Editing Silent Auditorium

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* Defeat The [[Harbinger]]

{{Article quote|The [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[the Weapon]] reach the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]], once the seat of [[Cortana]]'s power, now claimed and controlled by The [[Harbinger]]. Their enemy reveals Auditorium was where the [[Forerunner]]s passed judgment upon [[Xalanyn|her species]], the Endless, and sentenced them to indefinite imprisonment inside [[Installation 07|Zeta Halo]]. The Harbinger sought to utilize her uneasy alliance with the [[Banished]] to free her people — a plan that nearly succeeded before it was disrupted by the Master Chief. Finally defeated, the Harbinger says her people have been found, and that the Endless will, at long last, be unleashed. The [[Reformation]] is averted. The Auditorium begins to collapse. Chief and the Weapon escape through a portal to an unknown destination.}}

''The Banished, aware of Escharum's [[House of Reckoning|death]], invoke their fallen [[War Chief]]'s name throughout the mission.''

*'''Jiralhanae''': "You killed the War Chief, but you will NOT STOP THE BANISHED!"

 

 

 

 

*'''Unggoy''': "Wait wait wait - he killed Escharum AND [[Jega 'Rdomnai|Jega]]? RUUUUUN!"

''If the Chief looks through the observation window, he can see an [[Ardent Mgalekgolo]] pair patrolling the chamber below.''

''The Chief enters the room with the Ardent Hunters. A lengthy battle ensues, with the Chief ultimately coming out on top. Once both Hunters are dead, the Chief accesses a terminal to leave the room.''

*'''Atriox (memory)''': ''"Look around, Cortana. [[Created|Your empire.]] Over! Your great plan? Ended at the hands of [[Humanity|those who made you]]."''

*'''Atriox (memory)''': ''"And then I asked you the same question. Reflect on your choices, Cortana. Understand the consequences."''

*'''[[Unggoy]]''': "He's coming for The [[Harbinger]]! We gotta warn her!"

''The Chief arrives at a ledge overhanging a chasm. He accesses a nearby terminal to activate a [[light bridge]]. Doing so triggers another one of Cortana's memories. Again, Atriox is shown confronting Cortana.''

''The Chief encounters more Banished in the next chamber (potentially including a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] armed with a [[Shea'p-pattern plasma cannon]]).''

*'''[[Adjutant Resolution]]''': "Accept my apology! Immediately. My [[Spire (Halo Infinite level)|earlier]] [[The Command Spire|efforts]] to delete you were misguided. I thought [[Harbinger|she]] wanted to rebuild this installation. To [[Reformation|restore]] it. But I was wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Please hurry."

*'''Adjutant Resolution''': "I have failed you, [[Despondent Pyre]]. My friend. My maker. If this installation survives, we... I must learn its secrets. Uncover its history. Uncover its mysteries. Yes. Find them all. And maybe more? Perhaps I should follow your example. Yes. Create friends. Companions of my own. If... if we survive."

 

 

 

 

 

 

*'''Adjutant Resolution''': "Do not allow her to open the seal."

''The Chief steps onto the [[elevator]] and deploys the Weapon onto the control terminal. The elevator activates and starts to ascend. A ghostly echo of Cortana appears in front of them.''

''Scene pans down on the Chief and the Weapon as they take in what they've just witnessed. Balls of data appear and drift around them before fading away.''

''The doors at the end of the antechamber open and the Chief enters the Silent Auditorium itself. It is a magnificent, circular chamber with a trio of giant, cubic [[Forerunner]] statues mounted on the walls. A great seal of The [[Eld]] lies at the center of the floor surrounded by six appendage-like pillars. Rows of [[Cylix]]es can be seen behind triangular glass windows at the back of the Auditorium.''

''The Chief uploads the Weapon to a terminal by the seal.''

*'''The [[Harbinger]]''': ''"To cover their sins. We stood. Silent. Unable to speak as they passed judgment."''

*'''Harbinger''': ''"Hear this, Forerunners! Your Auditorium has fallen. The Endless found. Your sins undone."''

{{Center|For the Harbinger's dialogue during the fight, see [[The Harbinger/Quotes#Boss fight|here]].}}

''The energy bubble is maintained by a transmitter embedded in one of the giant Forerunner statues. Nothing can pierce the shield. The Harbinger teleports herself onto the center of the seal.''

*'''Weapon''': ''(slightly annoyed)'' "You deal with her and I'll find out."

