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Ok this could get slightly long and potentially thought provoking so here goes nothing...
The Cortana letters realesed in 1999 reveal some potentially odd halo tid bits. For example, in the book of Revelation in the Bible there are many references to Evil Dragons... in my opinion this evil dragon is in fact Gravemind. Again in the 2nd letter there is another referenmce to "new friends" the old friends and enemies and such of cortana would not be new friends... once again can you say Gravemind. Also in the Bungie office they referred to a project as Blam... AKA HALO... Blam... big explosion.. possible lead into the ending of Halo 3? Also The quote This is how the world ends... is used in the first cortana letter but she states that Eliot had it wrong. Eliot stated that the world will not go out with a bang (blam) but with a whisper. Once again Cortana Eludes to the end of the world with a bang! In addition Matt Souell (sp?) a bungie worker referred to 3 new "events" / in my opinion games. The 1st woule bring memories (HALO 1) , the second wishes (Halo 2) after all it did end slightly abruptly and leave you wishing for more. The third dreams... HALO 3 anyone???
The following is a direct quote from the Cortana Letter website.... "Paul goes on to point out that the Story page received a Cortana mail from a Bungie employee by the name of David Bowman:
As you know, David Bowman was the name of the character in 2001: A Space Odyssey who was transformed at the end of the story into... something else. Later books in the series suggest Bowman and the ships computer HAL9000 were actually merged into a single entity. We all remember HAL - an AI unit that went a little off the rails - sound familiar? "
Notice the HAL9000.... Thats very close to Halo... with 3 0's... Halo 3... and yes it eludes to an AI unit that went off the rails... once again a possible Cortana reference.
Then you have the standard numerical tableing...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
M A T T S O E L L
4 1 2 2 1 6 5 3 3 = 27, 2 + 7 = 9
C O R T A N A
3 6 9 2 1 5 1 = 27, 2 + 7 = 9
N A T H A N B I T N E R
5 1 2 8 1 5 2 9 2 5 5 9 = 54, 5 + 4 = 9
So Matt Soell and Cortana match up exactly and Matt, Cortana, and Nathan all reduce to the same number. Even more evil: Combine the three, 999, and invert, 666
666.... could this be 6/6/06... IE tomorrow... isnt there a weekly update set to come out soon with some very very good Halo 3 information it... interesting eh? In a recent update the question.. Any new screenshots was asked and was responded with... "Nope, sorry, but we will have something tasty soon! Better than a screen? Yes! " Could this be coming tomorrow...
As to the previous biblical references the 7 is common in the bible... The last and final of the 7 visions in Revelation is this
7- Vision of the New Jerusalem, a new heaven and a new earth (chapters 20-22):
- The Millenium and the Great White Throne of Judgment (20).
- Revelation ends with the "Maranatha": "Come, Lord Jesus"... "Yes, I am coming soon"... the day of our death!.
New Jerusalem... New Mombossa... possibly...
In the fourth Cortana letter this is said...
This enemy - YOUR enemy - has proven more irritating than I anticipated.
They own nothing which they have not stolen. I can barely make sense of
their incessant rhetoric, except to know that you seem to be their Devil.
Congratulations - you manage to make friends wherever you go and,
apparently, places you haven't.
Could this be a reference to Master Chief's enemies in the flood and the Covenant. Could Cortana be set on destroying all living life... Idk... but it is a possibility. Also isnt master chief referred to as a Demon by the covenant. From above excerpt... "you seem to be their Devil."
In my opinion Bungie had had this planned out for a very long time... and rightfully so. This game is going to be a true masterpiece.
I will continue to tag along posts at the end as time progresses and I think over the infamous Cortana lettters more and more!
Any feedback, positive , or negative is greatly appreciated. Feel free to throw in your two cents worth.
[Edited on 6/6/2006]