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{{quote|[[This ring | {{quote|[[Installation 04|This ring]] contains significant dangers, and even with [[human|your]] assumed legacy, I must verify the presence and pitch of your gei before allowing full access.|343 Guilty Spark<ref name="marketplace">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/titles/haloanniversary/video/halo-anniversary-terminal-1/37ca5bef-e602-405d-b0fd-99d232440fb7 ''Halo Waypoint'': '''Halo: Anniversary Terminal 1''']]</ref>}} | ||
'''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 [[Lifeworker]]s were capable of creating a geas. Forerunner students of the [[Mantle]] also hypothesized that the [[Precursor]]s may have imposed a geas on the Forerunners themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 49''</ref> | '''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 [[Lifeworker]]s were capable of creating a geas. Forerunner students of the [[Mantle]] also hypothesized that the [[Precursor]]s may have imposed a geas on the Forerunners themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 49''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:45, September 4, 2011
- "This ring contains significant dangers, and even with your assumed legacy, I must verify the presence and pitch of your gei before allowing full access."
- — 343 Guilty Spark[1]
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.[2]
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,[3] as well as deep genetic memories of their ancestors who fought in the human-Forerunner wars,[4] including the long-lost secret for stopping the Flood.[5]
Trivia
- In the real world, the word "geas" likely comes from a Scottish Welsh corruption of the Old Irish word "geis", which can mean "curse", "spell", or "command".
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[6]
Sources
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo: Anniversary Terminal 1]
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 49
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 55
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 121
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 341
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo: Anniversary Terminal 1
