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'''Filial Devotion''' was a [[Forerunner]] who lived during the time of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]]. He wrote a letter to their father which was visible on the seventh [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] that [[John-117]] encountered on [[Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Seventh Terminal]]''</ref>
'''Filial Devotion''' was a [[Forerunner]] who lived during the time of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. The individual wrote a letter to their father which was visible on the seventh [[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal]] that [[John-117]] encountered on [[Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Seventh Terminal]]''</ref>
==His letter==
 
==Filial Devotion's letter==
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[Father],
[Father],


I hope this message finds you well and helps you understand my decision. Today I leave the only world I have ever called home, not for glory or [the anomalous desire to end another's life[?]] as you have [indicted]; but to [travel the path of demons[?]] to spare the hands of [another Father's son].
I hope this message finds you well and helps you understand my decision. Today I leave the only world I have ever called home, not for glory or [the anomalous desire to end another's life[?]] as you have [indicted]; but to [travel the path of demons[?]] to spare the hands of [another Father's son].


"Had we acted sooner; had we acted more decisively..."
"Had we acted sooner; had we acted more decisively..."


Living in the past is a luxury none of us can afford. We must learn from it, but we cannot live there. It is impossible to plan for the [now]--the present is ever fleeting. [The future] is where we must live--[the future] is what we must plan for.
Living in the past is a luxury none of us can afford. We must learn from it, but we cannot live there. It is impossible to plan for the [now]--the present is ever fleeting. [The future] is where we must live--[the future] is what we must plan for.


I do not look to trade my life in order to preserve our past, but to secure the future--and if not ours, then the future of some [culture] yet to come.
I do not look to trade my life in order to preserve our past, but to secure the future--and if not ours, then the future of some [culture] yet to come.


Isn't sacrifice in the interest of others what you always spoke of as being so noble? Should I have allowed another to bloody his hands while I remained safe behind a [shield of privilege]?
Isn't sacrifice in the interest of others what you always spoke of as being so noble? Should I have allowed another to bloody his hands while I remained safe behind a [shield of privilege]?


You raised me better than that.
You raised me better than that.


[Filial Devotion]
[Filial Devotion]


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Filial Devotion can be translated into "dedication to one's son or daughter" which could possibly reflect on the relationship Filial Devotion's father had with his child.
Filial Devotion can be translated into "dedication to one's son or daughter" which could possibly reflect on the relationship Filial Devotion's father had with his child.
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}
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Latest revision as of 14:03, March 23, 2022

Filial Devotion
Filial Devotion.svg
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Political and military information

Affiliation:

Ecumene

 

Filial Devotion was a Forerunner who lived during the time of the Forerunner-Flood war. The individual wrote a letter to their father which was visible on the seventh Terminal that John-117 encountered on Installation 00.[1]

Filial Devotion's letter[edit]

[Father],

I hope this message finds you well and helps you understand my decision. Today I leave the only world I have ever called home, not for glory or [the anomalous desire to end another's life[?]] as you have [indicted]; but to [travel the path of demons[?]] to spare the hands of [another Father's son].

"Had we acted sooner; had we acted more decisively..."

Living in the past is a luxury none of us can afford. We must learn from it, but we cannot live there. It is impossible to plan for the [now]--the present is ever fleeting. [The future] is where we must live--[the future] is what we must plan for.

I do not look to trade my life in order to preserve our past, but to secure the future--and if not ours, then the future of some [culture] yet to come.

Isn't sacrifice in the interest of others what you always spoke of as being so noble? Should I have allowed another to bloody his hands while I remained safe behind a [shield of privilege]?

You raised me better than that.

[Filial Devotion]

[@_@;_%[?]]

Trivia[edit]

Filial Devotion can be translated into "dedication to one's son or daughter" which could possibly reflect on the relationship Filial Devotion's father had with his child.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]