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|began=c. 101,217 BCE
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|began=before or during [[97,445 BCE]]<ref name="HS36"/><ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Cannon Fodder #9 - Array With Words'']</ref>
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|color=Orange illuminations with silver casing
|color=Orange illuminations with silver casing<ref name="HCEAT2"/>
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]<ref name="HS36"/>
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]<ref name="HS36"/>
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{{Quote|We deserve to be forgotten.|Abject Testament to [[343 Guilty Spark]] on whether they would be remembered<ref name="Terminal video">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#The Terminals|Terminal 2]]''</ref>}}
{{Quote|We deserve to be forgotten.|Abject Testament responds to [[343 Guilty Spark]]'s concerns about the loss of Forerunner historical data.}}<ref name="HCEAT2"/>
 
'''03-049 Abject Testament''' was a [[Forerunner]]-created [[ancilla]] designated as the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 03]].<ref name="HCEAT2"/> The nomenclature describing him denotes his position as it relates to the third ring and his name was meant to represent both an omen and an epitaph for Forerunner civilization.<ref name="HS36"/> Tens of thousands of years prior to Installation 03's discovery by [[human]]s in the twenty-sixth century, Testament stopped directing the functions of the ring.<ref name="Waypoint049AbjectTestament"/>
'''03-049 Abject Testament''' was the [[Forerunner]] [[monitor]] of [[Installation 03]].<ref name="Terminal video"/>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Abject Testament, as well as the other six monitors, was present at the dispersion of the [[Activation Index|activation indexes]] prior to the firing of the [[Halo Array|Halo weapons]] near the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. When 343 Guilty Spark remarked on the inability to access the [[Domain]] and the loss of Forerunner history, Abject Testament was remembered to have said that they deserved to be forgotten, a statement which Spark was in tenuous agreement with.<ref name="Terminal video"/>
Near the very end of the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Forerunner-Flood War|war]] against the [[Flood]], 049 Abject Testament was commissioned alongside six others in order to oversee the [[Halo Array|Neoteric Halo Array]], with Installation 03 in particular being placed in his charge.<ref name="HS36"/> Right before the Halo rings were dispersed from [[Installation 00]] in its place beyond the rim of the [[Milky Way]], all seven monitors convened aboard a vessel known as the Lifeworkers' crèche.<ref name="HS36"/><ref name="HCEAT2"/> There, they were certified as being fit for their duties, the first of which would be the preparation of [[activation index]]es, distributed to each, for each installation.<ref name="HS36"/><ref name="HCEAT2"/> The [[IsoDidact]] and a handful of Lifeworkers gathered with Abject Testament and the six others within the ship's command center before the final dispersement of the Array.<ref name="HS36">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 36''</ref> The monitor of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]] commented to Abject Testament on the current inability to access the [[Domain]] and the potential loss of Forerunner history. At this, Abject Testament simply remarked "We deserve to be forgotten".<ref name="HCEAT2"/> Thereafter, Testament was relocated to [[Installation 03]] within the galaxy's [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]].<ref name="WF12">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', ''page 12''</ref>


At some point after the firing of the Halo Array, Abject Testament ceased directing the installation's functions. It is unclear as to the circumstances, although tens of thousands of reports in Gamma Halo's archives filed by installation sub-monitors detailing the poor state of quarantine controls and lack of action on outstanding maintenance and research requests dating back at least twenty thousand years.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/049-abject-testament '''Halo Waypoint''': ''049 Adject Testament'']</ref>
Following the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the Array, Testament eventually ceased directing Installation 03's functions.<ref name="Waypoint049AbjectTestament"/> By the time twenty-sixth century [[humans]] discovered the ring in the [[Khaphrae system]], tens of thousands of reports had been filed by the Halo's sub-monitors detailing the poor state of quarantine controls and lack of action on outstanding maintenance and research requests. These reports dated back at least twenty thousand years. On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]], the monitor of the [[Builder]] world [[Clinquant]], [[859 Static Carillon]], noticed a service [[portal]] between his installation and [[Gamma Halo]] had been reactivated.<ref name="Waypoint049AbjectTestament"/><ref name="HE9">''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> Carillon made several attempts to contact Abject Testament about the reactivation but received no responses.<ref name="Waypoint049AbjectTestament">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/049-abject-testament '''Halo Waypoint''': ''049 Adject Testament'']</ref><ref name="HE9"/>


By [[2557]], 049 Abject Testament was unresponsive to messages from [[859 Static Carillon]], the keeper of the [[Composer's Forge]], who attempted to query Abject Testament about the recent reactivation of a service [[slipspace portal|portal]] between the monitors' respective installations. 049's unresponsiveness caused 859 to travel to Installation 03 to investigate, where he encountered the [[Ur-Didact]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> The current fate and whereabouts of 049 Abject Testament remain a mystery.<ref name="universe"/>
==Behind the scenes==
In one of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'''s [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|terminals]], 049 Abject Testament was voiced by [[Fred Tatasciore]], who also voiced the [[Truth and Reconciliation's AI|A.I.]] aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' in those terminals and various [[Jiralhanae]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''.


