Fall of High Charity: Difference between revisions

However, while the eventuality of the Battle of High Charity was a foregone conclusion, its scale was not.  The Prophet of Regret's wayward [[First battle of Earth|mission]] to [[Earth]] brought High Charity, [[John-117|Spartan-117]] and [[In Amber Clad]] near Installation 05.  With the [[Gravemind]] already released and plotting its way off of the Halo, this would set the tables for the invasion by both the Flood and the legendary "[[Demon]]".

A failed attempt to kill Spartan-117 from orbit had failed to kill him and instead threw him into the clutches of the Gravemind.  It would be [[Tartarus]], however, who put the final pieces of the puzzle into place - some of the inadvertently.  After the [[Arbiter]] successfully acquired the Index from the [[Library]], Tartarus attempted to execute him by tossing him over a cliff.  He then took the Index and [[UNSC]] [[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] and [[Sargent Major]] [[Avery Johnson]] as prisoners back to High Charity where the Prophets of [[Truth]] and [[Mercy]] waited.