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Re: Who turned on whom? LOTS of *SP* | |
Posted By: Count Zero <countzero@bungie.org> | Date: 11/15/04 11:42 a.m. |
In Response To: Who turned on whom? LOTS of *SP* (Sep7imus [subnova]) : I'm trying to keep track of the crazy Covenant politics that go on in Halo 2.
: The Covenant start out as "one big happy family" except for the
This is correct, as far as I can tell, although I have no idea *how* the Heretic was in contact with Spark. Perhaps he discovered Spark while exploring the Installation 04 system between the two games. The Heretic mission seems almost like filler, just to get you used to the Arbiter play style, only loosely tied into the main storyline. : THEN (and here's where I get confused) the Prophets demote the Elites and put
I think the Elites were demoted because of their failure to protect the Prophet of Regret (you did kill rather a lot of them while beating him out of his fancy chair). It was also done to bring the Brutes, who obey Tartarus, who seems to be conspiring with at least one Prophet, closer to the seat of power. : THEN the Elites rebel (because they've been displaced?) and turn on the
Sounds right. They're the ex-warrior class and they're angry. : THEN [SPEC] Tatarus and the Brutes kind of rebel, too? (Is that right, or is
As above, I'm pretty sure Tartarus is acting on the orders of at least one Prophet. They are trying to initiate the Great Journey, and sent Tartarus to Delta Halo to facilitate that. : Is that about right? How do the Flood figure into it, aside from getting in
I think that's about it, really. The biggest Flood-related revelation is the existence of Gravemind, which has a sentience and agenda of its own, and is trying to prevent the Halos from firing. |
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