Link to article: How Mendicant Bias has shaped the Halo universe to finish the fight (and failed)
> “I am Mendicant Bias. This is what I have done.”
Some of the greatest, most enduring mysteries of the Halo universe are instantly called to mind and summed up by that strange name. Beggar after knowledge. Mendicant Bias.
Where their (co-)creator, the Didact, sought vengeance for 100,000 years, Mendicant Bias has single-mindedly sought atonement.
This quest for redemption has made them a pivotal character behind the scenes, to the point where their actions set into motion all the major events of the Halo story (because they couldn’t find the brakes).
With Halo 3 now on PC, this is the perfect time to examine the full extent of Mendicant Bias’s involvement in the past, present, and what potential lies ahead for them in the future of Halo in their ongoing efforts to finish the fight.
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In summary: A fragment of Mendicant stowed away on the Keyship, hoping to take it to Earth after it reseeded the San’Shyuum… except it accidentally crashed.
Mendicant taught the San’Shyuum how to make plasma weapons to fight against the Flood upon their return, except they ended up using those weapons on the other civilisations of the galaxy to maintain the Covenant’s hegemonic power.
And then, when Mendicant eventually managed to regain control of the ship, preparing to launch it from High Charity to bring the newly-encountered humanity to the Ark, they revealed that we are the true inheritors of the Forerunners and the entire Covenant religion is a lie. Cue the human-Covenant war.
At the end of that war, Mendicant sent the Chief to Requiem in order to reawaken the Didact, except the Librarian’s plan failed and he awakened still filled with a burning passion for vengeance and belief that the Mantle belonged only to the Forerunners.
Most recently, Mendicant (might’ve) brought the Spirit of Fire to the Ark to combat the Banished, who ended up releasing the Flood from the ruins of High Charity…
It’s become clear that we haven’t been able to Finish The Fight because Mendicant keeps accidentally putting the pieces in place for new ones to start!