Ciudad de Arias

Ciudad de Arias^{[Note 1]} was one of a number of cities on Verge, a human colony conquered by the Covenant. A beacon was set up near the city, providing Spartan Black Team with cover as they attempted destroy it. "Hopalong", a seemingly non-hostile Yanme'e, made contact with the Spartans in a structure in the city, enlisting their aid in a massive escape attempt of a penal colony of Yanme'e Unmutuals; Yanme'e who are "incapable of socialization". After the Yanme'e inmates turned on the Spartans, Black Team used the city's still-functioning transit system to escape to a Pelican dropship for extraction.^[1]

Trivia

"Ciudad de Arias" roughly translates from Spanish as "City of Songs", or, more literally, "City of Sung Music".
Signs in the city's subway tunnels indicate Spanish was commonly spoken by the city's inhabitants.^[1]

List of appearances

Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Blunt Instruments (First appearance)

Notes

^ The city is referred to as "Cuidad de Arias" on page 202 of Halo: Evolutions, while page 193 identifies it as "Ciudad de Arias". The spelling on page 202 is clearly either a typographical error or an oversight, as "cuidad" is the second-person plural imperative form of the verb cuidar, meaning "to watch over". "Ciudad" means "city".

Sources

^ ^a ^b Halo: Evolutions, Blunt Instruments

[1] The city is referred to as "Cuidad de Arias" on page 202 of Halo: Evolutions, while page 193 identifies it as "Ciudad de Arias". The spelling on page 202 is clearly either a typographical error or an oversight, as "cuidad" is the second-person plural imperative form of the verb cuidar, meaning "to watch over". "Ciudad" means "city".

[evolutions1-2] Halo: Evolutions, Blunt Instruments

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