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| {{Status|Apocrypha}} | | {{Era|H3|IRIS}} |
| [[File:IRIS Forerunner Email.png|thumb|300px|Image capture of the rendered email.]] | | {{Ratings}} |
| The '''Forerunner email''' is a message in the form of a poem, sent to all recipients of the [[Xbox]] Flash newsletter.{{Ref/Site|Id=XboxForerunnerEmail|URL=http://ebm.email.xbox.com/c/tag/hBGcPWIAlyE0uBNJo1GAxcoLjqZ/|Site=ebm.email.xbox.com|Page=Forerunner Email|D=27|M=6|Y=2007}} The email was tied to the first episode "[[The Unknown Helper]]" of the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Iris]] [[Alternate reality game]], and was sent around June 14, 2007, around the time the [[Forerunner]] [[Facilitator-class ancilla|AI]] known as [[Adjutant Reflex]] mentioned that "The first seeds are scattered", the "first seeds" being this email.{{Ref/Site|Id=BNETARE21|URL=https://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11278044&postRepeater1-p=21|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Archive/Resource Estimate - Page 21|D=15|M=6|Y=2007|LocalArchive=Adjutant Reflex posts}} | | [[Image:Forerunner Email.png|thumb|The image in the email.]] |
| | [[Image:Chrysopteron.gif|thumb|AdjutantReflex's second bungie.net avatar.]] |
| | [[Image:SOTA symbol.jpg|thumb|[[N'chala]]'s rock painting.]] |
| | The '''Forerunner Email''' was sent to all recipients of the [http://www.xbox.com/ Xbox Flash] newsletter and seems tied to [[AdjutantReflex]]. It consists of a cryptic poem alongside an image depicting a [[Forerunner]] wall with a symbol on it, the same symbol used as an avatar by AdjutantReflex and the same observed by [[N'chala]] as Forerunner machines built the object speculated to be the [[Ark]]. |
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| ==Email breakdown== | | == E-mail== |
| The email consists of a cryptic poem alongside an image depicting a Forerunner wall from the ''[[Halo 2]]'' map [[Desolation]] with a symbol on it, clicking the email lead to the website [[Halo3.com]]. The poem itself appears to describe the events of the [[Forerunner-Flood war|devastating war]] between the Forerunners and the [[Flood]], prior to the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]]. Following the command "Look for the signs" lead to people finding the symbol in numerous places such as recently added to Halo3.com, and eventually was quickly made the avatar of the AdjutantReflex account on Bungie.net,{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.bungie.net/Account/Profile.aspx?memberID=2437447|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Profile: AdjutantReflex|D=15|M=6|Y=2007|LocalArchive=Adjutant Reflex posts}} where it was used for a puzzle, and subsequently used throughout the rest of the alternate reality game as a re-occurring symbol.{{Ref/Site|Id=BNETW1|URL=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11314735|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Who?|D=17|M=06|Y=2007|LocalArchive=Adjutant Reflex posts}}
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| ==The message==
| | ''HISTORY CIRCLING |
| ;''HISTORY CIRCLING''
| | BACK UPON US.'' |
| ;''BACK UPON US.''
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| ''The gears of the Universe spin further''<br> | | ''The gears of the Universe spin further |
| ''and further apart.''<br>
| | and further apart. |
| ''Ever greater grows the gulf between souls,''<br>
| | Ever greater grows the gulf between souls, |
| ''And distance gives false hope of safety''<br>
| | And distance gives false hope of safety |
| ''But for the grim tidings this messenger bears''
| | But for the grim tidings this messenger bears:'' |
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| ;''The enemy is almost upon us''
| | ''The enemy is almost upon us'' |
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| ''Closing in from all sides,''<br> | | ''Closing in from all sides, |
| ''Moving faster than the light''<br>
| | Moving faster than the light |
| ''it snuffs with its passage,''<br>
| | it snuffs with its passage, |
| ''Time echoes with the news of destruction.''<br>
| | Time echoes with the news of destruction. |
| ''History winding back upon itself.''
| | History winding back upon itself.'' |
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| ''Waves of an army march this way in unison,''<br> | | ''Waves of an army march this way in unison, |
| ''Suffering and corruption are its battle cries.''<br>
| | Suffering and corruption are its battle cries. |
| ''For I have known this darkness''<br>
| | For I have known this darkness |
| ''and felt its embrace once before-''<br>
| | and felt its embrace once before- |
| ''Horror best laid to rest''
| | Horror best laid to rest'' |
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| ;''Yet a Journey must commence''
| | ''Yet a Journey must commence'' |
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| ''Look for the signs, the keepers of the flame.''<br> | | ''Look for the signs, the keepers of the flame. |
| ''They will lead you to war, and perhaps, to victory''
| | They will lead you to war, and perhaps, to victory'' |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Related Links== |
| <gallery>
| | *[[Iris]] |
| File:IRIS Forerunner Email image.jpg|The image of the Desolation wall used in the email with the Forerunner symbol on it.
| | *[[AdjutantReflex]] |
| </gallery>
| | *[[Cortana Letters]] |
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| ==Sources==
| | [[Category:The Forerunner]] |
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| ==See also==
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| *[http://ebm.email.xbox.com/c/tag/hBGcPWIAlyE0uBNJo1GAxcoLjqZ/ Original link] {{C|Defunct}}
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| {{Navbox/Media/Audio/Iris}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner files and protocols]] | |
| [[Category:Iris]] | | [[Category:Iris]] |
