The Deadliest Elites in the Covenant (Halo)
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During Halo Reach, Noble Team were hunted by a squad of the deadliest Elites in the Covenant, dispatched on a secret mission of extreme divinity. This is the story of the deadliest Elites in the Covenant...
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0:00 - Introduction
2:25 - The Ministry of Fervent Intercession
3:59 - The Elites' Divine Hunt of Noble Team
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@HiddenXperia, I can waste a whole day watching and listening to your content. I admire all the passion and dedication you put into it. Nice to see others who are as passionate about Halo as I am.
@@LitLThomas great job on the video
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You can hear carter already "Listen up, Noble Team". Those iconic scenes will never fail to be iconic
When you stop and think how 6 stood toe to toe with these guys and their units who were unto themselves extremely dangerous makes you wonder what could have been if he was a S2 instead of a S3.
2’s and 3’s really aren’t that different, if you look into deep lore, mostly bc of better armour. Which noble team had.
The biggest difference is that S2 are more durable, their armor, and remain as deadly solo. S3 were created to be expendable. They worked best as a team and had less effective armor than the S2. For the most part, once a S3 squad loses a member is usually when they start to fall off. If I recall correctly, Kelly kicked a squad of S3's ass on Onyx even though they had cloaking. All she had to do was put one out of commission and the rest was just clean up.
@@moalex6617 you have to remember that the 3’s on onyx were freshly augmented 12 year olds wearing spi up against a fully grown spartan 2 wearing Mjolnir. They were set up to lose from the beginning. If you were to pit an adult Spartan 3 wearing Mjolnir up against a 2 then you’d have a pretty even fight on your hands.
@@moalex6617lol those were freshly augmented children. Sure they were “spartans” but that fight was one of their first. Spartan 2s got their asses kicked by their trainers during their first fights as well.
@@EAC197the 2s wiped the floor with trainers after augments. The trainers had exo suits to help boost strength and the 2s never had issues. Now pre-augment, they’d be pretty even but post augmentations the 2s out preformed. Most 3s were closer to the lower end of the 2s due to augments but most 2s were better. It was a small section of 3s that could go toe to toe with the 2s
Fun Fact: Supposedly,The Covenant assumed Reach was the Human homeworld due to how well it was defended,the massive military presence and heavy population when compared to the other Colonies they had encountered along with how desperately humanity fought on Reach
That would make a lot of sense. To me Reach seemed more important than Earth by that point in the war. I mean we threw what Spartan 3’s we had left at Reach and deployed 60% of the fleet to defend it.
@@arizona-hunter6684thats because they knew had reach fell there was nothing to stop the covenant from landing on the last human planet which was earth and that reach was the last human foothold before eartg
In my opinion the Covenant would’ve been willing to throw everything they have a Reach to take it down.
You know what would be bloody terrifying. What if the Flood showed up during the battle?
@@arizona-hunter6684More dead covenant then
@SonOfPiratehunter I mean billions of humans already died so whats a few million more?
Never really thought about how strong the elites really are until that Zealot picked Emile up, literally picked him up with one arm and flailed him about like he weighed nothing when he actually weighed a ridiculous amount.
And Elites are a joke compared to Brutes strength wise, a berserk Brute is dangerous
@@ashleysmith9755True even more so when the berserk brute has a hammer
Yeah considering how strong a typical brute is, it makes you wonder how tf did Master Chief survive his “fight” with Atriox? Especially when he got clobbered in the head with a laser mace. Plot armour is a hell of a thing I guess…
@@bandanna2388 I still have nightmares from Tartarus in Halo 2, Atriox is going even further lol
@@ashleysmith9755Tartarsauce was scarier
Emile's "I'm ready! How bout you!?" was the best delivery of the entire game.
Right? It's so badass I've been saying it ever since I played Reach when I was like 10.
"I've got the mass" Carter gets me more tbh so condescending yet so meaningful 🤣
I like the idea a Zealot/Marshall team picks off parts of Noble as Noble picks off parts of the Zealot team (like during Tip of the Spear) and at the very end, finally, the last Noble member (besides Jun) get snuffed out by a few Zealots and Marshalls
Damn, Carter essentially indirectly caused the death of his entire team for not killing a single elite. Also, I love the storytelling about how Arbiter was the one who basically destroyed Reach but then took down the Covenant later on in Halo 3
No, he prolonged Emile's life to the point he was able to make that critical difference at the end of the game by not ordering him to pursue. Spartans aren't power rangers, the player characters are literally the exceptions labeled "Hyper Lethal" and all sangheili, much less a Field Marshal, is much more powerful and capable than you think. Remember, the dude took sustained fire from how many Spartans in that ambush scene? And still just bodied his way past them. That Zealot lifted Emile with one arm, and Spartans weigh half a ton. Field Marshals don't get to their position for nothing, he may very well have been the Covenant's own Master Chief or Noble 6.
@@spikem5950I like this take, and the thought behind it, but the point to me is that the field marshal was so powerful, they couldn't afford to *not* kill him. He was able to do so much evil. They ought to have chased him down. That said, the events unfolding in Reach are a beautiful sequence and I certainly wouldn't change a thing about how the story was written. But I think it adds grit and weight to the story that Carter could have made a better order to keep his team alive. Granted, I don't think any turn of events would have saved Reach.
Reminds me of the one Elite following the Master Chief in the original Halo. At the end of the game an elevator full of enemies opens up and it doesn't make much sense, only to find out in the book it was a trap and usually ended the same way (with a rocket to the face).
*Chief enters elevator*
Elite: "I'm finally going to kill you demon!"
MC: "I don't think about you at all..." *yeets*
His name is Zuka 'Zamamee, the elite who secretly hunted Chief during CE
I recently read the book and in my opinion its funny and sad how hard this elite tried to get the chief. Amd the Poor Grunt who thought he can get to safety if he rescues this elite .
I usualy go tonthe side of the gate, wait the squad to run out of the elvator, and run in it looking at them from behind the closing gate as the room blows them up.
This is basically the prequel to the Zuka Zammamee and Yayap story.
Or more like the block buster original to Zuka's straight to video sequel.
Pretty much!
That field marshal is basically zuka except not a comic relief character
Super happy to see the lore vids make a return, and so frequently at that! Always been interested in that Zealot team, too.
6:16, I love how the Zealot could have easily killed Jorge but didn’t, cause Jorge wasn’t ready to fight, showing that elites have a lot of honor.
jorge the meathead would probably eat his energysword
I think it was more because they had a bunch of other Spartans armed directly in front of them to contend to. He was not the immediate threat at the moment, and they knew it. Also, he took a swing at Jorge, so I don't think the "honor" thing was the real reason why.
@@BlueLightningHawkhaving your blood spilled in battle is considered a disgrace amongst the Elites; which is why they sometimes charge when their shields go down. And yes, killing unarmed combatants is considered dishonorable to them as well
Didnt stop them with Kat.
@@BlueLightningHawk That swing at Jorge wasn't aimed and there was no follow through, and I think we all know damn well a Field Marshal of all things could've killed him in that moment. You can see in the motion that it wasn't meant to kill him, but to send him ducking so he couldn't react.
Sangheili canonically do have this idealistic warrior's honor sort of culture. They're just smarter about it than what we see in most fiction.
I've known about these Zealots for a few years now, but there was a lot about them that you mentioned here that I didn't know about them. Every time I see them in game, I subconsciously get more focused and serious when fighting them, but now I feel like that subconscious action is gonna intensify 10 fold now that I know even more about them.
Yessir I'm so glad you're back on the Halo lore grind! I commented not too long ago saying these lore videos are how I gained most of my knowledge on Halo and I got a heart from you, nice to know you read the comments, too!
