The Grunt Forced to Hunt Master Chief | Yayap | FULL Story - Halo Lore

In this video I go over a brief history of the grunts as a species and one particular grunts story as he's forced to pursue the Master Chief.
Sources:
Narrative:
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2 Anniversary
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo Combat Evolved: Anniversary
The Flood
Visual:
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo Combat Evolved: Anniversary
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2 Anniversary
A Day At The Beach: • Halo 2: Anniversary "D...
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3
Halopedia - Balaho : www.halopedia....
Halopedia - Yapyap: www.halopedia....
Venom
Halo Wars Definitive Edition
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach
Audio:
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2 Anniversary
Halo The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3

[@LordranRavin]

Yayap, the man, myth, legend who managed to encounter chief multiple times and survive, bullshit a Sanghelli Commando to his face and survive, outsmart said commando at the end to survive the events of halo only to face an enemy he couldn't flee from or beat, the destruction of the ring. Madlad

[@pollythepolarbear5178]

Such a chad

[@Xenictent]

Imagine if he joined the Arbiter after H3 and became a Grunt general of some kind lol.

[@rafaelramirez374]

​@@Xenictent THAT would have been awesome.

[@Woopor]

Imagine you’re in 2001 and you open the game and the first enemy you see is a walking triangle with a kids voice

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

LITTLE PEOPLE FIRST

[@HaloGrunt15]

FEET DON'T FAIL ME NOW!

[@manuelaigner5126]

I still remember it like it was yesterday

[@OfficialNightic]

NOTHING BUT TEATS AND TEDIUM THEY SAID

[@Litfilmz]

@@manuelaigner5126such amazing times, I mean I was like 6 years old but I feel that made it even more awesome

[@stecalvert4858]

just the fact that grunts average at about 5 foot 6 is terrifying, imagine being some random marine and getting bum rushed by a 5'6, presumably methed up, pyscho alien, screaming with a plasma grenade in each hand. id shit myself

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

No doubt. Still really sad child soldiers though

[@exstacc1886]

​@Woodyisasexybeast I have a screenshot from playing mcc last week of 4 grunts all running at me at once with grenades and I can't lie I was actually terrified

[@jeanmouloude]

5’6 ?! Are you telling me they’re jerma sized ??

[@CarpeNoctem135]

5’ 6” to the top of their heads or their methane packs?

[@willpugh8865]

Methane isn’t meth

[@GamerDashYT]

Its so wholesome that the elite was so proud of the grunt that he wanted him by his side at all times just goes to show that even elites have a soft side for grunts. Its funny how close they where to each other and wholesome. Its still sad that the grunt didn't trust him.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Nah, the elite was nuts and would’ve had him killed at the drop of a hat.

[@yasininn76]

Nah, I'd say Zuka recognized that Yayap was actually smart for an Unggoy and that he deserved to be held in slighly higher regards than just cannon fodder

[@Sluggga]

Am I mistaken I swear I remember elites killing grunts sometimes when they surrendered? I could be wrong it's been many years

[@braydeno4189]

Grunts like Yayap and the deacon from Contact Harvest elevate the entire Halo canon honestly. Taking what should be a fodder creature and making them into a richly-storied race with notable individuals written to have more depth than some of the humans was a fantastic choice.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Funny that you mention the deacon. Dadab is his name and I actually just finished a video about him. Uploaded like 3 days ago

[@ivanmartinezhernandez3962]

The grunts have a really sad story, they lost two times! First they are forced to join a alien faction they don’t want, they are treated like garbage and when they take stand, they homeworld is destroyed, and not even that cause after a green demon appears killing a lot of your species and only after that the alien faction that took you by forced is defeated. Honestly the grunt have a pretty strong reason to join Atriox forces, basically they had nothing and atriox promised them secure, even a new homeworld

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

They’ve basically been shafted at every turn. They also happily accepted Cortana’s demands as well. That’s where they got grunt goblins!

[@thereal3rdicy]

Pretty sure there was actually 6 rebellions!

