Editing 049 Abject Testament

{{Era|Forerunner}}
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|name=049 Abject Testament
|image=[[File:Abject Testament.jpg|300px]]
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|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>
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|gender=Male{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
|description= 
|color=Orange illuminations with silver casing{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}
|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}
}}
{{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}}
'''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==
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]], tens of thousands of 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. 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}}

==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>

==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==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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