The Covenant's version of SPARTANS... in Halo Infinite? - Halo Lore

We take a look at the Prelates: secret Spartan like warriors used by the Covenant which some have argued could be in Halo Infinite. What are the Covenant's version of Spartans? What sort of armor and augmentations do they have? Could the Harbinger in Halo Infinite be a prelate? We'll cover that and more on today's Halo Lore video.
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[@darkshotgun209]

The covenant's version of Spartans is just halo 2 legendary jackal snipers

[@themadsuika3909]

Oh god

[@GLAPostalService1]

That seems about right.

[@juststuff9796]

Bruh. Facts

[@UK1V]

Cries in LASO

[@BustyNCrusty]

Actually, Prelates are WAAAAAAAAAY better than skirmishers.

[@brookiecookie472]

I really like their weapon, I'm a sucker for twin blades

[@DarkRavenWolf50]

Same. A fav for agile fighters

[@loganmccauley320]

Elden Ring

[@DarkRavenWolf50]

@@loganmccauley320 indeed. Gonna get that weapon lol

[@kaicraven824]

*Phantom memace intensifies*

[@sudilos1172]

Nothing like cutting yourself while cutting others

[@tartusmaximus179]

I think a prelet could possibly go toe to toe with a Spartan but uh I'd still bet on the Spartan everytime

[@Rohnon]

Canon wise nope, they'd floor the Spartans. But then there's mAsTuR CeEf

[@Banana_Jesus_]

@@Rohnon canon wise spartans had much greater feats. The best spartans would win against the best prelets 7/10 times.

[@donjon5442]

@@Banana_Jesus_ Well yes but the average Spartan against one would likely lose, that’s like saying 10/10 times master chief would win, no shit.

[@BertMagurt]

@@donjon5442 What?

[@oreo-postraphe]

@@donjon5442 Implying Linda couldnt win

[@thecolombian7536]

Covenant: super elites?!! Nah, let's augment the weakest especies

[@theswarmsquad3606]

Well, because the sanshayuum have absolute power over the races, less than them, I assume, somewhere along the line one of them, decided “fuck being an administrator, I want to go fight“, and no one told them otherwise. So they were able to give themselves the most drip.

[@kanyenorth2605]

I mean they led the covenant if they ever were betrayed which they were it would make most since to give it to themselves

[@AveSicarius]

The Elites were already a handful unaugmented and hindered by their warrior culture. Had they been augmented, they could EASILY have overthrown the Prophets at any time, hence why the Sanshayuum encouraged their warrior culture and kept them dependent both religiously and technologically. Humanity would also have had no chance given the Spartan's only barely changed the outcome of the war as it was, the Elites are already almost as strong (certainly stronger than unarmored Spartan's) and as fast as even armored Spartan 2's in ceremonial armor and were exceptionally lethal with just a Plasma Blade or Plasma Rifle, let alone the goodies the Spartan's usually had access to (which may have been relatively lower tech, but still very impactful on their performance). An Elite could probably wear custom Spartan armor without augmentation and be ridiculous, with the same augmentation they would possibly be the deadliest soldiers in the Haloverse.

[@ericj6636]

Augmented Elites would treat Spartans like the Spartans treat Grunts. It'd be a bad time for everyone.

[@crustaceanking3293]

fun fact: The San'Shyuum actually looked much different, the ones you see in the main Halo games are massively inbred

[@lonewolf0192]

Well all of the prelates died to veteran Elites on the fall of High Charity except for one that survived and is alive. The prelates had to be careful because even though they were strong they were somewhat fragile and could die from overusing the chemicals that they were able to manually release on their bodies to enhance their fighting abilities they had to use like a short burst of a boost of those chemicals

[@giovannimartinez9341]

It wasn't all but one that survived. The san shyuum fled high charity when the flood took it over. Yes there was one prelate in the shadow of intent short story that survived and witnessed the fall of high charity. But the rest of what you said is pretty spot on.

[@lonewolf0192]

@@giovannimartinez9341 I just said that all of them died except for one lol

[@fuze7885]

So what youre saying is that the combat prelates have controlled adrenaline bursts?

[@lonewolf0192]

@@fuze7885 Since they were biologically and chemically modified yes, they were able to manually release some chemicals on their bodies to enhance their combat capabilities but if used for a prolonged amount of time they could die

[@devastater97]

@@giovannimartinez9341 New book came out that confirms they're are more Prelates and even a surviving San'shyuum led Covenant Remnant.

