Who will come to save us from Cortana? Who most certainly DOES NOT want all life in the galaxy extinguished more than anything else in the galaxy? Who (according to the novels) are the ones who truly control the balance of power in the galaxy (a power which Cortana has abused)?
The Precursors! The Precursors = The Flood (technically speaking). And who speaks for the Flood?
The Gravemind!
Just a theory, but what do you think? Will the Gravemind aid us in stopping Cortana before she selectively destroys the species that won’t bow down to her will?
(And then, obviously, the Gravemind will turn on humans once we truly take the mantle- possibly at the end of Halo 6).
well the Gravemind could help i mean he helped us before because he knew he would be destroyed if he didnt side with the chief so why not again.
Interesting theory for sure… my own also involves the Gravemind, but it’s kinda the opposite.
Cortana says a lot of things about the Mantle that are almost direct quotes from the Didact. I think this might be because the Domain actually has some influence over those connected to it, like it can rewrite or manipulate their thoughts to an extent (if memories can be put into it, then the mental link needed for that means that it wouldn’t be impossible), and the Precursors / Flood have the most knowledge over the Domain… they built it.
What if Cortana’s rise to the Mantle was their will? She does talk about ending all wars and aggression, which would make a nice soft target for the Flood to invade.