*Rests hand on the Fallen Elite* "I didn't know you, Brother, but I sure as hell wish I had. You must have been one hard core son of a bitch." - *Arbiter*
It was legitimately a sad story, i realized who it was about at the mention of the plasma rifle getting flung to the side. The flash of golden light only solidified it for me. A genuinely great story.
Fun fact: The Invisble Spec Ops elite that you met at the start was originally supposed to be an honor gaurd instead and Onsu Valorno is likely homage to that cut content.
Uh no? The plot summaries in the scripts and unused spawns make it quite clear he was suppose to be a Stealth Elite Major but Bungie couldn’t get invisibility working for him all game so changed him to a Spec Ops
Been a halo fan for years, but due to life circumstances, never got to play the games. Yesterday, my wife got me the MCC for my birthday and i played Halo CE for the first time ever today. What a surreal experience! It's SO awesome!
After this story I replayed Uprising with Onsu 'Valonro's blade and the Elite minors Plasma rifle. I slaughtered every brute I could find. I ran out of ammo quickly and it was a very frustrating evening.
The community is going to do this. If you have not been following the digsite updates, we have just gotten a ton of unfinished maps for the cut 2/3 parts of the story of halo 2. Along with this, we have the story boards, all the voice lines for each of these missions, we have the white boards for most of these missions as well that shows enemy and ally placement and what was said to happen in the levels. This level was one that was touched upon in the halo 2 dev commentary. We were supposed to see brutes lining up elite Councilors and executing them. The mission was supposed to be longer and show the battle in much more detail of the brutes and elites, along with the sides chosen by the other covenant. Seriously, watch the halo 2 dev playthrough with commentary! Perfect time to do so given that the 20th anniversary was just yesterday for halo 2! At the end of the day, we the community are going to piece together the last two thirds of the cut story of halo 2 ourselves. Each day we come closer and closer to this goal! There is no need to "wish" anymore. We have all of the tools and everything else needed to do this and fix it ourselves. Also, the fact that the old bungie crew are super chill and easy to talk to, we also have them to help us along in this journey, to ask them what they would have done and if they can remember how something was supposed to go or to get better insight. Seriously, we are almost there!
After hearing the prayer, I’d be very interested in seeing a video on what the covenant actually believed in. What the religion actually involved, more than just the great journey
Personally i think a new game trilogy that covers the Human-Covenant war. Particularly we need missions from the perspective of the Covenant (which only Halo 2 had) which need to explain why the Covenant Civil War broke out. Fact is its very sudden that Truth decides to just kill all the Elites. I'm asusming that that was not his intention and that it was the overzealous nature of the Brutes turned "the changing of the Guard" into a "Program"
"They have shed our Brothers blood, and for that they must die" - Halo 2, Spec-Op's Sangheili. Level: uprising. Also, if only Fal' Chavamee was still alive or even Ripa' I have no doubs the war would've been different or even Xytan'
I always liked having the group of elites with me take the levels of enemies after that little ammo room. Loved marching in with a team of bad ass elites. They thought we were dead? Now they’re going to wish they killed us.
I doubt Ripa would have put up with Thrallslayer standing in his way. There would have been conflict before the elites even knew that they were being betrayed.
The first update on Infinite since new leadership gives us the first new weapon in years, and then the first new audio book we get is this masterpiece. Hope they can keep this momentum going.
The restructuring seems to have kick-started interest in development again. The chaos of the outsourcing era seems to finally be over. Dataminers have found sound files for many of the weapons planned for Infinite in the game itself now after the update, which means we're getting even more good stuff on the way.
Every time we get one of these books I cry, knowing that THESE are the kind of stories 343’s games should’ve been about instead of more unneeded Chief stuff
@yuvraj4896 the franchise of cheif was supposed to end with halo 3, and honestly, seeing how 343 f'ed up, it should've stayed that way, instead making games off of lore like thus.
Honestly this story not only strengthens the sorrow of uprising but also encourages the player to avenge the fallen elites (our fallen brothers) by cutting through the brutes in the area whom were responsible for the heretical actions. The moment we picked up that blade, justice was served. Sidenote: Surprising to see thrallslayer show up (seeing as he was a halo wars leader) at least now Halo fans will have more context on his background, I guess this is expanding on the terminal from H2A.
The Thrallslayer being present is a nod to a Halo 2 Anniversary terminal animation, which shows him and three other Brutes amid a pile of Elite corpses.
