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The High Prophets are Fictional Character s featured in the Video Game '' Halo 2 ''. Three High Prophets serve as the Hierarchs, the highest leaders of the ''," the Prophets evolved on a planet that was once dominated by the Forerunners. As a sidenote, in each one's name there is a small amount of Irony . HIGH PROPHET OF MERCY The Prophet of Mercy seems to be considerably older than the other High Prophets, mainly because his skin is a ghostly white and his voice is raspier, but no less influential. The Prophet of Mercy agrees with the Prophet of Truth to offer the role of Arbiter to the disgraced Elite commander. Like Regret, Mercy believes firmly in the Covenant's religious teachings and the "Great Journey." When The Flood begins to infest High Charity , a number of infection forms attack Truth, Mercy, Tartarus , and their honor guard. In the ensuing skirmish, one infection form attaches to Mercy. As Tartarus steps forward to remove it, the High Prophet of Truth orders him to let Mercy die, saying "Let him be. The Great Journey waits for no one, brother. Not even you." The Master Chief discovers Mercy struggling with the infection form and asks where Truth is headed. Once Mercy tells him, he pulls it off, even though Mercy dies during the process. Shortly afterward, as the Master Chief is fighting back through the upper towers, Truth makes a statement that Mercy is alive and well, at his side. The Gravemind immediately cuts in and refutes the statement, claiming that he and Mercy "exist together now, two corpses, in one grave." This very strongly indicates that Mercy, like Regret, has been absorbed into the Flood, and probably as a portion of the Gravemind. The irony of this Prophet is that he was shown no mercy by the Prophet of Truth, and that he did show mercy to Regret when he was overly hasty about invading Earth . The Prophet of Mercy was voiced by Hamilton Camp in Halo 2 . HIGH PROPHET OF REGRET The High Prophet of Regret led the initial attack on Earth without consensus from the Prophets of Truth and Mercy. Although the attack destroyed a number of the MAC Cannon defense stations orbiting Earth, Regret had insufficient power to effectively win the battle, armed with only thirteen regular cruisers and two assault carriers. While his thirteen battle cruisers were picked off one by one by the UNSC forces, the second assault carrier was destroyed by the Master Chief. However, the first Assault Carrier, containing the Prophet of Regret, managed to get past the defenses and land in New Mombasa, East African Protectorate , but the invasion was foiled due mainly to the actions of the Master Chief and the marine reinforcements deployed by the frigate; In Amber Clad. Regret fled with his flagship to Halo Installation 05 , and transmitted his apologies to Truth and Mercy once there. Upon following Regret to Installation 05, Cortana and the Master Chief determine Regret intends to activate Halo, in an effort to begin the Great Journey. To prevent this from happening and to shake up the Covenant leadership, Miranda Keyes orders the Master Chief to take out Regret. He proceeded to do so, assaulting the temple Regret resided within and beating him almost to death with his fists. A Covenant cruiser, under Truth's orders, destroys the temple with both Regret and the Master Chief inside. Regret does not enjoy a peaceful death, and his corpse is recovered and reanimated by the Gravemind , the apparent Flood leader. He is last seen arguing with 2401 Penitent Tangent as a part of the Gravemind's body. The irony of this one is that he lives on regretting the failed assault on Earth. The Prophet of Regret was voiced by Robin Atkins-Downes in Halo 2 . HIGH PROPHET OF TRUTH The High Prophet of Truth plays a central role in determining the events of Halo 2. He's believed to be the youngest of the Prophets. Truth assigned the disgraced commander of The Fleet of Particular Justice (The fleet following the Pillar Of Autumn to Halo Installation 04 ) to become the Arbiter and ordered him to defeat the Heretics, a rebel movement that regarded Covenant teachings as false. After the rebels were defeated, Truth used the Arbiter to retrieve Installation 05's Sacred Icon . Truth and Mercy use the recent assassination of Regret and destruction of Installation 04 as a pretext to reorganize Covenant society. The Elites are replaced by Brutes as the honor guard for the Prophets, severely angering the Elites, who had been in such a position since the founding of the Covenant. These changes eventually led to a civil war within the Covenant, when Truth eventually called for a complete genocide of the Elites so that the Brutes might replace them in society, with the genocide disguised as a Brute insurrection. When the Flood infiltrate High Charity and infect the Prophet of Mercy, the Prophet of Truth deliberately abandons his fellow Prophet and escapes in a Forerunner ship at the centre of High Charity . Truth uses the ship to return to Earth, where his plans and motives remain a mystery. The Prophet of Truth is the only remaining High Prophet following the events detailed in Halo 2 . The Prophet of Truth's irony is perhaps more subtle, and is the only one that does not yet involve his death. He lies to and betrays the Arbiter, and blatantly lies to the population of High Charity: While moving to through High Charity he states "Fear not my brothers, the Sacred Icon is secure. It was Tartarus and his Brutes who took the Icon from the Flood..." and after witnessing Mercy's infection, and abandoning him, Truth announces later "Noble Mercy is here, by my side, his wise council ever in my ear." Presumably he orchestrated the Brute's massacre of the Elites. The Prophet of Truth was voiced by Michael Wincott in Halo 2 . LESSER PROPHETS There are also a number of lesser prophets, such as Pity, Disdain, Wisdom, Fear, Sorrow, Supposition, and Grief, that form the prophetic branch of the Councils of Deed and Doctrine, Concordance and Masters, along with the Elites. These Prophets vote and make decisions, but ultimate power is held by the three High Prophets. |
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