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{{Article Quote|And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.|Mendicant Bias at the last Terminal of Halo 3<ref name="terminal">Halo 3's [[Terminals|Terminal]]</ref>}}
{{Article Quote|And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.|Mendicant Bias at the last Terminal of Halo 3<ref name="Terminal"/>}}
'''05-032 Mendicant Bias''' was a [[Contender-class Artificial Intelligence|Contender-class]] [[Forerunner]] [[AI]]. He was the most advanced Forerunner AI at the time of his creation, and was charged with organizing Forerunner defense against the [[Flood]] before his defection to the [[Gravemind]], who ultimately caused him to become rampant, and turn against his creators.
'''05-032 Mendicant Bias''' was a [[Contender-class Artificial Intelligence|Contender-class]] [[Forerunner]] [[AI]]. He was the most advanced Forerunner AI at the time of his creation, and was charged with organizing Forerunner defense against the [[Flood]] before his defection to the [[Gravemind]], who ultimately caused him to become rampant, and turn against his creators.


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===Fall from Grace===
===Fall from Grace===
{{Quote|What has taken you millennia to create, I erase in seconds.|Rampant Mendicant Bias<ref name="terminal"/>}}
{{Quote|What has taken you millennia to create, I erase in seconds.|Rampant Mendicant Bias<ref name="Terminal"/>}}
The defection of Mendicant Bias utterly undid the Forerunners' [[Maginot Sphere]] defense plan and forced them to accelerate work on their [[Halos|doomsday weapons]]. In order to give them time to complete the Halos' work, the Forerunners created another AI, [[Offensive Bias]], to slow Mendicant Bias' advance. Offensive Bias lacked Mendicant's creativity and possibly his free will, but was more methodically lethal. His only purpose was to prevent Mendicant Bias from accessing the [[Ark]], and buying time to activate the [[Halo Array]].
The defection of Mendicant Bias utterly undid the Forerunners' [[Maginot Sphere]] defense plan and forced them to accelerate work on their [[Halos|doomsday weapons]]. In order to give them time to complete the Halos' work, the Forerunners created another AI, [[Offensive Bias]], to slow Mendicant Bias' advance. Offensive Bias lacked Mendicant's creativity and possibly his free will, but was more methodically lethal. His only purpose was to prevent Mendicant Bias from accessing the [[Ark]], and buying time to activate the [[Halo Array]].


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{{Quote|For eons I have watched. Listened to you misinterpret. This is not ''reclamation'', this is ''reclaimer"|Mendicant Bias revealing the [[Covenant]]'s error.<ref name="harvest"/>}}
{{Quote|For eons I have watched. Listened to you misinterpret. This is not ''reclamation'', this is ''reclaimer"|Mendicant Bias revealing the [[Covenant]]'s error.<ref name="harvest"/>}}
{{Quote|I will reject my bias and make amends... My makers are my masters. I will bring them safely to the Ark|Mendicant Bias declaring its penance.<ref name="harvest">[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] Page 274-276</ref>}}
{{Quote|I will reject my bias and make amends... My makers are my masters. I will bring them safely to the Ark|Mendicant Bias declaring its penance.<ref name="harvest">[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] Page 274-276</ref>}}
Offensive Bias intended to bring the vanquished Mendicant Bias to [[Installation 00]] for study.<ref name="terminal"/> In order to prevent Mendicant from subverting or harming him, Offensive Bias broke the Compound Mind of Mendicant Bias into its component sections and scattered them throughout the few remaining ships of his fleet for transport. Only a part of Mendicant made it to the Ark.<ref name="terminal"/> One shard of Mendicant Bias' personality construct array was left on a [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] and lost. The ship was later found by the Covenant and installed in ''[[High Charity]]''. Mendicant Bias' presence was known to the Covenant and it was regarded as an [[Oracle]].
Offensive Bias intended to bring the vanquished Mendicant Bias to [[Installation 00]] for study.<ref name="Terminal">Halo 3's [[Terminals|Terminal]]</ref> In order to prevent Mendicant from subverting or harming him, Offensive Bias broke the Compound Mind of Mendicant Bias into its component sections and scattered them throughout the few remaining ships of his fleet for transport. Only a part of Mendicant made it to the Ark.<ref name="Terminal"/> One shard of Mendicant Bias' personality construct array was left on a [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] and lost. The ship was later found by the Covenant and installed in ''[[High Charity]]''. Mendicant Bias' presence was known to the Covenant and it was regarded as an [[Oracle]].


