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The Harbinger was a member of the [[Xalanyn]]'s ruling class.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN453|Enc22|Page=453}} She, along with the rest of her species, unexpectedly survived [[Great Purification|the firing of the Halo Array]] - a feat which alarmed the remaining Forerunners.{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #03 - Xalanyn}} In 97,368 BCE, the Harbinger and several other Xalanyn delegates traveled to Zeta Halo to parlay with the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|EN453}} The parlay, however, was in fact a ruse devised by the Forerunners in order to judge the Xalanyn, whom the Forerunners viewed as a threat to their plan to pass the [[Mantle]] to [[Human]]ity.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN486|Enc22|Page=486}} The Harbinger and most of her species were subsequently imprisoned on [[Installation 07]] by order of the [[Grand Edict]],{{Ref/Quest|HINF|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=If Halo cannot end them, it must imprison them.|Quotee=Grand Edict, Legendary ending post-credits}} with only a small handful of Xalanyn managing to escape this fate.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN487|Enc22|Page=487}} | The Harbinger was a member of the [[Xalanyn]]'s ruling class.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN453|Enc22|Page=453}} She, along with the rest of her species, unexpectedly survived [[Great Purification|the firing of the Halo Array]] - a feat which alarmed the remaining Forerunners.{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #03 - Xalanyn}} In 97,368 BCE, the Harbinger and several other Xalanyn delegates traveled to Zeta Halo to parlay with the Forerunners.{{Ref/Reuse|EN453}} The parlay, however, was in fact a ruse devised by the Forerunners in order to judge the Xalanyn, whom the Forerunners viewed as a threat to their plan to pass the [[Mantle]] to [[Human]]ity.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN486|Enc22|Page=486}} The Harbinger and most of her species were subsequently imprisoned on [[Installation 07]] by order of the [[Grand Edict]],{{Ref/Quest|HINF|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=If Halo cannot end them, it must imprison them.|Quotee=Grand Edict, Legendary ending post-credits}} with only a small handful of Xalanyn managing to escape this fate.{{Ref/Book|Id=EN487|Enc22|Page=487}} | ||
=== | ===Battle for Zeta Halo=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Battle for Zeta Halo}} | ||
====Freed by the Banished==== | ====Freed by the Banished==== | ||
Thousands of years later in [[2559]], the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], the [[Warmaster|leader]] of a group of mercenary raiders known as the [[Banished]], discovered the existence of the Xalanyn.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p25}} Seeking to uncover this secret hidden by the Forerunners, Atriox prepared his Banished forces to travel to Installation 07.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p423|Enc22|Page=423}} He sought out for the Harbinger, {{Ref/Game|Id=et2|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Escharum's Testimony 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail= Escharum's Testimony #02 - Cylix}} believing her to be the key to unlocking Zeta Halo's secrets.{{Ref/Quest|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=I have learned so much, Cortana. this Ring is different. It has secrets within... That I will have. This... Silent Auditorium. Do you know its history? Its true purpose? I have little needs for a failed god. This Ring is all I need. Surrender it to me.|Quotee=Atriox}} Following Atriox's apparent demise when [[Cortana]] sacrificed herself to destroy the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] and disable [[Installation 07|the Ring]],{{Ref/Quest|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=It was her. She destroyed the Ring. Stopped my deletion.|Quotee=The Weapon}} his second-in-command and old mentor, [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]], assumed his place as leader of the [[Banished]] and set out to fulfill Atriox's goal of releasing the Harbinger in order to seize control of the Ring.{{Ref/Reuse|et2}} | Thousands of years later in [[2559]], the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Atriox]], the [[Warmaster|leader]] of a group of mercenary raiders known as the [[Banished]], discovered the existence of the Xalanyn.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p25}} Seeking to uncover this secret hidden by the Forerunners, Atriox prepared his Banished forces to travel to Installation 07.