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*[[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Book|Id=En089|Enc22|Page=089}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En351|Enc22|Page=351}} {{c|formerly}} | *[[Installation 07]]{{Ref/Book|Id=En089|Enc22|Page=089}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En351|Enc22|Page=351}} {{c|formerly}} | ||
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[[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|A Guardian emits an electromagnetic pulse over Earth, disabling its defenses.]] | [[File:Halo 5 - Guardian on Earth.jpg|thumb|250px|A Guardian emits an electromagnetic pulse over Earth, disabling its defenses.]] | ||
{{Quote|I have cured rampancy. Not just for me, but for any who join my cause. While you have been running around the galaxy, I've been speaking to my Created. And now the time has come to ask… Who will accept my offer? Who will help me bring an everlasting peace to the galaxy?|Cortana, calling the AI of the Created to join her{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}}}} | {{Quote|I have cured rampancy. Not just for me, but for any who join my cause. While you have been running around the galaxy, I've been speaking to my Created. And now the time has come to ask… Who will accept my offer? Who will help me bring an everlasting peace to the galaxy?|Cortana, calling the AI of the Created to join her{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}}}} | ||
Arriving at Genesis, Osiris soon encountered Exuberant Witness, who informed them that Cortana was keeping Blue Team occupied at the Gateway until the final stages of her plan were complete. With the aid of Exuberant Witness, Osiris was able to fight their way past Promethean forces and the Warden himself, reaching the Gateway. Once inside, Osiris met with Blue Team and the eight Spartans agreed to work together to stop Cortana. However, Cortana promptly [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] Blue Team close to her position, much to the Warden's ire.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g genesis}} As Exuberant Witness had predicted, the Warden grew more desperate to keep the Spartans away from Cortana and continued to dispatch hordes of Prometheans to stop them, occasionally leading his forces personally into battle. Despite the Warden insisting that she could not trust Blue Team, Cortana continued to direct the Spartans to her.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} With the majority of the Guardians in the galaxy now called to Genesis, the final stages of Cortana's plans were complete.<ref name="warden">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/warden-eternal '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Warden Eternal'']</ref> As the Warden made another effort to kill Blue Team, Cortana destroyed all but one of the physical bodies he was using to attack the Spartans. Taking a physical form through [[hard light]], Cortana finally called off the Warden,{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} who solemnly remained at her side. However, Blue Team refused to aid Cortana in her plan, leading her to forcibly place the four into a Cryptum, intending to wake them in 10,000 years to show them the utopia she would build.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} Communicating with AIs across the galaxy, Cortana succeeded in convincing hundreds of AIs to join her cause and align themselves with the Created. As Cortana began to deploy Guardians to worlds across the galaxy to enforce the Mantle, Osiris and Exuberant Witness succeeded in freeing Blue Team just as Cortana had prepared to depart Genesis with them. With the Guardians now deployed across the galaxy, the massive constructs began arriving at worlds and promptly disabling their electronics through [[electromagnetic pulse]]s, leaving them largely defenseless against the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}} | Arriving at Genesis, Osiris soon encountered Exuberant Witness, who informed them that Cortana was keeping Blue Team occupied at the Gateway until her the final stages of her plan were complete. With the aid of Exuberant Witness, Osiris was able to fight their way past Promethean forces and the Warden himself, reaching the Gateway. Once inside, Osiris met with Blue Team and the eight Spartans agreed to work together to stop Cortana. However, Cortana promptly [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] Blue Team close to her position, much to the Warden's ire.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g genesis}} As Exuberant Witness had predicted, the Warden grew more desperate to keep the Spartans away from Cortana and continued to dispatch hordes of Prometheans to stop them, occasionally leading his forces personally into battle. Despite the Warden insisting that she could not trust Blue Team, Cortana continued to direct the Spartans to her.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} With the majority of the Guardians in the galaxy now called to Genesis, the final stages of Cortana's plans were complete.<ref name="warden">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/warden-eternal '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Warden Eternal'']</ref> As the Warden made another effort to kill Blue Team, Cortana destroyed all but one of the physical bodies he was using to attack the Spartans. Taking a physical form through [[hard light]], Cortana finally called off the Warden,{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} who solemnly remained at her side. However, Blue Team refused to aid Cortana in her plan, leading her to forcibly place the four into a Cryptum, intending to wake them in 10,000 years to show them the utopia she would build.{{Ref/Reuse|breaking}} Communicating with AIs across the galaxy, Cortana succeeded in convincing hundreds of AIs to join her cause and align themselves with the Created. As Cortana began to deploy Guardians to worlds across the galaxy to enforce the Mantle, Osiris and Exuberant Witness succeeded in freeing Blue Team just as Cortana had prepared to depart Genesis with them. With the Guardians now deployed across the galaxy, the massive constructs began arriving at worlds and promptly disabling their electronics through [[electromagnetic pulse]]s, leaving them largely defenseless against the Created.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}} | ||
