Hunters (Lekgolo) | Explained in Great Detail - Halo Lore

[@mars-tr3ig]

u think hunters would be like “would u still love me if i was a worm?🥺”

[@Doom.slayer.2]

No it’s would you still love me if I was a human?

[@Chessplayer15]

I would love you more… 😂😂😂😂😂

[@OriginCorey]

👁️👉🏼👈🏼👁️

[@Izachaam]

Underrated doesn’t even cut it, outstanding

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you 🥲

[@johnballentine6638]

I dont know why but the thought of the lekgolo groans and noises it makes meaning peotry blows my mind imagine where humanity would be if we had single pair of bond brothers it would be so fascinating

[@mikemimson4771]

Dude Hunters were always my fav aliens from Halo, and now after this they are so much more cool than I even though they could be! Great Lore Vid

[@nkvd1606]

Probably the most fascinating species in Halo

[@Travo1775]

Excellent as always! Easily the most underrated Halo channel out there

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you!

[@dillondonnelly1108]

Bro this was sick. It makes so much sense thar they get pissed off when one dies because they're essentially brothers

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

They don’t call them “bond brothers” for nothing

[@dominichocking3887]

Lots of things i didn’t know, very similar to the flood, not smart up front but when together can become much more, great vid

[@illuminatedcosmos2557]

You're extremely underrated. Keep it up sir! Great stuff! Just make sure you do more lore breakdowns on other stuff too. Not right now though. I'm digging the halo

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Halo is my comfort zone but I’m slowly pushing my way out. I’ve done a few DOOM videos as well, with many more in the works. Trying to nail down an exact timeline for the franchise.

[@illuminatedcosmos2557]

@@Woodyisasexybeast excellent! I'm willing to Wait for something twice as long. If it's 10 times better then the average. Considering how small your channel is, you definitely do great work.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you so much! I’ve been focusing on shorts as of late. Simply because they’re easier to produce and get far more traction. I’d like to make some more long term content too though. Preferably after I’ve acquired some more viewers.

[@originsdecoded3508]

really good coverage on this topic. I find it interesting that the covenants themself who had better interstellar travel, slip space tech, and overall higher technology then humans, they did not understand the lekgolos fully. supposedly they were a bit of a mystery to covenants and even forerunners.

[@scooby91981]

I think it would be cool if there was a direct spinoff game that followed around a specific hunter colony

[@shreksnow1918]

That was cool. You should cover the Jackals next (probably my favorite species). I hope that one day they canonize the cut Tankbeast from CE as another Lekgolo form. That would be cool. There’s a lot they can do with the Hunters since they’re a collection of worms. Sadly, they haven’t really gone all out. The closest we got was with the Colony dlc (I like the new forms. Too bad none of them were in Infinite).

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

The jackals are awesome. I’d love to make a video about them. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they canonized more cut content. They did that pretty recently when they started the dig site project. So I don’t think it’s out of the question. I think the vague nature of the Kantolekgolo is done so intentionally, to give them more room to expand. The Lekgolo as a whole seem to be evolving as well, so who knows what might change in the future. I’d love to fight a Goliath in first person. Or anything of the sort.

[@shreksnow1918]

I really wish that 343 would do more with the Jackals in terms of story and other things. There’s a lot that could be done with them. Stuff like us getting a pirate queen/ship mistress Jackal leader in HW2. There’s a lot that could be done with that. Stuff like having all three subspecies present to fill up the ranks (the 4/5 ones would be the normal shield Jackals, you’d have the Skirmishers as shock troops, and the normal ones as snipers/marksmen). I remember back when 343 (or rather Creative Assembly) was still supporting HW2 and there were these cool rumors/“leaks” about exactly that. I was so disappointed when that turned out to be fake. I’m personally fine with the 4/5 Jackal design because they look cool and Bungie already opened the door for multiple subspecies with Reach (I’m also fine with their Hunters since the overall look of the worms has never really been consistent due to graphical limitations, and the new armor can easily be hand waved as exactly that. As for the Grunts and Elites I think their armor would be fine if it was more simplified to show these are a different group, but their biology was absolutely atrocious). I also really liked their characterization in Infinite how when they have their shield they’re really cocky, talk about being mercenaries, and are aggressive. But once the shield goes down they panic, start running around the place, and say how they’re not paid to die. One thing I did not like was how the Skirmishers are just normal Jackals with power armor. Instead of making that dumb retcon that Skirmisher is now a spec ops Jackal rank instead of being the common name UNSC gave T’vaoans. They should have just said it’s due to them not having the time/resources to make an entirely new model it’s just an art style change/limitation (the modders for the Arma 3 Halo mod added Jackals a while ago and are putting the Skirmisher bracers on them because of limitations with making new animations. It’s interesting seeing how those guys have worked around their limitations and really built up numerous things we didn’t have lore/designs for. As well as adding mots of new vehicle variants based on preexisting ones. There’s this channel called ODST General who makes update videos on those mods). They also should have just stuck with numerous other things being an art style change instead of making weird retcons here and there. Hopefully we get more stories centered around them. Yeah, I was thinking about that. Hopefully the cut content that has been canonized doesn’t interfere much with what’s already there. With the different cut species those can easily be hand waved as being Covenant Fringe, animals, or a different sapient species that got wiped out in the past or we just haven’t seen them since they’re too far away. It would definitely be awesome to fight one of those. Luckily there’s that Firefight mod for 3 that adds them and numerous other things to the sandbox. I really like the idea that different worms are adapted to eating different materials because it makes sense that they’d fill a different niche. Another example of the worms taking on a form outside of the suit would be from that awful Halo show. It’s so weird how the story is beyond horrible. But the visuals are really good. I imagine before the Covenant brought the Lekgolo into the fold they were swarmed like that. Something I find absolutely hilarious is how most of the people hate watching the show are also funding it by paying for Paramount Plus. Season 2 would not have started production if these idiots had just boycotted the thing (although, boycotts don’t exactly work. We’ve seen how people rage about the dumpster fire that is Disney Star Wars then when a new trailer comes out they get hyped and consuum product only to rant after having learned nothing🤣. Same goes for Nintendo’s treatment of their fans, people continually buying broken games, and numerous other examples😂). I’m so happy that I never watch watched the show and just say numerous rant videos. Can’t wait to watch the next set of rants. Good job on this video. And good luck on your others.

