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The first night spent on his own was difficult for Soren.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} The cold air and sounds of the forest kept waking him up or kept him awake, but he still managed to get up at dawn to creep back to the clearing where his family's prefabricated house was. He might have tried to sneak back in to get some food, but the sight of his stepfather waiting for him through a window kept him from doing so. Turning back to the woods, his efforts next turned to catching his breakfast. He tried to snag one of the toothless [[Wikipedia:Squirrel|squirrel]]-like [[Dwarkan squirrel|creature]]s that inhabited the surrounding trees but they were much too fast for him. Neither sitting in wait for them to come to him or throwing rocks at them gave him any success. Soren eventually settled for eating [[Wikipedia::Larva|larvae]] and [[Wikipedia:Worm|worm]]s discovered on the underside of a dry, rotten branch he stepped on. After a few hours had passed and he didn't feel sick, he elected to turn over more logs to eat his fill. Before night fell he started to experiment, moving a little farther away from the house and making several beds out of the leaves and needles of different trees. He found that one type of leaf raised a row of angry, itchy red bumps along his wrist after he touched it so he made sure to avoid it thereafter. He had to try out several of the beds he'd made before finding one soft and warm enough to let him sleep. After a few days like this, he had determined where exactly in his little patch of forest to search for grubs and when to leave a log alone to return to days later. Certain berries and plants he knew to avoid from watching the [[ghost squirrel]]s, but others he only wrote off after they made him sick or just produced a bitter taste. Every morning and evening Soren continued to watch his stepfather from the bushes, and though he tried to break back into the house a few times, the windows were too strong.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} | The first night spent on his own was difficult for Soren.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} The cold air and sounds of the forest kept waking him up or kept him awake, but he still managed to get up at dawn to creep back to the clearing where his family's prefabricated house was. He might have tried to sneak back in to get some food, but the sight of his stepfather waiting for him through a window kept him from doing so. Turning back to the woods, his efforts next turned to catching his breakfast. He tried to snag one of the toothless [[Wikipedia:Squirrel|squirrel]]-like [[Dwarkan squirrel|creature]]s that inhabited the surrounding trees but they were much too fast for him. Neither sitting in wait for them to come to him or throwing rocks at them gave him any success. Soren eventually settled for eating [[Wikipedia::Larva|larvae]] and [[Wikipedia:Worm|worm]]s discovered on the underside of a dry, rotten branch he stepped on. After a few hours had passed and he didn't feel sick, he elected to turn over more logs to eat his fill. Before night fell he started to experiment, moving a little farther away from the house and making several beds out of the leaves and needles of different trees. He found that one type of leaf raised a row of angry, itchy red bumps along his wrist after he touched it so he made sure to avoid it thereafter. He had to try out several of the beds he'd made before finding one soft and warm enough to let him sleep. After a few days like this, he had determined where exactly in his little patch of forest to search for grubs and when to leave a log alone to return to days later. Certain berries and plants he knew to avoid from watching the [[ghost squirrel]]s, but others he only wrote off after they made him sick or just produced a bitter taste. Every morning and evening Soren continued to watch his stepfather from the bushes, and though he tried to break back into the house a few times, the windows were too strong.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} | ||
Weeks passed like this until one morning Soren's stepfather emerged from his home coughing badly and clearly sick.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} The man started to head back by middday, but suddenly fell to the dirt and lay still there before he could make it. After a long time he finally stirred and began to crawl toward his truck, but he could not lift himself into it. Lying on his back, he then was faced by Soren standing over him. He begged his stepson for help finding medicine but Soren remained unmoved. His pleas soon turned to threats and then flattery, but Soren only watched dispassionately as he finally slipped into | Weeks passed like this until one morning Soren's stepfather emerged from his home coughing badly and clearly sick.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} The man started to head back by middday, but suddenly fell to the dirt and lay still there before he could make it. After a long time he finally stirred and began to crawl toward his truck, but he could not lift himself into it. Lying on his back, he then was faced by Soren standing over him. He begged his stepson for help finding medicine but Soren remained unmoved. His pleas soon turned to threats and then flattery, but Soren only watched dispassionately as he finally slipped into unconsiousness. He then sat down by his stepfather and remained with him there until he finally was dead two days later. Soren thereafter used his stepfather's keys to reclaim the house, from which he dragged his mother's body to bury her outside. It took several days of slow digging to accomplish this task, leaving the young boy's hands blistered and bloodied. Soren also rolled his stepfather into a shallow hole where he had fallen beside the truck and mounded dirt high around him. For a few days following this he stayed inside, eating and building up his strength. When provisions finally began to run low he returned to the forest, slowly making his way in the direction he thought a town might be. For days or weeks he lived off berries and grubs, though he did manage to once kill a ghost squirrel with a carefully thrown rock and slit its fur off with another to get at the meat within.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} It was almost by accident that Soren came across a human-made track and followed it for a few hours to the edge of a small township around one-hundred and twelve kilometers from his family's home.{{Ref/Reuse|HEPP}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} When he emerged from the underbrush and the town's people saw him, they rushed forward out of concern for the dirty boy in tattered clothing.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} And though he was turned over to various psychiatrists for evaluation, Soren neglected to tell any of them the whole truth of his recent ordeal, instead merely claiming that for the nearly three months he spent on his own, both his mother and stepfather had been dead and that he'd buried them both according to his stepfather's dying wish.{{Ref/Reuse|HEPP}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEP1}} | ||
===SPARTAN-II=== | ===SPARTAN-II=== | ||
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On [[2519#July|July 12, 2519]], all seventy-five children were transported, via [[D96-TCE Albatross]], to a [[Reach Military Wilderness Training Preserve|military wilderness training preserve]] in the Highland Mountains.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} While ''en route'' at 0630 hours, Chief Mendez explained that each trainee would be dropped off alone in different locations throughout the preserve with only a piece of various maps provided to them.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} Their goal was simply to reconvene at a designated extraction point, but the last one to arrive would be forced to walk back to base.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} Mendez announced that [[John-117]] would be dropped off first, but before he was he sighted a lake and the river which fed it out the Albatross' windows and pointed it out to [[Sam-034]], who understood John's plan and passed it along to the rest. Shortly after 0801 hours, all the trainees had met back up with one another in one place. [[Kelly-087]] pieced together the maps from everyone's pieces. It turned out that the extraction point was a full day's hike from where they were. At noon the children stopped to stretch and eat berries they had gathered along their journey. It was near sundown when they finally came upon their destination in a meadow where another Albatross dropship sat. This one was guarded by six men without any uniforms. John was certain that the men wouldn't just let them board peaceably, so he devised a plan wherein someone who play the role of a "rabbit", luring the men into a trap but being quick enough not to get caught themselves. It fell to Kelly and Sam to convince the guards that Sam had broken his leg. When their guard was down, that was when the rest would strike. As soon as [[Vance|one man]], unprovoked, was about to use a [[humbler stun device]] on Sam, John launched a rock at his head. The projectile missed but it signaled Soren and the rest to suddenly pelt the man with stones from their hiding places. This basic strategy was repeated, but the second time the remaining five men were set upon at once by the trainees, who assaulted them with rocks, fists, and boots. Once all seventy-five children were aboard the Albatross, Déjà lifted them off the ground and returned them home.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} | On [[2519#July|July 12, 2519]], all seventy-five children were transported, via [[D96-TCE Albatross]], to a [[Reach Military Wilderness Training Preserve|military wilderness training preserve]] in the Highland Mountains.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} While ''en route'' at 0630 hours, Chief Mendez explained that each trainee would be dropped off alone in different locations throughout the preserve with only a piece of various maps provided to them.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} Their goal was simply to reconvene at a designated extraction point, but the last one to arrive would be forced to walk back to base.