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{{quote|[[Installation 04|This ring]] contains significant dangers, and even with [[human|your]] [[Reclaimer|assumed legacy]], I must verify the presence and pitch of your gei before allowing full access.|[[343 Guilty Spark]] in a transmission to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}<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>}}
{{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>


[[The Librarian]] imposed a geas upon several [[human]] family lineages, including those of the [[Florian]] [[Morning Riser|Riser]] and [[Chamanune|cha''manune'']] [[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,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 55''</ref> as well as deep genetic memories of their ancestors who fought in the [[human-Forerunner wars]],<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> including the long-lost secret for stopping [[the Flood]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 341''</ref>
[[The Librarian]] imposed a geas upon several [[human]] family lineages, including those of the [[Florian]] [[Morning Riser|Riser]] and [[Chamanune|cha''manune'']] [[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,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 55''</ref> as well as deep genetic memories of their ancestors who fought in the [[human-Forerunner war]],<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> including the long-lost secret for stopping [[the Flood]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 341''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''<ref>[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>
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]'' <ref name="marketplace"/>


==Sources==
==Sources==