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{{Era|RW}}
{{Title|''Promises to Keep''}}
{{Title|''Promises to Keep''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{New content|[[Halo: Fractures]]}}
{{New content|[[Halo: Fractures]]}}
{{Quote|The [[Halo universe]] is so rich and complex. I found the Forerunners captivating, and really enjoyed writing them. I loved being able to focus in on some characters that people already knew, and answering the question, 'so what happened after that?'|Christie Golden<ref name="bbb"/>}}
{{Quote|The [[Halo universe]] is so rich and complex. I found the Forerunners captivating, and really enjoyed writing them. I loved being able to focus in on some characters that people already knew, and answering the question, 'so what happened after that?'|Christie Golden{{Ref/Reuse|bbb}}}}
'''''Promises to Keep''''' is one of several short stories in ''[[Halo: Fractures|Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon]]''. Written by [[Christie Golden]], the story takes place in the closing days of known [[Forerunner]] history following the events of [[Greg Bear]]'s ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'',<ref name="bbb">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/books-browsers-and-big-team '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Books, Browsers, and Big Team'']</ref> as a group of surviving Forerunners embark on a perilous journey to the devastated [[Maethrillian|capital world]] of the [[ecumene]] in order to restore the [[Domain]].
'''''Promises to Keep''''' is one of several short stories in ''[[Halo: Fractures|Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon]]''. Written by [[Christie Golden]], the story takes place in the closing days of known [[Forerunner]] history following the events of [[Greg Bear]]'s ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'',<ref name="bbb">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/books-browsers-and-big-team '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Books, Browsers, and Big Team'']</ref> as a group of surviving Forerunners embark on a perilous journey to the devastated [[Maethrillian|capital world]] of the [[ecumene]] in order to restore the [[Domain]]. Due to the revelation of [[Splendid-Dust-of-Ancient-Suns]] being [[000 Tragic Solitude]], it has narrative connections to ''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''.
 
==Plot synopsis==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*[[000 Tragic Solitude]]
*[[000 Tragic Solitude]]
*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{Mo}}
*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{Mo}}
*[[Abaddon]] {{1st}}
*[[Catalog]] {{C|Hologram only}}
*[[Catalog]] {{C|Hologram only}}
*[[Chant-to-Green]]
*[[Chant-to-Green]]
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*[[Forerunner-Flood war]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner-Flood war]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fate of Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fate of Maethrillian]] {{Mo}}
*[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Forerunner wars]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Forerunner wars]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mission to Maethrillian]] {{1st}}
*[[Mission to Maethrillian]] {{1st}}
*[[Reintroduction]]


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**[[Ancilla]]
**[[Ancilla]]
***[[Contender-class artificial intelligence]] {{Mo}}
***[[Contender-class artificial intelligence]] {{Mo}}
***[[Metarch]] {{Mo}}
***[[Metarch-class ancilla|Metarch]] {{Mo}}
***[[Monitor]]
***[[Monitor]]
*[[Cryptum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cryptum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Deadbolt]] {{1st}}
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner personal armor]]
*[[Forerunner personal armor]]
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*[[Hard light]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hard light]] {{Mo}}
*[[Holography]]
*[[Holography]]
*[[Knowledge engine]] {{1st}}
*[[Organon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Organon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Promethean Crawler]]
*[[Promethean Crawler]]
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*[[Slipspace flake]] {{Mo}}
*[[Slipspace flake]] {{Mo}}
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==Trivia==
The name of the story "Promises to Keep" was inspired by [[Wikipedia:Robert Frost|Robert Frost]]'s poem, "[[Wikipedia:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening|Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening]]", and the line, "''for I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep''".<ref>[http://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-halo-fractures-authors-matt-forbeck-christie-golden-troy-denning/ '''Paul Semel''' - ''Exclusive Interview: Halo Fractures Authors Matt Forbeck, Christie Golden, And Troy Denning'']</ref>


==Sources==
==Sources==
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