@@ScaleTail1101 Had to re-edit my comment after misreading yours Thats my bad, I did forget that he was featured in the terminals, just remembered he had a bruteshot and he was the only brute wearing the crimson armour, my point was that he is such an anonymous brute to a lot of casual fans and those who didn't play Halo Wars 1 would not have even recognized him on the thumbnail. In fact that art they used for him in the thumbnail comes directly from Halo Wars 1, in the terminal he is holding the brute shot. So it was very much more of a nod to Halo Wars 1, they expanded on the terminal lore with this audio book which is pretty neat, good that we got more context from that terminal. I ended up editting my original comment to fix the error, I probably should have actually mentioned the terminal in the first place but I guess I had forgotten, appreciate you pointing it out though.
I'm never gonna be able to play uprising the same again, the plasma rifle and energy sword starter combo will hold so much more weight, vengeance against the brutes that lay in your path all the more righteous
When I heard this... I thought it would tell the story of those that were killed in the control room... But after listening to it, I can easily picture those valiant warriors I come across in this level. It puts a new spin on those that were imprisoned
Although your face cam is fun, I love seeing how animated you can be, and you're one of my overall favorite RUclipsr personalities full stop, the way you animated and edited this with no facecam at all really felt immersive for me. I too have always LOVED Uprising, that was probably my most replayed level when I was younger for Halo 2, so this story to me is so interesting, and I think the work you put into this video to deliver us the story is very well done. Thank you for still making good Halo content. You truly are a beacon of hope for this franchise.
In the lore the elites believed that getting medical attention was dishonourable, you actually see in one of the halo 5 walking missions an elite complaining about getting treated by a doctor as it robs him of honour, so unfortunately even if the arbiter was a medical wizard, he probably would have refused it
I do like that this story explains why the councilors and hunters in the cells were armed, which was always a bit weird. Still wish we could have actually seen how the hell the brutes managed to capture a pair of hunters though lmao
HOLY SHIT NOW THAT IS A FUCKIGN LORE STORY. THE BEGINING OF THE UPRISING LEVEL HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT THAT IS AMAZING. IT ALL TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO WELL OH MY FUCKING GOD
This is why they need to make a book alongside the games. Halo: The Flood added so much to halo CE, imagine the added content with books alongside H2 and H3.
Would you say this is your favourite Waypoint Chronicle so far? Also I wonder if the Sangheili Councillor from this story chose to join the Swords of Sanghelios.
I love so much this focus on Halo 2, and the Great Schism. This respect for this past gives me hope for the future of Halo. Happy to finally have a story for these elites. And H2 elites look so awesome. I also want so badly for them to return to the harsh, ripping flash, electric/gas ignition tearing sound the energy sword used to make, instead of this dumb wet gelatin sound they make in recent games.
Good video to help more Halo fans see more of the elite-side of the events unfolding in the games. There are a lot of books that have entire chapters seen from their point of views and it is always a great addition to the rich universe that is Halo. I myself have very fond memories from the 2000s where fans would write their own sangheili-focused stories.
After hearing the story they created surrounding these events, it makes me wish they added data pads to anniversary similar to how they did CEA/H2A’s terminals
When this video dropped and I started listening to it and my gosh I was not ready for it to be so amazing, nor add on to the story of Halo 2 even more, uprising already felt so heavy now with this story added it adds even so much more to it, truly truly an amazing addition to the Halo 2 story
Now I'm curious about that one elite with the sword that showed up and gave his dialogue shortly after the arbiter kills the brutes in the beginning of that level and his story?
This is amazing man, Uprising is also my favorite Halo level of all time and this extra bit of lore is freaking awesome! Wonderful job on this video HiddenXperia!
Heavy Price Paid is probably one of my most listened to songs on Spotify. No joke, I listened to it for 6 hours straight while helping my dad put up a fence.
The fact that makes this really sad was that the Elite that you meet in game and die was probably a young adult from all things considered, like maybe 18 in Elite years, maybe even younger.
Just wanted to Thank you man. I already was already very fluent on Halo lore. But you elevated it into Masters Degree level. Out of curiosity have you looked into HaloFollowers Ghosts of Reach series?
Ayyy thank you man, appreciate ya! I have! It’s a pretty dope fan series that’s animated rly well, he seems to have found his groove with that kinda content lately
Now that was a god damn good short story. The story of halo 2 has so much potential for backstories that I actually enjoyed this one. I appreciate you bringing it to light for us. Good job lad.
