This theory is based off of what 343 has confirmed, and Halo CEAs terminals
so before Halo CEA came out 343 stated multiple times that the terminals give players a sneak peak at the story of halo 4, well i think i figured it out, now before i begin keep this in the back of your mind, in the description of Halo 4 it says
> Halo 4 is the next blockbuster installment in the iconic franchise that’s shaped entertainment history and defined a decade of gaming. Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe. Halo 4 marks the start of a new trilogy that begins with its release in 2012.
now lets be honest, this Ancient Evil is no doubt an Ancient Enemy
with that said, throughout most of the terminals in CEA 343 Guilty Spark Describes The Flood as an Ancient Enemy
based on this, and based on the fact that, as far as i can tell, the flood being an Ancient Enemy is the only kind of sneak peak into Halo 4s story ive seen, if this theory is correct. then we can safely assume the flood will return in Halo 4.
> Humans are the forerunners anicent enemy spark was talking about the humans not the flood.
This. I won’t rule out the possibility of the ancient enemy being the humans that were in a long war with the forerunners. If you’ve read the books you’ll know that the Forerunners were engaged in a war with Ancient Humans, the humans lost and were de-volved by the Forerunners, that pretty much ended up with the Forerunners biting themselves in he butt because the AH’s had found the cure for the flood.
If the Flood do return in Halo 4, I can see a full scale war between the AH’s, Flood, MC and possibly even the Forerunners themselves which will probably, but for the sake of originality I hope not, end with the AH’s sharing the cure and destroying the flood once and for all.
> Humans are the forerunners anicent enemy spark was talking about the humans not the flood.
if you had watched even the first terminal, you would know that 343 Guilty Spark doesn’t see the humens as an Ancient Enemy and in the last terminal he is clearly talking about the flood as an Ancient Enemy
I posted one just like this a week ago saying the same thing about ancient enemy being humans. But it says ancient evil so too me that sounds like the flood also something else came to me in the terminals and that was guilty spark said the flood are nearly impossible to destroy this may hint they are still alive because I definitely can’t see them being gone although I kinda wish they were.
Hmm… I dunno, Halo 4 could be any number of things. I wonder if we’ll see heretic elites in Halo 4 (like in the 11th terminal). I also think that the ancient enemy is both a combination of the flood, and forerunner tech, like Guilty Spark. He kept stating repeatedly that as long as a single flood spore is loose in the galaxy, then the rings have to be fired. I don’t doubt for a second that we’ll go through Halo 4 without encountering either a reference to one of the other monitors, or the monitors themselves.
I don’t get why people don’t like flood? I think it’s actually a relief from the monotony of shooting grunts, jackals, and elites all the time. At least having flood kind of mixes it up a bit from having one type of enemy.
You know, in the last Terminal Spark talks about the possibility of reanimating a company of Promethians, and the Didact, to wage war against the Reclaimers.
He even tickles the idea that the Didact would prove ruthless in the absence of the Librarian.
If Humans are the Ancient Enemy of the Forerunners. That means Forerunners are an Ancient Enemy of humans. And if there are Promethians around in some form of stasis, they could wind up released, and fight against both the Humans and the former species’ of the Covenant.
Not to mention the Flood is probably going to come back at some point in the trilogy as a side-threat. There are still Flood on various Halo installations and Shield Worlds.
Humans and Forerunners are ancient enemies. Humans were (and still are) extremely greedy and abusive, and the Forerunners hated that, wanting peace. Forerunners seem to be peace crazy. Destroying everything in their way just to accomplish it. Eg: Halo. Or, another such occasion is the devolution of the human empire to prevent further conflict emanating from what they considered a “violent species”.
> > Humans are the forerunners anicent enemy spark was talking about the humans not the flood.
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> What are ancient humans?? please exlplain, is it in a book? if so which one?
Halo: Cryptum
There was an ancient alliance between Hamamune (Humans), Famamune (Midget/Gnomes?), and Prophets against the Forerunners. The Forerunners won the war, de-evolved the Hamamune and Famamune and stuck them on Earth, and imprisoned the Prophets.
Before this War the Humans actually defeated the Flood, and forced them outside the galaxy. But whatever weapons they used to defeat the Flood were never discovered by the Forerunners, and the Forerunners were forced to use Halo.
> I wonder if we’ll see heretic elites in Halo 4 (like in the 11th terminal).
Not realy, they were defeated in Halo 2 by the Arbiter.
However, if you are refering to ‘Elites that have turned on the Covenant’ as aposed to ‘Elites with red and green armour at Threshold’, then that basicaly includes all of the surviving Elites (apart from those against the Arbiter’s treaty with the Humans).
i am very confused on the last terminal in CEA. he mentions the Ancient Enemy and seems to refer it as the Flood. but then again, he talks about the Didact and if he came back without the Librarian to temper his rage, Humans would almost prefer the Flood. in the same terminal. so confusing.
so, is the Ancient Enemy the Flood (seems likely) or the Didact (seems unlikely, but he was the Ancient Enemy to the Ancient Humans), or even possibly the Ancient Humans (as they could’ve been the Ancient Enemy to the Forerunners but fighting Humans in Halo 4? seems kinda stupid, even if they are Ancient, so unlikely)?
but then again, where does Mediciant Bias fit in all this? still a very good question. will he turn against the Forerunners again (if fighting Didact and he helps MC) or help MC fight against the Flood? also, if MC is on a Shield World (more than likely), then it holds Flood (just like in Halo Wars). so far, the Flood keeps seeming more and more likely as the Ancient Enemy.
> i am very confused on the last terminal in CEA. he mentions the Ancient Enemy and seems to refer it as the Flood. but then again, he talks about the Didact and if he came back without the Librarian to temper his rage, Humans would almost prefer the Flood. in the same terminal. so confusing.
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> so, is the Ancient Enemy the Flood (seems likely) or the Didact (seems unlikely, but he was the Ancient Enemy to the Ancient Humans), or even possibly the Ancient Humans (as they could’ve been the Ancient Enemy to the Forerunners but fighting Humans in Halo 4? seems kinda stupid, even if they are Ancient, so unlikely)?
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> but then again, where does Mediciant Bias fit in all this? still a very good question. will he turn against the Forerunners again (if fighting Didact and he helps MC) or help MC fight against the Flood? also, if MC is on a Shield World (more than likely), then it holds Flood (just like in Halo Wars). so far, the Flood keeps seeming more and more likely as the Ancient Enemy.
You are taking things out of context. When he said the Ancient Enemy was released, he was referring to the Humans, not the Flood. As the Humans were the ancient enemy of the Forerunner.
But when we are told of an Ancient Enemy in terms of Halo 4, they mean “Ancient Enemy of Humans”. Which is why I’m thinking the enemy in Halo 4 is going to be the Didact and his Promethians. We were the Forerunners’ ancient enemy, and they were ours.
As per Mendicant Bias, he was likely still at the Ark when Installation 04[II] detonated. So he is most likely destroyed. And not every Shield World holds Flood. Onyx didn’t hold flood, and it was also a Shield World.
> Humans and Forerunners are ancient enemies. Humans were (and still are) extremely greedy and abusive, and the Forerunners hated that, wanting peace. Forerunners seem to be peace crazy. Destroying everything in their way just to accomplish it. Eg: Halo. Or, another such occasion is the devolution of the human empire to prevent further conflict emanating from what they considered a “violent species”.
So you can argue from that that the Forerunners were just as violent as Humans, only they shrouded it under their veil of “peace”.
