Easter Egg translation, by me

[Hazar]

Taken from this thread, here is the dialog from the vort, along with my understanding of what they mean. Feel free to agree/disagree/correct me.


While our own lay scattered at your feet, you severed the vortal cord that bound the Nihilanth to life, and to us.

Even though you killed a whole bunch of them, you freed them from Nihilanth when you killed him.

That sharp spur of hope has not dulled to this day. For once the lesser master lay defeated, we knew the greater must also fall in time

I think the lesser master is Nihilanth, and the greater master is the combine.

With you beside us, a talisman of victory, the day of freedom draws nigh.

They think you are magic (which you might be ) and are waiting for you to whoop up on everyone.

Your birght face obscures your darker mask.

they forgive you for killing hundreds of them, because you freed their race by killing Nihilanth

We call you sib, although your mind and meaning are a mystery to us.

I think 'sib' referrs to sibling, aka, brother, aka, you're related to them.

Far distant eyes look out through yours.

possible a reference to the gman?

Something secret steers us both. We shall not name it.

another reference to the gman I think.

We have endured these chafing bonds for eons, yet a single moment of further servitude seems intolerable!

pretty self explanatory

How often have we slipped our yoke, only to find it choking us again.

I think this means that when they become 'lazy' and obey their masters, they get hurt, if that made any sense.

Let this war end in either total victory or our extinction. No further compromise shall we allow.

no explination needed.

We shall take our stand beside you, here, upon this miserable rock.

meaning they are your allies, on earth.

The way ahead is dark for the moment.

I think this is referring to ravenholm which is just up ahead.

What seems to you a sacrifice is merely, to us, an oscillation. We do not fear the interval of darkness.

Vortigaunts have been through a lot of rough times.

We are a tapestry woven of vortessence. It is the same for you if only you would see it.

Again, they think you are part of them somehow.

How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass?

This one is a little sketchy

Could you but see the eyes inside your own, the minds in your mind, you would see how much we share.

I think the vort.s can also 'see' on a different demension or something.

We are you, Freeman. And you are us.

Once again, another referrence to your 'bond' if you will.

Our cause seems hopeless.

Defeating the combine I think.

We have survived worse across the ages.

Not much to say.

Where to now? And to what end?

Don't know about this one.

Our life is worthless unless spent on freedom.

The hate being enslaved, (wonder why )

This is more than anyone can bear, but we will persevere.

They are strong, more as a group than as individuals.

We shall prevail.

....

We have lost all dear to us.

....

And then he starts repeating stuff.

Hope you learned something

 

[Lanthanide]

I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know a month ago.

 

[Leagle]

They really don't need much "translation". Like the Yoke one. It means exactly what it says. We have broken free and been enslaved again in the past. Lots. It is a lament.

 

[Intamin]

I did a list of everything he says a while back, maybe you can get a little more info from this: Click Here for thread

It's cool, but you don't have to talk to the one in the tunnel, the one where you get the tau cannon on your airboat says the same stuff...

 

[Orange]

How often have we slipped our yoke, only to find it choking us again.

Sounds like if you think you have reached freedom, you may really find you are enslaved again. like gordan escaping mesa and becoming employed, or the vortigaunts being freed from nilhilanth, then enslaved again by the combine.

The references to the person inside, person far away, or the references to being a part of the same thing could be joke references to the idea that they are all video game entities.
the person controlling you and seeing you is a long way away . . .

 

[UKchaos2]

That easter egg is cool, but i think the vort that gives you the airboat gun has all the same lines too.

 

[Absinthe]

I dunno. The comments about "the eyes inside you" struck me as some kind of cheeky comment about the player controlling Gordon.

"How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass?"

This does fall into the entire philosophy of Gordon being you.

On the other hand, it could also mean something entirely different. Best to wait and see what Laidlaw has cooked up for us.

 

[Eunoch]

Taken from this thread, here is the dialog from the vort, along with my understanding of what they mean. Feel free to agree/disagree/correct me.


How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass?

This one is a little sketchy

Could you but see the eyes inside your own, the minds in your mind, you would see how much we share.

I think the vort.s can also 'see' on a different demension or something.

Where to now? And to what end?

Don't know about this one.

its quite easy, the first one hints at gordon being multiple people, maybe a hint at gman and gordon being the same person or related, or it could mean that gordon has people trapped in him, or it could just be something silly, with every hl2 player being "inside him". (imo)

the second one i want to add too, it could either mean that the vortigaunts have different ways of seeing things, it could mean that gordon is missing something vital, and is failing to see it, it could also be the same as the one before that, and mean that he has multiple personalities/people inside him/same as gman etc etc.

the third one could just be the vort wondering what will happen next, and why gordon should go on, because the reason for him to go on/the reward for him doing whatever he does next is unclear and not very obvious. it might just prove that noone knows the story yet, and that noone knows how its going to end and whats going to happen next.

thats what i understand anyways