Avatar

An Avatar is the physical representation of an Artificial Intelligence or AI, used as a way to better interact with Humans.

While not used by all AIs, every "smart" AI uses an avatar as do many "dumb" AIs. This physical representation is chosen by the AI upon their creation and can be whatever they desire it to be. Although the duty which the A.I. is to perform, combined with the Human brain that was used to create it, have a great deal to do with what avatar they chose to appear as.

List of Known UNSC A.I.s and their Avatars

 * Araquiel: An elongated skull with long, demon-like horns, fire filled eyes and jagged teeth.


 * Beowulf: A man wearing a hooded cloak.


 * Cortana: Tall and slender woman, appearing to be nude, albeit censored by symbols across her body, with short-cut hair in Halo: Combat Evolved, then long hair in Halo 2 and Halo 3. She is often described to have calculations faintly scrolling across her body, and resembles her creator, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey.


 * Deep Winter: An old man with a snowy cape, often accompanied by holographic ice and snow.


 * Déjà: The appearance of a Greek goddess: barefoot, wrapped in the toga, motes of light dancing about her luminous white hair and holds a clay tablet in her left hand.


 * Endless Summer: A tall, red Cherokee Indian chief, bare-chested, wearing buckskins, and with a feathered spear in hand.


 * FitzGibbon: An elderly 18th century British Army officer with a teal glow.


 * Iona: A woman with short-cut hair, wearing a long, leather dress. She glows dark red.


 * Jerrod: A tiny spark of light with a formal butler voice.


 * Lysithea: A sweet feminine voice with a laugh that sounds like "fine bone china clinking together."


 * Lorelei: A woman wearing a toga, a sickle in her belt, and a wreath of wheat crowning her head.


 * Mack: He used the avatar of an American Cowboy from the 20th century.


 * Melissa: Tall and slender with long hair, Marathon symbol on her left shoulder. Yellow or black or brown, depending on the image.


 * Mo Ye: An elderly Asian woman in a pink gown.


 * Rebecca: She is the only known A.I. to have two appearances. Her first appearance is described as "half-Athena, half-Ares" with a feathered Greek headdress and ancient armor. She then changed her appearance to a flabby, middle-aged Mediterranean woman in a flower dress.


 * Sekmet: Lion-headed woman dressed in Egyptian robes.


 * Serina: A tall and slender woman with long brown hair, wearing black boots, tight pants or leggings and a white shirt.


 * Sif: Wears an ankle-length, sleeveless gown of "interwoven sunset hues" and has long, golden hair, which falls "in waves to the middle of her back".


 * Superintendent: A series of emotion icons.


 * Watchmaker: An old man holding a large pocket watch with a dozen dials.


 * Wellsley: Stern-looking man with mildly long hair, prominent nose, and a collared coat; supposed to look like an 18th century British officer. Is said to resemble his namesake, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington.