Talk:Writ of Union

Full writ of union
the full text is in the book "contact harvest" unfortunately i only have the german edition could someone write it down please

Not Canon
Where is it said that the line (even to our dying breath) not canon? I am going to change itSpec-op sniper058 23:32, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Logic?
How can this ancient poem drafted between two alien species long before they ever met humanity possibly translate and rhyme perfectly in English? I know it's looking in to it too much but this is something I always wondered. I mean, human poems from different human languages don't even do this!--Ender the Xenocide 06:11, 17 August 2014 (EDT)


 * This is where I would advise to practice the wonderful process of "suspension of belief". Also, it's one of those tropes commonly used for any foreign entity, extraterrestrial or otherwise.— subtank   06:30, 17 August 2014 (EDT)


 * Or even how ancient greek poems and plays can be translated into English iambic pentameter - creative translation. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   07:00, 17 August 2014 (EDT)

Covenant mantra
"All who walk the blessed path will find salvation, even in death.

Out of darkness, these blades will light our way.

Glory and honor guide our ascension.

On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons.

The true devotee honors our name with actions, not words.

Victory is secured not from the throne, but from the frontlines.

With this sacrament of blood we journey into the divine beyond."

This mantra first was seen in Halo: Reach's elite armor descriptions and recently in the latest issue of Rise of Atriox. Halo Nation's writ of union article attributed it to a "Third Echelon Officer" but I can find no such reference source. Still i think its important to include it here on the site but honestly i'm not even sure that it truly relates to the Writ of Union. Lord Susto 16:56, 22 September 2017 (EDT)