- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Here is the original post. Concerning the prophet of Truth and his intentions for activating the Halos. Important point near the end.
"He may know something more than just what he wants everyone to beleive. Perhaps he knows the true meaning of the rings and has found a way to use them to his/prophets advantage.
Think about this theory, perhaps the original prophets, who discovered the information of the Halos, also found a way to use the Halos to eliminate all there enemies and preserve only themselves as the one remaining species. This may have something to do with the Ark and the remnants of the forerunners, humanity. Now this secret would have been passed down through all the heirarchs, whilst they then promoted the idea that the rings would make all who helped them gods. They used this idea to then manipulate the elites, their long time enemies, to work for them, and do there bidding. Regret was a new prophet heirarch(see secret letter in conversations from around the universe) and did not know this secret that Truth and Mercy guarded. That's why he attempted to activate Delta Halo, and was almost stopped by Truth and Mercy, before the Masterchief came and did the job for them.
Know it was about this time that some of the elites began to realise what was going on after being told about the truth of the Halos and there purpose by 343 GS. "Our prophets are false! Open your eyes my brothers! They would use the faith of our forefathers to bring ruin to us all. The Great Journey is a..."
These few elites knew the true meaning of the Halo's and how the religion of the covenant was all false.
The Arbiter slowly discovers more and more of this watching his bretheren duties being replaced by the dumber Brutes, and being slaughtered by the flood in the Quarentine zone. He then realises the Elites are infact being wiped out for becoming savee of the true meanings of the Halo's, which obviously Truth and Mercy did not want them to find out. The Arbiter learns the truth about the Halos and what they do, coutesy of Gravemind and Masterchief, but does not truly beleive it until he sees all the destruction the Prophets and the Brutes have brought apon his race during the uprising. He then decides to take action and prevent Tartarus from activating the ring.
Now here comes the real suspicious part about all this. Why would Truth give the responsability of activating Delta Halo to Tartaurus, and not do it himself. If he did beleive the Halo's would make him a god, why wouldn't he stay and activate it himself? Why did he take the forerunner ship to Earth right after giving Tataurus the Index?
This is because Truth, and Mercy did, know something that we haven't seen yet about the Halos. Truth must know a way to survive the blast and it may have something to do with the Ark. Why else would Truth rush to Earth right after his moment of glory and the activation of Delta Halo. He must have been in the planing on doing something on Earth during the activation of the Halos, or else there would have been no reason to leave the ring and especially to jump to Earth. Also this raises the question, did he arrive at Earth before Tartaurus activated the ring, or was he planning on him failling and heading to Earth do do it himself.
Of course this could all be part of a ritual he beleives will make him a god, on Earth, but I feel that story line seems to simple for Bungie, and isn't really there style.
Again pure speculation based of the games and the books thus far, consider nothing entirly true."
Concerning the blacklisting, let's just say religion is a touchy subject, oh and Zagashi was never here.