Solving Halo Infinite's Ancient Artifact Mystery

[@RedNomster]

*Check my Halo Mysteries PLAYLIST:* kzbin.info/aero/PLhHjTkohIJ3-3M0bxvwWjZhqvP-L5tQuj

[@chriskatz2355]

Maybe the constellation has something to do with halos other glyph mystery having to do with halo 3

[@Rougesteelproject]

One problem with your theory is that even in your own video, you can see there are chunks broken off of the rings, lying on the ground. Yet you say they don't need repair.

[@RedNomster]

@@Rougesteelproject the concept is they were broken with intention, like spelling the words "peace and love" with broken firearms. While the brutes are trying to repair the "firearms," they're missing the message that was left behind. Sorry if that didn't come across in the video - it's the message behind The Weapon's quote at the end of the video

[@RedNomster]

@CB I'm gonna need a plaque for my desk soon 🤓

[@darthvaterious1712]

Hey Red Nomster, i was rewatching Red vs blue the other day and found more of those symbols. Pretty sure it was sidewinder map. Thought you might want to check it out.

[@konjfful2963]

You're an incredible lore hunter, my god. So detailed, exploring every inch of the map in different perspectives, questioning yourself along the way and doing extra outside research. Amazing work man, I don't know how anyone could find this stuff. 343 Should recognize you for this honestly

[@MrKushinator420]

He's relatively new to the lore scene, but these are good videos and he should keep it up, perhaps will be noted by 343 like some other creators have been.

[@mobius_one]

I am obligated to not like your comment as it is at 117 likes

[@RedNomster]

@@mobius_one it stayed that way for hours 🤝

[@mobius_one]

@@RedNomster I am so proud of this community

[@jflamen]

Can't tell if this is innuendo

[@williammangold9399]

One thing I noticed about the seven rings at the end of the game that most people have probably already noticed is that 1. There are 7 rings just like the 7 Halo Rings that were made. 2. They are in the exact positioning although not the exact order as in Halo 3’s The Covenant level right before you kill Truth. 3. The two rings that are broken are the one from CE and in addition, Zeta halos. They are cracked the exact same way the actual rings are cracked. So how did they break in the exact formation as the rings they represent if they predate the Forerunners and possibly the rings themselves? They would definitely predate the things that caused such destruction on the rings, so how do those rings imitate the actual Halo Rings structure?

[@originsdecoded3508]

Theirs a strong relationship between the both. In my other comment, I mention how this ring gates are actually a network of wormhole Einstein rosin bridges connecting all the rings for instantaneous travel/teleportation between them. 7 halo rings, 7 ring gates. when those rings became destroyed, so did the ring gates corresponding to it. this is so mind blowing stuff!

[@bestdogshadow383]

The rings are aligned the time they appear in the Halo Franchise. Halo CE (Destroyed). Halo 2, Halo 4 and Halo Infinite (Fractured).

[@originsdecoded3508]

@@bestdogshadow383 what was aligned? The ring gates or the Halos?

[@bestdogshadow383]

@@originsdecoded3508 the artefact rings at the end of Halo Infinite appear in order of when the Halo rings appear in the franchise

[@williammangold9399]

@@originsdecoded3508 That’s fascinating! The Halo lore has deepened so much with this game and I can’t wait for what the DLC has in store for us.

[@jeanmouloude]

The forerunners history span accross millions of years, their civilisation evolved multiple times, their past forgotten many times, on the halo in halo 2, cortana mention how the structures in the middle of the lake are way older than the halo, its forerunner but much older and different Also the gravemind assimilated workers in the halo 3 ”the storm mission” meaning he also have the knowledge of driving forklifts, meaning the gravemind is forklift certified

[@dsdy1205]

Truly the lore we seek

[@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother]

This is good content. I really hope 343 gives us more regarding this stuff because its really interesting

[@RedNomster]

I hope so too, so many possibilities for then to chase story-wise! Thanks brother

[@spvcespvce]

absolutely love how your theory videos have been structured, when you reach the ultimate conclusion, you let us infer and make the connection ourselves with the information you displayed through visuals and music before deep diving into the exact conclusion you made, not only making theory videos but making them narratively griping in their own right - which lore like this deserves imo very intrigued to see more of Zeta Halo explored in upcoming dlc, especially with how new concepts like the silent auditorium may relate to older ones like the primordial, its all incredibly exciting

[@leetningvancleenf5843]

Is there any chance you could solve the Glyphs in Halo 3: ODST? That Easter Egg is in dire need of a super sleuth. Great video, btw.