As if Uprising and Great Journey didn't have great storytelling, now we have this beautiful story. I respected that fallen Minor before, and now his tale has given me new vigor in my battles against the Brutes. And fighting alongside the Councilor who was captured by Thrallslayer after we rescue him just got a whole lot more awesome. The addition of Thrallslayer after so long in the timeline since Halo Wars was so welcome as he was my favorite of the three Covenant leaders in the game.
Halo has such an epic expanded universe, we just need to integrate this more into games going forward. Currently listening to Silentium and I can't get enough, despite having done so many times . So excited for this one, these small touches and stories which fill out the tangential aspects of the lore are so important, they give it depth to support the mainline games ❤
There was just something about the part describing Valonro's death combined with the music track that made it genuinely unsettling and gave me chills. You did a great job with setting the tone and each scene.
Thank you for this video it brought so many emotions back and makes me want more to play again… wish we got these type of games hopes are high now for the next halo
The thing that pains me with halo is that i love this franchise, love it to death it was the first FPS game i ever played back when halo CE released. Everytime i watch halo videos of any kind it make me WANT to play the game. But then i start up the game, play for about half an hour, then im done. I beat every halo on legendary for helioskrill and maybe that just took the motivation out of me, i dont know anymore. But it truly hurts to love something so much, but get almost no joy out of actually experiencing it again.
Good Lord I always kind of wondered what they were all going through when those brutes ambush them. All the way to the moment the arbiter arrives seeing what they have done to his own kind. Yeah at least we finally get some understanding, especially after 20 years what they were all thinking and what they witnessed in their final moments. The minor that watched the arbiter appear through a yellow light sent by the gravemind through teleportation. But all this time, I didn’t even realize that the elite was talking was the one that was on the ground ahead of me. Instead I assumed it was one of the elites that the brutes shot before one of them said let’s throw them over the edge. Where is the fun of that?
I never realized that line of the Elite talking at first was from the body. I was so used to seeing bodies like that meant they were gone and no life was left. This makes me see the start of this mission very differently. You're videos are always amazing man, hope you get better soon!
Honestly love these kinds of videos, if you ever get the chance I suggest you do do a podcast where you just read the full books. You definitely chose the right backing song for this it elevated the video so much, videos like this are why I subscribed. Much love brother
Not that I don’t love to see ur beautiful face, but I love to see the occasional no face video from you it feels like 2013 RUclips videos with compilations of their favorite footage alongside a badass story
This was a story that didn’t need to be made, but I’m glad it was, there is much behind the scenes of the games we never get to see. It was something sweet and tearjerking. I would love to see more effort like this from Halo Studios
maaan that was deep i always took a moment to look at the corpses when i first played now it has a hole different meaning this is why the eilites are my favorite there is always something else new to them thank you for covering this
I’ve ALWAYS been so proud to fight alongside those two Hunters halfway through the level. It was a crime on Bungie’s part that we never had friendly Hunters in Halo 3. Now I love them even more. Maybe they recited some war poetry while they fought alongside Arbiter.
This story, weirdly enough, makes me feel even more pride for having carried that very same plasma rifle and energy sword through the end of the campaign. I'd like to think that (our) Arbiter keeps both weapons with a place of honor in his personal armory. Or at the very least, tracked down each weapon's owner's next of kin, and gave them the respective weapons.
A book I want to see that took place in Halo 2 would be the final hours of High Charity. We could read about the start of the schism, witness reports of Brutes and Elites seeing Chief, the space battles, ground zero with the flood, the failed recapture of High Charity after the flood got control.
I love this! Hey was there ever a story of that one alive Elite at the beginning of Uprising and how he got there? The one who sneaks up and takes out the last couple of brutes by the door before all your other brothers drop down from the sky. I was thinking this story here would explain it... unless it did and I missed it 😅
This story to me shows something that I think we occasionally forget in halo: the sheer tragedy of the war. Not only in the genocide and Flood absorbing people, but the sheer amount of people lost on both sides. How many humans died alone, fighting for their people? How many young men and women, whether human, Sangheili, Unngoy, Kig Yar, or even Jiralhanae, died for more or less nothing? The way the story makes it, this elite is young. He had a whole life ahead of him, a long one since Sangheili have pretty long lifespans, and it was snuffed out. As well as his comrades, the scribe who was forced into the military, or the translator of ancient languages, imagine how much good eachof these lives could have done for the galaxy, and all of them were snuffed out, for what? For Truth’s personal power and delusions of grandeur. (Also, I am now officially headcanoning that Valanro/The Elite Minor’s energy sword is the same one that would slay the Prophet of Truth and have its components used to make Prophet’s Bane.
I always felt so honorbound to never drop either the sword or plasma rifle in the start if that level... I never knew why until now....I'm going to make those brute pay once again ...
As if Uprising wasn't already sad enough, big F for everyone's favourite Elite Minor 😭
Stop calling 343 “halo studios “ they’re still 343 🙄
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Can you plz react to Madly Mezozoics video on what if T - REX'es lived on the ark. Its in univers (mostly) and I think it will suprise you.
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I'll never discard those weapons at the start of that mission again.
Indeed, this story only made my blood boil even more
Respect man
Yeah but, well, covenant weapon can't replenish ammo, too bad.
so real
@@chenli9778 then I'm on a pistol whip crusade!
*Rests hand on the Fallen Elite* "I didn't know you, Brother, but I sure as hell wish I had. You must have been one hard core son of a bitch."
- *Arbiter*
nice
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R.I.P Marine that died on Library Elite version
Nice callback to the quote from Chief after coming upon Sgt. Mobuto's body in the Library
Master Wort
It was legitimately a sad story, i realized who it was about at the mention of the plasma rifle getting flung to the side. The flash of golden light only solidified it for me. A genuinely great story.
This invoked a feeling that I haven't felt from any new media in recent years. Superb story telling and attention to detail.
These dioramas you did in game are awesome hiddenxperia. They really help bring the story to life. Nice!
Ty dude! All Thomas (my editor)’s doing, he killed it on the edit with a super fast turn around
When your high the effect is really immersive
Just in case u forgot who the lore master was
Imagine a halo TV show like THIS
Considering what we "got" already, I'm not certain I want to. 🤣
We would need competent writers for that... which we don't have
Ya, but then we wouldn't get war criminal señior master cheeks.
Too bad is just a distant dream
It's almost like there's a whole world that this franchise has painstakingly built over the course of 2+ decades.... Hollywood must hate free money
Fun fact: The Invisble Spec Ops elite that you met at the start was originally supposed to be an honor gaurd instead and Onsu Valorno is likely homage to that cut content.
My new cannon
yooo that I did not know, that makes the story even better!
Uh no? The plot summaries in the scripts and unused spawns make it quite clear he was suppose to be a Stealth Elite Major but Bungie couldn’t get invisibility working for him all game so changed him to a Spec Ops
Been a halo fan for years, but due to life circumstances, never got to play the games. Yesterday, my wife got me the MCC for my birthday and i played Halo CE for the first time ever today. What a surreal experience! It's SO awesome!
Welcome Brother you will go on an amazing ride there's no series like Halo and do Remember Reach
Damn, I'd give anything to experience these games for the first time again
How can you not have to time to play, but have time to watch RUclips videos?
@@prestonbaker8456Maybe they were referring to financial circumstances.
@@John_F_Hennessy. But yet he has money for a pc or console, and not a game? Not tryin to be a Dirtbag. Just trying to understand.
After this story I replayed Uprising with Onsu 'Valonro's blade and the Elite minors Plasma rifle. I slaughtered every brute I could find. I ran out of ammo quickly and it was a very frustrating evening.
I always wished we could’ve seen more in Uprising, it’s such a memorable mission but the scope of its story is so much grander than the level itself
The community is going to do this. If you have not been following the digsite updates, we have just gotten a ton of unfinished maps for the cut 2/3 parts of the story of halo 2. Along with this, we have the story boards, all the voice lines for each of these missions, we have the white boards for most of these missions as well that shows enemy and ally placement and what was said to happen in the levels. This level was one that was touched upon in the halo 2 dev commentary.
We were supposed to see brutes lining up elite Councilors and executing them. The mission was supposed to be longer and show the battle in much more detail of the brutes and elites, along with the sides chosen by the other covenant. Seriously, watch the halo 2 dev playthrough with commentary! Perfect time to do so given that the 20th anniversary was just yesterday for halo 2!
