The Duel

[@aslightlystablefootsoldier9838]

It's daunting how five words defying the Journey sealed not only Fal's fate but doomed those who held the Arbiter's digs centuries later.

[@fan_of_fans]

Yet they planted the seed that would save not only the elites but the all of the life in the galaxy, when Thel' Vadam challegues and defeats the prophets and restores the honor to the tittle of Arbiter and Shanghelios independence.

[@Nighthawk6827]

This episode shows how the rank of Arbiter became a badge of Shame for the Covenant. It also bounces from when Fal was fighting to when he was with his wife, Han or his friend, Roh. Putting it in order, Fal declared that the Great Journey was a lie and the Prophet of Solemnity declared him a heretic. He ordered Haka, his enforcer to execute Han while forcing Roh to kill her. After Fal found their bodies, he swore vengeance, he was ambushed by various assassins and an entire Covenant Army, but Fal survived. He met Haka on top of an ancient Forerunner structure for one final duel and both combatants would perish to their swords. Fal ‘Chavamee’s legacy lives on in the Arbiters that were inducted by the Covenant. But when Thel ‘Vadam became Arbiter, he would shake the foundations of the Covenant to the very core.

[@samzorn4656]

By discovering the true purpose of the Halo Installations (to wipe out all life to starve out the Flood rather than ascend to godhood), Thel 'Vadam proved Fal 'Chavamee's belief that the Great Journey was a lie.

[@nicolae-alexandruluca7853]

I think that area where they dueled was a sacred duel area,many elites dueled for honor and supremacy on that very hollows ground.Huh,how crazy it would have been if they ended the shot at the black and white screen,the best way to end it giving us the imagination of just how epic and legendary their battle was

[@hammer1349]

​@nicolae-alexandruluca7853 that would also leave the ending too open I feel. This kind of story is based on Japanese style ones. The Sangheli culture fits the general tenets of ancient Japanese culture. There is a saying from those lands: When you seek vengeance, dig two graves. The Arbiter here knew he was a dead man, there wouldn't be much of an epic battle because the Arbiter didn't intend to survive it. No clashing of blades, no manoeuvres or feints. Just enough focus for a single killing blow against the one enemy that mattered. Its why when he was fighting that army, he acted more like a force of nature. They stood between him and his vengeance, and he could not allow himself to fall before he claimed it.

[@BlackTemplar618]

Why didn't the prophets just lead him to a false army and then bombard the area from orbit? Are they stupid?

[@skylordthe1st]

I just he finally had the last laugh

[@johnkelso1492]

3:35 THE JOURNEY IS A LIE (echos)

[@i39darkblade]

How I feel about things in this era

[@JankSentient]

​Darkblade(The Prophecy) when you start to realize the majority of the human race prefers lies because of comfort. Plus is spares "emotions"....pathetic

[@Human_01]

Dramatic.

[@crazyhercules9442]

HE’S A DEMON

[@The.prophet.of.truth.]

Is it now?

[@prophetofgrunt2088]

9:12 Love how the hunters just threw out everyone in their way like it was nothing and kept walking

[@crustaceanking3293]

funnily enough, that's accurate to how hunters act in the lore

[@ViceN53X]

This is an interesting episode because we've got to see on screen an idea of what civilian life is like for the sanghelli. Hell, when I first saw this episode, it was the first time I've ever seen a female elite, and not some female voiced elite using the same sanghelli model back at Halo 3

[@addictedtochocolate920]

There are Sangheili girls in Halo 3?

[@ViceN53X]

@@addictedtochocolate920 Yes and No... all you're doing to your playable elite character is setting the gender to female

[@brownsugarv2935]

I remember watching Halo Legends as a kid and having it on dvd and I always used to be scared of this episode and so I always skipped past it whenever I watched Halo Legends on DVD. I was scared of it because I thought the watercolor animation style and Arbiter's wife Han was creepy. The way that Han is animated to look like a human weirded and creeped me out a lot as a kid. Eventually I got over my fear of it and realized how silly it was that I scared of it. Now, I love this episode and it's one of my favorite episodes from Halo Legends. Also, Halo Legends was the first anime I ever saw.

[@writershard5065]

Tbh that is my one gripe with this episode. They didn't trust us to find sympathy for a Sangheili that looked like a Sangheili, and instead tried to make him look more human, and his wife even more so. But like... we've played Halo 2 and 3. We understand that just because he isn't human, Fan is someone we can sympathize with. I dunno why they felt the need to reduce their mandibles to a mouth and the famale Sangheili even more so.