[@djzapper128]

The slug men have been canonized as Lekgolo. Hopefully they can be a form of Khantolekgolo (the only lore we have of them is that All records of them were lost when high charity fell.).

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I think that was the implication with the most recent canon fodder. There was a line that eluded to the khantolekgolo in that article. Soft conformation I’d say.

[@shreksnow1918]

That’s great news.

[@PsychicBeetle]

Never knew about the naming convention, that’s really interesting

[@Dino_jacksurvivalboss]

I personally believe that lekgolo do have full control over scarab but said control is overriden by any pilots to make sure they dont stray from their path wich would explain why sergeant Johnson could control one but also why they still function without pilots in halo 3

[@TheWickedJuggy]

Come on, Johnson knows what the aliens like!

[@Dino_jacksurvivalboss]

well yeah he didn't take over control he just charmed them@@TheWickedJuggy

[@brendanschwass4743]

Great video. More please

[@xClownpiece]

great and updated lore, thanks small correction though, colony communicates by vibrating in a unique way from other hunters that allows them to speak to others, not a translator

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you! Colony does have a special translator though. “Colony’s bonded pair speaks as one through a special Banished translator” www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/colony-leader-pack/bw74dckrsq4r

[@xClownpiece]

@@Woodyisasexybeast gyatt damn i didn’t know that i thought i remembered the phoenix logs and all that saying that the banished are worried about colony being too far evolved from other megalekgolo since they could communicate intelligently through vibrations alone

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I don’t recall that being mentioned in the Phoenix logs but if it was, I imagine they were referring to Lekgolo as a whole. Subtle vibrations are how they communicate. Colony does seem to be highly evolved though, regardless. So if anyone was gonna do it, it’d be them

[@zoa1-99.......]

Couple of things, the Halo 2 Scarab and the Super scarab from Halo Wars, never used Lekgolo worms, it was those older mining models that were used for the smaller, yet more effecient Lekgolo varient. Also, if you've seen the film, Prometheus, the Hammerpedes AND the other worms untouched by the black goo, could be 2 Lekgolo worm varients.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

This is a common misconception. The Protos-Pattern scarab does contain lekgolo. A colony of Rhulolekgolo. As for the R’wuw-Pattern (the super scarab) it’s never been directly confirmed that it houses lekgolo but literally every other variant does so it’s a very safe assumption

[@grayfox6518]

Wish we got to see the Lekgolo's true potential. They never became independent enough to form their own nation, always choosing to follow or serve, whether it was the Covenant, Sangheli, or the Banished. I think the direction Halo was going after Halo 3 and Halo Wars 2, would have been Covenant Civil Wars which would allow further species development and independence once some new threat was introduced.

[@oldstump1628]

Imagine if humans met and made allies of them first.

[@WildmanTrading]

We can only dream

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

​@@WildmanTrading, Nah, that thing need to be burned to ashes.

[@DeadLiftGaming-wr7ln]

​@@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6joUnless they rise from the Ashes just to come back at us.😂

[@montystice1038]

bro keep it up!

[@allenkeith7160]

You mentioned the "worms" ate Forerunner technology in the beginning? Later mentioning they were probably made by the Forerunners, it would make some sense, especially if they can communicate easily with the Engineers. I can feel that being a thing!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Nice catch! I hadn’t considered that. I’m not entirely convinced that they were made by the forerunners though. Aside from the Thanolekgolo. It’s been awhile since I made this video so maybe that’s what you’re referring to

[@allenkeith7160]

@@Woodyisasexybeast Fair

[@idolizedpluto]

For a second I thought that it said Lekgolo, history of the humans.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I need to change the thumbnail

[@rileecanfield1088]

Hunters are so creepy, I can’t help but think they smell bad Great video though!

[@richardch.4356]

I find them more fascinating than creepy

[@devilrecordsreborn5311]

I’m pretty sure the halo 2 scarab was fully mechanical but the halo 3 scarab is controlled by hunter worms

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Both used Lekgolo gestalts

[@MarkSmithphotography]

Creepy factor times a billion. I don’t like worms. 1.5 meters!!! That’s too big! No wonder I always took joy in eradicating hunters. 😂

[@Nicd671]

What’s the name of that show from 10:40 it looks really interesting

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

That’s Halo: Nightfall. It gets a really bad rap for some reason. It’s not amazing but it has some pretty cool stuff in it. Like the Thanolekgolo, for example.

[@pepqcat3169]

cool beans (: (: