The Heretic

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The Heretic
The Heretic official logo.
Engine(s)	Halo 2
Genre	Space opera
Running time	15 minutes per episode (estimated)
Created by	Alexander Winn Ryan Luther
Voices	Patrick Malone Alexander Winn Ray Chase Ryan Hayden Caitlin Rain
Release(s)	February 9, 2007
Format(s)	QuickTime (H.264), WMV
No. of episodes	7
http://www.thecodexseries.com/th/

The Heretic is the second machinima series made by Edgeworks Entertainment. Like its predecessor, The Heretic is set in Bungie Studios' Halo video game universe. It is a prequel to the popular series The Codex, and is the second story in the greater Codex Series. The Heretic tells the story of how the Codex was found, and how the various characters in The Codex came to be involved with it.

1 Series Announcement
2 Trailer Releases
3 Episode List
4 External links

[edit] Series Announcement

On August 13, 2005, the 20th episode of The Codex was released, bringing the series to an end. The team that assembled the series set the limit at 20 because they wanted to end the series before leaving for college. However, the team was careful to make the ending a cliffhanger so that, if they wanted to continue the series, they would have that option. Six months later, on February 9, 2006, the one-year anniversary of the release of Episode 1 of The Codex, The Codex crew announced that they would make a prequel series called The Heretic and launched a totally redesigned website to handle the multiple series. The series was originally scheduled to be released in late summer, but delays in production pushed that date back.

[edit] Trailer Releases

On December 12, 2006, the first of two trailers for The Heretic was released. The Drama Trailer [1] revealed the basic storyline for the series along with showing off the 3D animation that is new to The Codex Series. At the same time, the new cast and crew members for the series were announced [2], and the Bios page was updated [3].

On January 27, 2007, the second trailer (the "Action Trailer") [4] was released. It included clips from the battles in the series along with more of the CGI that was going to be present. At the end, it revealed the date the first episode would be released: February 9th, the 2 year anniversary of The Codex and exactly one year after the prequel was announced.

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Episode 1

Full title: "Seeds of Doubt"
Length: 10 minutes, 28 seconds
Release date: 9 February 2007

Dove Antenatee, a High Cleric of the Holy Covenant, makes the discovery of a lifetime by finding the location of the Temple of the Guardian. But when he first makes contact with the presence inside the temple, he gains knowledge that plants a seed of doubt in his mind, and starts him on a journey that will change his life and could alter the future of the entire Covenant.

[edit] Episode 2

Full title: "Mission Briefing"
Length: 9 minutes, 48 seconds
Release date: 23 February 2007

While training on Reach, the three teams of Spartans have a hard time working together. Meanwhile, responding to strange troop movements within the Covenant fleet, the Spartans are pulled away and given a new mission: make contact with a possible Covenant defector and escort him to UNSC-controlled space.

[edit] Episode 3

Full title: "Predator & Prey"
Length: 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Release date: 9 March 2007

In the aftermath of Dove Antenatee's flight, Kilrah Saburee, the Captain of the Seraphim, arrives on the island and begins preparing to hunt him down. Conflict immediately arises between the Praetor and his new commanding officer, but the Praetor is forced to help when the Seraph Captain tells him that Dove has been branded a heretic, and that he is in suspicion himself.

[edit] Episode 4

Full title: "Rendezvous"
Length: 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Release date: 23 March 2007

While en route to rendezvous with the space station Livingston, the Mercury picks up a distress call indicating that it is under attack. After boarding the station and fighting their way through the Covenant raiding parties, the Spartans make contact with Lykurgus, and then have to make a quick escape aboard a captured Covenant capital ship.