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Truth never really trusted the Elites, they were too questioning and quite a large portion of them came to doubt the Prophets over the course of their lives, most prominently during the Human-Covenant War when they questioned why the Prophets demanded humanity's extermination and didn't see what made humans so different from any of the other species in terms of acceptance into the Covenant. Basically, while still mostly obedient to the laws and so forth of the Covenant, the Elites were very much free-thinkers. So Truth wanted them removed and replaced with the Brutes, who while still plenty of intelligent and could easily think for themselves (as quite a few cases have been shown where you have Brutes either outright denying the Great Journey and Covenant religion or having doubts about it), most were very easy to manipulate and keep control over. Basically Truth wanted pliable slaves that would pretty much follow his every whim with loyalty. And then when he tried to have the Brutes kill the Elites off, it wasn't just the Councilors it was all of the Elites, the Great Schism started.
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
And...where did that come from? Everything I've ever heard of about his decision to overthrow the Elites was because he knew the Elites were starting to get wise to his tricks. He saw the Brutes as easier to control; even if he did start planning this 20 years ago that doesn't change the fact that he did it out of paranoia. He figured the Elites were smart enough to figure it out. You're right he was more concerned about his own power by the end, but that just reaffirms his paranoia. He became mad with power towards the end, paranoid the Elites would revolt. How does 343i's version contradict anything?
You certaintly can't help but slide in that jab towards 343i can you?
Barring Halo 3, Truth was perfectly rational about it all and in full possession of all his wits and faculties, which is why he tried to space it all out and do all of his machinations subtly. His time-table for replacing the Elites had to be accelerated though due to the events on Alpha Halo and its signaling the Covenant's demise. You have the Elites' inward questioning of the Prophets and their discussions among themselves about such subjects increasing with many Elites beginning to become more or less closet sympathizers of humanity, and then you have the Heretics on Threshold...and Thel surviving his encounter with them (which, as the Arbiter, he was not supposed to) and being exposed to Guilty Spark...paranoia had little to nothing to do with any of it.
And any jabs made at 343idiocy are pretty much well deserved these days...they've slipped from where they were before, next to nothing they make now holds any similarities with Halo bar names of characters, places, things, and races....they've departed from what Halo actually is and decided to ignore everything that doesn't fit their vision and make the series into something it's not and everything that came before them does not support. At best, things from them are inaccurate, at worst, they're willfully ignoring whatever came before and changing it to fit their own narrow, simplistic views on what Halo should be.