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Now normally I'm not one to get into speculation, but one day talking on MSN with a friend, we got into this huge discussion on Halo 3, and then moved onto religion somehow, then somehow merged both. The just of it is, I was explaining to him the religious references found in the Halo series. Now, this isn't really a theory, more of a brainstorm that people can use to peice things together.
I'm aware that people already know quite a bit of it, but I think there might be a few things that people havn't quite clued into yet. This also isn't just the religious things, its a few other little peices.
Anyway, read on if you wish.
Religious
-John-117. Bible passege. Reads "1because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." Generally this means the Cheif is the savior. (AKA the Halo series' interpretation of Jesus)
-Covenant. The real definition is God's promise to humanity, or an agreement between a group and God. The Covenant we fight in Halo is a group who believes they are doing the will of the gods.
-The excessive use of 7 in the games. 7 Rings, 7 Moniters. 7 year life span for Smart AI. ect. 7 has a profound meaning in the bible. 7 days in creating the earth, 7 trumpets, 7 seals. ect.
-Cortana is Halo's interpretation of Judas. Judas was the best friend of Jesus. (Cortana + Cheif). Judas was believed to have betrayed Jesus and hand him over to the Romans. However, the plan during the making of Halo and Halo 2, may have been for Cortana to betray Cheif in some way, however, with the recent discovery of the Gospel of Judas (I think it was found in Febuary, correct me if Im wrong), this may be incorrect. The Gospel of Judas states that Jesus ASKED Judas to turn him over. Judas, being Jesus' disciple and best friend could not refuse, and did so. Jesus sacraficed himself.
-The Ark + The Flood and The Ark + The Covenant are two factors to consider. Noah's Ark saved him from The Flood. The Ark of the Covenant carried the 10 commandments.
-The trumpets heard in the Halo 3 Teaser symbolize the Apocolypse. The Angels were given 7 Trumpets and each brought forth some disaster, eventually leading up to hell on earth. The trumpets in the teaser, in conjunction with Cortana's line "This is the way the World ends" references some great Apocolyptic disaster.
Story
I've read a lot on these boards, and some people seem to confuse one bit of the story or another. Here are a few little bits that are often confused.
-The prophet of Regret found earth by mistake. He didnt know it was our homeworld. He had him and his small fleet just scouting out space, then they stumbled upon earth. Now, he had a small fleet, but attacked anyway before recieving back up, and we royally kicked his alien ass. Then once the Covenant fleet finnally arrived at earth (Assumed to be around just after the attack on the Delta Halo temple), the Covenant discovered the Ark.
-The Covenant did not attack the temple because you were on it. That was just a bonus. They attacked the temple to kill Regret for being an incompetent idiot.
-You meet the Gravemind, the Flood Overlord. The Gravemind could've killed you at that moment, but wished to use you for his own gain. The Halo rings kill the "food" of the Flood. Without food, they die. So the activation of Halo is the last thing the Gravemind wants. What he wants to know, is the location of the Ark. He has the Prophet of Regret under his control as shown. With Regret, he easily learned of the Ark no doubt, but Regret probably did not know the location because of his incompetence. He would use the Cheif and Arbiter to learn its location of this "Safe haven." The flood's goal is to destroy.
-The Gravemind also held 2401 Penitent Tangent under his control. However, 2401 is a machine, which is why I believe the Gravemind did not learn the Ark's location from 2401. However, the Gravemind CAN use Halo's subsystems to teleport around with the help of 2401, which is no doubt how the Gravemind made it to High Charity.
-Gravemind, now on High Charity will probably ask Cortana the location of the Ark. Cortana no doubt knows this because she was in Alpha Halo's system, and is now in High Charity's system. Cortana in her damaged state (its been about 7 years since her creation), may turn over the info. However, this is where theory comes into play, with the discovery of the Gospel of Judas, and learning that Jesus may well of asked Judas to turn him over, for the good of humanity, Cheif ("Jesus") may ask Cortana ("Judas") to reveal the location for whatever reason. That is just speculation, but something I thought I'd throw out there.
This is all something I brainstormed when a friend was bombarding me with Halo questions. Just thought I'd share it. I don't know if it's anything special, but just some info I thought some people might enjoy reading. Some of it is already common knowledge to Halo fans. The part that really interests me though is Cortana being Halo's interpretation of Judas. As well, the fact that she may or may not betray Cheif, depending on weather or not Bungie decides to integrate the Gospel of Judas.
The other thing I'm interesting to see, is if Cheif truely is the savior (Christ), then he will die sacraficing himself for the good of humanity. However, how his return (The Holy Ghost - Christ rises again as a ghost after 3 days before accending to Heaven), is what I am really anxious to see. If Bungie really relates this, and has Cheif die, how will they implement his return? I don't know about you guys, but I don't want to see a ghost in Spartan armour walking around. Just a thought.
Anyway, feedback is welcome.
[Edited on 7/22/2006]