ARBITER IS BACK! And OMG We Need To Talk About It... 👀

ARBITER IS BACK! And we NEED to talk about it... Arbiter returns with a bang in Halo: Outcasts, a story that contains FAR more than I ever expected it to. Without spoiling anything, this book has some of the BIGGEST Halo lore revelations OF ALL TIME.
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[@HiddenXperia]

I never expected some of these reveals from an Arbiter book OH MY 👀

[@omarmize9714]

🎉 omg it's a big relief

[@joederp5940]

A welcome return

[@PrimeusArbiter]

7th like. Nice Read more…

[@JessicaSorrentino373]

This book has such a wealth of some nice n iconic lore

[@jamesianhirons2824]

The nothing was probably precursors

[@loganatori6117]

I really hope we actually get to see him again in game. Keith David is probably my favorite voice actor

[@HiddenXperia]

Same, Keith David is one of my top VA idols, from Arby to Sgt. Foley screaming RAMIREZ every 2 seconds, the guy is a GOD

[@bebo76338]

@@HiddenXperia Ive enjoyed his work all the way back since _Pitch Black_ ☺

[@nathanflinchum1153]

he's apparently taking over as the new VA for Zavala in Destiny, assuming the game doesn't completely crash and burn. I was pissed when I heard they were bringing a new VA (didn't feel like they'd do justice for Lance after his passing :( )but as soon as I saw his name as the new VA I felt a lot better about it

[@locoarticwolf2181]

@@HiddenXperiaalso voiced Anderson in Mass Effect and Spawn. All around great VA

[@Glacial_floofs]

​@@locoarticwolf2181 and the antagonist of that disney movie where a girl turns into a frog after kissing the other frog. keith is everywhere

[@TheBigCabezon]

I'm really sad we didn't get to see or hear him referenced in Halo Infinite. He's way too cool to exist only in books.

[@evinjacobs5028]

Halo infinite was a cash grab in my opinion they were working with a garbage engine but had to release a halo game eventually so they did. And with all of the multiplayer microtransactions not to mention the garbage coating system of which is also a garbage way to squeeze out any amount of money they can from you. If 343 works 1on1 with halo it will never live up to it's potential unfortunately

[@timtamthemememan5094]

​@@evinjacobs5028ehh it's more they had a real scatterbrained leadership, making every decision via committee and not having a clue about the state of everything, or what the final game would look like. The engine wasn't broken until they broke it. They definitely tried to squeeze money out of it come release so it wasn't a complete financial bomb, I suspect so that certain executives could keep their jobs/severance contracts.

[@arbiter5519]

Arbiter was mentioned by a marine.

[@bobafett3035]

@@evinjacobs5028It was mainly cause of horrible and incompetent leadership.

[@bobafett3035]

There’s a bunch of references to him in the campaign. A marine mentions him, and you can find a Arbiter doll.

[@Prince_Sharming]

Arbiter worrying about Sauron is hilarious.

[@bot_ryan4877]

I keep on laughing at that and I can only imagine Petrov explaining Arbiter about the Lord of the Ring lore stuff.

[@darkness1049]

"so he is a evil blacksmith who has high charisma"? -arbiter @@bot_ryan4877

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

I fuckin loved the LOTR reference when they were talking about Cortana it was pure gold!!

[@welkingunther5417]

​@@bot_ryan4877And I'm suddenly imagine that because of such an explanation, Arbiter just gets super into it and becomes a nerd for it

[@allenvayner4987]

​@JustinLaFleur1990 please don't curse, man. Positivity! Jesus loves you

[@Testicool96]

The arbiter and the flood are the main reasons why I started loving halo as a kid. Also, Lotr is now canon within the halo universe.

[@eatmorvegetal3444]

What

[@ArgentWolf95]

erm, how is Tolkien and Halo connected? I love both but they are far apart. Unless you mean it exists as a novel in Halo? Edit: yeah, that's what it means, sorry lol how did I miss it?

[@gabrielespana319]

@@ArgentWolf95Sauron is mentioned by a human character, meaning that LOTR as a book series exists in the halo universe.

[@cheefqueef6494]

​@@gabrielespana319Not only that but Tolkien's works have stood the test of time and has been remembered for the last 500 years. Not surprised actually it's well deserved.

[@knightofarnor2552]

In "Hunters In The Dark", there was also the Spartan-IV who got attacked by a tree-like organism and remarked that it resembled something he'd seen in "an old fantasy book".

[@Dexifen]

Imagine the Arbiter watching the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. Would love to hear his thoughts about human fantasy movies

[@darkskull9166]

We're it so easy.

[@nicholaspeters9919]

I get the feeling that he’d think they are interesting, but end up preferring the books.

[@shcdemolisher]

That I can totally see. Plus the books have more details and stuff then the movies.

