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after searching through alot of online phrase books i think i understand
firstly "i have defined gods and demons" well thue covenent refer to gods as the forrunner and demons as the mc, think this means the forruner and the mc are opposites. basicly i think it means they both have a purpose in the universe the forruners build halos the mc destroys them. i am youur shield i am your sword. ok i think this means the fooruner were trying to defened the universe with halos ( not my idea of defence ) and the mc must atack them to stop them. i no your past i no uuyour future. basicly she knows what has already hapened to the mc and she knows what he must do in his future (unfortunetly we dont) so cortana says i know your future. this is how the world ends. ok if you have read first strike you will know about the stone the covenent were digging b4 the spartans got it. in the fall of reach there is another stone when they go into that city ... cant remember the name.so i think there is another stone in the planet earth (well theres got to be a reason the covenent came to earth at the beging of halo 2)so cortana thinks that if the covenent get this stone they will win the war and the world of humans will end if the mc dosnt do anything. i also think that:
the forruner ship that comes out of slipspace near earth is actualy a giant drill 4 getting the stone.

  • 05.10.2006 1:07 PM PDT
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i dont know why everyone think she says sword she says source and i watched it once and could figure that out

  • 05.10.2006 1:08 PM PDT
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sourse dosnt make any sence with defence. and if you were earphones and turn it up it realy sounds like she says sword

  • 05.10.2006 1:10 PM PDT

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Could "The World Ends" refer to the Halos...as they are infact known as "Fortress Worlds".....so im guessing like, By destroying the Fortress Worlds from the ark, bringing about the end of the war?

  • 05.10.2006 1:11 PM PDT

Ok...I made a post 20 mins ago on this exact thing and it hasnt shown up yet so I'll just post it here:


I have watched the trailer many times, and am still having trouble distinguishing between two words.

1. "I have defied gods and demons"

Now, listening to it, it sounds to me as if it could be either "defied", or more interestingly, "defined". If it is defied, it simply means to me that cortana is trying to get a message to the chief, even though she is trying to be stopped by gravemind and the gods. If however, it is "defined", it is more cryptic. I would take it to mean that gravemind is something older than the gods or demons, the creator. He is speaking through Cortana because that is someone the chief associates with.

2. "I am your shield, I am your sword."

Listening to this, and I know others have noticed it as well, it sounds like "source" instead of "sword" to me. If it is sword, the meaning is pretty simple. But if it is "source", which you can definitely hear an "s" sound in the word when listening to it, it could mean something very different. Although I can't quite figure it out, I would guess it to mean Cortana is saying she is the heart of the Chief's power. She is always the one getting him radio transmissions, and where to go to find covenant. Without her, he is on his own.

Looking at these two phrases, to me it seems to tell us whether Cortana is now good or evil. If it is as we all previously thought ("defied and sword"), then it points more towards Cortana still being on the Chief's side. However, there is alot to contradict this in the trailer.

As shown in other threads, in Cortana's first appearance you can see something very clear, some say it looks like a Prophet. It also shows Gravemind's voice, which reveals he is aware of this message that Cortana is saying, and he would most likely be wanting to prevent the Chief from getting a message from Cortana unless it is one he wants delivered.

Secondly, during the "I am your shield" scene, it shows Cortana with a not so pleasant look on her face. You can see her eyes rolling back into her head. You can also tell by the sound of her voice. Until her last line about knowing his past and future, she never looks the Chief right in his eyes, and her voice sounds deeper, more sinister.

If the two phrases are "source" and "defined", it makes her sound like she is threatening the Chief. By saying defined she is trying to show how greater she is than the chief, and by saying source she is saying he is nothing without her.

  • 05.10.2006 1:12 PM PDT
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could cortona be dieing ... i cant remember which book but it says eventualy AIs think themself to death so if this is happening to cortona she wouldnt be as strong so gravemind could infect her like a flood inflecting a human exept sort of like with a compueter virus and because cortana may be "thinking her self to death" she cant stop it. im gona stop now i dont want cortana to die :-(

[Edited on 5/10/2006]

  • 05.10.2006 1:23 PM PDT