Halo 2 ending discusion

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There are 7 Halos, each one with an index.

If anyone can remember Jesus mentioning in the bible holding 7 stars in one hand and 7 candlesticks in the other? I don't know which passage exactly that is.

The Ark is a (supposedly)safe place from the Flood. Most people believe the Ark is the Forerunner ship, while others believe the ark is on earth or it IS earth(which is a stretch, but this is Science fiction after all).

When the MC first sees Gravemind, Cortana says, "What is that?" Gravemind replies, "I? I am a monument to all your sins."

I think the Forerunners sought something with their technology that is not possible, probably immortality. In trying to attain this, they created the Flood through experiment, and it spread. Seeing as they could not contain or destroy it, they created the Halos to wipe out all sentient life and prevent the Flood from spreading throughout the galaxy. Gravemind is a monument to their sin of greed for unattainable power, for he is the final ultimate result of their work(which I'm guessing is achieving immortality so all beings of their race would live forever).

Gravemind cannot be Capt. Keyes because the only reason Gravemind can teleport is because he has control of 2041 Penitent Tangent. 343 Guilty Spark would not have teleported a Flood off Halo because he is programmed to stop them, and there was no Flood as powerful as Gravemind that would have subverted him.

"Silence fills the empty grave, now that I have gone. But my mind is not at rest, for questions linger on. I will ask, and you will answer." is what Gravemind says at the end.

If he can control 2041 Penitent Tangent, then he might be able to even subvert Cortana. It is likely this would be his goal since he also realizes that she is the production of Humans, which are "Reclaimers"(The only ones who can activate the Halos). Thus, he must kill them all to let nothing stop the Flood from spreading across the galaxy.

"Fate had us meet as foes, but this ring will make us brothers." This is likely just Gravemind lying to buy time to get Miranda's ship. If he had said "but this ring will make YOU brothers." then I can foresee him prophesizing something between the Sangheili(Elites) and Humanity. He is extremely ancient and powerful, so I would expect it.

The ending sucked ass, of course. I can only hope that they pulled a Back to the Future 2&3(Or Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions if you have bad taste in movies) and were developing Halo 3 at the same time they were making 2.

I'm sure Halo 3 will have lots of Flood, more Covenant civil war(Grunts, Elites, Hunters and even Humans vs. Brutes, Prophets, Jackals, and the new flying aliens).