[@MichaelInnocenzi]

Rocket sloth just posted a video on it today

[@LordMuffinToken]

@@MichaelInnocenzi and they need help

[@Awkward_Shark]

@@LordMuffinToken They don't. Marty even commented saying that they got it right by saying BINGO (as in, the glyphs don't mean anything and only served as a tool to get people to think about the deeper themes of the game).

[@RedNomster]

@@Awkward_Shark but... BINGO is just an anagram for "BIG NO" The plot thickens 🕵‍♂️

[@jmccann6735]

Dude I am so glad I found your stuff, you're a real life Sherlock Holmes, I feel like you're figuring out and piecing together forbidden Halo secrets that have been dormant since the very beginning. This is thrilling work, and super satisfying to think about these ideas after finishing the campaign and wanting more answers. This series needs all the views. The production value, the depth of Halo knowledge and lore, the awesome way you write these videos, all of it man, fantastic 👏

[@RedNomster]

🥺 thanks for the kind words J, I'm working hard on the next one right now and it's motivating to see comments like this

[@xMrsGontierx]

I also kept looking at the stars in the sky to see any possible constellations!! Dude this is so in depth.

[@RedNomster]

Hopefully you had better luck than I did 😅

[@Infernoraptor]

When you said "what technology did the forerunners have that could do this?" It clicked for me and I got chills. As someone who doesn't trust the introduction of causality-breaking time travel into a cannon, and who is VERY concerned about the hints leaning to time travel, this makes me a bit more hopeful. RE the constellation thing, what happens if you take the map you made and rearrange it to match how they would have been arranged before Cortana blew the ring apart? (Plate tectonics and its relationship to the distribution of ancient populations is a good comparison. EG: you can rearrange the continents to match their past configurations and suddenly the distribution of certain fossils will make more sense.) Also, what happens if you take the DIRECTION of the rings into account? If the tunnel in the trailer is made out of similar rings, maybe these rings are SUPPOSED to be arranged as a tunnel. (Either they need to be arranged as such to be used or something about their orientation is relevant.) I'm procrastinating from work atm, so can't look into this myself yet, but you have me curious.

[@RedNomster]

It just makes too much sense and explains so many things compared to other theories 🤔 I'll look into the displacement of the rings but I'm doubtful - especially because the ring repairs/changes over time in ways we can't predict really

[@TravellingHalo]

One of the best investigation/theory videos in a long time. I'm glad there's something to talk about finally, but also you have done an incredible job hunting for substance in the breadcrumb trail. Way to go man!

[@RedNomster]

If you haven't seen my other mystery videos, they're similar :) thanks!

[@samc543]

I like the suggestion that these rings are somehow connected with the also-older-than-the-halo ruins on delta halo in Halo 2, whether its Forerunner or someone else entirely. I love ancient mysteries.

[@guik0968]

Carving in stone is actually the only cheap way of messaging that can pass through millions of years. Great video I like this theory

[@RedNomster]

Thanks Guik0! 🥺

[@eliaxxz5360]

My mind is absolutely blown. You're currently my favorite Halo lore theorist

[@RedNomster]

Welcome, we're starting this journey together 🤝

[@Real_Halo_MC]

Solid video, again When you first mentioned the time locks, I smiled, knowing exactly where you'd go with it, to the Primordial's death God I love this game Again man, amazing video, been loving your content lately

[@ErelasInglor]

Got some serious Stargate SG-1 vibes with these rings.

[@OzMee]

Thought you were reaching. Thought you may have an iceberg obsession...then you blew my mind by tying it all back to events/lines in the campaign. You gotta be my favorite halo tuber in a long while. Keep it coming! Edit: This kind of thing is what put me in love with Halo to begin with.

[@RedNomster]

Everyone needs a tinfoil hat if they want to find the truth :) thanks brother

[@roguespartan2854]

The Diadact had such a huge role in Halo's expanded lore. It's becoming more of a pity we only got him half-heartedly for only one game.

