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{{Quote|The Didact returns...|[[Alex Wakeford]] announcing the novel.{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}}} | {{Quote|The Didact returns...|[[Alex Wakeford]] announcing the novel.{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}}} | ||
'''''Halo: Epitaph''''' is | '''''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}} | ||
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}} | 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'' | ''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, | 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== | ==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 [[Mission to Installation 03|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 a [[Epitaph|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 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}}}} | 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}}}} | ||
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*[[Didact's mother]] {{1st}} | *[[Didact's mother]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]] | *[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]] | ||
*[[Falchion]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Grammarian]] {{1st}} | *[[Grammarian]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] {{Mo}} | *[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[IsoDidact]] | *[[IsoDidact]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Librarian]] | *[[Librarian]] | ||
*[[Silence-in-the-End]] {{1st}} | *[[Silence-in-the-End]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Unidentified Haruspis]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Ur-Didact]] | *[[Ur-Didact]] | ||
*[[Verdant Horizon]] | |||
;Human | ;Human | ||
*[[Chakas]] {{Mo}} | *[[Chakas]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Forthencho]] | *[[Forthencho]] | ||
*[[Fred-104]] | *[[Fred-104]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}} | ||
*[[Kelly-087]] | *[[Kelly-087]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}} | ||
*[[John-117]] | *[[John-117]] | ||
*[[Linda-058]] | *[[Linda-058]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}} | ||
*[[Riser]] {{Mo}} | *[[Riser]] {{Mo}} | ||
;Jiralhanae | ;Jiralhanae | ||
*[[Atriox]] | *[[Atriox]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}} | ||
;Precursor | ;Precursor | ||
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*[[Forerunner]] | *[[Forerunner]] | ||
*[[Human]] | *[[Human]] | ||
*[[Huragok]] | |||
*[[Jiralhanae]] | *[[Jiralhanae]] | ||
*[[Precursor]] {{Mo}} | *[[Precursor]] {{Mo}} | ||
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***[[Lifeshaper]] | ***[[Lifeshaper]] | ||
**[[Miner]] {{Mo}} | **[[Miner]] {{Mo}} | ||
**[[Reparation movement]] {{Fm}} | |||
**[[Speaker]] | |||
**[[Theoretical]] {{Mo}} | **[[Theoretical]] {{Mo}} | ||
**[[Warrior-Servant]] | **[[Warrior-Servant]] | ||
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*[[Mind transfer]] | *[[Mind transfer]] | ||
*[[Neural transmission]] {{1st}} | *[[Neural transmission]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Seed world]] | |||
*[[Shield world]] | *[[Shield world]] | ||
*[[Slipspace portal]] {{Mo}} | *[[Slipspace portal]] {{Mo}} | ||
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*[[Living Time]] | *[[Living Time]] | ||
*[[Mantle]] | *[[Mantle]] | ||
*[[Synchron]] | |||
*[[Twelve Laws of Making and Moving]] {{Mo}} | *[[Twelve Laws of Making and Moving]] {{Mo}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HaloEpitaph_AnnounceImage.png|The announcement teaser image for ''Halo: Epitaph''. | File:HaloEpitaph_AnnounceImage.png|The announcement teaser image for ''Halo: Epitaph''. | ||
File:EpitaphOldCoverExploration.jpg|An earlier revision of the ''Epitaph'' cover art, depicting the Didact | 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: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]]''. | File:H3 Epitaph Tower.jpg|The tower of Epitaph, as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | ||