So at the end of the E3 trailer a mysterious voice revealed themselves as the new enemy.
Confirmed in the halo bulletin 6/9/12 by BS angel as ‘an overpowering new adversary who will become Master Chief’s first true nemesis’
I for one cannot wait to find out who this is. From what I have read from the books I believe this to be the Last precursor, who is also referred to as the the primordial or timeless one. I also believe that at the end of the video this was the voice of Keith Szarabajka (IMDB profile= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843775/ ) who also voiced the harbinger in Mass effect 2 as both voices are very similar.
My thought is that it is some evil form of the Didact. Considering the similarities between his symbol and the red one in the trailer. Evil, because it flipped upside down. Like the upside down cross, I feel that this is a sign of evil.
I hope we don’t have to fight him (the one in Cryptum and Bornstellar, anyway), but I wonder what could make him want to fight humans again? If the Primordial is to be believed, there will probably be another Flood invasion and I’m pretty sure he of all people would want to work together to bring it down.
Maybe it’s a red herring and we’ll spend half the game fighting Prometheans, only to find that he’s really a good guy and the Master Builder has claimed the title Didact or something. Shrug
> So at the end of the E3 trailer a mysterious voice revealed themselves as the new enemy.
> Confirmed in the halo bulletin 6/9/12 by BS angel as ‘an overpowering new adversary who will become Master Chief’s first true nemesis’
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> I for one cannot wait to find out who this is. From what I have read from the books I believe this to be the Last precursor, who is also referred to as the the primordial or timeless one. I also believe that at the end of the video this was the voice of Keith Szarabajka (IMDB profile= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843775/ ) who also voiced the harbinger in Mass effect 2 as both voices are very similar.
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> So does anyone else agree or think different?
I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but I know for a fact it isn’t the Primordial. You should probably read ALL of the books before making guesses. I’m pretty certain it’s the Didact
> > So at the end of the E3 trailer a mysterious voice revealed themselves as the new enemy.
> > Confirmed in the halo bulletin 6/9/12 by BS angel as ‘an overpowering new adversary who will become Master Chief’s first true nemesis’
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> > I for one cannot wait to find out who this is. From what I have read from the books I believe this to be the Last precursor, who is also referred to as the the primordial or timeless one. I also believe that at the end of the video this was the voice of Keith Szarabajka (IMDB profile= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843775/ ) who also voiced the harbinger in Mass effect 2 as both voices are very similar.
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> > So does anyone else agree or think different?
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> I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but I know for a fact it isn’t the Primordial. You should probably read ALL of the books before making guesses. I’m pretty certain it’s the Didact
Obviously not THE Primordial, 'cuz, you know, he died in Primordium. But remember, he’s also a Flood Gravemind, and he specifically stated “this body” will die so another can take its place.
It’s a possibility that we may be facing both Forerunners AND Precursors.
> The Timeless One died at the end of Primordium. It’s possible he was reincarnated, though, since he was kind of a Gravemind.
Yeah, like I said, he stated another would take his place.
During the E3 show Cortana said the prometheans were Defense AI, Definetly NOT organic. but they are using forerunner technology.
do we know something that has something to do with AI’s and non organic beings?
The Composer? turing flesh and bone into AI. just like what happened to Chakas.
what if the Composer went insane/rampant and made AI’s out of all forerunner refugees on Requim? and of course they went rampant as well during 100,000 years
It seemed very obvious to me, and even more after I red Primordium again. but they never give any details about the composer. no looks, whereabouts, function. not even if it is AI or organic.
EDIT: just to add something, forerunner society consisted of jobs with a title:
Master Builder
Librarian!
Lifeshaper
Unbound? So what? He could have gone insane? It IS the Didact’s symbol, and I havent read the books but from what I have read there doesn’t seem to be a reason as to why the Didact we know would turn. But the ball we see is a Cryptum? (not sure if i’m using the correct terms now) so the Didact could be in stasis inside of it and the physical degredation someone goes through from being held in one of these could have affected his mind. I think the symbol changing should help us though, I mean the typical symbol is blue, however this one is red and is flipped. Taking from religion this basically tells us it’s the anti-Didact, or as I interpret it, an insane one.
> Well, Frankie dropped a huge hint: the flipping of the Didact’s symbol is it being “unbound.”
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> Quote:
> time to rotate your avatar into its unbound state
> (In regards to a user’s Avatar being the Didact’s symbol).
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> So our main enemy has something very much to do with the Didact. The Promethean defense AI are another big hint.
Such statements make me crazy, haha. Frank O’Connor is very good at giving cryptic hints.