At the end of the day, we the community are going to piece together the last two thirds of the cut story of halo 2 ourselves. Each day we come closer and closer to this goal! There is no need to "wish" anymore. We have all of the tools and everything else needed to do this and fix it ourselves. Also, the fact that the old bungie crew are super chill and easy to talk to, we also have them to help us along in this journey, to ask them what they would have done and if they can remember how something was supposed to go or to get better insight. Seriously, we are almost there!
After hearing the prayer, I’d be very interested in seeing a video on what the covenant actually believed in. What the religion actually involved, more than just the great journey
Their gods
Personally i think a new game trilogy that covers the Human-Covenant war. Particularly we need missions from the perspective of the Covenant (which only Halo 2 had) which need to explain why the Covenant Civil War broke out. Fact is its very sudden that Truth decides to just kill all the Elites. I'm asusming that that was not his intention and that it was the overzealous nature of the Brutes turned "the changing of the Guard" into a "Program"
"They have shed our Brothers blood, and for that they must die" - Halo 2, Spec-Op's Sangheili. Level: uprising. Also, if only Fal' Chavamee was still alive or even Ripa' I have no doubs the war would've been different or even Xytan'
A Zealot! So much for a stealthy advance.
I always liked having the group of elites with me take the levels of enemies after that little ammo room. Loved marching in with a team of bad ass elites. They thought we were dead? Now they’re going to wish they killed us.
Omg imagine the trio of Xytan, Rtas, and Thel
I doubt Ripa would have put up with Thrallslayer standing in his way. There would have been conflict before the elites even knew that they were being betrayed.
@@Starwarsfan066 That trio alone wouldmake the covenant fall to its knees.
As a Halo Wars fan, Thrallslayer's appearance made my mouth drop. I literally never thought he would be brought up in anything ever again.
saaaaame!
bro same
So this begs the question, how did he survive the wrath of the Arbiter and end up in the Banished?
@@Armageist he was probably already gone from the site when he got to the councelors, who knows?
Crazy enough if y’all go bakc to the Halo 2 terminals the one about the great schism it shows thryallslayer on delta halo with a brute shot
We really need a game based on the Covenant's point of view. Expanding the lore even further
100%
The first update on Infinite since new leadership gives us the first new weapon in years, and then the first new audio book we get is this masterpiece. Hope they can keep this momentum going.
The restructuring seems to have kick-started interest in development again. The chaos of the outsourcing era seems to finally be over.
Dataminers have found sound files for many of the weapons planned for Infinite in the game itself now after the update, which means we're getting even more good stuff on the way.
Even the Falcon too@@rebelgaming1.5.14
@@rebelgaming1.5.14 they also don't have that god forbid contract. So nomore time constraints
Nah, don't get your hopes up
Every time we get one of these books I cry, knowing that THESE are the kind of stories 343’s games should’ve been about instead of more unneeded Chief stuff
What's wrong with the chief staff, he is the heart of the franchise
@yuvraj4896 the franchise of cheif was supposed to end with halo 3, and honestly, seeing how 343 f'ed up, it should've stayed that way, instead making games off of lore like thus.
I know what's wrong, Yan hasn't posted yet 😃
@ the same reason nobody likes Pirates of The Caribbean 4&5, Chief’s story was over, it didn’t need a whole new trilogy all about him again
@@GHOSTY_ON_TOP you fucking people…
1:05 an eye infection? ahh, i see you too were also blinded by it's majesty ;)
Come on bro😂😂
Honestly this story not only strengthens the sorrow of uprising but also encourages the player to avenge the fallen elites (our fallen brothers) by cutting through the brutes in the area whom were responsible for the heretical actions.
The moment we picked up that blade, justice was served.
Sidenote: Surprising to see thrallslayer show up (seeing as he was a halo wars leader) at least now Halo fans will have more context on his background, I guess this is expanding on the terminal from H2A.
The Thrallslayer being present is a nod to a Halo 2 Anniversary terminal animation, which shows him and three other Brutes amid a pile of Elite corpses.
@@ScaleTail1101 Had to re-edit my comment after misreading yours
Thats my bad, I did forget that he was featured in the terminals, just remembered he had a bruteshot and he was the only brute wearing the crimson armour, my point was that he is such an anonymous brute to a lot of casual fans and those who didn't play Halo Wars 1 would not have even recognized him on the thumbnail.
In fact that art they used for him in the thumbnail comes directly from Halo Wars 1, in the terminal he is holding the brute shot.
