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| The '''Age of Abandonment''' is one of the first periods in [[History of the Covenant|Covenant history]].
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| ==History==
| | The '''Age of Abandonment''', also called the '''First Age of Abandonment''', is the name given to the first period of [[History of the Covenant|Covenant history]], even though it technically predates the formation of the Covenant. This age refers to the time from [[2200 BCE]], which marked the start of the [[Stoic-Reformist conflict]], and [[2100 BCE]], when the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] left [[Janjur Qom]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 30''</ref> In the ceremonial [[Progression of the Ages]], this age is represented by an [[Wikipedia:Obsidian|obsidian]] stone.<ref name="Harvest196"/> |
| ===The First Age of Abandonment===
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| The First Age of Abandonment started in [[2200 BCE]], at the start of the [[Stoic-Reformist conflict]], and ended in [[2100 BCE]], when the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] left [[Janjur Qom]], marking the end of the conflict.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 30''</ref>
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| ==Background==
| | During the ritual, the appropriate dialogue is as followed:<ref name="Harvest196">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 196''</ref> |
| It is speculated that the Age of Abandonment was the period of time when the [[Forerunner]]s activated the [[Halo Array]], or, as the Covenant put it, "embarked on the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]". Covenant belief holds that the Forerunners departed from the universe when they used the "sacred rings" to ascended to a state of divinity. In actuality, the Forerunners perished when they activated the array and killed all sentient life in the galaxy in order to contain the [[The Flood|Flood]]. This event happened almost [[97,445 BCE|100,000 years prior]] to [[2552]].
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| ==Progression of the Ages==
| | Leader: "Abandonment." |
| In the ceremonial [[Progression of the Ages]], this age is represented by an [[Wikipedia:Obsidian|obsidian]] stone.<ref name="Harvest196"/>
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| | Congregation: "The First Age! Ignorance and fear!" |
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| During the ritual, the appropriate dialogue is as followed:<ref name="Harvest196">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 196''</ref>
| | --List of appearances== |
| | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}} |
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| '''Leader, or Chieftain:''' ''Abandonment.''
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| '''Congregation, or Pack:''' ''The First Age! Ignorance and fear!''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
