How the Arbiter Influenced the Events of Halo CE and Sparked the Downfall of the Covenant
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2020
- Halo CE, to our total surprise, released last week on PC! And so, to celebrate the re-relaunch of CE PC, we're gonna do a few CE centric lore videos, starting today by looking at how the Arbiter influenced the events of Halo CE and sparked the downfall of the Covenant...
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What's the best way to survive real life going all 28 Days Later? WHY HALO LORE, OF COURSE! Enjoy fellas
28 straight days of halo lore would drive me to rampancy.
Dude, those 3 Weeks of Thel Vadaams Fleet chasing the Pillar of Autumn is basically the opening to Star Wars: A new Hope, right?
How would everyone feel about a Halo Wars RTS going through and explains/fleshing out this side of Instillation 04’s story? Just popped in my mind and wanted to share 😅
Sesa Refumee become a heretic because the Arbiter (Thel Vadumee) had forgotten about him? Do you not remember the easter egg in which Sesa Refumee had ordered his faction to cut off communications with all nearby ships while conversing with 343 Guilty Spark?
Have any of you guys seen the leak for a Brute toy? Fingers crossed for Brutes in Infinite.
The prophets: *make bad decision after bad decision leading to the destruction of Halo*
Also the prophets upon seeing the Arbiter: aw fuck, I can't believe you've done this
Cult leaders always need scapegoats.
Quality meme
Now I'm imagining Arby tossing sunglasses on a table because that's how the original meme started 🤣
Is it any wonder he ended up getting such a murderboner for the high prophet of Truth
Prophets: “WHY DIDN’T YOU STOP THE DEMON!?”
Thel’Vadamee: “Were it so easy.”
Alternatively, “You shot me, foo!”
folks never seem able to look in the mirror. doesn't matter what planet they're from. >.> ah well.
Because the minor prophet YOU placed in MY fleet didnt let me...and because HE is dead I am getting blamed for it
@@jamesbarclay7951 rofl
Da da do
By the time I learned the Demon’s intent, there was nothing I could do
F
HE-RE-TIC!
@@xtout *crowd roars and cheers
I will continue my campaign against the humans
@@thelvadam224 "No, you will not."
It's fascinating how the Prophet of Stewardship was able to screw his job up this badly. If it wasn't for his actions, Thel's fleet could've decimated the Pillar of Autumn, killed the Master Chief, AND activated the Halo ring as part of the Great Journey. *Yikes.*
Well maybe not start the great journey. They'd need a reclaimer for that and learning that would probably lead right back to where we are.
@@shamidullah1 just would've been a gid fuckening lmao
ConeLordDaytona sounds like he wanted the prophets to take credit for eradicating humanity and not thel himself.
Master chief: "Lucky me"
@@shamidullah1 the prophet knew he need humans because they knew the humans are the reclaimers and not them and thats why the prophets were so pissed about humans and couldn't let them join the covenant like other races
Thel's greatest loss and failure also became the salvation of himself and his people
“When I’m at the bottom looking up, the main question may not be ‘how do I get out of this hole?’ In reality, the main question might be ‘how do I get rid of the shovel that I used to dig it?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
and probably Arbiter during the covenant uprising and while confronting the Gravemind.
Weirdly enough, how Thel sparked 'revolution' reminds me of Hitler's rise in power
"At our lowest point we are open to the greatest change" ~Aang
@@sloppysalami5490 How so?
@@pedrogheventer2566 shamed and consigned to a humiliating fate using former military connections to unite them in uprising.
Highly experienced and decorated military commander defeated by an incompetent chair-force guy.
Hannibal: "first time?"
The thing is that this has happened countless times trough history.
The Vietnam War comes to mind about this, @@texanpotato8349.
@@adamgray1753 Bay of pigs?
@@texanpotato8349 More like the entirety of it, We thought it would be a piece of cake, but we got outmanned by rice farmers.
The line from the intro of Halo 2 when Thel says "Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked" suddenly makes so much sense now.
Thier will be order in this council!
You were right to focus your attention on the flood, but this demon, this Master Chief.
Charles Guerrero by the time I learned the demons intent there was nothing I could do
If they came to hear me beg they will be disappointed
@@garylococo2401 huh are you sure?
The retcon of having a prophet in a power struggle with the Arbiter is actually good. It makes the idea that one man could defeat them feel more plausible. A disorganized army can be beaten fairly easily, especially if the command structure is in conflict and issuing confused orders.
"Halo's destruction was your error, and you rightly bear the blame"
*OBJECTION!*
The High prophets must of knew the truth that is was the Stewdance for interfering with military operations. They didn't want the blame to fall back on them politically, so they shift the blame & use Thel for thier own gain.
That would make sense. That could also be why Thel got no response when he tried to contact High Charity.
Thel:actually it's Stewardships fault, had he stayed out of the way halo would still be intact and the great would have begun
Truth:..... It seems we owe you an apology
The arbiter without a doubt is one of the BEST character to ever be made in the halo universe
Although he has committed “heresy” he is still a valuable asset back then to eradicate the “demon” and heretics, and never forget he is a brother to his kind
Do you hold a grudge against him for killing millions of humans?
@@ronnie9379 no
Placebo Gazebo no, I don’t
@@ronnie9379 nah, he's still a good boi
@@ronnie9379 I'd say his instrumental part in saving the galaxy makes up for that
*when I first played Halo, I was blinded by it’s majesty*
I was dumbstruck
Me too!
Paralyzed?
The Jam Man yep
Yet bungie made something holy... more holy than the rings!
You should just retell the whole story in lore form every detail leading up to halo infinite I think you have time still XD
The entire canon Halo Story up intil Infinite, all squashed into a 1hr video pls Hidden Xperia!!
Please hidden Xperia make a full story lore lending up to infinite
I've thought about doing something like that leading up to Infinite. To say it'd be a massive undertaking would be the understatement of the century lol but we shall see...
@@HiddenXperia I'm sure you can do something like that)
@@HiddenXperia I have a friend who wants to start getting into halo lore. Before he just played the games. This video would be so helpful for him.
2020: Corona Virus
2520: Flood Outbreak
I think I will stay with the Corona virus
James Braselton what the hell did i just read.
1920: Spanish Flu
I may sound old by saying this “Hope the grand children can survive, like we survive other outbreaks”
Such a low iq comment. Johnson and Chief survive outbreak and John survive infection itself. There are plenty of people who catch Corona Virus and manage to stay alive.
It's funny that, due to the Arbiter's bad luck, the Galaxy was saved in the long wrong
Halo 2 Anniversary Cutscenes are such a gift. I could watch them all day. i wish I could play Halo 2 Anniversary but the MCC is so expensive.
still dreaming of Blur H3 cutscenes, one day...
@@HiddenXperia Me too...
Should of bought the Xbox one with the MCC collection like I did haha.
You can buy games separately for Halo MCC on its PC release.
HiddenXperia yeah
Bungie: the game already looks good it doesn’t need an update
The community: *looks at blur H2 cutscenes* uhhh Chief that ain’t why we want H3 anniversary.
343 : arbiter isn't in halo infinite
Me : Reeeeeeeee
Really?
Who has taught you these lies?
@@HiddenXperia oh, no one has I was only making a joke, I think it worked
What you say is heresy!
HERETIC!
HERETIC!
People in March: How can this possibly get any worse?
April: The Covenant is on Earth, I repeat, the Covenant is on Earth!
Commence Extermatus! Rain fore from our Navy! Purge the Xeno!
It's the Winter Contingency!
Buck: Get *_set_* for a combat drop.
May God help us all.
If the covenant attacked earth today we'd absolutely get shit on. At least if the covenant are as strong as they are in the games
I always loved how SPARTANs are Demons, but John is The Demon. Like he is The SPARTAN.
Thel:*chases pillar of autumn*
Cheif:I'm about to end this man's whole career.
0:25 Thatz how you know that Halo CE is a very iconic game
Damn... I love the names of the Covenant fleets and ships.
Omega Zero the bad guys always have the coolest names for ships and other things.
@@anthonylong9067 they aren't bad they are good
"a stray missile could damage the ring"
343 guilty spark: were it so easy
Dang, what this video should actually be called is “how a single prophet saved all life in the galaxy and made it a much better place” literally what a hero man, even sacrificed himself to the flood
One billion humans. I don’t think that number really sets in till you think that earth would lose everybody in the United States and Europe combined. Like a 7th if our planets populous. Good lord...
GCustoms Creations none of our colonies stood a chance. The insurrections definitely didnt help.
@@anthonylong9067 well I mean they kinda did - if it weren't for the insurrectionists, humanity wouldn't have had such a huge navy and military, the UNSC wouldn't have been anywhere near prepared for a war, and Halsey wouldn't have created the Spartans.
Not really, I would assume our population ballooned in so many years as well as colonies to likely 20Billion or so at least?
None the less, still startling.
If I were among the survivors, I'd be expecting a reparation check in the mail with Arbiter's name signed across it.
@@pwnpawn yes, but we in the halo universe have hundreds of planets but only had 54 billion people, and more than 8 billion probably lived on Earth, also the outer colonies, which is where the humans the arbiter killed, had less human per planet than the inner colonies.
Imagine needing to live in a gas mine because you listened to a sacred Oracle that thinks the Holy rings are ready to fire at any time.
-This post was made by the covenant gang.
Heretics RISE UP
Yo, they should make two campaigns for Halo Infinite, A Chief campaign, and An Arbiter campaign
Yee
Personally I'd much prefer a return to the Halo 3 model of Chief as player one and Arbiter as player two.
I like that idea actually. Halo 3's idea was cool but not as fun as what Halo 2 did.
If I remember correctly, in First Strike, Chief fights the ship master of the Ascendant Justice, but is unable to kill him and is forced to force him into an escape pod and jettison him. I always thought that it could have been Thel, is there any credence to this theory? Because if so it means that Chief and The Arbiter actually met prior to Halo 2. It'd be a really intense sort of confrontation.
I think I heard that was thel
@@AbdullahKhan-el6xw yea, the way the book makes it sound it was him, because at the end there's something about the prophets discussing what to do with him. so when I played halo 2 for the first time there's some gold elite on trial, who goes on to be the arbiter, my brain put the two together "oh this is the dude chief fought" so I always assumed that. but I've never heard any halo youtuber mention it despite it being a really cool piece of character development. From fighting chief hand to hand and being too badass to die, to meeting him all that time later in the lair of the gravemind, to fighting by his side.
M F I read that it is him on the wiki but it was a long time ago I don’t really know for sure either
@@xxchipyxx257 i hope it is him, i could see some later lore fat fingering it by saying he was on a different vessel at the time of first strike. I'm pleb tier when it comes to lore compared to HiddenX, figure if anyone knows or is willing to delve into it it's gotta be him
If it wasn't Thel, I'd very much like to know who it was.
Halo prequel/interquel idea: “Halo: Fleet of Particular Justice” - either an RTS ala Halo Wars(/Battlefleet Gothic?) following the titular fleet in their campaign from Reach(/earlier?) to the Sacred Ring and beyond ; Or, an FPS where you play as an “elite Elite” on the frontlines of Shipmaster Vadamee’s campaigns.
In both cases: more time with everyone’s favorite Sangheili commander.
In the latter case specifically: playable elites.
Fuck yes
"Arby...kinda forgot about Sesa 'Refumee"
Thanks for keeping the content coming during these trying times. CE laid great story groundwork. The quicker we're done with the Promethean era the BETTER. If purple or blue blood doesn't splatter the walls I'm not interested in killing it.
Three weeks between reach and ce? Now it makes sense. I always thought it was odd he'd sleep in cryo when they left only to be woken up shortly after
My biggest question is how did Sgt Johnson survive ce? He said in the start of 2 that "its classified" but did they ever give a lore explanation
In the book halo first strike, it explains it
He was in the long sword with cheif
@@4realm8rusirius no
@@4realm8rusirius chief was on the longsword and he found a pelican on a asteroid while trying to hide from a covenant ship, which is where johnson was
@@TexturesLikeMegaBloks oh yeah by bad
I'm so happy that the lore video's are back I missed them so much
any prophet: *exists*
their own name: "im how this man's whole career is about to end"
It's amazing how Halo has expanded to be about more than just the Master Chief. It's a whole universe with many protagonists and stories that can be told.
When Cortana sends bots from the future...Thankyou for the Lore stay I C O N I C 😎
I love Master Chief but I would die for the Arbiter. I played Halo 3 first and absolutely fell for him. Learning about his past and what happened with the first Halo just made me fall even more in love with this character. Then of course him and Chief being absolute badasses together was *chefs kiss*. There had better be a reunion of these 2 in Infinite and it had better be good or I will riot!!!
The prophets overconfidence and arrogance was ultimately the downfall of the covenant.
Madvillain true but it’s spelt prophet xd
2:22 this part always gives me chills
that and the Arbitor was also present on the island of the Silent Cartographer as well. AT THE SAME time as chief when he was detonating the Autumn's engines.
2:25 chills everytime
I like how we try to take arbiters side of failing missions that involved slaughtering humans
2:23 I'm pretty sure that got retconed into being another fleet to keep Thel's arrival in line with Fall of Reach novel.
Have 343 said anything about it since Reach came out? If so I must've missed it, afaik in the current canon that's when the primary fleet arrives at Reach
If I recall correctly, it’s supposed to be an advance force of the Fleet of PJ, with the majority of the ships (and Thel) arriving later.
@@HiddenXperia on the Halopedia page for Operation: Upper Cut/events of LNOS mission, it says: "an enormous Covenant fleet from the Ministry of Resolution exited Slipspace above Reach" instead of specifying it as Thel's fleet.
I’m pretty solidly certain that it’s the Fleet of Righteous Vigilance.
There were over 300 Covenant ships at Reach the Fleet of Particular Justice was the only one that chased the Pillar of Autumn to Installation 04.
I would love to see a what-if Halo series from you, all MasakoX style. Imagine with the amount of halo lore you actually know, you could make so many interesting scenarios
Love your content man it is fun listening to someone full of energy telling these tales to us. Appreciate it a lot and thanks for all of the vids!
Really fascinating. We all love a character that basically killed billions and billions of humans. But still Arbi for president
not gonna lie when i saw that thumbnail I thought the planet was a giant buttcheek. then I thought it was saturn but thats just a halo ring infront of it
This has to be the most hilarious and interesting comment I've ever read.
Whoa, nice
So refreshing to get a lore video! Excited for more!!
These lore videos kind of make characters perfect I like it better knowing that the arbiter is somewhat flawed it makes us relate to him more he isnt this perfect soilder
Here’s hoping for a future Reach sequel from the Covenant’s perspective, with Thel as an Admiral Hackett type of role and Blue team as the equivalent “Zealot” hit squad
Absolutely love your videos bro. Keep up the good work !
Great vid, love the Halo lore and how it goes together over so many games
This was a great video. Masterclass content!
"One proud prophet is enough to destroy an entire religion"
If I am remembering correctly from all the other lore videos, information from the game, and from the books, the arbiter had arrived at Halo long before the humans did. They even mention how the covenant were already at the ring at the very beginning of the game. Also on the second mission, cortana states that the covenant isn’t using encrypted channels like they usually do. The reason for that is because the humans arrived at the ring without him knowing they were coming. The arbiter and his other commanding ships were just beginning to survey the ring before the humans showed up. Hell, if you pay attention to halo 2 cutscenes, and I mean the very first one that is considered a mission in the campaign, not just starting at Cairo Station but the one before it, ARBITER MENTIONS HE HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE HUMANS ARRIVED.
That's kinda cool, great job +1 sub
Great vid!
I love your videos, man!!
Thanks friendo, appreciate ya
When the flood puts more effort into protecting a holy forerunner relic than the aliens who worship it. Also I wish halo had what if universes.
Good video dude
3:24 I’ve always loved that soundtrack that plays it feels so fitting for the covenant
Shouldn't have teased that Heretic video, damn you Xperia! :D
Another gem....I miss these videos
Damnit man this is a great video!
thanks bud :))))
Fun fact: when Rtas ‘Vadumee fought the flood on the supply ship, he encountered a Sangheili combat form wielding an energy sword. He fought and actually defeated the infected elite, but lost his two left mandibles in the process. Shortly after, when headed to the gas mine to kill Sesa ‘Refumee, he told Thel ‘Vadumee that his armor suited him, but couldn’t hide the mark that Tartarus had seared into his flesh
I can't wait for a halo 2 centered video from you on halo 2's release on mcc because it feels like you haven't made much videos focusing on it
The effort within the first minute, UNREAL. Sir, YOU HAVE MY SUBSCRIPTION, LIKE, and COMMENT! May the wave of light from The Great Journey enlighten your resonance beyond the borders of the universe. WORT WORT WORTTTTT
I already know the lore of Keith David as a dinosaur but it is nice to watch a new video on the topic.
