- ROBERTO jh
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Posted by: Xd00999
Can you give me a quote that implies the humans imprisoned the Prisoner? I must have missed it.
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Also, someone managed to get the book early through a preorder screw up. From what I read of his posts on halo.xbox.com, the Primordial is hearding thousands of humans into the Palace to turn them into the Flood. The Primordial, by some means that I either missed the explanation of or wasn't explained in the quoted passage, floats above the cattle-like humans as they walk to their doom, hearding them, all the while accompanied by a shimmering green light, most likely Medicant.
There were so many humans, their combined weight and walking kicked up a massive dust cloud that obscured them and the Primordial.
I am intrigued by this but will regard it with sceptism. Is the person who posted this trustworthy and/or is the passage confirmed by another member in a similar situation?
My question is why are the Forerunners letting this go on on a Halo? Why are they allowing these extremely dangerous people to continue their actions on a key military structure?
I can probably give you the direct quote.
Yeah, here it is
"I walked right up to the rim and glanced down at the masses, milling around the base of the monument like so many turbulent pools, raising another great cloud of dust. Then my blood seemed to stop and freeze. There was something different moving now among the hordes, a kilometer or two away, half-obscured by the dust,hovering over the silent crowds. At first I could not tell whether it was a variety of war sphinx. But the dust raised by tramping feet briefly cleared and I saw a huge, curled up spider with many legs, nine or ten meters wide, resting on a round disk and floating with insolent majesty above the migration. Sparkling glints shone from the facets of two oval, slanted, widely spaced eyes on the front of its broad, flat head. The Captive. The Primordial."
The OP said in a different post what the Primordial was using the humans for.
This was the only direct quote he provided. He didn't want to post any significant spoilers. He said it was around 110 pages in.
Remember, the ring is a rogue Halo according to the description, not under Forerunner control. Also note that the People, specifically Vinerrva, haven't seen a living Forerunner in several days, only dead ones from the battle. Presumably, a few days earlier the battle over the Capital took place, and since then, the Halo's been under Medicant's control--again, presumably. How it all fits I don't know. A lot might be explained between the end of Ch. 4 and page 110.
[Edited on 12.28.2011 3:04 PM PST]