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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
Cortana 5 is a carbon-based lifeform that frequently visits these forums, currently residing in the United States. Practically every male on the site responds to her posts.
The Joyeuse IP Formula
Thank you, Drew.
I had never considered the Covenant AI or Mendicant Bias as Joyeuse.
When Mendicant Bias went against the Forerunner, it could be essentially be how Joyeuse had slayed Ogier's people/allies. But just as Mendicant repented and ended up wanting to take his new allies to the Ark, Joyeuse was not longer used to hunt Ogier and his allies, but rather to assist them.
Posted by: Duardo
I found this interesting:
Curtana's holder, Ogier the Dane had teamed up with Charlemagne; "In La Chevalerie Ogier de Danemarche, he had a son who was slain by Charlot, son of Charlemagne. Seeking revenge, Ogier sought out and slew Charlot, and was only barely prevented from killing Charlemagne. He resisted Charlemagne for seven years but made peace with him to fight at Charlemagne's side against the Saracens, in which battle he slew the giant Brehus."
Now compare it to this:
Cortana's holder, the Master Chief had teamed up with the Arbiter; "On the planet Reach the Master Chief, humanity was slain by the Covenant, son of the Arbiter. Seeking revenge, the Master Chief sought out and slew the Covenant, and was only barely prevented from killing the Arbiter. He resisted the Arbiter for seven years but made peace with him to fight at Arbiter's side against the Flood, in which battle he slew the giant Gravemind."
Ogier the Dane = Master Chief
Charlemagne = the Arbiter
The Covenant, who was formed by the prophets and elites (they are the fathers), tried to kill off humanity. In retaliation, humanity went to war against the Covenant and Master Chief basically killed thousands of Covenant soldiers. They tried to kill each other, but were forced to team up to fight against the Flood (and to make sure Halo wasn't activated), and eventually defeated the Gravemind by activating Halo.
Charlemagne wielded Joyeuse. So the Arbiter, or the Covenant even, weilded an AI. What was the only AI they had?
In the Halo books, it's stated that Cortana fights off against a Covenant AI, though the AI is never mentioned. I do not believe this is the AI Joyeus, though, it's possible.
So that leaves one AI the Covenant possesses: Mendicant Bias.
Is it possible that Mendicant Bias is Joyeuse? If I replace "the Arbiter" in the quote with "The Covenant," it still makes sense. The Covenant were lead by the Prophets, who were suppose to declare a new Age when their AI spoke (though it never did, UNTIL it declared human's Forerunner, and not the Covenant.)
That's all I got for ya ;-)