I will not give that field marshall a tbag. He will get a nod of respect, as Kat killed me more than those bloody Zealots. Did Bungie let Martin O'Donnell mess with her driving AI. That was a game that broke my spirit. Beating that Solo on Legendary will forever be one of my finest achievements.
Repeated Needler Rifle shots to the end damaged her frontal cortex a little.
These guys are badasses. They hunted Noble team and picked them off one by one, and they are absolutely terrifying. Thanks for thr lore video on these awesome Zealots.
And all because Noble Six wounded the field Marshal on their first encounter and if you don't know what I'm saying go watch the first encounter cutscene on heroic you will see Elite Blood on the floor it was the field Marshals
@@skintChannel It wasn't because of that, sangheili are thicker skinned than having a blood debt with someone and hunting them across a planet for something as petty as "wah he hurt me." They didn't start hunting Noble until Noble team killed multiple Zealots and did a super underhanded move that destroyed their flagship and killed their Supreme Commander. That's when it got personal.
*Here’s a fun idea. Maybe the Devoted Sentries joined Sali Nyon. He’s seen as the true Covenant leader that even the Swords of Sangheilios respect.*
Sadly I don't think that's coming to fruition since nobody really knows about that Elite except the Halo community, and 343i traded off the Covenant Remnants for the Banished after another retconning of their story. Nothing for nothing, the series likely was never meant to bring in ideas like this.
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 I really hate 343i and their utter mishandling of the Covenant races. The Covenant collapsing should have led to such an interesting political landscape moving forward that could have led to so many potential plots but nah, most of it's written off in favor of another ultra powerful big bad faction.
Love that you're back with more Halo lore, you and Halo Canon were my 'Go To' youtubers for halo lore.
I knew those zealots were important in some aspect but I always assumed they were just tasked with assassinating noble team.
Hearing this clears a lot of my confusion, thanks man!
reach is the most emotional halo game, when i was younger i didnt understand nor appreciate it. now that im older damn this story hits hard in the feels
Definitely one of my fav halo campaigns ever
15:48 I felt this exact way when it came to Zuka 'Zamamee after reading Halo: The Flood for the first time! Love when they tie the books into the game and vice versa!
Reach will be my favorite story, Book and Game. It speaks to the spirit of the Spartan Program and what is really important when it comes to the will of us as Humans.
Man this extra lore is so cool. Even for someone who has read The Fall of Reach and played Reach many times, there is always something more in your lore videos!
What’s crazy is that I regard Halo:Reach as one of my all time favorite Halo games but I never connected these dots and were aware of this lore. Great video!
Plot twist: the zealots were also being hunted down, by Chips Dubbo since he was there too.
Fighting against Elites during Reach was like a boss fight. They were no joke. Too bad the sequel trilogy didn’t portray them as formidable🥴
Even H:I's elites nowhere near good enemies compared to H:R's?
@@danielbedrossian5986Halo Infinite was the Brutes game, if anything they shoulda been as hard to fight as Reachs Elites. Sadly didn't live up.
I actually thought the Elites were pretty great in infinite, they seemed way harder to fight than the Brutes!
@mynameisgabe3244don't forget the banished shipmaster from wars 2
Edit: autocorrected to shipmates for some reason
that zealot who killed six had to respect him in some way because he managed to put up a good fight in the end, they had some honor
"On the blood of our fathers, on the blood of our sons, we swore to uphold the Covenant!"
"Even to our dying breath"
This was definitely one of the reasons why Reach was my favorite Halo. The battle between these zealots and noble team felt like the war within the war. Especially at the end when you're the last one standing and still manage to kill a whole squad of them
Really makes you wonder what could’ve happened and what impact Noble 6 would’ve had if he had decided to, or perhaps even had a better opportunity to, board the Pillar of Autumn, and fight along side the Master Chief
It would be legendary but Bungie probably realized it would be incredibly difficult to write 6's role into Combat Evolved
If 6 had boarded the POA, the cruisers would've probably destroyed it, also reach came out 9 years after CE so in my mind noble team wasn't thought up in 2001
@@rodrigomendes5111of course not hell the lore was generally pretty sparse it was halo 2 that furthered the story along halo reach just ended up retconning the rougher aspects of halo ce storyline including its books namely the fall of reach book go figure
Never Forget Reach. Never Forget.
