: The Marathon logo in Halo is the Forerunner glyph for "Reclaimer"
: meaning humans. By reading the glyph upside down, the covenant
: misinterpreted it as "reclamation", thinking that they could
: recover precious Forerunner artifacts they couldn't find elsewhere,
: upgrading their technology.
: A covenant Luminary scanner picked up the humans on Harvest and tagged them
: with Marathon glyphs. Mendicant Bias in High Charity's forerunner
: dreadnaught revealed to the Halo 2/3 prophets that the glyphs meant
: humans, that humans would take the Forerunners' "mantle" and
: that the Covenant were meddling kids.
: The prophets ordered the extermination of humanity to prevent the rest of the
: Covenant from finding out the truth as their religion was the only thing
: that kept them all together.
Sounds interesting (and spoilerific), I'm sure it will all make sense and be epic when I finally get around to playing the sequels (It looks like a halo 3 port to PCs doesn't exist yet, so I might be boned).