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| {{Title|''Halo: Epitaph''}} | | {{Title|''Halo: Epitaph''}} |
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| {{Novel infobox | | {{Novel infobox |
| |image=[[File:HaloEpitaph Cover Front.jpg|300px]] | | |name=''Halo: Epitaph'' |
| |author=[[Kelly Gay]]{{Ref/Reuse|KellyAnnounce}} | | |image= |
| |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}} | | |author=[[Kelly-087]] |
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| |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] | | |publisher= |
| |publication=[[2024#February|February 27, 2024]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAuditory|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-auditory-additions|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Auditory Additions|D=15|M=12|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S&SEpitaph|URL=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-Epitaph/Kelly-Gay/Halo/9781668017531|Site=Simon & Schuster|Page=Halo: Epitaph|D=22|M=04|Y=2023}} | | |publication=[[2023]] |
| |media=Print | | |media=Print |
| |length=352 pages{{Ref/Reuse|S&SEpitaph}} | | |length= |
| |ISBN=9781668017531 | | |ISBN= |
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| | | '''Halo: Epitaph''' is an upcoming [[Halo novels|print novel]] by [[Kelly Gay]], set to be released on [[2023]]. The novel follows the [[Ur-Didact]] after the events of the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' arc ''[[The Next 72 Hours]]''. |
| {{Quote|The Didact returns...|[[Alex Wakeford]] announcing the novel.{{Ref/Reuse|StreamAnnounce}}}}
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| '''''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}}
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| 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}} | |
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| ''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}}
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| The Didact's ''Halo 4'' voice actor, [[Wikipedia:Keith Szarabajka|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}}
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| ==Official summary==
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| {{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…
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| 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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| ==Plot summary==
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| {{Expand-section}}
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| ==Appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
| {{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6 | | {{Featurelist|title-1=Characters| |
| |title-1=Characters| | |
| ;AI
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| *[[031 Exuberant Witness]]
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| *[[117649 Despondent Pyre]]
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| *[[Abaddon]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Cortana]]
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| *[[Mendicant Bias]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Offensive Bias]]
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| *[[The Weapon]] {{Im}}
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| *[[Warden Eternal]]
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| ;Flood
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| *[[Gravemind]]
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| ;Forerunner | | ;Forerunner |
| *[[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]]
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| *[[Catalog]]
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| *[[Confirmer]]
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| *[[Didact's father]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Didact's mother]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]]
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| *[[Falchion]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Grammarian]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[IsoDidact]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Librarian]]
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| *[[Silence-in-the-End]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Unidentified Haruspis]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Ur-Didact]] | | *[[Ur-Didact]] |
| *[[Verdant Horizon]]
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| ;Human
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| *[[Chakas]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Forthencho]]
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| *[[Fred-104]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
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| *[[Kelly-087]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
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| *[[John-117]]
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| *[[Linda-058]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
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| *[[Riser]] {{Mo}}
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| ;Jiralhanae
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| *[[Atriox]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
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| ;Precursor
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| *[[Primordial]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-2=Species| | | |title-2=Species| |
| *[[Flood]]
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| *[[Forerunner]] | | *[[Forerunner]] |
| *[[Human]]
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| *[[Huragok]]
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| *[[Jiralhanae]]
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| *[[Precursor]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Rangmejo]]
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| *[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Xalanyn]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-3=Organizations|
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| *[[Ancestors]]
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| *[[Banished]]
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| *[[Created]]
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| *[[Ecumene]]
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| **[[Builder]]
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| ***[[Builder Security]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Ecumene Council]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Haruspis]]
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| **[[Historian]] {{Fm}}
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| **[[Interpreter]] {{Fm}}
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| **[[Juridical]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Lifeworker]]
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| ***[[Lifeshaper]]
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| **[[Miner]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Reparation movement]] {{Fm}}
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| **[[Speaker]]
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| **[[Theoretical]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Warrior-Servant]]
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| ***[[Promethean]]
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| **[[Weaver]] {{Fm}}
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| *[[Unified Earth Government]]
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| **[[United Nations Space Command]]
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| ***[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
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| ****[[UNSC Navy]]
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| *****[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]]
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| ******[[SPARTAN-II program]]
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| *******[[Black Team]] {{Mo}}
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| *******[[Blue Team]]
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| |title-4=Locations|
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| *[[Burn]]
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| *[[Ephsu system]]
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| **[[Ephsu I]]
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| ***[[Installation 07]]
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| ****[[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]]