Rip Noble, Remember Reach
The amount of subtle details the Bungie Halo games had in them never fails to astound
So let me get this straight: because Carter ordered Emile NOT to pursue the Field Marshal Zealot who ran away in the first mission, he ended up killing Kat, Emile, and inadvertently Six. So three members of the Noble Team died all because Carter didn't order Emile to kill the general? Holy crap Carter.
Why Jorge should've been the leader, bro is a great face for the noble team and probably has more knowledge.
And umm it was the field Marshall's forces in the banshee that caused carter's death
@@wut-se8hz Carter is a great leader, I don’t think Jorge would be a better replacement because he lacks leadership skills.
No, he prolonged Emile's life to the point he was able to make that critical difference at the end of the game by not ordering him to pursue. Spartans aren't power rangers, the player characters are literally the exceptions labeled "Hyper Lethal" and all sangheili, much less a Field Marshal, is much more powerful and capable than you think. Remember, the dude took sustained fire from how many Spartans in that ambush scene? And still just bodied his way past them. That Zealot lifted Emile with one arm, and Spartans weigh half a ton. Field Marshals don't get to their position for nothing, he may very well have been the Covenant's own Master Chief or Noble 6.
@@spikem5950 so basically you’re saying Emile’s risk of dying had Carter given the order was so high, that he wouldn't have been there to help save the Autumn? That makes sense, but I just find it humorous that one decision at the start of the game created a chain of events that led to everything going wrong.
Why do I have a feeling that the Bob found on the super carrier was a middle man that worked under Thell (Arbiter), who sent a distressed signal for back up......
I love it when people use the music as intended. Cortana theme when Cortana is on screen.
Dammit, why didn't I play Reach when I had the chance?! And I was impressed by your whole "guys, please subscribe or the Elite behind me will kill me" bit. It was incredibly believable.
Easily one of your best videos ever! I had no idea Reach’s lore had even more depth! Gives the narrative so much more meaning.
The fact six took down the field marshall and the other 2 sentries on his own is straight up badass and commands so much honor. He avenged his fallen noble squad that had taught him how to work and care for others as a team and went out like the lone wolf he always still had within him. He died a hero. God i love this game.
This is by far my favorite lore of halo and favorite video of yours. It tells you so much on how the story of halo unfolds without those zealots, they likely would not have found the first halo
I never knew this, I just thought they were tougher bastards to kill compared to the rest, I had no idea that there was THIS much lore behind them. Also, BIG shock that the one that killed Kat was the one Carter said to let go at the beginning, damn that one’s got to hurt.
I would really love to see Hidden cover the onyx conflict or at least sum up the Halo books. They have some of the greatest moments in the franchise that not many people might know of
Love these types of Lore videos, especially about the events of Reach, which is my favourite. Keep it up Xperia. ❤
I still can't believe we haven't got a name for the Field Marshal after all these years. I'd love a canon fodder on him
Really graet video.
I love that that you're still making halo lore videos and I hope you can make more like this👍
The real story of Reach. Crazy this hasn't been covered already. 13 years later. (Granted alot of it was added by 343) Great vid, keep slaying it!
Rip Noble, Remember Reach
Love the little details like those Zealots! Also in Halo CE with the high tier spec ops squads you see at the end of the game, namely in The Maw.
it's almost nostalgic watching these videos as I used to binge everything lore-related on this channel
I'm glad to see Halo's universe *still* has lore to cover
I literally just began re-playing Reach on the MCC with a few friends. Great timing!
Holy crap, this video kicks ass! Nice to see the lore videos again, these type of videos are my fav (halo news are great too though)!
I've wanted a lore vid on these guys for so long! I love their theme.
