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Subject: What is the Truth?
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Has anyone here ever wondered the meaning of Truth's name? Regret is constantly making stupid decisions, Mercy is weak, but Truth...? Maybe it refers to his place in the Covenant heirarchy, where his word is law. Personally, i dont buy it. I think it has to do with what Truth knows...the true function of Halo. Seriously, how could someone so learned in Forerunner technology and mythology not know that it is meant for galactic destruction? And if he does know that, why does he still want to activate the rings? Is he arrogant, not being able to admit he's wrong? Tartarus was, but i think Truth isnt as blind as Tartarus. I think Truth knows more than he lets on. I think Truth knows what the rings were built for, and i think he knows its NOT for the killing of all sentient life. I think Truth has something very powerful to gain from the activation of the rings, and i dont think he wants anyone else involved, which is why he abandoned Mercy and provoked the civil war between the Brutes and Elites. I think the civil war was a diversion.

Do i know exactly what Truth knows? Not at all. But i have a feeling that its something powerful and not yet revealed. Personally, im excited as hell at this idea. It makes it seem like H2's campaign wasnt as worthless after all, and it makes the whole storyline feel like it has a lot more depth.

Tell me what you think.

  • 07.20.2006 12:05 AM PDT

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Now is the time of our unworlding
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And this time none of you will be left behind

I think..why does it matter?

  • 07.20.2006 8:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: Im SteelAssassn
I think..why does it matter?


Then why'd you even post? Go away.

  • 07.20.2006 9:23 AM PDT
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Then why doesnt he just tell the Truth! Instead of lying about what he knows.

  • 07.20.2006 9:25 AM PDT
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Yeah I think it's to do with him knowing something, basically same as what you said

  • 07.20.2006 9:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: X13Classified31X
Then why doesnt he just tell the Truth! Instead of lying about what he knows.


Maybe he doesnt want other people to know.

  • 07.20.2006 1:03 PM PDT

Penitent: adj. - Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins.

Well, Regret died regretting his attack on Earth.

Mercy died while begging for mercy.

I think that Truth will die discovering the truth, i.e. he will be killed by a halo or something similar.

  • 07.20.2006 1:51 PM PDT
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*EDIT* Sorry for the bump...twas an accident.

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  • 07.20.2006 10:02 PM PDT
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Truth...Truth, is wrong...

  • 07.20.2006 10:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: penitent
Well, Regret died regretting his attack on Earth.

Mercy died while begging for mercy.

I think that Truth will die discovering the truth, i.e. he will be killed by a halo or something similar.


There is irony in his name, I think. He may be one of two (perhaps three counting Cortana) beings who know the full truth behind the war and the halos and the forernnners....and he does nothing but lie about it. He lied to the Elites. He's lying to the Brutes. He knows exactly what the Halos are built for. The "truth" he holds is whats happens next.

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  • 07.20.2006 11:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: penitent
Well, Regret died regretting his attack on Earth.

Mercy died while begging for mercy.

I think that Truth will die discovering the truth, i.e. he will be killed by a halo or something similar.
maybe he'll die because he can't "handle the truth" lol.

  • 07.20.2006 11:28 PM PDT
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I think he will reveal the truth to MC...

ya i know...

  • 07.20.2006 11:32 PM PDT

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Maybe. Many people have talked about this theory over the years. I, for one, think it sucks.

I have to ask myself.. How would he have gained such knowledge, and how would he have the ability to hoard it all to himself? Is it a piece of info passed down over the years to one Prophet? And if so.. How is that possible? Say Tru7th is going to die, so he has to pass down this info to the next in line - The next Tru7th. What if he dies before passing on this secret info! So that wouldn't work well. Someone else must know something. Or something else..

Now, another question... How does Truth get around? Prophets are WEAK. That's why they have others do their dirty work. We rarely see them without guards protecting them.

So, next question.. How would Truth come across such knowledge without others bearing witness? It would be like President Bush knowing something no one else on Earth knows. Like Iraq is filled with Weapons of Mass Destruction!

Who knows.. Maybe Truth is a tool for something else. I wonder what the greatest bequest to their faith was 1000 years ago. Was it that giant ship we see on High Charity? Was there anything on that ship that will only share this knowledge with the one prophet of truth? I guess if that were the case, and the prophet of truth died, another could take truth's place, and then a burning bush would tell him something that's only for him to have knowledge of? Make 'em feel special.

  • 07.21.2006 1:15 AM PDT

Posted by: penitent
Well, Regret died regretting his attack on Earth.

Mercy died while begging for mercy.

I think that Truth will die discovering the truth, i.e. he will be killed by a halo or something similar.


Yeah, Chief for example!

  • 07.21.2006 2:30 AM PDT