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'''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>
'''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>


==Filial Devotion's 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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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Ref/Sources}}
[[Category:Forerunners]]
 
[[Category:Forerunner characters]]

Latest revision as of 13:03, March 23, 2022

Filial Devotion
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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.

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