[@RedNomster]

If you've seen my previous videos, there's evidence to suggest he plays a role in infinite. With these "data packets" chief keeps stumbling upon, it's possible we might get insight via "flashbacks", which I'd better than nothing I suppose

[@defeatSpace]

I'm impressed at the brutes for nearly figuring it out.

[@midgeticuslupicus807]

Thank you for the videos! Loving these ancient artifact series

[@RedNomster]

Much appreciated 🙏 love making them! I learn so much lore in the process

[@Spartan_107Afterdark]

I'd like to mention that the 7 rings, in the end, are in a similar state we saw them in. One completely destroyed (Alpha Halo) One with a chunk out of it (Zeta Halo) and the rest are fine. I believe that these rings have specific relationships and connections to the other halos. The weapon did mention that those rings have info on all the rings and we also know that the Halos fire like how the rings reacted when you interacted with them (10:28). I also noticed the only rings we can interact with are not broken, much like how you can't fire a damaged Halo. What if these rigs were made to connect all the halo rings and their information and that Offensive Bias uses these to watch over the Halos themselves. The reason they are scattered is that he doesn't want any meddlers, ancient humans, or FLOOD to interact with them and learn? We know Offensive Bias is very smart so that the time-warping could be a by-product of space travel, because, in deep space, time is warped. (also the domain was shut down until Pax-Cortana opened it) Just a Theory, A GAME THEORY Sorry, sorry...

[@onebagcement4175]

I find this compelling regarding the theory that Offensive Bias was overlooking the whole campaign and helping here and there. And in the end he ported Chief to one of those locations.

[@Fyre0]

My god I love that it feels like we're on the precipice of a golden age of deep Halo lore coming to the surface of the franchise. Yessssssss

[@hyperion6902]

Enemy within could refer to the forerunners seeing themselves as a threat to the mantle at the end of their time and finally seeing themselves as the precursors did before the forerunners wiped them out. After all their crimes against the mantle, their greatest being the firing of the halos and subsequent guilt, the last surviving forerunners believed greatest enemy to the mantle all along wasn’t some outward force or enemy like humanity or the flood. It was within, closer to home, it was themselves.

[@PandaStomper37]

I never get into lore vids or even series but this had me hooked, the way you executed this was amazing and very interesting. You also did a spectacular job at keeping me hooked in the series and videos! You did an overall outstanding job!! 10/10

[@RedNomster]

I'm definitely hanging this comment on my fridge 🥺

[@Diosin14]

Dude there is like a whole other level on Halo lore and it is so fun to explore the flood, forunners, and keep it up your vids are really good

[@RedNomster]

I try to make it a journey that matches the way I felt while researching for the video :) I want to make a flood video soon!

[@Diosin14]

@@RedNomster I hope you do because these videos are so entertaining

[@damienstitchman1981]

You are very quickly becoming one if my favourite Halo theory channels, this was awesome!

[@RedNomster]

Glad you enjoyed man! Having fun myself :)

[@damienstitchman1981]

@@RedNomster It's always good to have fun doing what you do :) Also, if you ever happen to need a video editor, I'd love to lend a hand!

[@Gtx-ij9ff]

7:24 looks kinda like the celling to the silent auditorium? If the beam in the ending comes from the circle in the celling, it would work. Maybe if there's some way to free roam the cutscenes, as they are all in engine?

[@antihero137]

Dude you are blowing my mind not only with the depth of the lore these videos get into, but the fact that you have a work-ethic so solid to pour through the literature and the games on a level like this to deliver such quality content. Keep up the great work man I love your videos, I get lost in the best way watching these!

[@RedNomster]

My mental tells me I can make more content faster and that it could be improved, so reading comments like this really makes my day. :) I want to make even better videos but knowing people like them right now is a breath of fresh air. Thanks Owen!

[@johnszczerba8260]

Not sure why you've not got more subscribers, because I've seen a few of your videos come up in my feed over the past few weeks and they've all been superb. Keep up the excellent work.

[@RedNomster]

Wow, thanks John! Means a lot, I'm trying to improve with each video :)

[@_Wizzo]

Dam, this theory has blown my mind... Would you mind if I reacted to parts of this for a video? You explain it so well and it has a lot of weight to it! Full credit and links to be provided in the description and pinned comment :) Great job!

