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>

|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" />

|[[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}}

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|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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