Grand Edict
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Ordered the imprisonment of the Endless |
- "It must be done. We have no choice."
- — The Grand Edict, on the decision to imprison the Endless.[2]
The Grand Edict was a Forerunner who survived the Forerunner-Flood war and served as a member of the Criterion. In 97,368 BCE, he ordered Despondent Pyre, the Monitor of Installation 07, to imprison the Xalanyn within Zeta Halo. Despondent Pyre pointed out the Xalanyn believed the Forerunners wanted to help them, but the Grand Edict replied that it didn't matter since the Forerunners' truth had to be preserved and that the Xalanyn could not be allowed to control time itself. He also ordered experiments to be conducted on the Xalanyn to discover how they had survived the Halo Array's firing. When Despondent Pyre expressed concern that she couldn't do this task alone, the Grand Edict informed her that |the Criterion had ordered the deployment of Offensive Bias to assist her.[3]
Alongside other two members of the Criterion (Chief Judicate and Inspector Meritious), and the ancillas Despondent Pyre and Offensive Bias, the Grand Edict convened with the Endless' representatives in the Silent Auditorium on Installation 07 where they relayed the news of their decision to the Xalanyn of imprison them on Zeta Halo to not pose a threat to the reintroduction of life into the galaxy and endanger their plan to pass the Mantle to humanity. Ultimately, the three Forerunners present did not choose to join Bornstellar on the Forerunners' final great journey in exile outside the galaxy, with their essences instead placed in durances storied in three large statues inside the Silent Auditorium chamber by Despondent Pyre as per Grand Edict's request.[1]
On June 7, 2560, days after the Harbinger's defeat, his memories would be accessed by the Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and the Artificial intelligence known as Joyeuse.[4][1]
Trivia[edit]
- The Grand Edict is voiced by Darin de Paul in Halo Infinite.[citation needed]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo Infinite (First appearance)
- Halo: Edge of Dawn
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 33
- ^ Hidden Dialogue on "The Conservatory"
- ^ Halo Infinite, campaign mission Endless: Silent Auditorium Legendary post-credits scene
- ^ Halo: Edge of Dawn, chapter 32