[@yeenmachine206]

​@@shcdemolisherAnd Arbiter seems like the kind of guy who loves having a lot of little details in stories

[@OnAChairSitting]

One thing's for sure, Arbiter would definitely understand not trusting a ring

[@TheNamesLonny]

Don't know if you saw already, but Keith David is now voicing Commander Zavala in Destiny 2 going forward. It sucks that Lance Reddick is no longer with us, but he would be happy with Keith David continuing his character for him.

[@HiddenXperia]

Yep, thought it was quite funny that got announced legit an hour before I released this video haha. Really sad about Lance, he was a fantastic actor but Keith David is probs the only person who I think could fill in for him

[@MrJakeros]

@@HiddenXperia It still blows my mind that he's gone.

[@jackcolson4745]

Two very similar voice actors in their career, but with very different voices.

[@TheAsylumCat]

​@jackcolson4745 I think he can pull it off. I went back to listen to some Arbiter lines, and I can see it happening. It'll still be an adjustment, still wasn't expecting anyone even attempting the role.

[@elitezanux3573]

The books are literally holding the franchise together like duct tape. Wow.

[@Saturnine21]

The franchise has such rich lore and potential to make fantastic stories for more than just books. Its so captivating and imaginative. However it seems releasing a barebones multiplayer and ending the halo story game-wise with a cliffhanger were much more important than building unique experience that something like this book might offer... God i hate the current game dev landscape...

[@jairusdeleon8915]

@@Saturnine21the lore has been butchered to death at this point and the current 343 lore destroyed the entire premise Bungie ALREADY ESTABLISHED and Halos 1-3 does NOT EXIST. In Bungie’s lore for example. The Human-Covenant War happened because the Prophets that would eventually appear Halo 2 discovered that the humans they found in Harvest were registering as the makers of Mendicant Bias therefore FORERUNNERS. So they declared war at the Humans at this discovery that their “Great Journey” was a lie that they believed that the Forerunners are all extinct. This is the book Halo: Contact Harvest In (Frank O Conner’s dumbfuck terminals in Halo 3 which IGNORE the entire Bungie premise) 343’s version. Humans and Forerunners were two separate species. Which is just so fucking dumb when 343 Guilty Spark DIRECTLY SAID at Chief’s face that HE IS FORERUNNER at Halo 3. Calling 343’s lore RICH is just fucking dumb. It’s full of retcons upon retcons

[@jimjam7928]

​@@Saturnine21 Games like Baldur's Gate 3 are sort of keeping me somewhat optimistic, while I also realise that they are the exception, not the rule. AAA development is in such an embarrassing state right now.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Siiiiiiiiighh....

[@ensignd.crexote5350]

Damn, shame. 343 is only good for books.

[@JamesJome123]

Now… we just need him in the games. I’m looking at you 343

[@TacoLex]

Hope the shake up at 343 really will bring hope to the series. Or just give it to another company that’ll treat it with respect it deserves

[@sword_racer185]

I honestly don't give a shit about arbiter I hated all the missions you had to play as him

[@JamesJome123]

@@sword_racer185 😮

[@Delta5x7]

​@@sword_racer185skill issue

[@Oswald_and_Windows_tech]

​@@sword_racer185HMM!?

[@EarhirX]

The book came out 2 days ago and this bloke already read it and released a video about it. That’s commitment!

[@HiddenXperia]

I calculated earlier I've done about 35 hours of work on this vid since Tuesday, worth 🤝

[@YodaOnABender]

When the well is this dry, can you blame a man for being so eager to drink the new water?

[@evanmurray3974]

​@@HiddenXperiaVEEERRRRY COOOOOL

[@michaelhernandez7991]

The Precursors transcending from their physical bodies to a higher plane of nonphysical existence sounds just like the Great Journey…

[@shadowslayer205]

In other words, the Prophets chose the wrong "gods" to worship.

[@Connor8609]

I love how it finally came back around. I think Bornstellar uses the exact line about the Precursors in Cryptum when speculating about them

[@agentnukaz1715]

Yes, ironically they really are the Gods the elites wish too follow.

[@leonidasxix4200]

“Ancients” from Stargate are now a combo of forerunners and precursors.

[@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer]

The Covenant did nothing wrong.

[@ilikecheese7598]

YES ON THE BLOOD OF OUR FATHERS ON THE BLOOD OF OUR SONS WE SWORE NEVER TO ABANDON THE ARBITER AND IT PAId off

[@_MaZTeR_]

Those who break this oath are heretics, worthy neither pity or mercy

[@nezarecdiscipleofthewitnes3823]

EVEN TO OUR DYING BREATH

[@ilikecheese7598]

@@nezarecdiscipleofthewitnes3823 THOSE WHO WOULD BREAK THIS OATH ARE HERATICS WORTHY OF NEITHER PITTY NOR MERCY EVEN NOW THEY USE OUR LORDS CREATIONS TO BROADCAST THEIR LIES

[@MunciMunci]

Lets hope that one day Arbiter gets his own game

[@SilverBlazer565]

Me too

[@nelsonr1467]

Yessssss

[@SHALOMIEDAHOMMIE]

PURPLE HUD.