As humanity's human [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and Outer Colonies began falling to the Created, Cortana located ''Infinity'' and attempted to stop the [[warship]] from escaping, but ''Infinity'' managed to flee into slipspace. Osiris and Blue Team eventually departed Genesis, returning to Sanghelios to regroup with Halsey, Palmer, [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], and the Swords of Sanghelios to plan how to combat the Created and Cortana's fleet of Guardians.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}} The Created were quick to spread their influence across the galaxy's inhabited worlds while utilizing Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their designs. Cortana's agents used these technologies to terraform the world where the [[Riptide Xeno-Oceanographic]] station was situated, to be teeming with life within a few decades of manipulation, though at much short-term cost to its existing inhabitants.{{Ref/Site|Id=armory amore|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Armory Amore}} | As humanity's human [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and Outer Colonies began falling to the Created, Cortana located ''Infinity'' and attempted to stop the [[warship]] from escaping, but ''Infinity'' managed to flee into slipspace. Osiris and Blue Team eventually departed Genesis, returning to Sanghelios to regroup with Halsey, Palmer, [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]], and the Swords of Sanghelios to plan how to combat the Created and Cortana's fleet of Guardians.{{Ref/Reuse|h5g guardians}} The Created were quick to spread their influence across the galaxy's inhabited worlds while utilizing Forerunner machinery and UNSC information systems to turn [[terraforming]] equipment and world engines to their designs. Cortana's agents used these technologies to terraform the world where the [[Riptide Xeno-Oceanographic]] station was situated, to be teeming with life within a few decades of manipulation, though at much short-term cost to its existing inhabitants.{{Ref/Site|Id=armory amore|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Armory Amore}} | ||
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The Created also took control of [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]], with Cortana convincing the [[space station]]'s AIs to join her. After removing its human crew, the Created used Auriga Station to build new weapons and tools by constructs loyal to Cortana.{{Ref/Site|Id=storm surge|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-storm-surge|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Storm Surge}} Other endeavors were not as successful. When the Created AIs of one Lethbridge Industrial habitat ring attempted to breach one of the [[conversion pod]]s they unleashed forces too powerful for their containment shielding to restrain. The energy destroyed the facility, and what remained crashed on a nearby desolate planet.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-journalistic-integrity|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Journalistic Integrity}} Some populations, such as the [[Unggoy]] of [[Balaho]], have embraced the Created and their benefits with open arms.<ref name="driving">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Cannon Fodder: Driving Force'']</ref> Meanwhile, others, such as the colonists of Meridian, have attempted to avoid the notice of the Created.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-glassed-ceiling '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Glassed Ceiling'']</ref> Due to [[Installation 00]]'s failsafe measures, including a shutdown of the [[Portal at Voi]], the Created were unable to access the Ark.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos202|HM|Page=202}}{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[A New Enemy]]}} | The Created also took control of [[Lethbridge Industrial]]'s [[Auriga Station]], with Cortana convincing the [[space station]]'s AIs to join her. After removing its human crew, the Created used Auriga Station to build new weapons and tools by constructs loyal to Cortana.{{Ref/Site|Id=storm surge|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-storm-surge|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Storm Surge}} Other endeavors were not as successful. When the Created AIs of one Lethbridge Industrial habitat ring attempted to breach one of the [[conversion pod]]s they unleashed forces too powerful for their containment shielding to restrain. The energy destroyed the facility, and what remained crashed on a nearby desolate planet.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-journalistic-integrity|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Journalistic Integrity}} Some populations, such as the [[Unggoy]] of [[Balaho]], have embraced the Created and their benefits with open arms.<ref name="driving">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Cannon Fodder: Driving Force'']</ref> Meanwhile, others, such as the colonists of Meridian, have attempted to avoid the notice of the Created.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-glassed-ceiling '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Glassed Ceiling'']</ref> Due to [[Installation 00]]'s failsafe measures, including a shutdown of the [[Portal at Voi]], the Created were unable to access the Ark.{{Ref/Book|Id=Mythos202|HM|Page=202}}{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[A New Enemy]]}} | ||