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} Mendez announced that [[John-117]] would be dropped off first, but before he was he sighted a lake and the river which fed it out the Albatross' windows and pointed it out to [[Sam-034]], who understood John's plan and passed it along to the rest. Shortly after 0801 hours, all the trainees had met back up with one another in one place. [[Kelly-087]] pieced together the maps from everyone's pieces. It turned out that the extraction point was a full day's hike from where they were. At noon the children stopped to stretch and eat berries they had gathered along their journey. It was near sundown when they finally came upon their destination in a meadow where another Albatross dropship sat. This one was guarded by six men without any uniforms. John was certain that the men wouldn't just let them board peaceably, so he devised a plan wherein someone who play the role of a "rabbit", luring the men into a trap but being quick enough not to get caught themselves. It fell to Kelly and Sam to convince the guards that Sam had broken his leg. When their guard was down, that was when the rest would strike. As soon as [[Vance|one man]], unprovoked, was about to use a [[humbler stun device]] on Sam, John launched a rock at his head. The projectile missed but it signaled Soren and the rest to suddenly pelt the man with stones from their hiding places. This basic strategy was repeated, but the second time the remaining five men were set upon at once by the trainees, who assaulted them with rocks, fists, and boots. Once all seventy-five children were aboard the Albatross, Déjà lifted them off the ground and returned them home.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} | ||
In the third year of training in [[2520]], Soren and the others began [[Wikipedia:Physics|physics]] courses, which included the study of [[Wikipedia:Classical mechanics|classical mechanics]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> On [[2520#September|September 20]] of that year, the candidates experienced their first casualty in the form of a handler who was accidentally killed by [[Carris-137]].<ref name="DHPJS20">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 20, 2520''</ref> Memorial services were held and all of the trainees attended. Following the loss, Halsey had Déjà emphasize that throughout the history of military training lethal force had often been employed and that deaths were an inherent risk.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJS20}} In [[2521]] Soren and the other children began to learn counterinterrogation techniques, in particular that of seizing the initiative.<ref name="HSS13">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> At some point during their training, the Spartans went through a fleet tactics course wherein they were taught a particular planetary assault doctrine.<ref name="HSS17">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> There were times during training that Soren noticed Doctor Halsey standing at a deliberate distance, watching him with an expression on her face that he could not interpret.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP2}} Once, when he was nearly eleven years old, she approached him as he ran through an exercise with the other children. He was hesitating as he wondered which team he ought to join. The doctor asked him if everything was alright. The boy replied in the affirmative, but slipped up and called her "Sir" before blushing and correcting his mistake. Halsey just smiled and told him he shouldn't get distracted by irrelevant data, then pointed past him as both teams ran for the skirmish ground and added that above all he shouldn't let himself get left behind.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP2}} As the years of training proceeded, the children were routinely matched up as teams against one another.<ref name="HGOO1">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> By [[2523]] the trainees had begun to be matched up in exercises against [[Tango Company]], a [[Company|unit]] of UNSC [[marines]].<ref name="HFS17">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> On [[2524#August|August 22, 2524]], the Spartan-II candidates were rerouted during a training exercise to the opposite side of [[Reach]] from which they normally trained.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJA22}} This was done at the behest of interested parties in ONI who wished to observe them firsthand.<ref name="DHPJA22">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 22, 2524''</ref> At some point after the trainees had began to physically mature, an incident in which one of them, [[Margaret-053]], was blinded during a beating meted out by four other teens, caused Chief Mendez to replace everyone's mess hall time with a period of fasting until [[Red Team|the perpetrators]] were identified.<ref name="HBL4">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref> It was not uncommon at this time for two trainees to [[martial arts|spar]] one another with [[pugil stick]]s while trying to balance on floating logs while the rest watched.<ref name="HBL3">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref> | In the third year of training in [[2520]], Soren and the others began [[Wikipedia:Physics|physics]] courses, which included the study of [[Wikipedia:Classical mechanics|classical mechanics]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> On [[2520#September|September 20]] of that year, the candidates experienced their first casualty in the form of a handler who was accidentally killed by [[Carris-137]].<ref name="DHPJS20">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 20, 2520''</ref> Memorial services were held and all of the trainees attended. Following the loss, Halsey had Déjà emphasize that throughout the history of military training lethal force had often been employed and that deaths were an inherent risk.