[@wrench1720]

Fun fact, the second image featuring the prelet also features one of the only female Sangheili (Elite) we’ve ever seen and she’s a badass

[@lol70721]

OwO

[@wrench1720]

@Camargrow420 literally nobody asked

[@yamitenshi1419]

@Camargrow420 yeah but also nova bombs. Bye earth.

[@dj11o9er]

@Camargrow420 guy you literally said a random destiny thing where nobody even mentioned it. That's just. Strange.

[@SENPAI.Popaii]

Soy

[@DeathSithe92]

Little known fact as well, humans and the San'Shyuum were at one point the best of friends and the most best of allies back when the humans and found the precursors/flood, both races formed an alliance with one another due to their combined distrust and avoidance of the forerunners.

[@mjkhan9664]

I think they're allyship is the reason that ancient humanity reached Tier 1 rivaling the Forerunners

[@thatdognotthepuppy5809]

Could you imagine an Elite being augmented to the extent that Spartans were? Dear God.

[@woodonfire7406]

If that happens, then the covenant can finally contain The Banished for once

[@whichDude]

Now all I can think about is Brutes just given steroids

[@AveSicarius]

The Elite's were already Spartan level opponents when you consider the upper ranks of their warriors. That's without even the use of technology in the same way as the Spartan's, who used every advantage that humanity could muster whereas the Elite's intentionally hindered themselves due to their culture. They weren't even using decent weapons or armor in comparison to the Spartan's (though Covenant Shields and Firearms are better in many ways) and were largely naked and unarmed relative to your average Spartan 2, but were still a deadly threat if underestimated. An Elite augmented with Covenant technology would be an absolute nightmare if they were enhanced to the same level. They are already nearly as strong and fast as ARMORED Spartan's, and could throw them around in a melee despite the Spartan's weight (though Brute's are probably stronger than both). Hell if we take the Halo short film compilation as somewhat canon, a single Elite pre-Covenant managed to annihilate an entire army (of other Elites) single handedly with only a Plasma blade (or at least I think it was, it might have in fact just been a sword, which would be even more insane). Where the Spartan's excelled and managed to cause such a huge impact in the war was tactical scale combat, a bit like the Astartes of 40K (very similar in why they are good soldiers actually). They are superhumanly strong and fast, sure, but their major advantage was tactical flexibility combined with their decision making speed allowing them to outmaneuver their opponents and make split second optimal decisions their enemy couldn't hope to keep up with. This was primarily due to their suit technology (and their augmented brain's but the onboard AI, targeting systems, and data feeds were game changing) and how it allowed them to act like a supercomputer focused on military strategy within that tactical scale. They could near instantly analyze a situation, form a plan, and choose the best possible course of action before anyone else could react. If the Elites had soldier's like that, I don't see how humanity could have done ANYTHING at all.

[@Kai-1138]

We already had that happen, his name is The Arbiter

[@DuarfS]

I have read everybook. And i literally have never heard of this

[@PixelWolv]

Feels like he got his lore wrong, the San Shyuum were actually a pretty good warrior species Pre Covenant they waged a sum 60 years of war agaibst Sangheili, but that was in their own habitat, quite long ago, not like they are new augmented san shyuum, its just their history.

[@tuckerbootz6375]

@@PixelWolv no he’s right. There’s a short story called “Shadow of Intent” that explains all this (it takes place after the human convent war). It’s part of a collection of short stories in the book “Fractures”. It’s like halo Evolutions.

[@DuarfS]

@@tuckerbootz6375 i read that book but clearly i need to read it again

[@____________838]

I guess you haven’t.

[@giovannimartinez9341]

@@DuarfS The prelate is in the halo fractures portion. Shadows of intent and there is another novel Halo Divine wind where they are used. Also the San Shyuum were actually warriors before years of breeding error and distant inbreeding led to their genetic deviations and issue. Thats why selective breeding may take place by the best stock of the San shyuum race on high charity. They used the forerunner dreadnought to win the war vs the Sangehli and start the covenant. Years went by and as the generations of San shyuum were accustomed to anti grav chairs/belts as the prophets were too noble to fight and were religious figure heads for the hierarchs. They became dependant on the chairs for mobility. As they were outfitted with lasers, shields, and even some could full on fly with how strong they were. The prelates were enhanced San Shyuum that were very capable warriors and acted as the absolute Elite fighting force of their race. As there were few left and their augmentation can kill them if used too much. As they can force themselves to release chemicals from their brain to enhance their movements, speed, and general ability in combat. Leading to disorientation, numbness, nausea, and even death. Though these chemical outbursts can be manually used on demand.

