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The Heretic
Player:	None
Date:	October 20, 2552
Place:	Aboard High Charity and Cairo Station
Depicts:	Thel 'Vadamee's trial and John-117 at Cairo Station
Objective:	None
Enemies:	None
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The Heretic is the first level of Halo 2, consisting entirely of the cinematics involving Thel 'Vadamee's hearing by the Prophets, and John-117 receiving his new armor, the Mark VI.

Halo 2 Walkthrough Remake - Part 1 -The Heretic, The Armory(06:26)
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Contents 1 Transcript 2 Trivia 2.1 Mistakes 2.2 Easter Eggs 2.3 References 2.4 Miscellaneous 3 Videos 4 Gallery

TranscriptEdit

{Cutscene}

Fade in on the broken pieces of Installation 04, still burning. Groups of Covenant CCS-class battlecruisers prowl among them.

An Assault Carrier flies by. The camera pans with it to a giant Covenant structure.

Covenant Holy City, High Charity. Ninth Age of Reclamation

Close up of High Charity. Hundreds of Covenant ships swarm around it.

Fade to a ledge across from tiers of stadium-like seats; several Banshees patrol around it. The camera slowly zooms toward a door on the back of the ledge. A voice is heard:

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: (off-screen) "There was only one ship."

Fade in to the Council Chamber. Rows of Honor Guard Elites stand at attention on the path leading to the end, where a single Sanghelli Zealot stands facing two High Prophets, explaining past events to them.

• Prophet of Truth: "One? Are you sure?"

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "Yes. They called it the Pillar of Autumn."

The camera focuses on the stadium seats filled with Elite and Prophet Councilors. They mutter amongst themselves.

• Prophet of Mercy: "Why was it not destroyed, with the rest of their fleet?"

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "It fled, as we set fire to their planet."

(Flashback): The Pillar of Autumn flees Reach as Covenant ships glass it.

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "But I followed with all the ships in my command."

(Flashback): A Covenant Cruiser approaches Installation 04, several dozen smaller ships are already in orbit above it. The gas giant Threshold is visible behind the installation.

• Prophet of Regret: "When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?"

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "Blinded?"

• Prophet of Regret: "Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?"

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "No..."

(End flashback)

It is revealed that the Prophet of Regret is not actually present, but rather speaking through a holographic image of himself. Next to him is the Prophet of Mercy, who is entirely present.

• Prophet of Regret: (angrily) "Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!"

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked-"

The Council members mutter angrily. Vadamee looks around at them.

• Prophet of Mercy: (bangs his fist down on his chair) "There will be order in this Council!"

The Prophet of Truth moves forward on his chair and raises his hand. The room falls into complete silence.

• Prophet of Truth: "You were right to focus your attention on the Flood. But this Demon, this "John-117"..."

(Flashback): The destruction of Halo.

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "By the time I learned the Demon's intent, there was nothing I could do."

(End flashback)

The Prophet Councilors stand up and yell angrily. Elite Councilors glance and mutter to each other. Jiralhanae Chieftain Tartarus, standing nearby with arms crossed, chuckles audiably to himself.

• Prophet of Regret: (whispering to Truth) "Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it!"

Truth holds up a hand, silencing Regret.

• Prophet of Truth: (to 'Vadamee) "You are one of our most treasured instruments. Long have you led your fleet with honor and distinction. But your inability to safeguard Halo... was a colossal failure."

• Prophet of Objection: (Stands up and shows a fist) "Nay, it was heresy!"

The Councilors yell. 'Vadamee looks back and forth between them.

• Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee: "I will continue my campaign against the humans!"

• Prophet of Truth: "No...you will not."

Truth glances at Tartarus, and the Brute Chieftain barks a command. Two Brutes approach 'Vadamee and try to grab him, but he shakes them off and he starts walking to his fate willingly. They escort him out.

• Prophet of Truth: "Soon the Great Journey shall begin. But when it does, the weight of your heresy will stay your feet. And you shall be left behind."

View fades to a new background. The circular ornament on the Prophet of Truth's headpiece is replaced by Earth's moon. The view then pans to a view of Earth itself, focusing on three MAC stations in orbit. A few UNSC ships fly past.

Earth Defense Platform, Cairo. 10.20.2552 (Military Calendar)

Cut to a close-up of the nearest platform, Cairo.

• Master Gunnery Sergeant: "Your plating was about to fail, there's viscosity throughout the gel layer..."

Cut to the armory of Cairo Station. The UNSC officer handles equipment on a table.

• Master Gunnery Sergeant: "Optics - totally fried. And let's not even talk about the power supply."

The view shows the Chief's new helmet on the table .

• Master Gunnery Sergeant: "You know how expensive this gear is, son?"

The view pans up the Chief's body, showing off his new armor. He fits his helmet into place just in time to block the view of his face. The helmet hisses and clicks when put on, then shortly stops.

• John-117: "Tell that to the Covenant."

(Cutscene ends)

(Level ends)

TriviaEdit

MistakesEdit

• The Pillar of Autumn is represented by the Marathon-class cruiser model, despite the fact that it is a Halcyon-class light cruiser. This was likely done to conserve resources during the development of the game.

Easter EggsEdit

Main article: Easter Eggs

• By using modding tools, it is possible to see John-117 hidden behind one of the pillars above the Councilors. This is due to the fact that Bungie needed to place an avatar in cutscenes to allow for the AI, thus making cut scenes "unplayable" game play.

ReferencesEdit

• Near the conclusion of the cutscene, Thel 'Vadamee's helmet creates a bursting graphic texture. Joseph Staten revealed this bug on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition bonus disk and he stated that he could never fix the bug.

MiscellaneousEdit

• This level is one of the only 6 levels in the entire Halo series in which you do not play; the other ones being Arrival, Prepare to Drop, Noble Actual, Prologue, and Epilogue.
• This level is not available in co-op, since it contains only cutscenes, and is not necessary for co-op gameplay
• This is the first and only level in the entire Halo Trilogy where any member of the Covenant, in this case the Prophet of Truth, refers to John-117 as John-117. This is probably because Bungie doesn't want players to be confused when the enemy says "Demon".
• This is the first level in the Halo series that Councilors, Prophets and Brutes are seen.
• In this level, Thel 'Vadamee mentions the Pillar of Autumn, which is the second to last time in the trilogy which they reference the ship, the other being when Cortana says she will light the fusion reactors on "In Amber Clad", she says she'll light them just like the Autumn, but this is the last time that the ship itself is shown. However, a holographic representation is seen briefly in Halo Wars.
• Thel 'Vadamee's voice at ceratin points sounds slightly robotic.

VideosEdit

The Heretic (level) - Halo 2 STORYLINE Walkthrough(03:07)
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GalleryEdit

Preceded by Halo Credits

Halo 2 Campaign Missions The Heretic

Succeeded by The Armory

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