> Unbound? So what? He could have gone insane? It IS the Didact’s symbol, and I havent read the books but from what I have read there doesn’t seem to be a reason as to why the Didact we know would turn. But the ball we see is a Cryptum? (not sure if i’m using the correct terms now) so the Didact could be in stasis inside of it and the physical degredation someone goes through from being held in one of these could have affected his mind. I think the symbol changing should help us though, I mean the typical symbol is blue, however this one is red and is flipped. Taking from religion this basically tells us it’s the anti-Didact, or as I interpret it, an insane one.
Yeah, that’s all right. The true nature to whatever we’ll fight is cryptic.
> During the E3 show Cortana said the prometheans were Defense AI, Definetly NOT organic. but they are using forerunner technology.
> do we know something that has something to do with AI’s and non organic beings?
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> The Composer? turing flesh and bone into AI. just like what happened to Chakas.
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> what if the Composer went insane/rampant and made AI’s out of all forerunner refugees on Requim? and of course they went rampant as well during 100,000 years
I like that idea very much. I also mentioned my theory in other topics that the Forerunners might have extracted their personalities and put them in the machines well fight in Halo 4. Also consider that there is no single Forerunner left. They catalogued EVERY sentient species but not themselves. Isn’t that a little strange?
The Official Halo 4 Xbox Website states this:
> The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation.
Why annihilation and vengeance?
> another would take his place
Replaced by the Didact? By the Librarian? By other Precursors? Or did he/it just talk about the Gravemind we know from Halo 2/3?
> > another would take his place
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> Replaced by the Didact? By the Librarian? By other Precursors? Or did he/it just talk about the Gravemind we know from Halo 2/3?
Forthenco stated that the Primordial was only one of many bodies, all the same being. The Primordial might have been the “primary” form, but once it was killed, another Gravemind “woke up” and took its place.
Could it be a rampant Offensive Bias? I don’t recal hearing a lot about him. It said that he held off mendicant bias and outnumbered his forces, which were mostly biological. Could it be that the Promethean AI were Offensive’s forces, thus not letting them get hit by the halo arrays. Forgive me if I’m not making sense. I havn’t read many of the new books so I’m most likely wrong.
The terminals also alude to the fact that that Offensive was only rivaled by one other military AI: Mendicant bias. Assuming AIs are better then organics, I could see him as a great challenge to Chief, and all organics. According to the wiki, not even Cortana was the same level as Offensive or Mendicant. Sorry for the wall of text. It’s an idea I had for a while.
> Could it be a rampant Offensive Bias? I don’t recal hearing a lot about him. It said that he held off mendicant bias and outnumbered his forces, which were mostly biological. Could it be that the Promethean AI were Offensive’s forces, thus not letting them get hit by the halo arrays. Forgive me if I’m not making sense. I havn’t read many of the new books so I’m most likely wrong.
That’s a good theory as well.
Geez, there’s no telling how this is gonna go down. Our suspect list has the Primordial, Didact, ANOTHER Didact, the Master Builder, the Composer, Offensive Bias, and who knows how many other people.
> “And without her (Librarian) to temper his rage, they’ll almost prefer the Flood.”
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> -343 Guilty Spark, The Maw Terminal.
Right. It is very interesting what Spark says in the Terminals. Here is another quote:
> " it was a victory, and cleared the stage for the rest of the Librarian’s plan.
> I sometimes wonder whether the Didact could have succeeded at a much smaller cost. I learned the folly of opposing him personally, and his brillance was unsurpassed, except perhaps by her own.
> He never got the chance to fully execute his proposal. The council saw to that. But if something were to go wrong with one of the Halos, if our tools were ever turned against us…
> …long plans, indeed."
> Could it be a rampant Offensive Bias? I don’t recal hearing a lot about him. It said that he held off mendicant bias and outnumbered his forces, which were mostly biological. Could it be that the Promethean AI were Offensive’s forces, thus not letting them get hit by the halo arrays. Forgive me if I’m not making sense. I havn’t read many of the new books so I’m most likely wrong.
> The terminals also alude to the fact that that Offensive was only rivaled by one other military AI: Mendicant bias. Assuming AIs are better then organics, I could see him as a great challenge to Chief, and all organics. According to the wiki, my even Cortana was the same level as Offensive or Mendicant. Sorry for the wall of text. It’s an idea I had for a while.
That is a very good theory. And you don’t have mistakes in it, don’t worry. It is all right. I like your idea.
> Geez, there’s no telling how this is gonna go down. Our suspect list has the Primordial, Didact, ANOTHER Didact, the Master Builder, the Composer, Offensive Bias, and who knows how many other people.
Oh yeah, ignorance is a hell. If only we knew a little more. There are so many possibilities.