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| ****[[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]]
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| *[[Epoloch system]]
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| **[[Requiem]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Far Nomdagro]]
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| **[[Nomdagro]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[River Dweha]] {{Fm}}
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| ***[[River Dwoho]] {{Fm}}
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| *[[Intergalactic space]]
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| **[[Greater Ark]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Epitaph]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Omega Halo]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Sol system]]
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| **[[Earth]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Khaphrae system]]
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| **[[Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Kradal]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Nomos system]]
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| **[[Genesis]]
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| ***[[Gateway]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Nov Thasta system]]
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| **[[Charum Hakkor]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Charum Hakkor arena]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Qom Yaekesh system]]
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| **[[Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-5=Events|
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| *[[Reintroduction]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[War]]
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| **[[Kradal conflicts]] {{1st}}
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| **[[Human-Forerunner wars]]
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| ***[[Battle of Charum Hakkor]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Forerunner-Flood war]]
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| ***[[Fate of Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Mission to Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
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| **San'Shyuum rebellion
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| ***[[Battle of Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
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| ***[[Battle of Requiem]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Mission to Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[New Phoenix Incident]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Created uprising]]
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| ****[[Battle for the Domain]] {{1st}}
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| ****[[Cortana Event]]
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| *****[[Battle of Genesis]]
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| *****[[The Reclamation]]
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| |title-6=Weapons|
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| *[[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Lightblade]]
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| *[[Riftblade]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Z-040 pulse grenade]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Z-130 Suppressor]]
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| |title-7=Vehicles|
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| *''[[Audacity]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *[[Forerunner cruiser]] {{Mo}}
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| *{{Class|Fortress|vessel}}
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| **''[[Deep Reverence]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Mantle's Approach]]''
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| *{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
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| **{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
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| |title-8=Technology and equipment|
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| *[[Artificial intelligence]]
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| **[[Ancilla]]
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| **[[Avatar]]
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| **[[Constructor Sentinel]]
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| **[[Metarchy]]
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| ***{{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}}
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| **[[Monitor]]
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| ***{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
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| **[[Knowledge engine]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Rampancy]]
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| **[[Smart AI]]
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| *[[Composer]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Cryptum]]
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| *[[Domain]]
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| *[[Forerunner mutation]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Forerunner personal armor]]
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| *[[Form]]
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| *''[[Geas]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *[[Guardian Custode]]
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| *[[Halo Array]]
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| *[[Hard light]]
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| **[[Light bridge]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Janus Key]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Logic plague]]
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| *[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
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| **[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)]]
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| ***[[ARGUS-class Mjolnir]]
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| ***[[CENTURION-class Mjolnir]]
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| ***[[HERMES-class Mjolnir]]
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| ***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI Mjolnir]]
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| *[[Mind transfer]]
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| *[[Neural transmission]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Seed world]]
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| *[[Shield world]]
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| *[[Slipspace portal]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-9=Miscellaneous|
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| *[[Living Time]]
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| *[[Mantle]]
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| *[[Synchron]]
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| *[[Twelve Laws of Making and Moving]] {{Mo}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HaloEpitaph_AnnounceImage.png|The announcement teaser image for ''Halo: Epitaph''.
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| File:Epitaph AlexCover.jpg|An early exploration of a potential cover for ''Epitaph''.
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| File:EpitaphOldCoverExploration.jpg|An earlier revision of the ''Epitaph'' cover art, depicting the Didact standing inside the tower.
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| File:HaloEpitaph Cover Full.jpg|The full cover art for the book, featuring the tower from the Epitaph multiplayer map in the background.
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| File:H3 Epitaph Tower.jpg|The tower of Epitaph, as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
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| File:H5G - Didact concept art.jpg|The ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' concept art upon which the Didact's appearance on the cover is based.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | {{Ref/Sources}} |
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| ==External links==
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| *[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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