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The cover of The Return by Rachel Beaudoin

The Return is the twelfth short story in Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe. Written by Kevin Grace, this story follows a Sangheili Ship Master as he travels back to the Human colony world Kholo. This story takes place after the events of Halo 3 in which the Sangheili are no longer serving the San 'Shyuum. The Return follows a unique writing style in which as the Shipmaster recalls past experiences, the text turns to italics to indicate a shift to a previous time period.

The Return was adapted into a motion comic series by ONE, in the same vein as Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, with the first part released on April 3, 2010 and ended on April 24, 2010.^[1] Screenshots converted to wallpapers are released on Halo Waypoint in July 20, 2011.^[2]

Plot synopsis

The Shipmaster carving the Glyph of Faith onto Kholo's surface via Glassing.

Set six years after the end of the Human-Covenant War, a Sangheili shipmaster returns to the glassed colony of Kholo in order to find forgiveness for his sins. He ventures lonely through the remains of the colony, occasionally remembering the glorious days of when he interrogated a human pilot and glassed the colony, as well as the dark days of the Great Schism.^[3]

He experiences flashbacks where he showed his loyalty to the Prophet of Conviction by glassing Kholo. During the process, the Shipmaster marked the Covenant glyph representing "faith" on the surface of the planet.^[4]

Years later, when the Jiralhanae betrayed the Sangheili over High Charity, the Shipmaster confronted the Prophet of Conviction and disarmed him. The Shipmaster then exposed the Prophet's deception and killed Conviction in front of his crew.^[5]

Human research of Forerunner Monitors.

In the present timeframe, after several days of searching, he discovers Kig-yar pirates fighting humans at an excavation site.^[6] After killing the Kig-yar he finds a lone human survivor. Realizing the survivor would soon be dead, the Shipmaster leaves him and continues looking around the base.^[7] Soon, he finds photos of humans interfering with Forerunner technology, including a monitor.^{[note 1]} Realizing this could be what he was looking for, he returns to the human survivor and calls for help to aid the human.^[8]

Characters

Notes

^ While the short story merely indicates that the humans had unearthed Forerunner artifacts, the motion comic reveals that one of the artifacts was a monitor.

Sources

^ Halo Waypoint, schedule
^ Halo Waypoint - The Return Wallpapers
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Return
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, pages 493-497
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, pages 501-505
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 509
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 511
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 514

External links

Halo Waypoint: The Return

[8] While the short story merely indicates that the humans had unearthed Forerunner artifacts, the motion comic reveals that one of the artifacts was a monitor.

[1] Halo Waypoint, schedule

[2] Halo Waypoint - The Return Wallpapers

[3] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Return

[4] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, pages 493-497

[5] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, pages 501-505

[6] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 509

[7] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 511

[9] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, page 514

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 He experiences flashbacks where he showed his loyalty to the [[Prophet of Conviction]] by [[Battle of Kholo|glassing Kholo]]. During the process, the Shipmaster marked the Covenant glyph representing "faith" on the surface of the planet.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', pages 493-497''</ref>
-Years later, when the [[Jiralhanae]] betrayed the Sangheili over ''[[High Charity]]'', the Shipmaster confronted the Conviction and disarmed him. The Shipmaster then exposed the Prophet's deception killed the Prophet in front of his crew.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', pages 501-505''</ref>
+Years later, when the [[Jiralhanae]] betrayed the Sangheili over ''[[High Charity]]'', the Shipmaster confronted the Prophet of Conviction and disarmed him. The Shipmaster then exposed the Prophet's deception and killed Conviction in front of his crew.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', pages 501-505''</ref>
 [[File:TheReturn - Excavation.png|thumb|Human research of [[Forerunner]] [[Monitors]].]]
 In the present timeframe, after several days of searching, he discovers [[Kig-yar]] pirates fighting humans at an excavation site.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', page 509''</ref> After killing the Kig-yar he finds a lone human survivor. Realizing the survivor would soon be dead, the Shipmaster leaves him and continues looking around the base.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', page 511''</ref> Soon, he finds photos of humans interfering with [[Forerunner]] technology, including a [[monitor]].<ref group="note">While the short story merely indicates that the humans had unearthed Forerunner artifacts, the motion comic reveals that one of the artifacts was a monitor.</ref> Realizing this could be what he was looking for, he returns to the human survivor and calls for help to aid the human.<ref>'''''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', page 514''</ref>