Editing Sigrid Eklund

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**[[UNSC Army Rangers]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
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{{Quote|I'd like to see what you can do, when the only one who has your back...is you.|Sigrid Eklund to a Spartan recruit}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Alpha|HI|Alpha Pack}}
'''Sigrid Eklund''' is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldier serving under Commander [[Laurette Agryna]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Announce|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-update-march-2022|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite Update - March 2022|D=05|M=03|Y=2022}}

==Biography==
===Human-Covenant War===
Sigrid Eklund served in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Army Rangers|Army Rangers]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], working behind the lines on [[Covenant]]-occupied worlds alongside [[human]] resistance groups.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-lore-of-the-jungle|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Lore of the Jungle|D=06|M=05|Y=2022}} In [[2551|December 2551]], Sergeant Eklund and her Army Rangers were deployed to support the UNSC's [[Defense of Concord|defense]] of [[Concord]]. On December 6, Ekulund's troops managed to neutralize the Covenant's last emplacement in the [[Caravelle province]], with two [[M9 Wolverine]]s being lost to [[Banshee]]s in the process. After this skirmish, Eklund and her Rangers planned to move out and rendezvous with local [[Concordian militia]] groups at a [[mass driver]] station, hoping that the militias would welcome them. On this same day, Eklund sent a communique to [[Commander]] [[Renna]] summarizing these events and requesting information on activity reported at the [[Lethbridge Combat Fields|combat fields]] outside of [[Lethbridge]] the day prior.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|D=06|M=05|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel|Detail=Defunct page; available on linked archive only}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S2Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}}

===Becoming a Spartan===
Eklund's experience in the Army Rangers saw her recruited into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] after the war. By [[2554|December 11, 2554]] Eklund was attached to [[Fireteam Crimson]], where she excelled during operations [[Operation: BELLINGHAM|BELLINGHAM]] and [[Operation: LATE TAXI|LATE TAXI]]. Following these assignments, [[Jun-A266]] recommended Eklund to [[Musa Ghanem]] for more isolated endeavors. At some point, she met Spartan [[Hieu Dinh]] during the [[Vihar collapse]].{{Ref/Reuse|Alpha}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}}

[[File:HINF Eklund & Dinh on Camber.jpg|thumb|250px|Eklund and Dinh in the Banished shipbreaking yard.]]
===Camber===
During the [[Created conflict]], between [[2559]] and [[2560]], Spartans Eklund and Dinh were deployed to one of several [[Banished]] shipbreaking yards in the [[Chiltift Basin]] on [[Camber]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} This particular facility was a former UNSC fleet depot housing the hull of [[FFG-201 (Breaker)|FFG-201]] and taken under Banished control.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} Eklund and Dinh began scouting out the location, using intermittent dust storms as cover. At some point, the two Spartans spilt up and Eklund began to believe that there was something more going on at the shipbreaking facility.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} After watching the operation for two days, both Spartans discovered [[Iratus]], the first Banished AI in existence, alongside an archive detailing the entirety of Banished operations on the moon. Eklund and Dinh were discovered by Banished forces and managed to hijack an [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom]], but Iratus followed them into their hijacked Phantom, threatening their escape. To have a chance to escape, Dinh allowed Iratus to infect his [[neural interface]], leaving him in a comatose state.{{Ref/Game|Id=LW|HI|Season 02: Lone Wolves}}

===Academy===
Eklund managed to bring the Phantom into the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]], where she informed Spartan Commander [[Laurette Agryna]] about their mission on Camber and the events behind Dinh's situation.{{Ref/Reuse|LW}} During a target practice, she would met one of the Spartans who saved Dinh's live, and gave to her Spartan comrade lessons about how the Lone Wolves operate.{{Ref/Reuse|Alpha}} Following Spartan Dinh's recovery, the two met to talk about Iratus and the traumatic memories he forced Dinh to relive. Eklund comforted him and urged him to ignore Iratus's words. She then introduced Dinh to one of the Spartan recruits who helped save his life.{{Ref/Reuse|EM}}

==Equipment==
Eklund employs the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mjolnir]] [[RAKSHASA-class Mjolnir|Rakshasa]] armor with a [[Stribog]] helmet equipped with the HUL-I/RS/ROSEKEY. She wore the SAP/HVISTLA PLATING on her right shoulder and the IRONGRIP RAILS shoulder pad on her left one. She also wore the FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR chest attachment, the XCUDO NXS on both wrists and the XCUDO KNEX on both knees.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} On multiple occasions, Eklund has been seen wielding an [[MA40 assault rifle]] equipped with the Power Projection coating.{{Ref/Reuse|EM}}{{Ref/Reuse|LW}}

==Production notes==
Sigrid Eklund is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Camilla Arfwedson|Camilla Arfwedson]].{{Ref/Site|Id=WHM24|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/womens-history-month-2024|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Women's History Month 2024|D=01|M=03|Y=2024}} Given the Swedish origins of her surname, Eklund is likely also of Swedish origins like Arfwedson; furthermore, Eklund's post-war communication encryption tag is [[Wikipedia:Karlskrona|Karlskrona]], likely in reference to the eponymous Swedish city.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel#Intel|Detail=Intel 4}}

==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:HINF_Concept_Spartan_Fireteam_Velociraptor.jpg|''[[Halo Infinite]]'' concept art, featuring Sigrid Eklund and [[Hieu Dinh]].
File:HINF SigridEklund Concept.png|Concept art of Sigrid Eklund's armor.
File:HINF Concept SigridEklund.png|The previous concept art with Eklund's helmet removed.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
File:HINF SigridEklundTrailer.jpg|Eklund in the ''[[Season 02: Lone Wolves]]'' announcement trailer.
File:HINF EklundOpening.png|Eklund in the opening cinematic of ''Season 02: Lone Wolves''.
File:HINF EklundModel.png|Eklund's armor kit in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF EklundPortrait.png|Sigrid Eklund at the firing range of the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science.
File:HINF EklundAndDinh.png|Eklund and Dinh at the firing range.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**''[[Season 02: Lone Wolves]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season 03: Echoes Within]]''

==Sources==
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