[@meshugganator08]

this adds so much to an already awesome game

[@goudafeta2165]

30 seconds in I think you’re a crackpot, 4 minutes in I think you’re a prophet. Love the video man!

[@RedNomster]

Appreciate it! Prophet of truth reporting for duty 😈

[@DRuiz117]

Bro! I’ve been waiting all week for this! I freaking enjoy your content! Thanks for the content you make

[@alecevans7818]

I think they are portals but I absolutely love yiur videos man they are up there with halo cannon and installation00 keep it up man

[@Zombiedog01]

Hey friend, I’m not sure if it’s important but I recall seeing a unscanable ring in a cavern next to one of the Spartan cores. I thought it looked mighty suspicious down there and might deserve a deeper look-at. I’m sure there are loads of other rings laying around but this one just caught my attention.

[@RedNomster]

Do you know where by chance? The ring in the thumbnail of this video is the only cave ring I know of I think

[@logskody]

I'm a firm believer they formed the chamber that the primordial was trapped in. They are older because they went through the billion years with him when the didact executed him

[@RedNomster]

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[@thedustinmobile1054]

In one of the forerunner audio logs it says myriad. On a whim I checked the area by myriad. In the center right where the variant weapon is found there is a giant forerunner pillar with three smaller ones facing towards it in the same pattern as in the silent auditorium

[@RedNomster]

🤔 feel free to post a screenshot in the discord!

[@DarkNoiseBW]

I dunno, I think there's something far more interesting here and that's the design of them themselves. The design in these rings is all curves and circles and the same design/pattern, if not the very same, is scattered randomly throughout several interiors. Problem is they are completely out of place in the interiors as all forerunner architecture and even their language is all straight lines and angles. You look at any of the Forerunner's walls, doors, floor patterns, even the light bridges, and all of it is straight lines and angles. The only exceptions we see are in the icon of The Mantle which itself is circular but then made of lines and angles, a few forerunner symbols such as those for each Halo, and this design from the artefacts which are then copied and spread throughout Zeta Halo and only Zeta Halo. Just some thing to think about. Also, I have little proof but a random theory. The artefacts themselves are older than the forerunners, the codes and data streams the Harbinger are older than the forerunners, and the Harbinger can access and use, and even redesign forerunner tech unlike other races other than humans, then combine this with the fact Zeta is different from other rings as we'd expect from it being from the original array, but also the worries of the forerunners being masters who would become slaves... what if... and a big what if... what if all this and the truth they wish to maintain is because the forerunners didn't build the original array. What if the Endless did and the forerunners stole it from them wishing to take it out of their hands and prevent being overthrown, which is why they weren't catalogued either hoping they would be wiped out... and then found out the Endless were immune to the very weapon they made?

[@goatman9499]

Theres this one glyph on ce and 2 It kinda looks like the writing on these stone ring time locks But its wider and more detailed. Dont know what to look up to show you but its on silent cartographer in the 1rst structure when you unlock the map room its center of the wall on the way back out right before the stealth elites attack The first time the "mural" caught my attention was on Regret in the Underwater section. After the hunter battle in the hallways I think it could just be a generic texture but it does have some interesting shapes on it like the "wings/guardian" lots of circular decals on it. Another great video dude👍

[@RedNomster]

I'll look into it! Thanks brother

[@wanderingherald]

I am sure the weapon made mention of the rings possibly being ancient and also lonely, being stuck for a hundred thousand years. Is there any insight to that or just a throwaway exposition?

[@dahizzy7010]

These videos are gold. Pure gold.

[@rafenelson7230]

🤯🤯 Can totaly see these rings once all being one huge machine that encircled a prisoner aged them, and then being separated from each other and tossed away out of shame it fits too well. Amazing theory man

[@RedNomster]

Thanks! I think that was the missing piece of the puzzle. Everyone thinks they're separate, so they must've been serving some purpose all over the ring. This theory makes sense of why they're separate and hidden, and explains so much more 😵

[@1SilverDollar]

Rings inside of rings. Man I gotta say, I'm loving the content. These theories are fantastically done!

[@RedNomster]

Much appreciated, I can't wait to put out the next one!

