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Posted by: ODST27
Posted by: dibbs089
However, in Terminal Seven, as Mendicant crosses the line Didact (who, if we follow the book would now be Bornsteller) states And [300 years] of our society's failure and miscalculation makes me your executioner. But this occurred after he entered the Cryptum. Shouldn't it be 1,300 years of our societies failures? It seems in the terminals that the Forerunner war against the Flood lasted 300 years whereas in the book it has lasted over 1,300 years. When does the book say 1300 years? Also, has it been totally confirmed that LF.Xx.3272 is the gravemind? After rereading the terminals, I almost think it could be that Precursor prisoner. Here's what I think happened:
10,000 BC (Before Cryptum) - Forerunners learn about the Flood after they defeat Humanity
10-9,000 BC- Mendicant Bias is built to study LF.Xx.3272
9,000 BC - Didact is sent to his Cryptum
~9,000 - 0 BC - MB talks with LF.Xx.3272 and turns on the Forerunner
< 300 BC* - The Flood return and the Forerunners start fighting
0 BC - Cryptum events
< 300 AC* (After Cryptum) - Librarian is trapped on Earth
- Didact fires the Halo rings
- Offensive Bias defeats MB at the Battle of the Ark
* I say "< 300 BC/AD" because the Librarian says they've been fighting the Flood for the past 300 years, and that obviously takes place after Cryptum. So the war, Cryptum, and some Terminals encompass some span of 300 years.Based on the quotes from my previous post, Didact had to have had a hand in creating Mendicant Bias (proved through both quotes in the book and the terminals). He could not have created Mendicant after his release from the Cryptum (has was on the run the entire time) and he was in the Crytpum for 1,000 years (I do not have the exact source for this because I don't want to go through 300 pages to find the quote but it is 1,000 years, I promise you). Based solely on the terminals, it seems the Forerunner were fighting the Flood 300 years prior to Mendicants creation (which again had to have happened before he entered the Cryptum and proved by the Terminal quotes). Thus, if we go on the information from the book, the Forerunner have been fighting the Flood for at least 1,000 years. If we go on the information from the terminals and the book, they have been fighting the Flood for at least 1,300 years. If we go solely by the terminals they have been fighting the Flood for 300 years.
The problem with your timeline is that Didact was not in the Cryptum for 9,000 years. Additionally, based solely on the books we cannot put an exact date as to when Mendicant was created (though we know he is at least 1,000 years old). Based solely on the terminals he is 300 years old (around the time Cryptum ends). Based on the books and the terminals, he is around 1,300 years old (when Cryptum ends).
It has not been confirmed that LF.Xx.3272 is the Gravemind. However, after Mendicants conversation with LF he emerged allied with the Flood. LF is obviously an agent working for the Flood and most likely one that can think independently (instead of being controlled by the hivemind). The only being we know of that is capable of doing that within the Flood is the Gravemind. (Then again, LF could be the captive who has been theorized but not confirmed to be both a Precursor and the Gravemind).
[Edited on 01.08.2011 8:27 PM PST]