Promises to Keep

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"The Halo universe is so rich and complex. I found the Forerunners captivating, and really enjoyed writing them. I loved being able to focus in on some characters that people already knew, and answering the question, 'so what happened after that?'"

— Christie Golden

Promises to Keep is one of several short stories in Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon. Written by Christie Golden, the story takes place in the closing days of known Forerunner history following the events of Greg Bear's The Forerunner Saga, as a group of surviving Forerunners embark on a perilous journey to the devastated capital world of the ecumene in order to restore the Domain. Due to the revelation of Splendid-Dust-of-Ancient-Suns being 000 Tragic Solitude, it has narrative connections to Halo: Hunters in the Dark.

Appearances

Characters 000 Tragic Solitude 343 Guilty Spark (Mentioned only) Abaddon (First appearance) Catalog (Hologram only) Chant-to-Green Chakas (Mentioned only) Faber-of-Will-and-Might (Hologram only) Finder-of-Things-Hidden (First appearance) Glory-of-a-Far-Dawn Gravemind (Mentioned only) Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change IsoDidact Keeper-of-Stone-Songs (First appearance) Librarian (Hologram only) Mendicant Bias (Mentioned only) Sorrow-for-Lost-Voices (First appearance) Splendid-Dust-of-Ancient-Suns Strength-of-Steady-Purpose (First appearance) Tread-with-Care (First appearance) Ur-Didact (Mentioned only) Walking-in-Light-of-Falling-Stars (First appearance) Species Flood (Mentioned only) Forerunner Human (Mentioned only) Precursor (Mentioned only) San'Shyuum Vru'sa tree (First appearance) Organizations Ecumene Builder Builder Security (Mentioned only) Ecumene Council (Mentioned only) Engineer (First appearance) Lifeworker Miner Warrior-Servant Human-San'Shyuum alliance (Mentioned only) Locations Earth (Mentioned only) Installation 00 Janjur Qom (Indirect mention) Maethrillian Crown Mysterium (First mentioned)

Events Forerunner-Flood war (Mentioned only) Fate of Maethrillian (Mentioned only) Great Purification (Mentioned only) Human-Forerunner wars (Mentioned only) Mission to Maethrillian (First appearance) Reintroduction Weapons Z-040 pulse grenade Vehicles Audacity Bravado (First appearance) Impudence (First appearance) Keyship (Mentioned only) Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Ancilla Contender-class artificial intelligence (Mentioned only) Metarch (Mentioned only) Monitor Cryptum (Mentioned only) Deadbolt (First appearance) Domain (Mentioned only) Forerunner personal armor Halo Array Hard light (Mentioned only) Holography Knowledge engine (First appearance) Organon (Mentioned only) Promethean Crawler Sentinel Slipspace flake (Mentioned only)

Trivia

The name of the story "Promises to Keep" was inspired by Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening", and the line, "for I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep".