I Think We Finally Solved The Halo 3 ODST Glyphs
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2022
- Did we finally solve the Halo 3 ODST Glyphs? There is some new clues and hints dropped on this Halo mystery by none other than Marty O'Donnell. Well we think we did actually find the solution to the Halo 3 ODST Glyph Easter Egg.
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Broken stone
In death’s other kingdom
Not with a bang
Gathered on this beach
Of empty men
B I N G O
Les go the man who single handedly made my childhood with music just gave us a W
legendary
Thank you Marty very cool
Awesome
That moment when the glyphs were actually the friends we made along the way.
Well, if we counted the glyphs and the characters, including non important ones, perhaps we could draw the lines.
@@AQG_Arts good idea
Pretty disappointed, I was really bumped thinking it was something bigger 😩
Glyphs are The One Piece confirmed
I was the 1k like, ur welcome
“This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
TS Eliot
I think this is exactly how the search for the meanings of the glyphs ends. Not with an explosive revelation but a slight change of thought and appreciation.
That's a good thing to point out. This while time we were expecting/hoping for some grand revelation. When this whole time it was just a pre thought out game devs used for us to attribute meaning to something which had none. Kind of a whimper of a revelation rather than a bang of one. I really like your concept there.
This actually makes sense
If you remember cortana said “this is how the world ends” in halo 3 so now it’s foreshadowing! Very cool
Okay but then master chief blew up halo again and destroyed the flood. So no it is better when it goes for a bang
The 98-08 Bungie team were just GENIUSES and the best in the industry for stories and doing so much with so little money/time/knowledge of how to do it.
Imagine if Marty O’Donnell didn’t actually know what the glyphs meant but just decided to lead Halo fans on a wild goose chase for his own enjoyment
reminds me of the days chasing what ifs in Fable.
Be nice to the goose (- Marty O'Donnel)
We live inside a dream...
That is *exactly* the kind of thing Marty would do. Checks out perfectly.
I don't know if this helps, but the little signs that look like targets in front of that secret door disappeared when I shot it. The one where the first fight with hunters is.
If you didn't get the point of this video, the glyphs mean nothing. There is no grand revelation. They have no meaning. Their purpose was purely just to make us ask why they were their and go down this road to attribute our own meaning to them. The world won't end with a bang. It'll end with a whimper. Apply that here. There is no "BANG" of a revelation. It's whimper of a revelation. That in actuality they mean nothing, and it was just a pre thought out game by the devs to make us do exactly what we did. It's both genius and disappointing at the same time.
Ok but this video is just one theory. It’s not the authoritative end all be all explanation
@@generose9083 it's not really a theory. It's the general purpose of the glyphs. There is no grand revelation or meaning locked meaning behind them. Marty practically flat out says that with everything he's posted. The whole point is the adventure that we take and the meaning WE attribute to it.
The real glyphs we're the friends we made along the way
@@ninjabot7945 this guy gets it aha
Watched the video, good stuff. If I understand it right, the glyphs do not 'mean' anything specifically, but are used as a tool to spark players' imaginations. If that's the case, I'm satisfied.
Yeah I think they just stick cool s*** in the game and let us run wild with it because we've been doing it since the first one and I don't mean the first Halo game I mean since the first video games we've been pulling lore apart the best we can
Whatever it is, it just looks freaking cool!
Yes sir. That is exactly it. They mean nothing. Their purpose was to send us on this journey and attribute our own meaning to them, thinking they DID mean something grand. But in actuality we were just playing their pre thought out game.
The glyphs are a message to the players. The message is we, the players, helped make this universe too.
Look up "Snipe hunt"
Here's my hypothesis that's only half a joke: Based on everything we've seen and heard, especially from Marty recently, I think the Glyphs might just be a red herring easter egg. An inside joke from Bungie who at the time damn well knew how massive Halo was (and still is), and that people would be going on for years to try to pull meaning from something that simply doesn't exist. Its entertainment for the developers to sit back and watch the fans go crazy. I know if I was a game dev, I'd have no problem doing something like that because it would hilarious!
I love the idea they were trolling everyone for over a decade. I doubt it was their intention, but it was an easy opportunity with how obsessed the community can be, and I am glad Marty took advantage of it.
Nailed it.
Its not trolling, the glyphs are arrows and they point towards the objective, its just a gameplay mechanic for the player to not be lost. First time I played I could only found the sniper on the wires because the glyphs points towards it.
