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Tyler Alshwind was born on January 1st, 2519 on the colony of Jericho VII and was the only child of two farmers. He lived a very simple life, helping his family out on their farm and being just a typical young boy. When war with the Covenant first broke out, he was only 6 years old and had a very limited opinion on the war. His parents refused to talk about it, for they were generally against the idea of war; they saw it as both futile and primative. As the war started to drag out, Tyler started to become more vocal about his desires to go and fight for humanity. His parents tried to talk him out of it but all of that changed when the Covenant invaded their planet. He was just 15 when it happened and he was immediately drafted into the 3rd Jericho VII Army. Their goal, hold off the Covenant for as long as possible to allow civilains to be extracted safely.

During the course of the battle, Tyler proved himself to be a remarkable soldier. In one instance, he was able to hold off an entire company of Covenant soldiers with just his XBR55. This got him regeneration from his superiors and a couple of UNSC generals. Even though the UNSC would win the battle on the ground, Tyler could not save his parents, who were killed during the battle. He would carry this hatred towards the Covenant for most of the war; blaming himself for not being able to save his parents. Witnessing the Covenant glass the planet only caused his anger towards the Covenant to grow. For his actions during combat, instead of being promoted, he was reassigned to join the UNSC Black Eagles. The Black Eagles were an elite recon unit meant to gather intelligence on the Covenant before battles and operations.

As a member of the Black Eagles, Tyler would see combat during the Battles of Metisette, Miridem, and Skopje. Battling both the Covenant and insurrection groups, Tyler would be bathized in the Hell of war. It was during the Battle of Skopje were he would receive a scar across his left eye from a needle explosion. One of his squad mates used himself as a human shield to protect Tyler and payed the ultimate price. Tyler knew there was more he could do to help Humanity. It was at that moment he decided to join the ODSTs. The training was brutal and tough but he made it through to became an official member of the Orbital Drop Shock Troops. He would see his first combat mission as an ODST during the Fall of Reach.



Tyler and the rest of the 22nd Shock Troops Battalion entered Reach in SOEIVs. His fireteam, codenamed Bravo-Foxtrot Two-Six, consisted of three ODSTs that he would soon become very close with; Jacob, a demolitions expert, Brandon, a master of CQC, and Jessica, the designated marksman. They become one of the best fireteams in no time, being used time and time again to help defend Reach. From repelling Covenant forces, to extracting civilians, to retreaving High Vaule targets and intel, to finally helping UNSC forces escape the planet; they became one of the most vital components of the UNSC. On one occasion, while making their way to their LZ, they got cornered into an intense firefight. To ensure the survival of the fireteam, Tyler picked up a M247H and provided covering fire for his squadmates until they reached their Pelican. During their last mission on Reach, Jacobs' died protecting their demolition site, the ONI base code named SCORPIO Base. He was shot in the head by a Sangheili Zealot while prepping the base with expolsives. While the other two went to finish what Jacob's started, Tyler engaged the Zealot in hand-to-hand combat. Though severly injuried, Tyler was able to kill the Zealot by punching it in the neck and then compressing its eyeballs into its skull. With the base destroyed and their objective complete, the three were able to escape the planet, aboard the UNSC Dark Iris, and make it back to Earth. They were stationed in Berlin, the UNSC headquarters on Earth. There, they waited for the inevitable invasion.

When the Battle of Earth began, Berlin was one of the first Covenant targets. Tyler and Jessica were not at the base when the Covenant attacked and had to race through the city to reach Fort Heer. They were forced into a Firefight just outside Fort Heer but Brandon and a few Marines were able to rescure them from certain death. Once they got there, they helped UNSC and police forces push back the Covenant. It was during a battle to secure civilian extraction zones that Brandon would lose his life. While fighting on the outskirts of the city, a Brute Chieftain killed him with a gravity hammer. The guilt, though, fell on Jessica, who missed her shot and allowed the Jiralhanae to come in close. After Berlin, HIGHCOM decided to take their remaining forces and start heading towards Voi, were majority of the Covenant was located. There was constant fighting the entire way and most of the UNSC forces did not make; but by the time they reached outskirts of Voi, the Chief had already arrived. Helping push through the Covenant onslaught, they fought valiantly only to see Truth escape.

The Battle then moved to Installation 00. At the start of the battle, the 22nd and 19th Battalions dropped onto the Installation. Helping clear Anti-Air defenses, they were able to allow Covenant Separatists and UNSC ships to deliver their ground forces. As the battle continued, they fought wave after wave of Covenant in a disparate attempt to stop Truth. During the last battle, the battalions were tasked with holding off the Covenant so the Chief and Arbiter could reach Truth. Outnumbered and outgunned, they fought valiantly to buy the Chief as much time as possible. The ODSTs, Marines, and Sangheili fought side by side, doing all they could to beat back the Covenant onslaught. However, as waves and waves of Covenant threw themselves at the defenders, the UNSC and Sangheili started to lose their positions. In an act of heroism, when they got pushed back, Tyler grabbed a Gravity Hammer and lead a charge to take back their original positions. With the hammer in one hand and a M6G in the other, they were able to push back the Covenant and hold them off until Truth was killed. After the battle, Jessica and Tyler were personally picked by Jun-A266 to become part of the Spartan-IV program.