[@MarkSmithphotography]

Long live Yayap!

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

The Grunts are definitely my favorite Halo enemy. 3D printed some miniatures to play with homebrew wargaming rules (based on Star Wars: Legion). One of the Grunts lost an arm while printing, so I decided to incorporate it into his character and painted him in special forces black.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I love that. I yearn for a grunt focused story one day. Contact Harvest proves to me they could absolutely carry a story

[@MrHurst-lb1rn]

Did you name him Snip-bap Skywalker in honor of star wars tradition?

[@fanamatakecick97]

Dude, imagine having a D&D style Halo media

[@Gingrman-mx4sp]

@@fanamatakecick97 There is a Halo RPG called Mythic

[@fanamatakecick97]

@@Gingrman-mx4sp What for real?!?!?!

[@rileecanfield1088]

It’s a lore video. Why am I crying?

[@blobfish-jp5qe]

So true

[@MarcusAurelius2025]

Loser

[@ArthurHuizar]

I think Yayap legally changed his name to Dustin Echoes to avoid punishment.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Wish he’d made it out 😢

[@nagger8216]

Well, we gotta go back for him!

[@microcosms2420]

"why are we here... Just to suffer...?" -yayap

[@shreksnow1918]

Great video! Continue to make more. I really liked the Flood book. Admittedly the parts adapting CE where they tried to put the gameplay into book form wasn’t very good (it was pretty silly how it would say stuff like Chief swapped his weapon. Chief fires his gun and once it reaches x amount of bullets he reloads. Then he finds a health pack). Everything else was phenomenal. I really liked the side stories how they gave you the Covenant’s perspective on events, the parts where we got to see both Keyes’s and Jenkin’s perspective on being infected by the Flood, and how it expanded upon what the UNSC were doing. For the Halo show they seriously should have just done a mini series that juggles the events of CE, the book, and Fireteam Raven (watch Halo Canon’s videos about the characters. They actually have an interesting back story. It’s just never communicated through the game since it’s a railshooter). You should talk about more stories that show the Covenant’s perspective. I like how Yayap knew that they were all screwed, and he fled off into the distance. His ending is bittersweet because he finally got to find piece, but he and everyone who knew died.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I couldn’t agree more with your opinions regarding The Flood. The chief bits are so lazily written but the good parts, like Yayap and Zuka’s story are good enough that it’s worth the read. I absolutely love the scenes depicting Keyes and his struggle against being infected by the flood. It’s so tragic and very well written. I love that they adapted it in the CE terminals. I’m thinking I might cover a story about a grunt and an engineer who become best friends. It’s an excellent story too and a bit more developed than Yayaps. Plus it’s written by Joseph Staten.

[@SneedRemembrancer]

Honestly my favourite parts where it going into solid detail and examples of the average elite field commander being awful at tactics and command and how the UNSC are able to overcome the covenant’s superior units and tech though good strategy.

[@shreksnow1918]

@Based Sneedclave I forgot about that. Yeah, the Covenant are like the Imperium from 40k where they’re so steeped in tradition, and a reverse engineering old technology that they don’t really innovate. That was a cool part.

[@shreksnow1918]

