Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon | Audiobook

[@Installation00]

Love the lore that flows with these audiobooks!

[@SpectatingDog]

Cheese, no cap.

[@strongmouz1555]

343 has been cooking with this season

[@whitetiger5104]

Can't wait for Luke and your interpretations of this. New relevant lore is so refreshing. If only multiplayer story continued🤞

[@lukethomas.125]

The legend himself speaks

[@sookendestroy1]

Yee, this is a decent chunk of perspective on swords mentality and organization post war. Grunt captains, swords/spartan/jackal fireteams being actively used in battles etc.

[@locodesert2]

I didn’t expect halo to just randomly drop an audio book but I’m really down for it.

[@deadexo-3]

They dropped one when the Flood cosmetics dropped too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3mcgZ1ojs2jr7M

[@ChocolateManOfficial]

Bro they’ve dropped 3 in like the last two months

[@GsCConcrete123]

😁😁😁

[@locodesert2]

@@ChocolateManOfficial I stopped paying attention to halo super deeply years ago. I didn’t know this was like a normal thing.

[@celestialspartan1176]

It’s this kind of stuff that’s holding me over until we get word about the next entry in the Chief’s story.

[@draculinalilith396]

343, please for the love of god keep this up. Lore is so important and it ads actual value to the meaningless microtransaction content you drop. I was looking EVERYWHERE for lore for the combined arms operation, so im grateful you guys made this.

[@JustSomeCommunist1817]

Keep making these bangers and I'll buy all the cosmetics you want.

[@draculinalilith396]

Thats what im sayin. And it's not just the value it ads to the cosmetic purchases, It's the value it ads to the halo universe. Helioskrill, for example, is based on the Arbiters armor, that is pretty sought after much like ODST armor which is connected to lots of lore. We need depth of lore and connection to story so that way we can feel a connection to the thing they want us to spend money on. The little lore blips at the bottom of gear is great, I hope 343 keeps doing this, because the potential for overall halo lore they can add from just armor alone is MASSIVE. The fact they released spartan armor that's clearly heavily infected with flood has already expanded lore a lot, and potential for flood horror skyrockets as Spartans are no longer "invincible." Imagine a death scene for Chief but it's getting infected and watching your dying body rapidly breaking bones and mutating like a horrific version of an execution scene in Reach, maybe even watching the armor protocols fail. Halo has an insane amount of potential, 343 better hold themselves to the name Halo "Infinite"

[@Ripa-Moramee]

some cosmetics are bangers, I have no problem buying good shit. It's a free to play game for fucks sakes.

[@Ludawig]

adds*

[@sykorui]

if onyl they release community misssions based off these stories

[@Spectralyzed]

I love the idea of giving Spartans Sangheili names while working with the Swords.

[@spartanleinadp01]

Each Audio Book is even better than the last one. I really want Playable Elites to return at some point

[@jcast117]

Me too. If they don't bring back playable elites then they aren't listening to true Halo fans

[@flawlesscowboy1173]

I REALLY wish this would’ve been a seasonal mission of some kind. Imagine we got playable elites and firefight alongside this.

[@adri.progression]

Nice username 💫, hopefully we get some kind of armor/cowboy hat or something with the "Flawless Cowboy" reference

[@jeremyp4768]

I mean this sounds to me like once huge teaser for what Firefight is going to be centered around on launch

[@flawlesscowboy1173]

@@jeremyp4768 let’s hope, but I doubt it. 343 seems to have scrapped the narrative in-game to focus on delivering better content that has no narrative tie-in.

[@justinnyugen7015]

I don't think playable elites will be here for a long time, but at least we can have allied AI elites (as shown in Custom Firefight maps)

[@levihancock5214]

I think if they did a seasonal mission that you could do to earn some armor or something would be awesome, hell make it spartan ops 2.0

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

I know I'm coming into this late, but Mahkee 'Chava (Halo 5), Orna 'Fulsam (Halo: The Flood), and mentions of Let 'Volir (Halo Wars 2), and Arkard Nar 'Kulul (Halo: Rise of Atriox) all in one audiobook? 343i really outdid themselves with the less prominent Sangheili in this one, this is awesome!

[@StalwartSpartan]

343 you have turned Halo around recently, love you guys.

[@GsCConcrete123]

hmm may be they did it.

[@smolpp585]

Honestly, I went from disliking 343 to now not wanting Bungie back again. Especially looking at what they have turned Destiny into...and what the studio itself has turned into.

[@royshavrick]

@@smolpp585 yeah finally feeling like halo is on a right track

[@jcast117]

Now the last thing is to bring playable Elites and Arbiter back

[@StalwartSpartan]

@@jcast117 One can hope.

