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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
* In the real world, the word "Geas" comes from a Scottish Welsh corruption of the Old Irish word [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geis#Irish "geis"], which can mean "curse", "spell", or "command". | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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Geas was an archaic Forerunner term that referred to a generations-long genetic command imposed on an organism or species. Under the influence of a geas, an organism could be given a set of subconscious orders that would be passed on to their children, in some cases lasting several generations. Only highly skilled Forerunner Lifeworkers were capable of creating a geas. Forerunner students of the Mantle also hypothesized that the Precursors may have imposed a geas on the Forerunners themselves.[1]
The Librarian imposed a geas upon several human family lineages, including those of the Florian Riser and Chamanune Chakas, who were imprinted with a drive to pass the defenses surrounding the Didact's Cryptum at the Djamonkin Crater. Their geas also included songs which served as codes to open the Cryptum,[2] as well as deep genetic memories of their ancestors who fought in the Human-Forerunner wars,[3] including the long-lost secret for stopping the Flood.[4]
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
Trivia
- In the real world, the word "Geas" comes from a Scottish Welsh corruption of the Old Irish word "geis", which can mean "curse", "spell", or "command".
