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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> 


==Background==
The '''Key of Osanalan''' is a fictitious  [[Forerunner]] object underneath the city of [[Cleveland]], [[United States of America|Ohio]] on [[Earth]].<ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]</ref> [[Colonel James Ackerson]] said that without the Key, the [[Halo Array|Halos]] will not properly activate.
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>


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>
However, the key does not exist at all in 2552, but rather existed at an earlier date. During their childhood, James Ackerson and his brother, [[Ruwan]], made up an object called the Key of Osanalan for their make-believe games.<ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3]]</ref> It is likely Ackerson told the Covenant about the key to prevent them from simply destroying Cleveland.


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}}
After agreeing to give the Covenant their "Key", Ruwan informed them that he was in fact the key, and then told the [[Minister of Inquisition]] to "kiss my ass". <ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4]]</ref>


==List of appearances==
The ruse behind the key's true status lasted long enough for [[UNSC]] forces to destroy most of the Covenant forces in Cleveland, potentially saving the remnants of the city.
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
 
While the Key was used as a ruse by Ruwan and the UNSC, the true Key of Osanalan from the Ackerson's childhood was a simple skeleton key fashioned from what appears to be tin-foil. The Key's intention was to rescue the "Princess" of their game; a possible foreshadowing to Ruwan meeting [[Myras Tyla]].
 
After the events on the [[Harbinger of Piety]], James Ackerson openly mocked the Covenant about the key's non-existence, which ended in his death. <ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4]]</ref>
==Trivia==
 
*Ironically, like all [[Reclaimers]], if given the opportunity Ruwan could indeed activate the Halo rings, acting as a "Key" for the Installations.
 
*While Ruwan seemed to say that he opened Halo, he was in fact answering the Minister's question of "Tell us what you know of the Halo?". The comic boxes read in order from left to right, then descend to the next lower row.
 
==Related Articles==
*[[Halo: Uprising]]
*[[Battle of Cleveland]]


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