H2:The Heretic
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The Heretic is the first campaign level of Halo 2, consisting entirely of the cinematics involving Thel 'Vadamee's hearing by the Prophets, and John-117 receiving his new MJOLNIR Mark VI armor.
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This section contains apocryphal information of dubious canonicity. While not officially established as fully non-canonical, certain aspects of the subject may not be part of the official Halo canon. |
{Anniversary-only Cutscene} (later removed)
Opens to an orange sky. A Kmiro'sish-pattern Lich flies among the clouds. Cut to the inside of the Lich. A Sword of Sanghelios member faces Spartan-IV Jameson Locke.
- Sword of Sanghelios: "I do not trust you. He may... but I do not."
Spartan Locke stares back sternly. Behind him stands three other Spartan-IVs.
- Jameson Locke: "Noted."
The Sword of Sanghelios leans in threateningly before stopping at the sound of the Arbiter's voice.
- Thel 'Vadam: "My friend's trust is not the issue today, Spartan Locke."
Locke turns to a figure approaching him. The Sword of Sanghelios walks off. Locke faces to figure, who is revealed to be Thel 'Vadam.
- Thel 'Vadam: "It is my trust you must earn."
Locke nods.
- Locke: "Arbiter."
'Vadam passes by Locke and inspects a hologram of a Forerunner Guardian.
- Thel 'Vadam: "You are a hunter, yes? A seeker of things."
- Locke: "That's not the official job title. But it's close enough."
'Vadam turns to Locke.
- Thel 'Vadam: "And now you hunt other Spartans?"
- Locke: "I'm not so much hunting a Spartan as I am hunting the Spartan."
Locke presents a small pad on his palm that shows a spinning hologram of John-117. The Arbiter growls.
- Thel 'Vadam: "You seek...
Locke deactivates the hologram.
- Locke: "One-one-seven."
- Thel 'Vadam: "I was not told the identity of your prey."
- Locke: "That is why I am sharing it with you now. We are talking about trust, after all."
Locke glances at the nearby Sangheili Majors.
- Locke: "May I ask you something? Your people used to call him "Demon." Was that an insult or a compliment?"
The Arbiter glances at the Sangheili and turns back."
- Thel 'Vadam: "...An insult, to be sure. But one with a modicum of respect."
'Vadam turns and slowly walks away.
- Thel 'Vadam: "He was indeed my enemy. But in time, I named him ally, even friend. The events which forged this bond were... (looks briefly at Locke) complicated."
'Vadam looks away. Fade to black.
One Size Fits All[edit]
{Cutscene} {Anniversary Cutscene}
Fade in on the broken pieces of Installation 04, still burning. Groups of Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruisers prowl amongst them.
A CAS-class assault carrier flies by. The camera pans with it to a giant Covenant structure.
Covenant Holy City, High Charity
Cuts to a close up of High Charity. Hundreds of Covenant ships swarm around it.
Fade to a ledge across from tiers of stadium-like seats; several Banshees patrol around. The camera slowly zooms toward a door on the back of the ledge.
- Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "There was only one ship."
Fade in to the Council Chamber. Rows of Sangheili Honor Guardsmen stand at attention. A single Sangheili Zealot stands at the end, facing two High Prophets.
- Prophet of Truth: "One? Are you sure?"
- Thel 'Vadamee: "Yes. They called it the Pillar of Autumn."
The gallery seats are filled with Sangheili and San'Shyuum Councilors, who are muttering amongst themselves.
- Prophet of Mercy: (angrily) "Why was it not destroyed, with the rest of their fleet?!"
Fades to white and to a flashback: the UNSC Pillar of Autumn escaping from Reach as Covenant ships glass the planet.
- Thel 'Vadamee: "But I followed with all the ships in my command."
Fades to another flashback: a Covenant Cruiser approaches Installation 04, several dozen smaller ships are already in orbit above it.
- Prophet of Regret: "When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?"
- Thel 'Vadamee: "Blinded?"
- Prophet of Regret: "Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?"
- Thel 'Vadamee: "No."
Cuts back to the Council Chamber. It is revealed that the Prophet of Regret is not actually present, but rather speaking through a holographic image of himself. Next to him is the Prophet of Mercy.
- Prophet of Regret: (angrily) "Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!"
- Thel 'Vadamee: "Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked-"
The Council members mutter angrily. Vadamee looks around at them. Mercy bangs his fist down on his chair.
- Prophet of Mercy: "There will be order in this Council!"
The Prophet of Truth comes forward between Regret and Mercy, and raises his hand. The room falls into complete silence.
- Prophet of Truth: "You were right to focus your attention on the Flood. But this Demon, this "Master Chief"..."
Fades to white and to a flashback: The destruction of Installation 04.
- Thel 'Vadamee: "By the time I learned the Demon's intent, there was nothing I could do."
Cuts back to the Council Chamber. The San'Shyuum Councilors stand up and yell angrily.
- San'Shyuum Councilor: "He's a traitor!"
The Sangheili Councilors mutter to each other. Tartarus, standing nearby, chuckles to himself.
