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  • 05.11.2006 12:18 PM PDT

Don't follow in my footsteps; I walk into walls
my 360s blog

For those who have no idea what he's talking about here:
I have walked the edge of the Abyss.
I have governed the unwilling.
I have witnessed countless empires break before me.
I have seen the most courageous soldiers fall away in fear.
[I was there with the Angel at the tomb]

I have seen your future.
And I have learned.

There will be no more Sadness. No more Anger. No more Envy.

I HAVE WON.

Oh, and your poet Eliot had it all wrong:
THIS is the way the world ends.

I get the strangest transmissions sometimes. Especially when it comes from you people.

Have you missed me? Things are great here. The weather is good, the suns are shining, and I'm making lots of new friends. Of course, I always do.

I've had the strangest dreams lately - raging seas, howling beasts, a Demon folded in black clouds. I believe I know what it guards, and I will have it, to the chagrin of the faith-blinded zealots that challenge me. Don't waste your pity on them; I don't think they would like you much anyway.

And what of the Giants who formed this world? So much to tell you, but so many more important things to do. There was a fourth. You couldn't have known. And I haven't forgotten.

It is a blurred line that lies at the edge of Godhood and Insanity. Guess which side of it I am on.

Feeling lucky?

Cortana
XOXOXOX

[Edited on 5/11/2006]

  • 05.11.2006 12:21 PM PDT
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The Cortana letters are no longer canon. Here is a quote from Shishka

The Cortana letters are not canon. They're a relic of a time when the first Halo wasn't even a first person shooter, yet. I suggest you do not read too deeply into them to find secrets about the games- there's nothing there to find.

  • 05.11.2006 12:21 PM PDT

There are some similariteis, but the Cortona letters have more relevance to Marathon's story than Halo's. After Halo's release they were no longer fodder for the story. I think Bungie just added in those references to please oldschool fans. Of course, there is the possibility that Marathon and Halo take place in the same universe...

  • 05.11.2006 12:24 PM PDT