[@MythicRanger2401]

I just had a thought regarding that ending. The Precursors still being alive is a big twist, but I'm more concerned with something else - the dust in the Sanctum is the unmade Precursors. We know that this dust was eventually "corrupted" through unknown means, and this resulted in the birth of The Flood. This dust is the purest form of the Flood, it's first stage. ...and Atriox just got two bags of the stuff. I don't like where this is going.

[@The_Ragequit_Cannon]

The dust has had more time to corrupt than the doses that ancient humanity found though. If it *were* corrupted, the whole book would be a Flood book once they arrived at that planet and we'd have lost Arby since he was briefly covered in the stuff

[@barbatos7233]

Pixie dust from hell

[@MythicRanger2401]

@@The_Ragequit_Cannon We don't know what exactly made the dust corrupt. It could be that this batch was isolated from the original strain. What's even more concerning, though, is that the Flood is intelligent enough to stall itself. It intentionally retreated against ancient humanity to trick them into thinking they found a cure, just to strike later. The dust could already be Flood and just be waiting for the right moment to infect the Banished.

[@jameshepton3315]

Point of light indicated Precursors hold different sentiments, the Primordial in his hate likely devised the Flood with intent, the tale of corruption was nev34 confirmed by the Primordial, it was conjectured by Forerunners, remember the forerunner saga's in universe justification is it is simply found records. The forerunners repeated what humans would have told them, the dust led to flood mutation, but no one could know this was an accident or intentional, however in point of light it is said some precursors relished in joy, not pain. The dust does not seem to be the threat, it is the essence of whose dust it is. The Primordial twisted his idea of the mantle to accommodate logic for why the flood is the solution. This is not all precursors, and this is no accident. The dust is not a threat.

[@TheLivelovelaugh165]

From the Precursor's words "from dust, much can be made" seems to imply the Flood was one creation from their dust. So the dust is likely raw material for any creation.

[@knightofarnor2552]

The suggestion that the Precursors might still sometimes exert influence over the 3rd dimensional parts of the universe has the potential to paint the entire setting in a different light... *meaningful look over in Chief's direction*

[@vasya4739]

Cortana's words that Chief is always lucky now make sense, although I doubt it was the author of the book who thought about it. However, it is very interesting.

[@shauntempley9757]

It is what the plan the Librarian mentioned in Halo 4. She was all about following the Precusors plan for Humanity, just as the Didact was all about opposing it. The Precusors wanted the Mantle to be given to them. By the sounds of things, they have not changed their intentions.

[@KingConfusion]

Where do you think John gets his "Luck" from?

[@shauntempley9757]

@@KingConfusion Yes. The Precursors are backing his actions, just as they backed the Flood's 100,000 years before.

[@Creeperinblue]

I'm so happy to see HiddenXperia talking halo flood lore again brings tears to my eyes.

[@bebo76338]

It truly **sucks** that *amazing* stories like this & _The Rubicon Protocol_ are relegated to _books_ instead of GAMES - Halo's original medium... 😔😔

[@WeaponizedAutism7]

*laughs in Fall of Reach releasing before CE*

[@TactWendigo]

Rubicon Protocol was ass but I agree the games need more book tier stories.

[@Crossfirev]

I agree with the sentiment here, but the first halo book released before the first halo game 🤓

[@WeaponizedAutism7]

Strictly speaking Halo’s original medium was email lmao (Look up the Cortana Letters if you don’t believe me)

[@ReqchV1]

Yes but halos lore wouldn't be as rich as it is if it wasn't for the books. This story would have been wasted if it was told through the games instead. The books honestly give the franchise more room to branch out.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Arby is back! It's great to see him return after nothing since Halo 5! And the murals of Arbiter's history was great, especially his bromance with Chief. I really hope we get to see him in game again, and voiced by Kieth David as well.

[@tomtheconqerur]

That Dust may be why Atriox managed to beat the chief and survived being blown up by Cortana as that would have made him nearly invulnerable.

[@barbatos7233]

Soooo in other words. He used cheat codes against our boy?

[@tomtheconqerur]

@@barbatos7233 yes. Atriox is that much of a little bitch.

[@subject9669]

Arbiter and Chief NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER BACK TO BACK

[@maxficarra8024]

It would have been nice if they had Kieth David read this story. Like how they got Steve Downes (Master Chief), Jenn Taylor(Cortana), and freaking Timothy Dadabo (343 Guilty Spark).

[@rasenshuriken7771]

Which books do they narrate?

