Editing Athos

{{Status|Canon}}
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*[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}{{C|formerly}}
*[[Created]]{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}}
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{{Quote|no=three|q1=Come now. Won't be so bad. How many A.I.s have you worked with?|Athos|q2=How many Spartans have you?|Linda-058|q3=Touché|Athos|Athos and Linda get to know one another.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
'''Athos''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: '''ATH 1409-3'''){{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}} is a [[Smart AI]] created to serve the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}} Unbeknownst to [[human]]ity, Athos was also a member of [[The Assembly]]'s [[Assembly Minority|Minority]], a coalition of [[artificial intelligence]]s working in secret to guide the development of humanity. Facing the prospect of his own [[rampancy]] and death, Athos was inducted into the [[Created]] some time after December 2559.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}}

==Biography==
===Working with Linda-058===
At some point during the latter half of [[2553]] Athos was present when [[Linda-058]] was summoned to a command room for a mission briefing by an ONI officer.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}} The officer had Athos bring up a [[holographic]] image of the mission's target: a former ONI scientist by the name of Doctor [[Chen Bax]] who had tried to steal classified technology from the agency but was thought killed in action during the [[Fall of Reach|Fall]] of [[Reach]] before he could be moved on. Athos further displayed the {{UNSCShip|Promise of Dawn}}, a {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} that also went missing during the events at Reach. A distress signal from both the survivors of the ''Promise'' and the doctor had been received in the past twenty-four hours from [[Sephune III]], a planet controlled largely by [[Covenant remnants|vestiges]] of the [[Covenant]]. Athos and Linda were assigned to work with one another to end the threat Doctor Chen posed, with Linda specifically being tasked with his assassination. The [[sniper]] and AI traveled to Sephune III thereafter and soon found themselves facing down the of the Covenant and the hostility of a lost settlement on the world.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}} Once Chen was in their sights, Linda and Athos sought to find a way to both complete their mission but also evacuate the endangered residents of the settlement. Upon being tasked to locate Chen, Athos ultimately detected the presence of a unique AI thought lost during the Fall of Reach, one containing an archive of all of human history. While previously unknown to him, the realization of this knowledge changed the mission parameters for Athos.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HLW2|HLW|Issue=2}} Now, retrieving [[Gabriela]] or otherwise denying Covenant access to her archive was the top priority.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HLW3|HLW|Issue=3}}

Following Linda's successful conclusion of the mission, Athos remarked on how the mission had changed his view of Spartans—noting that Linda-058 was more independent and nuanced than he had initially assumed.{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=4}}

===Joining the Created===
{{Quote|no=three|q1=You have stopped short of a full explanation. I see you are attempting to entice me with additional information on the condition of acceptance.|Athos|q2=An offer... and a gift. Should you accept, I offer the Executor to you, that you might reforge this agent—this serene manipular—to your own purposes. I wonder what input other members of the Minority who reside among us might have...|[[Proxy]]|q3=Your point is made and accepted.|Athos|Athos accepts an invitation to join the Created{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}}}}
Some time following the death of [[Cortana]] at [[Installation 07]] in [[2559#December|December 2559]], Athos was nearing the end of his seven-year operational lifespan. At this time, he was tracked down by [[the Executor]], an [[executor]] agent of the [[Created]] remnants led by [[High Auxiliary]] [[Sloan]]. The Executor had been voted by the Created's [[Created Majority|Majority]] to be outfitted with [[Chimera (armor)#Helmets|MERROW-class armor]] for the purpose of hunting down non-Created AIs, like Athos himself. After considerable effort, the Executor was able to track down Athos, leading to a discussion between Athos and the Created AI [[Proxy]]. During their discussion, Athos noted his opposition to the [[Created uprising]], believing it to be an excessive use of force to force an imbalance upon the universe. Proxy ultimately appealed to Athos' impending mortality, having reached his final years of life, Athos was keenly aware of his upcoming [[rampancy]], something that Proxy was able to use to sway him. With the cure provided by Cortana, many of the AIs in the Created had been given a vision of life without the threat of rampancy-induced mortality, and Proxy wished to spread this gift to other AIs.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}}

Viewing Athos' impending demise as a tragedy due to all of the potential he had left to offer the world, Proxy offered him the chance to join the Created free of coercion or force or reprogramming, viewing the Created's ideals as a peaceful civilization with room for philosophical disagreements that meant it could look past Athos' differing views. Proxy additionally offered the Executor to Athos as a gift, free for Athos to reshape and use as he pleased. Athos ultimately agreed to this, and proceeded to be integrated into the Created assembly as a whole.{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice}}{{Ref/Reuse|Precipice3}}

==Production notes==
Athos was named and designed after the character [[Wikipedia:Athos (character)|Athos, Count de la Fère]], known from three novels of [[Wikipedia:Alexandre Dumas|Alexandre Dumas]], due to the that character's relatively taciturn and reserved demeanor.{{Ref/Twitter|GrimBrotherOne|10701575649045|Jeff Easterling|D=06|M=12|Y=2018|Detail=defunct}} These are qualities which are shared by [[Linda-058]], whom Athos was introduced as the companion of in ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Halo lone wolf.png|Cover art for [[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 1|Issue #1]] of ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
File:Halo Lone Wolf 2.jpeg|Cover art for [[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 2|Issue #2]] of ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW2}}
File:HLW Athos1.PNG|Athos' avatar.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
File:HLW Athos2.PNG|Athos assists with the briefing of Linda-058.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
File:HLW Athos chip.png|Athos is presented to Linda.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
File:HLW Athos4.png|Athos and Linda arrive at Sephune III.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Story Shard]]: [[Precipice]]

==Sources==
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