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Revision as of 22:06, 24 July 2009

Notes:

  • Although Ghosts of Onyx is set before Halo 3, it may be best to read it after to avoid breaking the flow of the Earth-invasion plot.
  • Halo Interactive Strategy Game omitted because I don't know enough about it. Same with any other Iris content that might fit in, but this timeline and this video series might be useful in learning about it.

The timeline

Date Release date Title Medium
c. 100000 BCE 2007 June 14[1] Halo 3: The Cradle of Life Comics
c. 100000 BCE Early 2010[2] Forerunner Trilogy: Book 1 Prose novel
c. 100000 BCE 2010+ Forerunner Trilogy: Book 2 Prose novel
c. 100000 BCE 2010+ Forerunner Trilogy: Book 3 Prose novel
1999 Feb 16 - July 13[3] 1999 Feb 16 - July 13[3] The Cortana Letters (non-continuity) Web content
c. 20xx 2005 Dec 19 Dead or Alive 4 (non-canon) Game
2524 June 16 - 2525 Feb 23[4] 2007 Oct 30[5] Halo: Contact Harvest Prose novel
2517 Aug 17 - 2525 Nov 27[6] 2001 Oct 30 Halo: The Fall of Reach: Sections I-II[7] Prose novel
2531 2009 Feb 26 Halo Wars: Genesis Comics
2531 2009 Feb 26 Halo Wars Game
Sometime during 2534-36 2008 Nov 25 Halo: The Cole Protocol Prose novel
≤ 2552 Aug 30[8] c. 2010 April[9] Halo: Spartan Black Comics
2552 July 17 - Aug 30[6] 2001 Oct 30 Halo: The Fall of Reach: Sections III-VI[7] Prose novel
≤ 2552 Sept 4[10] c. 2009 December[11] Halo: Helljumper Comics
≤ 2552 Sept 4[12] 2010 Fall Halo: Reach Game
2552 Aug 29[13] - Sept 4[14] 1999 July 21[15] Halo Transmissions (not fully canon[16]) (see also analysis) Web content
2552 Sept 4-7[17] 2001 Nov 15 Halo Game
2552 Sept 4-7[17] 2003 Apr 1 Halo: The Flood Prose novel
2552 Aug 30 - Sept 13[18] 2003 Dec 2 Halo: First Strike Prose novel
Mid 2552 - 2552 Oct 20[19] pre-invasion 2004 Aug 24[20] - Oct 31[21] I Love Bees Axon Clips Audio
2552 Sept 5[17] - Oct 20[19] 2006 July 19 Halo Graphic Novel Comics
2552 Oct 20[19] post Mombasa evacuation 2005 July 5 Another Day at the Beach Film short
2531 May 1 - 2552 Nov 4[18] 2006 Oct 31 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Prose novel
2552 Oct 20 - Nov 17[19] 2004 Nov 9 Halo 2 Game
≤ 2552 Nov 17[22] 2009 Sept 22 Halo 3: ODST Game
2552 Nov 17[19] before John's drop 2007 Aug 22 - 2009 Apr 15 Halo: Uprising Comics
2552 Nov 17[19] during John's drop 2007 July 10 - Sept 24 Halo: Landfall Film short
25xx - 2552 Nov 17[19] after John's drop 2006 Dec 4[23] Starry Night Film short
2552 Nov 17[19] - 2553 Mar 3 2007 Sept 25 Halo 3 Game
Extends past 2553 Mar 3[24] Early 2010[25] Halo Legends Film anthology

References

  1. ^ args.bungie.org - View topic - The Iris ARG Timeline
  2. ^ Joystiq: Greg Bear writing new Halo Forerunner trilogy
  3. ^ a b Marathon's Story: The Cortana Letters. myth.bungie.org confirms the date of the seventh letter.
  4. ^ Internal dating, with the epilogue ignored for simplicity.
  5. ^ Although some stores broke the date for Contact Harvest, October 30 was the official designated release date, as confirmed here by Joseph Staten.
  6. ^ a b Internal dating, with the 2535 prologue and the Alpha Halo epilogue ignored for simplicity.
  7. ^ a b FoR is split here because the first half provides the origin of the Spartan IIs, who play a major role in other stories.
  8. ^ "[It occurs] right before the fall of the human colony world Reach..."
  9. ^ Assuming 5 weeks between issues and a date of 2009/12/30 for issue 1, issue 4's date comes out to 2010/04/14.
  10. ^ "Helljumpers is set prior to the events in the first Halo video game."
  11. ^ Given issue 3's date of 2009/09/23 and assuming 5 weeks between issues, issue 5's date comes out as 2009/12/02.
  12. ^ Referred to as a prequel to the Halo trilogy here.
  13. ^ As noted in Cannibal Harry's analysis, the earliest transmission is one day before the ones involving Reach.
  14. ^ As noted in Cannibal Harry's analysis, the later transmissions seem to represent the Autumn being overwhelmed by Covenant ships just before Halo 1 begins.
  15. ^ Marathon's Story: Halo Transmissions
  16. ^ In particular, "04" appears to be the year when it should be 2552, human ships are designated SCS rather than UNSC, and one of the transmissions appears to be part of the non-canon Cortana Letters.
  17. ^ a b c Halo: The Flood and Xbox.com place the events of Halo 1 at September 19-22, but First Strike and the Halo Graphic Novel suggest that they and surrounding events may be misdated due to a time distortion. They're placed at September 4-7 for the purpose of this timeline.
  18. ^ a b Internal dating.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09 (note timeline under "Along the Path")
  20. ^ I Love Bees Summary Timeline: "August 24 - Tuesday: The Axons are hot"
  21. ^ I Love Bees Summary Timeline: "October 31 - Sunday: The Axons - eleventh wave ... A farewell message has been added to the 404 page."
  22. ^ ODST is described as a bridge between Halo 2 and Halo 3, so it's placed between the two games here.
  23. ^ "It will air during Monday Night Football on December 4th."
  24. ^ Hearsay, although it definitely goes past the Legendary Planet scene.
  25. ^ Los Angeles Times: Video game publishers Microsoft, Ubisoft invading Hollywood's turf