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| {{Title|''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''}} | | {{era|H3}} |
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| | On June 14th, 2007, a website related to [[Halo 3]] (http://www.halo3.com/comic/) went up. It was found by Bungie.net user crazyBoy3. '''The Cradle of Life''' is a story about a Tribal Elder, [[N'chala]], who watches the [[Forerunner]]s build what may or may not be the [[Ark]]. On the last page (page 4) of the comic there are three comic strips that can be clicked on over and over and/or dragged to reveal mysterious numbers. These numbers are as follows: Strip One - 206., Strip Two - 16. over 223., Strip Three - 65. These numbers were later discovered to be an IP address by Bungie.net forumers. By typing http://206.16.223.65/ into the url box, people would be linked to a webpage owned by Microsoft with a message saying that you do not have permission to view this page. Later, the webpage opened to reveal an alien looking website with the text: |
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| |name=Halo 3: The Cradle of Life
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| |image=[[File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Ad.jpg|300px]]
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| |author=[[:Category:Images by Ashley Wood|Ashley Wood]]{{Ref/Site|Id=BnetBlogMailSack4|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=32038|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Mail Sack 4.0|D=13|M=10|Y=2014}}
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| |illustrator=[[:Category:Images by Ashley Wood|Ashley Wood]]{{Ref/Reuse|BnetBlogMailSack4}}
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| |publication=[[2007#June|June 14, 2007]] {{C|Discovered}}{{Ref/Site|Id=BnetClue|URL=https://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11318641|Site=Bungie.net|Page=I found the next clue!!|D=06|M=10|Y=2007}}
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| |media=[[Wikipedia:Webcomic|Webcomic]]{{Ref/Site|Id=IRISH3TCOL|URL=http://halo3.com/comic/|Site=Halo 3|Page=The Cradle of Life|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/|D=20|M=04|Y=2009}}
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| |length=4 pages {{C|1 modifiable}}{{Ref/Reuse|IRISH3TCOL}}
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| |multiseries=[[Iris]] - Episode 1: [[The Unknown Helper]]
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| '''''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''''' is a short flash animation web comic that is tied to the [[The Unknown Helper|first episode]] of the ''[[Iris]]'' [[alternate reality game]] (ARG) campaign created for marketing ''[[Halo 3]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|IRISH3TCOL}} The comic and story were created by [[:Category:Images by Ashley Wood|Ashley Wood]] with the oversight of [[Bungie]].{{Ref/Reuse|BnetBlogMailSack4}} | | '''''Rotate Transition Point /negative/''''' |
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| ==Plot synopsis==
| | '''''Local Interference - Negligible''''' |
| ''The Cradle of Life'' is set 100,000 years ago prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]] at the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. The comic tells the story of [[N'chala]], a prehistoric [[human]] and the elder of his tribe in [[Africa]], who goes every morning to the same spot in the plains and watches over them to observe something special happening. N'chala describes that the [[Forerunner|"gods"]] are building their machines in a large lake on the plains of Africa. This structure, being constructed by several [[Strato-Sentinel]]s, appears to be the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. N'chala doesn't understand these "gods" but he is said to paint for months to tell their story, pondering if the "gods" will ever reveal themselves to him. Until then he will watch and wait.{{Ref/Reuse|IRISH3TCOL}} | |
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| ==Comic panels==
| | '''''/confirmed/ Realignment Proceeding''''' |
| <center><gallery mode="packed-overlay">
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| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Page 1.JPG|Page 1
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| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Page 2.JPG|Page 2
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| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Page 3.JPG|Page 3
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| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Page 4.JPG|Page 4
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| </gallery></center>
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| ==Appearances==
| | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' |
| {{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-3|title-1=Characters|
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| '''Human''' | |
| *[[N'chala]] {{1st}}
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| |title-2=Species and entities|
| | ("''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) |
| '''Artificial''' | |
| *[[Sentinel]]
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| **[[Strato-Sentinel]] {{1st}}
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| ***[[Assembler Sentinel]] {{1st}}
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| '''Sentient'''
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| *[[Forerunner]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Human]]
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| '''Non-sentient'''
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| *African elephant {{1st}}
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| *South african cheetah {{1st}}
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| |title-3=Locations|
| | When bookmarked, the page will defaultly be named "Transmission Log". Nobody yet knows what the webpage is counting down to and it is strange that the countdown will skip numbers with the digits 7, 8 and 9 (for example, it will countdown like 32, 31, 30, 26, 25, 24, etc. It will also countdown like 102, 101, 100, 66, 65, 64, etc.). It is also strange that the "minutes" and "seconds" columns of the timer start at the number "113". However, the digit skipping could be explained by the possibility that the timer is counting in Base [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|Seven]]. If this is true, the timer is counting to midnight on Wednesday, June 20, 2007. But what event(s) will occurs on June 20 is unknown. |
| *[[Sol system]]
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| **[[Earth]]
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| ***[[Africa]]
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| ****[[Portal at Voi]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-4=Miscellaneous|
| | The IP address of the site has been traced to "Microsoft Way - Redmond, Washington". |
| *[[Forerunner symbols]]
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| ==IRIS connections==
| | The text changed on June 16, 2007 to: |
| The website was found via an ad in the June Circuit City{{Ref/Reuse|IRISH3TCOL}} and Best Buy circulars. This site was part of the IRIS alternate reality game. On the last page of the comic, to tie into N'chala telling their story, there are three panels with various painted walls, each able to be moved or clicked with the mouse to reveal certain numbers. When the numbers were arranged in order, they became an IP address, 206.16.223.65,{{Ref/Reuse|IRISH3TCOL}} which initially led to a site called the [[Transmission Log]]. | |
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| ==Trivia==
| | '''''/confirm bounce alignment/''''' |
| *The name "Cradle of Life" may be a reference the fact that [[Earth]], and more specifically [[Africa]] are seen as the birthing place of modern man.
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| *N'chala is similar to the Arabic word, [[wikipedia:Insha'Allah|inshallah]], which means "God willing".
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| ==Gallery==
| | '''''Confirmed - Alignment Request Compiling''''' |
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| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Ad.jpg|The Ad used to lead onto the comic.
| | '''''Hibernation Resumed''''' |
| File:IRIS H3 Cradle of Life Page 4 Puzzle.png|Panels on the last page with the IP address "206.16.223.65" showing.
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| </gallery>
| | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' |
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| | The text changed yet again on June 17, 2007 to: |
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| | '''''Transmission Interruption - Go Dark /negative/''''' |
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| | '''''Possible Intercept - System Bypass Imminent''''' |
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| | '''''/adjust bypass according to threat/ Fluctuating''''' |
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| | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' |
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| | ("''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) |
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| | [[Image:Halo 3 Comic -2.JPG|thumb|200px|''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life'' Page #2]] |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
| | *http://www.halo3.com/comic/ |
| | *http://206.16.223.65/ |
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| | ==Related Links== |
| | *[[AdjutantReflex]] |
| | *[[Forerunner Email]] |
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://halo3.com/comic/ ''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''] - the original source link for the comic, though rendered defunct due to the ARG's end in [[2009#December|December 2009]].
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| *[https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/ ''Halopedia Archives'' - Halo 3: The Cradle of Life] - an archived copy of the original website as-originally presented, hosted by Halopedia as part of this website's [[Archive:Website archives|website archival]] project.
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