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"We remember the Freeman. We are coterminous."
―All-Knowing Vortigaunt [src]
 

The All-Knowing Vortigaunt is an Easter Egg featured in Half-Life 2.

Overview[]

All-knowing Vort singing

The All-Knowing Vortigaunt singing.

Near the end of the chapter Water Hazard (in the map d1_canals_13), Gordon Freeman must destroy a Hunter-Chopper that has been following his trail. After this is completed, a large, sliding metal gate must be opened to proceed further (the one directly after the hunter chopper fight, not the one over the dam). After going through the gate, on the left, there are two visible drainage tunnels set into the face of the rock. The grate on the left tunnel is shown to be peeled back. Inside this tunnel, beyond a stretch of radioactive waste is a large, underground cavern, home to a character referred to by fans as the "All-Knowing Vortigaunt". The Vortigaunt in question is shown roasting a Fast Headcrab over an open fire while chanting, eventually pausing to hack and wheeze for a moment. When triggering him with the "USE" key, the player may hear many cryptic statements pertaining to the Black Mesa Incident, Xen, the G-Man, the Nihilanth, and Gordon's deep connection to the Vortigaunts, among other topics. However, given enough prompting by the player, he appears to say every possible Vortigaunt sentence, spoken by the other Vortigaunts in Half-Life 2.

Trivia[]

  • Due to his voice, some fans jokingly refer to him as the "Sore Throat Vortigaunt".
    • In the description of the "Vorticough" achievement gained by finding him, it describes him as "the coughing vortigaunt".
  • The cave features an early look at the Fast Headcrab, though not its first appearance in the game, as it appears earlier in Station 6: if one goes back to Arlene after leaving with the Airboat, it appears a Fast Headcrab killed her, but without turning her into a Fast Zombie.
  • If a Vortigaunt is spawned through the console command and the player interacts with it, the spawned Vortigaunt will say the quotes used by the All-Knowing Vortigaunt. Similarity, the Vortigaunt who installs the gun on the Airboat says all the same things as the All-Knowing Vortigaunt if questioned before leaving. Additionally, the Vortigaunt found in the basement of the building where Odessa Cubbage can be found in New Little Odessa recites the same lines.
  • The All-Knowing Vortiguant's lines could be interpreted as breaks in the fourth wall, describing the player controlling Gordon Freeman with the lines "Far distant eyes look out through yours." and "Something secret steers us both. We shall not name it." These lines could also reasonably refer to other elements within the game's story.

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