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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The first time the [[High Prophet of Truth]] and [[Tartarus]] make an appearance in the Halo storyline is during a private coup in this room, during the last chapter of [[Halo: First Strike]]<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 338-9.</ref>. They discuss the events that took place on [[Installation 04]], as well as the fate of the future [[Arbiter]], the pilots, and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 340.</ref>
*Suring the last chapter of [[Halo: First Strike]]<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 338-9.</ref>. The [[High Prophet of Truth]] and [[Tartarus]], [[Chieftain of the Brutes]] discuss the events that took place on [[Installation 04]], as well as the fate of the future [[Arbiter]], the pilots, and [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in this room <ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], page 340.</ref>.


*The Step of Silence can be seen in the game during the level [[High Charity (Level)|High Charity]]. If the player looks up in a certain room, they will see dozens of glowing blue and green shards hanging from the ceiling. There are exactly 76 shards in all- 19 shards in 4 rows. Each of these shards represents 1 planet [[glassed]] by the Covenant.
*The Step of Silence can be seen in the game during the level [[High Charity (Level)|High Charity]]. If the player looks up in a certain room, they will see dozens of glowing blue and green shards hanging from the ceiling. There are exactly 76 shards in all- 19 shards in 4 rows. Each of these shards represents 1 planet [[glassed]] by the Covenant.

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The Step of Silence.

The Step of Silence[1] is a massive chamber inside the Sanctum of the Hierarchs located in High Charity, specially designated for the High Prophets. The Step of Silence is a large, round room with an illuminated pedestal in the center. Suspended from the ceiling are hundreds of shards of glass, each a piece of a planet that has been glassed by the Covenant. [2] On the perimeter of the room, there is space for three hundred Honor Guard Elites, should a Prophet be present. [3]

Trivia

  • The Step of Silence can be seen in the game during the level High Charity. If the player looks up in a certain room, they will see dozens of glowing blue and green shards hanging from the ceiling. There are exactly 76 shards in all- 19 shards in 4 rows. Each of these shards represents 1 planet glassed by the Covenant.
  • During the level Cortana in Halo 3, the part of the level where you rescue Cortana from the Stasis Field bears strong resemblence to the Step of Silence, the pedestal in the center of the room is distinctly recognizable, even though features such as the sharded roof and glass window are not present because the Flood destroyed them and instead either filled the area with large amounts of biomass or simply left a hole there. The doors on each side of the room are recognizable too, if one paid attention to the geometry of the room during Halo 2, when the character was in the only mildly Flood-infested Step of Silence.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 338.
  2. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 338.
  3. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 339.
  4. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 338-9.
  5. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 340.