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Emile was born in [[Luxor]] on [[Eridanus II]] in [[2523]]. When he was very young, his parents were killed during [[Insurrection]] activity. Subsequently, his older brother took care of him in Luxor. In [[2530]] his planet was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] and his brother sacrificed himself so that Emile could escape; this event had a profound impact on him.<ref name="CF">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/emile-a239 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Universe: Emile-A239'']</ref> Orphaned, he was conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-III program]] as a part of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]]. Discovering that he could fill the hole in his heart with the corpses of the Covenant, Emile quickly adapted and excelled in his training. Emile graduated from the program at the age of 13, though his aptitude was such that he was removed from the general population of Alpha Company by [[Kurt-051]] and [[Franklin Mendez]] before [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] in [[2537]] (which resulted in the deaths of most members of the company) to be used for tasks that required a more skillful hand.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040 '''Bungie.net''': ''Communique from Kurt to Mendez'']</ref> Later, he became a member of Noble Team, with whom he fought during the [[Battle of Fumirole]] in [[2552#April|April 2552]] and during the Fall of Reach in the summer of the same year.<ref name="bnet"/><ref name="CF"/>

After Noble Six had cleared Platform Delta, Keyes arrived in a Pelican to take possession of the package. While Noble Six met with the captain, a Phantom flew to the emplacement and dropped off a group of the Devoted Sentries. Emile dismounted the emplacement and knocked an Elite to the ground. The Zealot's energy shields flickered, then turned off as Emile finished it with his shotgun. However, a second Elite managed to impale him with a stab from behind using an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]]. Defiant to the end, Emile pulled out his kukri and stabbed the Elite through the throat, causing both of them to fall from the platform. When Noble Six ascended the stairs to the mass driver, the bodies of Emile and the Elites who ambushed him were slumped against the railing, lifeless.<ref name="PoA"/>

Emile believed maintaining one's humanity during a conflict for survival to be irrational - that both ideas cannot co-exist, so he decided early on in his career to never let them. As such, he favored an aggressive and loud approach to combat, wanting to prove to everyone (as well as himself) that he was not afraid of the enemy nor was he afraid of doing whatever was necessary to win the war. It was for this reason that Emile was often guilty of overkill, but his apparent sadism was in actuality an affectation - he did what he did because he knew that it could potentially break the enemy's will to fight, not necessarily because he enjoyed it. The one personal action Emile took to signify his victories were the scratches he made on his visor - each of the hundreds of marks that make up its skull-visage in order to threaten the Covenant opposition at first sight.<ref name="CF"/>

Colonel Holland noted that Emile-A239's excessive use of force made it hard to field him against [[insurrectionist]]s due to the unfavorable reaction in [[civilian]] media; to this end, shortly before the Fall of Reach, Holland planned to replace him with [[Rosenda-A344]] in the event of a future counterinsurgency operation.<ref name="bnet"/>

Emile was noted to have had the most difficulty interacting with non-Spartans than any other member of Noble Team.<ref name="bnet"/> He treated civilians with suspicion and disregard, which led to confrontations between him and the more empathetic Jorge. Despite his hard outlook, he held a deep respect for his teammates, as well as readiness and loyalty to sacrifice himself in order to allow the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to escape. Emile handled the loss of teammates, such as Jorge, by masking his emotions with humor.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Legendary Developer Commentary''</ref> Despite his abrasive outlook, Emile was nonetheless respected by his peers. He was described as being detail-oriented and unbreakable, an effective member of his unit while in the field and one that maintained strict discipline off the field.<ref name="bnet"/>

He possessed an "impressive" [[keepsake|collection]] of Covenant contraband. While in direct violation of Subsection Seven of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], his superiors ignored this, due to them being part of the Army rather than the Navy.<ref name="bnet"/>