@Woodyisasexybeast I was going to suggest that you could make a video about the story where the Engineer and Grunt became friends, but forget to include it. Was that in Contact Harvest? I haven’t read the book yet, but I really need to. I have it on paperback just laying around, but kept putting it off. I agree that the fact they put that part from the book where Keyes gets infected as part of the Annavery terminals was really good. Sadly, most of the stuff in that remaster didn’t really work well. The Halo 3/Reach graphics were really pretty, but didn’t translate well. I honestly never thought about the thing you mentioned in your video about how untold numbers of Grunts would have suffocated during missions. That definitely makes their story more tragic. One thing I don’t like about the Grunt design (goes for all of them) is the fact that the inside of their mouth isn’t blue. Their insides should be the same color as their blood. That’s why our insides are red/pink. Jackals and Elites should have purple mouths because of this. As for Brutes their physical appearance and blood color was never consistent. Personally I chalk up the reason for Chief’s sections being badly written is because the author couldn’t really do that much with them. Sure there were a few cool minor details, but he wasn’t able to deviate too much from the book. The other sections were definitely really good. One of my favorite parts with Chief is how when he kills Zuka he does it so casually, and has literally no idea who he just took out. The part that mentioned how Hunters have bond brothers was really cool. Although, the emphasis on their back spikes and how Chief cut himself on them was dumb. I’m not sure if this is a plot hole or not, but in CE you set off the Autumn’s fusion reactors and make it blow up the Ring. This makes me wonder why they didn’t just set UNSC ships to self destruct and send them straight at a Covenant fleet after they take too much damage. Maybe the shields make this not work, but if that can destroy a Halo it would punch right through their shields. Your Black Team video was pretty good. It’s too bad that their interesting story ended in such a dumb way. Although, I’m not a fan of the Spartans falling in love since they’re basically adopted siblings. While none of them are biologically related, they all grew up together so it makes it really weird.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

It is in Contact Harvest. Which is by far one of the best Halo books, period. Joseph Staten is a superb writer. Don’t put it off anymore. Read it! It’s up there in my top Halo books for sure. Along with The Fall of Reach and Cryptum/Primordium/Silentium. I much prefer the original aesthetics in most areas but I’d be lying if I said I disliked the remaster. With it came the terminals, which I absolutely love. Plus we got some absolutely spectacular landscapes. I’m not crazy about the lighting or character models though. The covenant models, specifically. I’m not entirely certain regarding the idea of flinging self destructing ships into covenant forces. One obvious drawback to such a strategy is the costly nature of producing starships of that magnitude. The UNSC needed every ship they could get because their resources were so limited. I enjoy black teams story precisely because of how unusual it is. Viewing it from certain angles definitely does give some “sweet home Alabama” vibes. However, when a group that large is forced to cohabitate, romantic relationships are literally inevitable. To say that EVERY Spartan views the others as siblings seems ridiculous to me, which is why I think the story works.

[@searingsoul6664]

The death screams of halo CE grunts is what get me going.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

🤨

[@searingsoul6664]

When they blow up by grenade, rockets or the needler.

[@Zen_Is_A_Menace]

Yo, I thought I was the only person in the universe who cared this much about Yayap and his incredible story (as far as "grunts" go). Amazing! Yapyap is the character who changed how I look for comics and led me to pick up a comic called Vext. Edit: The comic is called Vext, not Vex. Also made corrections for grammar.

[@someguycalledCh0wdah]

See I always thought they were like little dinosaur people this has completely shifted my view of them and made me realize how much Halo lore I've slept on

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

They’re more akin to crustaceans, funnily enough.

[@someguycalledCh0wdah]

@@Woodyisasexybeast see that's exactly what I mean, that's amazing and so neat

[@someguycalledCh0wdah]

Kinda like the first time I found out hunters were colonies of worms

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I have a hunter video that would probably blow your mind too.

[@YoSuey]

I like how grunts are cannon fodder in game, but human's first encounter involved a guy getting gutted.

[@Tetsaga]

Genuinely, thanks for outlining the history of the grunts. I always thought they were purely a joke, but they actually are pretty badass.

[@NoNo4O4]

My man over here making top tier quality vidoes and still somehow one the most underrated deep dive lore chanel I know. I'm really glad I found your channel, thanks for being awesome :)

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thanks so much! Spread the word! lol

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

There Were Many Stories On Both Sides During The War. There Were Heroes On Both Sides And They Didn't Deserve Their Fate, But Such Is The Nature Of War

[@chaincyclist2736]

Worth noting in the first minute, the comment about smelling bad because they breathed Methane. Methane on its own is an odorless, colorless gas.

[@phalspar]

You can’t change my head cannon!!

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

Yep, the odor we associate with methane is an additive called mercaptan. It’s so any gas leaks can be easily detected.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson same with propane.

[@Ctomfly1]

Oxygen by itself is also explosive.

