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'''''Marathon''''' is a video game series developed by [[Bungie]]. A [[first-person shooter]], it is the spiritual predecessor to the ''[[halopedia:Halo universe|Halo]]'' franchise and takes place in the same universe as Bungie's earlier game, ''[[wikipedia:Pathways Into Darkness|Pathways Into Darkness]]''.

==Games==
There are three games in the ''Marathon'' series:

*''[[marathongame:Marathon (Game)|Marathon]]''
*''[[marathongame:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]]''
*''[[marathongame:Marathon Infinity|Marathon Infinity]]''

On May 24th, 2023, Bungie announced a reboot of the series with the PvP extraction shooter game simply titled ''Marathon''.<ref name=Trailer1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckI_m8bbXfw Marathon | Official Announce Trailer]''</ref><ref name=ViDoc1>'''Marathon''': ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrv0dpztryY Marathon | What is Marathon? | Somewhere In The Heavens - ViDoc]''</ref>

==List of references to ''Marathon'' in the ''Destiny'' series==
*[[Tycho]] is a location in ''[[Destiny]]''. An [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Tycho AI] in ''Marathon'' is named likewise.
*The [[Fate of All Fools]] gets its name from the phrase, "the just fate of fools," which the AI [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Durandal_(AI) Durandal] carves into a planet's surface in Latin after destroying Tycho.
*The [[Duke MK.44]] bears resemblance to the [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/.44_Magnum_Mega_Class .44 Magnum].
*[[Fusion Rifle]]s operate on a similar principle to the [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Zeus_Class_Fusion_Pistol Zeus fusion pistol].
* A patrol mission that can be obtained in areas where the Fallen roam is named "Low-Flying Defense Drones". "Beware of Low-Flying Defense Drones" is the name of a Marathon campaign level.
* Manus Celer Dei is the name of the ship Durandal used to return to Earth in the second game. It also happens to be a player ship in Destiny.
* [[The Almighty]] bears a striking conceptual resemblance to the [http://marathongame.wikia.com/wiki/Trih_Xeem Trih Xeem] in which the pfhor empire uses as a last resort to quell revolts of subjugated races by igniting early supernovas.

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* In his [[Mysterious Logbook]], [[Clovis Bray I]] often mentions an extremely awkwardly-named ideological concept he subscribes to: "Competitive Immortality Through ''Primogeniture of Future-History Ontogeny/Rephylogeny''" — PFHOR. 'Pfhor' (pronounced "four") is the race of alien antagonists in Marathon.
*In the 31st entry of the [[Books of Sorrow]], [[The Witness]] was referred to as "the waves, which are battles, and the battles are the waves," which is a description also attributed to a race of cosmic beings in Marathon known as the W'rkncacnter who, like the Witness, possess immense power and the potential to destroy the known universe.

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