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJS20}} In [[2521]] Soren and the other children began to learn counterinterrogation techniques, in particular that of of seizing the initiative.<ref name="HSS13">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> At some point during their training, the Spartans went through a fleet tactics course wherein they were taught a particular planetary assault doctrine.<ref name="HSS17">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> There were times during training that Soren noticed Doctor Halsey standing at a deliberate distance, watching him with an expression on her face that he could not interpret.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP2}} Once, when he was nearly eleven years old, she approached him as he ran through an exercise with the other children. He was hesitating as he wondered which team he ought to join. The doctor asked him if everything was alright. The boy replied in the affirmative, but slipped up and called her "Sir" before blushing and correcting his mistake. Halsey just smiled and told him he shouldn't get distracted by irrelevant data, then pointed past him as both teams ran for the skirmish ground and added that above all he shouldn't let himself get left behind.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP2}} As the years of training proceeded, the children were routinely matched up as teams against one another.<ref name="HGOO1">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> By [[2523]] the trainees had begun to be matched up in exercises against [[Tango Company]], a [[Company|unit]] of UNSC [[marines]].<ref name="HFS17">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> On [[2524#August|August 22, 2524]], the Spartan-II candidates were rerouted during a training exercise to the opposite side of [[Reach]] from which they normally trained.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJA22}} This was done at the behest of interested parties in ONI who wished to observe them firsthand.<ref name="DHPJA22">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 22, 2524''</ref> At some point after the trainees had began to physically mature, an incident in which one of them, [[Margaret-053]], was blinded during a beating meted out by four other teens, caused Chief Mendez to replace everyone's mess hall time with a period of fasting until [[Red Team|the perpetrators]] were identified.<ref name="HBL4">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref> It was not uncommon at this time for two trainees to [[martial arts|spar]] one another with [[pugil stick]]s while trying to balance on floating logs while the rest watched.<ref name="HBL3">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref> | ||
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Soren is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Ephialtes of Trachis|Ephialtes of Trachis]] as he is portrayed in the graphic novel and film ''[[Wikipedia:300 (film)|300]].'' Both are deformed and unfit for battle, and betray the Spartans after they refuse to let them serve. In ''Pariah'', he is referred to as '''Soren-66'''; however, SPARTAN naming conventions would mean he was actually known as '''Soren-066'''. | Soren is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Ephialtes of Trachis|Ephialtes of Trachis]] as he is portrayed in the graphic novel and film ''[[Wikipedia:300 (film)|300]].'' Both are deformed and unfit for battle, and betray the Spartans after they refuse to let them serve. In ''Pariah'', he is referred to as '''Soren-66'''; however, SPARTAN naming conventions would mean he was actually known as '''Soren-066'''. | ||
On [[2019#August|August 2, 2019]] [[Showtime]] revealed that in the [[Halo The Series|television series]] the network is airing Soren-066 will be played by [[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy nominee]] [[Bokeem Woodbine]].<ref name="NBSBNK">[https://showtimenetworks.tumblr.com/post/186726789692/natascha-mcelhone-bokeem-woodbine-shabana-azmi '''Tumblr''' - ''Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Kate Kennedy join the cast of Halo!'']</ref> The announcement described Soren as a morally complex privateer at the fringes of human civilization whose fate will bring him into conflict with his former military masters and his old friend, the Master Chief.{{Ref/Reuse|NBSBNK}} | On [[2019#August|August 2, 2019]] [[Showtime]] revealed that in the [[Halo: The Television Series|television series]] the network is airing Soren-066 will be played by [[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy nominee]] [[Bokeem Woodbine]].<ref name="NBSBNK">[https://showtimenetworks.tumblr.com/post/186726789692/natascha-mcelhone-bokeem-woodbine-shabana-azmi '''Tumblr''' - ''Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Kate Kennedy join the cast of Halo!'']</ref> The announcement described Soren as a morally complex privateer at the fringes of human civilization whose fate will bring him into conflict with his former military masters and his old friend, the Master Chief.{{Ref/Reuse|NBSBNK}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'' | ||
**''[[Pariah]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Pariah]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo The Series]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||