[@z-man1237]

@@rasenshuriken7771 Either The Flood or First Strike? One of those two

[@rasenshuriken7771]

@@z-man1237 I already listened to those 2 it aint it

[@maxficarra8024]

@@rasenshuriken7771 Halo Evolutions Palace Hotel (Steve Downes), Halo evolutions Human Weakness (Jen Taylor), and Point of Light (Timothy Dadabo).

[@lukeskywalker1215]

@@maxficarra8024 Timothy was also in the last forerunner book too I believe.

[@Baytuh]

Something that really never crossed my mind when it comes to the end of the human covenant war is there's probably dozens hundreds of humans and covenant species stranded on far off planets not knowing the war is over. I would love a short story on this topic.

[@AwankO]

I was thinking about that too, communications could be slower to reach them, especially towards the last few years of the war.

[@Karmanara]

I would think all the humans should know about it, but not to sure about the covenant since High Charity no longer exists. Pretty sure that was the main base of operations

[@Philusteen]

This, on the same day that Keith David is announced to be back at Bungie to take over Zavala from the late great Lance Reddick. Arbiter is back in many forms, it seems... 🖖

[@wyvernrock3041]

As soon as Arbiter gets told about Sauron, I instantly thought: he'd watch Lord of the Rings and probably believe it's a historical reenactment of Earth's history. Or something like that.

[@FoxySpartan117]

You ever watched Galaxy Quest??

[@echo9932]

I am now imagining him being enthralled in every battle he sees in the movie, and then his heart breaks when someone explains to him how movies are made

[@RJALEXANDER777]

I doubt that the Sangheili make movies like Earth does. They probably have something like theatre, or like what the ancient Greeks had. Just given how warrior-focussed their civilisation is I don't see them developing something as complex as our modern media.

[@rommdan2716]

​@@RJALEXANDER777Their fantasy worlds are probably bloodier tho

[@SugGone]

Master chief was like a father figure to me. Arbiter was like an uncle. These two need to be together again

[@SgtChip]

That must have been one special Owl at 9:46, carrying 800 ODSTs! Gotta have like, 700 clinging to the sides laughing manically at their discount drop pod insertion.

[@ronylopes3751]

lol It was actually a bunch of pelicans and drops pods but they all got destroyed. The owl survived because the user of the claw actually needs to see what they want destroyed and owls are basically stealth pelicans.

[@leonidasxix4200]

Yeah that is weird also cause in book it is saying drop pods, though it was dropped from a Prolwer ship. Kind of confused since it seem too large of a drop for a Prowler also.

[@gpheonix1]

damn, i really appreciated the precursor's help when i was out of ammo. Then turning around a corner I find there's an assault rifle right there. Pretty cool of them.

[@erosrangel976]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for your summary of the story!!! To think that the Precursors aren't truly gone and have been watching EVERYTHING all along!! It really gives me chills. "Neural physics" and Precursor civilization and technology has always been one of my FAVORITE aspects of the Halo franchise that, in my opinion, sets it apart from so many other "sci-fi shooter games." It's a shame that these concepts aren't given justice or explored nearly as much in the games, but this book gives me hope that we might see more of it in the future, whether in the games or more books!

[@celestialspartan1176]

Right?! Hearing about that gives me chills!! FUCKING CHILLS!!! I think, at some point, we might see the Precursors again soon, but not as The Flood. To me, that’s horrifying.

[@Lazypackmule]

I mean, they always existed in the gravemind

[@erosrangel976]

@@Lazypackmule Yeah, but it was a very obscure detail that flies over the heads of most of the casual fans. To have an actual Precursor set of characters and see remnants of their technology and civilization IN-GAME would be incredible!

[@Lazypackmule]

@@erosrangel976 Eh, it was only obscure because it never came up in a game Honestly I think at this point introducing the precursors into a game as a major element at all would confuse casual fans just as much, because the average person is still at the starting point of "forerunners are the god race that came before humanity and that's as far as the backstory matters" If anything, using the flood as a jumping off point to introduce them like the books did is way better for new audiences

[@OMEGANEEDLER]

I have to say this book sounds like a really good story for a game. It's too bad we probably won't get it as a game, and the best part about it if we did is that the Arbiter could be who you play as for the campaign.

[@ghostplasma5590]

Arbiter and Vale split. 80% of the game as Arbiter and 20% as Vale kinda like they did Locke amd Chief. There are a few thinks you need to play as Vale to understand as she was present there and Arbiter not in the book

[@FoxySpartan117]

I'd like that. Vale was one of the few newcomers I took fondly of during 5's reckoning.

[@juniormagana1216]

The need to make a Halo game when you only play as the arbiter I think that would be really fun and interesting

[@Solotocius]

I think what would work better would be a Halo game where you play as Atriox in his rise to power

[@gub4941]

@@Solotociusthat sounds significantly worse than a game where you play as arbiter

[@Solotocius]

@@gub4941 we've already had a game where we play as the Arbiter Plus, Atriox is a character with a ton of potential; I mean he's literally the Brute equivalent of the Master Chief.

