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Iris

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:37 pm
by cauc8xsens8x
The Iris seems to be a big clue, or is at least going to remain important to how we can discover other clues.

An Iris is a flower, and AR now told us that "The first seeds are scattered." I think this might be important to understand what we need to look for or ask about in the future.

Also on this sitehttp://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plan ... ?code=C170 mentions that Iris's are white, often with a yellow band (or Halo) around them, and occasionally can have sword shaped leaves. Not that this has anything speciffic to relate to AR, but it is interestingly connected to Halo themes I feel.

Let me know what you think.

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:17 am
by whiteness
iris wikipedia ---- She is also represented as supplying the clouds with the water needed to deluge the world, consistent with her rainbow identity

dictionary
del·uge .
–noun 1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
2. a drenching rain; downpour.
3. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.
4. the Deluge. flood

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:24 am
by Heart
Iris is a messenger for the gods, and is sister of/to the Arkhe... (Ark)


Arkhe was the messenger of the Titans, and at a time of war between the gods and Titans was an enemy to her sister Iris, who was the messenger for the Gods.


While Arkhe had iridescent wings, Iris had golden wings and carried a caduceus, Pictured here:Image :mrgreen:


OOOOOHHHHH..... I just had a brainstorm... Iris is pictured to be a young maiden with golden wings on her shoulders... and I remembered this image:
Image

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:49 am
by Ark7
Heart is on to something.

Iris = New AI ?

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:11 am
by cboy945
Is that fan art or true bungie art?

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:14 am
by UrsusArctos
The symbol that AR uses on Bungie.net is the Iris in the eyes of the Monitors. That too!

And did you notice Cortana's Irises in the 'Emotion' Image? The one with all the Chinese and Japanese characters in it?

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:15 am
by Sir Topham Hat
It's a Bungie official image. Check out this website.
One of her titles is Chrysopteron.

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:30 am
by cauc8xsens8x
whiteness i think that's a really awesome correlation. it sounds like a logical choice for the halo 3 story to follow.

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:42 am
by whiteness
thanks.... though it is kinda wierd now cus the "IRIS INITIATED"
and everyones to caught up on some avery dude to stop and take this one step at a time

Re: Iris

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:47 am
by Maimbot 9000
"Who is the path of light from blackest Earth to brilliant heaven?
On whose golden wings will we fly from here to there?"

Is Iris a spacecraft? What we saw opening in the Halo 3 announcement trailer--is that just a huge-ass hangar door opening (irising out, you might say)?

Or...was that light we saw the Halos activating, and the Forerunner attached a quasi-religious significance to this event as well (like the Covie's Great Journey)?