So it was very much more of a nod to Halo Wars 1, they expanded on the terminal lore with this audio book which is pretty neat, good that we got more context from that terminal.
I ended up editting my original comment to fix the error, I probably should have actually mentioned the terminal in the first place but I guess I had forgotten, appreciate you pointing it out though.
Love we’re getting additional stories surrounding the original trilogy. Wish we got more mcc content for the celebration though
I'm never gonna be able to play uprising the same again, the plasma rifle and energy sword starter combo will hold so much more weight, vengeance against the brutes that lay in your path all the more righteous
When I heard this... I thought it would tell the story of those that were killed in the control room... But after listening to it, I can easily picture those valiant warriors I come across in this level. It puts a new spin on those that were imprisoned
I believe there was a part in broken circle that was from the POV of one of the elites there and he was ultimately the only survivor
the in-game visuals really add to your narration… 😭 halo studios should give us playable elites for breaking our hearts
Although your face cam is fun, I love seeing how animated you can be, and you're one of my overall favorite RUclipsr personalities full stop, the way you animated and edited this with no facecam at all really felt immersive for me.
I too have always LOVED Uprising, that was probably my most replayed level when I was younger for Halo 2, so this story to me is so interesting, and I think the work you put into this video to deliver us the story is very well done.
Thank you for still making good Halo content. You truly are a beacon of hope for this franchise.
Up until this story, I always hoped that Elite Minor had survived and that he had gotten like medical attention or something.
In the lore the elites believed that getting medical attention was dishonourable, you actually see in one of the halo 5 walking missions an elite complaining about getting treated by a doctor as it robs him of honour, so unfortunately even if the arbiter was a medical wizard, he probably would have refused it
I do like that this story explains why the councilors and hunters in the cells were armed, which was always a bit weird. Still wish we could have actually seen how the hell the brutes managed to capture a pair of hunters though lmao
If I had to guess, they were assigned to protect the other councilor, but they was out numbered and so the councilor told them to surrender
Always bothered me that there were no Hunters whatsoever allied with the Elites and Humans in Halo 3.
Same with Grunts.
Gameplay reasons
You don't really play as the covenant/elite in H3. Arbiter there is just a model for P2
Lore
@@pexleptic2672Nah just gameplay related
HOLY SHIT NOW THAT IS A FUCKIGN LORE STORY. THE BEGINING OF THE UPRISING LEVEL HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT THAT IS AMAZING. IT ALL TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO WELL OH MY FUCKING GOD
Insane how npc’s in halo games have their story they’re just not some random soldiers
This is why they need to make a book alongside the games. Halo: The Flood added so much to halo CE, imagine the added content with books alongside H2 and H3.
Would you say this is your favourite Waypoint Chronicle so far?
Also I wonder if the Sangheili Councillor from this story chose to join the Swords of Sanghelios.
I love so much this focus on Halo 2, and the Great Schism. This respect for this past gives me hope for the future of Halo. Happy to finally have a story for these elites. And H2 elites look so awesome. I also want so badly for them to return to the harsh, ripping flash, electric/gas ignition tearing sound the energy sword used to make, instead of this dumb wet gelatin sound they make in recent games.
Such a great lore drop, now it is a must to save that sword you get from the minor to slay tartarus so as to avenge him in someway
Good video to help more Halo fans see more of the elite-side of the events unfolding in the games.
There are a lot of books that have entire chapters seen from their point of views and it is always a great addition to the rich universe that is Halo.
I myself have very fond memories from the 2000s where fans would write their own sangheili-focused stories.
“My path is already set avitus, it is you who has yet to choose”
The elites constantly having some of if not the best dialogue in the franchise
The dead elite minor blinking glitch has some new unintentional meaning now
This is so cool. I want to see more Halo Wars characters come back.
Grew up with Halo 2 on my Xbox Crystal before any other Halo and always loved this level and the Elites. Such a cool Alien race
MAN the things I'd do to see these Stories animated!
After hearing the story they created surrounding these events, it makes me wish they added data pads to anniversary similar to how they did CEA/H2A’s terminals
OK, somebody has to animate this. The level of detail in the campaign level. When we had no idea growing up until now 😮
When this video dropped and I started listening to it and my gosh I was not ready for it to be so amazing, nor add on to the story of Halo 2 even more, uprising already felt so heavy now with this story added it adds even so much more to it, truly truly an amazing addition to the Halo 2 story
Now I'm curious about that one elite with the sword that showed up and gave his dialogue shortly after the arbiter kills the brutes in the beginning of that level and his story?