They just have a pretty desing for an arrow
@@erichdegurechaff9515 Well yes but no. There are glyphs in places where nothing important can be seen.
You know franchises are going to be good to get into when they're still theories that needed to be solved
tell that to game of thrones
@@cyanimation1605 ok, that is one rabbit hole I don't want to go down.
Well thats just how Bungie is. They did it with halo, and are still doing it with destiny.
Except FNAF ✌
@@birkmortensen9841
I remember someone at Bungie rhetorically ask if there was still an undiscovered chest in The Vault of Glass after a year or two of fans wondering that. Haven't kept up on anything since their third DLC though.
So what you’re saying is it’s the most elaborate “you ever wonder why we’re here.” Halo ever dropped on us
“Hey.”
“Yeah?”
“You ever wonder why we’re here?”
“It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.”
*silence*
“…What?! I mean why are we out here, in this canyon?”
“Oh. Uh... yeah.”
“What was all that stuff about God?”
“Uh...hm? Nothing.”
“You wanna talk about it?”
“No.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah.”
“Seriously though, why are we out here? As far as I can tell, it's just a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. No way in or out.”
“Mm hmm.”
“The only reason that we set up a Red Base here, is because they have a Blue Base over there. And the only reason they have a Blue Base over there, is because we have a Red Base here.”
“Yeah. That's because we're fighting each other.”
“No, no. But I mean, even if we were to pull out today, and if they would come take our base, they would have two bases in the middle of a box canyon. Whoopdee-fucking-doo.”
“What's up with that anyway? I mean, I signed on to fight some aliens. Next thing I know, Master Chief blows up the whole Covenant armada and I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere, fighting a bunch of blue guys.”
7:58
That's me 😂!
I've been looking into this mystery for a while (I've been a part of your Discord server for a year, maybe even more) and I really hope that we finally know the truth soon, whether this is the greatest troll in gaming history, a super well thought mystery or something that we made a reality via our own imagination, I had a blast looking into this and I hope that each and every one of us who spent time ideating stuff and investigating everything we could possibly think of did too.
Edit: BINGO.
I must know how do you feel about the resolution? Too much of a whimper or do you wish/hope there's still a bang out there?
@@fourshotyeti8786
To me, this isn't over until Joseph Staten addresses this, so, yeah, I do expect more even if it's not a bang.
Just started binge watching you all a few months ago, and already excited to see the resolution to this!
Ah yes,my favorite game "halo 3" made by "binge"
@@3rr0rsstuff what
@@3rr0rsstuff what
The connection to "constellations" seems like it would be pretty relevant to me. Combine that with Occam's Razor, looking for the obvious, surface level thing, could the glyphs represent some kind of constellation? A decent amount of the Y symbols line up with each other. Occam's Razor applies because whatever hidden meaning would be displayed once the constellation is complete, the glyphs would spell it out. How they all connect and their orientation would be the challenge. Maybe overlaying screenshots of all the glyphs would lead to something if it hasn't already been done. Marty's "Still having fun whY 🙁?" comment might be linking the sad Superintendent Y glyph to being a central/starting point.
I agree, the "whY" with the sad face was the first thing I noticed. As a central point, it could very well have them line up to something bigger. The glyphs that had smaller glyphs near or in one of their 3 sections could be a clue on how they align
I’m pretty sure the “constellations” presentation was about the idea of putting arbitrary details into games to spark the players’ imaginations. Details that don’t have to have hidden meanings or deep lore behind them, because players will still find them interesting regardless. Constellations in the sky aren’t pictures hiding in the stars, they’re just the pictures we drew over them for fun.
So the hints to Occam’s razor and the guy talking about “putting constellations” in video games are really just about how the glyphs mean nothing, as that is the simplest explanation. Marty emphasizing the Y in “whY” is just him hinting that the entire point of the glyphs is to get players to ask that question, and get so interested in finding an answer(that doesn’t exist) that they make videos about it like Rocket Sloth lol.
Besides, compiling and rearranging all of the glyph designs like they’re pieces of a puzzle would be extremely complicated, and go completely against Occam’s Razer (the simplest explanation/explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the best one). Similarly, the photos Marty shared of him with bungie staff and the default texture are just more chaotic unrelated “breadcrumbs” he’s dropping as part of his own efforts to simultaneously spur more fan generated conspiracy constellations, and answer their question about the glyphs.
@@Bash_Minimal exactly. The whole point is the glyphs mean nothing, except for what WE attribute to them meaning. That's the whole point of the constellation presentation. The whole idea is for us to go on this journey of what they mean and linking all these things together and form all these possible connections and meanings. That's their purpose. They mean nothing. I have to admit I'm kind of disappointed with this turn out, but also from a different perspective it's genius.
@@atvman12 eh I only half believe that it's just that lol. Feels matrix-y, like of corse there is simply the surface stuff but also...a bit more if you bother to piece it all out. Shrug. What do I know.
Marty replied to THIS VIDEO saying rockets answer here was right
The glyphs literally mean that we, the fans and the players, create the Halo Universe.
Total freaking goosebumps, from head to toe.
We did until 343 put cat ears in infinite.
@@doomfan8603L take.
I always thought the glyphs were a way the engineers communicated with each other
In lore I think that’s the general consensus
We're kinda tryna figure out what they're saying then yeah?
the real meaning behind the glyphs was the friends we made along the way
That is so crazy, I was actually searching just about an hour ago to see if this was ever solved. Insane timing lol. Great vid as always!!
Now onto the most important question. Was that cave a natural formation?
I mean applying Occam's Razor, I always assumed that the glyphs were just the other Engineers communicating with Virgl since the one Engineer merged with the Superintendent and that's why you've got Superintendent faces next to engineer glyphs.
Watched this whole video through, then to see Marty commented is just icing on the cake. Well done guys 👏🏼
Seeing Paul McCartney next to an ODST in the thumbnail was a trip lmao
I know right? I always make a Paul died in 1966 joke every now and then and now I see it in a halo lore video lmao
Can we take a minute to appreciate that hes still involved with the halo fanbase a decade after Bungie left the franchise?
Some times it's the journey, the questions we seek as a community. These curiosities will never be as grand or mystical as the true meaning, no matter what bungie may have hidden here or if the true meaning is lost to time. Our journey back into New Mombasa, Dante's Inferno, and the Land of Cactus are the embers that will make new flames, new experiences by those who next tell their own story as Halo has to us.
Imma be honest, if an Easter egg is mentioned by someone on Twitter a decade after release, and it's still not given away soon afterwards, then it wasn't a mystery you could solve, only clues that you use to make up your own story and hope for the story
"Humanity had always looked to the stars, the heavens for answers, sometimes you didn't like what you found there, but while the galaxy offered few answers, it was more than willing to leave you with new questions."
The glyphs offer multiple purposes, charting courses, luring spectacles, ancient legends, but definitely out of them all, they serve to make you ask Y.
I had always thought they may just be there to make me look around, to get lost, to appreciate and delve deeper into lore about not only the game Halo, but Bungie and their history and along that path, I did find out, it was the perfect icon to spark my interest within an iconic game that interested me.
Ive always wondered what those meant now i can find out
I've been following your videos on this topic for awhile and after seeing it all and thinking on it. It really feels like they are there simply for world building and to feel alien. Something with the veneer of deeper meaning but hollow and empty inside.
Just like the I Love Bees thing! A way to get the community interacting.
5:00
*not with a whimper...(sergeant Johnson) out with a bang
*Eyes are sunlight... (guilty spark)
*revealed at dawn... (forward unto dawn)
These videos got me to play through ODST on legendary, absolutely great time
We keep asking "Why are they here?" Insted of asking the simple question that was right in front of us this whole time since the dawning age of man. "Why are WE here?"
So let me ask you, "Do you ever wonder why we're here?"
Exploring a Question is always more engaging than just finding an Answer.
I have almost watched every halo video on this channel great work guys
So it is known that probably only 4 Bungie developers know about the glyphs. And there is a picture of 4 developers. Who are the other two in the picture?
I feel like it's an underestimated rhetorical device to add unanswered and unanswerable questions to fictional settings. It keeps people thinking about the "what-ifs" and the "why's" and that keeps the material - whether it is a book, or a movie, or a video game, or music, or any other form of media - fresh in people's minds. It draws people to replay a game they completed, or watch a movie they've seen already, or to reread a book they have already finished. It provides a medium for discussion about that content and builds anticipation.
And it also makes a lot of sense in the context of a video game that is built by dozens or even hundreds of different people. Any of them might've put in their own pieces of themselves and their interests into the game as an easter-egg. Something small, maybe otherwise insignificant or incredibly difficult to find or easy to overlook. Without these kinds of more obvious cryptics, maybe nobody would ever go out of their way to search for the true hidden content.
