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I was reading the Marathon Story page for the 15.193792102158E+9th
time, and came across a post by Greg Downing.
Greg found some stuff from Revelations that has a lot to do with the
Halo story. (Please read the Cortana letters before reading this, as
you will be lost without that knowledge)
#1) And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the
key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
#2) He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
#3) He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him,
to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand
years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
It's hard to know where to start, but I think I'll try with the second and
third quotes.
What we know by the second quote is an Angel bound Satan for
a thousand years, but the third tells us that Satan is set loose
every thousand years. If you look at the Marathon timeline, you'll
notice that a few big events come in thousand year intervals,
beginning with the enslavement of the S'pht, followed by
Durandal's arrival at Lh'owon, then ten thousand years later,
Durandal returns to Earth. The thousand year intervals aren't
because of Durandal however, they are from a comet that passes
through the Milky Way every thousand years. At the end of M2,
Durandal gets this comet, so his exploits are marked by these
thousand year intervals. The same(probably) comet exists in
the Myth story.
Now I'm sure most everybody knows the quote "My name is
Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Durandal," but if
you take that literally, Cortana could be an offshoot of
Durandal's thousand year hijinks.
Now back to the first quote. In some biblical texts, Michael is
the Angel that chains the serpent. (the devil, Satan, Lucifer. . .
Durandal) It's interesting that Satan is referred to primarily
as "serpent," as that opens up the door for rampant speculation
even farther. (it's a very big door)
The "devil" in Norse Myth is Jorumngand, which is essentially
a giant serpent, which is to be destroyed by Thor at Ragnarok.
(The End of the World) What was the name for Thor's hammer
again? =)
Okay, so let's summarize:
Durandal parallels Satan, or the Serpent if you prefer, and is
locked up only to be released every thousand years. Cortana
is of the same steel and temper, so we might be able to
assume that Cortana follows this milennial pattern as well.
(although we all know what assuming does) Anyway, in Halo,
Captain Keyes is a possible symbol for the keys that release
Satan/Durandal/Cortana, and 117 is the one who destroys
Satan/Durandal/Cortana, only to destroy the universe as well.
Bummer.
EDIT: Oops! I forgot one of my favorite ideas. The quotes
from Greg talk about how the Serpent is bound by chains.
In the Cortana Letters, Cortana says "Whoever built this
place must be in chains". . . think about that one.
[Edited on 10/7/2004 1:52:46 PM]