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'''''Halo: Divine Wind''''' is a ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' novel and sequel to [[2020]]'s ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'', written by [[Troy Denning]] and published by [[Simon & Schuster|Gallery Books]]. It was released on [[2021 (real world)|October 19, 2021]].{{Ref/Site|Id=S&SCatalog|D=28|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=31591&isbn=9781982174903&FilterByName=&FilterBy=&FilterVal=&ob=0&pn=1&ed=&showcart=N&camefrom=&find=Halo&a=|Site=Simon & Schuster Digital Catalog|Page=Untitled DW}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}
'''''Halo: Divine Wind''''' is a ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' [[Halo novels|novel]] and a sequel to [[2020]]'s ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' and [[2017]]'s ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'',{{Ref/Novel|Id=HDWNote|HDW|Detail=Historian's Note}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HDWList|HDW|Detail=Novel list}} both written by [[Troy Denning]] and published by [[Simon & Schuster|Gallery Books]]. It was released on [[2021 (real world)|October 19, 2021]].{{Ref/Site|Id=S&SCatalog|D=28|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=31591&isbn=9781982174903&FilterByName=&FilterBy=&FilterVal=&ob=0&pn=1&ed=&showcart=N&camefrom=&find=Halo&a=|Site=Simon & Schuster Digital Catalog|Page=Untitled DW}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}
 
The novel additionally follows up on elements established in the short story ''[[Sacrifice]]''.


==Official summary==
==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the Keepers of the One Freedom, a fanatical and merciless Covenant splinter group, has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an infamous Brute named Castor, the Keepers intend to achieve what the Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate Halo and take the last steps on the path of the Great Journey into transcendence…
{{Article quote|October [[2559]]. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a [[Cortana|renegade artificial intelligence]], another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], a fanatical and merciless [[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnant|splinter group]], has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. Led by an infamous [[Brute]] named [[Castor]], the Keepers intend to achieve what the Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate [[Halo]] and take the last steps on the path of the [[Great Journey]] into transcendence…


But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are traitors to the cause in their midst—namely the Ferrets, composed of Office of Naval Intelligence operative Veta Lopis and her young team of Spartan-IIIs, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the groundwork for Castor’s assassination. But with ONI’s field operations now splintered and cut off by the Guardian threat, Veta’s original mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There’s simply no choice or fallback plan—either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event….{{Ref/Site|Id=CFParallel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/parallel-threads|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Parallel Threads|D=25|M=6|Y=2021}}}}
But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are traitors to the cause in their midst—namely the [[Ferrets]], composed of [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative [[Veta Lopis]] and her young team of [[Spartan-III]]s, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the groundwork for Castor’s assassination. But with ONI’s field operations now splintered and cut off by the [[Guardian]] threat, Veta’s original mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There’s simply no choice or fallback plan—either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event….{{Ref/Site|Id=CFParallel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/parallel-threads|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Parallel Threads|D=25|M=6|Y=2021}}}}
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
====AI====
====AI====
*[[343 Guilty Spark]] {{Im}}
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
*[[Epsilon submonitor]] {{1st}}
*[[Epsilon Clarion ancilla]] {{1st}}
*[[Intrepid Eye]]
*[[Intrepid Eye]]
*[[Epsilon submonitor]]
 
====Human====
====Human====
*[[Alice-130]]
*[[Alice-130]]
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*[[Inslaan 'Gadogai]]
*[[Inslaan 'Gadogai]]
*[[Let 'Volir]]
*[[Let 'Volir]]
*[[Olabisi]] {{1st}}
*[[Marshal of Varo]] {{Fm}}
*[[Unavaro]] {{1st}}
*[[Olabisi Varo'dai|Olabisi]] {{Fm}}
*[[Unavaro]] {{Fm}}


