Phoenix Logs/The Ark/Halo Refugia

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This Refugia is at once familiar and otherworldly. Many areas resemble the lands

of Earth; lush, verdant landscapes, tranquil sandy beaches where waves lap

gently at the shore and stunning waterfalls plunge endlessly over high cliffs.

There is mountainous moorland, jagged rocky slopes and outcroppings covered

in a light shrub. But the immense scale of the environment imposes itself,

dwarfing each of its Earthly equivalents. The chasms are deeper and darker, the

mountains higher and even the sea and sky seem a richer blue than Earth's

atmosphere.

As ominous reminders colossal Forerunner bridges bisect the terrain and

gigantic unknown structures dominate the skyline. Their purposes unknown but

their very silence and mystery resonating with power.