If only we could get stories like this in game form 😢😔✊️
I hope halo studio releases a book retelling halo 2 and 3 with perspectives just like the flood and first strike
This is amazing man, Uprising is also my favorite Halo level of all time and this extra bit of lore is freaking awesome! Wonderful job on this video HiddenXperia!
Heavy Price Paid is probably one of my most listened to songs on Spotify. No joke, I listened to it for 6 hours straight while helping my dad put up a fence.
thanks for another video!! your vids are a work of art
this was so well written and great work to you and the team recreating it
The fact that makes this really sad was that the Elite that you meet in game and die was probably a young adult from all things considered, like maybe 18 in Elite years, maybe even younger.
Just wanted to Thank you man. I already was already very fluent on Halo lore. But you elevated it into Masters Degree level. Out of curiosity have you looked into HaloFollowers Ghosts of Reach series?
Ayyy thank you man, appreciate ya! I have! It’s a pretty dope fan series that’s animated rly well, he seems to have found his groove with that kinda content lately
If Prophet Palpatine never influenced the Great Schism, they would have wiped out the humans.
7:57 he was also in the halo 2 terminals for a couple of seconds
I like how the horror set in as the elites realize that the blood isn’t of a human but of their own before chaos erupts
Found your old vids, been bingeing everything for the past 3 days😅❤
Now that was a god damn good short story. The story of halo 2 has so much potential for backstories that I actually enjoyed this one. I appreciate you bringing it to light for us. Good job lad.
As if Uprising and Great Journey didn't have great storytelling, now we have this beautiful story. I respected that fallen Minor before, and now his tale has given me new vigor in my battles against the Brutes. And fighting alongside the Councilor who was captured by Thrallslayer after we rescue him just got a whole lot more awesome.
The addition of Thrallslayer after so long in the timeline since Halo Wars was so welcome as he was my favorite of the three Covenant leaders in the game.
Halo has such an epic expanded universe, we just need to integrate this more into games going forward.
Currently listening to Silentium and I can't get enough, despite having done so many times . So excited for this one, these small touches and stories which fill out the tangential aspects of the lore are so important, they give it depth to support the mainline games ❤
Man, if they ever do a remake of HALO 2 I hope they include this story.
There was just something about the part describing Valonro's death combined with the music track that made it genuinely unsettling and gave me chills. You did a great job with setting the tone and each scene.
Thank you for this video it brought so many emotions back and makes me want more to play again… wish we got these type of games hopes are high now for the next halo
The thing that pains me with halo is that i love this franchise, love it to death it was the first FPS game i ever played back when halo CE released. Everytime i watch halo videos of any kind it make me WANT to play the game. But then i start up the game, play for about half an hour, then im done. I beat every halo on legendary for helioskrill and maybe that just took the motivation out of me, i dont know anymore. But it truly hurts to love something so much, but get almost no joy out of actually experiencing it again.
7 Minutes ago is diabolical, love the vid!
Good Lord I always kind of wondered what they were all going through when those brutes ambush them. All the way to the moment the arbiter arrives seeing what they have done to his own kind. Yeah at least we finally get some understanding, especially after 20 years what they were all thinking and what they witnessed in their final moments. The minor that watched the arbiter appear through a yellow light sent by the gravemind through teleportation. But all this time, I didn’t even realize that the elite was talking was the one that was on the ground ahead of me. Instead I assumed it was one of the elites that the brutes shot before one of them said let’s throw them over the edge. Where is the fun of that?
I really hope they release all of these as an anthology like Fractures or Evolutions!
I wish they had stories like this for the random bodies of marines you find through the game
Peeping this right before i play halo 2 again is amazing timing
“Halo is a spartan story”
I never realized that line of the Elite talking at first was from the body. I was so used to seeing bodies like that meant they were gone and no life was left. This makes me see the start of this mission very differently. You're videos are always amazing man, hope you get better soon!
Halo 2 reminds me of Halo 2..
Honestly love these kinds of videos, if you ever get the chance I suggest you do do a podcast where you just read the full books.
You definitely chose the right backing song for this it elevated the video so much, videos like this are why I subscribed.
