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| [[File:Keyofonsanalan.jpg|thumb|200px|James Ackerson holding out the Key of Osanalan to Ruwan.]]
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| The '''Key of Osanalan''' was a simple imaginary skeleton key, seemingly fashioned from tin-foil, that [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]] and [[James Ackerson]] used in make-believe games when they were both children.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> | | The '''Key of Osanalan''' is a [[Forerunner]] object underneath the city of [[Cleveland]], [[United States of America|Ohio]] on [[Earth]]. <ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]</ref> As revealed by a captured [[Colonel James Ackerson]], without the Key, the Halos will not properly activate. From Ackerson's tortured admission it is implied that the previous Halos failure may have been due to the absence of this Key. Outside of [[Halo: Uprising]], no mention of the key is seen in [[Halo 3]], and [[Master Chief]] activates the replacement [[Installation 04]] successfully even without the key. However, the key could be required for a full Array activation, but not for single detonations, as a sort of stop-gap measure to insure the galaxy is not wiped out by accident. The Prophet of Truth, despite wanting to activate the Halos, did not search for the object vigorously, indicating that the Key may not be needed at all. |
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| ==Background==
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| During their childhood, James and Ruwan Ackerson used the imaginary Key of Osanalan to rescue a "Princess" as part of their make-believe games.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref>
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| During the [[Human-Covenant War]], James Ackerson, now a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]], was captured after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]. While he was being interrogated by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]], he said that the [[Halo Array|Halos]] would not properly activate without the Key of Osanalan, causing the Covenant to go on a misleading search for the "Key". Ruwan, after realizing the importance of the Covenant's belief in the key, contacted the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], saying that he would give them the Key when they met. Once they arrived, Ruwan then told them that he was the Key. Confused, the Covenant brought Ruwan to their ship, the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]''. Unbeknownst to them, Ruwan had been implanted with [[Tykos 30]], an organic tracking compound. Moments before ''[[Nassau Station]]'' used its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] to destroy the ship, Ruwan told the [[Minister of Inquisition]] to ''"kiss [his] ass"''.<ref name="Uprising4">'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>
| | ==Related Articles== |
| | | *[[Halo: Uprising]] |
| After the destruction of ''Harbinger of Piety'', [[James Ackerson]] openly mocked the Covenant about the key's non-existence, which resulted in his death.{{Ref/Reuse|Uprising4}}
| | *[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]] |
| | | *[[Cleveland]] |
| ==List of appearances==
| | *[[Battle of Cleveland]] |
| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}} | |
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