I was literally listening to Halo First Strike when you posted this
It's cool to see that Thel's fleet respected him so much that they recognized him as their leader. Not the Prophet. Also, Thel really did care for his men, enough to garner their respect and loyalty.
I see a HiddenXperia video about my boi Thel... BIG LIKE.
Excellent story of an amazing and loved character
I like how before halo 4 the entire series was like a domino chain, affecting each and everything.
I'd like to point out that it still very much is. Halo 3's ending led to Chief actually being near Requiem, and Chief awakening the Forerunner Prometheans and Cortana "dying", as well as Spartan Ops Season 1, all helped to set up and cause the Halo 5 story, as bad of a story as that was. And it looks like 5 has somehow done the same with Halo Infinite.
Nice Vid 👌
just got done reading First Strike, i recommend reading Fall of Reach, The Flood(its ok but learning the flood was cool), and First strike
Knowing this to me also makes much more sense why there was flood on the gas mine as well as the oracle
Arbiter - walks up
Grunt - its the arbiter
The Arbiter
An Sangelli so badass his mere name makes the remaining Prophets projectile shit themselves
Good. Video. I really like learning halo history
Okay this is bugging me, TH-cam hasn’t been recommending your videos for weeks. This is the first one that’s shown up. It’s not until after I find your videos and watch them THEN TH-cam gets its hungover ass out of bed, vomits, shits itself and kindly recommends the video after I watch it. Round of applause for TH-cam.
Arbiter: *kills and terrorizes billions*
Sgt johnson: says arbiter is with us in halo 3
Master chief: aight bet I mean you helped glass reach killed billions of humans, ya bro I forgive you
The Prophet of Stewardship was unintentionally humanity's greatest hero
I love the quotes you used from the prophets it gives me chills from when I first played halo 2 👍
Thank you very much, unstable military bureaucracy.
4:58: "Overwrote". You were so close.
How did the flood take out the two scouting ships at the beginning get overrun by the flood when they weren’t realized until later
Good question I would like to know also.
Hey Xperia so just watched so doom eternal game play and i thought back to the flood vs doom video and realized that whole thing with flood cant infect demons because they turn to ash when they die has been disregarded with greater demons i realized this because in a stage you have to interact with "dead demons" in order to progress and these greater demons have not decomposed or turned to ash meaning the flood can raise a army out of greater demons and therefore i believe that this is a game changer for the flood .Anyway love the vids keep em up and hopefully u will get some content out of this!
also There is 3 people immune to the flood 2 had died and the remaining 1 leads the sword of sang helios (cant spell this sorry) he is known as the arbite rhe has inhailed 100s upon 1000s of flood spores in a single breath if not millions which are composed of super cells and keep in mind it takes contact with 1 super cell to be converted so im pretty sure he is immune or the game devs just forgot >_< and after watching your vid on why he wasn't infected they probably did.
Love the intro
The scariest thing about it is how Holland thought that this was the entire Covenant fleet.
And yet the one surrounding High Charity is the biggest I believe.
3:12 I was literally saying the lines as you references them.
WAIT A SECOND HOW DID I JUST REALISE THE ESTUARY AT 1:31 IS LITERALLY JUST EUROPE AND AFRICA WITHOUT THE MEDITERRIANEAN!! I HAVE SEEN THIS TERMINAL SO MANY TIMES
Have you ever heard of a band called Shadow of Intent? Theyre death metal but their first two albums are nothing but songs featuring lyrics about Halo. The first is called Primordial, and its all about the Forerunner/Flood war, and the inevitable firing of the aray. Their second album is called Reclaimer, and it details the events of the Great Schism and the Fall of the Covenant.
Damn i love lore videos
Such a cool video
Would it be possible that some S-II's had siblings/twin when they were abducted by Halsey in 2517? Could they still be alive?
2:28 that’s Johnson
Holy crap I've never noticed that
He committed crimes against humanity but he is forgiven
Will you be able to do a story on rookie from ODST? I always wondered where did he came from?
If Arbiter isnt in Halo Infinite I'm going to be so pissed man 😭😭
We'll? How ya feeling now
wish 343 would make an Arbiter side story like Bungie did for Halo 3: ODST, such a cool character!