Editing Xalanyn

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Full figure of a Xalanyn

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The '''Xalanyn''',{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #03 - Xalanyn}} also known as the '''Endless''',{{Ref/Game|Id=mr7|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Reports #07 - Artifact VII}} was an advanced race, whose members were imprisoned by the [[Forerunner]]s on [[Installation 07]] by [[97,368 BCE]] due to their ability to survive the effects of the Halo Array.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}}{{Ref/Game|Id=af1|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #01 - Reintroduction}} Their [[cylix]]es were eventually discovered by [[Atriox]] during the [[Installation 07 conflict]] in [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}}

The origins of the Xalanyn were unknown, but they were one of the [[sentience|sentient]] species that were extant during the fall of the Forerunner civilization. They were not indexed by the Forerunners prior to the firing of the [[Halo Array]],{{Ref/Reuse|af3}} and after the activation of the Halo rings, the Xalanyn inexplicably survived.{{Ref/Reuse|af1}} During the century after the firing, the Xalanyn were discovered alive and well by the Forerunners, much to the latter's confusion.{{Ref/Reuse|af3}}

The Forerunners and the Xalanyn arranged a parley between delegates from the two species, with [[Installation 07]] taken into range of the Xalanyn homeworld.{{Ref/Game|Id=af4|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #04 - A Curious Directive}} The Forerunners deemed the Xalanyn to be a threat and decided that the Xalanyn were to be sealed on Installation 07,{{Citation needed}} with some members subjugated for study at the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] on the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|af4}} The [[Grand Edict]] charged Installation 07's monitor, [[117649 Despondent Pyre]], with guarding the Xalanyn's prison, and assigned [[Offensive Bias]] to the ring to aid in this.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}}

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In [[2560]], the [[Banished]] forces under the leadership of its [[War Chief]] Escharum arrived at Installation 07. The Banished excavated Forerunner subterranean structures, eventually coming across the cylix that contained the Xalanyn known as the "Harbinger".{{Ref/Game|Id=tp2|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #02 - What was Inside}} The Harbinger was released from her cylix by forcing a [[human]] [[prisoner of war]], [[Lucas Browning]], to [[Reclaimer|interface]] with her cylix.{{Ref/Reuse|tp3}}{{Ref/Reuse|tp2}} Upon her release, the Harbinger allied with [[Escharum]]. She promised to help Escharum return the ring to its operational status, while Escharm would help her release her fellow Xalanyn from the Silent Auditorium.{{Ref/Level|Hi|[[Pelican Down (Halo Infinite level)|Pelican Down]]}} The Banished excavated the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]], allowing the Harbinger to gain access its interior and kill Despondent Pyre, stealing data from her at the same time.{{Ref/Level|Hi|Conservatory}} Ultimately, [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] intervened, killing the Harbinger and preventing her from releasing the Xalanyn.{{Ref/Level|HINF|House of Reckoning}}{{Ref/Level|HINF|Silent Auditorium}}

The Xalanyn are blue-skinned, gaunt humanoids with mollusk-like characteristics. They possess two arms and two legs, and their hands are tetradactyl, bearing four fingers. Their feet, in contrast to other humanoid species, project downward in a hyperextended position rather than forward, which renders them incapable of terrestrial locomotion. As a result of this, the Xalanyn rely on mechanical thrusters for movement. Their heads are smooth and hairless with two wide-set pupil-less eyes, no nostrils, and a small, narrow mouth surrounded by a pair of fin-like tentacles. While their mouths contain teeth, they also possess a set of hinged barb-like mouthparts in their lower jaw.