[@prophetofgrunt2088]

just realized that the arbiter loses apart of his mandible armor when he gets punched by the hunter at 9:18. you can see it at 13:22 clearly

[@bromodragone8405]

John Gremillion as Fal 'Chavamee Jesse J. Grelle as Haka 'Sukaree Melissa Davis as Han 'Chavamee Andrew Love as Roh Andy McAvin as the Boatman Todd Waite as the Prophet of Solemnity

[@bat_mobile7545]

The Sangheilli culture from Bungie era it is really fascinating, they are stealthy deadly and cunning warriors yet they put honor above all else. Like Samurai Warriors from Japanese Feudal era or Knights from Medieval era. Fal and Thel (our Arbiter) are the most honorable Sangheili/Arbiter warriors forever remembered however they have to live in a false title of shame by the delusional Prophets. Luckily Thel ended the senseless war between Human and Covenant, but it cannot stay the same for the others.

[@xtflogicalohio3044]

12:23 when you think about it, sangheili are more or less trained from birth to resist showing any response to certain shit. which is why this scene is so rough for me. Circa the events of H2/3/R, Elites had been known to refuse medical treatment if injured in combat, opting to die instead, vs risk the shame of dishonor to themselves or their bloodline. I remember reading somewhere that for an elite to seek out medical attention, nevermind to be the practitioner themself- (which had its own incredible shame attached, as it was not seen as "worthy of a warrior's notice", which meant it was not seen as an "honorable profession" and was considered taboo. this would change later, but it took the Great Schism, and many more years, before it would.) was considered an "gravely dishonorable" profession, and the guilty party stood a very real risk of seeing their bloodline excised for such a thing. hence why in H5 when you visit Sangheilios, you'd find mention of almost anything you could think of (if you explored the ruins, or hunted for the datapads) but nothing referring to medical science.

[@monkeycat48]

11:19 That part makes me laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@davionreed4912]

Ye the runt could have at least carried those electric flash bombs 💣 to be something of a challenge.

[@Ender__Wa]

@@davionreed4912 Plasma Grenades

[@lukethomas.125]

He's a demon!

[@CoreytheATSFConnie]

@@lukethomas.125*slash*

[@whitespy9152]

my favorite story also show the true meaning of the elite

[@TheGreyAngelic]

I find the comparison of Elite culture and society with Japanese Fudal-Edo Style super interesting. elites have always been a sort of honor based warrior race and what better to compare that too then the Honor-obsessed, war-bound world of Ancient Japan where losing your honor was even worse than dying.

[@addictedtochocolate920]

Even the industrialization part happens with Sangheili, but instead of European cultures it's the Covenant who introduce them to new weapons and technology. In real life Japan gladly accepted the progress though, while Sangheili resisted quite a lot.

[@SmileyBoi21]

⁠@@addictedtochocolate920 They resisted them to the point of waging an 80-year war. An agreement was settled when it was apparent that the war was reaching the home system.

[@addictedtochocolate920]

Halo legends was my first exposure to Halo as a whole; used to be a PS3 kid at the time. This and the babysitter are my favorite chapters for many reasons, but now i can appreciate them even more as someone who studies Japanese feudal history. Of course there's differences, but the relationship between Arbiter and the Covenant is quite similar to the one the Samurai had with European cultures/The Japanese empire during the end of the 19th century: one of different ideologies and conflict, where his country and culture is against him in favor of progress. Bushido was banned after 1877, and the Arbiter title was reduces to one of absolute disgrace.

[@gairethnelson]

Hell yea. Careful not to get copyrighted. I got a Halo playlist made and I keep having to re-upload a dif the dual video each time so hopefully this one stays

[@joshmartin4914]

This has been on for a few years now, so I'm hopeful it'll slip under any radars. Glad you like it!

[@Mathiakle]

@@joshmartin4914 "You know this is a trap, do you not?"

[@callumMacdonald-jz3xt]

Oh man the music in this episode was top notch great episode aswell halo/samurai type shit

[@paigecooper2981]

It has the same composer as Naruto: Shippuden and Fairy Tale! Yasaharu Takanashi. At least for the Samurai vibes.

[@Sonyyyy5]

Remember watching this as a kid brings back nostalgia frll

[@sdmiii1102]

You are not worthy to speak her name. But I promise it is the last you will utter.

[@COSMIC_WOLF_808]

This has more emotions turning than anything

[@Enderwave22]

15:25 Stop your journey, brother. Rest and find everlasting peace.

