- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I have just recently read the Cortana letters, and i have found some startling revelations into the halo story!! I feel Halo coincides with the Marathon series, but in a backwards way. I think I know the story behind the game....but im not telling, in case im wrong, and also to save face for the suprise of Halo 3.There are alo tof Bilbical references. I have beenn constantly putting piece by piece together, and I feel im pretty close.... Here are some clues. There will be quotes from the Cortana letters and then a brief description:
THIS WIL BE QUITE A READ BUT IT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
I have taken only the main parts of the letters, partly because i really dont want write all the letters out.
LETTER ONE
"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]"
This if you think carefully, is somewhat related to Gravemind. Gravemind has walked the abyss, the blackened depths of halo, the unwilling are the flood, neither in control or able to act on their own. The part about countless empires breaking is referring to Gravemind living thru the passing of the Forerunners. I was with the angel in the tomb refers directly to Cortana. I feel this links to the end of Halo 2 where Gravemind is with Cortana in the great hall of the covenant.
"I have seen your future.
And I have learned.
There will be no more Sadness. No more Anger. No more Envy. "
Gravemind know how the fate of the world will turn out, because he has seen it all before with the Forerunners.
LETTER TWO
"a Demon folded in black clouds. I believe I know what it guards, and I will have it, to the chagrin of the faith-blinded zealots that challenge me"
Notice some similaritys to this and the Halo 3 trailer? Not telling what I think the "Demon" is but the black clouds guarding etc is i think involved with the clouds overlooking the A....almost gave it away, the "object" in the halo 3 trailer. Faith blinded Zelots i feel refers to the Covenant, who are guided by false religion of a great journey.
(skipping letter 3 as it has nothing too significant too talk about *that i know of* )
LETTER FOUR
"While you quibble about whose node I may control, what archaic program I
may manipulate to communicate with you, or which system I may have
temporarily disabled, taken over, or completely destroyed in the process, I
am busy saving your pathetic futures."
This is related also to the trailer and my theory that gravmind is controling cortana "node" and communicating with her. Maybe Gravemind isnt so bad after all. Maybe he has a significant role to play? I'll leave this to you.
"This sanctuary, this unbroken circle,
has effectively concealed its power for how long? Perhaps hundreds of
thousands of years. Whoever made such a place must now live in chains;
there is no other explanation for their absence."
*cough* circle * cough* HALO!! Whoever made this place *cough* Forerunners. Pretty self explanatory,
"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."
The enemy is obviously the Covenant."They own nothing which they have not stolen" refers to how the covenant have similar achitecture as the Foreunners, and same symbols, as if they have "adopted" *cough* stolen*cough* the Foreunners technology. "you seem to be their Devil" Anyone remember the Covenant calling Masterchief " Demon"?
The letters obviously have more text associated with them and:
A) I couldn't be bothered analysing al of the text
Im going to let you people figure this riddle out for yourselves
but heres a small and vital clue that is vital to decode:
"he interloper should cause no further problems. You – whoever you are (I am simply tracing route codes) – may disregard all previous communication from the entity calling itself Cortana. "
figure this one out for yourself:P