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There are several reversed messages in the Halo series, one in [[Halo 2]], and three in [[Halo 3]].
There are several reversed messages in the Halo series, one in [[Halo 2]], and three in [[Halo 3]].
== Destroyer's Invocation Message ==
In the Halo 2 song ''Destroyer's Invocation'', (the first movement of the ''Mausoleum Suite'' on the Halo 2: Original Soundtrack, a mysterious voice chants. If this mumbling is reversed ([[Media:Reversed_message.ogg|listen]]), a voice is heard saying:
:''...I have walked among men and angels for three thousand years. Time has no end... no beginning... no purpose.''
:''I wander the earth, seeking forgiveness for my horrible crimes against God and man.''
:''I live to see death, destruction, end, over the light, but the light cannot be extinguished.''
:''I live in a prison of my own demise.''
:''I am lost...in time''
The voice can be heard during the cutscene before The Arbiter, the level Gravemind when you rescue the Marines, and during The Great Journey when you fight Tartarus.
Recently, however, [[Marty O'Donnell]], in a post on the Halo.Bungie.Org forums, stated that he wondered "why the transcript (of the reversed message) is still wrong." This seems to indicate that changes must be made to the transcript before it is accurate. However, some of the words can be distinctly mutated into other words; such as "against God and man" sounds like "and then." Also, "a prison of my own demise" sounds like a "prison of my own device."
There are many theories as to whom the voice belongs. The most plausible candidate is 032 Mendicant Bias.


== Black Tower Message ==
== Black Tower Message ==