Editing Keepsake

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[[File:H5 empty Data Chip Crystal.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Halo Xbox One announcement trailer|A keepsake in remembrance of Cortana]].]]

 

A '''keepsake''', '''memento''', or '''souvenir''' is a unique item that a person holds to be of special importance, reminding them of a person, place, or event. They range from photographs, [[holo-still]]s, trinkets, [[toy]]s, and other memorabilia.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Palace Hotel]]"</ref> Many are kept out of memory of the person who gave it or originally owned it. Being personal objects, they are mostly unrecognizable to outsiders. Within the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces, soldiers often pass along their [[dog tag]]s as keepsakes for their comrades to remember them by.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn/Transcripts/Part 5|Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 5]]'''</ref> Although generally considered an unseemly act, and in the case of the [[United Nations Space Command]], against protocol, some [[Covenant]] and [[human]] soldiers were known to keep souvenirs from fallen enemies as war trophies.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 157''</ref><ref name="Glasslands">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 57-58''</ref>

|Cortana took the Activation Index from its owner [[343 Guilty Spark]] so that he could not use it to fire the Halo ring. The Index's contents put a heavy toll on her memory, due to containing a hundred millennia's worth of biological and technological data recorded on the ring, but came to help as a means to activate [[Installation 08|Alpha Halo's replacement]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 208 (2010 edition)''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', ''campaign level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]''</ref> When Cortana was destroyed, she left behind fragments of the Index which were taken by [[the Weapon]].{{Ref/Quest|Hi|Ringfall|[[Foundation (Halo Infinite)|Foundation]]}}

|Daisy once possessed a small teddy bear on a chain which she lost the day she was abducted into the [[Spartan-II program]]. Years later, her own [[flash clone]] gave one to her. Daisy kept it with her to the day she was killed in action.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''': ''[[Homecoming]]''</ref><ref name="grim">[https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/1038898982880047104?s=19 ''Twitter: Reply by GrimBrotherOne'']</ref>

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|Spartan Emile possessed an "impressive" collection of souvenirs taken from Covenant he had killed. This was in direct violation of Subsection Seven of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], which stated all Covenant items should be scanned for tracking devices before being brought into human territory. However his superiors ignored this, due to being part of the Army instead of Navy.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24523 '''Bungie.net''' - ''Emile's performance report'']</ref>

|During the [[Requiem Campaign]], [[Fireteam Majestic]] leader Paul DeMarco saved Thorne's life by killing [[Gek 'Lhar]]. As a sign of gratitude, Thorne gifted DeMarco the Sangheili commander's sword while Thorne kept Gek's [[active camouflage]] module for himself.<ref name="s1e8" /> When DeMarco perished later on [[Ealen IV]], his sword was left in the possession of [[Fireteam Bailey]]. [[Tedra Grant]] won his keepsake in a card game against [[Jones (Spartan-IV)|Jones]] and soon lost it on [[poker|poker night]] to [[Carlo Hoya]]. Thorne then joined in and started a new game using playing cards that he inherited from his grandparents. Thorne won the tribute with his lucky hand and expressed appreciation for his fallen friend.<ref>'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[Fireteam Majestic Poker Night]]''</ref>

|Thirteen UNSC [[dog tag]]s were attached to the left side of Gek's harness; these were taken from enemies he had killed, including a few Spartans.<ref name="s1e8">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Expendable|S1E8 ''Expendable'']]</ref> Among them was the dog tags of [[Rion Forge]]'s companion and lover, [[Cade]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''', ''page 127'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After Gek's death, they were recovered by [[Paul DeMarco]].<ref name="s1e8" />

|Keyes' pipe was a family heirloom. As he was not permitted to smoke aboard spacecraft, Keyes usually settled for chewing on it to aid concentration.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 135''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', Chapter 1, ''page 17''(2001 paperback); ''page 31''(2010 paperback)</ref>

|The coin was used by Dr. Halsey to choose which of the potential children should become Spartans. Halsey let John keep the coin after he guessed correctly which side it would land on.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', Chapter 2, ''page 25''(2001 paperback); ''page 40''(2010 paperback)</ref> It was taken from him when he was abducted for the Spartans, but returned years later by [[Franklin Mendez]], recalling how John had broken its thieves' fingers.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', Chapter 11, ''page 101''(2001 paperback); ''page 123''(2010 paperback)</ref>

|[[Kaidon]] 'Mdama was a Sangheili traditionalist but was known to have eccentric tastes. Due to his eccentric tendecies, it was suspected that he was responsible for bringing a UNSC Warthog back to his clan's [[Mdama|state]] as a battlefied trophy.{{Ref/Reuse|Glasslands}}

[[Jonathan Doherty|The Rookie]]

|Parisa had a photo of herself with [[John-117|a boy named John]] taken when they were six years old. John had saved her from drowning and promised to marry her. Two decades later, the now-Master Chief recognized himself in her photo but chose not to tell her who he really was.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Palace Hotel]]", ''pages 368-369''</ref>

|Jorge gave his dog tag to Noble Six shortly before he sacrificed himself to detonate the slipspace bomb to destroy the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''campaign level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> Six kept them as a reminder of Jorge's heroism, while the Covenant continued to assault Reach.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''campaign level [[Exodus]]''</ref> Though Six tried to give them to [[Emile-A239]], Emile refused the offer and told Six to keep them since Jorge had chosen to give them to Six.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''campaign level ''[[New Alexandria]]l''</ref>

|Lasky kept his brother Cadmon's dogtags after he was killed by [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Andesia]], and then his friend Chyler's dogtags after she was killed by the [[Covenant]] during the [[Battle of Circinius IV]].<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 2''</ref><ref name="part 5">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 5''</ref> After the battle, the Master Chief gave Lasky a fragment of a dead Hunter's armor, which they had both worked together to kill.{{Ref/Reuse|part 5}}

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