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{{Quote|If [[Halo]] cannot kill them, it must imprison them.|[[Grand Edict]] to [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Legendary post-credits cinematic}}}} | {{Quote|If [[Halo]] cannot kill them, it must imprison them.|[[Grand Edict]] to [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|Legendary post-credits cinematic}}}} | ||
The '''Xalanyn''',{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #03 - Xalanyn}} also known as the '''Endless''',{{Ref/Game|Id=mr7|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Reports #07 - Artifact VII}} was an advanced race, whose members were imprisoned by the [[Forerunner]]s on [[Installation 07]] by [[97,368 BCE]] due to their ability to survive the effects of the Halo Array.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}}{{Ref/Game|Id=af1|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #01 - Reintroduction}} Their [[cylix]]es were eventually discovered by [[Atriox]] during the [[Installation 07 conflict]] in [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | The '''Xalanyn''',{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #03 - Xalanyn}} also known as the '''Endless''',{{Ref/Game|Id=mr7|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Reports #07 - Artifact VII}} was an advanced race, whose members were imprisoned by the [[Forerunner]]s on [[Installation 07]] by [[97,368 BCE]] due to their ability to survive the [[Great Purification|effects]] of the Halo Array.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}}{{Ref/Game|Id=af1|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #01 - Reintroduction}} Their [[cylix]]es were eventually discovered by [[Atriox]] during the [[Installation 07 conflict]] in [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
{{Quote|Halo was the Forerunners' terrible and ultimate solution to [[Flood|the parasite]]'s [[Forerunner-Flood war|relentless advance]]. Designed to destroy all sentient life, nothing was allowed to survive. And we were sure that nothing had. We were wrong.|117649 Despondent Pyre{{Ref/Reuse|af1}}}} | {{Quote|Halo was the Forerunners' terrible and ultimate solution to [[Flood|the parasite]]'s [[Forerunner-Flood war|relentless advance]]. Designed to destroy all sentient life, nothing was allowed to survive. And we were sure that nothing had. We were wrong.|117649 Despondent Pyre{{Ref/Reuse|af1}}}} | ||
The origins of the Xalanyn were unknown, but they were one of the [[sentience|sentient]] species that were extant during the fall of the Forerunner civilization. They were not indexed by the Forerunners prior to the firing of the [[Halo Array]],{{Ref/Reuse|af3}} and after the activation of the Halo rings, the Xalanyn inexplicably survived.{{Ref/Reuse|af1}} During the century after the firing, the Xalanyn were discovered alive and well by the Forerunners, much to the latter's confusion.{{Ref/Reuse|af3}} | The origins of the Xalanyn were unknown, but they were one of the [[sentience|sentient]] species that were extant during the fall of the Forerunner civilization. They were not indexed by the Forerunners prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]],{{Ref/Reuse|af3}} and after the activation of the Halo rings, the Xalanyn inexplicably survived.{{Ref/Reuse|af1}} During the century after the firing, the Xalanyn were discovered alive and well by the Forerunners, much to the latter's confusion.{{Ref/Reuse|af3}} | ||
The Forerunners and the Xalanyn arranged a parley between delegates from the two species, with [[Installation 07]] taken into range of the Xalanyn homeworld.{{Ref/Game|Id=af4|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #04 - A Curious Directive}} The Forerunners deemed the Xalanyn to be a threat and decided that the Xalanyn were to be sealed on Installation 07,{{Citation needed}} with some members subjugated for study at the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] on the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|af4}} The [[Grand Edict]] charged Installation 07's monitor, [[117649 Despondent Pyre]], with guarding the Xalanyn's prison, and assigned [[Offensive Bias]] to the ring to aid in this.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | The Forerunners and the Xalanyn arranged a parley between delegates from the two species, with [[Installation 07]] taken into range of the Xalanyn homeworld.{{Ref/Game|Id=af4|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Archaeological Findings 2|Banished Audio log|Detail=Archaeological Findings #04 - A Curious Directive}} The Forerunners deemed the Xalanyn to be a threat and decided that the Xalanyn were to be sealed on Installation 07,{{Citation needed}} with some members subjugated for study at the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]] on the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|af4}} The [[Grand Edict]] charged Installation 07's monitor, [[117649 Despondent Pyre]], with guarding the Xalanyn's prison, and assigned [[Offensive Bias]] to the ring to aid in this.{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | ||
