/Reuse|CFAuditory}}{{Ref/Reuse|S&SEpitaph}}
+''Halo: Epitaph'' features the continuation of the story of the [[Ur-Didact]] and is set after ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''{{'}}s [[The Next 72 Hours]] arc from [[2013]] during which he is [[Composer|composed]] following a conflict with [[John-117]] and the rest of [[Blue Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=AlexTweet1|haruspis|1583587329419390978|Alex Wakeford|Quote=To be totally clear, this is set AFTER Halo 4 and Escalation. As I said on the panel: the Didact’s story continues!|D=21|M=10|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=Esc10|HE|Issue=10}}
+The Didact's ''Halo 4'' voice actor, Keith Szarabajka, narrated the audiobook for ''Epitaph''.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=CFL|6NLZw-BL8hg|Time=27482|Halo|HaloWC 2023 Community Stage – Day 1 (Forge, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, Keith David, Lore, Digsite +)|Detail=7:38:02|D=14|M=10|Y=2023}}
 ==Official summary==
-{{Article quote|Stripped of armor, might, and memory, the [[Forerunner]] warrior known as the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was torn from the physical world following his destructive confrontation with the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and sent reeling into the mysterious depths of a seemingly endless desert wasteland. This once powerful and terrifying figure is now a shadow of his former self—gaunt, broken, desiccated, and alone. But this wasteland is not as barren as it seems. A blue light glints from [[Epitaph|a thin spire]] in the far distance…
+{{Article quote|Stripped of [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]], might, and memory, the [[Forerunner]] warrior known as the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] was torn from the physical world following his [[Mission to Installation 03|destructive confrontation]] with the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and sent reeling into the mysterious depths of a [[Domain|seemingly endless desert wasteland]]. This once powerful and terrifying figure is now a shadow of his former self—gaunt, broken, desiccated, and alone. But this wasteland is not as barren as it seems. A blue light glints from a [[Epitaph|thin spire]] in the far distance…
-Thus begins the Didact’s great journey—the final fate of one of [[Milky Way|the galaxy]]’s most enigmatic and pivotal figures.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDomain|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-didacts-domain|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Didact's Domain|D=03|M=02|Y=2023}}}}
+Thus begins the Didact’s great journey—the final fate of one of the [[Milky Way|galaxy]]’s most enigmatic and pivotal figures.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDomain|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-didacts-domain|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Didact's Domain|D=03|M=02|Y=2023}}}}
 ==Plot summary==
-{{Expand-section}}my words will not be forgotton
+{{Expand-section}}
 ==Appearances==
-{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5
+{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6
 |title-1=Characters|
+;AI
+*[[031 Exuberant Witness]]
+*[[117649 Despondent Pyre]]
+*[[Abaddon]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Cortana]]
+*[[Mendicant Bias]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Offensive Bias]]
+*[[The Weapon]] {{Im}}
+*[[Warden Eternal]]
+;Flood
+*[[Gravemind]]
 ;Forerunner
+*[[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]]
+*[[Catalog]]
+*[[Confirmer]]
+*[[Didact's father]] {{1st}}
+*[[Didact's mother]] {{1st}}
+*[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]]
+*[[Falchion]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Grammarian]] {{1st}}
+*[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] {{Mo}}
+*[[IsoDidact]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Librarian]]
+*[[Silence-in-the-End]] {{1st}}
+*[[Unidentified Haruspis]] {{1st}}
 *[[Ur-Didact]]
+*[[Verdant Horizon]]
 ;Human
-*[[John-117]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Chakas]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Forthencho]]
+*[[Fred-104]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
+*[[Kelly-087]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
+*[[John-117]]
+*[[Linda-058]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
+*[[Riser]] {{Mo}}
+;Jiralhanae
+*[[Atriox]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
+;Precursor
+*[[Primordial]] {{Mo}}
 |title-2=Species|
+*[[Flood]]
 *[[Forerunner]]
+*[[Human]]
+*[[Huragok]]
+*[[Jiralhanae]]
+*[[Precursor]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Rangmejo]]
+*[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Xalanyn]] {{Mo}}
 |title-3=Organizations|
+*[[Ancestors]]
+*[[Banished]]
+*[[Created]]
 *[[Ecumene]]
+**[[Builder]]
+***[[Builder Security]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Ecumene Council]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Haruspis]]
+**[[Historian]] {{Fm}}
+**[[Interpreter]] {{Fm}}
+**[[Juridical]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Lifeworker]]
+***[[Lifeshaper]]
