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{{Quote|It's just... It's sorta like a charm...|[[Parisa]]}} | {{Quote|It's just... It's sorta like a charm...|[[Parisa]]}} | ||
[[File:H5 empty Data Chip Crystal.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Halo Xbox One announcement trailer|A keepsake in remembrance of Cortana]].]] | [[File:H5 empty Data Chip Crystal.jpg|right|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 [[ | 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 [[UNSC 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> | ||
==List of keepsakes== | ==List of keepsakes== | ||
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|[[Installation 04]]'s [[Activation Index]] | |[[Installation 04]]'s [[Activation Index]] | ||
|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> | |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> | ||
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|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}} | |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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