''The Harbinger calls out to her troops. Immediately, Banished and [[Skimmer]]s, led by a [[Jiralhanae Chosen Warrior]], pour in from multiple doors around the Auditorium. After the Chief eliminates them, the energy bubble surrounding the Harbinger dissipates. The Forerunner statue that was maintaining the bubble now belches smoke from its disabled transmitter.''

''With her minions dead, the Harbinger herself now enters the fray. She's unlike any foe the Master Chief has fought, being able to teleport at will and hurl orbs of devastating energy. Nonetheless, the Chief manages to deplete her personal [[energy shielding|energy shields]], causing her to fall to the ground, paralyzed and vulnerable. After taking enough physical damage, the Harbinger teleports away.''

 

''Energy flows from a second Forerunner statue, reactivating the protective bubble around the seal. The Harbinger reappears in the center.''

''More Banished and Skimmers, led by a [[Jiralhanae Captain]], enter the Auditorium and try to stop the Chief. After the Chief kills them, the Weapon disables the second transmitter and the bubble dissipates again.''

''The Chief engages the Harbinger in combat again. He disables her shields and inflicts more damage, causing her to teleport away again. The third Forerunner statue restores the protective bubble, its energy now orange instead of gold. Again, the Harbinger reappears in the center of the seal.''

''Even more Banished and Skimmers, now led by a [[Horatius|Warlord Chieftain]] wielding a [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]], enter the Auditorium. The Chief eventually kills them all.''

*'''Harbinger''': "You have what you need. Tell them... I am sorry it took so long..."

*'''John-117''': "It's OK. You'll figure something out."

''The Chief hears something behind him. He turns around and finds that a portal has been opened.''

''Scene rotates to reveal that the Chief is standing underneath a row of [[seven]] [[Totem ring]]s.''

''The Chief takes a moment to process this revelation.''

*'''John-117''': "We finish [[Battle for Zeta Halo|the fight]]."

''Esparza looks forward again, smiling brightly.''

''Scene opens somewhere inside Zeta Halo. A door opens and the scene moves down a dark corridor. The sound of heavy footsteps is heard as someone approaches the control terminal at the end of the corridor. A [[Jiralhanae]]'s hand enters the frame, holding a triangular device in his palm. It is the same type of device [[Holography|depicted]] on [[Escharum]]'s [[holotank|holotable]] during his [[Foundation (Halo Infinite)|argument]] with [[Tremonius]].''

 

''The device splits itself into three pieces, just as it did in the hologram, except this time a sphere of golden energy - like that of the Harbinger - materializes in the center, holding the three pieces in place. The device floats out of the Brute's hand and over to the terminal, positioning itself inches above the terminal's interface. The energy sphere hums and pulsates, while the sounds of something being unlocked are heard. The wall behind the terminal slides open.''

 

''Scene rotates away from chamber and back to the Jiralhanae standing outside, before panning up to reveal his identity: [[Atriox]], his face scarred and disfigured from Cortana's sacrifice, but still alive. He bares his teeth menacingly.''  

*'''Grand Edict''': "The [[Endless]] must be contained. I will inform the [[Criterion]] to proceed."

*'''Despondent Pyre''': "[[Endless|They]] believe we are here to help."

*'''Grand Edict''': "It matters not. Today we do what it takes to maintain order. To preserve [[Forerunner|our]] truth. Time will forget ''they'' ever existed."

*'''Grand Edict''': "And we cannot allow it to be theirs. If [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Great Purification|cannot end them]], it must imprison them. When it is done, the engineers will be busy. We will learn their secrets."

File:HINF SA Start.png|John-117 storms the Auditorium.

File:HINF Elite Brute Banished Shield.png|Banished troops defending the Auditorium.

File:HINF Silver Chieftain.png|The Warlord Chieftain [[Horatius]] charging at John-117.

File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger Defeated.png|The Harbinger is defeated.

File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger death.png|The death of the Harbinger.

File:HINF Cortana final.png|A memory of Cortana speaking to John-117 and the Weapon.

File:HINF SA Reunion 2.png|John-117 and the Weapon listening to a message from Cortana.

File:HINF Silent Auditorium portal.png|John-117 escapes the Auditorium via a portal.

File:HINF Ending Echo216.png|''Echo 216'' arrives to pick up John-117 and the Weapon.

File:HINF Ending Pilot.png|Fernando Esparza shares his name.

File:HINF post credits mysterious device.png|An unidentified device used to find the Endless in the post-credits scene.

File:HINF post credits endless found.png|The Endless are found in the post-credits scene.

File:HINF AtrioxPostSarlaac.png|Atriox is revealed to be alive in the post-credits scene.