[@meganblack4387]

I just found you the other day and I'm loving your stuff! I've never been able to follow more than the basic lore of Halo, but you make it understandable. I look forward to more videos maybe consider doing an simplified overview of the whole lore as an introduction and segway into deeper subjects? Either way I'm sure it'll be great!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Hmm. Not a bad idea. Thanks for the input! Halo is an over 20 year old franchise so there’s a lot of cool stories to cover.

[@dominichocking3887]

I feel like just yesterday I was asking for a grunt video, AND HERE IT IS, well done as always my fiend. What about some video around Engineers or Drones, don’t know much lore about either species?

[@BotBruh448]

Really nice video, I've obviously seen it touched on before, but it was told nicely and the footage that you used was pretty fitting too

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thanks!

[@Razgriz_01]

Whenever i'm reading a Halo book, or listening to the audiobook, it's always a treat to have a named Grunt character. Wish they had more interactions with humans in the post-war stories.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Grunts are my favorite

[@SlippinPesty]

dope videos dude. i genuinely watched all of them thinking you were like a pro halo youtuber and then i realized and was blown away. keep this shit up.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you! I’ve got a script written for a new one :)

[@DarkSpartan4550]

I like seeing an animation for this lore. I have the book, and this is entirely accurate and enjoyable to watch.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

That’s very kind of you. I try my best to do right by the source material :)

[@MSPilotCrexote]

Yeah reading the books, you really feel for the Ungoy.

[@Zulu-RideOrDie]

Yayap lived as a slave, but died free, much like Anakin Skywalker.

[@SerathDarklands]

Awesome video. You've earned my subscription. I'd love a video series on all the various races of the Halo universe - not necessarily just the Covenant, but things like the Flood, the Yonhet, the Forerunners, and so on. If you do end up doing that, I'm especially looking forward to the Lekgolo/Mgalekgolo.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you! This is actually an idea I’ve been playing around with. Like an in depth dive into a specific species. There’s a lot of fun and obscure little lore nuggets surrounding certain creatures.

[@SerathDarklands]

@@Woodyisasexybeast Awesome! Looking forward to it. And thanks for the ♥!

[@12DAMDO]

"grunts despise jackals" every Halo 2 player: they just like me fr

[@ulfricthugcloak1179]

Just got done listening to your black team video. Gonna subscribe and listen to more of your stuff man. Its good to make the day go by quicker with some juicy interesting Halo lore.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thanks! I don’t have a ton of stuff up yet but I’ve got plenty of more concepts in the pipeline. I just need to pick a topic for the next one…

[@gameboss1092]

I subscribed too

[@robdisco9287]

Wow, the amount of research you did for this is staggering. Think if you was to put that energy into the origins of Earth than the truth would be way stranger then fiction.

[@IPSHardcore]

Whole new meaning to " putting your neck on the line " for a friend lol

[@PsychicBeetle]

That is literally the meaning of that phrase..

[@ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ]

You know what, there is a small chance yayap may have survived. Assuming he made it far away enough to not be vaporized by the explosion, and wasn't on the left piece that smashed into the other side of the ring, then he could survive even with no atmosphere, due to the methane tank and the exoskeleton of the grunts, and from that point on covenant ships were constantly patrolling the desikrated remains of halo, they even parked high charity next to it, so one of them could have picked him up while searching for surving foruner relics

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I suppose that’s true, though unlikely. Either way, he would’ve made an excellent edition to the swords of sanghelios.

[@praeamble]

Yayap survived in a cave with Foehammer.

[@HvacHeathen]

YAPYAP THE DESTROYER is a playable leader on halo wars 2. Crazy playlist flooding the enemy with endless grunts fun to play

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Yeah, he’s a cool character. Different though. This is about Yayap

[@RE-jm9un]

I liked that little side plot in the flood novel. Also like how it ties in neatly with the events that actually happened in the game.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Yayap and Jenkins are by far my favorite parts of the book

[@locowaldo1542]

YES beautiful video as always

[@greattitan76]

This is AMAZING! Please keep it up!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thanks! I’m in the early planning phases of a new one already

[@greattitan76]

@@Woodyisasexybeast No prob!