[@YEETLORD70]

I just want to see a kill on screen in these trailers and cutscenes. But the esrb rating refuses

[@dennisonluke6031]

I've been a halo fan for years and to this day I'm still just learning more and more and I love it

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

Elites ways were the Spartan counterpart and would've been in the RTS.

[@BurninSnowMan]

Im still thinking the harbinger is a prelate. Probably also enhanced the same way the librarian enhanced chief

[@BurninSnowMan]

@Nick F. see no one knows that for sure. So thats also just an opinion, as is mine.

[@hitandruncommentor]

@Nick F. probably but don’t know. Remember in lore, modern humans we de-evolved, so it’s possible that she fixed MC’s dna to true human as she did have a soft spot for them, but in all likelihood I think we would have seen that by now. Mean forerunner era humans could fight one on one with warrior class forerunners evenly. Forerunners only won because of their ability to basically clone the best of themselves. Or at least that’s what I remember from the Greg bear books.

[@MrPr1nglz]

343 confirmed otherwise and if you actually pay close attention, you can see that the harbinger is a completely different species. Sorry, bud but your opinion is simply false.

[@thatoneantoid51]

You look at a prelate and another of their species like Regret... Nah man even chief still looked human after his glow up.

[@Folfah]

They are COMPLETELY different species. Not very bright eh

[@Mr.Foxhat]

The closest we have seen to Samus' power suit in Halo.

[@jacklloyd4376]

Yeah we’ll definitely gunna be getting them. There was 1 second in the campaign trailer which showed one talking to chief and attacking. I thought it was a forerunner lol

[@ColinCreighton]

What time in the trailer?!

[@yungmuffin7446]

What is it on the launch trailer

[@Jorsk3n]

No, on Twitter they officially said that it wasn’t a prelate

[@krapto3467]

No that's the Harbinger. We don't know what she is yet.

[@wmv8996]

Gravity belt? "To infinity, and beyond!"

[@samuraisergeant8592]

I really hope we get a Spartan opps/fire team with storytelling introducing all the other alien races within the lore I forget the name of one but they are bad ass underwater creatures I would love to see halo vehicles n battle in water

[@costochondria5688]

Great video, but btw I think it’s pronounced “Prell-utt”, similar to Zealot.

[@Vhailor_Mithras]

Like Prelate Zeratul from StarCraft.

[@eyywannn8601]

I played a game that had both Zealots and Prelates in one faction and the thought that Prelate ending sounds similar to Zealot didn’t even cross my mind.

[@toniwhalin6813]

It is for some people * I'm looking at you starcraft *

[@blakewhitmire9052]

Ok to be fair the one spartan that a prelate fought was a spartan 3 that was on the verge of death. Mark was literally holding his guts when we engaged the prelate

[@accywacky2699]

Ah, the alien super warriors we never saw once in any of the prior 4 games, clearly they where there all along but biding their time and not made up way the hell later cause they wanted something new and shiny to throw at the player.

[@duckydevito1001]

I love how halo infinite showed how heavy master chief is at the end of this clip with him just plowing through a tree

[@giovannimartinez9341]

I liked that the prelet on Zeta halo from Halo divine wind. I hope he will play some role in the new style of campaign and world on Zeta. Seeing how we have silent shadow blade masters. Banished brute war chiefs and all that. Hope blue team gets to interact with red team too

[@budgetdeckmastermtg2144]

A big name at 343 confirmed Harbinger wasn't a Prelate (ooh new species) Can't remember who said it, but it was either Ske7ch, Joe Staten or Unyshek

[@Lustie]

Pay $20 for the species name reveal bundle -343

[@oharuwolf9841]

so did ppl forget that the sangheili ultra armor was developed to respond to spartan threats. Thus requiring augmentation to the elite, along with the inspiration of a reactive shell. Mater of fact I'm pretty sure the novels specifically detail its development, and inspiration from project mjolnir.

[@Superagent666]

We should seen these in Infinite. Can you imagine if that was the boss who replaced the Endless chick or even the Spartan Killer Elite

[@Used_fridge]

I’m still gonna end up meleeing them with a deactivated energy sword

[@JoseTorres-ry9qe]

This is why you workout your neck muscles.

[@Ragtaggamers]

Finally someone made a short of the prelates

[@Johnny_C137]

The Harbinger is one of the Endless...

[@DoomSkuller]

bruh Harbinger is a Xalanyn/Endless, literally the species she spent the entire time talking about being from and trying to resurrect the rest of

[@CANADIANgrass87]

That thing in the thumbnail looks like a robotic facsimile of an elite. Artists gotta art

[@omnigod7131]

An augmented sangheili would have been insane.