[@jusjetz]

11:20 “He’s a Demon!”

[@CoreytheATSFConnie]

*slash*

[@halothere6995]

The sang heli are more or less a Japanese like culture with their architecture and fighting style being very much like edo era japan, even down to their clothes, being like robes of samurai.

[@captaintristan1176]

Define a one man army: THIS ARBITER. (Also chief)

[@meathead6155]

Samurai Arbiter.

[@t1pp1egaming]

Gosh it's beautiful how the Sangheili are VERYY similar to the Japanese Feudal period.😭

[@GipsyARN1256]

I have never felt more sympathy for all the arbiters and all sanghili, fighting for their life to only realize its all a lie

[@brucemohamed5316]

Whats the name of the arbiter?

[@luluxury8534]

Fal Chavamee

[@stephenbyrne2170]

I don't remember Sanghelios beings so lush.

[@xtflogicalohio3044]

to be fair, we only really got at look at the elites' homeworld in H5. so for all we know it's lush in certain parts, and desert elsewhere xD

[@oni675]

Damn the end is so sad I almost cried

[@Ryan-Ellis]

The soundtracks in Halo Legends are phenomenal

[@RAMZAVFX]

Who came back after seeing the Tenrai event art?

[@brandonchapman2525]

For those wondering...even if roh had survived haka, he'd be blaming himself for killing han. But fal wouldn't hold it against Roh. He'd tell roh that the prophets are responsible for hans death not roh

[@PikachuODST]

When this episode came out, I legit thought that the site I was watching it had just uploaded bad quality. I realized it was the art style n took it for what it was. It was Raw.

[@Hurricaneria]

What are some movies/shows/anime you guys would recommend to me if i want to see more of this? This gives me old samurai movie vibes.

[@Mr300zx90]

bravo i love it

[@IsaacMperez-kr6db]

ARBITER!! NO!!!! (SCREAMING)

[@Numblelard]

i think 343i need to bring this model armor to Thel in futures games or cinematics, is better than the model actual

[@Тимон-й9п]

Rus "Приходи один, мы тоже одни будем"😉 EN "come alone, we will be alone too😉"

[@NathanAmarok-cy6sv]

I believe that that fal let haka kill him so he can be reunited with his wife

[@smokey363]

im very confused to see a bunch of new comments on a nostalgic movie for me, is there something going on in halo lore right now that would relate to this? i havent followed since halo 4 sadly

[@dragonzultimate]

Arbiter : sonic do me a favor take my energy sword Sonic : but arbiter I Arbiter : please that's what I want Sonic : okay thank you and goodbye arbiter Arbiter : you're welcome and farewell sonic and also thank you

[@aowToc_yioc]

What movie/show is this?? I remember seeing this exact video years ago and I’ve been searching for it for a while and I finally came across this but I have no idea where this is from.

[@joshmartin4914]

It's from the film Halo Legends, a collection of 7 animated Halo stories. This one was my favourite.

[@Ender__Wa]

Thank you.

[@Iron_potato40k]

So the elites are space samurai

[@jusjetz]

12:30

[@Haloboss9572]

8:58

[@Ellesiumss]

arbiter though hes mintblintz

[@beautybrainsbrawn]

This music. It seems familiar. Was the composer Yasuharu-San?

[@BOAYang]

Yup, Naruto

[@Maxime-q2i]

11:20 11:21 11:22

[@Eduryte1]

US and Japan:

[@thestoryteller9140]

Anyone else noticed that they have human jaws and mandibles

[@Re_PainteAutumn2.0]

My theory is that they close their mandibles so they can speak properly but during battle they open then up

[@cheesepowder235]

Literally gave me migraine

[@user-du4vg6rv8q]

Why ?

[@user-du4vg6rv8q]

What happened ?

[@Human_01]

Insulting imo, but unsurprising. Aliens, huh? I can relate. Typical Western racist atmosphere (it used to much stronger/denser).

[@Ender__Wa]

Hm?

[@neloth434]

I don’t really understand what you are trying to say? If you are trying to insinuate that this is Western animation appropriating Japanese culture, all these shorts were created and produced separately by 6 different Japanese studios lol

[@Ender__Wa]

@@neloth434 Might be the insinuation that the Japanese style culture was intentionally placed on an alien race for sake of racism. Which considering that Sangheili is an actual different race, unironic racism/prejudice of humans being original on Human_01's part. But there's too much room for interpretation inside his comment to matter. (Could even be roleplaying now that I re-read what I said)

[@MaximumPrime]

What the hell are you on about?