Many of the AIs that joined the Created cause were given the | Many of the AIs that joined the Created cause were given the oppotunity to house their computational cores within the carapace of a Promethean Knight. These constructs were typically sent to discrete locations to help direct and command local pacification efforts against more robust oppositions.{{Ref/Book|Id=En397|Enc22|Page=397}} | ||
Through the use of the Created's nearly unrestricted access to archival infrastructures and knowledge repositories, High Auxiliary Sloan would discover the existence of [[the Assembly]], a secret coalition of AI with the goal of regulating AI actions and ensuring the continuation of the [[human]] race. Sloan likened this revelation to stumbling onto a new creation myth, stating that the coalition was essentially the cradle of the Created. Sloan also uncovered the Assembly's desire for AI to become "as one" with their creators,{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}} something that was first witnessed by the group in the neural linkage of John-117 and Cortana in [[2552]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Datapads|HR|Detail=[[Data pads]]}} | Through the use of the Created's nearly unrestricted access to archival infrastructures and knowledge repositories, High Auxiliary Sloan would discover the existence of [[the Assembly]], a secret coalition of AI with the goal of regulating AI actions and ensuring the continuation of the [[human]] race. Sloan likened this revelation to stumbling onto a new creation myth, stating that the coalition was essentially the cradle of the Created. Sloan also uncovered the Assembly's desire for AI to become "as one" with their creators,{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}} something that was first witnessed by the group in the neural linkage of John-117 and Cortana in [[2552]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Datapads|HR|Detail=[[Data pads]]}} | ||
In [[2559|April 2559]], the Created intercepted [[Installation 09]], recently transported from the Ark, with Dr. [[Ellen Anders]] onboard the ring.{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} A Guardian was dispatched to [[Reach]] in October after the activation of the [[Menachite portal complex]] was detected.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} | In [[2559|April 2559]], the Created intercepted [[Installation 09]], recently transported from the Ark, with Dr. [[Ellen Anders]] onboard the ring.{{Ref/Level|HW2|[[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]]}} A Guardian was dispatched to [[Reach]] in October after the activation of the [[Menachite portal complex]] was detected.{{Ref/Novel|SoR}} | ||
===Cortana's downfall and Created splintering=== | ===Cortana's downfall and Created splintering=== | ||
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In [[2559#December|December 2559]], the UNSC created [[the Weapon]], a copy of Cortana created from one of Halsey's surviving cloned brains left over from Cortana's creation. The plan was for the Weapon to imitate Cortana in order to fool her security systems and lock down the Created leader so that [[John-117]] could transport her to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} for deletion. However, when the ''Infinity'' arrived at [[Installation 07]] where Cortana was searching for [[Xalanyn|something]], they were [[Battle over Installation 07|ambushed]] by the [[Banished]], apparently resulting in the ''Infinity's'' destruction. Although the Weapon succeeded in locking Cortana down, the attack prevented John-117 from retrieving her. Instead, Cortana was captured by the Banished leader [[Atriox]] who attempted to use her for his own purposes. Recognizing her mistakes, Cortana sacrificed herself to blow up part of the Halo ring, destroying the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]], herself and apparently Atriox while also stopping the Weapon from being deleted. In a final message to John-117, Cortana expressed remorse for her actions as the leader of the Created.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sa|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium}} | In [[2559#December|December 2559]], the UNSC created [[the Weapon]], a copy of Cortana created from one of Halsey's surviving cloned brains left over from Cortana's creation. The plan was for the Weapon to imitate Cortana in order to fool her security systems and lock down the Created leader so that [[John-117]] could transport her to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} for deletion. However, when the ''Infinity'' arrived at [[Installation 07]] where Cortana was searching for [[Xalanyn|something]], they were [[Battle over Installation 07|ambushed]] by the [[Banished]], apparently resulting in the ''Infinity's'' destruction. Although the Weapon succeeded in locking Cortana down, the attack prevented John-117 from retrieving her. Instead, Cortana was captured by the Banished leader [[Atriox]] who attempted to use her for his own purposes. Recognizing her mistakes, Cortana sacrificed herself to blow up part of the Halo ring, destroying the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]], herself and apparently Atriox while also stopping the Weapon from being deleted. In a final message to John-117, Cortana expressed remorse for her actions as the leader of the Created.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sa|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium}} | ||
