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Subject: Halo Fanfic: The End of a War
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I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.

sorry to hear there is no new chapter

  • 02.08.2006 3:40 PM PDT

Phoenix is dead, long live Phoenix!
Is it?

Posted by: BlackSCORCH
Yeah it's geat and everything, but you didn't capture a main idea of Halo's plot. At the beginning you say that they were going to glass the planet. Have you payed any attention Clark? In Halo 2 you are told of things like "no human presence was foretold." The prophet of truth is going to Earth for a reason. Why would he go kill the humans for the heck of it if his primary goal is to activate the rings (however, I still wonder if the prophet of truth knows the actual function of the rings and not only tricked the covenant to joining him, but wishes to gain power for himself through the rings even if it means destroying everything.)

Obviously, the question of "where is this arc?" is answered the second the prophet's forerunner ship arrives at Earth out of slipstream. The arc is on Earth and the Covenent already knows where Earth is. They didn't know, however, that humans live there. The covenant has been wiping out the humans from the outer colonies to the inner because they are wiping the humans out from around the arc bit-by-bit. THERE!!!

-Scorch out-



There are other possibilities than that, do you really believe bungie would make it that simple??? I dont.

Mr_Clark one simple question which I require an honest answer for.
WHEN...?
I'm literally dieing here, with the new school year and stuff. I need your work to get me over IB.

  • 02.08.2006 11:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr_Clark
You guys should know better then to think my first ambiguous date for a chapter will actually come through.

I'm so disappointed.

NO CHAPTER THIS WEEKEND!

Reasons are varied and odd. Please resume your normal antagonistic ways. I shall return at a later time to give what I'd imagine will be a much more solid release date.


*Stares blankly at the screen.*

*Proceeds to smash everything in sight.*

*Then wraps his hand that is now quite sore with his handy IcyHot sleeve.*

*Comes back to computer and drools over thought of new chapter again*

  • 02.08.2006 11:36 PM PDT
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*sniff*
ARGH!!!
i...can't...wait...any...longer!!!
*sigh*
alright...feeln better now.

  • 02.09.2006 1:11 PM PDT

Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
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PPL DONT DRIVE TANKS
What do we do? Hump them?


You can believe anything you want. The universe is not obliged to keep a straight face

Posted by: Master Kim
I'd love harming my enemies to death with butt strokes. XD

It is good to be finally able to read this thread (stupid dial-up didnt let me view a thread over 22 posts long)....I am in complete awe...I read all of it (except the side story thing) and it took me 3 days to do it (schoolwork blows). My life is almost complete :P...just need that next chapter.

Mr_Clark, you actually got me to be emotional when reading your in-the-works novel, an immense feat. You good sir, are a writing god. I await in total insanity for the next chapter...damn...I want that GodMode MJOLNIR :)

  • 02.09.2006 2:08 PM PDT
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The End of a War - Plot Recap

Ask and ye shall receive.

The excommunicated Covenant (Elites, Hunters, and Grunts) traverse from the Elite home world, Silone, and make head-way towards the Covenant home world, Danrun. Gann Aonlum once again takes up the mantel of the Arbiter to lead his united force, which numbers in the hundreds. They are heading to reinforce the Elite/Hunter/Grunt forces that were taken by surprise on Danrun when the Covenant suddenly turned on them.

The Master Chief and Cortana arrive at the Forerunner installation that Cortana had nailed down as to be the origin of the message that flashed deep inside the Forerunner installation on Silone. Once inside the two discover the station houses the Flood, and that a battle had taken place not long ago. As they move deeper, they are joined by Kelly and Dr. Halsey, who originally contacted the two when the activation of the Forerunner installation registered across the network of Forerunner structures. The two are candid on their actions since the Spartan last saw them, and instead introduce John and Cortana to Fasul, a Forerunner A.I. Fasul is surprised over the likeness John shares with someone from his past, and thusly unveils an ancient piece of Forerunner history. The Armor of the Reclaimer. Glossing over some facts, Fasul gets the Master Chief to agree with undergoing an upgrade to his body modifications that would allow him to wear the Reclaimer Battle Suit. What Fasul failed to mention was that hidden within the suit's coding was the scanned and preserved memories of the human that last wore the suit, an ancient warrior named Cyriacus.

An internal battle is waged, with the Master Chief succumbing to Cyriacus' influence, allowing the ancient warrior to control the Spartan's body in order to exact his revenge on the 'Half-Breeds', the race that the Reclaimers fought against thousands of years ago.

Meanwhile, Captain Miranda Keyes, Sergeant Johnson, and Jan are on their way to Danrun, as they have been detached from the war effort back on Earth, fighting against the Flood, and have instead been assigned to assist the Master Chief and the Elites in their war efforts against the Covenant.

With some miraculous strategizing on the Arbiter's part, his reinforcements manage to destroy a sizable portion of the Covenant fleet on Danrun, but are being kept at bay by the two Forerunner vessels that the Covenant have activated and use to stem the flow of battle in the space above Danrun. A great volley of fire is launched from the Arbiter's fleet in the hopes of causing the Forerunner ships to recede, but they accomplish little more than momentarily causes the ship's shields to falter. This proves instrumental however, as Captain Keyes' ship, the Lewis Puller, emerges from a forced Slip Space jump in the space that the Forerunner ship is occupying. The combined force of being rammed by the ship, and the energy created from the tear in space, rips the Forerunner ship to shreds, leaving but a lone ancient ship within the Covenant's hands. Contact is established between the humans and the Elites, and a contingent of Marines, including Sergeant Johnson and Jan, are sent to Danrun's surface to stem the tide of battle in the strategically essential city of Gestahl, which the Covenant are trying to retake.

With a near stalemate above the skies of Danrun, dialogue is passed between the Arbiter and the leader of the Covenant fleet, a Brute by the name of Canderus. The two share words, where Canderus reveals himself to be the brother of Tartarus, the Brute the Arbiter slew on Halo. There is respect between the two as they speak, and more is revealed within Canderus' mind, as he is not so blinded by the Prophet's lies as was Tartarus.

Dr. Halsey, Kelly, Cortana, the Master Chief, the monitor Atoning Deviant, and Fasul, all arrive near Danrun, aboard the Attrition, a Covenant ship loaned to the Master Chief by the Arbiter. They had not expected to find the planet under siege, and they discovered just that. As the conscious occupants discussed how to enter undetected, the Master Chief/Cyriacus awakens from his slumber, unaware of where he is. A battle of wills overcomes him, and once again Cyriacus is the victor, his mind filled with rage over the terrors that the Half-Breeds inacted upon him, his lover Chrysanthe, and his unborn daughter. The madness blinds him, and he dons the Reclaimer suit, exiting the Attrition with nothing but his suit, and heads straight for Danrun. Dr. Halsey is forced to uncover their position as she contacts the Arbiter, and under Fasul's guidance, alerts the Elite to the Master Chief's presence, and immediate danger to all those around him. Consumed with mindless rage, the ancient warrior would be unable to differentiate from friend or foe, ensuring death to all who get in his way.

This is proven as an unidentified attribute to the Reclaimer armor is used to absorb and negate the energy shielding around the lone remaining Forerunner vessel in use over Danrun, as Cyriacus/John punch a hole straight through it, incapacitating the ship and forcing the Covenant fleet to retreat. The ancient warrior continues down towards Danrun's surface where he crashes into the ground that separates the Covenant ground forces and the Elite-held city of Gestahl. The Covenant fire upon him, drawing his attention, as he absorbs the plasma rounds in the same manner as the Forerunner shielding, and proceeds to kill and main any Covenant ground forces that get near him. An energy cycling process within the suit finishes, just as Jan (who had recognized the armor-clad Cyriacus as the Master Chief right away, ran to him. The Spartan, under the influence of Cyriacus' memories, see's Jan as his lost lover, and as he fires off a devastatingly powerful shot of unidentified energy, he captures the girl and protects her from the effects of his attack. The Covenant force is stopped in its tracks as the warrior's attack literally tears the ground apart, killing everything in its path, and shocking all those outside of it's range. The ground forces remaining flee in terror, as Cyriacus loses a battle in his mind with the Master Chief's remaining influence, and falls to the ground, unconscious, where he and Jan are retrieved by Sergeant Johnson in a Pelican.

Finally, the Arbiter requests an audience with Fasul, as there are many things he wishes to ask the Majal.

That's about it. Chapter's about half-done, but luckily its the first half that took awhile, whereas this last bit shouldn't be too hard to churn out at a good pace.

[Edited on 2/10/2006]

  • 02.10.2006 5:41 AM PDT
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ay carumba! I can't wait anylonger. The suspence is actually killn me!!!

  • 02.10.2006 10:01 AM PDT
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Looking forward to it, Clark!

  • 02.10.2006 11:04 AM PDT

"I hope nothing, I fear nothing, I am free"
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of martyrs" - Hasan al-Basri
Black Chapter, for all religious and political debate that doesn't fit in the Flood.

*eyes light up* Whey Boy!! more chapter goodness!! can we expect within the next week? or is that wishful thinking?

  • 02.10.2006 12:08 PM PDT

Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
Posted by: A Fatal Sock
PPL DONT DRIVE TANKS
What do we do? Hump them?


You can believe anything you want. The universe is not obliged to keep a straight face

Posted by: Master Kim
I'd love harming my enemies to death with butt strokes. XD

I kept forgetting this was a fanfic and not a Bungie approved text from the Halo Bible!

Im thinking there is gonna be something that resembles Neo fighting Smith :).

This just occured to me: why execute the Arbiter when you could execute the prophets?

...this waiting is driving me nuts, but I can live....keep up the good work.

  • 02.10.2006 12:41 PM PDT

Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
Posted by: A Fatal Sock
PPL DONT DRIVE TANKS
What do we do? Hump them?


You can believe anything you want. The universe is not obliged to keep a straight face

Posted by: Master Kim
I'd love harming my enemies to death with butt strokes. XD

By the way, how do you pronounce the Cheif's...umm..alter ego? Cause in writing it looks cool, I just want to know how to say it...and on the subject of saying names, how do you say the Arbiter's last name?

  • 02.11.2006 11:53 AM PDT

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NOOO, for the love of god plz don't double post, look back a couple pages and find out why.

neways, Good update there reminding us opn what has happened in the fanfic already I liked it.


can't wait for the next chapter.

  • 02.11.2006 1:19 PM PDT
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nice recap there

your so good at this it does look like it could be official(at least up to the flood invasion, i think thats a bit too radical for bungie)

juts like everyone else im tired of waiting!! more story!!!

  • 02.11.2006 3:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xcalliber
By the way, how do you pronounce the Cheif's...umm..alter ego? Cause in writing it looks cool, I just want to know how to say it...and on the subject of saying names, how do you say the Arbiter's last name?


Cyriacus - (si - rya - ku - s)

Aonlum - (ah - ohn - lu - m)

  • 02.11.2006 7:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr_Clark
Posted by: Xcalliber
By the way, how do you pronounce the Cheif's...umm..alter ego? Cause in writing it looks cool, I just want to know how to say it...and on the subject of saying names, how do you say the Arbiter's last name?


Cyriacus - (si - rya - ku - s)

Aonlum - (ah - ohn - lu - m)


Plain out Cyrus would've sounded cool, in my opinion. I still like it, though.

  • 02.11.2006 7:04 PM PDT

Phoenix is dead, long live Phoenix!
Is it?

teaser
now I cant wait.
arggggggggg
wheres a beer

  • 02.11.2006 7:35 PM PDT
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it's a week late again,hmm thats and understatement 5 weeks will be right

  • 02.12.2006 2:00 PM PDT
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Why is it late?

  • 02.12.2006 2:28 PM PDT
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does it really matter it is a little late cough(five weeks)cough but if it takes it a little while to make it better the best thing to do is for us not to push him to release to chapter unfinshed.

  • 02.12.2006 4:36 PM PDT
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Quality over Quanity people. Patience!!!

  • 02.12.2006 6:58 PM PDT

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not if the quantity can out wiegh the quality, look at the flood. No qualitiy in them but alot of quantity.

  • 02.12.2006 7:12 PM PDT
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A chapter is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is it ever early. It arrives precisely when it means to.

Thy must wait, patiently, otherwise when the chapter does arrive, you shall blow through it as if I were crafting edible words, and once you are finished, nothing persists but small crumbs littered about the page. You will walk away with nothing gained, and everything lost.

Should any of you be as enamored with 'Shadow of the Colossus' as I have come to be, I would hope that you can look back on this second weekend of no chapter, and nod your head in an understanding manner. My weary heart would truly appreciate it.

Though I do not contain any manner of makeshift wizardry, I believe my powers of deduction are powerful enough for me to brazenly say that this week shall undoubtedly unveil itself to be the week of Chapter 23.

I feel I must warn you all again, that this chapter contains more dialogue than a debate committee who have been injected with lethal doses of caffein. Granted the dialogue involved in this chapter will answer many questions, but it is long and filled with paragraphs that fill entire pages. Weep now my loyal readers, for your eyes shall be dried and useless when those final elusive 'Author's Notes' appear on screen, signaling the end to my endless assault.

  • 02.12.2006 11:41 PM PDT
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*Drools.*

need... chapter...

  • 02.13.2006 1:22 AM PDT
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i think its safe to say that when this chapter comes out it will be pure greatness

  • 02.13.2006 3:00 PM PDT