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| [[File:HSB small.jpg|thumb|The cover of one version of the Halo Story Bible.]]
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| {{Quote|It is the ponderous collection of lies, damned lies, and half-truths from which the entire Halo Universe is constructed.|[[Robert McLees]]<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12753 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo Universe: Covenant Weapons'']</ref>}} | | {{quote|It is the ponderous collection of lies, damned lies, and half-truths from which the entire Halo Universe is constructed.|[[Robert McLees]] <ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12753</ref>}} |
| The '''Halo Story Bible''', often shortened as the '''Story Bible''', is a [[wikipedia:Bible (writing)|reference document]] created by [[Bungie]]. As a developer's text, the Story Bible contains information to ensure consistency throughout the development of the ''Halo'' franchise. | | The '''Halo Story Bible''', created by [[Bungie Studios]], is the single most important object to the development of the [[Halo Universe]]. The Story Bible contains all of the ''Halo'' canon and information that Bungie has developed. |
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| == Background ==
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| Consisted of four black-and-silver looseleaf binders, the Story Bible is under the care of [[Frank O'Connor]] of [[343 Industries]]. When the Story Bible is not with O'Connor, it is stored in a locked metal cabinet in the studio's offices, which are inaccessible to the rest of Microsoft.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_36/b4193032898394.htm '''Bloomberg Businessweek''': ''The Halo Effect of Microsoft's Halo'']</ref>
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| Following Bungie's [[Bungie#End of partnership|end of partnership with Microsoft]], Microsoft internal studio (now known as [[343 Industries]]) sought assistance from Starlight Runner Entertainment to assemble a "Halo Bible" to ensure that the fictional content is understandable and easy to digest for any future development of the ''Halo'' franchise. During the development of ''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'', new additions were incorporated into the story bible to fill gaps and bridge parts of the ''Halo'' Universe.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-update-preview-of-autumn '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Did You Myth Me?'']</ref>
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| ==Released entries== | | == Background == |
| Some less-sensitive material from the ''Story Bible'' was published in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'' strategy guide. Various portions of the ''Story Bible'', including weapon- and vehicle-related information, have been posted on [[Bungie.net]] as well. The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' also contains new information on canon, and some of its content originated from the ''Story Bible''.
| | The Story Bible is the most extensive and largest collection of material for the ''[[Halo]]'' universe, and, to date, it is also the single most secretive thing Bungie holds. The Story Bible contains background information, technical data, and other details about ''Halo''-related things that have not been mentioned anywhere else. |
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| In 2007 several entries on weapons were released on Bungie.Net.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12699 '''Bungie.Net''' ''- Use Fire'']</ref><ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12704 '''Bungie.Net''' ''- Halo Universe: UNSC Weaponry'']</ref>
| | The Story Bible is so carefully guarded that the number of copies currently in existence is unknown. The actual physical form of the Story Bible is unknown as well; it may not even be a book. [[Eric Nylund]], writer of three ''Halo'' novels, commented in a [[:Category:Letters of Canon|letter to Halopedia]] that the Story Bible was given to him during the writing of the books and quickly taken back once the novels were complete. It is unknown whether or not the material in the Story Bible is static, as the [[Kig-Yar]] homeworld of [[Eayn]] is a fictional satellite of a real extra solar planet (HD 69830 D) that was not discovered until May of 2006. |
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| ==Versions==
| | Some of the less sensitive material in the Story Bible was published in the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'' strategy guide. Various portions of the Story Bible, including [[weapon]]- and [[vehicle]]-related information, have been posted on [[Bungie.net]] as well. The recently-released [[Halo Encyclopedia]] also contains new information on canon, and some of its content may have originated from the Story Bible. |
| *'''Version 6.0''': By April 21 [[2003]], the 6th version of the story bible had been created.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1214429 '''halo.bungie.org''' ''- Story bible image'']</ref>
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| == Trivia == | | == Trivia == |
| *It is apparent that the material in the ''Story Bible'' is not static, as the [[Kig-Yar]] homeworld of [[Eayn]] is a fictional satellite of a real extrasolar planet, [[wikipedia:HD 69830 d|HD 69830 d]], that was not discovered until May 2006.
| | *During a private question and answer session, [[Martin O'Donnell]] claimed that he had memorized every chapter and verse of the Halo Story Bible.{{Fact}} |
| *During a private question and answer session, [[Martin O'Donnell]] jokingly claimed that he had memorized every chapter and verse of the ''Halo Story Bible''.{{citation needed}} | | *On February 12th, 2010, Both [[Martin O'Donnell]] and [[Frank O'Connor]] joined host Chris Cashman in his booth during a special session of 1 vs 100. When answering a fan's question about continuity in the Halo universe, ''both'' of them jokingly refer to the Halo Story Bible. |
| *On February 12, 2010, both Martin O'Donnell and [[Frank O'Connor]] joined host Chris Cashman in his booth during a special session of ''1 vs 100''. When answering a fan's question about continuity in the ''Halo'' universe, both of them jokingly referred to the ''Halo Story Bible''.{{Citation needed}} | | *On April 26, 2010, the site, halostorybible.com, which had formally only shown a faded picture of a halo ring with text, "Soon", now is an actual page set up to load information about the Halo universe. Unfortunatly, it is titled the UNofficial Halo Story Bible. This is the link: http://halostorybible.com. |
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