John’s story will come to an end at some point. What do you want his fate to be, dying in sacrifice or able to retire and live a new life? Link here
I know in Halo: Escalation - The Next 72 hours, they seemed to…
…hint at the Chief dying. I recall Chief mentioning that he knows he’ll eventually die in battle.So I think this is the favourites’ bet, however I’d like to see him locked away in a Cryptum but only one person knows where - like the Arbiter, for example. So he never truly dies, just permanently MIA somewhere.
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> I know in Halo: Escalation - The Next 72 hours, they seemed to…
> …hint at the Chief dying. I recall Chief mentioning that he knows he’ll eventually die in battle.So I think this is the favourites’ bet, however I’d like to see him locked away in a Cryptum but only one person knows where - like the Arbiter, for example. So he never truly dies, just permanently MIA somewhere.
If John dies, I hope they have a song like this. So tragic, it would leave us all in tears.
Right, so, strap in.
When I had finished Halo 4, when I’d read Silentium and Mortal Dictata (as well as, y’know, the rest of the books in those trilogies), I reflected on Halo Legends’ episode, Origins Part 2. I don’t think it’s ever been made clear to me the intention behind some of the imagery used, but there is a point at which the things we are shown clearly do not line up with the events of Halo up to the point of that video’s creation (Reach wasn’t even out yet), and I took that to be a sort of roadmap. Like an early, rough peek at the ideas that Frank O’Connor and whoever else formed the 343 story team were thinking for the franchise. So I was thinking about Kilo Five, Forerunner Saga, Origins Part 2, and Halo 4. What follows is the general arc I felt loosely (absurdly) confident was at least loosely similar to what would happen.
I figured that the Reclaimer Trilogy would be an examination and rejection of the Mantle. Halo 4 had John begin as a soldier and end as a superhero – further emphasized in Escalation by his wanton unwillingness to take shore leave. I supposed that Halo 5 and 6 would involve Bornstellar, the Librarian, the Didact and Serin Osman all presenting to Chief differing versions of how to maintain the galaxy. Even the Gravemind would offer his own take, and I supposed he would tempt Chief with actual or a copy of Cortana, for some purpose or another (based on that Origins Part 2 thing). I felt that, ultimately, the Reclaimer Trilogy would come to a head with a full-blown Flood outbreak, and the necessary unification of sangheili, human, jiralhanae, unggoy, kig-yar, and Bornstellar-led forerunner forces to bring peace. Chief, like the Arbiter, would surrender the soldier’s life for the life of a leader; he would become something much like the Lord of Admirals of the ancient humans, and would push for a sort of interspecies council to maintain the Mantle of Responsibility.
That’s how I saw his story ending. Despite his claims to wanting to die in battle, I felt John’s story was one of a real leader being born, and that when his story ended he would become a stick-around NPC in the background for the “next generation” protagonist. I suppose that could mostly still happen. For him to die in battle strikes me as too straightforward.
Having to destroy Cortana breaks his will to continue fighting, so he just leaves, and we don’t hear from him again.
I have a much longer and detailed explanation that I’ve shared whenever I’ve come across a thread on this topic, of how I’d like this to happen, from the climactic battle at Maethrillian, to his final farewell at the Voi Memorial.
If he does die, who is the last person you want him to talk to?
He finally realizes that he can stop fighting, and he and Blue are officially “retired”.
Of course he doesn’t stop being a soldier, no Spartan can. But he gets the next best thing; he takes over Palmer’s job running the S-IVs on Infinity.
His legendary presence and his gravely demeanor growling in their ear inspires the IVs to new heights of Spartan glory, cries of “Come on men, the Chief’s watching us, lets make him proud!” echoing through gunshots and shattering alien bones as the UNSC rolls forwards towards rebuilding itself and reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
I think that John should finish the fight (For good) and be honored as a hero for saving mankind. After that, he should go on to live a normal life, and see what things would have been like if the circumstances were different, and have his famed armor in a museum along with his assault rife and other reminders of the Human-Covenant war. (And some forerunner things as well).
I think he deserves a worthy death.
I would rather him die then retire but he shouldn’t die anytime soon.
I think it should be up to Steve Downes.
Painfully
Have you guys seen Logan?
That kind of ending would be cool. Something that make it personal, something that shows that in the end, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 was just a human. That despite saving the galaxy numerous times, he dies sacrificing himself for something personal and small (Cortana would’ve been great after the ending of Halo 4, but Halo 5 kinda ruined that idea).
All stories end in death if you follow them long enough.
But if John and Cortana can kiss before then, I would be very very happy.
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How can that work if Cortana seems to be trying to control the galaxy and is content having her Guardians wipe out hundreds if not thousands of lives? Ask me about my fan fiction if you’re curious.
I think the perfect way to end his arc would be at the end of a major war, after he loses friends and enemies, after he groes old. To have him remove his mask and show for once a bent, beaten old man that is tired of war (in stark contrast to his helmet-on superhero appearance), and have him retire or die. Which one of the two doesn’t matter much.
I want him to live. He’s fought long and hard. But if he dies, it needs to be a death scene so good it takes it’s place in gaming history. And please…no Cortana kissing John. That sounds very cheesy and cliché.
I want him to become like an ancient human and dissappear somewhere in the galaxy, finding answers that won’t be found…
I don’t want to Chief to die. But if he did, he’d take out thousands of enemies until every last bit of life was beaten out of his super human body. Then again, Spartans never die.
I think he should get a serious leadership position, and never really retire, but get be more of a strategy, commander dude. And then maybe have him return for one last campaign, where he dies, or gets put into that forerunner computer system.
It’d be interesting if he was transformed into an AI like Cortana and if Cortana turns good maybe he’s with her? I don’t know. Maybe too cheesy.
Friendly fire just like matchmaking
An honorable death. An ultimate sacrifice.
I think Master Chief should die in a epic battle against a never ending wave of the Covenant and Forerunners.
Kind of like how Noble 6 die.