The Covenant | Halo

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[@TemplinInstitute]

Attention Institute Staff! Did you know we have a Discord? Want to yell at Larissa and Marc in person?! Go here: discord.gg/Ct9mEAq

[@sithlord906]

The Templin Institute can you do a video on the Forerunners from halo.

[@pierrepaul591]

The Templin Institute how about one on Coruscant?

[@red8ball864]

Could you plz do the Battletech world. With the new game and the court cases closed Battletech is making a come back. And it and Dune is the main ques that Warhammer 40k took from.

[@adampringle5421]

I was Introduced to this channel on reddit not long after u started out and goddamn has it been good to see u grow and develop a fan base if I could make one request could it be hydra from marvel or thanos black order just a thought love you guys keep up the good work

[@sinister802]

Hey Templin can you do mass effect the citadel council I’ve seen your human but a full history would be fantastic

[@killerOfMoons]

Sangheili Major: "Brute ships. Staggered line! Shipmaster, they outnumber us, three-to-one!" Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum: "Then it is an even fight."

[@a05odst62]

All cruisers fire at will, burn their mongrel hides!

[@joepolitics1218]

Truth’s ship is not taking part in the attack, he must have gone to ground.

[@SirSpangler]

Roger that, ma'am! We're on him! Kick the door!

[@wilburforce8046]

Cameron Spangler (start playing that movement track from halo 3)

[@Banana-Boi]

WE CAN STILL DESTROY THE ENEMY CORE

[@alexandrearrive6199]

*Time was your ally human, but now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners have returned.* What a game! Halo is amongst the greatest gaming franchise ever in my heart, the image of the Pelicans dropping through the atmosphere, with the music, oh man. Yet another great episode, continuez ainsi, Institut Templin !

[@yuvrajshah1158]

The original trilogy is best. Halo Ce, Halo 2 And Halo 3 are the best games.odst and reach are also pretty good. Halo 4 and 5 are hated by many including me.

[@MonTheWell1886]

Erwin Rommel Halo 4s story is regarded as one of the best of the Halo games by many fans.

[@skiiimsk]

Yuvraj Shah Halo 4 had a great story but it pretty much ends there.

[@NorthKoreaUncovered]

@@MonTheWell1886 No it isn't lol.

[@sinisterelephant8658]

Not to be the stick in the mud, but I feel like more could have been said about each species and their inclusion to the Covenant. Examples include: Sangheli and their obsession with honor and virtue. Lekgolo and how they can consume Forerunner building material, travel in pairs, and details about "The Taming of the Hunters". Unggoy breath methane and almost colapsed the Covenant with "The Grunt Rebellion." Among others. I don't know how to find them, but Halo Waypoint had good informational videos during the Halo: Reach days.

[@jakebarrett6175]

This has become one of my favorite KZbin videos! Thank you for uploading! I’am a fan of Halo!

[@Anolaana]

I've never played a Halo game, but I loved this report. It covers just about everything important you would want to know in a concise manner. The only criticism I could give is that it's a bit slow to start, and it feels like the dramatic intro clashes with the rest of the more factual and descriptive content. I often just skip the intro. Otherwise, keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to going through the rest of the archive and I would like to see more stuff in future :)

[@vincent-wz9to]

I miss the covenant

[@Skyfish93]

I can only describe the Covenant with only one Analogy: Put a Tiger, Bear, and Lion in a single room with a slab of meat and shut the door. See who swings first.

[@MNA-zn4ni]

We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and burn any Flood that stand in our way!

[@joemacch6284]

Excellent analysis

[@Fenris77]

The ostritch nec fanatics and their primary warriors the "Blargs" lol

[@brg9327]

Another awesome video.

[@gavinvick3592]

The planet broke before the sangheili did

[@Harry50cal]

Great vid

[@domiv766]

The Dominion but Halo(Hi from Star Trek)

[@christopherwilson7092]

Would like to be told about more fleet battles

[@aMoodyHipster]

Wort wort wort

[@knavishroot1238]

Ahhh, lohbaba!

[@mid1429]

Wort wort?

[@galbert117]

Wort wort wort!

[@crives1525]

GO GO GO!

[@Ozycaevias]

WORT WORT WORT

[@yarus5889]

"Were not gonna allow those alien bastards to take this giant metal hoola hoop!"

[@tannerbarnes7392]

Edgy Dad actually it's "Now I don't care if that's God's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine or a giant hula hoop! We're not gonna let them have it!"

[@hyperx72]

"What we will let them have, is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in! ...AM I RIGHT MARINES?!"

[@rebelkommando6166]

"SIR YES SIR"

[@MarikHavair]

"Mhm, damn right *I AM.*"

[@blacknwhitegaming]

HO RAH!

[@Centurian128]

"When we joined the Covenant, we took an Oath!" "According to our station! All without exception!" "On the blood of our fathers... on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the Covenant!" "Even to our dying breath!" "Those who would break this oath are Heretics... Worthy of neither pity, nor mercy! Even now, They use our Lord's creations to broadcast their lies!" "We shall grind them into dust!" "And continue our march to glorious salvation!"

[@dragoninthewest1]

-Rtas Vadum, Swords of Sanghelios

[@user-Jay178]

Centurian128 cool

[@Centurian128]

-Rtas Vadumee, before the Great Schism.

[@LAV-III]

Centurian128 Rtas vadum AKA Half jaw

[@SirCannonball]

“This armor suits you, but it cannot hide that mark.” “Nothing ever will.” “You are the Arbiter, the will of the Prophets. But these are my Elites. Their lives matter to me, yours does not.” “That makes two of us.”

[@isaacnavarro2222]

I love the intensity of this narrator's voice. It makes the video engaging and feel as if she is reporting on actual events instead of lore.

[@thesuperintendent4290]

Then it goes to "Subscribe and hit that subscribe button if you want more high quality videos about human and alien history. What out for a video from us about the 600th anniversary of NASA and it's achievements. Have a happy new earth year and we wish the best for Humanity in 2558."

[@AvalancheZ250]

Humanity fought longer and harder than any species the Covenant had ever encountered. It was both the largest and most technologically advanced non-Covenant species they had met, and after 27 years of endless war they still held on to their homeworld. No wonder the Elites got pissed with the Prophets. They respect honour and strength, so after 27 years of genocide against a species that had long ago ticked all the boxes for Covenant citizenship they were really having a hard time justifying more losses. Throw in some civil war action and the breaking of the entire Covenant religion and... BAM. No more Covenant. Great video!

[@omni-man4624]

Agreed, someone fucking gets it!!

[@orangvii3633]

Yah,the Sang’heili are still after a few years of being out of touch one of my fav sci fi species

[@Draco_Alpha]

Man, the way you describe it makes the Covenant sound like a big group of bullies that cower in a corner when they can’t beat down the kid that they want to. lol Also, this has got to be the first suicide cult featured in a popular military sci-if series. Unless there’s something in Warhammer 40k that I forgot about.

[@necromater6656]

@@Draco_Alpha Necrons?

[@penguincommander169]

@@wiseguy01 yeah and hmanity just so happened to check off that box with halo wars

[@killerwolfxx7]

Favorite thing about this video is the fact they use all the covenant names and not "Grunt, elite or brute"

[@DaDARKPass]

it's a lore video. using those terms wouldn't fit and would paint a picture that this channel doesn't care. honestly, this video was quite nice to watch. i already knew most of this but still

[@SormonAusPol]

Still feel like they should of mentioned there nicknames.

[@ne3333t]

That was my least favorite part of the video.

[@phizfrail]

The word “or” when you were describing the races shouldn’t have been in quotations

[@stenkamx5406]

Who cares

[@pyrosauria7444]

Considering how the Covenant referred to humanity as being a hellish race with ODSTs being considered imps and Spartans viewed as demons, I do wonder if any marines, ODST, or even Spartans took to play on the Covenant fears and made there armor look more demonic? Would make for a great story in Halo.

[@norwegiantactician]

Don't forget 117 who was a walking Rambo during the Human-Covenant war. One can imagine if he was the reason the Covenant referred to the Spartans as Demons, cause he sure was one when fighting them.

[@TheT7770ify]

I'd say Emile from Halo reach kinda did that

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

What are imps ?

[@f.powell8724]

Lesser hellspawn

[@theodorekennedy143]

Martin Einarsen Chief was THE Demon, other Spartans are demons

[@greentop1239]

I have to say, humanities fight for survival in the Halo series is one of the more inspiring that I’ve found in video games...

[@traceygrey4548]

No other game, maybe Mass Effect 3, but no other game has ever made me really wanna keep fighting. Because by the first game, humanity was on the brink. Earth, Luna, and Mars being all we had left. To not fight is to lay down and die. It gives you a sense of "Fuck no. You xeno bastards aren't gonna glass that green world." The music through out the game just adds to that. And the fact that humanity keeps fighting even when they only had 3 ships left, it makes me feel so proud to be human and not a Shanshium

[@-CrimsoN-]

I know this is a 2 year old post, but FreeSpace (and old space sim) also has a really good story surrounding humanity's survival. Humanity is basically been in a 14 long war that has amounted to a stalemate with an alien species known as the Vasudans until an alien race known as the Shivans invade known space in a similar manner to the Reapers (of course FreeSpace came before Mass Effect, so maybe Mass Effect was inspired by FreeSpace). The Shivans are basically hell bent on destroying humanity, the Vasudans and basically all other life in the galaxy, but what makes the game really scary is how no matter what you do, it feels almost impossible to stop the Shivans as they start rampaging through system after system "glassing" planets as they go. Every victory you have against them is almost immediately null and void when the debriefing covers the Shivan's latest massacre. It has this effect on the player in feeling like they are fighting a losing war no matter how many victories they have.

