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Subject: The Cortana Letters - Whats Your Opinion?
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Back in 1999 before Halo was even announced there was a series of six emails that were sent from the address "cortana@bungie.com".

The first letter actually says a few lines that really make me think.

This is email number 1.

"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."

Doesnt that seem awfully familiar the the Halo 3 trailer speech? To think that this was said 8 years ago is creepy.

Here is a link to the whole "Cortana Letters" thing if your interested.

http://halosm.bungie.org/story/cortanaletters.html

  • 06.02.2006 9:18 PM PDT
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That really frightens me .... but for some reason I'm not sure if I believe it.

  • 06.02.2006 9:40 PM PDT
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wow, great find. Thats so cool, before Halo was even announced, from cortana@bungie.com, and that last line, "THIS is the way the world ends.." thats just creepy....so if this is true, bungie has been planning this storyline for a loooong time. im gonna go read all of them. :D

  • 06.02.2006 9:46 PM PDT
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I have never heard about this topic. Gee.......... I wonder?

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and there in the 5th letter is how that whole Lyca craze started, it says, "...In my palace deep, Lyca lies asleep..."

then at the bottom it says that line comes from the poem, "The Little Girl Found" which is part of a William Blake song. (whoever that is...)

then below that it says Cortana seemed to be taking lines from William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"

Cortana a William Blake fanatic??? :D

  • 06.02.2006 9:56 PM PDT
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Yes, those letters are strange(and a little frightning). IGN has also shared their thoughts on the Cortana letters in this video.

  • 06.02.2006 10:07 PM PDT
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Who is Cortana?

  • 06.02.2006 10:14 PM PDT

Posted by: Mr SnuggIy
So I think Jun's a master chef, because he takes off his helmet and your like whoa, I think he's a chef.

So to shorten this up, Jun is master chef.

Posted by: Caer Bannog
Who is Cortana?

OMG you have to be -blam!- kidding.

  • 06.02.2006 10:26 PM PDT
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Did you ever play any of the Halo games Caer?

  • 06.02.2006 10:26 PM PDT
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bump

  • 06.03.2006 9:43 AM PDT
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Wow...this is creepy. Someone in Bungie dressed up as Cortana while Halo was still in progress and not announced, but apparently Cortana had been finalized. Either that, or they chose that name, started a conspiracy, and when it was over, Bungie decided to name Cortana after the conspirator they'd been chasing, and even use the first letter as the message in the Halo 3 trailer.

Good work, Bungie! *thumbs up*

[Edited on 6/3/2006]

  • 06.03.2006 10:35 AM PDT
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why has no1 heard of this, more old news. just search cortana letters on google you can find the whole lot on there.

  • 06.03.2006 10:43 AM PDT