After their training, the two joined Fireteam Apex. Given Tyler's extensive resume, he was put in charge of the Fireteam; which consisted of two ex-ODSTs, Tyler and Jessica, and two ex-Spartans-III Headhunters, Shwan and Brain. Shwan was a tech-wiz who had extensively studied both the Covenant and Forerunners and a crack shot. Brain was the teams pilot but was also one of the best sappers of any Spartan. Their first combat mission involved sabotaging the Servants of Abiding Turth. However, when the Fireteam saw the opportunity to assassinate Jul 'Mdama, ONI denied their request; opting to keep a low profile. They were not sent with the UNSC Infinty to search for the other rings and were instead stationed aboard the UNSC Hail Mary, for security, during the mass-murder in New Phoenix. While being prepped to follow Sierra-117 and detonate a warhead in the Ur-Didact's ship, Sierra-117 destroyed the Mantle's Approach. Fireteam Apex was then dispatched to find John-117. After searching the debris field, Apex's pelican, Nine Sixer, found John-117 floating with the debris. Six months later, the Fireteam was stationed on the UNSC Infinty and was a part of the Second Battle of Requiem. From their initial combat drop, Fireteam Apex proved to be invaluable to the UNSC as they were able to gain important intelligence on both the Prometheans and the Covenant Remnant. Apex succeed in every mission they went sent on; never failing to complete their objectives. They continued to fight until Requiem itself was going to be destroyed. The fireteam stayed behind and helped make sure every piece of intel and all UNSC personal were evacuated. They were on one of the last pelicans to leave Requiem, just making back to the Infinty before the portal collapsed.

The fireteam was then sent with the UNSC delegation for peacekeeping operations during the Sangheili-Jirahanae talks on Ealen IV. However, their mission soon changed from peacekeeping to repealing the Remnant forces, which included a CSO-class supercarrier. With Infinity grounded due to an electromagnetic storm, Palmer ordered Apex to destroy the carrier before it could wipe them out. Using a phantom and a pack of C-12 explosives, the fireteam was able to get into the carrier. As the fireteam starting fighting through Remnant forces to get to the engine rooms, a report can in saying that Remnant General Tzu Vedam was aboard the ship. Tyler decided to go after the general himself, and tasked the rest of the fireteam to plant the bomb. However, things did not go as plan. Vedam was able to escape the ship after Tyler was unable to kill him after a lengthy battle with his bodyguards. Worse, while planting the explosives, the rest of the fireteam come under heavy fire. Brian died first, with his body being pummeled with plasma and needle shots. The two remaining Spartans were ambushed by Sangheili’s with energy swords. Shawn died while stabbing one of them in the neck, leaving Jessica all by herself, outnumbered, out gunned, and bleeding out from her wounds.

She decided to make the ultimate sacrifice and made the choice to detonate the explosives. Though Tyler tried to tell her to wait until he could come and save her, she told him there was no time. He accepted his fate and knew that by destroying this ship, they would save everyone else. They exchanged their love and goodbyes and she pressed the trigger. Tyler got blown out of the carrier and hurdled down to the surface, hitting the ground hard and blacking out. Later, his eyes awoke to the sight of a pelican, to which he then realized he was not dead and had in fact survived the fall. Worse, he knew he was the only one of the fireteam to survive the operation. He was distraught and in angry disbelief that he did not die along with the rest of his teammates. However, Tyler knew he had no time for pity or to mourn the loss of his fireteam. Though HIGHCOM will certainly want answers for his actions, he is still in the mist of a battle against an enemy that knows no boundaries.

Personality:

Emotional, quick on his feet, and unafraid of death, Tyler has become all but immune to the horrors of war. Though he does not like the idea of war, he has realized that he can not stop it and therefore, believes he must do all he can to bring it to an end. He cares deeply about the soldiers under his command and would do anything to ensure their survival. He would be willingly to do anything to complete the mission, short of sacrificing one of his squad mates. The loss of any one under his command hits Tyler hard, taking it as a personal failure to ensure their survival. H is loyalty and strong emotions have gotten him in trouble with some of his superiors on more than one occasion. Never afraid to back down or go against command, he is very vocal about his beliefs. Nevertheless, he knows his strengths and limits and how to get the job done.

Favorite Halo quotes:

"Dear humanity..., we Regret coming to Earth, we Regret being alien bastards, and we most definitely Regret the corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet."

"To give the Covenant back their bomb."

"Welcome home, John."

"Send me out... with a bang."

"Sir, finishing this fight."

"Covies won't know what hit them."

"Thought I try shooting my way out. Mix things up a bit."

"She said that to me once, about being a machine."

"BOOM, Headshot!"

"We go in feet first, sir!"

"Spartans never die."

"And so... you must be silenced!"

"They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose which ever Spartan I wanted. You know me. I did my research, watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. But you had something they didn't, something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck."

"Don't make a girl a promise, if you know you can't keep it."

"You know me, when I make a promise..."

"Tank beats Ghost. Tank beats Hunter! TANK BEATS EVERYTHING!"

List of favorite Halo Games:

- Halo Reach

- Halo 3

- Halo 2

- Halo 3 ODST

- Halo CE

- Halo 4

(Haven't played Halo Wars or Spartan Assault but know the stories of both)