The Secret Bio-Augmented Warrior Prophets of the Covenant designed to counter the Spartans
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- Today, we're diving into the lore behind a Secret group of Bio-Augmented Warrior Prophets within the Covenant - the Prelates, one of which was technically present in the background of Halo 2. We're looking at their history, their augmentations, their role within the Covenant, and the life of the only named Prelate in Halo's universe - Tem 'Bhetek - of whom was plagued by nightmares of the Flood consuming his family as they rapidly took over High Charity...
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Enjoy the vid fellas! Quite an interesting and simultaneously spooky one if you ask me - being plagued by persistent nightmares of the Flood and believing the Arbiter and Rtas formed a pact with the Gravemind to infect the Covenant is uhhh... Quite something...
THANK YOU! I've always wanted someone to cover these ancient warrior san-shyum in greater detail
once you go deep into the flood you realize how messed up halo is
My question: why did the Prophets actually try to fire the rings while they were in range, and why did truth try to use the ark, knowing it would leave him nothing to rule?
Can it be in halo infinite .
I am waiting for halo infinite😍
Hidden for you can jhonson be alive tanks to the s flood cell??
Spartan Prophets
Arbiter: *Angry Wort sounds
manipulative demons
Lmao
Oh god Dornan is back, EVERYONE RUN FOR IT!
Arbiter: AAAAAAWUBADUGH
@Bimmy Rifly Kiggy Yarry AMERICA WILL RISE AGAIN
Finally, some prophets who can walk
All it takes is bio augmentation haha
Truth walked when he shot Miranda so...
Mr.Tweezy007 although they were and their home world still has those san shyum, the prophets do refer to the chair ones
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer More like waddled.
The Prophet of Truth: "Am I a joke to you?"
Whenever the covenant has a soldier that can rival Spartans
Elites: Am I a joke to you?
Exactly lets just pretend honor guards, silent shadows, zealots, and concussion rifle ultras don't exist.
non game lore is super inconsistent
That in lies the problem... Sangheili held too much military influence for the San'shyuum to be comfortable with. So they attempted to even the playing field; providing warriors of *their own race* to fight alongside the elites. How is that inconsistent with what we know of the hierarchy's paranoia?
Brutes: Am I a joke to you?
@@mee4644 yes
Everybody gangsta till san shyuum start walkin'
Then you pull out the ce magnum
Ashton-Joseph Alexander red vs blue joke! such a classic
@@reddagger3602 It is.
As they say, "Everybody gangsta till the nuns start meowing."
Imagine if the prophet of truth just got up and walked to another room in a cutscene without any explanation
Pls talk about the Prophet Zo Resken, he allied with the Elites during the Great Schism and fully knew that the Great Journey was a lie, he is known as the only "good" Prophet.
I second this
Wasn't Zo Reskin's ancestor also relatively decent for a San'Shayuum?
@@tallonmetroids271 Yes he was. He sacrificed a Forerunner relic to save a female San'shyuum. And he loved his wife so much, he faked documents that he wasn't on the Roll of Celibates ( a list of San'shyuum who weren't allowed to have children ) , while in truth, he was on the list. Also, he knew that the Ussans survived but he didn't tell anyone because he respected them. His name was Mken 'Scre'ah'ben, the Prophet of Inner Conviction.
Would like to know his history
@@WhyTho525 what book does he appear also the one mentioned here that allied with the Elites?
Your prophet is evolving
Congratulations your prophet can walk
Lol
WOAH :0
My own pet prophet, I’ll hug him and squish him and call him George
Jackal Sniper: Another head to pop.
Imagine all the augmentations that the pelates had, but then take an already strong race, say an elite or brute, and give them those augmentations. I feel like an augmented elite would be able to go toe to toe with the chief, considering the times in the lore that the chief was nearly killed by unaugmented members of both species.
A augmented and intelligent brute would be nigh impossible to beat. Imagine Atriox but with prelate like augments.
@@punctuationman334 thats just straight up unfair
@@punctuationman334 And that is why it would never be done. If it makes it harder for the prophets to control, then they won't do it.
Horatio Nelson oh I know why the prophets only gave the augments to there own kind, but I’m just imagining the possibilities here. Considering how atriox manhandled 3 Spartans by himself without augments(besides the giant metal arm of his) I can see him destroying entire squads of Spartans quite easily with augments.
You just see an elite holding a spartin helmet saying "to be or not to be"
This man said strip clubs in high charity im dead lmao 😂😂
I mean, there were probably grunt mating chambers
In lore Truth, before he became Hierarch, he was the Minister of Fortitude and he had concubines whenever he felt lonley.
Source: Contact Harvest
Well damn truth had a harem 🤣
@@nagisafurukawa5365 And that's not all. Before Regret, Truth and Mercy became Hierarchs, there were the Prophetess of Obligation, the Prophet of Tolerance and the Prophet of Restraint. The Prophet of Restraint's title was the most ironic, since he was a sex-addict and concieved a child with a female San'shyuum in High Charity.
Source : Contact Harvest
Every race has its darker impulses. Even the Covenant's races.
Covenant: makes a prophet super soldier
The silent shadow: you wort mate
I can't get over how cool the intro is and I've been here for 8 months
Just wait till you see the new one...
@@HiddenXperia say whaaaat?
HiddenXperia say double whaaaat???
@@HiddenXperia but i like this one..
@@HiddenXperia how can it possibly be better! 😅😂
I would be sad to see this one go.
But it is most likely better if you're up to change it!
Voice actor for ship master didn't have to give us an amazing performance but he did and it will forever be remembered
I can easily imagine prelates in a halo game functioning like the marauders from doom eternal. Could you imagine how cool it would have been to have fought a prelate before reaching regret in halo 2 knowing that its the same species as old frail grampa regret?
It would be cool! Obviously they’d have to adjust pace to Halo’s to be a bit less chaotic, but new Covies are severely missed
Justin Nyugen Skirmishers, Engineers, Drones, I want em all back. I mean fuck all those Promethean enemies. Been a Halo fan since 08 and I can’t even remember the names of those ones
Dude that’s a fantastic idea!
nickyar honestly, I don’t mind the prometheans that much. Engineers? I wouldn’t really classify them as covenant, they’re basically forerunner constructs that were enslaved, skirmishers? I’d like to see them back, same with the drones.
My man yes but instead of waiting for an attack to cause an opening you can use a plasma pistol as well to stun the prelate for a short time while you gun him down and hell move around and dash how the marauders do but will focus more on gunning you down in mid range while slicing at close with hardlight blades so you either gotta stun with a plasma pistol or deal enough damage to the hardlight shield to break it causing him to inject a chemical causing him to go berserk and go full two hardlight sword rush on your ass
Story’s like this help cement just how cold and cruel the prophets could be even to their own species. You risked you’re life to safe me and had to leave you’re family behind to a fate that’s arguably worse then death? Guess what, you can be replaced for speaking out of place
Its weird that humans and pre prophets bred
your*
I wonder if Prelates fought any Spartans during the Covenant War... Or if Chief fought them.
No, they never did
Jeremiah Wells it’s funny they made them to counter the Spartans but they never sent them to actually fight Spartans in combat
Noah Fleming it would be interesting to see them in infinite. But a more forerunner-y version, since the banished sure as hell never had prophets in their ranks
I would probably compare the encounter to fighting a marauder in doom eternal
@Noah Fleming It would be interesting if they served as his Shadow Hands. An elite circle of killers without thought. They only respond to Atriox and Atriox alone.
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u simple...me simple....good vid for simples
Ahh, the life of a simple
7:03 you've made a terrible mistake. We want a video talking about high charity strip clubs
Of course, only the best of content on the Xperia channel
Yes please
Gotta see the full Ungoy tiddy
Yeah wtf man😒 we need to see some elite babe booty
@@spokeofunbelievable6082 no
Another great video from the Flood Master himself, HiddenXPeria
The lack of Joe Staten is the real tragedy. He was the Marty of story.
Well hes back
Yessssss i can fill my mind with more halo lore instead of more useful stuff
Ikr
4:58 mans really tried sniping the flood with a shotgun 😳
We should have a game as we play as one of these bad boys, who's with me...
It could take place during the Great Schism with a semi open world like ODST. It would actually allow us to explore High Charity and be mostly us hunting down heretics
No.
@@obamajoker7166 I'm gonna have to agree with you there
@@dirtyblonde1011 that would be so fun, it could be kind of like the arbiter missions with more freedom I guess
Yes please
My theory on why the Prelates weren't in game is that they were fighting elsewhere on High Charity. That said it'd be awesome to have seen some Prelates defending Truth in Halo 3
Imagine if Halo 3 Anniversary gave us Grunts and Hunters as friendly allies alongside the Elites, and the the enemy Covenant Loyalists would have Skirmishers fighting alongside the Jackals, Brutes and Drones. And the Prelates would replace the Hunters on the enemy faction. Also in the Covenant mission, where you are fighting against the Brutes in the Citadel, the Brutes are replaced by Prelates.
Also imagine if 343 gets Michael Wincott to reprise his role as The High Prophet of Truth in Halo 3 Anniversary.
In Contact Harvest it explains that all San Shyuum are part of registry that has their genetic code due to originally leaving their home world with a low population. It wouldn’t be too much to assume the Minister of Preparation would have unfettered access. Therefore like other parts of San Shyuum culture the Prelates were genetically screens
These guys are the true Covenant Spartans. Someone once made a video called "THE COVENANT VERSIONS OF SPARTANS!!! *LETHAL* !!!" And they were just talking about Elite Fleet admirals, which are just incredibly highly decorated military commanders, not supersoldiers. These Prelates on the other hand, they have been highly trained, highly modified, and can be properly classified as the true Covenant Spartans!
Well, while Elite Fleet admirals aren't supersoldiers, those who became worthy of those ranks were so skilled and genetically gifted that they might as well have been. For example, the Imperial Admiral of the Covenant, who held the highest military rank possible in the Covenant fleet, was a whopping 11 ft tall elite. He was bigger than most brutes, and physically stronger and faster than a lot of them too. He had also never lost a fight. Until a nuke took out his ship. But yeah, being very skilled and genetically gifted isn't the same as a supersoldier.
SAhmad Dast there really shouldn’t be a elite who’re stronger than a brute. That’s just pure bs made by the writers.
@t rr Nah. It wouldn't make sense if it did. Do u know more about that 11ft tall Elite? I'd like to know more about this guy and wonder if he'd be able to beat Master Chief or the Arbiter. xD
Lol sounds like halo follower. He’s such a clickbaiter
The silent shadow have a few upgrades and were made to hunt Spartans but prelates are true super soldiers
I always imagined the prophets were like the people on the axiom from wall-e who cant walk at all.
In all seriousness, this really was a sad story. Probably more tragic than rise of skywalker
Tragic as in crap yeah? Lol
@@craigstobbs9215 yes
@@chrismidis9024 seems we are i the same page there then :)
The only tragedy here is that the rise of Skywalker was even made!
the covenant seem to counter everything the human's make like the plasma repeater is a counter to the assault rifle
I thought the storm rifle was.
@@darthlordrevan8307 The Storm Rifle was a post-war invention
@@darthlordrevan8307 storm rifle sucks
Plasma repeater sucks ass
CyDJra 117 in close quarters it’s actually really good.
“It is an absolute crime that Microsoft have not given a blank check to Joe Staten to come back and write Halo games”
That aged well
Aaaaaaaaand it's gone
HiddenXperia uploaded this three minutes ago and I can already tell it's gonna be good shit.
Shadow of Intent would make an amazing game and standalone Halo experience seeing it from the Covenant’s eyes and how they were betrayed and not playing as a Spartan for once
Its videos like these that make me realize I’m such a sap for halo lore. As soon as I see it pop up in my feed I instantly I get super excited and click it as fast as I can.
Haha thanks man, appreciate ya!
I always wanted to see more combat San'shyuum. It would make them less one dimensional. Otherwise they are just "evil geniuses of the alien bad guys"
Even if the brutes recieved full naval training, it would be still near impossible to beat Elite Shipmasters due to 2 reasons.
1) The Elites have centuries of Naval experience as fleet commanders, something training cant give.
2)Elites are much more calable of thinking outside the box i.e Shipmaster Rtas Vadum and the Arbiter during his Supreme Commander days. So it would be very difficult to destroy an Elite Fleet even if the Brutes had a number advantage.
I mean rtas vadum being outnumbered a historic “3-1” was a feat of its own
They should have made Shadow of Intent a spin-off game, it was really interesting. I miss Rtas 'Vadam....plus if anyone deserves a spinoff game, its him.
"Uhh... Thanks... Gravemind?"
The one thing i never thought i'd hear anyone say.
This just makes me want a game that's from a Sangheili's perspective, perhaps an Ultra or Minor's
This is sad af and depressing. Poor tem. F for my respects for you and you’re lost family. Rest In Peace.
It would be pretty cool to have one of these guys as a boss in infinite
I have a very strong feeling that the Harbinger of the Truth in Halo Infinite is a Prelate! We shall see come this Wednesday when Infinite is released. 😌
“Microsoft should sell out to get Joe writing Halo games”... He may not be dedicated to Halo at this point, but I have to assume his role as Senior Creative Director for MGS as a whole will give him some significant involvement in the direction of Halo Infinite, if not being somewhat responsible for how good Halo Wars 2 was.
The Prelates are pretty awesome. I would love to see them in future media.
“If I don’t bully his 8 year old special needs kid then somebody else will” - keemstar 2020
Prelate: I am you erq-
Chief: Hey Johnson the cripple is walking!
Tf is a erq like wats the rest of the word on curious
This story really was ... touching. I had heard about the prelots, but I didn't know about Tel's story. Very well written, to say the least. Amazing vid bro 👌
As the prelate and half jaw both exchange words the faintness of the halo 3 paino theme plays only getting louder as the ring slowly explodes.
"Were it so easy"
There are so many amazing things in all your videos and clearly show in this one! Where could I start?
1) Lore. I have watched many Halo youtubers and your are by far my favourite. You cover so many stories, so interesting lore that I could not find anywhere else. Awesome.
2) Video. I love the way you edit the videos so that it actually seems like we are having real footage from the story you are telling. The way you can mix the few scenes available and complement with gameplay or artwork... Wow. Such a great talent.
3) The language. I am a fan of language in general. It is absolutely enjoyable to listen to your writing, the way you tell the story, the intonation you use and the words, that nice vocabulary that makes the difference between an OK story and an inmersive tale.
4) Probably the last one could be the lenght. I am not a big fan of long videos, but with yours time passes by incredibly quickly.
Thanks for this great video!
It’s funny you mention this because during the video I realized how good he is with telling stories. He makes me feel totally immersed in the video, if he’s reading from a script then I’d say good job it’s sounds natural and the flow, intonation and everything great.
Imagine fighting these guys in infinite, a fast paced battle where your almost evenly matched. That would be cool.
I mean halo legendary difficulty
That's the Halo Multiplayer
I hope to God they’ll be in Infinite
@@ProsecutorValentine equivalent? Nah.
Loved Shadow of Intent and the concept of the Prelates...as well as the knowledge that there were some honourable San'Shyuum. Broken Circle did well there too.
This makes me think, why didn't truth turn himself into one of them? Clearly he would be physicaly superior to defend himself and could have been an awesome boss fight
Perhaps it was his age. Maybe they don't always look like a scrotom.
18:41 It really looks like the elite is speaking here lol, great videos man
Part of me almost wants to see the Prophets return in Infinite trying to do more of their BS again.
Given how badass they are you'd think they'd be the prophets bodyguards.