====San'Shyuum====
====San'Shyuum====
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*[[Covenant remnants]]
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[San'Shyuum flotilla]] {{Mo}}
**[[San'Shyuum flotilla]] {{Mo}}
**[[Covenant loyalists]]
**[[Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant]]
***[[Prelate]]
***[[Prelate]]
**[[Keepers of the One Freedom]]
**[[Keepers of the One Freedom]]
**[[Banished]]
**[[Banished]]
***[[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]] {{Mo}}
***[[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]] {{Mo}}
***[[Clan of the Long Shields]] {{Fm}}
***[[Clan of the Long Shields]] {{C|First identified by name}}
***[[Ravaged Tusks]] {{Mo}}
***[[Clan of the Ravaged Tusks|Ravaged Tusks]] {{Mo}}
*[[Humans of the Joyous Journey]] {{Fm}}
*[[Humans of the Joyous Journey]] {{Fm}}
*[[Misriah Armory]] {{Mo}}
*[[Misriah Armory]] {{Mo}}
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|title-4=Locations|
|title-4=Locations|
*[[Cloister]] {{Fm}}
*[[Installation 00]]
*[[Installation 00]]
**''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Anodyne Spirit]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Installation 09]] {{Mo}}
*[[Installation 09]] {{Mo}}
*[[Milky Way]] {{Mo}}
*[[Milky Way]] {{Mo}}
**[[Actium]] {{Mo}}
**[[Cloister]] {{Fm}}
**[[Coelest system]] {{Mo}}
**[[Coelest system]] {{Mo}}
**[[Epsilon Eridani system]] {{Mo}}
**[[Epsilon Eridani system]] {{Mo}}
***[[Reach]] {{Mo}}
***[[Reach]] {{Mo}}
****[[Menachite portal complex]] {{Mo}}
****[[Menachite portal complex]] {{Mo}}
**[[Salia system]]
**[[Hestia system]]
***[[Joyous Exultation]]
***[[Meridian]] {{Mo}}
****[[State of Varo]] {{1st}}
**[[Actium]] {{Mo}}
**[[Cloister]] {{Fm}}
**[[Gao]] {{Mo}}
***[[Montero]]
****[[Montero Jungle]] {{Mo}}
****[[Montero Cave System]] {{Mo}}
*****[[Covert Support Base 4276]] {{Mo}}
**[[Isbanola sector]] {{Mo}}
**[[Isbanola sector]] {{Mo}}
**[[Mars]] {{Mo}}
***[[Cordoba system]]
**[[Meridian]] {{Mo}}
****[[Gao]] {{Mo}}
*****[[Montero]]
******[[Montero Jungle]] {{Mo}}
******[[Montero Cave System]] {{Mo}}
*******[[Covert Support Base 4276]] {{Mo}}
**[[Nefoluzo]] {{Fm}}
**[[Nefoluzo]] {{Fm}}
**[[Onyx]]
***[[Zone 67]] {{Mo}}
**[[Orion complex]]
**[[Orion complex]]
***[[Jat-Krula]] {{Mo}}
***[[Jat-Krula]] {{Mo}}
**[[Salia system]]
***[[Joyous Exultation]] {{Mo}}
****[[State of Varo]] {{Fm}}
**[[Shaps system]]
***[[Pydoryn]]
****[[Taram]]
*****[[Suluhu Contemplarium]] {{Mo}}
**[[Soell system]]
***[[Installation 04]] {{Mo}}
**[[Sol system]]
***[[Mars]] {{Mo}}
**[[Ulumari]] {{Fm}}
**[[Ulumari]] {{Fm}}
**[[Sacred Wheel of Erudition]] {{Fm}}
**[[Zeta Doradus system]]
***[[Onyx]] {{Mo}}
****[[Zone 67]] {{Mo}}