[@gameboss1092]

This guy makes really good videos

[@SneedRemembrancer]

Thank you for saving my life grunt I will promote you to spec ops immediately taking you away from your friends and take you on wacky schemes on killing the demon including beating the shit out of you and then putting you in an upturned ghost for the enemy to capture you.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Domestic abuse

[@3volution636]

Daaaamn, this is an old story I remember hearing about. Always liked Yayap as a character. Cause he was one of the few grunts with an actual brain.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

An oldie but a goodie. Great character that doesn’t get nearly enough love. Pretty sure my video is the only one covering his story which is just criminal

[@TheStardustConspiracy]

Great video man! Keep it up!

[@badstar9670]

You're great . Don't stop

[@NotDr.Evil137]

"One often meet's his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."

[@ImortalEnvy]

never underestimate a grunt, they have cannons for arms and will nail you with a sticky from clear across the map

[@xunk16]

This. This is what I want to see in the Halo TV show.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I haven’t seen the new episodes yet but I’ve heard they’re staying a bit more true to form so maybe in the next season we’ll see yayap.

[@rmarcell2325]

Yayap is my favorite Grunt from the Halo Books since I read the Flood book

[@IAMLORDMOG]

I find it funny that the Sangheili were fine enslaving, glassing, and genociding different races and planets but as soon THEY get betrayed it's problem

[@gobblox38]

Only Yayap and Dustin Echos survived the destruction of HALO.

[@DrBananananananananananananana]

Good stuff that's a new sub

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

You should do the story about the 1 Elite and Grunt that hunted Master Chief during Halo 1 (in a comic). EDIT Oh wait... this IS it. Oh ah also, this story makes me sad, real just the ending

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Yep! I wanted to do this specifically from the grunts perspective though because he was my favorite character in this particular book. This is from a novel btw, not a comic. It’s from Halo The Flood which is a novelization of Halo CE.

[@DanteCats98]

Yayap could... Could... Still be alive. Both a silver elite and Johnson were within close proximity of the Pillar of Autumn when she went boom, and survive. This means there's a very unlikely chance Yayap blew up. Cortana made a quick scan, found no obvious lifeforms and made the educated guess that everyone was dead. However, not everything died from this, nor did Johnson or some lucky few on the ring's pieces. The problem is... They were stranded. So thus comes a lot of story for how they all got off, where then at the start of Halo 2, Johnson completely blows off the explanation for how he's there :)

[@bryanvilleda3646]

The fact that at 0:55 you say that grunts are used for humor as one flys into the sunset propelled by a grenade is pure comedic timing at its best😂

[@magamagaaa]

This was an incredible video. you have an skill for this stuff. +1 sub

[@ThumperDumper-4428]

I know I could be mixing up the tone of the information. But the fact the Grunts actually gave a good fight to the elites, pissed them off so hard they got their homeworld glass, & the fact some even killed Spartans or gave them a tough fight really shows how their reputation of being "Baby soldier crab breed fast" really underminds how ridiclously strong Grunts can be.

[@haileeraestout5567]

What A Brave Grunt Yayap Was He SAVED The Elite

[@Mr300zx90]

thank you this was awesome

[@deconyus3412]

Any old halo-head will tell you yayap and zuka were the original alien OG’s. First time getting their perspective was amazing as a young kid.

[@furrysavagery4379]

Woohoo! You made another video! ^o^

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I’ve got another one in the works too :)

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Ah, but is it a powered methane rebreather? With their technology level that's much more likely. So it'll last as long as the power pack, and covenant power technology is very advanced indeed!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Unfortunately, I doubt it. As advanced as the covenants tech may have been, the grunts weren’t the ones that usually received such things

[@ericbarlow6772]

I remember playing Halo 2 and fighting as the arbiter. I knew what was on the other side of a door and I stopped to think of a strategy. One of the grunts looked at me and said “You got plan?”

