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[[File:Young Thorne playing violin.jpg|thumb|250px|A younger Gabriel Thorne playing a violin.]] | [[File:Young Thorne playing violin.jpg|thumb|250px|A younger Gabriel Thorne playing a violin.]] | ||
Thorne was born on [[2534|July 5, 2534]] on [[Earth]] to a pair of respected Army officers. He grew up beyond Earth until his sixth birthday, when his maternal grandfather convinced Gabriel's mother to move to [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]].<ref name="mori">''Spartan Ops'', [[Memento Mori|S105 Memento Mori]]</ref> Thorne held disdain for New Phoenix; while he loved living around his grandparents, he thought that Earth and New Phoenix was too built up and too old. Around [[2542]], when he was eight years old, his parents died on [[Alluvion]] when the planet was [[Battle of Alluvion|attacked]] and [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]]. After his parents' | Thorne was born on [[2534|July 5, 2534]] on [[Earth]] to a pair of respected Army officers. He grew up beyond Earth until his sixth birthday, when his maternal grandfather convinced Gabriel's mother to move to [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]].<ref name="mori">''Spartan Ops'', [[Memento Mori|S105 Memento Mori]]</ref> Thorne held disdain for New Phoenix; while he loved living around his grandparents, he thought that Earth and New Phoenix was too built up and too old. Around [[2542]], when he was eight years old, his parents died on [[Alluvion]] when the planet was [[Battle of Alluvion|attacked]] and [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]]. After his parents' deaths, his grandmother began to teach him to play violin, hoping that Thorne would join the New Phoenix Philharmonic and would not follow his parents' footsteps. Thorne lived in New Phoenix for ten years<ref name="Escalation #7">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]''</ref> before enlisting with the [[UNSC Army]] at a young age, presumably at the age of 16 or 17.<ref group="note">Thorne's 18th birthday (and thus his earliest opportunity for independent enlistment) occurred on July 5, 2552, 18 days before the Covenant's [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence|initial reconnaissance]] of Reach. However, this would leave inadequate time for basic training, which generally lasts around two months; moreover, the Battle of Criterion occurred at some point before the invasion of Epsilon Eridani. It is thus likely that Thorne enlisted with his grandparents' consent while he was still a minor.</ref> | ||
Thorne's earliest known engagement occurred on [[Criterion]], where he single-handedly saved his entire platoon. He later fought on [[Tribute]] and [[Reach]] during the Covenant's invasion of the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. A few months later he served under [[James Ackerson|Colonel James Ackerson]] during the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on [[Mars]].<ref name="VIS"/> In [[2553]], his grandfather died and he was present in his funeral; it was the last time he saw his grandmother and visited New Phoenix. Thorne's courage and tactical awareness allowed him placement into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] in mid-[[2557]].<ref name="hand"/> He was away on a recruitment deployment when the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on New Phoenix]] killed [[Thorne family|his family]] and friends. Spartan Thorne was assigned to [[Fireteam Majestic]] in early 2558.<ref name="VIS"/> | Thorne's earliest known engagement occurred on [[Criterion]], where he single-handedly saved his entire platoon. He later fought on [[Tribute]] and [[Reach]] during the Covenant's invasion of the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. A few months later he served under [[James Ackerson|Colonel James Ackerson]] during the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on [[Mars]].<ref name="VIS"/> In [[2553]], his grandfather died and he was present in his funeral; it was the last time he saw his grandmother and visited New Phoenix. Thorne's courage and tactical awareness allowed him placement into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] in mid-[[2557]].<ref name="hand"/> He was away on a recruitment deployment when the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on New Phoenix]] killed [[Thorne family|his family]] and friends. Spartan Thorne was assigned to [[Fireteam Majestic]] in early 2558.<ref name="VIS"/> | ||