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OK. Here are a few things to think about...

Halo 3 is third and final installment in the Halo series. At Microsoft's E3 2006 Press Conference they announced the trailer for Halo 3. As shown in the trailer, Master Chief is walking on a desert area with wreckage that resembles parts of the space elevator of New Mombasa. As Master Chief is walking, Cortana speaks the following lines (note that all lines except the last are 8 syllables):

I have defied Gods and Demons
I am your shield, I am your Sword
I know you; your past; your future
This is the way the world ends

It can be assumed from these words that Cortana is in a difficult position. She has been left in the Covenant capital of High Charity and she is now in the clutches of the Flood creature Gravemind. Master Chief halts on a cliff overlooking a Forerunner Artifact that the Covenant seem to have found and are opening, which is possibly the Ark (referenced by 343 Guilty Spark). It has been hinted that the Ark is possibly on Earth, under what used to be New Mombasa (which was vaporized when Regrets flagship made a slipspace jump inside the city), or Earth itself.

--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28video_game_series%29

[Edited on 7/27/2006]

  • 07.25.2006 11:52 PM PDT
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"The Ark"

The word "Ark" has three contexts in the Bible. First, it refers to the boat constructed by Noah to save his family and two of every living creature from the Great Flood. Second, it refers to the so-called "Ark of the Covenant", the vessel which held the stone pieces of the original Ten Commandments. Thirdly, it refers to the "ark of bulrushes" in which and infant Moses was placed and then set into the Nile River by Moses' mother to prevent his death.

--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28video_game_series%29

Note the last sentence.

  • 07.25.2006 11:54 PM PDT
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If anyone else has historical references to the game post them here. Hopefully we can put them all together and come up with a good theory. Since after all Bungie has based many things in their game off of history.

  • 07.27.2006 2:48 PM PDT

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In cortana's last statement I think she says: So this is the way the world ends.

  • 07.27.2006 2:52 PM PDT
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Click the some info link in my sig for my thoughts. Acctually, better Idea, I'll post it here so you don't have to :) cause im all nice like that :P

Religious

-John-117. Bible passege. Reads "because 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. 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 and betray the Cheif and humanity. (Again, like Judas did to Jesus)

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 most likely will betray cheif.

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.

  • 07.27.2006 2:55 PM PDT