|title-5=Events|
|title-5=Events|
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]]
*[[Forerunner-Flood War]]
**[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
**[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
*[[Insurrection]] {{Mo}}
**[[Blockade of Gao]] {{Fm}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of the Etran Harborage]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Actium]] {{Fm}}
**[[Battle of Actium]] {{Fm}}
**[[Battle of Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Installation 04]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Trove]] {{Mo}}
*[[Great Schism]] {{Mo}}
*[[Great Schism]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fall of High Charity]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fall of High Charity]] {{Mo}}
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***[[Outbreak on Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
***[[Outbreak on Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
***[[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|Raid on ''Anodyne Spirit'']] {{Mo}}
***[[Raid on Anodyne Spirit|Raid on ''Anodyne Spirit'']] {{Mo}}
***[[Battle for Translocation portal Epsilon]] {{1st}}
***[[Ambush in the Maze Rift]] {{1st}}
***[[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]] {{1st}}
***[[Battle of Epsilon Clarion]] {{1st}}
**[[Created conflict]]
**[[Created conflict]]
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====Covenant/ Banished====
====Covenant/ Banished====
*[[Banshee]]
*[[Banshee]]
**[[Banished Banshee]]
**[['Ahtulai Workshop Banshee]]
**[[Type-26 Banshee]]
**[[Type-26 Banshee]]
*{{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}
*{{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}
**''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Ghost]]
**[[Type-32 Ghost]]
**{{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}}
*[[Lich]]
*[[Lich]]
**[[Banished Lich]]
**[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]]
***''[[Pegoras]]''
***''[[Pegoras]]''
*[[Phantom]]
*[[Phantom]]
**[[Banished Phantom]]
**[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom|Banished Phantom]]
**[[Type-52 Phantom]]
**{{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}
*[[Seraph]]
*[[Seraph]]
**[[Morsam-pattern Seraph]]
**[[Morsam-pattern Seraph]]
*[[Spirit]]
*[[Spirit]]
*[[Wraith]]
*[[Wraith]]
**[[Type-26 Wraith]]
**[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Wraith]]
**{{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}
====Human====
====Human====
*[[AC-220 Vulture]]
*[[AC-220 Vulture]]
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*[[M312 Elephant]]
*[[M312 Elephant]]
*[[M808 Scorpion]]
*[[M808 Scorpion]]
*[[Nandao fighter]]
*[[F-29 Nandao]]
*[[Pelican]]
*[[Pelican]]
**[[D77-TC Pelican]]
**[[D77-TC Pelican]]
***D77-TC/r Pelican {{1st}}
***[[D77-TC/r Pelican]] {{1st}}
****''[[Romeo 008]]'' {{1st}}
****''[[Romeo 008]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Prowler]]
*[[Prowler]]
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|title-7=Weapons|
|title-7=Weapons|
====Covenant====
====Covenant/ Banished====
*[[Energy lance]]
*[[Hard light glaive]] {{1st}}
*[[Mangler]]
*[[Mangler]]
*[[Pulse Carbine]]
*{{Pattern|Erudo'ma'keth|pulse carbine}}
*[[Ravager]]
*[[Veporokk Workshop Ravager]]
*[[Type-1 energy sword]] {{Mo}}
*[[Type-1 energy sword]] {{Mo}}
*[[Type-2 gravity hammer]]
*[[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]]
*[[Type-25 Brute plasma rifle]]
*[[Orgudam Workshop firebomb]]
*{{Pattern|Kewu R'shi'k|plasma rifle}}
*[[Type-25 Brute Shot]]
*[[Type-25 Brute Shot]]
*[[Type-25 plasma pistol]]
*[[Type-25 plasma pistol]]
*[[Type-25 Spiker]]
*[[Grenflekt Workshop Spiker]]
*[[Type-48 Weevil]] {{Mo}}
*{{Pattern|Zo'op|Weevil}} {{Mo}}
*[[Type-51 plasma repeater]]
*{{Pattern|Nakata'vho|plasma repeater}}
*[[Type-52 Mauler]]
*[[Type-52 Mauler]]