[@Hitoshuratdn]

*Cough* Warhammer 40k *Cough*

[@Y.M...]

@@Hitoshuratdn the Halo universe has one thing going for it though, it is waaaaaay more easily accessible.

[@wratchedlore5015]

@@Hitoshuratdn Really? 40k makes me WANT humanity to die.

[@srbrant5391]

Imagine encountering an advanced alien empire and then, to your sheer horror, having them introduce themselves as a genocidal theocracy.

[@jonathonparzyck82]

Spain to the Indigenous people of latin america

[@zidniafifamani2378]

You mean Cortes? He only bring like 500 Conquistador along with himself on the land that 10,000-ish or more people live, you think he stand any chance of winning? What's required are support from other tribes that are so upset because they themselves and their relatives are violently beaten down, slain, scalped, raped, enslaved to mine gold/do everything else or die periodically by the perpetrators tribes, and they knew that they're better treated by funny guy with translucent skin and flamboyant hat so they're like "Hmm...I'm gonna take my chances with guy with boom-boom stick".

[@srbrant5391]

@@zidniafifamani2378 Yeah, him too.

[@zidniafifamani2378]

@@srbrant5391 No he's not. It's a war, it never been a genocide, many individuals from both sides have fallen during that violent encounter. One of many reasons early colonists get into the bloody conflict is because they look at brutality conducted and basically saying "woah, woah, woah, woah, woah...You don't get to do all of those evils conduct especially to non-combatant like children and woman, and if you don't stop doing that we may have to subjugate your army so you don't continue to do that". After all if they don't even hesitate to other tribes what's preventing them to do that to the colonists to?.

[@srbrant5391]

@@zidniafifamani2378 You’re seriously being an _apologist_ for colonialism?

[@crimzonpegasus9714]

"The message just repeats. Regret. Regret. Regret." "Catchy. Any idea what it means" _"Dear Humanity, we Regret being alien bastards. We Regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely Regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"_ OORAH!!

[@w33leeg23]

The Covenant are one of my favourite alien empires/forces in all of scifi - the fact that religion and a pure thirst for conquest are their motivating factors rather than typical reasons like resources make it much more believeable in my opinion. Isaac Arthur done an episode a few days ago about planetary invasions and how in real life they wouldn't really happen much because if you really wanted to go to war with a planet you could really just kill everyone from space, yet the Covenant give the perfect reason why an alien (or human) force might actually choose to invade a planet: religious/ideological reasons.

[@tombraver6449]

Elite: "So uh we invaded this human base on a planet called Mars." Truth: "And?" Elite: "It seems someone beat us to it. There are bodies everywhere." Truth: "Go on?" Elite: "We seemed to have stumbled upon a sarcophagus. One of those Spartans was in it." Truth: "And?" Elite: "Every single one of my soldiers that engaged him no longer have heads." Truth: "What?!" Elite: "He ripped off their heads." Truth: "HOW?!" Elite: "I'm not sure but-Oh shit....." Doom Slayer: "I'm getting sick and tired of these fucking attempted invasions on Earth."

[@LordDiscord]

Iconic Doom music start's blaring through Truths comms as more and more Elites scream and flee.

[@Rogue.Rainbow]

The Doomslayer and Master Chief fighting the covenant back to back on an alien planet while a massive battle takes place around them Now that would be the ultimate crossover.

[@blam320]

@@Rogue.Rainbow Flood-infested Demons would be extremely interesting as well.

[@Joel-qo6gt]

@@blam320 Both of them would have to have unique playstyles. Doomslayer, I think, should be more melee oriented and have more explosive weapons. Master Chief should be mid to long range, then, with pulse weapons and rifles. All in all, it'd make a great co-op mode.

[@dson978]

BFG division song intensifies.

[@user-Jay178]

The covenant is so interesting and cool. Templin institute you guys are amazing. Keep doing this awesome content.

[@dibbidydoo4318]

+Ardent penance then why are the covenant left destroyed in the galaxy and humanity prevails!

