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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Forerunner}}
{{AI infobox
{{AI infobox
|name=049 Abject Testament
|name= 049 Abject Testament
|image=[[File:Abject Testament.jpg|300px]]
|image= [[File:Abject Testament.jpg|275px]]
|activationsite=
|began=c. 101,217 B.C
|began=Before or during [[97,445 BCE]]{{Ref/Reuse|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>
|ended=Unknown
|ended=
|gender=Male personality
|gender=Male{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
|description=  
|description=  
|color=Orange illuminations with silver casing{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
|color= Orange illuminations with silver casing
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}
|affiliation= [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]]
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]
|battles=*[[Forerunner-Flood war]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|We deserve to be forgotten.|Abject Testament responds to [[343 Guilty Spark]]'s concerns about the loss of Forerunner historical data.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
{{Quote|We deserve to be forgotten.|Abject Testament to [[343 Guilty Spark]] on whether they would be remembered.}}
'''03-049 Abject Testament''' was a [[Forerunner]]-created [[ancilla]] designated as the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 03]].{{Ref/Reuse|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/Reuse|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/Reuse|Waypoint049AbjectTestament}}


==Biography==
'''049 Abject Testament''' was the [[Forerunner]] [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]].<ref name="Terminal video">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''': ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#The Terminals|Terminal 2]]''</ref>
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/Reuse|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/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|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/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|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/Reuse|HCEAT2}} Thereafter, Testament was relocated to [[Installation 03]] within the galaxy's [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]].<ref name="WF12">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', ''page 12''</ref>


Following the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the Array, Testament eventually ceased directing Installation 03's functions.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint049AbjectTestament}} By the time twenty-sixth century [[humans]] discovered the ring in the [[Khaphrae system]], 86,198 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. Some researchers have linked his dissappearance with the impact event on [[Doavyn]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=370}}
==Background==
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"/>


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/Reuse|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 Abject Testament'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}}
Following this he presumably went on to become custodian of Installation 03, though his final fate is unknown. It is unknown if the UNSC encountered him when [[Ivanoff Station]] was placed in orbit around his installation.


==Production notes==
==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, various [[Jiralhanae]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', and some minor roles in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref name="HCEAC">''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' [[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary credits|credits]]</ref><ref name="H3C">''Halo 3'' [[Halo 3 credits|credits]]</ref><ref name="H4C">''Halo 4'' [[Halo 4 credits|credits]]</ref>
*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]]''.
 
*''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.
==Trivia==
49 is [[Seven|7]] squared.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:InstallationMonitors.jpg|All seven monitors convene aboard the Lifeworkers' crèche.{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
File:MonitorsTerminal.jpeg|Lifeworkers join the monitors.<ref name="HCEAT2">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 2]]''</ref>
File:HCEA Terminal Monitors.png|049 Abject Testament and 343 Guilty Spark converse.{{Ref/Reuse|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}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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