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>Given that our reality since Half-Life 2 came out has increasingly aligned with the story.
Because it was calculated disclosure from someone in the know. Recall "Green Language" from the green thread up right now, it's not just used in alchemical texts but also in fictional media.

Gordon is Scottish and means something like "large fortress" or great house. Which is what the word Pharaoh means.

"Freeman" sounds like free man, which is also a verb, the act of freeing men as the character does in the story.

The Pharaoh of the Freed Men.