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|variant=Human | |name = Day-Chaser Makes Paths Long-stretch Morning Riser | ||
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|homeworld=[[Earth]] | |birth = c. 100,200 BCE | ||
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|height = Approx. {{Convert|3|ft|cm|disp=flip|sp=us}}<ref>[http://www.gregbear.com/blog/display.cfm?id=7464 '''Greg Bear - Discussion Board''': ''Topic: Cryptum and forerunners'']</ref> | |||
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'''Riser''' (personal name '''Morning Riser''' and long name '''Day-Chaser Makes Paths Long-stretch Morning Riser'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 33''</ref>) was | '''Riser''' (personal name '''Morning Riser''' and long name '''Day-Chaser Makes Paths Long-stretch Morning Riser'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 33''</ref>) was a [[human]] living on [[Earth]] in approximately [[100,000 BCE]]. He, along with [[Chakas]], was part of a collective of guides based in [[Marontik]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 23''</ref> Riser was a [[Florian]], a member of a diminutive species of human known today as [[Wikipedia:Homo floresiensis|Homo ''floresiensis'']]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Life on Erde-Tyrene and meeting with Bornstellar=== | ===Life on Erde-Tyrene and meeting with Bornstellar=== | ||
Prior to 100,000 BCE, Riser's family, driven by a ''[[geas]]'' implemented by the [[Librarian]], had spent many generations attempting to discover the secret that lay within the center of [[Djamonkin Crater]]. Upon birth, the Librarian imprinted Riser with a personal ''geas'' containing specific instructions, memories and archived personalities of humans who fought in the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. This ''geas'' later caused him to seek out young [[hamanune|ha''manush'']] and help them with their lives,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 298''</ref> finding them useful work in exchange for protection for his clan. When Riser was around two hundred years of age,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 35''</ref> he became the mentor and friend of a young human called [[Chakas]], finding him various places to work.<ref name="prim31">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 31-33''</ref> | |||
At one point, Riser's ''geas'' caused him to have dreams of a young [[Forerunner]] visiting them. | At one point, Riser's ''geas'' caused him to have dreams of a young [[Forerunner]] visiting them.<ref name="prim31"/> Not long after, a Forerunner [[Manipular]] known as [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] arrived in Marontik. Riser joined Chakas and the young Forerunner on an expedition to the Djamonkin Crater, where Bornstellar found the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]]. Here, thanks to their ''geas'', Riser and Chakas sang a pre-programmed sound code that authorized the opening of the Cryptum.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 60''</ref> This awoke the Didact, whom they later accompanied to [[Charum Hakkor]] and [[Janjur Qom]], the [[San 'Shyuum]] homeworld, in the hope that it would spark a memory implanted by the Librarian that could help the Didact. On the way, they also began discovering their ancestral memories, imprinted as part of their ''geas''.<ref name="c130">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 130''</ref> On Janjur Qom, Riser was imprisoned by the [[Faber|Master Builder]] along with Chakas and the Didact.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref> | ||
===Journey on Installation 07=== | ===Journey on Installation 07=== | ||
While Riser was held in stasis aboard one of the Master Builder's transports, the ship was attacked by the forces of the [[Ecumene Council]], who opposed the Master Builder. The ship Riser was on crash-landed on [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]], along with three Forerunners, one of whom was held captive by the others. While the two were uninterested in Riser at first, the imprisoned Forerunner explained Riser's importance due to his ''geas'', saying the human was more valuable than the Forerunners themselves. As a result, the Forerunners took Riser with them.<ref name="story">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 215-224''</ref> | While Riser was held in stasis aboard one of the Master Builder's transports, the ship was attacked by the forces of the [[Ecumene Council]], who opposed the Master Builder. The ship Riser was on crash-landed on [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]], along with three Forerunners, one of whom was held captive by the others. While the two were uninterested in Riser at first, the imprisoned Forerunner explained Riser's importance due to his ''geas'', saying the human was more valuable than the Forerunners themselves. As a result, the Forerunners took Riser with them.<ref name="story">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 215-224''</ref> | ||
They had crash-landed in an area infested with | They had crash-landed in an area infested with Flood biomass; what Riser himself described as a "graveyard-desert". Riser and the Forerunners were soon forced to shed their [[Forerunner body armor|armor]], as [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], the intelligence in control of the ring, took control of their armor and attempted to crush them. Not long after, the two surviving Forerunners were infected by the Flood after being covered in [[Flood spores|spores]] carried via rainfall. However, Riser survived uninfected - this was later revealed to be because of the Flood's deliberate choice not to infect humans at this time. It was here that Riser discovered that the archived personality implanted in his genetic material was a woman once known as [[Yprin Yprikushma]].<ref name="story"/> | ||
After traveling through the Flood-infested landscape for days, Riser eventually came to its edge and made his way to a plateau, where he observed the Forerunner [[Lifeworker]] called [[Genemender Folder of Fortune]], accompanied by a number of humans and an [[Mara|ape]]. However, Riser quickly noticed that they cast off no smell, which made him suspicious. He decided not to attempt contact and observed them from a distance, even after the Lifeworker met with Chakas and the two humans who accompanied him, [[Vinnevra]] and [[Gamelpar]]. | After traveling through the Flood-infested landscape for days, Riser eventually came to its edge and made his way to a plateau, where he observed the Forerunner [[Lifeworker]] called [[Genemender Folder of Fortune]], accompanied by a number of humans and an [[Mara|ape]]. However, Riser quickly noticed that they cast off no smell, which made him suspicious. He decided not to attempt contact and observed them from a distance, even after the Lifeworker met with Chakas and the two humans who accompanied him, [[Vinnevra]] and [[Gamelpar]].<ref name="story"/> | ||
