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Subject: So, Mercy and Regret both got killed...
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“Strange,” mused the Director, as they turned away, “strange to think that even in Our Ford’s day most games were played without more apparatus than a ball or two and a few sticks and perhaps a bit of netting. imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which do nothing whatever to increase consumption.”

The Black Chapter!

Leaving only the Prophet of Truth. How come they didn't promote some replacements? Was Truth enjoying the power a bit too much to share it?

  • 03.06.2011 5:32 AM PDT

I think Truth already wanted to get rid of Mercy and Regret anyways. Having them killed by "accidents" only worked in his advantage. After all: Truth most likely knew Regret was going to find Earth and "jeopardize" the invasion by the entire Fleet. Chief killing him was only a thing that came between Truth's glassing beam and Regret.
Mercy could have easily been saved by Tartarus: but again, Truth could use that to his advantage. So he left him to die.

With his two sidekicks out of the way he would be the only one with power in the Covenant. I think Truth had plenty of plans behind the scenes to stop the Council from promoting new Prophets, using the Flood, finding Earth and the death of Mercy and Regret and the Civil War as reasons to keep him as the sole leader "because it would be the best and most stable for the Covenant"

  • 03.06.2011 5:37 AM PDT


Posted by: Telec
Leaving only the Prophet of Truth. How come they didn't promote some replacements? Was Truth enjoying the power a bit too much to share it?


Both died before and during the flood attack on High charity. Even if they had been deciding on who to 'elect' (Or replace, not sure with prophets) to replace Regret, the flood's attack on high charity canceled all plans and put everybody into a panic.

Pretty sure at that moment they were evacuating, as the Prophets had a very small population and nearly every one was on High Charity.

  • 03.06.2011 5:39 AM PDT