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{{Title|''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''}}

{{Status|RealWorld}}

'''''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''''' is a short flash animation web comic, one of the first parts of the ''[[Iris]]'' campaign created for ''[[Halo 3]]''.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo3.com/comic/|Site=Halo 3|Page=The Cradle of Life|Detail=(defunct, [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/ Archive])}} The comic and story were created by [[:Category:Images by Ashley Wood|Ashley Wood]] with Bungie overseeing the story.{{Ref/Site|Id=BnetBlog|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=32038|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Mail Sack 4.0}}

During the ''Iris'' campaign, the original comic could be found [http://halo3.com/comic/ here], though as of the campaign's end in [[2009]] this link is now defunct. Halopedia hosts a backup copy of the original comic as it was originally presented, viewable [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/ here].

==Synopsis==

''The Cradle of Life'' tells the story of an African tribesman, [[N'chala]], who goes every morning to the same spot in the plains and watches something special. The comic implies that the [[Forerunner|"gods"]] are building a huge machine in a large lake on the plains of [[Africa]].  

This structure, being constructed by several [[Strato-Sentinel]]s, appears to be the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]].

==Comic panels==

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File:Halo 3 Comic -1.JPG|Panel 1

File:Halo 3 Comic -2.JPG|Panel 2

File:Halo 3 Comic -3.JPG|Panel 3

File:Halo 3 Comic -4.JPG|Panel 4

==IP Address==

On the last page of the comic, there are three panels. They are each able to be moved with the mouse to reveal certain numbers. When the numbers were arranged in order, they became an IP Address, 206.16.223.65, which led to a site called the [[Transmission Log]]. This site was part of the ''Alternate Reality Game'', ''[[Iris]]''.

==Trivia==

*The name "Cradle of Life" may be a reference the fact that [[Earth]], and more specifically [[Africa]] are seen as the birthing place of modern man.

*N'chala is similar to the Arabic word, [[wikipedia:Insha'Allah|inshallah]], which means "God willing".

*As of December 2009, the website that contains the comic is no longer active.

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