After Genemender had taken Chakas and the others to his station, Riser came to Chakas' hut in the middle of the night and warned him that something was wrong about the Lifeworker and the humans in the area and told Chakas not to trust them. | After Genemender had taken Chakas and the others to his station, Riser came to Chakas' hut in the middle of the night and warned him that something was wrong about the Lifeworker and the humans in the area and told Chakas not to trust them.<ref name="prim181"/> Indeed, it was soon revealed that Genemender and the humans were actually archived personalities present only as [[Holography|holographic]] simulations. These illusions disappeared as the area experienced a power outage,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 207-208''</ref> and Riser joined Chakas, Vinnevra and the ape soon after. Riser could communicate with the ape, explaining that her name was [[Mara]] and that Florians had once known her kind on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 211''</ref> | ||
Upon reuniting with Chakas, Riser explained the events up until that point and the two soon let their "old spirits", as they called the ancestral personalities they carried, converse with one another. It turned out that Chakas carried the spirit of [[Forthencho]], who was once a political opponent of Yprin Yprikushma. After the two ancient humans had finished their exchange, Riser and the rest of the group continued their journey.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 244-249''</ref> Starving and exhausted after traveling for several days, they eventually came across a rail transport and boarded it. The transport took them to a Lifeworker research station, where they entered a | Upon reuniting with Chakas, Riser explained the events up until that point and the two soon let their "old spirits", as they called the ancestral personalities they carried, converse with one another. It turned out that Chakas carried the spirit of [[Forthencho]], who was once a political opponent of Yprin Yprikushma. After the two ancient humans had finished their exchange, Riser and the rest of the group continued their journey.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 244-249''</ref> Starving and exhausted after traveling for several days, they eventually came across a rail transport and boarded it. The transport took them to a Lifeworker research station, where they entered a boat-like vehicle with an uncertain destination.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 273-274''</ref> | ||
The transport took them deep within the bowels of the Halo, all the way into the lair of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] AI Mendicant Bias itself. There, Riser and Chakas had their minds scoured by the AI, and eventually their personality imprints were removed. All of the humans who had carried ancestral personalities were then rounded up by Mendicant Bias, who offered them the choice to help it fight its former masters with their "old spirits", who had been placed into [[monitor]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 297-305''</ref> Riser accepted and was taken to one of the Halo's control stations to help coordinate its movements in order to save it from impending collision with [[ | The transport took them deep within the bowels of the Halo, all the way into the lair of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] AI Mendicant Bias itself. There, Riser and Chakas had their minds scoured by the AI, and eventually their personality imprints were removed. All of the humans who had carried ancestral personalities were then rounded up by Mendicant Bias, who offered them the choice to help it fight its former masters with their "old spirits", who had been placed into [[monitor]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 297-305''</ref> Riser accepted and was taken to one of the Halo's control stations to help coordinate its movements in order to save it from impending collision with [[Unidentified failsafe planet|a planet]] - a security measure should the Halo fall under enemy control.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 279''</ref> | ||
=== | ===Fate=== | ||
Although the Halo took heavy damage, Riser survived the passage of the planet. After the ring was reclaimed by the [[IsoDidact]]'s forces, Riser was transported to the [[ | Although the Halo took heavy damage, Riser survived the passage of the planet. After the ring was reclaimed by the [[IsoDidact]]'s forces, Riser was transported to one of the [[Ark]]s<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 348''</ref> and later returned to Earth, having fully recovered from the physical and mental trauma caused by the removal of his imprint. He lived on Earth until the Forerunners called to all humans who were imprinted with Librarian's geas. He was taken for preservation aboard the [[greater Ark]] and later, when the facility became compromised, he was one of the few humans who were successfully transported to the [[Installation 00|lesser Ark]], where he survived the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. After that Riser, along with the rest of the humans who survived the Halo Array, was [[reintroduction|reintroduced]] to Earth, a process during which he shared some final words with the IsoDidact (who he kept calling Bornstellar) and the Lifeworker [[Chant-to-Green]]. He's also implanted with a new geas.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGR1V7IRLXs '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Rebirth video'']</ref> | ||
During an interrogation by UNSC personnel, [[343 Guilty Spark]], a monitor created from Chakas' mind, stated that he would have wanted to visit Riser during the final years before the activation of the Array, but when he had the chance, it was already "too late".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 373''</ref> However, Guilty Spark believed that certain modern humans may carry the essences of Riser and Vinnevra within them, and that he might, with the Librarian's help, find a way to restore his friends' "old spirits" back to life.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 379''</ref> | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Riser was very cheerful and took a liking to food. When not communicating with his own kind, Riser spoke in an unusual, simplistic manner, although this was the result of other languages lacking many of the intricate aspects of Florian communication which complemented verbal expression. Despite this, he spoke multiple human languages.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 296''</ref> | |||
Riser was very cheerful and took a liking to food. When not communicating with his own kind, Riser spoke in | |||
Over the course of his long lifespan, Riser had gained a great deal of knowledge and was wiser than his mannerisms may have indicated. He was quick-witted, mostly unimpressed by things larger than life and had a dry sense of humor. | Over the course of his long lifespan, Riser had gained a great deal of knowledge and was wiser than his mannerisms may have indicated. He was quick-witted, mostly unimpressed by things larger than life and had a dry sense of humor. He was generally friendly towards Bornstellar and was greatly saddened by the memories provided by his ''geas''.<ref name="c130"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Somehow, Riser appears to have foreseen the virtually indefinite lifespan Chakas gained as a result of his transformation into a monitor; during their journey on Installation 07, Riser told Chakas that he would live as long as Forerunners. When Chakas asked how, Riser refused to answer.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 258''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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