In [[2525]], it was consulted, or rather "interrogated," by the [[Prophet of Truth|Minister of Fortitude]] and the [[Prophet of Regret|Vice Minister of Tranquility]] concerning the large number of Forerunner artifacts or "Holy Relics" on [[Harvest]]. In a shocking revelation Mendicant Bias revealed that the "Holy Relics" were actually humans and that the Covenant faith was based on an age-old mistranslation. The glyph on the [[Luminary]] was mistaken as "reclamation" when it truly meant "reclaimer". This had the potential to completely undermine the Covenant's unity and faith. A political revolution ensued to prevent this and, ultimately, led to the [[Human-Covenant War]].
In [[2525]], it was consulted, or rather "interrogated," by the [[Prophet of Truth|Minister of Fortitude]] and the [[Prophet of Regret|Vice Minister of Tranquility]] concerning the large number of Forerunner artifacts or "Holy Relics" on [[Harvest]]. In a shocking revelation Mendicant Bias revealed that the "Holy Relics" were actually humans and that the Covenant faith was based on an age-old mistranslation. The glyph on the [[Luminary]] was mistaken as "reclamation" when it truly meant "reclaimer". This had the potential to completely undermine the Covenant's unity and faith. A political revolution ensued to prevent this and, ultimately, led to the [[Human-Covenant War]].
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The AI seems to have concluded that its ancient actions against the Forerunner had been mistaken and announced to its Covenant hosts its intention to bring the "reclaimers" to the Ark. To this end it attempted to leave ''High Charity'' by launching the dreadnought, an act that would have seriously damaged ''High Charity''. Mendicant Bias was foiled only by chance; it was disconnected by some [[Lekgolo]] worms wriggling inside the ship. The AI was more formally disconnected afterward to prevent it from commandeering the ship again.
The AI seems to have concluded that its ancient actions against the Forerunner had been mistaken and announced to its Covenant hosts its intention to bring the "reclaimers" to the Ark. To this end it attempted to leave ''High Charity'' by launching the dreadnought, an act that would have seriously damaged ''High Charity''. Mendicant Bias was foiled only by chance; it was disconnected by some [[Lekgolo]] worms wriggling inside the ship. The AI was more formally disconnected afterward to prevent it from commandeering the ship again.


During the [[First Battle of High Charity]] in [[2552]], the [[UNSC]] [[AI]] [[Cortana]] fought Mendicant Bias to delay the launching of the dreadnought, allowing [[John-117|Master Chief]] to board and return to [[Earth]].<ref>[[High Charity (Level)]]</ref> In the proceeding events Mendicant Bias was carried through the [[Voi]] [[Portal]] to Installation 00, where the missing shard was finally reunited with the part that resided in the Ark's systems.<ref name="terminal"/> On the Ark it attempted to communicate with Master Chief through Terminals, claiming it sought atonement by helping the Spartan. Exactly what form that assistance took is uncertain.
During the [[First Battle of High Charity]] in [[2552]], the [[UNSC]] [[AI]] [[Cortana]] fought Mendicant Bias to delay the launching of the dreadnought, allowing [[John-117|Master Chief]] to board and return to [[Earth]].<ref>[[High Charity (Level)]]</ref> In the proceeding events Mendicant Bias was carried through the [[Voi]] [[Portal]] to Installation 00, where the missing shard was finally reunited with the part that resided in the Ark's systems.<ref name="Terminal"/> On the Ark it attempted to communicate with Master Chief through Terminals, claiming it sought atonement by helping the Spartan. Exactly what form that assistance took is uncertain.


{{Quote|And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions. But I would have my masters know that I have changed. And you shall be my example.|Mendicant Bias to John-117.}}
{{Quote|And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions. But I would have my masters know that I have changed. And you shall be my example.|Mendicant Bias to John-117.}}