Editing List of deleted skulls

This is a list of [[skulls]] cut during the development of ''Halo'' games.

In the level [[Keyes]], the Master Chief originally had to burn through the Proto-Gravemind's biomass to retrieve Captain Keyes' neural implants. Bungie modeled a burnt skull, which was said to be particularly gruesome. The scene and Keyes' skull were cut due to the [[M7057 flamethrower|flamethrower]] being deleted from the game.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]''', ''page 140''</ref>

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The [[Halo 3 skulls#Unknown Skull (Second Blind Skull/Assassin Skull)|unknown skull]] in the level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]] was originally designed to be the [[Halo 3 skulls#Blind|Blind Skull]] ("Interred deep within her tomb"), whereas the first skull in the level [[Sierra 117]] was originally the Assassin Skull ("Interred where heroes fall"). Bungie eventually swapped them, putting the Blind Skull in Sierra 117 and leaving a nonfunctioning Assassin Skull in Cortana. The latter can still unlock the Blind Skull and, if carried throughout Cortana, will make the player start with a [[M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser]] as a primary weapon at the beginning of [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]. The names and descriptions of these two Skulls can be found in the game's files. In the final game, the Assassin Skull is the only skull that does not appear in the Skulls menu.

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