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==Official summary==
==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo.
{{Article quote|In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo.
   
   
The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created.{{Ref/Site|Id=Amazon|URL=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506728448/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z6A8X7WP73Q7Y4CDSST4|Site=Amazon|Page=Halo Encyclopedia|D=20|M=7|Y=2021}}}}
The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created.{{Ref/Site|Id=Amazon|URL=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506728448/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z6A8X7WP73Q7Y4CDSST4|Site=Amazon|Page=Halo Encyclopedia|D=20|M=7|Y=2021}}}}

Revision as of 18:49, September 15, 2022

This article is about the 2022 edition of the Halo Encyclopedia. For other editions printed prior to 2022, see Halo Encyclopedia.
Halo Encyclopedia
Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) cover art
Attribution information

Author(s):

Cover artist(s):

Illustrator(s):

Publication information

Publisher:

Dark Horse[1]

Publication date:

April 12, 2022[5]

Pages:

488 pages[5]

ISBN:

978-1-50672-844-5[5]

 

The Halo Encyclopedia is a reference book originally set to be published on March 29, 2022 by Dark Horse in conjunction with 343 Industries, but later delayed to April 12, 2022. The book is a successor to the previous Halo Encyclopedia released in 2009, and features numerous custom-made pieces of artwork by both 343 in-house artists and several images and designs created by the fan mod Sins of the Prophets[1] and Halo: A Fistful of Arrows creator Levi Hoffmeier.[3]

The book includes elements from across two decades of Halo history, including content from Halo Infinite.[1]

A deluxe edition variant was additionally released, containing an exclusive lithograph, a unique cover and slipcase inspired by the Forerunner Cylix.[6]

Official summary

“ In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo.

The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created.[7]

”

Content

The Halo Encyclopedia begins with a chronology of the events in the Halo universe. The book is divided into five sections: Humanity, Covenant, Forerunners, Flood, and Banished.

The book's meta-narrative is framed as an communications log between Adjutant Revendicate - the sub-monitor of Installation 07 created from the mind of the Auditor - and Invariant Bias, Monitor of the Absolute Record. The brief exchange is present in the books opening and closing pages, and details Revendicate's wishes to enter information into the Absolute Record in the wake of The Harbinger's defeat as depicted in Halo Infinite. The Halo Encyclopedia's text is framed as the repository of information gathered by Revendicate, giving the book an in-universe grounding in a similar manner to the Curator meta-narrative framing 2016's Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo.

Trivia

Mistakes

Gallery

Promotional images

Artwork

To view all of Halopedia's library of artwork from the Halo Encyclopedia, see here

Development images

  • Sketches of Chakas, Mendicant Bias, and Offensive Bias.

    Sketches of Chakas, Mendicant Bias, and Offensive Bias.

  • An early sketch of the Marine camp illustration.

    An early sketch of the Marine camp illustration.

  • Another early sketch with reference images.

    Another early sketch with reference images.

  • A color sketch of the Marine camp illustration.

    A color sketch of the Marine camp illustration.

  • Another color sketch of the illustration.

    Another color sketch of the illustration.

  • Concept Blender sculpts used by Isaac Hannaford to visualize his art of the Prophets of Regret, Truth, and Mercy.

    Concept Blender sculpts used by Isaac Hannaford to visualize his art of the Prophets of Regret, Truth, and Mercy.

  • Sketches of the Prophets.

    Sketches of the Prophets.

  • Early sketch of the Spartan-II artwork.

    Early sketch of the Spartan-II artwork.

  • Colored sketch of the artwork.

    Colored sketch of the artwork.

  • A near-finalized colored sketch of the artwork.

    A near-finalized colored sketch of the artwork.

Cut content

  • Lancer-class fast-attack corvette.

    Lancer-class fast-attack corvette.

  • Scholte-class missile corvette.

    Scholte-class missile corvette.

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Master Class (Retrieved on Jul 12, 2021) [archive]
  2. ^ Twitter, Isaac Hannaford (@Isaac_Hannaford): "That would be me :)" (Retrieved on Feb 23, 2022) [archive]
  3. ^ a b Twitter, Levi Hoffmeier (@LeviWasTaken): "Excited to say I've crafted some art for the #Halo Encyclopedia from @DarkHorseComics & @Halo out next year! Sketching Master Chief in my high school notes to teaching myself digital art with A Fistful of Arrows to painting [REDACTED] professionally feels...full-circle.😉" (Retrieved on Oct 29, 2021) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Zeta Testing (Retrieved on Oct 26, 2021) [archive]
  5. ^ a b c Dark Horse, Halo: Encyclopedia HC (Retrieved on Feb 11, 2022) [archive]
  6. ^ Dark Horse, Halo Encyclopedia HC (Deluxe Edition) (Retrieved on Dec 14, 2021) [archive]
  7. ^ Amazon, Halo Encyclopedia (Retrieved on Jul 20, 2021) [archive]
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Foundations (Retrieved on Jan 12, 2022) [archive]

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