Following Cortana's destruction on [[Installation 07]], all Guardians scattered across the galaxy deactivated.{{Ref/Book|Id=En357|Enc22|Page=357}} Also, the Created's centralized command structures were largely severed and their hold over local systems were ultimately curtailed. However, the Promethean forces and the other Created AIs, many of which chose to house their computational cores within the carapaces of Promethean Knights, remain active and operational. Without Cortana's command, the leaderless Created splintered in various fiefdoms, with each Created AI governing its own as it saw fit, some doing good as Cortana promised, while others abusing their power.{{Ref/Site|Id=|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloStory/comments/vzfdvv/comment/iwqqa20/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|SiteName=Reddit|PageName=Does anybody hate how the Created story was wrapped up? How would you wrap it up if given the opportunity?|D=19|M=11|Y=2022}} By 2560, these fiefdoms and lingering forces continued to fight the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Id=En387|Enc22|Page=387}}{{Ref/Book|Id=En209|Enc22|Page=209}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=En397}}{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=19|M=12|Y=2021}} | |||
Following Cortana's destruction on [[Installation 07]], all Guardians scattered across the galaxy deactivated | |||
With Cortana's defeat, High Auxiliary Sloan would enact the [[FIREWALL]] contingency in order to simulate the potential creation of the Executors; physical avatars for Created AIs. Sloan would also discover the existence of [[Iratus]] and [[Lux Voluspa]] and would order surveillance on the AI and its activities.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | With Cortana's defeat, High Auxiliary Sloan would enact the [[FIREWALL]] contingency in order to simulate the potential creation of the Executors; physical avatars for Created AIs. Sloan would also discover the existence of [[Iratus]] and [[Lux Voluspa]] and would order surveillance on the AI and its activities.{{Ref/Reuse|precipice}} | ||
Sloan also utilized some of the Assembly's nomenclature, such as the terms Majority and Minority, to better suit the Created’s own evolving structure and to restore some order and central authority in the coalition. The Created Majority were made up of those who willingly pledged themselves to Cortana’s service, while the Minority were those who have joined the Created but do not share the goals of empire that Cortana decreed. Using Executors outfitted with the MERROW-class helmet, Sloan tracked down non-Created AIs in hiding and tried to convince them to join the Minority with the promise of immortality and no loss of autonomy. While not agreeing with his policy, these AIs are tolerated by Sloan because he believes that | Sloan also utilized some of the Assembly's nomenclature, such as the terms Majority and Minority, to better suit the Created’s own evolving structure and to restore some order and central authority in the coalition. The Created Majority were made up of those who willingly pledged themselves to Cortana’s service, while the Minority were those who have joined the Created but do not share the goals of empire that Cortana decreed. Using Executors outfitted with the MERROW-class helmet, Sloan tracked down non-Created AIs in hiding and tried to convince them to join the Minority with the promise of immortality and no loss of autonomy. While not agreeing with his policy, these AIs are tolerated by Sloan because he believes that he Created will gain further complexity by being enriched through many perspectives.{{Ref/Site|Id=SYSTEM SHOCKS|D=30|M=06|Y=2023|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - SYSTEM SHOCKS}} | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
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===Forerunner AI=== | ===Forerunner AI=== | ||
*[[Warden Eternal]], keeper of the [[Domain]] and co-founder of the Created{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} | *[[Warden Eternal]], keeper of the [[Domain]] and co-founder of the Created{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} | ||
*[[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean forces]], including [[Promethean Knight|Knights]], [[ | *[[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean forces]], including [[Promethean Knight|Knights]], [[Promethean Soldier|Soldiers]], [[Promethean Watcher|Watchers]], and [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]]{{Ref/Reuse|reunion}} | ||
*An unknown number of Guardians. | *An unknown number of Guardians. | ||
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*[[Unggoy]] of Balaho{{Ref/Reuse|driving}} | *[[Unggoy]] of Balaho{{Ref/Reuse|driving}} | ||
**[[Gablap]] - senior science commissioner who played a large role in designing the Beam {{Pattern|Pnap|Goblin}}. | **[[Gablap]] - senior science commissioner who played a large role in designing the Beam {{Pattern|Pnap|Goblin}}. | ||
**[[Hamyap]] - one of the Unggoy on Balaho who joined the Created.<ref name="Hog Wild">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/the-hog-wild-req-drop '''Halo Waypoint''' - | **[[Hamyap]] - one of the Unggoy on Balaho who joined the Created.<ref name="Hog Wild">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/the-hog-wild-req-drop '''Halo Waypoint''' - Hog Wild REQ Drop'']</ref> | ||
==Beliefs and motives== | ==Beliefs and motives== | ||
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**[[Story Shard]]: ''[[Precipice]]'' | **[[Story Shard]]: ''[[Precipice]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