[@Boon2Dock]

"But these are my elites, their lives matter to me yours does not." "That makes two of us." "Mmhh.." The original trilogy has so many quotable moments it's insane. Bungies writing was top tier back in the day.

[@calebuecker-herman9971]

When Bungie was truly Bungie

[@pigpig252]

"What is that?" "I? I am a monument to all your sins." Pretty much everything the gravemind says is infinitely quotable

[@Wr0y]

The Gravemind, what a guy he was.

[@blumpfreyfranks8863]

Too bad Bungie became a cash cow for Activision. Now it produces garbage like Destiny which is effectively a reskin of Call of Duty.

[@FiresideBoomer]

You know for so long I thought that was the Arbiter saying the commander's life meant nothing to him I never realised until recently that it was the Arbiter talking about how he didnt care for his own life

[@zilentis1835]

Can you do a video on the forerunners?

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Hey, you got the happy-space-pope action figure from Ashens! Cool!

[@zilentis1835]

JakeSpacePirate E and you are subscribed to mine raft you tubers........ ew.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

The fuck? You little nosy fool, I was complementing you, and you go snoop on my channel? Ok, give me a sec... You content looks dull and uninspiring. The ONE Minecraft KZbinr I'm subscribed to is a very good man who has been running his channel for years, and produces way more quality content than your inconsiderate ass. My Profile Picture is a much cooler bootleg than yours.

[@zilentis1835]

JakeSpacePirate E Wow, a whole 2 paragraphs just for me?

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Your welcome, eat it up, Timmy.

[@SpanishDio]

*Remember Reach!* Never Forget!

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Don't let it define you, if you don't escape your past, it will trap you.

[@sernwuub4014]

Rapa Nuii CADIA STAND!!!

[@comradecommissar8223]

"was that because of reach!?!?" -random sanghelie i shot in halo 3

[@vickimorris7106]

Halo 3: ODST saying in New Mombasa: "They are gonna glass the city! It is like Reach all over again" from ODST: Buck.

[@nickwalker4936]

We need to NOVA bomb every major covenant world into oblivion.

[@mrdrprof8402]

"The message just repeats 'regret. Regret. Regret.'" "Catchy. What do you think it means?" "Dear humanity: we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most certainly regret that the corps just blew up our raggity-ass fleet! OOH RAH"

[@bakabiru2519]

How u gon' keep the series fresh, 'thout Sgt. Dude, nomesayin'?

[@zacharypueschel2005]

Best part of all of Halo

[@coolthingzbruhh5252]

Ooh rah to that my brotha

[@Khris_HeimdallDetachment]

OOH RAH!!

[@keatonburton6064]

OOH RAH!

[@jackdugan5138]

if they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.

[@TemplinInstitute]

are you sure?

[@darknessoftruth9314]

There can be no greater heresy. Let him be an example to all who would break our Covanent!

[@forscienceistokra1549]

@@employervizor1559 Aye

[@SpaceMonke99]

“When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?” “Blinded?” “Paralysed? Dumbstruck?”

[@Ironfrenzy217]

Josh Powell-Morris NO.

[@cqb3814]

Ironfrenzy217 yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the sacred ring, and desecrate it with their filthy foot steps.

[@brianjohnson1932]

@@cqb3814 Well, there was big green guy that kept kicking our ass. Not a lot I could do about that.

[@cqb3814]

@@brianjohnson1932 Halo dubs lmao

[@traceygrey4548]

Actuuuually😅 Hell yes! I was dumbstruck by the sheer engineering, manpower or Forerunnerpower, and scientific know-how that it took to make such a massive artificial ring, while still having active tectonics (or what seem like it) and artificial weather patterns that are very very close to real ones!

[@ryanpeters1005]

For anyone curious, the reason Regret's fleet was defeated in Halo 2 was because he was searching for the ark and had no idea he was following a trail to Earth. The covenant fleet from the beginning of Halo 2 was very unprepared

[@richardpatterson1694]

He didn't even know it was a human planet truth on the other hand.

[@LtCWest]

UNSC Infinity plowing through a Covenant cruiser will never get old. ^^ Its actually kind of ironic, if the Covenant hadnt attacked humanity, we would have ripped ourselves appart in petty civil wars and conflicts. All the prophets had to to was to wait, maybe 10 years after the date of first contact, the Insuraction would have gained enough tracktion to openly oppose the UNSC. But the Prophets became greedy and paid the price for it...

[@FFG_318_Heavy]

I don't think Truth, Regret, and Mercy knew about the insurrection. Besides, humans were evidence that their religion was based on a misinterpretation and had to be removed before anyone else found out

[@thegreathim0018]

Or if they tried a little harder. They could have ended it all at installation 04, but nooo, don't use plasma torpedoes, our second weakest ship based weapon, you might hurt the giant forerunner ring world!

