Editing Rebirth

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Title|''Rebirth''}}
{{Novel infobox
|name=''Rebirth''
|image=
|author=[[Greg Bear]], [[Chloe Bear]]
|publisher=[[343 Industries]]
|publication=[[2013|March 19, 2013]]
|media=Audio
|length=
|ISBN=}}
'''''Rebirth''''' (sometimes titled '''''Halo: Rebirth''''') is an audio coda/epilogue to ''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', downloadable via [[Halo Waypoint Classified]] by entering the code found at the beginning of each chapter of ''Silentium''. Written by [[Greg Bear]] and his daughter [[Chloe Bear]], the story follows [[Riser]] and his arrival on the [[Installation 00|lesser Ark]] and later his return to [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]. Days after, a new code was revealed, adding five additional minutes to ''Rebirth'', describing the trial of [[Mendicant Bias]] after its defeat at the [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGR1V7IRLXs '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo 4 Silentium Rebirth'']</ref> 

The text itself was eventually appended to the 2014 release of ''Silentium'', serving as an actual epilogue listed seamlessly after the final chapter. In [[2022]], a free PDF download of ''Rebirth'' was released in a [[Canon Fodder]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons|D=09|M=03|Y=2022}}

==Story==
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''Rebirth'' describes the [[reintroduction]] phase from the perspective of [[Riser]]. Having survived the destruction of the [[greater Ark]], Riser and many more surviving humans wake up in a Forerunner ship, overseen by the [[Lifeworker]] [[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]]. The humans - along with specimens of many other species - are relocated on [[Installation 00]], the lesser Ark, where they are watched over by the Forerunners until it is deemed safe to return them to their homeworlds. Among the surviving humans is [[Vinnevra]], who Riser met earlier on [[Installation 07]] during the events of ''[[Halo: Primordium]]''. When the humans are eventually returned to Earth, [[Florian|Riser's people]] are relocated on [[Wikipedia:Flores|a series of islands]] at his own request. Riser meets with the [[IsoDidact]] one last time before the Forerunners leave and the humans begin settling in their new home.

A separate audio string accessible via a different code recounts a trial held to Mendicant Bias after the AI's [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|defeat]] against [[Offensive Bias]]. Riser, the IsoDidact and several surviving Forerunners observe as the confined remains of Mendicant Bias' [[personality construct array]] are brought to Installation 00. The IsoDidact decides to keep Bias alive as it possesses intimate knowledge of the [[Flood]] and can thus be called upon in case of their return. Bias is then entombed in a desert on Installation 00 with only one thought allowed to it: atonement.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3YLl2NLVFA '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''The Trial of Mendicant Bias'']</ref>

==Characters==
===Forerunners===
*[[Chant-to-Green]]
*[[Faber]] {{mo}}
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] {{1st}}
*[[IsoDidact]]
*[[Librarian]] {{mo}}
*[[Ur-Didact]] {{mo}}

===Humans===
*[[Chakas]] {{mo}}
*[[Forthencho]] {{mo}}
*[[Gamelpar]] {{mo}}
*[[Riser]]
*[[Vinnevra]]

===Others===
*[[Mendicant Bias]]
*The [[Primordial]] {{mo}}

==External links==
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons] - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
*[https://wpassets.halowaypoint.com/wp-content/2022/03/halo-rebirth-01.pdf Direct download link for Rebirth on Halo Waypoint]
*[[:File:Halo Rebirth.pdf|Halopedia's backup of the Rebirth PDF]].

==Sources==
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