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*Roland is voiced by {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281932/ Brian T. Delaney]}}. | *Roland is voiced by {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281932/ Brian T. Delaney]}}. | ||
*Despite the 20th-century precedent of his avatar, Roland's name bears a tangential connection to the mythology behind the naming of [[Cortana]]. [[Wikipedia:Roland|Roland]] is a figure in medieval legend with a sword named [[Wikipedia:Durendal|Durendal]]; Cortana is named after [[Wikipedia:Curtana|Curtana]], the sword of [[Wikipedia:Ogier the Dane|Ogier the Dane]], which bore the inscription "My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal." Durendal, in turn, served as the namesake of [[W:c:Marathon:Durandal (AI)|a principal AI character]] in [[Bungie]]'s ''[[Marathon]]'' series. | *Despite the 20th-century precedent of his avatar, Roland's name bears a tangential connection to the mythology behind the naming of [[Cortana]]. [[Wikipedia:Roland|Roland]] is a figure in medieval legend with a sword named [[Wikipedia:Durendal|Durendal]]; Cortana is named after [[Wikipedia:Curtana|Curtana]], the sword of [[Wikipedia:Ogier the Dane|Ogier the Dane]], which bore the inscription "My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal." Durendal, in turn, served as the namesake of [[W:c:Marathon:Durandal (AI)|a principal AI character]] in [[Bungie]]'s ''[[Marathon]]'' series. | ||
*Roland has the authority to perform marriages.<ref name="Bad Blood" /> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||