==Behind the scenes==
==Gallery==
*Abject Testament was voiced by the famous voiceover artist [[Fred Tatasciore]] (uncredited), who also voiced the [[Truth and Reconciliation's AI|AI]] aboard ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' as well as some of the [[Jiralhanae]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
<GALLERY>
*''Abject'' is an adjective that can mean ''miserable; forlorn; dejected''<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abject '''Dictionary.com''' ''Abject'']</ref>, while ''testament'' means ''a proof, attestation; or tribute''<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/testament '''Dictionary.com''' ''Testament'']</ref>. He is likely named this because of his opinion that the Forerunners ought to be forgotten, believing they left a miserable legacy. Furthermore, it follows the pattern of all Monitor names known so far, having an adjective describing guilt.
File:InstallationMonitors.jpg|All seven monitors convene aboard the Lifeworkers' crèche.<ref name="HCEAT2"/>
File:MonitorsTerminal.jpeg|Lifeworkers join the monitors.<ref name="HCEAT2">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal 2]]''</ref>
File:CEA-Monitors.png|049 Abject Testament and 343 Guilty Spark converse.<ref name="HCEAT2"/>
</GALLERY>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}


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049 Abject Testament
Abject Testament.jpg
Biographical information

Began service:

before or during 97,445 BCE[1][2]

Gender:

Male[3]

Color(s):

Orange illuminations with silver casing[3]

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Forerunner Ecumene[1]

Functionality:

Monitor of Installation 03[1]

 

"We deserve to be forgotten."
— Abject Testament responds to 343 Guilty Spark's concerns about the loss of Forerunner historical data.[3]

03-049 Abject Testament was a Forerunner-created ancilla designated as the monitor of Installation 03.[3] The nomenclature describing him denotes his position as it relates to the third ring and his name was meant to represent both an omen and an epitaph for Forerunner civilization.[1] Tens of thousands of years prior to Installation 03's discovery by humans in the twenty-sixth century, Testament stopped directing the functions of the ring.[4]

Biography

Near the very end of the Forerunners' war against the Flood, 049 Abject Testament was commissioned alongside six others in order to oversee the Neoteric Halo Array, with Installation 03 in particular being placed in his charge.[1] Right before the Halo rings were dispersed from Installation 00 in its place beyond the rim of the Milky Way, all seven monitors convened aboard a vessel known as the Lifeworkers' crèche.[1][3] There, they were certified as being fit for their duties, the first of which would be the preparation of activation indexes, distributed to each, for each installation.[1][3] The IsoDidact and a handful of Lifeworkers gathered with Abject Testament and the six others within the ship's command center before the final dispersement of the Array.[1] The monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark commented to Abject Testament on the current inability to access the Domain and the potential loss of Forerunner history. At this, Abject Testament simply remarked "We deserve to be forgotten".[3] Thereafter, Testament was relocated to Installation 03 within the galaxy's Scutum-Centaurus Arm.[5]

Following the firing of the Array, Testament eventually ceased directing Installation 03's functions.[4] By the time twenty-sixth century humans discovered the ring in the Khaphrae system, tens of thousands of reports had been filed by the Halo's sub-monitors detailing the poor state of quarantine controls and lack of action on outstanding maintenance and research requests. These reports dated back at least twenty thousand years. On July 25, 2557, the monitor of the Builder world Clinquant, 859 Static Carillon, noticed a service portal between his installation and Gamma Halo had been reactivated.[4][6] Carillon made several attempts to contact Abject Testament about the reactivation but received no responses.[4][6]

Behind the scenes

In one of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals, 049 Abject Testament was voiced by Fred Tatasciore, who also voiced the A.I. aboard the Truth and Reconciliation in those terminals and various Jiralhanae in Halo 3.

Gallery

  • All seven monitors convene aboard the Lifeworkers' crèche.[3]

    All seven monitors convene aboard the Lifeworkers' crèche.[3]

  • Lifeworkers join the monitors.[3]

    Lifeworkers join the monitors.[3]

  • CEA-Monitors.png

    049 Abject Testament and 343 Guilty Spark converse.[3]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo: Silentium, String 36
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint: Cannon Fodder #9 - Array With Words
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Terminal 2
  4. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint: 049 Adject Testament
  5. ^ Halo: Warfleet, page 12
  6. ^ a b Halo: Escalation, Issue #9

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