Editing Age of Abandonment

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The '''Age of Abandonment''' is one of the first periods in [[History of the Covenant|Covenant history]].

==Background==
It is speculated that the Age of Abandonment was the period of time when the [[Forerunner]]s activated the [[Halo Array]], or, as the Covenant put it, "embarked on the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]". Covenant belief holds that the Forerunners departed from the universe when they used the "sacred rings" to ascended to a state of divinity. In actuality, the Forerunners perished when they activated the array and killed all sentient life in the galaxy in order to contain the [[The Flood|Flood]]. This event happened [[97,445 BCE|100,000 years prior]] to [[2552]].

==Progression of the Ages==
In the ceremonial [[Progression of the Ages]], this age is represented by an [[Wikipedia:Obsidian|obsidian]] stone.<ref name="Harvest196"/>

During the ritual, the appropriate dialogue is as followed:<ref name="Harvest196">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 196''</ref>

'''Leader, or Chieftain:''' ''Abandonment.''
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'''Congregation, or Pack:''' ''The First Age! Ignorance and fear!''
==Sources==
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+{{Era|Covenant}}
 {{Ages}}
+The '''Age of Abandonment''' is one of the first periods in [[History of the Covenant|Covenant history]].
-The '''Age of Abandonment''' was the first [[Age]] in the [[Covenant]] Age system.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest196}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=189}}
+==Background==
+It is speculated that the Age of Abandonment was the period of time when the [[Forerunner]]s activated the [[Halo Array]], or, as the Covenant put it, "embarked on the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]". Covenant belief holds that the Forerunners departed from the universe when they used the "sacred rings" to ascended to a state of divinity. In actuality, the Forerunners perished when they activated the array and killed all sentient life in the galaxy in order to contain the [[The Flood|Flood]]. This event happened [[97,445 BCE|100,000 years prior]] to [[2552]].
-==Overview==
+==Progression of the Ages==
-In the ceremonial [[Progression of the Ages]], this age was represented by an [[Wikipedia:Obsidian|obsidian]] stone.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest196}}
+In the ceremonial [[Progression of the Ages]], this age is represented by an [[Wikipedia:Obsidian|obsidian]] stone.<ref name="Harvest196"/>
-During the ritual, the appropriate dialogue was as followed:{{Ref/Novel|Id=Harvest196|[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]|Chapter=12}}
+During the ritual, the appropriate dialogue is as followed:<ref name="Harvest196">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 196''</ref>
-'''Leader''': ''"Abandonment."''
+'''Leader, or Chieftain:''' ''Abandonment.''
 <br />
-'''Congregation''':  ''"The First Age! Ignorance and fear!"''
+'''Congregation, or Pack:''' ''The First Age! Ignorance and fear!''
-==Events==
-===First Age of Abandonment===
-*The first period of [[History of the Covenant|Covenant history]]; This age refers to the time from [[2200 BCE]], which marked the start of the [[Stoic-Reformist conflict]], and [[2100 BCE]], when the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] left [[Janjur Qom]].{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]|Page=30}} The next known Age after this was the [[Age of Conflict|First Age of Conflict]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Broken Circle|Chapter=Prologue}}
-===Fourth Age of Abandonment===
-The [[Akton-pattern escort]] vessel first entered service during this Age.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]|Page=269}}
-==List of appearances==
-*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
 ==Sources==
-{{Ref/Sources}}
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