- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I think that what Cortana is saying is not her saying it. I believe she is just saying what the Master Chief is. When she says, "I have defied gods and demons" it could be the Master Chief saying that he has defied things that consider themselves gods, like the prophets. Then the demons would be the fighting Covenant, like Elites, hunters, etc. and the Flood.
When Cortana then says, "I know you, your past... your future", the chief could be saying that he knows the Earths past and knows the future of it because of what he is about to do. Halo has many parts to it that resemble stuff in the Bible. Like the Ark, a Savior, and other stuff too. The Master Chief's role could be that he is the savior of the human race from the Covenant. I would be willing to bet that at the end of the game, the Master Chief sacrifices himself so that way the Covenant would make a peace treaty with the humans. These are just my theories.
When Cortana says, "I am your shield, I am your sword", that is what i just said above. The Master Chief is saying that he is the one person who is protecting humans from total extinction and that he kills as many Covenant as he can to prevent it.
And finally, when Cortana says, "This is the way the world ends", that is so obvious. The Chief is saying that no matter what the outcome, this war will be over with the Earth utterly destroyed. That does not mean extintcion of mankind, however. Because remember, humans have populated other planets and there are some the Covenant have not found. Its just that Earth is like the central place of humankind. Like how Washington D.C. is America's capitol, Earth is the capitol of all the other planets.
Please tell me what your thoughts are about this.