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LoreKeeper

@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social

Lore writer and Community Manager for Wernissage - The Art of Halo The guy with the propeller hat during the Halo: Edge of Dawn reading at HCS 2025 Discord.gg/wernissage

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Rebeccah with an H@bexbassell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Unfortunately I’m one of the 1,600 devs who lost their jobs yesterday due to the #XboxLayoffs I loved my job at Bethesda with my whole heart. The teams I got to lead, the features I got to ship, the incredible fans I got to meet while working on Fallout were beyond S.P.E.C.I.A.L. I’ll miss it all.

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HALO NEWS@halonews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

IT'S MACHINIMA MONDAY! Machinima Monday aims to help breathe new life for Halo Machinima as well as a few throwbacks from the old days of Machinima. If you make Machinima, please feel free to submit your Machinima (Be sure to include your BlueSky user too) here: officialhalonewsnow@gmail.com #Halo

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Alex Wakeford@haruspis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Can’t quite believe that my debut novel is out on store shelves today! Working on these stories has been a labour of love over the last few years, the positivity and engagement from the Halo community has brought us to this point—Jeff and I couldn’t be more thrilled! 💚💙

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LoreKeeper@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social · 7mo ago

SageGang is expanding our community outreach! Join us on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of August for a special 72 hour charity stream where all donations help St. Jude! We’ll have special guests and events all weekend long, so stop by to hang out and support a good cause!

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LoreKeeper@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Happy Monday! And more specifically happy Machination Monday! Todays subject is the Mark IV MJOLNIR which is not a vehicle, despite being the subject for today. I simply wanted to talk about it, because it’s beautiful.

(John-117 in his Mark IV armor) Happy Monday to all of you! To celebrate this auspicious occasion we’ll be taking a look at the very first example of production MJOLNIR armor, the Mark IV itself (image 1), and more specifically its history (maybe next week we’ll do the design)(Trio of Mark IV Suits in use during the war) Despite being retroactively used to describe a specific variant, Mark IV originally was a blanket term for numerous armor formulations operating alongside each other, which were later pursued as their own unique variants. Examples of this can be clearly seen by the existence of these three Mark IV variants that are all known only as Mark IV (image 2) or by the existence of Project COBALT and the Deimos variant serving alongside other Mark IV suits near the start of the war. In truth the Mark IV was never meant to exist at all, with Catherine Halsey hoping to provide upgrades to the suits as they became available rather than in the form of the much more limited “Mark” system, though a massive budget slash with the start of the Human Covenant War saw those dreams shattered, and the overall growth of MJOLNIR was stunted.(A Mark IV variant known only by its physical similarities to the Cohort variant) Despite this setback, numerous variants and suits were able to see completion and even complete R&D during the war (image 3), thanks to a smart allocation of time and resources. A few key upgrades were also able to be rolled out without being reclassified as the next generation, with the inclusion of micro-fusion reactors rather than the older micro-fission reactors, as well as refractive coatings and updated HUD firmware capable of identifying Covenant technology. Every suit designed before these upgrades were retroactively named to be Mark IV, despite differences in hardware.(Modernized Mark IV variant in use circa 2560) The end of Mark IV’s lifecycle is when the story becomes muddled and confusing. It became clear to ONI and the UNSC at some point prior to 2550 that Catherine Halsey’s detachment of Materials Group was nearing the proverbial wall with their expertise, and so funding began flowing to a second MJOLNIR development team based out of Songnam Korea, with a focus on producing infantry portable energy shielding for the next generation of armor. It would be a little later in 2551 that both the Songnam and Halsey’s team would achieve breakthroughs in shielding technology, with Materials Group gaining access to a Jackal Shield module, while Songnam was able to produce their own design using similar principles to Sangheili combat harnesses, albeit unknowingly at the time. Materials Group would be the first to have economical prototypes for their shielding systems, and would thus field the next generation of MJOLNIR, the Mark V. Mere months later however, Songnam would complete work on their own design, which would be dubbed the Mark VI as it was decidedly more efficient than the copied Covenant technology. Though by 2560 variants of Mark IV armor still in service with the UNSC (image 4) have been upgraded to include the latest energy shielding systems, fulfilling a dream of Materials Group that almost saw fruition with their first tests in 2531.
LoreKeeper@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social · last yr.

Dripfinite returns to the Wernissage Discord server once again! This time around we’ll see who the real MVP’s are by taking to the sims and competing for the title of Drip Certified! Join the server to take part or just enjoy the creative armor builds done by our talented community! @halo.gg

LoreKeeper@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social · last yr.

Super delayed post, but Dripfinite IX has come to a gorgeous end with our two winners submitted by Wernissage community members Holdenplayz and Mercurydove! And so begins the countdown to Dripfinite X, I hope to see you all there!

Spartan Henry-261, a member of the fabled 'Phoenix Team', was always an oddball. While all Spartan II's knew what they lost, 261's Eidetic Memory caused him to remember what he lost far more vividly than his peers, and over time, assassination op after assassination op caused him to grow bitter. He developed an illicit affair with an Army Medic, snuck off of base, disobeyed no-witness orders. Eventually, years after the secret birth of his twin children, Henry's disobedience culminated in him incapacitating an ONI Agent that had been needlessly ""interrogating"" the daughter of a dead Insurrectionist Warlord, and dissappearing, never to be officially seen again. 3 weeks later, the Covenant would be spotted on Reach. Rumor's have, of course, circulated that Phoenix Team are still in contact with Henry, but, these rumors hold little ground. Henry would resurface in 2560 during the Battle of The Academy, fighting alongside the Spartan IVs defending what little remained of humanity, and, if rumors are to be believed, his own children. He may be a deserter, but in the face of The Banished, his past transgressions mean nothing.After the glassing of New Alexandria, many Covenant kill teams were sent into the remaining skyscrapers for any possible stragglers. One team after another went missing, and even after destroying any buildings near their last location, every kill team that was sent afterwards disappeared. Rumor started to spread of the cause being from one Spartan, left behind after the evacuation, the urban wasteland his new home
LoreKeeper@thatonelorekeeper.bsky.social · last yr.

The first few days of Dripfinite have seen some beautiful Spartans returning to help defend Reach, and there’s only more to come over the next week and a half! Swing by the Wernissage Discord server to peruse the unique and interesting lore that accompanies these designs as well.

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