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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | He is the AI who works with and possibly oversees the [[Oni|Office of naval intelligence, ONI]]. His appearance is of a ghostly robed figure, its hands and face hidden in its sleeves and hood. |
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| |name = Beowulf
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| |image = [[File:Beowulf.jpg|300px]]
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| |began = [[2525#November|November 2525]] or earlier{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTFoR11|HTFoR|Chapter=11}}
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| |ended =
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| |gender = Male programming{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}
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| |description = A man wearing a hooded cloak{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=FoRBC4|FoRBC|Issue=4}}
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| |color = Blue{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}}
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| |affiliation = [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}
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| |function = Attaché to the Office of Naval Intelligence{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}
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| '''Beowulf''' was a [[Dumb AI|"dumb" artificial intelligence]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAmore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Armory Amore|D=18|M=09|Y=2020}} In [[2525#November|November 2525]], Beowulf was attached is some capacity to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence's [[ONI Section Three|Section Three]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}} By late [[2552#August|August 2552]], he safeguarded the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s personnel and planning database on [[Reach]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTFoR28|HTFoR|Chapter=28}}
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Discovery of the Covenant===
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| Beowulf was present during the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]s' original briefing about the [[Covenant]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]]'s secure briefing room on [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]]. Upon the instruction of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]], Beowulf reluctantly presented the classified [[First Battle of Harvest|destruction]] of [[Harvest]] to the Spartans. He also broadcasted a message across the amphitheater from the [[Prophet of Regret|High Prophet of Regret]], whom insisted that the destruction of [[human]]ity was the "will of the [[Forerunner|Gods]]." Afterwards, Beowulf left with Stanforth and [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}}
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| ===Reassignment===
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| By late [[2552#August|August 2552]], Beowulf had been assigned to guard the UNSC's personnel and planning database on [[Reach]]. He knew [[Cortana]] well and knew that she was potentially dangerous. During Cortana's attempts to hack into the system, Beowulf managed to foil her efforts. However, Cortana quickly overcame his defenses and accessed [[John-117]]'s [[Career Service Vitae]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}}
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| ===Fate===
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| Given his assignment to guard UNSC's personnel and planning database on Reach—a capacity in which he was serving as of [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]],{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}} it is likely that Beowulf was destroyed during the [[Fall of Reach]]. However, his fate ultimately remains unknown.
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| ==Description==
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| Beowulf's [[Holography|holographic]] [[avatar]] was blue and consisted of a man in a hooded cloak with no discernable hands.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}}{{Ref/Reuse|FoRBC4}} When manifesting his avatar, Beowulf was known to project a dust cloud which would coalesce into his hooded figure.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR11}} He was thought to be thorough, methodical, and paranoid.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFoR28}}
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| ==Production Notes==
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| At one point during the [[Development of Halo: Combat Evolved|production]] of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', Beowulf was going to have a notable presence in the game's story, serving as a secondary antagonist.{{Ref/Site|Id=DigsiteDeepDive|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/digsite-deep-dive|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Digsite Deep-Dive|Quote=What we do have are story documents and some script information for the early Halo story, including a very early Story Bible. [...] Beowulf had a big role as a secondary antagonist at one point.|Quotee=Kenneth Peters|D=20|M=06|Y=2024}} Notably, in the [[Cortana Letters]] and related "[[Transmissions]]" logs, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} is described to house a second AI only known as "BW," designated as a "Class III" AI. Within the transmissions texts, "BW" is only seen running processes on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' that receives Covenant transmissions, with little insight.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Transmissions|[[Transmissions]]}} In the Cortana letters, it was said that a process "BW" initiated was "unexpectedly terminated." Immediately thereafter, a new process was started, with its owner unable to be determined.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Letters|[[Cortana Letters]]}} It is likely that "BW" likely is intended to represent Beowulf.
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| Beowulf, similarly to [[Seeker (AI)|Seeker]], was planned to be a hero for an unidentified upcoming fleet commander in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Weekender|XnqvhSVfq5s|OnTableTop|Weekender: Halo Fleet Battles Special!|Detail=1:15:42|D=30|M=06|Y=2024}} However, this never came to fruition.
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| Beowulf is named after the [[Wikipedia:Beowulf (hero)|titular character]] of the poem ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', the most famous piece of [[Wikipedia:Old English literature|Old English literature]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HFoR-stanforth.png|Beowulf alongside Vice Admiral Stanforth.
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| File:HTFoR AS - Stanforth & Beowulf.jpg|Concept art for ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' depicting Beowulf alongside Mendez, Halsey, and Stanforth.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
| | *[[Wiki:uncyclopedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]] is also an Old English epic about a warrior of the same name. The warrior lived sometime between the 3rd century BC and the 17th century AD in what is now called Scandinavia. He is best known for the vowels in his name because at the time the manuscript was supposedly written, vowels hadn't yet been discovered. |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | | *The great Beowulf scholar [[Wiki:lotr:Beowulf|J. R. R. Tolkien]] noted that the name Beowulf almost certainly means bee-wolf in Old English. The name Beowulf is therefore a kenning for "bear" due to a bear's love of honey and to the similarity and not-so-distant kinship between ursines and canines. |
| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | |
| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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