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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>   
[[File:Keyofonsanalan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|James Ackerson holding out the Key of Osanalan to Ruwan.]]
The '''Key of Osanalan''' was a simple skeleton key, fashioned from what appears to be tin-foil, that [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]] and [[James Ackerson]] used in make-believe games when they were young. <ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]</ref>   


==Background==
==Background==
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 their childhood, James and Ruwan Ackerson made up a skeleton key called the Key of Osanalan which was created to rescue the "Princess" as part of their make-believe games.<ref>[[Halo: Uprising 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>
When James Ackerson was held captive and interrogated by the Jiralhanae, he said that the [[Halo Array|Halos]] will not properly activate without the Key, 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, saying that he would give them the Key when they met. Once they arrived, Ruwan then informed them that he was in fact the key. Confused, the Covenant left Ruwan to their ship. In actuality, Ruwan was implanted with an organic tracker. Moments before [[Nassau Station]] used its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] cannon to destroy the ship, Ruwan told the [[Minister of Inquisition]] to ''"kiss my ass"''.<ref name="Uprising4">[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4]]</ref>


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 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 name="Uprising4"/>


==List of appearances==
==Trivia==
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
*Ironically, like all [[Reclaimers]], if given the opportunity Ruwan could indeed activate the Halo rings, acting as a "Key" for the Installations.
 
*If the comic page is read from top to bottom, when the Prophet asks, "Tell us, creature...what do you open?" Ruwan appears to say that he can open Halo. However, the panels span across the two pages and are not meant to be read in that order. Ruwan was in fact answering the Minister's question of ''"Tell us what you know of the Halo?"''.


==Sources==
==Sources==
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==Related Pages==
*[[Halo: Uprising]]
*[[Battle of Cleveland]]
[[category:The Forerunner]]

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