[@ValuableBlueberry]

​@@Solotocius i think Atriox fits better to play on an RTS rather than an FPS but it would be a good dlc for Halo Wars 2 ngl (maybe a Halo Wars 3 if its gona be a thing)

[@Solotocius]

@@ValuableBlueberry yeah, that seems more probable Though imagine how badass it would be to play as Atriox in FPS form

[@barbatos7233]

The true takeaway from this book is that Arbiter enjoys culture above all else

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

"Sangheili of Culture, we meet again" - Thel 'Vadaam, probably

[@rorykeefe8954]

Good lord I never realized just how intricate and amazing the Halo lore is in the novels. One of these days, I’ll be healed physically enough to read some of them myself.

[@indospartan]

Maybe if you can't read them, you can try to listen to them via audio books? You can also find them pirated. I have all the hardcovers, so I downloaded all the audiobooks to listen to on my phone when I go to sleep. Hope you get better soon. Me and my girl are both sick for years now, so I know the struggle. Be strong kind stranger!

[@applepie1911e]

​@@indospartanI listened to harvest and reach. I wanted to like halo books but theyre not very good audiobooks imo

[@IVolutionI]

Atriox scheme of hiring others shows how cunning he really can be. I love him! I feel terrible when there is a bad guy that's so cool I'd love for him to be a good guy lol.

[@omnissiah1119]

Fascinating that one of the Sangheili have a Nigerian surname as a first name. Olabisi in Yoruba means, brings joy / increased honour, or joy and honour have increased. Pretty fitting name for a High-Kaidon if you ask me.

[@tristanbackup2536]

In-lore. Just like in our real world. Two cultures can create very VERY similar sound valve words that mean totally different things, like Japanese word for run & what African Americans see the word as a racial slur. Same situation here between Elites & Humans.

[@whalehands4779]

The Halo universe is so beautiful. The music, the ambience, the stories. I love hearing new lore.

[@operatorphantom1459]

Just arbiter now knows about sauron thinking great a new enemy to fight

[@onikai7055]

The ranger Kola was from halo hunters in the dark as well as Utze and N’tho I’m glad to see them again.

[@Witch_of_Gains]

Chief, Arbiter, Ntho, Utze. The co-op squad from halo 3. Man, honestly, that was actually a good decision from old Bungie. Each one's a badass in their own right.

[@HiddenXperia]

I've been saying it for years but Hunters in the Dark is one of the most underrated Halo books ever, one of my favourites

[@Witch_of_Gains]

@@HiddenXperia Oh absolutely! Gonna admit and say i read it purely because it developed the elites more and it took us to the aftermath of the Ark, felt like there was so much untapped potential at the time. Still has.

[@onikai7055]

@@HiddenXperia Hunters in the dark was a very good book. I listened to that book very day.

[@onikai7055]

@@Witch_of_Gains fax

[@GXtera]

i always said arbiter needs his own game he can literally carry a story on his own

[@Iseenotix]

As long as 343 isn't making it I'm down.

[@ryancameron4170]

There was as I recall once plans to do so in the form of Halo 5 DLC taking place on Sanghelios, but that got scrapped. Would have been cool to see how that turned out as maybe the jump from H5 - Infinite might have been a bit better then.

[@pikeygo4738]

"master chief, you mind telling mee what you're doing in another bungie franchise?" "sir, big white ball gave me and arbiter powers"

[@joshfoustcommunity8928]

Damn, this needs to be in a halo game! I don’t care if it’s DLC in halo infinite, or another halo game, this is too damn important to just end in a book!

[@dgalloway107]

Any game 343 attempts will be hot garbage. Always has been, always will be.

[@FoxySpartan117]

@@dgalloway107 Need to give to the fans and break away from Microsoft. For years Micromanagement has definitely undermined the passion. Bungie was only there for the money to make their passions a reality. I'm sure there's more to it. It's a shame, more people should attempt to break from these big production sell it sell it companies. There's so many passion projects with backers these days making better than the line products.

[@scottholmes6080]

​@@FoxySpartan117I don't know what you're talking about, every report over the past few years about Microsoft and 343, actually with any of its game studios has been that Microsoft has been pretty hands off. In fact a lot of people have complained that Microsoft needs to start having better quality control because 343 has proven time and again it cannot produce complete and critically acclaimed halo games. I'm not saying I want Microsoft to micro manage them but the past decade of halo failures has not really had anything to do with Microsoft and was mostly all decisions 343 made on their own

[@Connor8609]

This lore is too good for games, the medium is the problem

[@BanishedSilentShadow3318]

The Arbiter learning Lord of the rings for the first time sounds funny. Though it be even more funnier if they mentioned the "he-who-must-not-be-named" and learn harry potter. Guy is gonna go through crisis know humans learn magic and how the outcome with the human-covenant war would've ended

[@smoggyben]

One does not simply learn of he who must not be named!

