You think you know HALO


But you have no idea


Deep in the Heart of Autumn
were silent spaces for fifty
of the ones that need no name

from this celestial bough
all but one did fall into
the pitiless fires of reach

a soldier's ignominy
To have dreamt while brothers bled

but oh, for the rest of us
his shame was our salvation


If you noticed, Master-Chief's name is John-117. Sounds like a bible verse. Well, this is what the Revelation of St. John says:

"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.
And he laid his right hand upon me,
saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last."
-Revelation 1:17


Who are the Forerunner?

An answer that just leads to more questions(A must read for HALO players)

If you dont feel like reading, read the last sentence...it'll get you reading!

Some wondering has been done about the suspicous actions of 343 Guilty Spark(GS)...Like why does he call Master chief Reclaimer and acts like he knows MC? Well, some people have done a lot of thinking and this is what they've come up with.

During "Library" he sugested that you upgrade your armor from a level 2 to a level 12; he seems to know your armor very well. And why, in the beginning of "Two Betrayels", does GS sound so suprised that Master Chief doesn't know that HALO is designed to wipe out all sitient life. This sugest that GS was under the impression that MC was a represenative of the forerunner. A "reclaimer" sent here to reclaim control of the ring and restore it to order. Right before the sentinals start to attack you, GS asks you why would you try to undo what you've already done...meaning that the forerunner have used HALO in the past, an action that probobly wiped them out when the humans were still mokeys(for those of you that believe in evolution of course) He also says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed."

Why does GS think that you are a "reclaimer" and not part of the Covenant or any of the other humans on the ring, and why does he act like he's talked to before. Its because of your armor. Parts of the armor were stolen from the Covenenant technology, which were derived from forerunner technology. It is obvious that GS has seen as MJOLNIR suit before. Some point in the game, GS makes a comment about a "pet super-soldier"! But someone attacked that sugestion saying that in the library, GS tells you "I would conjecture that the other species currently on the instillation is responsible for releasing the Flood. They seem most persistent in their attempts to access restricted areas." It is assumed from this that GS knows that you are human, or thinks that the other humans on halo are forerunner. Players assume that the covenant released the flood, but it is, in fact, the humans that released the flood. How would humans be able to get into restricted areas. During the game, Cortana learns that the forerunner are an ancient race, who were believed to be wiped out. We realize that HALO's atomoshpere, weather, and georgorphy are very Earth-like. Maybe...just maybe...provided that the clues are correct, the humans are the ancient race known as the forerunner!


The "Ark" Theory

This theory assumes that the Forerunners are our ancient, technologically advanced, human ancestors. Like our legends of Atlantis, or maybe they existed before earth living on many different planets INCLUDING earth. Human civilization has waxed and waned many times on earth. Why not in the galaxy.
it seems logical that humans (Forerunners) ages ago encountered the Flood, and created the Halo in a last ditch effort to save themselves...and succeded, and only a pocket of humans were spared, on earth...the others constructed the Halo sacrificing themselves to stop the Flood. Making the Halo a kind of reverse "Ark"!
Instead of building an Ark to hold the humans/animals...they built an Ark (Halo) to hold the Flood...Ironic (in a Bungie kind of way).
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