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'''"Demon"''' is the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] name for all [[Spartans]]<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 243, "Voro strained to isolate the human word for demons from their objectionable speech... ''Spartans''".</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 349, "They would take no chances with these human demons, these 'Spartans' ".</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 372 - "The Fleet Master Elite snarled at Kurt, and the translation filtered through his helmet's speaker: 'One last fight demon' ".</ref>, but is most commonly used in reference to [[John-117]] specifically. This is primarily due to the fact that the Covenant fear the Spartans, because of their ability to destroy hundreds or thousands of Covenant soldiers. They particularly fear John-117 because of his destruction of [[Installation 04]]. Because they treat these as relics and the Forerunners as gods, it is possible they see John-117 as the opposite: a demon. | '''"Demon"''' is the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] name for all [[Spartans]]<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 243, "Voro strained to isolate the human word for demons from their objectionable speech... ''Spartans''".</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 349, "They would take no chances with these human demons, these 'Spartans' ".</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 372 - "The Fleet Master Elite snarled at Kurt, and the translation filtered through his helmet's speaker: 'One last fight demon' ".</ref>, but is most commonly used in reference to [[John-117]] specifically. This is primarily due to the fact that the Covenant fear the Spartans, because of their ability to destroy hundreds or thousands of Covenant soldiers. They particularly fear John-117 because of his destruction of [[Installation 04]]. Because they treat these as relics and the Forerunners as gods, it is possible they see John-117 as the opposite: a demon. | ||
Demon could also possibly mean a particularly powerful foe, and they might call Spartans "Demons" because they rarely ever die, compared to a demon's immortality, and are bringers of great destruction and defeat (just as John-117 destroyed Installation 04). The idea that Demons refer to powerful foes instead of only Spartans is supported in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', where enemy [[Unggoy]] refer to the player, who plays as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]], as a | Demon could also possibly mean a particularly powerful foe, and they might call Spartans "Demons" because they rarely ever die, compared to a demon's immortality, and are bringers of great destruction and defeat (just as John-117 destroyed Installation 04). The idea that Demons refer to powerful foes instead of only Spartans is, however, not supported in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', where enemy [[Unggoy]] refer to the player, who plays as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]], as an "imp" which could technically be a small demon. | ||
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