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{{disambig header|the room in High Charity|other articles including "Arbiter"|Arbiter (disambiguation)}} | {{disambig header|the room in High Charity|other articles including "Arbiter"|Arbiter (disambiguation)}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:Homeofarbiter.jpg|thumb|300px|Exterior view of the Mausoleum.]] | ||
{{Quote|Here rests the vanguard of the [[Great Journey]]. Every [[Arbiter]], from first to last. Each one created and consumed in times of extraordinary crisis.|[[Prophet of Truth]] | {{Quote|Here rests the vanguard of the [[Great Journey]]. Every [[Arbiter]], from first to last. Each one created and consumed in times of extraordinary crisis.|[[Prophet of Truth]]}} | ||
The '''Mausoleum of the Arbiter''' was a massive chamber within the [[Covenant]] holy city of ''[[High Charity]]'' which housed the remains of the previous [[Arbiter]]s. | The '''Mausoleum of the Arbiter''' was a massive chamber within the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] holy city of ''[[High Charity]]'' which housed the remains of the previous [[Arbiter]]s. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The Mausoleum of the Arbiter contained the recoverable remains of every [[Sangheili]] that has ever been designated as the Arbiter. A total of one hundred eighty-two caskets are present, spreading far up into the ceiling. In the center of the chamber is a large suspended sarcophagus that held the | The Mausoleum of the Arbiter contained the recoverable remains of every [[Sangheili]] that has ever been designated as the Arbiter. A total of one hundred eighty-two caskets are present, spreading far up into the ceiling. In the center of the chamber is a large suspended sarcophagus that held the armor of the [[Arbiter]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
After Thel 'Vadam was branded with the [[Mark of Shame]], he was taken to the mausoleum by Tartarus and his two [[ | After Thel 'Vadam was branded with the [[Mark of Shame]], he was taken to the mausoleum by Tartarus and his two [[Brute]] ushers. The [[Prophet of Truth]] and the [[Prophet of Mercy]] ordered Tartarus to release 'Vadamee and leave. After this, they started to converse with him about the [[Heretic Leader]] and the past Arbiters, ultimately appointing him the new Arbiter and giving him the ornate armor of the Arbiter there. | ||
Some time later, [[John-117]] had to engage in a large-scale battle inside the mausoleum in order to go further into ''High Charity'' and find the platform with the [[Phantom]]s that were used to transport Truth, Mercy, Tartarus, [[Miranda Keyes]] and [[Avery Junior Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]] to their respective locations. | |||
After | After High Charity was infested by the Flood and crashed into [[Installation 00]] during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the mausoleum was severely damaged. By the time of John-117's [[raid on High Charity]], the tower was in a tilted angle, with energy cascades across the surface leaning dangerously over to the side and cables hanging from the shattered [[bridge (structure)|bridges]] around the tower. It can be assumed that the Mausoleum and the Vanguards of the Great Journey entombed within were destroyed when ''High Charity's'' reactor went critical, as spurred by Spartan-117 in the previous raid, and destroyed the Flood Infected city. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
In | *In the early version of the level ''Cortana'', John-117 would have passed through the Mausoleum, encountering an army of Flood-infected Arbiters. This idea was scrapped however, when both Flood levels were redesigned, possibly because the Arbiters would have been armorless. Another reason could be that over time, the Arbiter bodies could have decomposed like normal bodies after being in the caskets for so long. It is possible that some method of preservation is used in the caskets, but due to the fact that most Arbiters are only respected because of their title (if that much, being that the rank of Arbiter implies a great amount of lost honor, as Arbiters undergo their suicidal mission as a means to regain that honor), it is unlikely.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13849 '''Bungie.net''': ''Looking at the Creation of Flood Environments '']</ref> | ||
*It would seem that the Mausoleum was located close to High Charity's detention center, as seen in the beginning cutscene of the level ''[[The Arbiter]]''. However, the path taken in the level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]'' reveals the two to be much farther away from each other. However, it is also possible that the [[Bungie]] cut parts of the trip off to preserve cutscene time. | |||
*The Mausoleum was the location in which Breaking Benjamin's [[Blow Me Away]] is played in-game during the fight between Covenant loyalists and [[Covenant Separatists|separatists]]. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:MausoleumConcept.jpg|Early ''[[Halo 3]]'' concept art of the Mausoleum and [[John-117]]. | File:MausoleumConcept.jpg|Early ''[[Halo 3]]'' concept art of the Mausoleum and [[John-117]]. | ||
File:Mausoleum Interior.jpg|An interior shot as seen in ''Halo 2''. | File:Mausoleum Interior.jpg|An interior shot as seen in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File: | File:1211654306 Picture2.jpg|The Mausoleum of the Arbiter in ruins as seen in ''Halo 3''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' | *''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==Related Pages== | |||
*[[High Charity]] | |||
*[[Arbiter]] | |||
*[[Gravemind (Level)|Gravemind]] | |||
*[[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]] | |||
{{High Charity Locations}} | {{High Charity Locations}} | ||
[[Category:Places]] | |||
