Disembodied Soul

The Disembodied Soul or 'DS' is one of Bungie's many fictional characters that have started off as inside jokes at Bungie but turned into fan lore.

Disembodied Soul
The Disembodied Soul dates back to 1997 when it was created to explain why 1500 Marathon Infinity CDs were colored yellow-and-black instead of the Bungie colors, a problem which Bungie team members had to rectify themselves.

The fan reaction to DS ensured that Bungie kept the legend around and alive even giving Disembodied Soul a dog, "named Ralfie, who guards the gates to the darkest depths of the bungie.net metaserver."

A fate worse than death
DS was blamed for the "pirate" incident where Marathon source code was leaked to the net. In response to this and the label incident Bungie gave DS "a fate worse than death", it was locked away on Bungie's old website and forced to answer visitors' questions (via a simple text box where the visitor could enter in any query and receive pre-programmed responses). When Bungie upgraded to their new website, the "Support" section of that site where the Soul once resided was eliminated, and thus visitors could no longer ask it questions, although fans have archived the Disembodied Soul's complete repertoire of responses which you can see here at, Ask Disembodied Soul's Clone or View the list of responses and triggers.

The Soul does live on, as Bungie has made it a ban-bot, using cookies stored on a previously banned members' computer to prevent multiple spam and advertising accounts. DS even has his own account.

Appearances

 * In any Halo 3 Postgame Carnage Report on bungie.net without screenshots, a picture of the Disembodied Soul takes the thumbnail's place.
 * The Disembodied Soul is "Continuing my slow crawl toward infinity, according to a Bungie update.

Trivia

 * If you ask the Disembodied Soul's clone "Why did the chicken cross the road," he will reply, "Because you were running after it laughing with your pants around your ankles."


 * If you say "Frog blast the vent core?" Disembodied Soul's clone will say, "You know, like Hermit."