[@cade11071994]

Let Volir is the Bansished Elite shipmaster from Halo Wars 2

[@jcast117]

"Headburst costs extra." Getting Halo 2 Jackal on Legendary Vibes

[@bluntgoblin372]

The group they're referenced to be a part of includes the Halo 2 Jackals from Old Mombasa!!

[@Pennz]

Absolutely love the idea of a jackal taking an interest in human sniper rifles and asking Spartans best practices with them.

[@epickingedward7378]

Amazing scene of that spartan sacrificing himself for an elite….

[@dah500]

Wow, never thought I’d hear a spartan pushing an elite out of the way of a gravity hammer even though it meant certain death.

[@dg7347]

halo 5 seemed to show that human were on pretty good terms with the sangheli, at least with the swords lead by arbiter, obviously not the covenant ones.

[@SherlockkHolmes]

And countless times in the books humans and sangheili have sacrificed for one another there's just as much bad blood too lol. Hunter's in The Dark is a good taste of the UNSC/SoS cooperation

[@Mega-Brick]

I'm sure not many people agree, but I'm glad this (and Prism's skybox) confirmed that the Halo 5 ship designs were still around. The Sangheili having their own ship designs is a neat distinction, and I'm glad they weren't just retconned into more CCS ships like the rest of Halo 4/5's artstyles.

[@voyagerofdoom]

I agree. That was one of the few bits in the 4/5 art direction that really worked.

[@Connor8609]

I mean wasn't it confirmed in their encyclopedia released last year as well?

[@Beyonderzero934]

Thanks for this!!! Didnt know i needed. Halo is a pretty cool guy. He kills aliens and doesnt afraid of anything.

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

Its him! Its John Halo!

[@LordMdama]

BY THE FORERUNNER GODS THEY HAVE BLESSED US WITH LORE!

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

the Spartan lord himself cometh! Fancy seeing you here, Mdama!

[@civicrider5556]

THE LORE!

[@muninn279]

Anything that has to do with the Sangheili Im here for. Would LOVE to see something done with them again. Huge part of halo that we're completely missing out on in INFINITE

[@ometony]

Feeling thankful for Halo Waypoint Chronicle audibooks, and 343 for continuing this trend. Halo, always and forever

[@RustbeltCollector]

These lore drops are so great and I hope they continue! I would love to play through these stories through the game, but these audiobooks are the next best thing! I hope that Mega and Jazwares takes notes for future products from these :D

[@lonelystarboy]

When they said they were done continuing the Seasonal storytelling i was kinda saddened. But this is even better than the Multiplayer Cutscenes. 💯

[@dg7347]

what would be even better is they had actual dlc levels sort of like spartan ops.

[@LeadingMole058]

Always love hearing about human/sangheili joint ops.

[@StarkillerDS]

As someone who has started reading the books, this is so sick please keep this coming

[@Rev_Goose]

I'm a huge lore nerd, can we please get these recent audio books compiled in a collection like Fractures or Evolutions? Would love to have them physically

[@ChocolateManOfficial]

Just print them out, the PDFs are free

[@Rev_Goose]

@@ChocolateManOfficial not as cool as having an actual book to put on the shelf

[@levihancock5214]

Love the small audio books this season, PLZ 343 keep doing them, i feel like we are getting live sevice lore rn and im happy with it!

[@clonexg1018]

so would have wanted a whole mission, or at least a cutscene of this, maybe by season 7 we get campaign flashback levels of these. I love these audiobooks of halo's new era of lore, sooooo good

[@SpectatingDog]

Free audio book, hell yeah!

[@Solotocius]

I'd love that Suban background as a live wallpaper

[@sookendestroy1]

Spectacular writing, been a while since a Halo story has both made me laugh out loud and go "Oh.. Ohhhh no"

[@hesperis4022]

This is incredible! So glad to see the return of the SOS and Mahkee Chava as well

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

They also brought back Orna 'Fulsam from the 2003 novel Halo: The Flood.

[@abeautifulwasteoftime766]

Big fan of this, more please and more lore in-game please! PvE and campaign dlc would be just incredible!

[@BarkerTheWolf]

Really hope we get to see more of these stories in-game to at least a partial degree but I absolutely love these stories. Keep it up.

[@beastmode1915]

I can't help but wonder if these audiobooks are used to make up for the lack of story content in other mediums such as the games or books (because of how long it takes for books to come out) etc. Either way, I am enjoying these and the injections of lore that comes with them. I just hope this is a medium that can be kept up once we get other forms of medium again. Good job 343!!