Much love brother
This story was amazing and a true return to form for Halo. If Halo Studios continues course corrections like this, then I’m excited for Halo again.
Not that I don’t love to see ur beautiful face, but I love to see the occasional no face video from you it feels like 2013 RUclips videos with compilations of their favorite footage alongside a badass story
This was a story that didn’t need to be made, but I’m glad it was, there is much behind the scenes of the games we never get to see. It was something sweet and tearjerking. I would love to see more effort like this from Halo Studios
i like we got some backstory to why the councilors and hunters were in those cells. i do wish we had hunter allies in other levels
This Chronicle was an absolute banger 🔥
I LOVE EXTRA LORE THAT ADDS DEPTH & MEANIN TO THE THINGS IT'S MADE TO EXPAND ON IT'S THE BEST THING EVER!!!
Absolutely heart breaking. Next time I pick up that sword, I'll never set it down. The elites never deserved this.
maaan that was deep i always took a moment to look at the corpses when i first played now it has a hole different meaning this is why the eilites are my favorite there is always something else new to them thank you for covering this
I’ve ALWAYS been so proud to fight alongside those two Hunters halfway through the level. It was a crime on Bungie’s part that we never had friendly Hunters in Halo 3. Now I love them even more. Maybe they recited some war poetry while they fought alongside Arbiter.
The Great Schism was the og "Great Replacement Theory"
_"My Path is already set, Avitus - it is _*_you,_*_ who has yet to choose."_
This story, weirdly enough, makes me feel even more pride for having carried that very same plasma rifle and energy sword through the end of the campaign. I'd like to think that (our) Arbiter keeps both weapons with a place of honor in his personal armory. Or at the very least, tracked down each weapon's owner's next of kin, and gave them the respective weapons.
A book I want to see that took place in Halo 2 would be the final hours of High Charity. We could read about the start of the schism, witness reports of Brutes and Elites seeing Chief, the space battles, ground zero with the flood, the failed recapture of High Charity after the flood got control.
I love this! Hey was there ever a story of that one alive Elite at the beginning of Uprising and how he got there? The one who sneaks up and takes out the last couple of brutes by the door before all your other brothers drop down from the sky. I was thinking this story here would explain it... unless it did and I missed it 😅
Oh it's a book. My first thought was that Halo couldn't get any sadder as a franchise after 4+ and the Master Cheeks Sad Comedy Hour.
ThrallSlayer? No way.
Nice pfp lol
@jackalsniper892 Thanks you too
Fine. FINE! I’ll replay Halo 2!!
This story to me shows something that I think we occasionally forget in halo: the sheer tragedy of the war. Not only in the genocide and Flood absorbing people, but the sheer amount of people lost on both sides. How many humans died alone, fighting for their people? How many young men and women, whether human, Sangheili, Unngoy, Kig Yar, or even Jiralhanae, died for more or less nothing?
The way the story makes it, this elite is young. He had a whole life ahead of him, a long one since Sangheili have pretty long lifespans, and it was snuffed out. As well as his comrades, the scribe who was forced into the military, or the translator of ancient languages, imagine how much good eachof these lives could have done for the galaxy, and all of them were snuffed out, for what? For Truth’s personal power and delusions of grandeur.
(Also, I am now officially headcanoning that Valanro/The Elite Minor’s energy sword is the same one that would slay the Prophet of Truth and have its components used to make Prophet’s Bane.
I mean the thrall slayer was in the terminals so its cool to know he was legit there
343/Halo Studios definitely knows how to write stories, damn shame we can’t have those as the show, movie or even spinoff games..
This is an amazing backstory and as a huge halo 2 fan this made me appreciate the lore behind this even more.
The cinematography was great in this video! Please more like this!
Listening to this story broke me. It was heartbreaking
Oh no i feel like something sad is going to happen
I always felt so honorbound to never drop either the sword or plasma rifle in the start if that level... I never knew why until now....I'm going to make those brute pay once again
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Uprising now my favourite halo 2 level after seeing this vid my original favourite was quarantine zone
Man listening to these story Makes more sense now that i played Halo 2 on Legendary mode. This is why i love halo a lot from a kid to an adult.
I wonder if those words by the Councilor was the reason Thrallslayer joined the banished... Seems to fit, y'know?
I would love to see somebody animate this story , it would be amazing
I’m happy to announce I’m once again a Patreon member!!! keep up the hype my guy!