[@TheBl00D1u5t]

These videos are even more exciting than the Infinite campaign. I can't believe I missed this after all these years. I always found the golden pillar on sandtrap to be interesting and I did see the resemblence to other background text in earlier games, but I always just figured it would be explained later or it was just a cool random pattern someone made. Thank you for being the ambassador of truth and discovery!

[@kyleb1958]

I had thought they were of precursor origin, and 'enemy within' was referencing the flood.

[@chemicalboy123]

The figure of the Endless/Xalanyn on the cylix has a rough circle behind them.

[@ganjagobler]

Every time I see a new video from you I get more hyped. Probably my favorite content creator rn

[@Sickjen]

You're an underrated youtuber for sure.

[@leokeatonn]

I was just looking these up the other night, perfect timing

[@theredcomet4301]

i love you for this video, this is the main thing that fascinates me about infinites story. the actual game storyline was mid but everything surrounding it is so interesting

[@RedNomster]

Agreed. Thanks three :D

[@andymac4883]

Watching this video, I had a sudden thought about the Xalanyn, the race that Despondent Pyre dubbed 'The Endless'. Firstly, I assume that they were discovered somewhere in the vicinity of space that was hit by the pulse from Zeta Halo, since that's the installation that was moved to 'parlay' with them. So we have an installation that is known to have had some means of reverse-stasis technology on it, with rings and carvings that are supposedly older than the installation itself. And you have the Xalanyn, a species that was not catalogued before the firing of the Array. The Conservation Measure didn't manage to save even close to every sentient species in the galaxy, but as far as we know there's no evidence that the Xalanyn were known to the Forerunners before their discovery after the Array fired. Pyre wonders if her makers knew of them, but neither she nor we know the answer to that wondering. So I posit this; the Xalanyn did not survive the firing of the Halo Array, because the Xalanyn did not *exist* before the firing of the Halo Array. Their ancestors, a sub-sentient species, inhabited their homeworld at the time, and thus were unaffected by the Array's pulse. But at some point either before or following the firing, the planet ended up in a reverse timelock, accelerating the passage of time from the perspective of the rest of the galaxy, and allowing the sub-sentient inhabitants of that world to evolve into the sentient Xalanyn in less than a hundred years. The Xalanyn - the so-called 'Endless' - are the victims of circumstance entirely beyond their control, judged and sentenced for the crimes of another, for daring to poke their head out into a barren galaxy. Now this is a bit of a crackpot theory for a number of reasons, not least of which being that while we know the reverse timelock exists, there's no evidence that I know of allowing for the possibility of it encompassing an entire planet, let alone an entire solar system as might have to be the case. Second, who would set up such a scenario, for what purpose, and when? A rogue Forerunner element trying to bring life back to the galaxy by their own means? A Flood ploy to ensure that they wouldn't starve in the immediate aftermath of the Array's firing? Something else entirely? Still, the thought struck me, and I had to write it down.

[@RedNomster]

Haven't heard that one yet, very intriguing 🤔

[@ThePollyLab]

Incredible work! you've turned this old man back into the kid in 2007 desperately trying to find meaning in terminals

[@anthonyj.manttan9986]

Yo just occurred to me he was probably teleported to a broken chunk of the Ring, that's why it's sideways. Ooga booga me big brain.

[@iunnor]

That is genius, each episode i get my mind blown

[@thebloodything1471]

I mean, how do you expect us to follow on this ?... But honestly, great job once again. I cant stop thinking that someone, or a bunch of people, somewhere, thought about and created all this stuff. I'm not sure I want to see answers soon, I like the mystery and the chase so much...

[@trueblueyahoo6185]

I just thought it was a Stargate crossover. ;) Great video.

[@GamingGrandpa]

1 theory but a damn good one, thank you for giving us your insight into this amazing piece of the game

[@RedNomster]

I appreciate the kind words gramps 🙏

[@abyssal-labs]

It’s explains how when we jumped into the beam portal at the end of infinite we were in it for three days before we get released onto the other side of the dessert, also when I activated one of the rings the blue pulse actually killed me

[@johncampanella622]

Im wondering if this is how they deevolved ancient humans. I can fit the primordial, the endless or humanity into the slot where the didact would feel conscious pause then overcome by anger, but the endless wouldn't give him anger to overcome his morality. Great work, really impressive Mr. Nomster

[@msxbrc]

Nice, I just realized, if the Endless are called this way because time as no effect on them, neither the Halos, then this method of execution, was maybe not working on them either or the forerunner would maybe just have killed them like the precusors and the primordial. But Since they also keep flood, maybe it was just to study them as the great Edict says.

