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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Totem Rings are made of stone, 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}} | The Totem Rings are made of stone, 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}} | ||
The Banished learned that the totem rings weren't created to stand vast ages of time{{Ref/Game|Id=Outpost11|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost_Intel_4|Banished Audio Logs|Detail=Outpost Intel - 11: Slow and Steady}}, with Spartans [[M. Jaide]] and [[Rosado]] identifying their signal spikes as Forerunner.{{Ref/Game|Id=UNSCOutpost11|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost_Intel_3|UNSC Audio Logs|Detail=Outpost Intel - 11: A Hastly-Assembled Plan}}{{Ref/Game|Id=UNSCOutpost12|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost_Intel_3|UNSC Audio Logs|Detail=Outpost Intel - 12: Hitching a Ride}} | |||
===History=== | |||
During the period of 100,000 years after the firing of the Halo rings and the imprisonment of the Xalanyn, Installation 07's [[Monitor]], [[117649 Despondent Pyre]] took interent in these stone rings.{{Ref/Game|Id=Artifact4|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor_Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Report - Artifact IV}} Believing the rings contained a warning written in runes, Despondend Pyre wondered about who left them in Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Game|Id=Artifact5|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor_Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Report - Artifact V}} After studying them and translate their runes as "Enemy Within", the Monitor concluded that the rings were older than herself and the [[Forerunner]]s themselves.{{Ref/Game|Id=Artifact6|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Monitor_Reports|Forerunner Archives|Detail=Monitor Report - Artifact VI}} | |||
By [[2560]], the [[Banished]] started to studying them on the [[Annex Ridge (location)|Annex Ridge]] research facility, believing their secrets were the key to control Zeta Halo.{{Ref/Game|Id=Outpost12|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost_Intel_4|Banished Audio Logs|Detail=Outpost Intel - 12: Whispers from the Past}} After discovering the Banished studying those rings and transporting them into an unknown location, Spartans Jaide and Rosado hijacked a [[Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler]] carrying three ring artifacts;{{Ref/Reuse|UNSCOutpost11}} the transport and the artifacts were later reported as lost by the Banished commander [[Zeretus]].{{Ref/Reuse|Outpost12}} | |||
In May 2560, [[John-117]] and [[The Weapon]] started to find some of these totem rings and record some of Despondent Pyre's studies about them. The Master Chief also discovered the Annex Ridge outpost and attacked it in order to stop the Banished from learning more about Zeta Halo and the stone rings. He destroyed the facility's fuel silo, causing a chain reaction that destroyed a nearby Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler before it could transport several Ring artifacts offsite.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Annex Ridge|HI|Reformation|Annex Ridge}} | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||