Halopedia:Projects/Sanghelios Mapping
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The Sanghelios Mapping Project aims to cross-reference material from games and written material in an attempt to detail Sanghelios' planetary pages. As this will involve detailed examinations of all of this material, it will likely spoil details from those pieces of media.
Goals
Current research
Several sources have begun to paint a clearer and clearer picture of the Elite's homeworld. As such, we can begin to cross reference this information to form a more cohesive look at the planet.
Official maps
To begin with, here is a world map of Sanghelios, used as a texture in Halo 5: Guardians
This appears to have formed the basis of current orbital views of the planet as it aligns with this art seen in Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo and the 2022 edition of the Halo Encyclopedia.
Resources
Primary resources
- Halo: The Cole Protocol - Sanghelios is briefly visited in a chapter of the novel.
- Halo: Glasslands - A large portion of the novel is set on Sanghelios.
- Halo: Broken Circle - A chapter is set on Sanghelios, several characters refer to it several times.
- Halo 5: Guardians - A large amount of information and details for the planet are given across the campaign, multiplayer, and warzone modes.
- Halo: Outcasts - A couple of chapters are set on Sanghelios.
- Halo: Edge of Dawn - Features an epilogue set on the planet.
Additional resources
- Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Features some minor details about the planet.
- Halo Infinite - Features the map Prism, set on the moon of Suban.
- Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) - Features some details about the planet and it's geography.
- Halo: Hunters in the Dark - Offhanded remarks to Sanghelios are made in the book.
Books
Chapter headings
Halo: The Cole Protocol chapter heading paths
- Chapter 9: VADAM KEEP, YERMO, SANGHELIOS
Halo: Glasslands chapter heading paths
- Chapter 2
- Mid-chapter header: PRIVATE QUARTERS OF FORMER SHIPMASTER JUL ‘MDAMA, BEKAN KEEP, MDAMA, SANGHELIOS
- Chapter 3
- Mid-chapter header: MDAMA, SANGHELIOS.
- Chapter 5
- Mid-chapter header: BEKAN KEEP, MDAMA, SANGHELIOS.
- Chapter 7
- Mid-chapter header: SANCTUARY OF THE ABIDING TRUTH, ONTOM, SANGHELIOS.
- Chapter 8
- Mid-chapter header: AANRAR SHIPYARD, RANARUM ORBITAL PLATFORM, SANGHELIOS SYSTEM
- Chapter 11: BEKAN KEEP, MDAMA, SANGHELIOS
- Chapter 12
- Mid-chapter header: BEKAN QUARRY, MDAMA, SANGHELIOS.
- Chapter 18
- Mid-chapter header: ONTOM, SANGHELIOS
Halo: Broken Circle heading paths
- Chapter 1
- Mid-chapter header: Sanghelios, Southern Nwari
Games
Halo 5: Guardians
Environment Details
Sunaion seen from the shores of Nuusra.
Orbital Views
Sanghelios seen from orbit.
Confirmed information
Halo Waypoint
- Canon Fodder confirms that Nuusra is on the west coast of the continent Qivro.[1]
- Halo Waypoint's universe section confirms that Sunaion would have given Jul's Covenant quick access to the coasts of Yermo, Vadam Harbor and thus the Kolaar Mountains.[2]
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Discrepancies
Depictions
Up until and around the release of Halo 5: Guardians, Sanghelios was depicted quite consistently in art. However, this original depiction does not align with current depictions of the planet anymore.
From the original Enyclopedias.
From the pre-2014 rework Waypoint.
2014 Earth Day art.
Post-2014 rework Waypoint.
Using above info
Locational hierarchy
Based on everything above, here is the hierarchy for surface locations on Sanghelios.
Applying to visual media
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Theorycrafting
- As Vadam are known to have a burial sites in Nuusra despite being located on Yermo, it appears that Vadam were either at one point a cross continent power or migrated across continents. This is heightened by the relative apparent closeness of Yermo and Vadam to Sunaion/Nuusra/Qivro.
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Cleanup
Locations
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See also
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Fauna Getaway (Retrieved on May 25, 2019) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Locations, Sunaion (Retrieved on Apr 13, 2016) [local archive] [external archive]
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