[@johncampanella622]

One of the best videos, and, I think it foreshadows what's to come. Excellent. Absolutely brilliant.

[@RedNomster]

Thanks for the feedback John! Trying to improve with each video, in quality and as an imaginary archeologist ;)

[@helel328]

it's great to see 343i did not disrupt the flow of the lore behind and actually expand on it.

[@SoLowKaspar]

Your videos have become another thing in my weekly life that I look forward to c: thank you

[@RedNomster]

That's awesome to hear, Thanks Kasper!

[@WesManGuitar]

Weapon says, "We've been gone for three days." at the end of Infinite. Is it possible that they could've somehow teleported through a timelock after fighting the Harbinger or used one inadvertently in some way? The only other type of portal I can think of in the Halo universe that takes time like that is a slip space portal, but it wouldn't take three days to slip space jump across a ring to the other side especially since Zeta is the smallest Halo. Some form of time manipulation had to be present.

[@RedNomster]

It definitely supports the timelock theory. Despondent says, "time moves forward, and back again" and "their history is constantly changing" Perhaps the artifacts are time locks that are also capable of acting as reverse timelocks when necessary

[@originsdecoded3508]

its starting to seem like this ring gates are star gates connecting the halo rings. Or to some secret mysteries part of the universe. Perhaps the covenant prophets were correct after all. And the rings have multiple uses as you can see. 1, they serve as artifical planets for sentient life 2, they are weapons to bring organisms like the flood under control 3. They also serve as star gates to travel from ring to ring, and possibly other locations across the universe far away from the galaxy.

[@ankereisenman4824]

I just assumed that the portal took a while to do the transporting, especially because the ring is so badly damaged. Chief and The Weapon were buffering in the teleportation network, as it were.

[@Dolthra]

Personally, I assumed it would go along with the legendary cutscene dialogue. "Time is not a construct we can control" implies it was something... else- not forerunner technology, at least- that teleported them. Who knows what the hell that may be, but I assume we will find out in the upcoming DLCs for the game.

[@807D14M0ND5]

@@ankereisenman4824 I think that's saying the same thing as the op says here.

[@brydonwood6000]

"Hey red nomster what's a time lock?" 😂 had to go back couldnt stop laughing

[@RedNomster]

😅 didn't know how else to spark that question

[@scoutthetrooper]

It’s worth noting: Chief wasn’t teleported onto the ring at the end of the game. Look at the background. The ring is horizontal. If Chief was on zeta halo, that would mean he would be standing on a wall, not the ground. The ring is also far closer to the camera than it is when you simply look up, so Chief definitely isn’t on the other side. He’s on some sort of platform which is floating in the center of the ring. But what is this platform? Hmmm.

[@nR00R]

Could be a broken piece of the ring that's sitting on the edge of the rest of the ring, that Chief is standing on

[@RedNomster]

I'm almost certain it's a design choice. The shot of the ring broken at the beginning is the same perspective from the pelican, and the ring gap is shaped exactly the same. The developers likely wanted to show the broken ring in the background, but only had the one object/scene to work with, so they hid the fact that it's the back side of the ring with atmospheric indifference and called it good 👍 Not to mention, if they were on a broken piece in the middle (which can't be seen in game anyway) there'd be no atmospheric indifference, and no dust particles in between to catch light and make it foggy. So either way it doesn't add up, and is probably just a creative choice

[@dylanatkinson9605]

There’s some mechanism keeping the ring’s atmosphere from leaking out between the islands. Perhaps the same mechanism is keeping this platform and an atmosphere out near the centre of the ring.

[@hungryyellow2119]

@@RedNomster What if the piece of land is close enough to the ring to still be within the range of atmospheric indifference? Can't explain not seeing the piece floating though... This is really bothering me

[@RedNomster]

@@hungryyellow2119 time will tell

[@hanansolo7055]

been loving your videos recently, keep it up man :)

[@RedNomster]

Appreciate it Hanan! 🙏 working hard on more

[@apple_clown2511]

the idea that the phrase 'enemy within' is actually cold, clear instructions rather than something symbolic is... so cool. it's like a claymore, 'front toward enemy'.