And while the answers for things like these glyphs might simply not exist in the piece they are featured in, it doesn't mean they can't have value later. These glyphs, for which there might be no explicit purpose in ODST, could have - or could still - serve as the basis for future content. Such as if the species in HALO Infinite had this language, and they left the Huragok behind - Mass Effect style with the Reapers leaving behind the Keepers. Of course, it doesn't have to, but leaving doors open for the future is a good way to keep content interesting.
Its crazy seeing when a secret is found or decoded years after the game released. Just so interesting!
I forgot this was a halo video twice genuine good job!
I had a point about this on Reddit once, it's about Halo Reach, but it's relevant.
Halo Reach was Bungie's goodbye.
Noble Team is in a way representative of the 6* stages of grief, Noble 6's being the most important but here is the list:
Jorge : Denial (there's more, but "Don't deny me this." while simultaneously being in denial of the invasion of Reach the whole time)
Kat: Anger (for not having more control, having to follow Holland's orders
Carter: Bargaining (Constantly fighting for the advantage, anything to complete the mission, in the end he trades his life for Emile and 6)
Jun: Depression (left to cope with the loss of his team)
Emile: Acceptance ("I'm ready! How about you?" Among other things.)
Noble 6 : Finding meaning. This is the point of Halo. What is this Ring (CE)? How do we choose what side we are on (2)? What does it mean to be a hero (3)? How do we create hope(BELIEVE) when everything is hopeless (ODST)? How meaningful are our actions (Reach)? This is my take away from the games anyway. Blah blah blah
This was an awesome adventure I researched all 3 vids and Marty's BINGO comment was the icing on the cake. 10/10
the constellation would probably start with the very first glyph you come across. And with the Occam’s Razor and with the constellation answer being spelled out, that does seem to be what it may be hinting too. Though the bread crumbs thing, that also sparks some questions... maybe somewhere in New Mombasa there’s a loaf of bread or something similar where a missing glyph may be or something? Possible connections to halo 2-3 and ODSTs with the market square? Idk, just a little thought I had...
These are my favorite videos from you guys. Thank you rocket sloth
While it's definitely possible that they planted the mystery only to not provide an answer, it could very well be given meaning in an upcoming installment. Imagine if we started finding glyphs on Zeta Halo for instance?
That's crazy, in the show Marty just did when this video came out, he kept referring to the master chief as a hollow man and I didn't even put that together
Its odd that the thing that caught my attention the most was the mention of the name Bitner. My mind went right to He-Man and MOTU because Nathan Bitner was the name of the 1st Masters of the Universe Create a Character contest winner with the Fearless Photog. I kept expecting to see some kind of MOTU reference. Strange huh?
He also wrote the cortana letters
@@jayblesplaysgames i was looking and im not sure if they are the same guy after all, might just be two guys named Nathan Bitner
Love your vids man, really takes me back to when I would play the original three halos all the time no matter how many times I went through the story, something today’s games of any franchise don’t have in replay value. Anyway I was wondering if you’d wanna tackle more tier videos like ranking every halo weapon ever(assault rifle, sniper rifle, plasma rifle, etc model differences don’t matter), every vehicle ever(warthog, scorpion, ghost, etc), and every enemy combatant ever(grunts, flood elite combat form, sentinel, etc) throughout the whole franchise so far following Halo Infinite!
That texture, if you look at where the Q should be, has the constellation symbol rather than a Q. Just a small interesting detail.
I’ve been looking forward to this!
I personally want to know about the Halo 3 Legendary Ending
What the original ideas and intents and potential concept arts were for what would become Requiem and whether or not some of these mysteries are connected
(And since Halo 3 and Ghosts of Onyx came out at the same time, if it was intended as Onyx)
The ones besides the superintendent look like a language, kinda like the forerunner glyph system, but here’s no rhyme or reason to them, unless it’s supposed to be a squad communicating with another or something
whaaaat. the glyph riddle is as good as solved in ODST and Halo 3?? what a year!!
Marty is such a flipping legend! His music really shaped my taste in music and he honestly seems like such a fun and laid back guy. Would love to one day meet him and treat him to a a round of drinks (his choice). I don't think I could ever thank him enough for what he has given us.
Sorry, Martin*... my phone keeps auto correcting to Marty for some reason even though Martin IS A NAME!
