“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

The Master Chief and the Masculine Virtues

Warning – nerdiness and video game terminology follows There is a very good reason why I have chosen the Master Chief as my avatar. (For those few of you who are unfamiliar with the term “Master Chief”, this is what I’m on about.) Spartan-117...