[@suspicioususer]

but that would just break up the UNSC not lead to the genocide of all humans like The Covenant wanted

[@logion567]

after said break up we wouldn't have fought back a quarter as hard.

[@jlokison]

Humans tend to split into tribes/clans and fight each other, even within our own nations. When an outside nation attacks the tribes or clans band together against the outsider. The one thing that is most likely to band all humanity together is a non-human threat, the Covenant walked into that role of their own religious fanaticism.

[@jimmyseaver3647]

Nice touch with having the _Infinity_ accentuate your point on how Mankind was poised to dominate the Galaxy.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

I wouldn't say dominate, the human race was nearly exterminated. It will take decades, if not centuries to return back to the amount of power the UNSC had at the beginning of the conflict. If anything, the Sangheili are probably the strongest remaining race, given their alliance with humanity. None of their worlds were actually destroyed.

[@marcusalm7350]

I will always love that clip. The Infinity needs a "We break for no one" sticker.

[@elijahwatson3474]

Gustav Kuriga Only about half of Humanity was lost and there are a few hundreds colonies that survive. The Sangheili are actually in a dire state after the fall of the covenant, they was so caught up with the military area that they struggle with the parts the Prophets took care of and start a civil war. Only Arbiter group sided with humanity and many elites in his group only tolerate humans for Arbiter and his ancient family position in Sangheili society. Arbiter is very progressive among Sangheili and many was appalled when he let humans come to their homworld.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

That was a colony world on the fringe of Covenant space. The UNSC had core worlds completely destroyed to the point where no life was left on them. That also means industry and population. So while much of the fleet was destroyed, almost none of the industry which built it was.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

"Only half of humanity" How much of the industry though? Much of it was on worlds such as Reach.

[@Elghast]

Brutes, grunts, elites Demons (Spartans), imps (ODST), vermin (humans) Even years later this game schools me on the complexity and gravity of war... on how in war it’s usual to demonise and demean the opposite side, hence ignoring the complexities behind it. 3 races with vastly different backgrounds Reduced to nicknames. Same as with humans, 3 vastly different roles again, just demonised Modern day movies really need to take a look at this in order to brush up on how to deliver a powerful message without hammering it

[@UGNAvalon]

District 9’s “Prawns” nickname came pretty close, and that wasn’t even a war film!

[@a05odst62]

"All who walk the blessed path will find salvation, even in death. Out of darkness, these blades will light our way. Glory and honor guide our ascension. On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons. The true devotee honors our name with actions, not words. Victory is secured not from the throne, but from the frontlines. With this sacrament of blood we journey into the divine beyond."

[@tannerbarnes7392]

A05 ODST All the elite flavor texts from Reach. Nice.

[@rhysnichols8608]

Station and salvation both command a heavy price - elite major motto

[@kaii3170]

The true leader was YapYap the DESTROYER

[@RobotWizard4209]

Even the flood feared yapyap the destroyer

[@covenantcanon7970]

By the Prophets, this is by far your guy’s best video to date! As a Covenant nerd, you guys were on point with every detail! Utter perfection! Keep up the good work Templin. Covenant Canon supports your channel!

[@halogaylo7862]

Covenant Canon love you fam

[@ThatOneGuy46696]

I AM TRUUUTH. THE VOICE OF THE COVENANT.

[@gavinsmith9871]

Erndem Sterff Prederctions then you shall be silenced

[@LAV-III]

"and so you must be silenced"

[@legionofthedamned157]

I am a monument of all your sins

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

"WORT WORT WORT"

[@KarmanicMizery]

And so, you must be silenced

[@EldeNice]

Came here to better understand the new Halo TV Series, turns out the TV series has basically nothing to do with Halo besides the name and visuals. Also, these videos are way more entertaining.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

There was a faction of humans who wanted the human race to join the covenant. Their request was denied when the covenant decided humans had to be destroyed to protect the integrity of their religion.

[@qazwazfaz7592]

When a channel not fully dedicated to Halo has better pronunciation of Halo Esq words than Halo Follower's main man

[@skomeg11]

HaloFollower is a trash ass Halo channel.

[@tsarbombawithinternetconne875]

He called forerunners as fucking foreigners wtf

[@mauwalker]

I’d like to see you all do the Church of Unitology, the EarthGov, and the Sovereign Colonies/Sovereign Colonies Armed Forces from the “Dead Space” franchise.