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p423|Enc22|Page=423}} He sought out for the Harbinger, {{Ref/Game|Id=et2|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Escharum's Testimony 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail= Escharum's Testimony #02 - Cylix}} believing her to be the key to unlocking Zeta Halo's secrets.{{Ref/Quest|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=I have learned so much, Cortana. this Ring is different. It has secrets within... That I will have. This... Silent Auditorium. Do you know its history? Its true purpose? I have little needs for a failed god. This Ring is all I need. Surrender it to me.|Quotee=Atriox}} Following Atriox's apparent demise when [[Cortana]] sacrificed herself to destroy the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] and disable [[Installation 07|the Ring]],{{Ref/Quest|HI|Endless|Silent Auditorium|Quote=It was her. She destroyed the Ring. Stopped my deletion.|Quotee=The Weapon}} his second-in-command and old mentor, [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]], assumed his place as leader of the [[Banished]] and set out to fulfill Atriox's goal of releasing the Harbinger in order to seize control of the Ring.{{Ref/Reuse|et2}} | ||
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====Encounter with John-117==== | ====Encounter with John-117==== | ||
Circa [[2560#May|May 28, 2560]], the Harbinger captured Despondent Pyre and forcibly extracted the Monitor's [[encephalon]], killing Despondent Pyre in the process. Using the [[Forerunner]] routines contained within Despondent Pyre's encephalon, the Harbinger constructed a protocol{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Quote=This structure has been activated using a protocol that's far older than anything I've ever seen.|Quotee=The Weapon}} capable of summoning the [[Reformation Spire]]s across the fragmented section of Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} [[Master Chief Petty Officer|Master Chief]] [[John-117]], who had witnessed Despondent Pyre's abduction, followed the Harbinger to the top of the Conservatory and confronted her as she prepared to summon the Spires. The Harbinger initially told him that she wasn't his enemy, but John-117 recognized the threat posed by a repaired ring, and attempted to stop the Harbinger. The Harbinger initiated | Circa [[2560#May|May 28, 2560]], the Harbinger captured Despondent Pyre and forcibly extracted the Monitor's [[encephalon]], killing Despondent Pyre in the process. Using the [[Forerunner]] routines contained within Despondent Pyre's encephalon, the Harbinger constructed a protocol{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Quote=This structure has been activated using a protocol that's far older than anything I've ever seen.|Quotee=The Weapon}} capable of summoning the [[Reformation Spire]]s across the fragmented section of Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} [[Master Chief Petty Officer|Master Chief]] [[John-117]], who had witnessed Despondent Pyre's abduction, followed the Harbinger to the top of the Conservatory and confronted her as she prepared to summon the Spires. The Harbinger initially told him that she wasn't his enemy, but John-117 recognized the threat posed by a repaired ring, and attempted to stop the Harbinger. The Harbinger initiated the Reformation, summoning dozens of Reformation Spires. She blasted John-117 out of the Conservatory, then escaped to the [[Command Spire]], where she tried to send the initialization sequence needed to fully activate the Spires. However, the Spire network resisted her attempts because the summoning protocol she'd constructed from Despondent Pyre's routines hadn't been entirely correct.{{Ref/Quest|Id=spire|HI|Connections|Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Quote=The protocol that triggered all this wasn't exactly correct. It worked... well, it started the process.|Quotee=The Weapon}} | ||
After John-117 and the Weapon removed one of the Spires from the network and defeated the two [[Spartan Killer]]s [[Hyperius]] and [[Tovarus]], the Harbinger told Escharum to send all his forces against the human. Escharum, who desired to personally face the Chief in battle, replied that odds would not break the Spartan. The Harbinger noted that the Master Chief had [[the Weapon|an ally]] connected to the Ring, who could potentially be exploited. She then directed Escharum to have his forces defend the Command Spire while she initiated the Reformation. Escharum agreed, but warned her to prove her worth. The Harbinger rebuked him, | After John-117 and the Weapon removed one of the Spires from the network and defeated the two [[Spartan Killer]]s [[Hyperius]] and [[Tovarus]], the Harbinger told Escharum to send all his forces against the human. Escharum, who desired to personally face the Chief in battle, replied that odds would not break the Spartan. The Harbinger noted that the Master Chief had [[the Weapon|an ally]] connected to the Ring, who could potentially be exploited. She then directed Escharum to have his forces defend the Command Spire while she initiated the Reformation. Escharum agreed, but warned her to prove her worth. The Harbinger rebuked him, assuring him that they would achieve their goals.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Pelican Down|HI|Graveyards|Pelican Down (Halo Infinite level)}} | ||
