Luther Mann

Doctor Luther Mann is a human archaeologist contracted by the UNSC Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence to aid with the research of various Forerunner artifacts and structures.

Early life
Luther Mann was born on Verent, a human Outer Colony. His mother was a doctor and his father was a scientist. When he was four years old, Mann was forced to flee his homeworld, alongside his parents, when the Covenant arrived at Verent and attacked the planet. His father managed to convince a pilot to allow the Mann family aboard a ship that was fleeing the world. As the ship prepared to leave the system, Luther noted that the Covenant's glassing of Verent was "pretty", much to his mother's chagrin. The family relocated to the city of London on Earth, where Mann enrolled in school. He became fascinated with the Covenant and frequently studied the empire. In school, Mann often got into arguments and fights with other children, and was known as the "alien lover" for believing peace could be maintained with the Covenant. Although the school administration attempted to have his parents convince him to stop voicing his opinions about the Covenant, Mann's parents sided with their son and eventually pulled him out of school.

Homeschooled, Mann's mother taught him personally, although she refused to talk about the Covenant. However, on his fifteenth birthday, his mother committed suicide. Mann reluctantly returned to his school, though he no longer mentioned the Covenant. Mann later resided in an apartment in Seattle, URNA, on Earth.

Zeta Halo project
In 2553, Luther was exploring the shield world Trevelyan when he found records stored deep within the world's vast information pathways. After a year, Mann finally deciphered the records and discovered the location of Installation 07. In 2555, he was contracted by ONI for the Zeta Halo project to research the installation with the help of Henry Lamb. while exploring what they believed to be the ring's environment and atmosphere control room they found a console counting down from approximately 3 million.

Mission to the Ark
After the countdown was confirmed to be counting down to the activation of the Halo Array, Mann traveled to Installation 00 to attempt to stop the array from firing.

Personality and traits
Luther Mann is a prodigy in languages, being able to communicate complex messages effectively to Sangheili and Huragok, among others. He can also understand Forerunner glyphs to a far greater extent than most Sangheili.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Hunters in the Dark