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Subject: Prophets' Motives
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I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but I think that the Prophets might know that the humans are forerunners. But why would they continue to kill humans? Power. The prophets have had power over the Covenant for so long that they could be afraid to lose it. If the rest of the Covenant realized that humans are forerunners then they would stop following them immediately and go join the humans. They might also be killed by the Elites (I would say they are more religous than the Brutes, which would explain the change in guard. If Brutes found out, they probably wouldn't care) for leading them against their "Gods." I would tend to say that this is Truth's doing, he seems the deciteful sort, but it could be all of the Prophets just trying to maintain superiority. Also, the humans would usually be added to the Covenant by this time, and the Prophets aren't giving any actual explination. Maybe this is it?
Anyway, this is something I just came up with, tell me what you think.... *hides behind chair*

  • 06.05.2006 3:30 PM PDT

Halo CE......(sigh) the good ol' days......

“Go, stranger, and to Lacedaemon tell that here, obeying her behests, we fell.”

i kinda thought the same thing, its entirely possible but i dont think we will really know until the game comes out sadly....

  • 06.05.2006 3:32 PM PDT
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I never thought of it in that direct way.
Neat ideas.
And its alright, you can come out from the chair now.

*turns on energy sword*
FLAMERS BEWARE

  • 06.05.2006 3:34 PM PDT
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Maybe the Prophets do know who the Forerunner were. They used their legacy to make peace with the Elites and to form the Covenant. When they first encountered humanity, they must've not expected the Forerunner to have fallen so low as to start from nothing. If word gets out, then all the Covenant would turn against the Prophets thus ruining the Prophets' plan to use Halo to wipe out everyone but themselves.

Anything that has important Forerunner significance only the Prophets were allowed to access these "holy sites", and anyone who finds important Forerunner relics or background must be silenced hence the Heretics and the Elites who recovered the crystal fragments in First Strike.

  • 06.05.2006 4:11 PM PDT
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I have thought that exact same thing...

*Pumps shotgun*

No flaming...

  • 06.05.2006 4:23 PM PDT
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THERE is no proff that humans are forerunners!!!!!!! its still up in the air, and it makes even less sense that forerunners are way smarter than humans

  • 06.05.2006 4:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: XxX OwAnGe XxX
THERE is no proff that humans are forerunners!!!!!!! its still up in the air, and it makes even less sense that forerunners are way smarter than humans


here we go again....another "the humans are the forerunners" debate

  • 06.05.2006 4:30 PM PDT
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"here we go again....another "the humans are the forerunners" debate" - mmm_arvo

There all over the place arent they?

  • 06.05.2006 4:36 PM PDT