This is something I wondered why companies don’t do more often. Fans theories come to life and people like feeling right, especially if it’s a widely accepted theory in the community.
i came down here to talk about how i think that you guys are right, only to see Marty's comment and become even happier for you guys for putting in so much effort into this and really making something i never really thought about too much into an amazing story and lesson, and it makes me appreciate everything Marty and the rest of the original bungie team more for everything they've done over the years.
I just wonder how long it would have taken to solve without the Marty hints! Talk about an EXTREMELY tough and genius riddle. Most riddles like this either go unknown till revealed by the maker or get instantly solved
The next title needs to be. The ODST glyphs have been solved or nothing else!!
Awesome I've always wondered what those glyphs meant.
You know what I find interesting? The circle glyphs perfectly match a shotgun crosshair if you stand far enough back
so a circle
The answer I think is right in front of us who are playing the game. Its the engineers cataloging conspiracies within conspiracies the glyphs are just a "library"
Excellent video, new to the channel but I was really impressed with this. Kudos....
Love it how Luke edited a picture of Bernd das Brot into the video when Eli said B. the bread
Love your videos!!
I was literally yesterday looking at these glyphs again thinking about what they could mine thank you guys
Started watching this video then spent an hour on marty's server talking to the wonderful people over there, shoutout neo and liam
I feel like it's going to be either something so incredibly intricate, or so in your face obvious that everyone will be like, "Oh my, OBVIOUSLY!"
This didn't need to be 22 minutes. But then this didn't need to take a decade either hahaha. Ahh fantastic. I love it.
What do the Beatles, Dante's Inferno, and The Hollow Man have to do with Halo 3: ODST and the letter Y? Stay tuned to find out.
Perhaps the meaning IS what we want them to mean. I always thought of it as covenant members marking the territory of their defeated enemy.
At last the chosen one has awakened
Some of the best halo content on UA-cam.
Finallllyyyy an update to the glyphs
If only RocketSloth understood the story of Marathon, so much more of this would be easier for them to understand. The hint to ask Hamish Sinclair is CRUCIAL to the investigation. The Cortana Letters are a direct sequel to Marathon: Infinity, which is where most of the references began.
The Halo story does not begin with Halo, and the Marathon story does not begin with Marathon, but it'll answer so many of your questions and you'll pick up some details you completely missed.
I think they made Halo just based off of what was cool and what they liked and what they wanted and the reason why they're so cryptic and embracing all this crazy is because we are assigning deeper lure to the game than they ever thought out they're letting us build the story for them more or less
I love how this has escalated. Thank you Marty.
Parsimony. Marty once dropped into a raid secrets discord for Bungies other game Destiny. The hot topic being a music puzzle in the vault of glass raid oracles encounter. His one clue was the word "Parsimony."
It makes sense now. Thank you for this video and thank you Bungie and Marty for your magnificent games and inspiring stories!
We’ve all been waiting for this.
Hey what’s up my names Derek I’m an OG halo gamer! Absolutely genius- this is why I love halo! The time and effort put in makes me feel like one really loved fan! I’ve been secretly digging in hopes of finding the holy grail, and at first felt really bummed out, but then I thought how clever all these theories and stories make great ideas for the future- it’s like we are all working together secretly to make the next one even better! Thank you to the rocket team for sticking it out and making this Easter egg one to remember! And of course to the man Marty! We all love you! Thank you!!!!
This is going to blow up.
been watching this seres for years lol been waiting for yall to figure it out.
"Be the Bread" is about the BEST way to sum up this entire video... the game is FAR more enjoyable when the player fills in the blanks with their own creativity, instead of it being force fed to them
At 16:00 when he explains how bungie hasn't been too explicit with the lore when developing games, another word for this is Cow tools by Gary Larson's Far Side comic that depicts a cow standing in front of a bunch of misshapen hand tools. A lot of writers have been using this as an example to not go into detail with a lot of the background, but instead give items that'll attract the persons attention and they will give that thing a purpose, a reason and how it's used
This is kind of a mindfuck/lightbulb moment once you showed the “constellations” segment and Occam’s razor hint
Ik that Rocket won't see this, but I remember a theory that I'm pretty sure you did for a lore perspective is that it was Virgil saying help, but what if it's all of the Huragok saying help? Hoping that a species can read it and help free them from being slaves of the Covenant. Ofcourse I could be going to deep, but it would make sense because ODST takes place after the Covenant invasion, and the Huragok probably knowing that humans will come back or still are there, are putting those to ask for help. But that's just a theory A GAME THEORY
A Halo mystery so deep, it roped in a Beatles conspiracy theory as well
Glad to see Marty is still upholding the timeless Bungie tradition of fucking with fans through cryptic hints and literary references. Nowadays, modern Bungie just fucks with fans by deleting Destiny content.
iv never looked into this until now and iv always at least once a year went back and played ODST its my fav halo game, and the reason for that is despite the alien's its the most grounded in reality halo game no super soldier just a regular guy making his way down town
Marty O'Donnell Has been subtlety screaming the answer. From this video and the others i have watched the obvious has been missed Because of all of the attention to detail.