[@RedNomster]

great example :)

[@garretttekampe9564]

I just really hope the endless aren't capable of time travel. That would run the story. THIS is perfect.

[@RedNomster]

☝

[@ABoxIsMyHome]

Omg turned notifications on now realising this is gonna be an ongoing thing!

[@RedNomster]

You're a real one 🙏 I've got too much planned to stop now

[@CntFndAName]

"Enemy within" is just a warning sticker Just like claymores have a warning "this side toward enemy"

[@havocking9224]

9:44 this is what makes me uncomfortable. Chief is facing Ring's side, which is theoretically impossible, if you consider that Ring's gravity is centrifugal. He should fall towards the camera. Explain this to me please.

[@exilestudios9546]

the ring has artificial gravity just likes ships in the halo universe

[@havocking9224]

@@exilestudios9546allright, if this is true, that this ring is truly something special. Otherwise that video is mistake done by developers.

[@2and2make5]

9:42 Why is the Halo in the background at that angle? Shouldn't the Halo in the background be perpendicular to the horizon? Or is Chief on a broken piece of the ring that's floating sideways like that? I didn't think there were broken pieces that flew that far out though. The perspective in this scene confuses me.

[@RedNomster]

I'm almost certain it's a design choice. The shot of the ring broken at the beginning is the same perspective from the pelican, and the ring gap is shaped exactly the same. The developers likely wanted to show the broken ring in the background, but only had the one object/scene to work with, so they hid the fact that it's the back side of the ring with atmospheric indifference and called it good 👍

[@shaheer1172]

Actually the time lock you mentioned. The forerunners created cryptms(similar to the one the didact was imprisoned). They have different purpose depending on how they were designed. Some are like what ever is inside the cryptum will age a second while thousands of year has passed outside. And some were like time moves faster inside while a moment is passed outside. P.s im writing it as im seeing the video

[@voxthesergal]

Ya, this makes TOTAL sense: At the end of the game, you appear in one of the sets of ruins - and they say it's been 3 WHOLE DAYS - since you disappeared. Holy hell.

[@RaisedBySheeps]

is it a jesus allegory, resurrections and all that? Easter, I think

[@blindvalkyrie9352]

Has anyone noticed the ending Cutscene teleports you to the other side of the Ring; opposite the Fractured section, just to point your camera directly at the Broken part. And Direct your attention to the middle of the screen. Pointing at the Ring, Rings within Rings

[@originsdecoded3508]

my friend, a year later I have finally discovered what the purpose of the rings are. I have a theory about what bungie has been hiding all this time. I have stumbled upon Halos biggest secret. Gateway Time Ring Portals, time traveling is still a burried secret within halo, and cortana had firgured out this mystery during the events of halo 6. By the way, cortana is most likely still alive regardless what bungie or fans said. She might have evolved along with chief during the accelleration of his evolution by the diadects wife. she said both him and his A.I would experience an evolution. master chief is still not cleared how he evolved, and were still not clear how exactly did cortana as an A.I evolved. she might be a transient transcended consciousness energy just capable of floating around with out the need to exist within technologies of digital makeup.

[@CallumUpton]

very impressive video dude, love watching these

[@RedNomster]

Thanks 🥺 love making them

[@NCXDesigns]

I love your videos and how you explain the theory and how it all comes together. You’re the Maddow of Halo Lore! Keep it up! I really enjoy it it makes Halo’s story that much more interesting.

[@RedNomster]

Thanks for the kind words D L :) I'll try my best! New videos coming soon 👀

[@shaheer1172]

I have a question. In you video you said that the criterion has 3 members. Iso-didact: warrior servent. Chant-to-green: life shaper Grand edict. What is his role?

[@RedNomster]

Likely juridical - the courtroom role

[@imnotev1084]

Yup, yup, keep'em coming! * enhales *

[@DoritosChip]

Not that I believe it would be a game mechanic, but does anything change to the games day/night cycle if you were to stand around/in these artifacts for any substantial amount of time?

[@ALEX7DX]

Sadly no.

