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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
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The Joyeuse IP Formula
I don't think that the Master Chief necessarily has to leave Cortana behind, as to my knowledge, Ogier the Dane didn't leave his sword behind. Roland, on the other hand, died and tried to destroy Durandal before he did. Durandal proved indestructible and lived on. So it's quite the contrary. This story lives in the original Marathon. I've yet to come to a conclusion as to what Infinity's ending means... a lot of people haven't.
Not all the swords and their holders go through the same story. If you read Ogier's story that I posted, you'd see that his story is done (on the Bungie side of things).
Of course they are connected, I'm sure of that. But I don't think they're going to follow a same story outline. The relationship between the wielders and the swords will vary from game to game, but they will follow something. That something is the story of Roland, Ogier the Dane, and Charlemagne. All three men have rich histories. The possibilities are endless.
Posted by: Agustus
As I see it, the different Bungie games are their own completely independent story lines. Though they have the same theme, and in a sense are connected in a way.
My MRT thread backs this theory up.
EDIT: A note on how the swords are connected.
In Marathon, Durandal uses you, the player, as a tool to complete his mad ambitions of godhood. Though by the end of Infinity, you the player seem to be the one that escapes the universe, not Durandal. He states that after all that time, he didn't really give you much though. But at the end of things, he realizes you are in fact the only thing unaccounted for etc. (See end screen).
As it turns out, knowingly or not, Durandal was your pawn, not the other way around. He was unknowingly your weapon to help you escape the closure.
Now in Halo,the sword and holder role is much clearer. MC wields Cortana, who hacks Covenant tech, supplies Battlefield info etc.
From what little info we have, I came up with the idea (based of my MRT thread) that: The sword and holder are born into a specific time and universe. They eventually meet, the sword taking the form of perhaps several entities (We only know of a literal sword or AI at this point). The holder uses the sword to complete some epic journey (Master Chiefs does not seem to be over yet), and eventually they are separated. Seeing as how Marathon is the only game thus far to complete the cycle, the sword "dies" while the holder move on to something else... Then they are reborn and it happens all over again.
So, not only is this a formula for the next game, but perhaps how Halo will end as well. Once we have Halos ending, we may be able to figure out the next Bungie IP with a good amount of accuracy.