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[[File:HINF-TimeDialation.png|300px|thumb|John-117 near a ring artifact after killing | [[File:HINF-TimeDialation.png|300px|thumb|right|John-117 near a ring artifact after killing [[The Harbinger]].]] | ||
'''Totem | '''Totem Ring'''{{Ref/Game|HI|[[Forge]] [[Forge objects|object]] name}} were a type of artifact found on [[Installation 07]] by [[John-117]] and [[the Weapon]]. These rings were linked together and contained runes older than the Forerunners with data hundreds of thousands of years old.{{Ref/Game|Id=hafh|HI|Forerunner Audio log|Detail=Monitor Reports - Artifact VII}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Totem Rings | The Totem Rings take the form of stone rings, with runes inscribed on their surfaces. The rings radiate energy and contain primordial data about Installation 07, and its connection to the imprisonment of the [[Xalanyn]] species.{{Ref/Twitter||Halo|1530172271935082497|Halo|Quote=Ancient stone rings serve as ‘Forerunner Archives,’ containing primordial data about Zeta Halo and its connection to the final great crime committed by the Forerunners to secure the future they had decided for the galaxy. #FictionFriday|D=29|M=05|Y=2022}} | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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===Ring 01=== | ===Ring 01=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact1Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the first artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact1Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the first artifact.]] | ||
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|1=The Weapon | |1=The Weapon | ||
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===Ring 02=== | ===Ring 02=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact2Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the second artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact2Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the second artifact.]] | ||
{{Quote|This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is [[Forerunner]], strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't.|The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | {{Quote|This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is [[Forerunner]], strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't.|The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | ||
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===Ring 03=== | ===Ring 03=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact3Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the third artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact3Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the third artifact.]] | ||
{{Quote|Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?|The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | {{Quote|Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?|The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | ||
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===Ring 04=== | ===Ring 04=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact4Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the fourth artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact4Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the fourth artifact.]] | ||
{{Quote|This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating.|The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | {{Quote|This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating.|The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | ||
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===Ring 05=== | ===Ring 05=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact5Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the fifth artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact5Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the fifth artifact.]] | ||
{{Quote|There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different. |The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | {{Quote|There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different. |The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HIRDialogue}} | ||
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===Ring 06=== | ===Ring 06=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact6Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the sixth artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact6Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the sixth artifact.]] | ||
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|1=The Weapon | |1=The Weapon | ||
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===Ring 07=== | ===Ring 07=== | ||
[[File:HINF Artifact7Audio.png|thumb|Audio symbol from the seventh artifact.]] | [[File:HINF Artifact7Audio.png|thumb|right|Audio symbol from the seventh artifact.]] | ||
:'''The Weapon''': "''This is hard to explain.''" | :'''The Weapon''': "''This is hard to explain.''" | ||
:'''John-117''': "''Try me.''" | :'''John-117''': "''Try me.''" | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