[@brickcraftproductions3065]

"I REGRET EVERYTHING" -Covenant Grunt Faction Suggestions Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Titanfall) United Citizens Federation (Starship Troopers) Tau Empire (Warhammer 40k) Eldar Craftworld Ulthwe (Warhammer 40k) Fel Empire (Star Wars Legends) Terran Republic (Planetside) New Conglomerate (Planetside) Vanu Sovereignty (Planetside) Cerberus (Mass Effect) Rebel Alliance (Star Wars Legends) Sith Empire (Star Wars the Old Republic) United Empire of Earth (Star Citizen) Character Dossiers The Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40k) Sargent Johnson (Halo) Cortana (Halo) Ivar Messer (Star Ctitzen) Kyle Katarn (Star Wars Legends) Darth Revan (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic)

[@orangvii3633]

Brickcraft productions could you add a few necron dynasties from 40k

[@saberfaber3203]

I would love to see all of these

[@joshuamumma6162]

Also a fun fact about the Kig-Yar, they’re mercenaries, they’re in it for the muneh

[@arcane_rogue3440]

Video on the C.O.G from Gears of War?

[@Terenin]

I asked for this for months, and stopped months ago. It's likely going to be months or more before we get anything from GOW.

[@labyrinthdweller6707]

Honestly the coolest sci fi antagonists ever.

[@redaug4212]

"Yo lil ARBIE, I just glassed the other half of Africa. How do ya like THEM APPLES?"

[@aqworldshayabusa1114]

Well, I wouldn't say humanity would have been able to defeat the Covenant alone. Had the Sangheili not switched sides and joined with Humanity when they had, we definitely would have lost the war and been annihilated

[@thomasveerman4532]

Oh man, this is a big one EDIT: after watching, one of my favourite videos from you. Would love to see one on the forerunners or even one of the smaller factions like the Insurrectionists, ONI or the Abiding Truth.

[@karlthetechpriest2905]

My preferred Genocidal empire is the Imperium of Man

[@lordinquisitorpeter8221]

Long live the emperor

[@razagan1343]

8:55 nice detail that the profits used to look way healthier and stronger but over time became, fat, crouched over and barely able to walk.

[@citogonzalez8177]

I wish humanity was like the humans in halo banded together for its survival

[@jimmu8689]

Goddamn I can’t believe it’s been so long since I played halo

[@MechanicWolf85]

Still the coolest and badass aliens to this day

[@batalorian7997]

Kael 93 the xenomorphs would destroy them easily

[@thebiggru2637]

Darkest Knight opinions, opinions everywhere.....

[@yotubeification]

Darkest Knight they are cool but not really badass. More creepy.

[@batalorian7997]

All it takes is one egg to make contact with civilization/society. Once it's made contact, it's game over. You'd get xenos taking on traits of jackals, elites, brutes, grunts, and any other species that are apart of the covenant. xenomorphs have the ability to wipe out an entire planet it makes contact with without any use of weapons

[@batalorian7997]

looks like its sweeping time yes

[@herrdoctor2895]

Even though the Unggoy were weaks, my fav story was they rebelled and was a real trouble to the Covenant lol

[@gabrielperez-ze9tk]

Halo is my favorite sci-fi universe where humanity is the underdog. Its not unreasonable that we can fight back, and even gives us a crazy amount of time to get where we are in Halo, accounting for world wars and conflicts that arise as we become space-faring. The interweaving of forerunner lore and tech really adds another element to everything, because it allows for ground conflicts where humanity can really fight back. This is not to mention that we never stop losing ground, even during the covenant civil war, because our infrastructure was simply not strong enough. It took the flood and the Elites to win in the end, since the undoing of the covenant was simply cutting off the intelligent head and leaving the rest to writhe blindly. The food wiped out most of the high council along with mercy, the elites seceded and killed truth, and our boy 117 wasnt all powerful but managed to assassinate regret. The protagonist isn't the center to everything, but is justifiable (with cortanas help) a bringer of crucial intelligence along with being the one to prevent the great journey

[@galbert117]

Just remember.....#HumanityFirst

[@thomas.02]

DrakeMarvell humanity is awesome! We can coexist with aliens but if you do much as harm one of us, prepare to meet your makers #humanityfirst

[@fristnamelastname5549]

We well build a Galactic Wall. And make the Covenant pay of it!

[@zilentis1835]

Video starts at 0:00 you’re welcome

[@darthfenrir4892]

Silenced Games not all smart asses wear capes

[@tommyagosta30]

Silenced Games thx👍

[@airplanemaster1]

Downvote. You're welcome.

[@SpiralSine6]

Thanks I was getting confused

[@zilentis1835]

Nick Grimes yeah it happens. don’t worry, I’m here for you.

[@imperialistteasipper6794]

*Foaming at the mouth and shaking uncontrollably* SOOOOOOOOOOOO! MUUUUUUUUUUUUCCH! HERESY!

