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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|Halo]]'' franchise, and takes place in the same universe as Bungie's earlier game, ''[[wikipedia:Pathways Into Darkness|Pathways Into Darkness]]''.
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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|Halo]]'' franchise and takes place in the same universe as Bungie's earlier game, ''[[wikipedia:Pathways Into Darkness|Pathways Into Darkness]]''.


==Games==
==Games==
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*''[[marathongame:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]]''
*''[[marathongame:Marathon 2: Durandal|Marathon 2: Durandal]]''
*''[[marathongame:Marathon Infinity|Marathon Infinity]]''
*''[[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==
==List of references to ''Marathon'' in the ''Destiny'' series==
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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 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.
*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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