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Moments like that will make you question reality lol

[@pollythepolarbear5178]

Such a good side story

[@pumppupappi]

when i was a kid i watched my brother play and told him not to kill the crunts. maybe i tought they were cute XD

[@leekhototrot2258]

Excellent story telling!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you ❤️

[@shreksnow1918]

A while ago I relistened to The Flood book and my opinion on the thing is mostly unchanged. The parts directly adapting CE weren’t very good due to a combination of Chief’s sections already being set in stone so the author couldn’t do much with them, and CE’s gameplay simply does not translate well into book form (Chie picks up a health pack, Chief swaps his weapon, he pulls out his gun and once he fires x amount of bullets he reloads). The side stories on the other hand were truly phenomenal. My two favorites are the ones with Yayap and Zuka, along with Keyes and Jenkins’s horrific experiences being infected by the Flood. If you haven’t already you should really do videos on the lives of Keyes and Jenkins and how both men had different experiences with Flood infection. Something really interesting I noticed on my second listening is the Covenant are noticeably less religious than they are in future media. A lot of the lore really fleshing out their society didn’t exist until 2 when they needed to give you a reason to play as an Elite. They don’t even call Spartans Demons yet. They just refer Chief as “that human with the special armor”. The Covenant also KNEW FOR A FACT that Halo was a weapon and the goal of CE prior to the Flood reveal is to gain control of the Ring to prevent the Covenant from using it against humanity. It wasn’t until 2 when they believed that activating the Array would turn them into gods.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I have shorts on both Jenkins and Keyes because I love their stories as well. I may one day do a long form video too. Something along the lines of “most horrific flood moments” or something. Definitely not the final title but I think you get the idea. Despite all of the additions to the lore, I still feel like The Flood holds up really well. There’s some weirdness here and there but all in all, it works out decently. For example, I think there’s mention of a hunters spine being severed or something? I forget what exactly was said but it doesn’t perfectly line up with what was established later. Easily passable and explained away but odd nonetheless. Either way, I do think it’s a good book thanks to the added bits. Keyes’ death is genuinely one of my favorite sequences in the entire series.

[@shreksnow1918]

Now that you mention it I remember seeing those videos and liking them. If you ever do one that expands more on Keyes you might want to cover what happened during The Cole Protocol. I recently listened to that book and it was really good. I really liked how Truth had some Jackals trade with humans using modified plasma weapons designed for humans. Said weapons were tracking devices and by giving them to Insurrectionists they could destabilize parts of the UNSC. Too bad all the intelligence Truth showed in the books and 2 wasn’t present in 3. The parts where he’s mad at Regret for messing up his plans and seeing the hierarchs arguing plants seeds of doubt in the Arbiter were good. One of my favorite things about Cole Protocol was how they showed a different side of human society with very different political affiliations. Such a shame we don’t see more stuff with the Insurrectionists. Wasn’t a fan of a lot of the changes in CEA, but I did enjoy the terminals. By far the best is the one that adapts Keyes experience in The Flood book. I think that some of the contradictions with how Elites act in The Flood vs later lore be reconciled by having certain Elites be less religious than the others, but they out up a show because it benefits them socially. It would also make them more interesting if they had different views and weren’t all just slight variations of each other. I just now remembered one weird contradiction between the book and CE comes from the part where that one Covenant craft collects Keyes. In the book they killed everyone but Keyes, and in the game Keyes is accompanied with several marines when you rescue him. Cortana even says they captured the rest of the command crew in the second mission. I think if there was a remake or my schitzo version of a Halo show they could probably have them kill a few of them who fight back, and execute the traitor because the Elites would view her as dishonorable and untrustworthy for selling out her own people.

