- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Here's my synopsis, my own mythology built around my own background and understanding of human history and everything around that.
First lets state the obvious,
1. The Halo universe is not following just Christian mythology but Greek as well. (mjolnir, tartarus, spartan ect...)
2. The Covenant is a alien race waiting for salvation, the word means a promise made by God that salvation and cleansing will come.
3. The prophets are the aliens leaders, in israel they were the ones that kept the people in line with the Covenant so that they may be saved.
4. Masterchief John 117-
John 1:17 "For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."
*thanks to the ol' wik*
John 11:7 "Then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."This could be a reference to Jesus going back to finish the promise that he had given his people way back in the Garden of Eden. As God said to Satan "I will put enmity between you (referring to Satan) and the woman, and between your offspring and hers;he will crush your head,and you will strike his heel." Which means God will send a salvation through Adam and Eve to crush sin. And this would explain why the oracle calls Master Chief the "reclaimer".
5. The Ark is supposed to save those worthy from the great flood.
6. The flood, duh.
Lets get started!
It is my belief that the forerunners were actually humans. Many people believe this, and it is not a unique thought. The forerunners ruled the galaxy for millenia's most likely living in peace. Im guesing that the Flood was a bio engineered weapon that the forerunners created for some purpose, maybe a cure for diseases or maybe a false fountain of youth. Anyways, obviously it got out of control and began spreading over a couple of planets. The forerunners faught back and lost repeatidly losing many people while accidently spreading the flood. Eventually it got so bad that they came up with the idea of creating the ringworlds to isolate themselves from the flood. Losing horribly to the numbers of the flood they activate the rings with their remote(will explain later).
The rings activate killing everything in the galaxy. Now you wonder if it killed everything in the galaxy how the flood survived it. They survived because they were on the rings, and objects on the rings were meant to survive the blast because thats where the forerunners ran to last.
How did humans re-evolved then if the Forerunners died?
Easy, obviously a culture with such advanced technology could easily have genetics that are mind boggling. They create the Ark, and not just one but one for every ring as a fail safe. The ark has human/every creature DNA on it. The ark acts as a key to the remote device which is located under the sands of Egypt.
Why did the forerunners build the remote in Egypt?
The most powerful civilzations evolved in that part of the world. Israel, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Rome, Greece ect... Why? Because when the world was one(pangea), what is now Antartica was in the center of the world. Now if earths populace started in the middle east isnt it probable that it started on the great continent now known as antartica. Why no records? Because there are records. Why would the Forerunners destroy their home capitol when no flood existed on Earth? Because the flood never made it to Earth and Earth was never effected by the rings. Think of the rings as a tv, and the Earth as a remote. The remote can effect the TV, but the tv cant effect the remote. Very simple concept.
So where are the forerunners that were on Earth?
What was left of their kind most likely stayed on the capitol city which I think may be Atlantis. Stretching it a bit am I? Let me connect some bridges. All Egyptian tablets point towards sky chariots observing the civilization's below. Greek history says that advanced people visited the land many times but they were never able to follow them back because their ships could not make the journey. Plato made a map of Atlantis once, it showed two land masses on either side with Altantis in the middle. Most scientists believe that its America on one side and Europe on the other. But why would he make a map with America on it when it had never been discovered? And why were there no directional symbols? N S E W? Because when he made the map it was for his own interests. When you make a map of the united states your not going to include asia on it. The reason he didn't put the directional symbols on the map is because he couldn't. If he did, S would have been directly in the center. Because at that time what is now antartica would have been positioned where it is today. Those two land masses on either side weren't america and europe, it was South America and South Africa. Anyways, not to ramble on about that boring stuff. The forerunners could have 1: Died out for some wierd reason, frozen during the great flood(the water one), or could have left earth after help them advance a bit. (Helping build the pyramids, advancing certain cultures in different ways) Take it how you want it.
What is the Ark?
As I said before I think it holds the blueprints for the entire human g-nome and the rest of the kingdom thereforth. Its also the remote for the rings to activate killing everything in the galaxy.
Proof of this? That the forerunners were human? That this is probable?
Fore means: One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.
Why are they called this? Because they died so that the new humans could evolve into a world without the flood. Their structures look very 90 degree metallic and human shaped. The ringworld's themselves have a metal backing that looks very human engineered like.
According to what I just stated the halo's were made by the forerunners, so why do the covenent exist? Why are they so advanced? EASY!
Because right after the rings activated all life was whiped clean which means it could start anywhere. Humans went threw more than 500 years without being able to study technology. The covenant most likely did not go threw this phase and thuse their slightly more advanced tech. If you look at it, its not that much more advanced than our own in perspecitive of timelines.
Now we are at present times.
My theory's on what might happen in halo 3.
The gravemind merges with Cortana maybe making her evolve too.
The ark obviously lands in New Mambasa activating the rings.
I think its obvious that the rings will get activated this time around, the first one came close, the second one was seconds away, the third will go all the way.
The covenant prophits will die, brutes will die, the elites will remake the covenant and ally with the terran empire.
The flood will be wiped out.
The Gravemind will be destroyed
Cortana will most likely be destroyed, chief will live most likely.
The arbitor will become the leader of the covenant.
Thats about it. I think i had more but im tired, add later.