+**[[Miner]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Reparation movement]] {{Fm}}
+**[[Speaker]]
+**[[Theoretical]] {{Mo}}
 **[[Warrior-Servant]]
 ***[[Promethean]]
+**[[Weaver]] {{Fm}}
+*[[Unified Earth Government]]
+**[[United Nations Space Command]]
+***[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
+****[[UNSC Navy]]
+*****[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]]
+******[[SPARTAN-II program]]
+*******[[Black Team]] {{Mo}}
+*******[[Blue Team]]
 |title-4=Locations|
+*[[Burn]]
+*[[Ephsu system]]
+**[[Ephsu I]]
+***[[Installation 07]]
+****[[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]]
+****[[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]]
+*[[Epoloch system]]
+**[[Requiem]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Far Nomdagro]]
+**[[Nomdagro]] {{Mo}}
+***[[River Dweha]] {{Fm}}
+***[[River Dwoho]] {{Fm}}
+*[[Intergalactic space]]
+**[[Greater Ark]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Epitaph]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Omega Halo]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Sol system]]
+**[[Earth]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Khaphrae system]]
+**[[Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Kradal]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Nomos system]]
+**[[Genesis]]
+***[[Gateway]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Nov Thasta system]]
+**[[Charum Hakkor]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Charum Hakkor arena]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Qom Yaekesh system]]
+**[[Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
 |title-5=Events|
-*[[Mission to Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Reintroduction]] {{Mo}}
+*[[War]]
+**[[Kradal conflicts]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Human-Forerunner wars]]
+***[[Battle of Charum Hakkor]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Forerunner-Flood war]]
+***[[Fate of Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Mission to Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
+**San'Shyuum rebellion
+***[[Battle of Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
+***[[Battle of Requiem]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Mission to Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
+***[[New Phoenix Incident]] {{Mo}}
+***[[Created uprising]]
+****[[Battle for the Domain]] {{1st}}
+****[[Cortana Event]]
+*****[[Battle of Genesis]]
+*****[[The Reclamation]]
 |title-6=Weapons|
+*[[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Lightblade]]
+*[[Riftblade]] {{1st}}
+*[[Z-040 pulse grenade]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Z-130 Suppressor]]
 |title-7=Vehicles|
+*''[[Audacity]]'' {{Mo}}
+*[[Forerunner cruiser]] {{Mo}}
+*{{Class|Fortress|vessel}}
+**''[[Deep Reverence]]'' {{Mo}}
+*''[[Mantle's Approach]]''
+*{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
+**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
 |title-8=Technology and equipment|
+*[[Artificial intelligence]]
+**[[Ancilla]]
+**[[Avatar]]
+**[[Constructor Sentinel]]
+**[[Metarchy]]
+***{{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}}
+**[[Monitor]]
+***{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
+**[[Knowledge engine]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Rampancy]]
+**[[Smart AI]]
+*[[Composer]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Cryptum]]
 *[[Domain]]
+*[[Forerunner mutation]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Forerunner personal armor]]
+*[[Form]]
+*''[[Geas]]'' {{Mo}}
+*[[Guardian Custode]]
+*[[Halo Array]]
+*[[Hard light]]
+**[[Light bridge]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Janus Key]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Logic plague]]
+*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
+**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)]]
+***[[ARGUS-class Mjolnir]]
+***[[CENTURION-class Mjolnir]]
+***[[HERMES-class Mjolnir]]
+***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI Mjolnir]]
+*[[Mind transfer]]
+*[[Neural transmission]] {{1st}}
+*[[Seed world]]
+*[[Shield world]]
+*[[Slipspace portal]] {{Mo}}
+|title-9=Miscellaneous|
+*[[Living Time]]
+*[[Mantle]]
+*[[Synchron]]
+*[[Twelve Laws of Making and Moving]] {{Mo}}
 }}
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 <gallery>
 File:HaloEpitaph_AnnounceImage.png|The announcement teaser image for ''Halo: Epitaph''.
+File:Epitaph AlexCover.jpg|An early exploration of a potential cover for ''Epitaph''.
+File:EpitaphOldCoverExploration.jpg|An earlier revision of the ''Epitaph'' cover art, depicting the Didact standing inside the tower.
 File:HaloEpitaph Cover Full.jpg|The full cover art for the book, featuring the tower from the Epitaph multiplayer map in the background.
 File:H3 Epitaph Tower.jpg|The tower of Epitaph, as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
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 ==Sources==
 {{Ref/Sources}}
+==External links==
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdwbyb3TE8o Halo: Epitaph | Audiobook Preview - The Didact Returns] - an excerpt of the audiobook narrated by Keith Szarabajka.
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