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The New! Halo RPG Alias: NHRPG Style: Freeform, Forum-Based Status: Active Current Part: Part 11 Current Year: 2555 The New! Halo RPG (NHRPG) The New! Halo RPG is a fan-created role play based in the Halo universe of lore. As such, the NHRPG is considered fanon, and is not considered canon. Despite this, as a general rule, the NHRPG makes every attempt to maintain some respect for the actual canon of the Halo lore by maintaining key concepts and fundamental ideas, while extrapolating on minor ideas and concepts. Due to various circumstances, the NHRPG can be best described as an "Alternate Universe", with some minor and some major differences in the way that the time-line has progressed. As with the concept of "alternate universes", some concepts remain the same, while other concepts are fundamentally different. This is explored in more detail further into this article. Halo Canon in the New! Halo RPG How it is Used Impacts of the Canon Lore on the NHRPG New! Halo RPG vs Halo Lore Concepts that Were Retained from the Halo Canon Concepts that Were Removed from the Halo Canon Concepts that Were Revised from the Halo Canon Halo Games Halo 3 Halo 3 - ODST Halo 4 Future Halo games NHRPG Rules New! Halo RPG Structure Main Threads Backstory Threads Solo Backstory Threads Halo Lore in the New! Halo RPG How it is Used The main lore in the Halo universre (called the Canon) is used with some flexibility in the NHRPG. There are a few aspect of the Canon that have been altered, changed, revised, or re-imagined. However, there is nothing that has been flat our rejected. There is a minimum standard to which the NHRPG respect the Canon, to the point where violation beyond this minimum standard is not considered acceptable. Specific examples of how the Canon is used is in subsequent sections of this article. Needless to say, the Canon is the fundamental basis from which all the ideas of the NHRPG stem. Impacts of the Canon on the NHRPG With the ongoing releases of both video games and expanded universe novels that have conflicted with the NHRPG, plot devices, concepts, and events are carefully thought out in order to leave a degree of open-endedness to allow future retcon to keep as much respect for the Canon as possible. The following are a few examples of this policy: NHRPG Part 5 - The Elites and their continuation of hostility towards The UNSC During Part 5, as a way to diversify the story, the alliance with The Elites came to an abrupt end. The creation of this plot device happened after the official announcement from Bungie that there would be no games taking place beyond the year 2553 (Halo 3). With this in mind, The NHRPG was free to explore these events with a degree of boldness. NHRPG Part 6 - Humanity and The Brutes The terms of this agreemement were never an official alliance, but rather, an unofficial cease fire between the leaders of both sides, in the spirit of preventing mutual destruction. Both sides had ulterior motives, such as the Brutes wanting to focus exclusivly on war with The Elites, and Humanities desire to rebuild and reclaim lost ground. The open-ended aspect of this plot device was the fact that there was never an official declaration of peace, but rather, a cease fire and an agreement to suspend active hostilities. Neither side makes it active policy to get too involved with the affairs of the other, with exception to certain key individuals. NHRPG Parts &, 8, 9, and 10 - The Human/Brute war with The Elites and the invasion of Sanghelios   New! Halo RPG vs Halo Lore Concepts that were retained from the Halo Canon N/A Concepts that Were Removed from the Halo Canon N/A Concepts that Were Revised from the Halo Canon N/A Halo Games Halo 3 N/A Halo 3 - ODST N/A Halo 4 N/A Future Halo Games N/A NHRPG Rules N/A New! Halo RPG Structure Main Threads N/A Backstory Threads N/A Solo Backstory Threads N/A