[@Connor8609]

I mean both audiobooks they released so far were so much better than any of those multiplayer cutscenes

[@sookendestroy1]

I suggested that they should keep this up, these short stories are great and they can once they get enough release them as an anthology book series.

[@bluephoenix7565]

​@@Connor8609we just need whoever's writing these to write for the cutscenes, could you imagine?

[@Connor8609]

I don't think its possible because of a writing limitation, but a budget one unfortunately. This audiobook is awesome and would look really cool as cutscenes, but would be a ton of work. I just find Halo is at it's best in this medium anyway because writing is so much easier to make. @@bluephoenix7565

[@CtKEngage]

​@bluephoenix7565 the Halo book authors like Kelly Gay and Troy Dennining could and should be narrative consultants at the least, because they provide better context and impact than 343 does with cutscenes and missions.

[@bobska_2]

Honestly these audio books are so underrated, had abit of a chuckle when the narrator changed his voice abit higher for the grunts voice.

[@ZillennialJ]

This should be a mini campaign!

[@thestormwar]

On a Monday?! That's crazy... But super cool to continue adding lore thematic and tied in with the current season even if we don't get the continued cutscenes lore. Especially in Audiobook form compared to lore drops on Halo Waypoint. Keep it up 343!! 🧡

[@weik-2936]

Orna 'Fulsam, now there's a face we haven't seen since the novelization of CE Love it when writers bring back obscure characters decades later

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

And mentions of Let 'Volir and Arkad Nar 'Kulul.

[@Voxet1]

A shipmaster Ungoy? We need to know more about them lmao

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

cute wittle grunts finally getting some much deserved lore time!

[@FragsDontStick]

Let this man narrate the full novels!

[@rohanthomas4134]

You know there’s a lot of things being set up here. One almost gets the impression that this might turn into an episodic storyline. . . Boy wouldn’t that be nice.

[@aleximuslopez4028]

Thank you for updating the lore! It helps since the next campaign is so far away.

[@Spentpoet811]

They can't keep getting away with these surprise drops

[@g3n3raljo41]

if anyone doesnt know let volir is the shipmaster from halo wars 2

[@beastmode1915]

I can't help but wonder if Let 'Volir used to be apart of the Fleetmasters Fleet before joining the Banished, and that's why the Elite wanted Mahkee to pass on that message from Atriox. Just some mental warfare

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

Grunt Shipmasters! Well done boys!

[@Churchgrimm]

I really, really hope that some time in the future we can get video game adaptions of these stories.

[@thangphungbaquyet5479]

I didn’t expect halo to just randomly drop an audio book but I’m really down for it.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Autobotmatt428]

Again you guys need to create a Halo Evolutions type book

[@deathcoreboii]

I Wasnt expecting this but im all for it.

[@lambchops3347]

I’d love to see this as an animated film or at least an in game machinima

[@hjalmarrsviakappa9666]

Man, that thumbnail reminds me of how much I miss playable elites.

[@sternritternovad]

I love these please keep them coming

[@Commander_Appo]

I don’t know who reads these, but I love him. I would also like to ask for more grunts in these audiobooks so I can hear 2:07 again

[@Mega-Brick]

It sounds like Alex Wakeford, the guy that writes 343's lore-focused blogposts. I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote these audiobooks too, he's written a fair few Halo stories on his blog before he was hired.

[@ExtraterrestrialReptile]

GIVE! US!! PLAYABLE!!! SANGHEILI!!!

[@darkspark5854]

Anyone else notice this ofishal art of the new swords of Sanghalios elite designs?? Yeah, they’re just the regular banished elite mercenary models with a different armor coating but still!

[@AdvancedEon]

I honestly hope they make them a seperate variant of the Elite Mercs we see in Forge currently, maybe with voicelines ported from Halo 5 for them so they're saying things that make sense for them

[@darkspark5854]

@@AdvancedEonabsolutely. And they need to add more voice lines to Spartans as well. Currently in custom games if banished are attacking you the Spartans will still say “enemy Spartans closing in!” Hopefully when they add firefight to matchmaking they’ll add more voice lines

[@bluntgoblin372]

Mahkee??? Xelq??? Arkad Nar Kulul??? JOROGUMO??? ORNA 'FULSAM!!!??? i can't handle the lore connections. Ahhh I love this SO MUCH

[@aggressiveoatmealmemes6881]

Loving the audio books, it’s a nice break from 40k

[@Shabriris]

love listening to a podcast instead of experiencing it in game

[@JV-lz3jd]

This has been an interesting story and I would like hear more of these short stories. I would like to have another short story where the banish of decided to go to earth steel resources, only to be met with a big surprise.