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**[[M6E magnum]]
**[[M6E magnum]]
**[[M6H magnum]]
**[[M6H magnum]]
*[[M9 fragmentation grenade]]
*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]
*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]
*[[Missile]]
*[[Missile]]
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|title-8=Technology and equipment|
|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[AlON pressure barrier]]
*[[Ancilla]]
*[[Ancilla]]
**{{Class|Archeon|ancilla}}
**{{Class|Archeon|ancilla}}
**{{Class|Caradon|ancilla}} {{Fm}}
**{{Class|Caradon|ancilla}} {{Fm}}
**{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
**{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
**[[Remote aspect]] {{Mo}}
*[[Biofoam]]
*[[Biofoam]]
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*[[Fighting skin]]
*[[Fighting skin]]
*[[Forerunner entanglement disk]] {{Fm}}
*[[Forerunner entanglement dish]] {{Fm}}
*[[Guardian Custode]] {{Mo}}
*[[Guardian Custode]] {{Mo}}
*[[Halo Array]]
*[[Halo Array]]
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**[[CENTURION-class Mjolnir]] {{Im}}
**[[CENTURION-class Mjolnir]] {{Im}}
*[[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] {{Mo}}
*[[Menachite Forerunner crystal]] {{Mo}}
*[[Nanobug]] {{1st}}
*[[Polypseudomorphine]]
*[[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] {{Mo}}
*[[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sentinel]]
*[[Sentinel]]
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*[[Shield world]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shield world]] {{Mo}}
*[[ODST armor]]
*[[ODST armor]]
|title-9=Miscellaneous|
*[[Final protective fire]]
*[[Logic plague]] {{Mo}}
*[[Orbital bombardment]]
*[[Tossers]] {{Mo}}
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The novel's title makes reference to the [[Prophet of Mercy]]'s quote on ''[[Halo 2]]'' when he describes [[Installation 05]] and how it will begin the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]. It is also a reference to a quote from the ''Psalm of the Journey'' on page 3: "the galaxy will be cleansed by a Divine Wind."
*The novel's title makes reference to the [[Prophet of Mercy]]'s quote in ''[[Halo 2]]'' when he describes [[Installation 05]] and how it will begin the [[Covenant]]'s [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]. It is also a reference to a quote from the ''Psalm of the Journey'' on page 3: "the galaxy will be cleansed by a Divine Wind."
*It's revealed that [[Intrepid Eye]] survived the six years between ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' and ''Halo: Divine Wind''. She is finally destroyed by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. The book reveals that ONI eventually discovered her network and dispatched millions of dumb AI hunter-killer teams to destroy it, leaving the ancilla so isolated that she was unaware of the [[asteroidea merozoite|asteroidea]] outbreak on ''[[Argent Moon]]'' until [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND]]. While she was believed to have been destroyed along with the station, Intrepid Eye barely managed to escape by latching on to the ''[[ONI Acrisius|Acrisius]]'' as Blue Team made their own escape.
**The term "Divine Wind" is also a direct translation from "Kamikaze" in Japanese.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 19:17, February 10, 2024

Halo: Divine Wind
Cover art of Halo: Divine Wind.
Attribution information

Author(s):

Troy Denning

Cover artist(s):

Benjamin Carré[1]

Publication information

Publisher:

Gallery Books

Publication date:

October 19, 2021[2][3]

Media type:

Print

Pages:

464 pages

ISBN:

9781982174903

 

Halo: Divine Wind is a Halo novel and a sequel to 2020's Halo: Shadows of Reach and 2017's Halo: Retribution,[4][5] both written by Troy Denning and published by Gallery Books. It was released on October 19, 2021.[2][3]

The novel additionally follows up on elements established in the short story Sacrifice.

Official summary[edit]

October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the Keepers of the One Freedom, a fanatical and merciless Covenant splinter group, has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an infamous Brute named Castor, the Keepers intend to achieve what the Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate Halo and take the last steps on the path of the Great Journey into transcendence…

But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are traitors to the cause in their midst—namely the Ferrets, composed of Office of Naval Intelligence operative Veta Lopis and her young team of Spartan-IIIs, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the groundwork for Castor’s assassination. But with ONI’s field operations now splintered and cut off by the Guardian threat, Veta’s original mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There’s simply no choice or fallback plan—either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event….[3]

Plot synopsis[edit]

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Appearances[edit]

Characters

AI

Human

Huragok

Jiralhanae

Kig-Yar

Sangheili

San'Shyuum

Species

Locations

Events

Miscellaneous


Trivia[edit]

  • The novel's title makes reference to the Prophet of Mercy's quote in Halo 2 when he describes Installation 05 and how it will begin the Covenant's Great Journey. It is also a reference to a quote from the Psalm of the Journey on page 3: "the galaxy will be cleansed by a Divine Wind."
    • The term "Divine Wind" is also a direct translation from "Kamikaze" in Japanese.

Gallery[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Hot Drops (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
  2. ^ a b Simon & Schuster Digital Catalog, Untitled DW (Retrieved on Feb 28, 2021) [archive]
  3. ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Parallel Threads (Retrieved on Jun 25, 2021) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo: Divine Wind: Historian's Note
  5. ^ Halo: Divine Wind: Novel list