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Subject: New Enkidu terminal post! - Halo 2 story hints?
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A new entry has been added to the Enkidu site. Thats site is at http://enkidu.bungie.org/. sounds like we are getting the story out of chronological order. read it and please post your interpretations. Maybe we can sort this thing out as it progresses.

So far though there is speculation that this is just someone's elaborate creation of fan fiction. Maybe Bungie could step in here and help us confirm this las legit or not? Bungie? Last time with the Cortana Letters Hamish traced it back to Bungie by the IP address. Any ideas on how to trace this?

[Edited on 4/27/2004 11:01:03 AM]

  • 04.27.2004 10:26 AM PDT
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Well its the good old bungie style riddles upon riddles within more riddles, im sure if we call upon the community's rescources we could see if it's come from Bungie, and if it has, solve the riddle!

  • 04.27.2004 10:35 AM PDT
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uh...
freak show

  • 04.27.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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You are probably right that they won't tell us out right if they are responsible but if we could confront them with some bold evidence they might acknowledge a connection to themselves like they did with the IP address in the Cortana letters. If anyone can come up with a way to trace it back to bungie let us know.

As far as what the Enkidu terminal is telling/showing us, is there any ideas?

Here is what we know/ think about yesterday's "Let me intreoduce myself" post. First it was written with a shape that resembled a clue to who it was. Many thought that this was 343 Guilty Spark. I think that it is. The first stanza of lines were riddles about all of the games Bungie has made . As you read they go back in time from Halo to Gnop. They may also have other meanings as well.

The second stanza's lines were less interpreted from what I read. They were however obviously about halo and events that took place there. The "folly of a hero" has to do with the chief. Other lines of this stanza hinted that the halo had been set off before.

Anyways more ideas about yesterday are welcomed here as well as ones about todays addition to the terminal. I suspect most of it all has double or even triple meanings.

  • 04.27.2004 10:51 AM PDT
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Layers.... like a great big Bungie Onion... I'm going to bed now...damn.. forgot about class... I don't wanna go... Bad Cal. 3.. bad...

  • 04.27.2004 11:09 AM PDT
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Maybe the AI is named Endiku. Wouldint that make sence or Am I mistaken? and maybe its another thing like 343Gs but saem race ,a dna maybe it was trapped in the ship.

  • 04.27.2004 12:11 PM PDT
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January 30, 2004 (Warthog's Day)
The Master Chief emerged from his code. After seeing his dynamically lit realtime shadow, he went back for 9 more months of development.


Behold the power of the Originals, the Gods Axeone-Neurone.

To give us perspective here is a list of what we know is going on during the Enkidu transmissions.

8/12/2552 -- John debriefs ONI on the events of Sigma Octanus IV.
8/25/2552 -- Cortana chooses John for her transfer.
8/27/2552 -- Spartans debriefed on mission to capture a Prophet.
8/29/2552 -- Spartans recieve new MJOLNIR armor with energy shielding. John recieves upraded nerual interface to house Cortana.
8/30/2552 -- Reach falls.

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8/28/2552 -- Main Enkidu panel
8/18/2552 -- General Quarters panel
8/21/2552 -- Please allow me to introduce myself panel

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  • 04.27.2004 12:21 PM PDT
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Well whats the connection to the events taking place with John and the events taking place with the ship UNSC Lebanon and captain Mathers? Perhaps none? I definately think that Enkidu is an AI on the ship. In first Strike Cortana runns accross a covie AI on the Ascendent Justice that she recogizes. Perhaps this Enkidu AI falls into the hands of the covie after the space battle?

I also like to remind people of the Enkidu connection to the story of Giglamesh. Check out this site to read it. It has kinda helped me shape some of what I'm thinking. http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/literature/litpacket/gilgame sh.htm.

  • 04.27.2004 12:29 PM PDT
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Ok I might as well shed some light on this... first off here is the actual messege

I was fabled before rings were.
I was legend before Leonidas was born.
I was epic before demons rode in the dawn sky.
I was myth before a sword awoke from a stolen rocky womb.
I was sentenced into darkness before Theseus found his foe.
I was killed before my home was scourged by western winds of war.
I was driven raving mad before dear Dot bounced off the cushioned walls.

( ( I ) )

I transgressed in sacred orchards to serve the folly of a hero.
I called on kings and deities to account for their misdeeds.
I died of humble fevers with craven whimpers on my lips.
I set off an outburst that echoed through the ages.
That outburst echoes still.
It shall echo evermore.
AS SHALL I.

I roamed the forests as I wished after Enlil starved the gods.

Once I was free. Free shall I be once again.


First as Tartarus said, the first stanze is Bungies' history all the way to Gnop!

First- "I was fabeled before rings were"
They were talked about among people before Halo:Combat Evolved even though it was not the the extent they are now.

Second- "I was legend before Leonidas was born"
Leonidas was the Sparta King that was the hero in the battle of Thermopylae. He was later killed by the Persians in 480 AD. They had made many games before (some acpects groundshaking) and have been a legend before the "Spartan" idea even came to be

Third- "I was epic before demons rode in the dawn sky"
ONI, dont have anything to back that up

Fourth- "I was myth before a sword awoke from a stolen rocky womb"
Very obvious (too obivous and unlikely that its the only reason) but Myth does show up there, and plus the fact that it is a 3D sword fighter.

Fith-"I was sentenced into darkness before Theseus found his foe."
Theseus' foe was, get ready for this connection, the Minotaur. Connection to Minotaur Pathways and Darkness "... sentenced into darkness..." in another connection for ya. (wierd since it is out of sequence)

Sixth- "I was killed before my home was scourged by western winds of war"
Honestly don't know.....

Seven- "I was driven raving mad before dear Dot bounced off the cushioned walls"
Gnop! of course, I mean come on, its a little ball that you bounce around. It's Pong backwards!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT


Well thats it for now I'll get back on a bit later and try out depicting the more harder stanza... could be interesting.

  • 04.27.2004 12:40 PM PDT
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Shifty,

The Demons line is Oni. The proof is that Oni is the Japanese word for Demon or Ghost.

The sixth- "I was killed before my home was scourged by western winds of war" is a reference to the Desert Storm game that bungie made.That completes the time line.

Please note that there are also seven lines per stanza. The special number returns again.

  • 04.27.2004 1:07 PM PDT

They want the 'Halo.' But I tell them: 'No! No Halo! For you, only the 'Frenzy'! The 'Frenzy' and maybe some 'Munch'

if you look at the source code, there is some talk of a rampant AI, marathon, bungie and halo. The only thing of note there is the part about the rampant AI. That is more than likely refering to Enkidu.

  • 04.27.2004 2:35 PM PDT
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well if this is a riddle, then I'd say the person speaking is Death. I'll look at it more closely later

  • 04.27.2004 2:51 PM PDT

They want the 'Halo.' But I tell them: 'No! No Halo! For you, only the 'Frenzy'! The 'Frenzy' and maybe some 'Munch'

I was looking at the source code for the page with the poem on it, and it mentioned Gilgamesh, who was a king. I did a google search and found an interesting page. Apparently this king sent someone or something named "Enkidu" (sound familiar?) to retreive something from the underworld for him. Not sure what this means, but sure makes you think.

  • 04.27.2004 3:00 PM PDT