[@shreksnow1918]

Now that you mention it I did see those videos and remember liking them. If you ever do one that expands more on Keyes it would probably be a good idea to cover his actions during The Cole Protocol. That was an interesting book. I really liked how it delved into a different side of humanity and how they viewed the UNSC. I also loved how Truth had Jackals trade altered plasma weapons that had secret trackers and by giving them to Insurrectionists they’d destabilize the UNSC. The parts where Truth is scolding Regret for messing up his plans and the Arbiter is deeply disturbed by the fact the hierarchs aren’t united. I personally wasn’t a big fan of a lot of the changes in CEA, but I really liked the terminals. The best is definitely the Keyes one where they reinacted that scene from the book. I think some of the changes to the lore like the Covenant being less religious and the Elites not having the same honor code could be hand waved by having some Elites be less concerned with the theology and mostly just out on a show because it benefits them socially. If they had different views on Forerunner tech and other things it would make them more interesting and less like slight variations of each other. Kind of like how there was that crazy Elite in Ghosts of Onyx who wanted to have the Flood overwhelm his ship and his underling killed him to save the crew. One contradiction that you can’t mesh is how in the book when they catch Keyes they kill everyone except him, but in the game Cortana says they captured the surviving command crew and you find Keyes with several marines. I think if there was a Dead Space/Resident Evil style remake of my schitzo ideal Halo show they could reconcile these two by having the Elites kill anyone who tries to fight back, and execute the traitor because they’d view her as dishonorable and untrustworthy for selling out her own people.

[@cheasmoon8213]

I can't wait for your next video m8

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I’m glad! I’m in the early phases of the next one already. Should be fun.

[@cheasmoon8213]

@@Woodyisasexybeast I'm sure it'll be a banger vid

[@SeeMyEvil]

Play the game is love and respect them.

[@diogobarao9992]

Not me looking for Zuka and Yayap in every corner of ce

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I really wish they would’ve added some kind of Easter egg for them in the CEA. Maybe some secret voice lines if you stand by the crate they hide in or something.

[@diogobarao9992]

@@Woodyisasexybeast True. I bought The flood a few months back and really loved their story. For sometime i even thought he was Yayap, was Yapyap cuz i didn't noticed the name xD in my head canon, he did escape and changed his name to Yapyap

[@VegetaLF7]

Technically speaking you do face Zuka. He's the Elite that is in the elevator we take after setting the reactor to go critical and heading up to board the Warthogs for the escape. In the book he's killed when Chief drops the elevator and rolls a grenade over the edge. Cortana even wonders what his deal was. All that and his death amounted to little more than a "huh, that was weird, anyways..." reaction from Cortana with Chief barely noticing.

[@ishma2100]

😢❤ I love it. It was beautiful and now I'm going to go and play some Halo

[@winkystinky]

"John was busy doing... other things)"💀

[@anthonyharrison308]

WHAT WAS THE MASTER CHIEF DOING 14:58

[@harlequinems]

When I die, I hope I wake up with a covenant carbine in my hands and as many waves of grunts and ammo as I could want 😂

[@WonderingWanderer88]

Is this a fan story you (or someone else) made? Or is this actual lore told in a book or so? Awesome story, in any case. Well told, also

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

100% canon. Sources are in the description. Thank you!

[@deathxknightx666]

Poor grunts, every race is apparently monsters in their world. Plus, the whole covenant is an amalgamation of manipulated powers. They’re all expendable

[@LordAngrim]

Not to break the story's flow, but 12:50 definitely didn't happen on my second playthrough. After learning there were hunters (from my first time playing), on the second I stormed in with a warthog and ran them both over - naturally pretty much every cargo container was completely flipped. The Silent Cartographer has lots of "cheeses" with warthogs, You can even skip the "closing door" checkpoint with the Golden elite if you enter the room with a warthog (you'll be fast enough to enter before the door closes) I can't confirm if this is still possible on the remastered version as I've only ever played the original Halo CE

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I mean, it did though. This is ripped straight from the novelization of Halo CE and is 100% canon. It’s 100% still doable in MCC

[@RaceNinja]

Am I the only one connecting Zuka and zuko’s stories together?

[@B1izzardHawk]

Not a bad vid, i would argue that the unsc wasn't attacking the pillar of autumn past their first raid to secure supplies and armor, and after taking everything they could, left it be. The covenant there only had to deal with flood before guilty spark brought sentinels to. And honestly i also thought Yayap had found a quite place to eat his rations, basically he died at peace with a full belly.

