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In order to push the three current Hierarchs, [[Prophet of Tolerance|Tolerance]], [[Prophetess of Obligation|Obligation]] and [[Prophet of Restraint|Restraint]] from their positions, Fortitude utilized blackmail against the Prophet of Restraint. Tranquility had shown himself as a sympathizer for those blacklisted from reproducing due to inbred genes, after being urged to do so by Fortitude who was aware that Restraint had illegitimately fathered two children. The Prophet of Restraint offered Tranquility a high position if he would adopt the children, but the scheming Prophets instead used this to their advantage, blackmailing him and forcing the Prophet to step down or have his scandalous affair made public. | In order to push the three current Hierarchs, [[Prophet of Tolerance|Tolerance]], [[Prophetess of Obligation|Obligation]] and [[Prophet of Restraint|Restraint]] from their positions, Fortitude utilized blackmail against the Prophet of Restraint. Tranquility had shown himself as a sympathizer for those blacklisted from reproducing due to inbred genes, after being urged to do so by Fortitude who was aware that Restraint had illegitimately fathered two children. The Prophet of Restraint offered Tranquility a high position if he would adopt the children, but the scheming Prophets instead used this to their advantage, blackmailing him and forcing the Prophet to step down or have his scandalous affair made public. | ||
Before their coup, the Prophets visited an "Oracle" within the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], an ancient [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] known as [[05-032 Mendicant Bias]], that had stored itself in the ship and had not spoken for several hundred years. When the Luminations of Harvest were inserted into its matrix, it suddenly reactivated and revealed that the symbols had been misinterpreted - that | Before their coup, the Prophets visited an "Oracle" within the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]], an ancient [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] known as [[05-032 Mendicant Bias]], that had stored itself in the ship and had not spoken for several hundred years. When the Luminations of Harvest were inserted into its matrix, it suddenly reactivated and revealed that the symbols had been misinterpreted - that Humans stood as equals to the Forerunners, that the hallowed "Reclamation" glyph actually meant "[[Reclaimer]]," and that the Covenant had been mistaken in their beliefs that all of the Forerunners had transcended when they initiated the [[Great Journey]]. | ||
This was a massive revelation with great implications for the whole Covenant: If humans were the chosen successors of the Forerunners (or were surviving Forerunners themselves) yet had not transcended when the Sacred Rings were last activated, then that meant that the Halos would not necessarily provide godhood to all who walked the divine path.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', page 275: "'The Forerunners,' the Minister whispered. 'Some were left behind.'"</ref> This knowledge, if revealed to the masses of Covenant followers, would lead to revolt, the collapse of the entire Covenant Hierarchy, and the Prophets being deposed as divine leaders; the Prophets' age-old promise was that none would be left behind when the [[Great Journey]] began.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Regret (level)|Regret]]</ref> | This was a massive revelation with great implications for the whole Covenant: If humans were the chosen successors of the Forerunners (or were surviving Forerunners themselves) yet had not transcended when the Sacred Rings were last activated, then that meant that the Halos would not necessarily provide godhood to all who walked the divine path.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', page 275: "'The Forerunners,' the Minister whispered. 'Some were left behind.'"</ref> This knowledge, if revealed to the masses of Covenant followers, would lead to revolt, the collapse of the entire Covenant Hierarchy, and the Prophets being deposed as divine leaders; the Prophets' age-old promise was that none would be left behind when the [[Great Journey]] began.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Regret (level)|Regret]]</ref> | ||