The new prequel story London Calling in Halo: Waypoint Chronicles explores the origin of Laurette Agryna, a key figure from Halo Infinite's multiplayer, set during the Covenant's Battle of Earth.
The one thing you can say about Halo is it's not exactly short of Spartan s, particularly legendary ones. Master Chief, clearly, is the face of it all, Noble Team has had fans through the emotional wringer but one of the most important names from Halo Infinite is getting the origin story she deserves.
Laurette Agryna, the Spartan who ended up becoming a huge figure in Infinite’s multiplayer story, is getting a new prequel story and it's available to read right this second. Halo: Waypoint Chronicles collects more than 30 short stories from across the franchise’s timeline and arguably the most intriguing and interesting is “London Calling,” a new story about Agryna before she became a Spartan.
It's set during the Battle of Earth, the Covenant invasion that began during Halo 2 and continued into Halo 3, and follows Agryna as she tries to survive what's going down in London. Set before she became a Spartan, Agryna is caught in the middle of the Covenant assault while trying to complete a dangerous mission but, while moving through the ruined streets near Westminster, she finds herself hiding from Covenant forces.
It's an important setting for fans who love the lore of the games because this Battle of Earth is one of the most important conflicts in the entire timeline so it gives her origin a lot of extra weight. Agryna was an important part of Infinite as she was the guide for players during the multiplayer academy and a recurring voice during the multiplayer matches themselves.
That means she was a familiar voice through repeated callouts in the heat of Big Team Battle, but she also offered a look at what the Spartan program looked like beyond Master Chief and the main campaign. COLLIDER Collider · Quiz Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars Five universes.
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Questions don't keep you alive. CKeep my head down, observe carefully, and trust no one until I know who's pulling the strings. DStudy the patterns. Every system has a rhythm — learn it, and you learn how to survive it.
EFind the people fighting back and join them. You can't fix a broken galaxy alone.
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BOpen wasteland — brutal sun, no shelter, constant movement. At least the threat is honest. CA dense, rain-soaked city where you can disappear into the crowd and nobody asks questions. DMerciless desert — extreme heat, no water, and something enormous living beneath the sand.
EThe fringe — backwater planets and busy spaceports where the Empire's attention rarely reaches. NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 6 / 8ALLIANCE 06 Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are. AA tight crew of believers who've seen behind the curtain and have nothing left to lose.
BOne or two people I'd trust with my life. Any more than that and someone talks. CNobody, ideally. Alliances are liabilities.
I work alone unless I have no choice. DA community bound by shared hardship and mutual survival — people who need each other to last. EA ragtag team with wildly different skills and total commitment when it counts.
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Everything else is negotiable. CThe line shifts depending on who's asking and what's at stake. DI draw a long-term line — nothing that compromises my people's future, even if it'd help now. ESome lines, once crossed, can't be uncrossed.
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AWaking others up — dismantling the illusion so no one else has to live inside it. BFinding somewhere — or someone — worth protecting. A reason to keep moving. CAnswers.
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↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ Who's Involved in 'Halo: Waypoint Chronicles'? Alongside Agryna's tale, the book also contains more than 30 stories, most of which have already been published online before.
The audiobook version is well worth checking out as well because it also features narration from major Halo voices, including Steve Downes as Master Chief, Jen Taylor as Cortana and Dr. Catherine Halsey, Jeff Steitzer as the multiplayer announcer, Keith David as the Arbiter, and Sarah Elmaleh as Spartan Laurette Agryna. Halo: Waypoint Chronicles was written by Jeff Easterling and Alexander Wakeford, both of whom play key roles at Halo Studios.
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