Halo: Trial of Reckoning

Keyart for the story.

Halo: Trial of Reckoning is an entry in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series of short stories produced by 343 Industries, released on December 6, 2023. The story's release coincides with the launch of Season 05: Reckoning's mid-season update for Halo Infinite, introducing the Firefight mode into the game.

This story is the fourth of such released during Season 05: Reckoning, following Halo: Sunrise on Sanghelios, Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son, and Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon. Appropriately for the season's title of Reckoning, the story was teased at the Halo World Championship with an image of the House of Reckoning from the Halo Infinite campaign.

Official synopsis

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February 2560. The wreckage of the UNSC Mortal Reverie served as a central rally point and home to human survivors on Zeta Halo, but it was only a matter of time before it was also overrun by the Banished. A handful of survivors from the battle have been brought to the iron halls of the House of Reckoning where they are forced to take part in a twisted new war game...

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Appearances

Characters Forerunner Ur-Didact (Mentioned only) Human Daniels (First mentioned) Elena Bobrov (First appearance) Gomez (Mentioned only) John-117 (Mentioned only) Singh (First appearance) Sun Tzu (Mentioned only) Terry Hedge Thomas Lasky (Mentioned only) Jiralhanae Atriox (Mentioned only) Escharum Sangheili "Doc" (First appearance) Species Forerunner (Mentioned only) Promethean (Mentioned only) Human Jiralhanae Jiralhanae Berserker (Mentioned only) Sangheili Organizations Covenant Covenant remnants Banished Jul 'Mdama's Covenant (Mentioned only) Swords of Sanghelios (Mentioned only) Created (Mentioned only) Prometheans Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command Spartan Operations Fireteam Lancer Unified Ground Command UNSC Marine Corps Locations Installation 07 House of Reckoning Requiem (Mentioned only) Events Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Battle of Requiem (Mentioned only) New Phoenix Incident (Mentioned only) Requiem Campaign (Mentioned only) Battle for Zeta Halo Battle over Installation 07 (Mentioned only) Battle of the Mortal Reverie (Mentioned only)

Weapons Banished Gravity hammer (Mentioned only) Forerunner Z-8060 particle cannon (Mentioned only) Human Assault rifle Battle rifle Mk50 Sidekick Vehicles Banished Qavardu Workshop war-skiff (Mentioned only) Human M510 Mammoth (Mentioned only) Mulsanne-class light frigate UNSC Mortal Reverie (Mentioned only) Infinity-class supercarrier UNSC Infinity (Mentioned only) Technology and equipment Gravity well (Mentioned only) Holography Medical scanner Shield world (Mentioned only) Miscellaneous Morphine War Chief War Games

Gallery

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  A screenshot of the House of Reckoning, used to tease the short story upon its initial announcement.

External links

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