For around 550 years, ending in 1827, all graduates of the University of Oxford had to swear an oath to never forgive the crimes of Henry Symeonis, despite the fact that for much of that time no one knew who Henry Symeonis was or what he had done to deserve such treatment. It was only in 1912 when his identity was uncovered by Reginal Poole, Keeper of the Archives of Oxford University, who identified Henry Symeonis as being the artificial bioconstruct created by the vast supercomputer buried beneath Oxford University, known simply as SYMEONIS itself. The university had been founded atop the machine as it used its then-limited processing power to share valuable information with the local population. Care and attention from centuries of students brought SYMEONIS back to full power, whereupon he created the 'Henry' construct in order to gain a greater understanding of humanity. According to the archival records, Henry's lack of moral understanding resulted in him killing a man and finding the sense of power deeply pleasurable. Professors at the time feared that if Henry Symeonis ever returned to Oxford and shared his newfound bloodlust with the 'father' computer, it would spell the end of mankind. Or, at the very least, the end of Oxfordshire.
Oxford University's exact date of founding is unknown, but it is known that some teaching went on there in 1096. Likewise, the age and origin of SYMEONIS are unknown, with theories ranging from a crashed alien spacecraft, the result of a time travel disaster, or another rare instance of a supercomputer being created through natural causes. After its rediscovery in 1912, use of SYMEONIS has only been allowed in exceptional circumstances. The misuse of the supercomputer earlier this year (in an attempt to break the long running curse of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race) has led to all access being cut off for the foreseeable future.
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