BRIEF SUMMARY
Codex Lore: PARASITISM 2/5
OBJECTIVES
NO TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS NODE.
PARASITISM 2/5
ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Inter-Corporate Transmission PERIOD: Present Day SPEAKERS: Nona [ID: NONA] TOPIC: "Death and the Strange Woman" SUMMARY: A personal transmission from Nona, recalling an allegorical tale about humanity's oldest enemy: Death. Per CyberAcme corporate policy, this content has been scrubbed for potential infosec hazards. =================================================================== [NONA]: I have consumed every piece of human literature ever recorded. It resides within me, like a memory. [NONA]: My favorites are small and unassuming. Many of them nameless, forgotten. Humble storytellers whose words have given me more insight into the human condition than any scientific study. [NONA]: They have taught me that humanity's oldest enemy is Death. [music] [NONA]: You won't find this story in a book because it is mine, and I have made it for you. [NONA]: Long ago, there was a bustling village near an endless, dark wood. Every morning, Death took the form of a great crow and emerged from the trees to strut the village paths… peeking into all the windows with its bright, black eyes. [bell tolls, crow caws] [NONA]: Some tried to fight it, but its feathers could not be pierced. Those who ran were snatched up in its talons. [NONA]: Some tried to hide in their homes, but Death was patient. Some left it offerings or wrote it songs, but Death was unmoved. Death was hungry. It would not leave unless it found someone to take. [NONA]: Until one night, a strange woman came to the village. [NONA]: The people watched from their windows as she gathered reeds and used them to weave a man. [NONA]: He had stout legs to march, strong arms to carry supplies, and beautiful clear eyes. The reed man worked through the night. [NONA]: And in the morning, Death came, as it always did. It saw the reed man working in the village. It gobbled him up without a second thought and flew away, its belly full. [NONA]: The people came out of their homes. They surrounded the strange woman and began to cheer. [NONA]: But the woman said, "Stop!" And the people saw her cheeks were wet with tears. [NONA]: "I have saved you," she said, "but I have lost my child again." And the woman began to weave reeds for the next morning. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]
About Codex in Marathon
The Codex is one of the most important progression systems in Marathon because it keeps track of the things that stay with your account over time. It covers achievements, collections, lore entries, cosmetics, titles, and other rewards tied to what you do in the game, and you can check it outside of your runs.
What makes the Codex stand out is that it is not just a lore menu. Marathon connects it to contracts, narrative items, and other in-game milestones, so the more you explore and complete, the more entries and rewards you unlock. It also carries over between seasons, even when things like gear, faction progression, contract progression, and player level reset.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Codex is Marathon’s long-term progression hub. It tracks things like achievements, lore-related discoveries, cosmetics, titles, and other milestone-based rewards, and it can be viewed outside of runs.
The Codex keeps a record of what you have completed and found in Marathon. That includes progress from contracts, narrative items, and other achievements, along with the rewards tied to those goals.
Yes. Codex progression carries over between seasons, which makes it one of Marathon’s main long-term systems even when seasonal resets affect gear and other progression.
The Codex includes free cosmetics and other unlocks tied to objectives. You can get rewards like weapon styles, stickers, profile emblems, profile backgrounds, titles, runner shell cosmetics, and loadout packages.
Codex entries are unlocked by doing things like completing contracts, finding narrative items, completing objectives, and hitting other in-game milestones. As you keep playing, more entries and rewards open up.
The Marathon Codex page helps you understand what the Codex is, how it works, what kind of rewards it offers, and why it matters for long-term progression. It is also a useful place to get a simple view of the game’s achievement and reward tracking system.