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Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*
Posted By: nova <nova00@gmail.com>Date: 9/26/09 2:22 a.m.

In Response To: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers* (Black Asgard)


: Hello Halo Community. It's been a long time since I posted here. I never seem
: to have anything new to add. I'm pretty sure this hasn't been covered yet,
: though, and while I don't claim to have definitive proof of anything, I
: come with food for thought.

: While playing the newly released Halo 3: ODST, I paid close attention to the
: story and design with the scrutiny of a writer. What I believe I've
: discovered is that ODST pays abundant homage to the first book of the
: Divine Comedy, Dante Aligeri's 'Inferno'.

: Listen: The Inferno, as I recall it (having read it about 2 years ago after
: enjoying 'La Vida Nuova'), begins with Dante wandering lost and alone, in
: a 'dark wood'. It is night when you awaken in New Mombasa. The city towers
: above you not like a frightening wood.

: The first helpful hand you encounter is that of Vergil, who guides you to
: supposed safety--Vergil, the Superintendent of New Mombasa, who shares the
: name of the Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid (about the Hero who survived
: the Trojan massacre (perhaps an allusion to Buck and Reach?)). Vergil
: guides the Rookie, like Dante, through 9 levels; the 9 circles of Hell.

: New Mombasa burns, like the common image of hell. It is dark, dangerous,
: horrifying. And Vergil guides you gently, offering help with cryptic
: statements (in game, it is composed of the Bumble-bee-esque conglomeration
: of audio bytes).

: Later, as you encounter the final lost squad mate, you descend to the 9th
: level of the city substructure where it is frozen; that is to say, not
: unlike Satan's frosty chamber. For what seems to be little to nor reason
: (as far as I could tell).

: Food for thought. ;)

: Black Asgard

You should go back and scrutinize some more because there is definitely a reason for the underground being frozen.

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ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Black Asgard 9/25/09 11:40 p.m.
     Good observation NT *NM*ZaneZavin 9/26/09 2:10 a.m.
     Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*nova 9/26/09 2:22 a.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *SPOILERS*Hedgemony 9/26/09 2:29 a.m.
                 Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *SPOILERS*gunluva 9/26/09 2:44 p.m.
     Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*HorseMachine 9/26/09 4:38 a.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*BlueNinja 9/26/09 4:49 a.m.
                 Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Jillybean 9/26/09 7:58 a.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Daz 9/26/09 12:51 p.m.
                 Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Bry 9/26/09 1:08 p.m.
                       Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Daz 9/26/09 3:59 p.m.
                             Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Corinthian 9/28/09 5:41 p.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Black Asgard 9/26/09 8:02 p.m.
                 Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Black Asgard 9/26/09 8:24 p.m.
                       Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Apollo Doom 9/28/09 12:40 p.m.
                             Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Louis Wu 9/29/09 11:56 a.m.
     Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*EnderXenocide0 9/26/09 1:13 p.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 9/26/09 1:24 p.m.
                 As Neo might say... Whoa. *NM*Louis Wu 9/26/09 1:47 p.m.
                       "Feet First Into Hell" indeed... *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 9/26/09 1:59 p.m.
                             Oh, I like it! *NM*Jillybean 9/26/09 6:07 p.m.
                       Re: As Neo might say... Whoa.agdtinman 9/26/09 4:04 p.m.
                 Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*EnderXenocide0 9/26/09 2:26 p.m.
                       Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Black Asgard 9/26/09 8:26 p.m.
                             Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*EnderXenocide0 9/26/09 10:49 p.m.
                                   Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Black Asgard 9/26/09 10:57 p.m.
     Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*Seryan 9/27/09 6:39 p.m.
           Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*ZaneZavin 9/29/09 2:01 a.m.
     Re: ODST - Rookie's Inferno? *spoilers*sbear 9/28/09 1:13 a.m.



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