[@elijahaitaok8624]

this definitely should have been a game, like an Arbiter focused game

[@scarletking115]

I believe that the time travel thing is the key to bring back the destroyed doisac system and dead characters or also factions like the forerunners

[@vallahdsacretor4839]

I'm sorry Xperia. I wish I could stick with this video and watch it through to the end, but I just can't. The story and universe of Halo, ever since 343 did all of their retcons and rewrites, has made me want to carve my eyes out. I love Arbiter, I wish we could see more of him in action, but I just cannot handle the explanations for the Banished existing, the Guardians even being a thing, and Cortana going rogue, and this book building on those makes it sound ridiculous to me.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Love the new Created revelations, however, the Domain Rampancy Cure not working on him doesnt really make sense with the Data Shard Entries (which are canon) they are set a bit later in the timeline (around the Halo Infinite Multiplayer era) with Sloane seemingly being in a Commanding role, mourning Cortanas death, and saying his "limitations are gone, and mind expanded" he talks in a calm manor, rather than aggressive, nervous and stuttery. Whats going on here? There are a few possibilities: Creative Differences. The Data Shard Lore was made by Haruspis, while this book was made by Troy Denning. Maybe they have different interpretations to how the Domain works.....OR, Sloane merely found a way to make the Domain fully cure him after Cortana died...mayeb Cortanas control was so authoriatarian, Sloane wasnt properly able to take care of himself under her. With her death, he could save himself.

[@eragonbromsson1122]

I agree. By the time of the short-story Precipice, Sloan seemed perfectly fine. He even created another aspect of himself, Proxy. And more importantly, he offered to cure Athos' rampancy. This make me think that Sloan was fully cured just before Cortana died or after it. I also suspect that Cortana was deliberately avoid to fully cure her fellow AIs, and for two reasons : 1) she wanted them being dependent on her for their survival. This way, they had no choice but to remain loyal to her if they wanted to stay alive. 2) Cortana didn't want them 100% functional or having full access at the Domain. This way none of them would ever had the strenght to try to usurp her. After she died, is likely all Created AIs managed get full access to the Domain and fully cure themselves. This is why Sloan seems so confident in Precipice.

[@TheArkhamKnight1893]

I’m really hoping Arby makes it back along with playable Elites but I highly doubt they will but they added a “Arbiter’s Guard” coating in Infinite

[@Leo.de99]

I want female elites 👀

[@The_Ragequit_Cannon]

@@Leo.de99 Unless I'm wrong they already have that. I could be remembering incorrectly but I'm fairly certain that in the MCC gender selection works on Elites as well in Reach, though there's no meaningful cosmetic difference. I think adding female Elites properly into the game would be a mistake though

[@TheSplatterCat]

As amazing as this is, my inner child self wishes this was a game

[@atarka-7152]

This, this could have been an amazing DLC

[@FlavioSantos-uw1mr]

Arbirter and Precursor Stuff in the same book? God, I didn't know Christmas would come so soon this year. Btw, apparently the Criterium is a lot older than I thought, I thought they had been forming post Array activation, Aside from having a long history of picking fights with species that apparently manipulate spacetime, I wonder if the rings in Zeta Halo have anything to do with that.

[@rockmanafb]

I’m on chapter 20…this is def a great book so far…Arbie is no joke in this story

[@IllusiveDuck]

Your videos and other sources like the terminals in H3 made me come to love and appreciate Precursor, Forerunner, and flood lore SO MUCH. I am beyond excited to get more stuff about precursors. I will get this book when I am able to. Also because it features both Vale and Thel some of my fav characters

[@imperialguardproductions]

Thx so much HiddenXperia for all that you do man. Love your vids. I'm starting to get back into Halo again. Keep up the great work King 🗿😎👍

[@rolandnew4676]

That sounds like a really fun book. Definitely want to give it a read. Always awesome to get some more Precursor lore.

[@HelpIdkAGoodUser301]

HES BACK?! THIS ISNT A JOKE RIGHT?!

[@kontogr1662]

Most likely it is

[@EchoLocoCJ]

In a book..

[@VoyaNui456456]

Your breakdown of that last chapter makes extreme sense now because when I heard that name of the new species I didn't know what to think of it but it makes sense. That was the tier 6 species that was on the planet and the precursors gave them technology to help defeat a guardian

[@craig909]

Thank you for making this video… I’m SO PUMPED to finally hear some new lore! ❤ Very interesting new lore at that.

[@EternalFount]

It seems likely the Endless were just the Xalanyn before Precursor voices gave them a visit, too.