[@Void-Machinimates]

A jackal that can shoot someones head off from a different moon equipped with an S7 sniper? Glad he's on ''our'' side.

[@LORRANANASTÁCIO-i9i]

Yes

[@BlueAizu_]

Who knew the Halo 2 Legendary Jackals were lore accurate?

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

Aight, someone needs to make this an animation, I swear to the lord.

[@carlosdmunozpold]

This is great 343i! Please upload Spanish as well as other subtitles so more fans can enjoy it as well!

[@legendarymasterchief7620]

*THE LORE DEEPENS*

[@celestialspartan1176]

You guys are really cooking with Season 5! Y’all basically turned things around for Infinite! Keep up the great work! 👍🏻

[@colinwilliams6187]

If every season/operation has something like this? That's pretty awesome

[@Arbiter8114]

Why can’t this be a campaign dlc and give us playable elites, I want to play as an elite fighting brutes

[@wookieecookies4529]

AYOOO my boy Let Volir is still kicking!!

[@mathewking2665]

Damn I need more of this please give me more

[@xscoredformulax9770]

YO LET VOLIR STILLS IN THE GAME BABY YEAH 👀👀👀

[@Aurelius00]

Glad someone still cares about campaign stories.

[@UnintelligibleYT]

If only any of the gameplay reflected this side of the lore.

[@jcast117]

Love this. . . Playable Elites & Arbiter better be on the way, 343

[@RivGrapple]

And they say that there's no lore justification for playable elites

[@gabealex2300]

I'm looking at the thumbnail, and I see elites, I sincerely hope that they are on the smallest chance teasing playable elites

[@novaleader7305]

You guys even gave the Jackel withbthe s7 in the key art a backstory. Keep this up

[@connorwallace9145]

Impatiently waiting for Firefight in Infinite

[@TehNewV]

THE GRUNT VOICE I CANT

[@xerthetvaoan]

I love these so much

[@xSpartan_616x]

Hell yeah. Did not expect this at all!

[@levihancock5214]

( spoilers ) bro at the end of this they let slip that let volir ( shipmaster from halowars 2 ) is coming back and it makes me so hype to see what happened after halo wars 2 to the spirit of fire and the ark!!!!

[@enriquebernal1992]

I smell red team and the spirit of fire coming soon!

[@charleswinters9567]

Thumbnail made me believe for a hot second that elites were being released

[@LuiSCruz-gg2jd]

Letss Goooooo! Keep them coming 343❤

[@Uindus]

Amazing, but I think there were a lot of references to Halo: Outcast there, which i will need to read to fully understand it all.

[@adambuskirk1299]

As awesome and badass as this is. Imagine that this was dlc and and everything we just heard we got to play through as chief or our multiplayer spartan and we are givin a name by one of the swords of sanghelios and we get to bash our way through this narrative fps style in a way only halo can achieve and then we get some badass cutscenes I mean like damn 😢

[@jcast117]

Agreed.

[@FelipeNiclvs.]

new menu drumbeat is sick

[@AWESOMESAUSEY]

Really good but any chance we can start seeing this in game?

[@haramberoth117]

If you look at the audiobook cover. The cobalt spartan is the spi one. I'm still trying to figure out the others

[@ryan_1099]

WOOO HALO 2 JACKALS

[@Saelestria-jd3uq]

So instead of getting animated cutscenes that lead to nothing, we get audiobooks with a lot of lore that are great companions to Seasons/Operations. It makes me wonder what Winter Contingency III is going to be like though. 😂

[@Bingchilling3245y6]

Here you go hidden xperia, eat up

[@ventris425productions5]

Considering they show the teams armour in the thumbnail you could do a role play and make a forge map to recreate the missions, this is all assumptions as I’m yet to listen to this

[@porkKoinen]

if i were an unggoy i would also name a dope ship "Bad-gas" :)

[@AznSlickSlaya]

This is so amazing!!

[@christianb3883]

This reader has a wonderful voice. So who is the voiceactor?

[@charlescarattini1507]

Soon somebody will make forge mision of blood moon 🔴 💯

[@ZillennialJ]

Geez. 23:45 onward is BONECHILLING

[@esprmusic]

I thought this was a firefight trailer but this’ll do

[@LTENAsr]

These audio logs r for the old boys who played halo back in the day lol 😊👍

[@LTENAsr]

@epic7783 of course

[@jordanconnolly2206]

Playble elites please

[@Saltasaur]

Give us more Kig-Yar characters.

[@ToxicGazelle]

that’s the good stuff