Hey mate thanks for your help on Twitter earlier! I can’t believe the speed and quality that you release your videos. It’s everything I aspire to be. Hope to connect with you more in the future 🤟
Another amazing lore video, great work 👍😎
You’re easily my favourite Halo youtuber, keep up the great work man! Love the content!!
It might be interesting to play a Prelates right after the fall of the Covenant becoming a mercenary.
I always imagined the hierarchs secretly formed a joint covert spec ops/hit squad with the sole purpose of hunting down Spartans. Recruiting the deadliest warriors from each covenant race turning them into their own supersoldiers: a brute warlord, a jackal sniper, a grunt demo specialist, a former zealot swordmaster or a silent shadow stealthmaster, veteran pair of hunters like colony in hw2, even an arbiter leading them. A prelate would be a nice addition. They would serve as boss fights too if you ever encountered them in the games.
This is why I love halo lore, so much depth and heart goes into these stories. It really makes you wish they would make a tv series or movie out of the halo franchise. Gives you something to think about while playing these games and leaves you wanting more.
I’m so happy your doing covenant lore again
Genuinely love these story videos. Such good work i get goode bumps everytime
every time i see a post from hidden xperia i get strait into the video, i love your content man.
Excellent video man, keep up the good work! Stay safe and healthy, big guy.
Great vid as always man! Also have you ever considered doing one of your weapon lore videos on the armour and units seen in the Halo Wars games? (Always felt they were an under appreciated part of the lore)
Thanks so much for making such great content! Please, please, keep making great videos!
Love these lore videos man. Paired with Marty’s music these videos are great entertainment. Keep it up brotha 👍🏻
Good job keeping that intro, never gets old
Man, that's heavy.
This sounds like it could have been an amazing boss. And that story was incredible. Hope we hear more about these guys in the future.
I never thought I feel bad for a Prophet. Jesus. Poor Tem man.
didn't know that the Prophets had a Spartan like program. thanks for covering them
"We've created some super soldiers who can counter the demons in combat."
"Great! So we're going to put them on the front lines of our most important battles, right?"
I love how the human Spartans have become such a legendary threat to the Covenant that they have to put tremendous effort in to possibly countering the Spartans. And still Spartans keep getting more deadly as they continue on.
Love you and your work man.
A very extremely great video as always HiddenXperia.
That was a brilliant narrative! Definitely going to get the books.
Fantastic video! Really well told story.
Great video! I loved it!!
I want to hear more about Stolt, the bigger and stronger than normal grunt by the sound of it.
Baller work, you earned my subscription buds!
I've been waiting for this video for a long time
I hope we face some of these guys in the future games.
Awesome vid man 😀👍
And as always, another great video.
Connecting the dots at the end of this video when you see the ring blowing up at the end of Halo 2 realizing he’s the one who blew it up, gives me goosebumps. Great story.
Nice video, as always
Finally, about time u did this :D
Love the video keep up the good work, also I've been thinking what if they made a game where you play as the forerunners during the end of the forerunner flood war and witness the firing of the rings or events leading up to that.personally I think that would be awesome.
I have been waiting FOREVER for somebody to make a video about the Prelates
Now I want a game where you play as a prelate set in high charity as the flood take over
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Prelate: Loses his wife and child because of things out of his control, struggles time and time again in nightmares recurring leading to that moment to stop it and prepare.
I felt that on a spiritual level.
Damn story,if they make it own game it was gona be on fire
Yo, the video editing work in this video was incredible. I really wish we could have gotten to see more of Half-jaw following H3 :/
Gemini is such a beautifull map!
We need more of this stuff
Rtas 'Vadum honestly is the coolest character from halo. Maybe even one of my favourite characters from any story/game/book/movie! I want a game based on him!
Super powerful Prelate: gets knocked out by a grunt
Don’t underestimate them by their height. They got the dwarf tank build.
I love your videos they make my day, thanks !!!
A good description of the prophets is how humans evolve when they get access to hover chairs
Prelates were always interesting if a bit obscure