The Ballad of Hamish Beamish

"Honestly in the anthology, I was just excited to contrast stories about the giddy heights of artificial intelligence, with the slimy nadir of natural intelligence [in Saint's Testimony]. I’m also more closely aligned in real-life with Hamish than I am with Iona. And with Fractures, that’s further compounded by my now regular embarrassment of being contrasted myself, with a slew of far superior authors and creators."

— Frank O'Connor

Accompanying illustration by Garrett Post

The Ballad of Hamish Beamish is a poem included in Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon. Written by Frank O'Connor, the Ballad is a tongue-in-cheek piece detailing the life of Hamish Beamish, a Corbulo Academy janitor whom O'Connor originally portrayed in a cameo appearance in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. The story includes art by Garrett Post, whose artwork was previously featured in the Headhunters short story in the re-release of Halo: Evolutions.

The Ballad

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Appearances

Characters Hamish Beamish Species Human Organizations Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command

Locations Circinius system Circinius IV Corbulo Academy of Military Science Vehicles UNSC Jamaica (First appearance) Technology Artificial intelligence Cryo chamber