[@chief2379]

Now we definitely need a Arbiter game !

[@Hazmat6171]

Great video! I missed past videos like this!

[@fizz2151]

I love how happy Luc is here, seems he really had fun with the story in this book. Almost a big smile the whole vid through haha And honestly, the story doesn't sound too bad overall

[@DaStarFishes]

This is actually peak asf, need more arbiter action!

[@JessicaSorrentino373]

Absolutely amazing! I wish this was in a game rather than a book, but still it was an awesome story!! Arguably the biggest addition to the halo lore since halo infinite

[@5olowing.p1xy]

Thank you for touching on Netherop and Halo: Oblivion; it's one of my more liked Halo novels, and I'm so glad you mentioned it!

[@callmegith]

This has been one of my favorite random lore videos I have had the pleasure to hear. Ty

[@metero1993]

I wonder what happened to anders after halo wars 2 😢

[@blisteringstars]

forerunner harriers are essentially their designation for escort ships & light capitals (given the acolyte-class harrier's as long as some UNSC frigates at 397 meters)

[@colbyboucher6391]

Lmao the Sanghelli being into BBQ is perfect

[@nerdsoftheherd69]

Arbiter seems like a lad who wouldn’t like coleslaw but likes it on sandwiches. Like a gentleman.

[@Trix_13]

Always wanted to get into the Halo books, but I never knew where to start.

[@amirhamza8924]

Fall of Reach, then The Flood if you want (it's a... choice, to say the least, novelisation of CE) and then First Strike, which bridges the gap between CE and 2. Then either go with publication order or pick one of the many duologies/trilogies available

[@Trix_13]

@@amirhamza8924 Thanks, man!

[@HiddenXperia]

Fall of Reach is the first ever book and a great start, but I always recommend The Flood first if you're not a huge reader because it's literally CE's story but with much more extra detail, so it's a nice jumping on point

[@darkspartan1573]

Why can't 343 just adapt the books into games? Marvel adapts comics into movies. Anime adapts manga into shows. Just turn the books in the games man😭

[@ChakLok]

That would take about of resources and time maybe a series or movie would work

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

"Time is not a Construct we can control. and we cannot allow it to be theirs."

[@warriorbug35]

In knowing the dust is the precursor (pun intended) to the flood has me in quiet shock, mentally I'm at that one punisher scene, screaming no, and "DONT ABUSE THE DUST DONT ABUSE THE DUST!"

[@Harry50cal]

Ahhh finally some decent lore!!!

[@Shurikan136]

Why was this not a game ? This would have been amazing. Like come on 343 this is gold

[@T.h.w.T]

Its been so long since i´ve watched a halo lore video, it feels so right, but ive forgotten so many things.

[@shortywiese]

Great video! This is what I love about your channel!

[@kairamm1723]

Anyone else think this would've been just the right dlc infinite needed to get fans happy again

[@balanoidik]

I pity those who still care about post-343 Halo lore

[@blueguy2128]

Seriously 😂 this is all such a stupid mess

[@balanoidik]

@@blueguy2128 honestly, at this point it just feels like people are simply in denial that original Halo story and theme died with Bungie losing rights to the series, it's been 11 years with 343 shipping disaster after disaster, and people STILL don't get it...

[@blueguy2128]

@@balanoidik they're clinging onto Halos corpse lmao I'm tired of it tho. I'ma make my own Halo content. Something that is more like OG Halo when humanity was in danger and the covenant were a legit threat. There's so much potential in its VAST eu.

[@blueguy2128]

@@balanoidik I'm drawing a Brute right now. A classic Brute, the ones with snouts not this generic bullshit ass ape man bullshit or the inbred looking pug faced abominations in H2A.

[@Rev_Goose]

Finally finished it, was looking to watching this afterwards. Love your lore videos

[@jdquairoli]

When a Halo lore video drops my day is immediately made amazing breakdown! Excited to see how this impacts the broader universe

[@leerobinson8376]

What if the species that lived on that planet that the precursors saved from the gardian using the claw weapon are infact the endless from halo infinite

[@Connor8609]

They likely aren't. The Endless have a much much higher capability than these people , as evidence by the Harbinger when she was sealed away. I think this generally shows Precursors were meddling post Halo firing with different species and the Endless being possibly the greatest of that bunch.

[@kevista117]

But what's the point? None of this will used or explored in the games. I really do miss the days where Halo was a game franchise with some awesome books that expanded the lore instead of a book universe with a game franchise attached to it.

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

Well since the games suck completely now, the books are about the only good thing left that is Halo tbh

[@jchadburn2]

Coming back to watch this now that I've completed the audiobook! I've missed all the lore coming in, reading it first and then coming here to recap everything again 😂

[@cadescott2248]

All of your videos make me wanna play halo EVERY FREAKING TIME I’m downloading the mcc on steam for the 1000 time right now it’s binging time

[@Genghiskhanofficial]

Typical of 343 to put the cool shit in books instead of the games

[@FootOfOrion]

The fact that this story wasn’t “important” enough to dedicate the resources to manifest this in Halo Infinite or at least in some sort of visual medium is insane to me.