[@brickcraftproductions3065]

The Imperial Propaganda broadcast "Umm... INITIATE EXTERMINATUS... Oh wait Wrong Universe" *BLAM*

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

40K fans and their damn supremacy mentality.

[@Aden_III]

looks like its sweeping time Yeah, here you are spreading your heresy as well. 40k STOMPS the covenant, point-blank.

[@iamdream2562]

Just Move Along, There's Nothing to See Here He’s right you know, wh40k fan supremacy mentality is super annoying. Its true that most factions in 40k could stomp the covenant, except perhaps the Tau. Overall though, when you put ancient halo vs ancient 40k. 40k loses for sure, and this is coming from a huge 40k fan.

[@Aden_III]

I am Dream I was going to say the Tau could wreck the covenant, but then I remembered they don't have a dedicated/powerful Navy. Point taken.

[@KarlB591]

"Dear Humanity, we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"

[@stefanimurray8543]

One of the biggest plot holes in Halo is the way the covenant deploys the Ungoy.After centuries of inefficient use on the frontlines,you’d think the covenant would be smart enough to teach them to fly ships.

[@Solotocius]

It was partly their religious bias that prevented specialised the unggoy species. With the Banished, for example, you'll see that grunts are used as a much more versatile tool.

[@blueguy2128]

What are you talking about? "Inefficient"? They would toss young Unggoy into the meat grinder when there was too many of them, but the competent/older Unggoy were used in squads and they were deadly asf. Grunt fuel rod soldiers were known for inflicting heavy casualties, so were Unggoy Ultras and Spec ops. Hell even Majors and Minors were known for their trigger fingers. Unggoy also excelled at learning alien languages so they were put to good use in Covenant intelligence. Unggoy also DID pilot ships like drop ships

[@OmegaStudios321]

Been looking forward to a video on the Covenant! Any chance of a video on the Earth Kingdom from Avatar: The Last Airbender?

[@darthfenrir4892]

RubikPanda It was once peaceful, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

[@williamnorton9547]

Again, I'd love to see a video on the Yuuzhan Vong from the Star Wars 'Legends' Expanded Universe.

[@adamdesouza6153]

If the covenant used skillshare they couldve killed master chief

[@doom7ish]

Violent Religious Genocidal Aliens...alright who took these guys out of Warhammer 40k? Edit: before you ask, I've played Halo (1-3 played a bit of 4 but skip both 4-5.)

[@TheJarric]

there is codex to add these to 40k

[@MarikHavair]

I can see it now, A Commissar shedding a singular tear of pride as he reads the intelligence report on the fledgling faction of Man known as the UNSC delivering sweet exterminatus upon the filthy heretical xenos via Nova Bomb, and under the heraldry of an eagle no less, "they grow up so fast".

[@lordinquisitorpeter8221]

@@HelghastStalker shut up you heretic. W40k isn't crap it's good. And the figurines are overpriced and I don't like it that way,but you can just use a 3d printer

[@lordinquisitorpeter8221]

@@HelghastStalker wow you didn't like my comment. Why do you hate W40k so much? It's an incredibley detailed sci fi universe. I'm no fascist nor an edgy 12 year old just a guy who likes good sci fi. So please give me reasons why W40k is crap instead of insulting people like a blind moron who has no points what so ever so instead they just blindly insult the opposition. Because that's just stupid

[@funnelvortex7722]

I love how the fall of the Covenant is basically "Humanity, fuck yeah!"

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

The Forerunner Dreadnought was officially named in the book Halo Warfleet, which gives information about the major ships in Halo. The Dreadnought is called Anodyne Spirit.

[@lukasmoore5474]

"That demon died by my hand" - random elite that killed me in halo 2

[@upmostanimal8265]

Fire up the glassing beams!

[@clems_first]

Could you do SCP next pls ?(Secure Contain Protect) Amazing job with the video as always. This video seems to be way better than all the others.The voice acting was practicly perfect.

[@darthfenrir4892]

Clems First if I'm not badly mistaken they're doing research to try and get one out.

[@ilyamuromets5188]

Please, No! They'll totally screw up describing any of the many factions in the SCP universe.

[@carloblanco2165]

DO as this man says!

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

So... both Ancient Humans and Modern Humans fought to the extreme...

[@Centurian128]

Wow, in 17 minutes of watching this it went from 27 likes to 242. I'd say you've gained quite the following.

[@Sharky4152]

Centurian128 check it out again.

[@Centurian128]

Wow! Over 4,000 in 18 hours of the initial comment.

[@ortherner]

17k likes

[@MonDieuMaCauseMonEpee]

0:44 Is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, true purpose, true conviction.

