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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| | {{Quote|If [[Halo]] cannot kill them, it must imprison them.|[[Grand Edict]] to [[117649 Despondent Pyre]]{{Ref/Game|Id=stinger|HINF|post-credits cinematic}}}} | ||
The '''Xalanyn''',{{Ref/Game|Id=af3|HI| | 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/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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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 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| | 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}} | ||
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{{Quote|no=two|q1=I am the Harbinger. All that you know shall be undone.|1=The Harbinger|q2=Good.|2=Escharum|3=[[The Harbinger]] and Escharum upon releasing the former from her cylix.{{Ref/Game|Id=tp3|HI| | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I am the Harbinger. All that you know shall be undone.|1=The Harbinger|q2=Good.|2=Escharum|3=[[The Harbinger]] and Escharum upon releasing the former from her cylix.{{Ref/Game|Id=tp3|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #03 - She was Smiling}}}} | ||
In [[2560]], the [[Banished]] forces under the leadership of its [[War Chief]] Escharum arrived at Installation 07. The Banished excavated Forerunner subterranean structures, eventually coming across the cylix that contained the Xalanyn known as the "Harbinger".{{Ref/Game|Id=tp2|HI| | In [[2560]], the [[Banished]] forces under the leadership of its [[War Chief]] Escharum arrived at Installation 07. The Banished excavated Forerunner subterranean structures, eventually coming across the cylix that contained the Xalanyn known as the "Harbinger".{{Ref/Game|Id=tp2|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #02 - What was Inside}} The Harbinger was released from her cylix by forcing a [[human]] [[prisoner of war]], [[Lucas Browning]], to interface with her cylix.{{Ref/Reuse|tp3}}{{Ref/Reuse|tp2}} Upon her release, the Harbinger allied with [[Escharum]]. She promised to help Escharum return the ring to its operational status, while Escharm would help her release her fellow Xalanyn from the Silent Auditorium.{{Citation needed}} [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] intervened, killing both in the process.{{Ref/Level|HINF|House of Reckoning}}{{Ref/Level|HINF|Silent Auditorium}} | ||
Elsewhere on the ring, cylixes of other Xalanyn, though with a different appearance compared to that of the Harbinger, were found by [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | Elsewhere on the ring, cylixes of other Xalanyn, though with a different appearance compared to that of the Harbinger, were found by [[Atriox]].{{Ref/Reuse|stinger}} | ||
