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NotFishing

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Westenev said :
If you take Halo:legends as cannon, they're just weird japanese-alien samarai people who live by the blade and spend their spare time cutting banzai trees.

That was, until the Covernant attacked.

And the Arbiter used to be a badass leader of the Sangheli people.

That was, until the Covenant turned the position into the Prophet's Bitch. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

16-May-2017 21:57:45 - Last edited on 16-May-2017 21:58:39 by NotFishing

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NotFishing said :
Westenev said :
If you take Halo:legends as cannon, they're just weird japanese-alien samarai people who live by the blade and spend their spare time cutting banzai trees.

That was, until the Covernant attacked.

And the Arbiter used to be a badass leader of the Sangheli people.

That was, until the Covenant turned the position into the Prophet's Bitch.

I think Thel 'Vadam would like a word with you.
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16-May-2017 22:01:37

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Westenev said :
I think Thel 'Vadam would like a word with you.

Nah, I think he would agree with me. Because he was the Prophet's Bitch, at least until the Prophets had him thrown into a pit and left for dead. Only then did he readjust his stance. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

16-May-2017 22:03:04

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I got an idea. How about a clan of some of the finest warriors who disagreed with the Covenant, believing that the Flood could be cured? I thought of a history for them; they fled their homeworld after the disagreement and moved to another place inhabited by a race of medics searching for a cure or immunity to the Flood. Covenant ships were catching up, but each time the clan would narrowly fend them off...until the Flood breaks out in the medics' lab. The Covenant finally caught up and destroyed the planet with the Halos, but one Sangheili (the main character I have in mind) survives the purge, and has salvaged some notes or blueprints the lab has. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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16-May-2017 22:11:43

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The Flood are a plague, and have done nothing to disprove this. They don't communicate without great need; they just assimilate.

The Covenant also hold anything forerunner as sacred; you'd need direct permission from a Prophet (their holy leader) to destroy such a site - like what happened in Halo Wars. Especially since Halo's are the instrument of their "great journey" to ascend to the realm of gods, so I highly doubt they would be willing to destroy it - nay, they would probably sacrifice themselves to the last to covet it.


NotFishing said :
Westenev said :
I think Thel 'Vadam would like a word with you.

Nah, I think he would agree with me. Because he was the Prophet's Bitch, at least until the Prophets had him thrown into a pit and left for dead. Only then did he readjust his stance.

And boy, did they pay for it.

Why did they betray the Elites again? O_o It just seems like such a stupid tactical decision in hindsight.
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16-May-2017 22:19:25 - Last edited on 16-May-2017 22:21:28 by Westenev

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Ancient Drew said :
The Covenant finally caught up and destroyed the planet with the Halos,

That isn't how Halos work.

Halos are these big massive rings in the middle of space. The inside of the ring is kind of like its own artificial planet, capable of supporting life. And they don't destroy planets, they destroy all sentient life within a certain range, leaving the planets themselves intact. They were meant to starve the Flood by wiping out their food source, while the regular species were kept preserved on the Ark (or was it the Shield Worlds?) and reintroduced back into the homeworlds after the Flood was gone.

Also, the Halos can only be activated by Humans. And the Covenant is unaware of Halo's true purpose - they think it will lead them on a path to salvation. They don't know that the Rings are actually killing machines. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

16-May-2017 22:19:51 - Last edited on 16-May-2017 22:22:24 by NotFishing

Azi Demonica

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About villains,
I never seen any of the new Star Wars films, so I can't say about about mister Ren. However, it is easy to dislike a character when they start acting fretful, and as Inferi and Ancient alluded, the teen-aged archetype can be annoying, but it is a rather common feature for lots of teens. It seems people respect psychological firmness more often than externally-directed feelings.

Like, Darth Maul is my favourite Star Wars character, and even though he only speaks a few times, and his red skin, horns and sinister eyes are a bit stereotypical, he just has this forbidding aura, which (in my opinion) made him such an imposing villain. From my experience in writing stories, I found that the villains I like the most, is not just about what they do, but what they don't do. Inactivity can be intimidating in itself, because you don't know what's going to happen, and the fear of the unknown induces imagination of what could happen. Darth Maul does not have to say anything, for you to know he means serious business, especially when he fights two Jedi at the same time, and nearly wins.


Yes, the Jedi and the Dark Side have their own moral grounds, so to speak. What I kept thinking about, was what a Force-user could utilize the Dark Side, but only against the Sith?


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Ancient, I don't know how to incorporate your idea into my role-play. The role-play is meant to revolve around Horizon or its operatives, one way or another. Breaking off to heal the Flood does not give me much chances to merge the storylines together, seeing as the Flood wants to consume everything. Considering that the Halos were made to destroy all life in the Milky Way, less your cure is greater in power than all the Halos, your cure will fail.

16-May-2017 22:20:04

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Azi Demonica said :
Ancient, I don't know how to incorporate your idea into my role-play. The role-play is meant to revolve around Horizon or its operatives, one way or another. Breaking off to heal the Flood does not give me much chances to merge the storylines together, seeing as the Flood wants to consume everything. Considering that the Halos were made to destroy all life in the Milky Way, less your cure is greater in power than all the Halos, your cure will fail.

That, or we start tracking UNSC birth records for a SGT JOHNSON JR.
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16-May-2017 22:24:16

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