[@AntiHeroJohn]

It should be stated that the San'Shyuum that are so physically weak are actually only about half of them overall. The reason the ones we see in most of the stories (see Truth, Regret, and Mercy) are so weak is because they lived on High Charity for multiple generations, mostly letting the other races(Unggoy, Sangheili, Kigyar, and Jiralahanae) do the vast majority of the physical work. There are a number of San'Shyuum who still live on their home world, who are physically on par with Humans, Kigyar, and Unggoy. This knowledge mostly comes from one of the anthology books, where there's a story called Shadow of Intent, following one of these Prelates, on a stealth mission to their homeworld with the intention of bringing a group San'Shyuum women to High Charity, as there was a divide between San'Shyuum who lived on the homeworlde and weren't as keen on space travel and of course the San'Shyuum we see in the game's and most stories

[@bossman13666]

In short. This elite is the elite that always melees you first ending your legendary no repawn run.

[@jmgonzales7701]

I wished they were humanities allies

[@jameslove3860]

Watching this again makes me wish they were in it.

[@mumblesspeedtalker5526]

They kinda look like the quarian in mass effect in their suits.

[@brocksampson194]

I don't really see them being in Halo infinite I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that the few amount there were have all died maybe if the arbinger belonged to the new brute chieftain because that's what their roles were to train the brutes and protect the

[@smithy1578]

When the harbinger looks like a vex goblin

[@jakefromstatefarm8964]

Master Chief: Oh hey cool new enemies

[@im_the_kerminator]

Prelates are interesting but in my opinion they seem like a stopgap

[@augustinekirchoff479]

What’s a stopgap?

[@im_the_kerminator]

@@augustinekirchoff479 like put there as a immediate but not very effective solution

[@nightmaretrooper5064]

The Ellite Spartan Suits looks like The Geth from Mass Effect alot because of the stance, shape, and the head.

[@irExron]

Cyber suits? Sounds like a Prophet

[@PatchhctaP]

Master chiefs helmet gets crushed at the end of halo infinite by YapYap when he earns the title Banished Thicum

[@Kaimerah]

The fact we’ve never caught these guys or the fact that the San shyuum havent been used in a 343 game EVEN THOUGH it’s make more sense for them to have covenant off shoot factions than an elite like with Jul is crazy to me

[@MiniMinecon2006]

This short has aged... like minced meat.

[@random_stuff8906]

'And may be in halo infinite' 😭😭😭

[@zacharyweaver276]

Would be cool to see these guys in a game

[@fuze7885]

I love that both of the developers of halo are now gonna have enemy NPC's that match the ability set of the player, with bungie adding hive guardians to destiny 2 and 343 rumored to be adding prelets to halo infinite

[@miguelruiz5502]

343: this is very interesting….but the best we can do is drones that spawn with human weapons right off the bat and somewhat forget about forerunner tech weapons and the SAW

[@lordxx239]

Thats the enemy we should be fighting, some fall cell of the covenant leaders

[@dragon091327]

So cool thanks for sharing the cool artwork

[@monolithic7739]

How about let's just start with playable Elites in Halo Infinite. And a fulfilling Co-op campaign experience. Let's start there. Baby steps.

[@phantasyryder]

Elites = Spartans (Period!)

[@PinkSpaceDinosaur]

Weird but cool, finally a new enemy type I can appreciate!

[@Tony-ih1pg]

Yeah, they so good that the San'Shyuum had to makr peace with the Sangheili to not be wiped out before the Covenant was founded

[@MorallyDubiousFrog]

San’Shyuum were not at risk of being wiped out by the Sangheili. The war was a stalemate until the Sangeheili surrendered, knowing they would never be able to bring down the Forerunner Dreadnought

[@jakemocci3953]

OH WHAT WAS THAY XENO, I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY BOLTER

[@shankkkk6838]

that would be such a cool boss

[@aguythatthinks7931]

This was cool, first time I've ever heard about this

[@rolandolinares-tb4cy]

POV: when you watch hiddenxperia and you already know everything about halo

[@darkdruidsvale]

oh damn this is old, i thought this was new and got confused XD

[@eyywannn8601]

I was just thinking about Prophets back when the ancient human civilization was space-borne.

[@Child_of_woe_1994]

Damn that thing sounds scary powerful 😳

[@RiskninjaYT]

Through the Trees is by far the best song on the OST 🔥

[@reid8663]

Probably would have seen them on high charity in halo 2 if we were gonna see them

[@gruk5319]

It kinda reminds me of the chimera armour from halo infinite if you go by how they use both tech from the forerunners and covvies

[@nikkotan2840]

And here I thought them to be the Ancient Shan'Shayuum.

