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{{Character | {{Character Infobox|variant=Human | ||
|variant=Human | |name = Gamelpar | ||
|name=Gamelpar | |image = | ||
|image= | |homeworld = [[Earth]] | ||
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|birth= | |death = Several years prior to [[97,445 BCE]] | ||
|death=Several years prior to [[97,445 BCE]] | |gender = Male | ||
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|hair = White | |||
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|affiliation = [[Tudejsa]] | |||
|hideb = true | |||
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{{Quote|Gamelpar—the name of the old man no longer wanted in the village. The name sounded something like “old father.” How old was he?|[[Chakas]]}} | {{Quote|Gamelpar—the name of the old man no longer wanted in the village. The name sounded something like “old father.” How old was he?|[[Chakas]]}} | ||
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Gamelpar was born on [[Earth]] and was brought on [[Installation 07]] as an infant by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s researchers alongside a number of other humans. Due to his origin, he had an "old spirit", a personality impression of one of the [[prehistoric human civilization|human]] warriors who had been conquered by the [[Forerunner]]s in the [[human-Forerunner wars]], imprinted within his genetic material as part of the [[Librarian]]'s [[geas]]. Becoming more prominent after Gamelpar had established a family,<ref name="p65">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 65-66''</ref> the warrior's consciousness revealed a great deal of information about humanity's past to him. The spirit would study the stars each time the Halo was moved to another system, trying to pinpoint their location.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 155''</ref> | Gamelpar was born on [[Earth]] and was brought on [[Installation 07]] as an infant by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s researchers alongside a number of other humans. Due to his origin, he had an "old spirit", a personality impression of one of the [[prehistoric human civilization|human]] warriors who had been conquered by the [[Forerunner]]s in the [[human-Forerunner wars]], imprinted within his genetic material as part of the [[Librarian]]'s [[geas]]. Becoming more prominent after Gamelpar had established a family,<ref name="p65">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 65-66''</ref> the warrior's consciousness revealed a great deal of information about humanity's past to him. The spirit would study the stars each time the Halo was moved to another system, trying to pinpoint their location.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 155''</ref> | ||
Gamelpar's "best wife" also came from Earth and told him stories of it. | Gamelpar's "best wife" also came from Earth and told him stories of it.<ref name="p65"/> At one point in his life on Installation 07, he lived with his family in a newly-constructed city, but the Tudejsa abandoned the city after the Forerunners started abducting more humans for their brutal experiments with the [[Flood]] in the "[[Palace of Pain]]". After fleeing the city to the nearby plains, Gamelpar witnessed the [[Primordial]] and [[Mendicant Bias]] observe them and decide who would be taken for experimentation.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 67''</ref> Gamelpar was once taken to the Palace of Pain himself, but he was not infected. He survived and was returned to his community; however, he would never speak of what he had experienced.<ref name="p68">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 68''</ref> | ||
He was the grandfather of [[Vinnevra]], raising her after her parents had been taken to the Palace of Pain and protecting her from unwanted attention by sexually mature male Tudejsa. Due to this, he was unpopular within the village, and was eventually banished, living in the forest outside of it.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 38''</ref> While they could have killed him, the other Tudejsa were afraid of Gamelpar, as he knew the ancient way of ''[[daowa-maad]] | He was the grandfather of [[Vinnevra]], raising her after her parents had been taken to the Palace of Pain and protecting her from unwanted attention by sexually mature male Tudejsa. Due to this, he was unpopular within the village, and was eventually banished, living in the forest outside of it.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 38''</ref> While they could have killed him, the other Tudejsa were afraid of Gamelpar, as he knew the ancient way of ''[[daowa-maad|daowa-maadthu]]'' and feared that his "spirit" would come to haunt them.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 55''</ref><ref name="p68"/> | ||
After an Earth human known as [[Chakas]] crash-landed on the installation, Vinnevra took him to see Gamelpar, who proceeded to tell the story of his life on the Halo. Afterward, the three decided to follow Vinnevra's geas, which had been roused after Chakas' arrival and was now giving her directions. Observing their destination from a distance, they discovered to their horror that the geas had been leading them to a "Palace of Pain". They turned around and proceeded to move in the opposite direction, eventually arriving at the shores of a large lake, where they came across a human city. Gamelpar and Chakas went to explore the buildings, where they witnessed a [[proto-Gravemind]] locked in a Forerunner cage. They promptly left the city and proceeded to cross the lake on a small boat. | After an Earth human known as [[Chakas]] crash-landed on the installation, Vinnevra took him to see Gamelpar, who proceeded to tell the story of his life on the Halo. Afterward, the three decided to follow Vinnevra's geas, which had been roused after Chakas' arrival and was now giving her directions. Observing their destination from a distance, they discovered to their horror that the geas had been leading them to a "Palace of Pain". They turned around and proceeded to move in the opposite direction, eventually arriving at the shores of a large lake, where they came across a human city. Gamelpar and Chakas went to explore the buildings, where they witnessed a [[proto-Gravemind]] locked in a Forerunner cage. They promptly left the city and proceeded to cross the lake on a small boat. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Gammel Par" is Danish and Norse for "Old Couple", which is likely the origin of his name and a reference for Gamelpar and his "old spirit". "Gammel Far" literally means Old Father in the same languages. | *"Gammel Par" is Danish and Norse for "Old Couple", which is likely the origin of his name and a reference for Gamelpar and his "old spirit". "Gammel Far" literally means Old Father in the same languages. | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' never makes it clear what exactly Gamelpar died of. Throughout the book, he has a sore leg as its referred to several times due to falling and injuring his hip a few days before [[Chakas]] met him as mentioned | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' never makes it clear what exactly Gamelpar died of. Throughout the book, he has a sore leg as its referred to several times due to falling and injuring his hip a few days before [[Chakas]] met him as mentioned on page 71. He grows weaker through the book due to how much he pushes himself and on page 178, his sore leg is described as being swollen tight at the ankle. Gamelpar most likely developed an infection or some other complication due to how hard he pushed his leg during the journey across [[Installation 07]]. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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