Battle for the Blood-Moon

Keyart for the short story.

Combined Arms keyart used to tease the short story.

Battle for the Blood-Moon is the fifth entry in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series of short stories published by 343 Industries, due to release on November 27, 2023. It was initially announced at the Canon Fodder Live event at the Halo World Championships 2023 as one of four then-upcoming Waypoint Chronicle stories, teased only with the keyart for the Combined Arms in-game event in Halo Infinite.

The story is set during the Banished battle for control of the Blamite mines of Suban, as depicted in the Halo Infinite Season 05 map Prism. The second intel drop of Season 05 was released as a tie-in to Battle for the Blood-Moon.

Official synopsis

“

2560. The Banished have come to Suban, the blood-moon of Sanghelios, seeking to claim the unique natural resource within its vast mines: the beautiful but volatile Subanese crystals. The Swords of Sanghelios and their Spartan allies face an overwhelming force on the ground, while a Sangheili shipmistress in the skies above seeks to find a weakness in the enemy’s armor that might turn the tide against these invaders.

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Appearances

Characters Human Glyss (First appearance) Jaarov (First appearance) Jameson Locke (Mentioned only) Trell (First appearance) Zhin (First appearance) Jiralhanae Atriox (Mentioned only) Ipso (First appearance) Kig-Yar Dahks (First appearance) Sangheili Arkad Nar 'Kulul (Mentioned only) Fahl 'Nto (First appearance) Koal 'Mal (First appearance) Let 'Volir (Mentioned only) Mahkee 'Chava Oebrin 'Chava (Mentioned only) Orim 'Kassan (First appearance) Orna 'Fulsamee Silset 'Chava (Mentioned only) Xelq 'Tylk Unggoy Dibdib Species Human Jiralhanae Kig-Yar Sangheili Organizations Covenant Evocati Covenant Special Operations Jha'kaar Covenant remnants Banished Jul 'Mdama's Covenant (Mentioned only) Swords of Sanghelios Siqtar Wing Zeshk Wing Kolaar Manufactorum (Mentioned only) Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (Mentioned only) Spartan Operations SPARTAN-IV program Fireteam Osiris (Mentioned only) Fireteam Jorogumo (First appearance) Locations Milky Way Ephyra system Netherop (Mentioned only) Urs system Sanghelios Suban Mines of Shua'ree Events Created uprising (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Battle of Installation 04 (Mentioned only) Great Schism (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Battle of Netherop (2559) (Mentioned only) Battle of Suban Blooding Years Battle of Sunaion (Mentioned only)

Weapons Banished Gravity hammer Veporokk Workshop Ravager Covenant Energy dagger Energy sword Elutuzem-pattern stalker rifle Fuel rod cannon Plasma cannon Human SRS99 series sniper rifles SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle Vehicles Banished Banished dreadnought Ghost of Barolon Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler Human Mongoose M290 Mongoose Covenant Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette (Mentioned only) Hekar Taa-pattern blockade runner Scorrin's Blade (First appearance) Phantom Zanar-pattern light cruiser Bad Gas Technology and equipment Hyperscanner Stealth shroud Subanese crystal MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3) RAKSHASA-class Mjolnir SCORN-class Mjolnir Summit (Mentioned only) Miscellaneous Shipmaster

External links

• Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
• Official Battle for the Blood-Moon PDF - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint (Archived copy).
• Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.