[@blitzkrieg2142k]

I had assumed Prelate were long gone. Rember hearing about them from one ifbthe books.

[@xifyction1175]

Sheeesh they look like fiiiiire 🔥🔥🔥

[@thechroniclegamer4285]

They must’ve used forerunner body armor for their suits

[@WookyWarrior]

San Shuman weren't naturally weak, they were overly dependent on tech. Especially the hover chairs which over time would lead to atrophy of their muscles. That chosen dependency is what lead to the degradation of their race and dependence on the elites to protect them. A lesson to be learned about giving your strength over to outside forces.

[@venusjinn4984]

"You might be expecting augmented elites"...But no the first thing he cites is augmentations.

[@namesomega3694]

They should add one as a boss fight

[@TheWhoamaters]

The Prelates were the closest thing the Prophets had to warriors, they would fail to win against an equally skilled Elite and are pretty much all killed off during the Covenant Civil War

[@linkkicksu]

Why wouldn't they augment already physically strong species like the Elites or Brutes though? Seems counter-intuitive

[@DefaultArtiste]

I'd imagine it would end up with whole squads of atroixis, I don't think the covenant could survive that situation.

[@hornysanders6244]

Maybe the san shyuum don't trust any other race enough to have the augment

[@cautrimosala1495]

Imagine being ruled by aliens that are so inbred that they're basically geriatric old men from the start

[@saggin_n_swaggin]

Grunt sees master chief the grunts: kill him

[@ryderadams8575]

I always looked at elites as the covenant Spartans.

[@RichTrippyGuy]

Yeah same bro, especially the arbiters. But this is just too far.

[@RichTrippyGuy]

Even the brutes. But this shit came out to the public eye wayyyy after 343 took over. Seems like they running out of ideas

[@baldman2711]

I’m imagining jet pack joyride gravity suit if u know how to use it it’s op

[@WebSoak]

“Although san shiyum were naturally weak…” I just want to remind everyone how easily Seargant Johnson was overpowered by one in Halo 3

[@GreyKnightsVenerable]

Aged like milk.

[@40proofbleach81]

"Could appear in halo infinite" this aged well

[@TheForcesWrath]

Ain't these advanced ones from the time of ancient humanity? Where humans and covs lived together before the forerunners ruined everything?

[@Aoenias]

Back in the cosmic prehistory where Ancient Humans and Ancient Sanshyuum were BFFs they shared technologies with each other. It's somewhat ironic that they would be pitted against each other in the modern Halo setting.

[@Digidragon55]

I usually just took the Elites to be the equal of the Spartans. Regarding, the Master Chief and The Arbiter.

[@Gofaw]

They are

[@RUB3N510]

RIP Mark

[@tyrongkojy]

"Could be showing up in Infinite." Whelp, not now!

[@etherealbladerx8153]

I laughed at that skinner Samus 😂

[@j.bridges2921]

You expected way too much out of 343 for them to actually include new lore friendly enemies

[@KN-cl2tu]

Huh i would have never expected the San’Shayum to have covert super soldiers, would have been cool to see one in action during the Great Schism

[@Mynameis_nothing]

When they said they were joking about the campaign dlc 🥲

[@dript7686]

Looks cool and good lore. Some angles make them look a little like Geth though.

[@gunargundarson1626]

What if modified the Harbinger modified their hands like they modify their shriveled, sausage bodies? The San'Shuyam love to gloat over the fact the Forrunners oversaw them last before Halo fired for the first time.

[@madlibs6729]

Ah yes, this aged well.

[@thegametroll6264]

I would enjoy playable brutes.

[@RpgGuyVerified]

Sometimes I wonder what the arbiter would look like as a spartan

[@justcallmeandrew942]

The San'Shyuum (Latin Perfidia vermis, meaning "Worms of Treachery") or prophets, and the Sangheili (Macto cognatus, "I glorify my kin") were the first to form the covenant after the Sangheili were nearly defeated. I always wondered how the prophets could ever defeat the elites, now it all makes sense. I assume most of the technological advances the covenant have came from the prophets then?

[@2killzore]

The eites were space capable and militarized before they met the prophet's and both sides sustained massive casualties testimount to the sheer skill and brutality of the sanghili warriors. In the end the prophet's used the forerunner ship they had to blast the sanghili, ending the war I belive.

[@RentAsunder0]

Dude save this for Halo High Charity

[@armandomarchan7888]

"If only it was so easy"-Arbiter after seeing nothing new in infinite

[@nickjuarez4062]

Becoming a prelate sounds more painful than becoming a spartan and to less effect

[@lebaguette3354]

Ah yes. The preelate