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| | '''Abaskun''' was a city of [[Arcadia]],<ref>'''''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''''' Page 12</ref> situated on the [[Mu]] continent. It was a small, rural human community established by settlers after the planet was mostly abandoned in [[2531]]. As a lawless region, it still supplied the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] with much-needed foodstuffs until the planet was attacked again in the [[Fall of Arcadia|Second Battle of Arcadia]]<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''Timeline'', 2549</ref>. |
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| |image=[[File:HW Risk Mu.png|300px]] <br/>Abaskun was located on the eastern coast of Mu.
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| |location=[[Mu]], [[Arcadia]]{{Ref/Reuse|Risk}}
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| |destroyed=[[2549|September 9, 2549]]{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}{{Ref/Reuse|evg}}
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| |notable-title=Notable events
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| |notable=*[[Battle for Arcadia]]
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| *[[Fall of Arcadia]]
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| |governance=Lawless, self-governed{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/locations/gallery/arcadia/3c9e9ac6-f13f-4712-ae1b-24d9c0e5504b|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Arcadia|D=8|M=10|Y=2011}}{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}
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| '''Abaskun''' was a major [[city]]{{Ref/Book|Id=evg|EVG|Page=12}} and province on the eastern portion of the continent of [[Mu]]{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=Risk|Risk|Halo Wars Risk}} on the [[Outer Colonies|Outer]] [[Human colonies|colony]] [[world]] of [[Arcadia]].
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Topography and ecology===
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| Abaskun also contained at least two islands. The province was bordered by at least four other provinces; [[Xanadu]], [[New Troy]], [[Sarai]], and [[Petra (location)|Petra]].{{Ref/Reuse|Risk}}
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| ===Known residents===
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| *[[Dahlia]]{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Oasis|HFra|Oasis}}
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| ==History==
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| Once a territory of [[Arcadia]], Abaskun was known for its rich farmland.{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| During the [[Battle for Arcadia]], Arcadia's main population centres were destroyed in the fighting,{{Ref/Game|Id=journal|HR|[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]], September 9, 2549}} including Abaskun.{{Ref/Reuse|evg}} Despite this destruction, the city continued to see human habitation for some time after the battle's end, with Arcadian survivors returning to Abaskun and re-establishing it as a small and rural farming community. Abaskun would continue to serve as an agricultural base for the [[Inner Colonies]]{{Ref/Game|Id=timeline|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline|Detail=2549}}{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} for the next eighteen years until the Covenant's [[Fall of Arcadia|return to]] the planet on [[2549#September|September 9, 2549]].{{Ref/Reuse|timeline}}
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| As the Covenant began [[glassing]] the planet, hundreds of civilian transports attempted to flee the destruction,{{Ref/Game|HR|[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]], September 14, 2549}} including ones from Abaskun.{{Ref/Reuse|Oasis}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[Wikipedia:Abaskun|Abaskun]] was a port on the southeastern shore of the [[Wikipedia:Caspian Sea|Caspian Sea]] that existed during the [[Wikipedia:Middle Ages|Middle Ages]].
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{Fm}} | | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{First mentioned}} |
| *''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
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| **''[[Oasis]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
| | <references/> |
| {{Navbox/Universe/Locations/ArcadiaTerritories}}
| | [[Category:Arcadia Locations]] |
| [[Category:Arcadia locations]] | | [[Category:Cities]] |
| [[Category:Human cities]] | |