====The Reformation==== | ====The Reformation==== | ||
When the Master Chief arrived at the Command Spire, the Harbinger altered the Forerunner sequence needed to open the the Spire's door, thereby making entry impossible. The sabotage forced the Chief and the Weapon to gather data from a network of [[Forerunner]] [[ | When the Master Chief arrived at the Command Spire, the Harbinger altered the Forerunner sequence needed to open the the Spire's door, thereby making entry impossible. The sabotage forced the Chief and the Weapon to gather data from a network of [[Forerunner]] [[Beacon tower|communication beacons]] in order to reconstruct a pure version of the sequence. During this time, the Harbinger spied on [[the Weapon]] and determined she could utilize the [[UNSC]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]'s routines in conjunction with those from Despondent Pyre's encephalon to break through the Spire network's resistance.{{Ref/Quest|Id=The Sequence|HI|Reformation|The Sequence}} | ||
While collecting data from the beacons, the Weapon sensed the Harbinger's presence within the beacon network and eventually realized the latter's intentions. Since the Spires still hadn't been activated yet, the Master Chief initially wanted to abort their current plan, effectively leaving them and the Harbinger in a stalemate. However, the Weapon believed that the Harbinger would eventually find a way to activate the Spires on her own, so they had no choice but to finish gathering the data needed to enter the Command Spire.{{Ref/Reuse|The Sequence}} | While collecting data from the beacons, the Weapon sensed the Harbinger's presence within the beacon network and eventually realized the latter's intentions. Since the Spires still hadn't been activated yet, the Master Chief initially wanted to abort their current plan, effectively leaving them and the Harbinger in a stalemate. However, the Weapon believed that the Harbinger would eventually find a way to activate the Spires on her own, so they had no choice but to finish gathering the data needed to enter the Command Spire.{{Ref/Reuse|The Sequence}} | ||
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File:HINF SquidFaceConcept.jpg|Early concept art of the Harbinger's face. | File:HINF SquidFaceConcept.jpg|Early concept art of the Harbinger's face. | ||
File:HINF GlowingHarbingerConcept.jpg|Smiliar early concept art of the Harbinger, but with a distinct blue glow. | File:HINF GlowingHarbingerConcept.jpg|Smiliar early concept art of the Harbinger, but with a distinct blue glow. | ||
File:HINF Concept EarlyHarbinger.png|More early concept art of the Harbinger. | |||
File:HINF-CrystalGems.jpg|More humanoid-like early concepts. | File:HINF-CrystalGems.jpg|More humanoid-like early concepts. | ||
File:HINF-Inquisitor.jpg|Early concept art of the Harbinger by David Heidhoff. | File:HINF-Inquisitor.jpg|Early concept art of the Harbinger by David Heidhoff. | ||
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===Screenshots=== | ===Screenshots=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HINF Harbinger | File:HINF Harbinger SA.png|The Harbinger's face in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF Harbinger Face.png|Another view of the Harbinger's face. | |||
File:HINF Harbinger with Pyre Core.png|The Harbinger with [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]'s encephalon. | File:HINF Harbinger with Pyre Core.png|The Harbinger with [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]'s encephalon. | ||
File:HINF Harbinger attacking.png|Harbinger as she attacks. | File:HINF Harbinger attacking.png|Harbinger as she attacks. | ||
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File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger Defeated.png|The Harbinger is defeated by John-117. | File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger Defeated.png|The Harbinger is defeated by John-117. | ||
File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger death.png|The death of the Harbinger. | File:HINF Silent Auditorium Harbinger death.png|The death of the Harbinger. | ||
File:HINF-HarbingerOasis.png|The Harbinger on [[Oasis]]. | |||
File:HINF-Harbingerkneeling.png|The Harbinger with her shields down. | |||
File:HINF-Harbingerpushup.png|Alternate animation of the Harbinger with her shields down. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | {{Ref/Sources}} | ||
[[Category:Bosses]] | |||