Martys Friar Comment points us to stop falling down rabbit holes and look at the information on the surface.
The poem connection was meant to lead us back to the Cortana letters. When that message wasnt received He sent you a mesage he thought you would understand.
First line was telling you it began with the letters. The cortana letters which was where he was trying to point you all along.
The first letters of the tweet directed you to stop getting lost in details and focus on what is right in front of you.
It ends at dawn is a reference to forward unto dawn, the ship in halo 3. He later goes forward and points you to the beginning of halo with the Cortana letters and the solving of the glyphs hidden in halo 3
Referring back to one of his first messages still having fun, whY😶,
perhaps he is trying to tell you that only the glyphs thay look like the letter Y are related to the easter egg. Be careful of the Y theory as it may lead down another rabbit hole.
Rewatch ypur videos objectivly and cut out the deep dive.
I hope this helps,
Sincerely
xdDx Gen Sapper
"Hey" "yeah?" "You ever wonder why we are here?" "I'd like to think of it as one of life's greatest mysteries... "
I was just thinking about this easter egg over the last couple days wow!
Weird. I went down the list of your videos in order of what was published most recently and I couldn’t find this video. I had to search it in the bar and only then did it show up.
I figured when constellations came up that you'd connect the lines between glyphs like the #3 in the constellation slide of the presentation.
I always thought they were some sort of webdings type font planted around the map
"It's the friends we made along the way" is literally never an acceptable answer, it's a kick in the nuts to anyone who put effort into the puzzle.
It just occurred to me but the Dante’s Inferno references really make a lot of sense for ODST, I mean their slogan is literally “Feet First Into Hell”
Long story short there is no secret and this whole video was to say that we looked at details and found nothing
still found it to be an interesting video, i learned a few things. and he did drop some extra clues that some people might not have seen otherwise. if anything i feel like this is kicking the hornets nest and were gonna see more people on the hunt for this, so thats cool
which is funny because thats what the last video was too lmao
You didn't understand the video then or the message
I have a strange feeling that the glyphs are an ancient language made by the forerunners, and that the TS Eliot stuff is there to give us very subtle hints as to what they mean.
Legit. It was an accident to make such a unique and references based series, that we want call backs for. Something only a mature series can make, playing through these references.
I never consider ODST as a Dante's inferno experience, but gotdamn, it somehow turned into one, pulling me into this story of a man trying to learn the state the world will become when death is at your front door!
Heck, I'm sure in infinite though, we will get another biblical story for the chief or of a special ally to chief. Joe staten is leading the team at 343, and ok probably in the talks with Marty about this, hence why the endless has so little info about them, yet, logical sense is being made from the lore of it.
And we as fans can either craft a unique story that can be somehow pulled from it with sense that's so strong we were not prepared for.
I mean, we might get a story about the endless joining the flood, becoming crazed beings for power, or might even be an Ally we get to see the world through.
Heck, next free update for the campaign might give us that a better foundation for that story that sets us off to questioning how big the universe is in this 5 year + 6 months + 3 days + ~30mins- 30hour gap, did it get smaller or did will it suddenly expand to bounds we are not expecting to explore.
I thought this video might have held something interesting regarding nominalism in light of William of Ockham being in the thumbnail, but sadly, it was just the sad trope of 'Ockham's Razor', something not even Ockham himself would have recognised or approved in its current meaning and usage (And the name given to the concept is quite strange, too, given that 'Ockham' wasn't William's name, but the place where he hailed from).
Ultimately, however, you were right about the glyphs, but not because of any such 'razor'.
Bring back your ODST themed intro with the Vergil sound!
Yeah, bringing up Occam's Razor and wild conspiracies tells me he's saying, "You guys are way overthinking this. They're just cool and mysterious symbols we felt like throwing in."
Thanks for asking why, it's been a fun journey to explore