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| | <center>''Were you looking for Ruwan's brother, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]?''</center> |
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| |name=Ruwan Ackerson | | |name=Ruwan Ackerson |
| |image=[[File:Ruwan.png|295px]] | | |image= |
| |homeworld=[[Earth]] | | |homeworld=[[Earth]] |
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| |death=[[2552#November|November 17, 2552]]<ref name="Issue 4">'''Halo Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>{{Ref/Note|''Halo: Uprising'' establishes that the ''Piety'' and Dreadnought are in the same vicinity at this time, indicating Ruwan's actions take place on this date.}}
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| |siblings=[[James Ackerson]] {{C|Brother}}
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| |species=[[Human]] | | |species=[[Human]] |
| |gender=Male | | |gender=Male |
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| |hair=Blue-black | | |hair=Blue-black |
| |eyes=Brown | | |eyes=Brown |
| |affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]], civilian | | |notable=*Involved in [[Battle of Cleveland]] |
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| | *Used to live in [[Mombasa]] but left before its destruction |
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| | *Created the [[Key of Osanalan]] along with [[James Ackerson]], his brother |
| |notable=Created the Key of Osanalan along with his brother, James
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| '''Ruwan Ackerson''' was a hotel concierge in [[Cleveland]]. He was the younger brother of [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]].<ref name="Issue 3">'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref> He drove a 20th century [[Pontiac GTO]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> | | '''Ruwan Ackerson'''<ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3]]</ref> is a hotel concierge in [[Cleveland]] in [[2552]]. He used to live in [[Mombasa]], where he had a home and friends. Ruwan was not present when that city was destroyed, but he found himself caught in the midst of the [[Battle of Cleveland]] with [[Myras Tyla]]. He is seen driving an anachronistic American muscle car with Tyla through Cleveland. |
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| ==Biography==
| | He and Tyla were captured by the [[Covenant]], who demanded from them the [[Key of Osanalan]]. Unbeknownst to the aliens the object was fictional; Ruwan and [[James Ackerson]] invented the term while playing in their childhood.<ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3]]</ref> |
| ===Early life===
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| During their childhood, James and Ruwan often imagined that they were fighting a dragon. Together, they created the imaginary [[Key of Osanalan]], which they quested after whenever they imagined fighting the creature. Later in life, Ruwan would live in [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] on [[Earth]].
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| ===Battle of Cleveland===
| | Ruwan and Tyla escaped their captors in a torn down [[Transport Warthog]]. After evading enemy patrols they were found by UNSC forces and evacuated by [[Pelican]]. |
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| In [[2552#November|November 2552]], Ruwan was not present in Mombasa when it was [[Battle of Mombasa|destroyed]], but rather found himself caught in the Covenant-invaded [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] with musician [[Myras Tyla]]. He, Tyla, and hundreds of other civilians were captured by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] and incarcerated at [[Jacobs Field]], a baseball stadium. The Covenant demanded the Key of Osanalan. The aliens were not aware that the object was fictional; Ruwan recognized the object from his childhood and realized that his brother had given him a chance to escape.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 3}}
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| After civilians were rescued by a team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s, Ackerson and Tyla escaped in a dilapidated [[M831 Troop Transport|transport Warthog]]. After evading enemy patrols, they were found by UNSC forces and evacuated by a [[D77-TC Pelican]]. During their escape, Ackerson and Tyla spontaneously decided to be married after the war.{{Ref/Reuse|Issue 3}}
| | ==Trivia== |
| | *According to an IGN review, the character of "Ruwan" is visually based on Ruwan Jayatilleke, who is the editor of the Halo Uprising series and a vice president of development at Marvel, who also helped in the development of the [[Halo Graphic Novel]].{{fact}} |
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| After informing his rescuers about what he knew regarding the Key of Osanalan, he was taken to an underground [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] base in the old sewers of Cleveland. There, he met [[Sergeant]] [[Twyker]] and Intellignce Operations Manager [[Wesley]].<ref name="Issue 4">'''Halo Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>
| | ==Source== |
| | | #''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]'' |
| ===Death===
| | #''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3]]'' |
| Although initially hostile to the civilian, Twyker realized the significance of the fake Key and, in conjunction with Wesley, devised a plan to use this knowledge to their advantage. The Marines contacted the Covenant and informed them that they had the Key, requesting a meeting to hand over the Key. Ruwan volunteered to partake in the meeting despite the protests of Tyla, and was injected with [[Tykos 30]], an organic tracking material. He then was taken to the agreed upon meeting place at [[wikipedia:Chagrin Falls|Chagrin Falls]], where a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] demanded he give them the key. Ruwan hesitated, and then told the Covenant that ''he'' was the Key.<ref name="Issue 4">'''Halo Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>
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| | | [[Category:Characters|Ackerson, Ruwan]] |
| Confused by this development, the Covenant took the human onboard the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]'' to meet with the [[Minister of Inquisition]]. He questioned the human and promised to spare Earth in exchange for his knowledge. Ruwan played along until the [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]] informed the human he knew about the organic tracking material.
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| The Prophet believed that Ruwan was using the tracking material as a rescue beacon. Ruwan informed the Prophet that he was mistaken: the tracking compound was actually a targeting vector. With his last words, he told the Prophet to ''"kiss [his] ass"''. He had one final flashback of his childhood with James before [[orbital defense platform]] ''[[Nassau Station]]'' used its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] to destroy ''Harbinger of Piety'', killing Ruwan and everyone else onboard.<ref name="Issue 4">'''Halo Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
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