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{{Species infobox | {{Species infobox | ||
|name=Xalanyn | |name=Xalanyn | ||
|othernames=Endless | |othernames=Endless | ||
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{{Quote|If [[Halo]] cannot end them, it must imprison them.|[[Grand Edict]] to [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Legendary post-credits cinematic}}}} | {{Quote|If [[Halo]] cannot end them, it must imprison them.|[[Grand Edict]] to [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Legendary post-credits cinematic}}}} | ||
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 [[Great Purification|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 | 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 [[Great Purification|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}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
{{Quote|Halo was the Forerunners' terrible and ultimate solution to [[Flood|the parasite]]'s [[Forerunner-Flood war|relentless advance]]. Designed to destroy all sentient life, nothing was allowed to survive. And we were sure that nothing had. We were wrong.|117649 Despondent Pyre{{Ref/Reuse|af1}}}} | {{Quote|Halo was the Forerunners' terrible and ultimate solution to [[Flood|the parasite]]'s [[Forerunner-Flood war|relentless advance]]. Designed to destroy all sentient life, nothing was allowed to survive. And we were sure that nothing had. We were wrong.|117649 Despondent Pyre{{Ref/Reuse|af1}}}} | ||
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 [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]].{{Ref/Reuse| | 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 [[Great Purification|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, realizing that their plan to pass the [[Mantle]] of Responsibility to [[Human|humanity]] was in danger and treating the Xalanyn as a threat to the rest of the galaxy's species,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p486|Enc22|Page=486}} decided that the Xalanyn were to be imprisoned on Installation 07,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p25|Enc22|Page=25}} 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}} | 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, realizing that their plan to pass the [[Mantle]] of Responsibility to [[Human|humanity]] was in danger and treating the Xalanyn as a threat to the rest of the galaxy's species,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p486|Enc22|Page=486}} decided that the Xalanyn were to be imprisoned on Installation 07,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p25|Enc22|Page=25}} 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}} | ||
However, a few Xalanyn managed to | However, a few Xalanyn managed to survive from their species' imprisonment, and began to roam the Milky Way in secret, visiting scattered outposts and installations in hope to find a solution in order to free their people from their imprisonment.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p487|Enc22|Page=487}} | ||
===Return=== | ===Return=== | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=I am the Harbinger. All that you know shall be undone.|1=The Harbinger|q2=Good.|2=Escharum|3= | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I am the Harbinger. All that you know shall be undone.|1=The Harbinger|q2=Good.|2=Escharum|3=[[The Harbinger]] and Escharum upon releasing the former from her cylix.{{Ref/Game|Id=tp3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #03 - She was Smiling}}}} | ||
In [[2559]], the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], the [[Warmaster|leader]] of a group of mercenary raiders known as the [[Banished]], had discovered the existence of the Xalanyn.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p25}} Seeking to uncover this secret hidden by the Forerunners, Atriox and his second-in-comand [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] travelled to Installation 07.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p423|Enc22|Page=423}} Over the course of [[ | In [[2559]], the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], the [[Warmaster|leader]] of a group of mercenary raiders known as the [[Banished]], had discovered the existence of the Xalanyn.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p25}} Seeking to uncover this secret hidden by the Forerunners, Atriox and his second-in-comand [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] travelled to Installation 07.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p423|Enc22|Page=423}} Over the course of [[Installation 07 conflict|the conflict]] with the [[UNSC]] on the ring in [[2560]], 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 the Banished. She promised to help Escharum restore 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}} | ||
Elsewhere on the ring, cylixes of other Xalanyn, though with a different appearance compared to that of the Harbinger, were found by [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | Elsewhere on the ring, cylixes of other Xalanyn, though with a different appearance compared to that of the Harbinger, were found by [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | ||
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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 narrow, thin-lipped mouth surrounded by a pair of flipper-like tentacles. Their mouths contain a vaguely cephalopod-like beak in lieu of teeth, and the anterior of their lower jaw houses a single hinged, dagger-like mouthpart. This oral appendage is always exposed, and both the upper and lower lips are clefted to accommodate it when the mouth is closed. | 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 narrow, thin-lipped mouth surrounded by a pair of flipper-like tentacles. Their mouths contain a vaguely cephalopod-like beak in lieu of teeth, and the anterior of their lower jaw houses a single hinged, dagger-like mouthpart. This oral appendage is always exposed, and both the upper and lower lips are clefted to accommodate it when the mouth is closed. | ||
Although incredibly little is known about their nature, the Xalanyn somehow have the ability to manipulate various forces and energy types in unique ways. The most troublingly ability the Xalanyn have, however, | Although incredibly little is known about their nature, the Xalanyn somehow have the ability to manipulate various forces and energy types in unique ways. The most troublingly ability the Xalanyn have, however, its a peculiar attunement to elements of the [[Living Time]] itself, though to what extent remains unknown.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p486}} | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