[@jakebarrett6175]

Can you do videos on the Gears of War universe? Like the Coalition of Ordered Governments, Locust Horde and the Union of Independent Republics? That will make me happy. Even some more Star Wars please. To the Templin Institute.

[@adnancharif9296]

Every day we move closer to the Great Journey...

[@HispanicMan]

Kill the heretics

[@blooddixmond]

That last part gives me chills to this day… this whole story of Halo is not even unreal… possibly way more than we right now may think.

[@caesarshotdogchampion8738]

“Your destruction is the will of the Gods and we are their instrument.”

[@SecretSickle89]

Ah, this reminds me of why I loved the original 3 Halo games so much. A linear action FPS game that had hands-down one of the best stories of all time.

[@TheParadoxGamer1]

Ahh the covenant, as you can tell from my profile picture I'm a big fan of halo, favorite moment is of course the fact that the Covenants entire fucking religion is based on a mistranslation. Priceless.

[@CautiousDavid]

I just discovered this channel, these videos are fantastic! I'm a massive Halo fan and really love the lore so I'd be extra critical on this topic, but you guys did a great job!

[@thezambambo2184]

I like to think of The Templin Institute as an interuniversal coalition with multiple species recording other universes factions and species (or incarnations of species, in the case of humanity), because I'm a weeb

[@theh5099]

In my head cannon, the san'shyuum fully known of the Halo's true purpose, but sought to activate it a 2nd time to exterminate every other intelligent life form within the Galaxy, and as such make sure of their dominance.

[@elijahwatson3474]

The_ H509 Actually the three prophets knew their religion was a lie way before the Human-Covenant started. Remember that AI that pop up in the Halo 3 terminals a few times? That was Mendicant Bias who told them about the False Journey, but keep it to themselves. Many sans'shyuum didn't even know about the truth and are innocent in the fall.

[@freelanceryork1726]

Elijah Watson to a degree. However, in Halo 3, Truth is still convinced he was going to become a God.

[@elijahwatson3474]

Freelancer York Well there was big rewrite with the characters like Keyes, Arbiter(who should know High Charity failed two weeks ago and smell the flood) and Truth in 3. I'm seriously what happen in production?

[@bennettfender1546]

Elijah Watson don't forget how while in 2 hunters and grunts help you out yet in the final battle of the war not one is on the side of humanity and the separatists how does that make sense?

[@daltonsmith4823]

"Regret regret regret. Any ideas what it means?" "Deat Humanity, we regret coming to earth. We regret being alien bastards. And we most certainly regret the core just blew up our raggity ass fleet!" "Orah!"

[@dustinallen5892]

Awesome video! I always wondered why the covenant was so fixated on destroying humanity rather than subjugating us like the other species

[@thegametroll6264]

I think my favorite covenant race are the jiralhanae A.K.A brutes.

[@justinmacleod4795]

They destroyed that shipment, we needed the fruit!

[@dafiltafish]

The Sangheili are some of my favorite aliens, this video does do them some justice.

[@danielnewton7500]

the moment I saw the name of the video I thanked god for sending the Templin Institute to us. You make all our lives better and I'm starting to think you don't know how to make a bad video, they're all incredible and perfect.

[@dionesvaldez088]

Species Of The Covenant San'Shyuum (Leadership) Sangheili (Soldiers) Jiralhanae (Brutes) Lekgolo (Worms) Yanme'e (Hive Minded Insectoids) Kig-Yar (Snipers) Unggoy (Slave Workers)

[@thelvadam2375]

The swords of sanghelios please.

[@Arbiter-11764]

All who walk the blessed path will find salvation, even in death. Out of darkness, these blades will light our way. Glory and honor guide our ascension. On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons. The true devotee honors our name with actions, not words. Victory is secured not from the throne, but from the frontlines. With this sacrament of blood we journey into the divine beyond.

[@zilentis1835]

I love you guys!

[@LMG1792]

The elites are definitely my favorite halo alien race. They looked incredible and where amazing soldiers. They also where able to see past the lies of the prophets.

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

“Who would doubt the Prophets? What have we foretold that has not yet come to pass?”

[@joelgarcia1115]

When you said that most covenant citizens are encouraged to go to high charity at least once in their life it reminded me of Islam.

[@S0RGEx]

Semi-related, the Arbiter was originally going to be called the Dervish, but it was changed to avoid making comparisons to Islam due to the political climate at the time.

[@mrhat1073]

covenant great journey: "lets fire these giant space rings so we can join the gods" forerunner (and correct) great journey: "this galaxy fucking sucks. lets nuke it and go to a different galaxy with less space AIDS"