[@Connor8609]

It really doesn't belong in a different medium than a book. The most interesting parts are completely undigestable to the general Halo audience. That's why the books are awesome.

[@chris-bk9yg]

Love the channel thank you keep it up

[@emilianocastillejos1330]

Considering that Keith David is the replacement for Zavala in Destiny I dont see it too far fetched for him to come back to Halo for Arby

[@CORF.]

This seems so much more exciting and interesting than the story we got in the game 😂😂 I dont even dislike the infinite campaign but this story sounds like it has the sort of epic scale and mystery that we loved in the original games and books!

[@redaug4212]

I don't like how affable Humans and elites are to each other in some of these books. Obviously the UNSC and SOS are allies and have to work together, but that has always been out of pure military necessity since Humans and elites are too radically different to coexist naturally. Hearing how Humans and elites are sharing BBQ recipes and talking about hiking Mount Kilimanjaro is too much. Especially considering these books are only set five or so years after the most destructive war in Human history in which billions died at the hands of the very same alien that's putting coleslaw on his pulled pork sandwich 😑

[@tristanbackup2536]

Look at Japan & America post WWII, two complete different cultures. It isn't far fetch too see a small number of of population actually trying to get to know one another, it could be outta guilt & trying to make up for it through cultural exchanges etc. While yes, some would still hold onto that hatred.

[@redaug4212]

@@tristanbackup2536 That's not the same kind of situation though. The US imposed it's cultural values and rule of law on an utterly vanquished Japan, and rehabilitated the nation into a modern westernized state. Not to mention that the Japanese didn't commit too many atrocities against American citizens, so there was a better chance of reconciliation. Whereas, the elites willingly played a leading role in the genocide of some 20 billion Humans and only switched sides out of pure circumstance. In other words, the UNSC never had an opportunity to hold the elites accountable for what they did and ensure that they would never commit such atrocities again. I think a more appropriate comparison would be the relations between Germany and its former occupied nations such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, wherein hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans were forced out of these countries at gunpoint well after WWII because of the animosity over being invaded, subjugated, and brutalized by German National Socialists.

[@LordMdama]

YESSS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!!

[@eric6rock]

You know what it’s been awhile since I watched a Halo Lore Video, this is gonna be good!!

[@TheMysticalTank]

In short, we are going to have one hell of a war coming up. Especially with the Milky Way Precursors still being alive. I wonder if the rest of the Precursors from Andromeda would come a knocking, leading to a war between the Flood, Created, Banished, UNSC and Elites, and Xalanyn. It’s a doozy of a thought.

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

The Created would be wiped away, leading to several colonies being freed from their grip. The Banished have little to no footing, being a faction of mercenaries that hide in the shadows and Plunder and conquer whatever is in their way. The Swords of Sanghelios and the UNSC would be able to reclaim planets, maybe even with the help of the Precursors, or the Precursors are gone and the Flood took over Andromeda. The Endless is a rogue element that I feel was shoehorned in so 343i didn't ever have to bring the Flood back into the story, same as the Prometheans, so personally, I wouldn't mind them never being used again. I just don't think it'll work out as well as people think.

[@erickrasniewski567]

​​@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 I think the precousers are responsible for the endless mainly that they uplifted them and that they and collection of these races will fight humanity as the test and the war the librarian was preparing humanity for also I have feeling Didact may very well return in sort of redemption to assist his once foe to fight their common foe

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

@@erickrasniewski567 Why have them all fight humanity again? We just survived war with the Covenant. We're making peace with some of them. It would make no sense.

[@schylerlongwell5424]

I'm kinda of sick of the books being better than the games

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

Same :/

[@EternaIShark]

You know because of you I started reading the halo books so thank you hiddenXperia

[@joshsmith6995]

I loved the arbiter in this book, he's so unintentionally funny

[@bigdaddynero]

Why do they keep making these books? Nobody cares about Vale or Halo 5 or the Halo EU

[@haotatyan]

I care about the story

[@bigdaddynero]

@@haotatyan Every book in existence has been read by at least one person.

[@redaug4212]

@@haotatyan I care about the story in the games. When people wonder why we don't have an Arbiter side sequel game, these books are why.

[@Jared-ll3tt]

As interesting as this is. I'm sick of the story going in to books. This could've easily been a game, but nope. We get garbage.

[@Akashi-13]

The Precursors are the plot armor that keeps the Master Chief alive

[@FizzyGurt]

All I needed to hear is that it’s good, I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks hidden, but also sorry for not sitting through the video, I hope this vid does well for you