[@ChefandTheArbistor]

Great video, it's just that I can't get over the fact that you used Halo CEA cutscenes and gameplay in this video.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

🤷‍♂️

[@fsgjafgja]

Great story telling!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Thank you ❤️

[@TheRabbi563]

Yapyap is hilarious, just when he thinks hes free, " oh thank our creators the chief over looked me and i escaped" The elite on a mission to kill the demon: "wellll.... not quite.."

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

It’d definitely be a good comedy if it didn’t end so tragically

[@moudakovitch]

Cool man, thanks

[@cannadaddoit7460]

The halo show we wanted

[@MrHurst-lb1rn]

Grunts are EASILY the best comic relief in video games. They get the best lines, theyre the only species Chief deadpans before he smokes them, and one of them fell in love with a Spartan.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

It’s always amazed me how they manage to not only be excellent comic relief but they’re also incredibly tragic. Such an excellent duality

[@comeridewithmeAE]

"suffocated to dearth" (shows grunt clearly shot and bleeding out

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

At what point in the series do you ever see a grunt suffocating? I make do with what exists

[@Dwarfurious]

halfway through the video when i realized it all sounded kind of familiar and reminded me that i think i read the book its from

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

It’s from The Flood

[@ZeroRequiemDX]

So that guys name is Zuka. And he has an unhealthy obsession with the Master Chief? Hahahaha now where have I seen that before? 😂

[@markanthonyvargas2907]

Poor You, Stole at the age of six and conscripted into the military 😵

[@Shnarfbird]

From a doylist and watsonian perspective, it doesn't make much sense to have your lowest-ranked, most likely to die unit be the one that requires such a resource investment as a custom atmosphere. At such a cost, it would be much more efficient to find some other shmucks to exploit that can breathe oxygen, like the drones that were already present

[@ILaist]

Bro did all that and didnt even wanna be thr to add went out harder than any grunt rip yapyap.

[@darthbane2669]

Nice dude you got a sub and thumbs up from me you really do your research.

[@gameboss1092]

U should do one on the banished

[@terrypvcringe9093]

I loved halo: the flood i read it for high school english

[@winkystinky]

JUSTICE FOR THE GRUNTS!

[@gamerrowedy6614]

Master chief shall massacre all grunts

[@winkystinky]

@@gamerrowedy6614 n... no peez

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

@winkystinky I’m currently in the process of doing a challenge run where I beat Halo CE in legendary without killing grunts. I’ve made it through POA and Halo but T&R is an absolute nightmare

[@winkystinky]

@@Woodyisasexybeast oh jeez. Good luck I guess, that's pain.

[@Arbiter85]

Despite the book practically being a strategy guide for the 1st Halo game. I thought what made the book great were the little things like this videos story, McKay and Major Silva capturing a base, poor pvt. Jenkins story and the decision McKay makes that possibly saved the galaxy.

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

100%. The chief sections are what brings the novel down

[@MrRyrukMain]

Legendary grunt

[@jonathanzodhiates8840]

Please please make more videos ASAP!!!!!

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

I’ve got another in the works!

[@ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ]

4:41 hey, at least it's not going to be as cold anymore

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

😬

[@sameveland8560]

this video makes me happy i never killed the grunts that surrendered or hid

[@CowboyMikeShow]

I would watch this buddy cop movie

[@derp195]

Methane doesn't smell like farts - it's odorless.

[@spybgon4597]

As I'm writing this comment I just started playing Halo for the first time and I burst into freaking laughter when I heard the grunt

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

That’s awesome! Enjoy. You’ve got so many great stories ahead of you. I hope you’ve started with CE and not Reach. It’s best to save Reach for later, otherwise it won’t have the proper emotional impact

[@spybgon4597]

@@Woodyisasexybeast i started with combat evolved

[@Woodyisasexybeast]

Perfect. You’re in for a treat.