[@ImpastaLarry]

i dont know why but i could fall asleep listening to these vids

[@kyledavies97]

If those rings are what aged the Primordial then this just reinforces the theory that there could be a Precursor or Precursors buried on Zeta Halo

[@ryder100br]

Great content man, I hope to see you grow with your channel and keep doing this cool content!

[@RedNomster]

Thanks Ryder! Trying to make each video better than the last, so this is reassuring

[@ryder100br]

@@RedNomster you're doing great bud! keep it up this way.

[@lynx442]

Love your work, it is impressive to see the details you unveil to us

[@RedNomster]

Thanks lynx, I try my best as an imaginary archeologist 😁

[@missingno.1176]

You have the single most interesting gaming channel I have ever watched. Such amazing work mate genuinely hope this channel keeps growing. 👏

[@RedNomster]

Needed this brother, thank you!

[@Cmdr_Sam]

I realized the true need of the "Notification Bell", I will be looking forward for more such amazing discoveries!

[@RedNomster]

You're a hero 👏

[@josiahpump]

My guy, what if the Endless civilization was taken over, gutted and worn like a skin suit by the Forerunners. Maybe the Endless saved/lifted up the Forerunner and they turned on them after being given a place of power. Then every "Forerunner" structure, weapon, technology and advancements were that of the Endless. Thats the vibes I got/get. Just a thought. Great work and thanks for the effort you put into the videos

[@jamieschreiber3278]

Half way thru so apologies, but right after the ending I was all about Time travel. For "some reason" chief and cortana appear 3 days later than they "should" and the Rings...endless.. time...

[@panossyle1710]

After seeing your video i came with this theory. What if the whole installation is a reverse time lock ( or a regular time lock) ? The fact that the ending scene shows us a much older part of the ring, and the fact that they store so many cylixes within it. What if halos aren't meant to be only weapons to eradicate all sentient life, but also a mean to speed up the age of the universe ( or bring it back to a previous state in case that something goes south)? Anyway i just found your channel great job. Keep up the good work.

[@RedNomster]

Thanks Panos! My next video coming tomorrow deals with similar concepts to this post, hope you like it 😁

[@panossyle1710]

@@RedNomster i literally can't wait. I hope that my thoughts on this topic will help you to bring up the pieces together to solve the hole puzzle. I excited for what is coming next.

[@magnetwhisperer]

Hell yes been waiting for this video

[@RedNomster]

[@izzieb]

2:49 Did you say Red Nomster or Red Lobster? 😅 Good video, with interesting theories on the rings.

[@RedNomster]

😒 now I'm hungry for food I can't afford

[@Espartanica]

@@RedNomster Lobsters used to be extremely common and seen as the rats of the sea, fed to prisoners

[@prosoporific]

Instead of learning from there mistakes, to rather leave a message for those to come.. not able to comprehend.. the cycle will continue.

[@SeniorDoge]

What if these artifacts are old prototypes of the halo rings, they have a very similar activation to the halo rings being fired, energy culminating into an orb in the centre to explode into an energy ring, only these hold data rather then a galaxy nuclear wipes, or alternatively they were made for holding data but some backfired becoming fragmented(or damaged) acting almost like a nuclear bomb which stopped them from becoming the normal data storage so they wouldn't risk having nukes everywhere, and this caused the forerunners to have a epiphany that would come to be the halo rings and how they would work. Either way if they were prototypes of the halo rings or were simple data storage devices that exploded giving birth to the idea of the halo rings, they would predate despondent pyre because no monitors would've been made until the halo rings were made.

[@RedNomster]

Check out my "endless immunity" theory video - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised that I've been down this very rabbit hole before :)

[@javisoto7822]

“What’s a time lock” lol love your content bro thanks for hunting these lores down

[@RedNomster]

Thanks Javi 😂New video drops in 8 hours!

[@elihall3652]

Damn bro this was a good bideo

[@nikosc97]

Delicious, finally, some good content

[@yondercommunications]

You my friend have earned my respect!!! This video is elite!

[@LongTimeAgoNL]

So this stuff originated in Halo 3(!!!) where Sandtrap (and some other MP maps), supposedly, are already on this ring. But stuff like this was completely absent in Halo 4 and 5. Or just not build upon enough. It feels like they (343) got a 'lore book' from Bungie and just 'finished the fight' Bungie left behind for them.