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|image=[[File:HaloEpitaph Cover Front.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:HaloEpitaph Cover Front.jpg|300px]]
|author=[[Kelly Gay]]{{Ref/Reuse|KellyAnnounce}}
|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}}{{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}}
|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}}
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|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
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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 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''''' 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}}


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'' 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}}


''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, will narrate 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}}
 
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}}


==Official summary==
==Official summary==
{{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…
{{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…


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 [[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}}}}


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5
|title-1=Characters|
|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
;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]]
*[[Ur-Didact]]
*[[Verdant Horizon]]


;Human
;Human
*[[Chakas]] {{Mo}}
*[[John-117]] {{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|
|title-2=Species|
*[[Flood]]
*[[Forerunner]]
*[[Forerunner]]
*[[Human]]
*[[Huragok]]
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Precursor]] {{Mo}}
*[[Rangmejo]]
*[[Rangmejo]]
*[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Xalanyn]] {{Mo}}


|title-3=Organizations|
|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Ancestors]]
*[[Banished]]
*[[Created]]
*[[Ecumene]]
*[[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]]
**[[Warrior-Servant]]
***[[Promethean]]
***[[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|
|title-4=Locations|
*[[Burn]]
*[[Nomdagro]]
*[[Ephsu system]]
**[[River Dweha]] {{Fm}}
**[[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|
|title-5=Events|
*[[Reintroduction]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mission to Installation 03]] {{Mo}}
*[[War]]
**[[Kradal conflicts]] {{1st}}
**[[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|
|title-6=Weapons|
*[[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Lightblade]]
*[[Riftblade]] {{1st}}
*[[Z-040 pulse grenade]] {{Mo}}
*[[Z-130 Suppressor]]


|title-7=Vehicles|
|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|
|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]]
*[[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>
<gallery>
File:HaloEpitaph_AnnounceImage.png|The announcement teaser image for ''Halo: Epitaph''.
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: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]]''.
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==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/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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