Halo: The Third Life

"The Third Life" redirects here. For the similarly-named Hunt the Truth episode, see Episode 05: Where the Third Life Shines.

The Third Life keyart.

"Spartans have often been thought of as incorruptible symbols of virtue, but that’s just the official story. Some names are known as examples of Spartans having gone rogue, pledging themselves to a variety of causes, and one former-Spartan in particular finds herself on a new path altogether..."

— Teaser

Halo: The Third Life is a short story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series published by 343 Industries on May 8, 2024. The story is set immediately following the end of Season 2 of Hunt the Truth, and is focused on the rogue Spartan supersoldier Ilsa Zane.

The short, and its theme of Banished-aligned Spartans, were written and released in conjunction with the Banished Honor update for Halo Infinite.

Official synopsis

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October 2558. After being taken prisoner by the Banished as chaos erupts across the galaxy, Ilsa Zane's hunt for the truth leads her to a new stage of life she never expected...

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Summary

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Appearances

Characters Artificial intelligence Cortana (Indirect mention) Human Dasc Gevadim Hieu Dinh (Mentioned only) Ilsa Zane Mattius Drake (First appearance) Maya Sankar (Mentioned only) Musa Ghanem (Mentioned only) Sarah Palmer (Mentioned only) Jiralhanae Amatus (First appearance) Atriox (Mentioned only) Escharum Kig-Yar Tek (Mentioned only) Others Kree'yat (First mentioned) Species Human Jiralhanae Kig-Yar T'vaoan Organizations Covenant remnants Banished Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group (Mentioned only) Insurrectionists New Colonial Alliance Unified Earth Government (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command Office of Naval Intelligence (Mentioned only) Spartan Operations SPARTAN-IV program UNSC Marine Corps Triad Locations Edolas system (First appearance) Kholo (Mentioned only) Laika system Laika III Mesker system Conrad's Point (Mentioned only)

Events Human-Covenant War Battle of Beta Gabriel (Mentioned only) Battle of Kholo (Mentioned only) Created uprising Skirmish on Conrad's Point Skirmish on Laika III Cortana Event Skirmish on Edolas system Weapons Gravity hammer Vehicles Human Human starship Merchant trawler (First appearance) NCA D'artagnan (First appearance) Corvettes Light frigates Covenant Covenant starship Intrusion corvette Phantom Space station Technology and equipment CHAMPION-class armor Guardian Custode MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)

Gallery

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  Ilsa Zane standing in front of fire and Banished banners.

External links

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