Love how is still you just narrating reach´s story from another perspective, but such in a unique way you make interesting a campaign I played 10 years ago. Makes me wonder if reach has the best campaing from a lore pov
You are so right! this lore was right there but now we have some new context haha I can't wait to replay Reach again knowing this.
I just wish we had more content for Halo Reach. Hidden Xperia I just want to thank you for always being here for the players, and fan base. Gives us hope. Folks need heroes chief.
I live these stories. Keep up the amazing work, and please do more!!!
Your excited and enthusiastic voice makes these so good
It's interesting to think that the devoted zealots are easily one of the many cogs that brought the end of the covenant. They failed to destroy the autumn, which destroyed alpha halo, created a new arbiter, and created the Great Schism, allowing Humans and Sanghelli to work together during the battle of earth and Battle of Installation 00
Thats because noble 6 killed them
@@kamikazu4392because they failed to kill noble 6 earlier
Man Reach is one of the best games ever!!! Its story, sound, visuals, gameplay. I could play it over and over. All i want from Halo is more lore!
Amazing video, this is my favourite type of content from you
Great video! Like you said, a lot of this is hiddenx in plain sight, but you lay it all out and make it easy to understand, thank you! Reach is probably my least favorite bungie game, but I actually have a much better understanding of it and a new appreciation for it after this video.
I still wish we were with chief and red team like in the OG book defending the orbital defense generators, enacting the cole protocol in orbit, etc.
My favourite game ever thankyou for giving it such a different narrative
Reach is my favorite Halo game, I have the most memories and met good friends on it. The campaign was also an amazing prequel to CE.
I feel better about Kat now knowing 6 avenges her personally
This may be a controversial opinion, but I like the 343 zealot helmet more than the Bungie one. I think if they modified it a bit that it would look better than the Halo Infinite one.
So glad SOMEONE finally covered these Elites.... Most never understood why we had to kill the Red Zealot for the Achievement... Or that it was one of these Zealots that killed Kat
These were my favorite enemies in halo. To think years and years down the line these two infamous species would team up and destroy the covenant is just amazing
That couldn't be the Fleet of Particular Justice at 10:20 since it didn't arrive until August 30th. The cutscene showing Noble 6 after his reentry from orbit shows the date as the 23rd. Love hearing about the Divine Sentries, they're definitely one of my favorite Covenant groups with how much lore they stuffed in for them.
Great to see you back at lore vids
That was really good presentation
so happy to see lore videos mate nice 😎💛
sweet glad you talked about this one.
I thought Cortana discovered the location of Halo from a meteorite recovered during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV by Blue Team? Unless Halsey compared that with the Forerunner Ship's navigation database to confirm there was something in the Soell system of great importance.
I freaking adore videos like this
Yooo, is this a mf ZUKA ZAMAMEE REFERENCE, BUNGIE?
Bro is going into deep lore lmao
Rather late to the party, but it’s nice to see my favorite lore content creator address this. I also love how in the title, you alluded to Zika Zamamee, the Elite who secretly hunted Master Chief. Keep it up
Loved this nostalgia on a sunday
I missed this kinda videos so much
I find it badass how Noble-6 had a last stand against these guys for days. It took an entire covenant army to kill him too.
Damn the elites from halo reach were the besttttt, so many different ranks and varients and even special ones that were unique throughout the game
Loved this video
Having Thel looking for their new leader and their base of operation in a future spinoff game would be just perfect...am I the only one who thinks that?
your videos make me feel better and distracted thank you ☺️🖤
Elite assasinatons on spartans where the cheff kiss in this game
Next week the Fall of Reach begins in the TV series and I'm not sure do I want to even see Noble team in it 'cause how poorly they have handled the MC and entire universe already.
wow, just knowing this small piece of hidden lore in reach, it makes nobles sacrifice that much more tragic; i salute thee noble team
Ngl Im not the biggest Reach fan but your video made me want to replay it
Great video as always 🎉
This was awesome
Remember Reach
I’m getting ready to do a halo campaign marathon for my birthday and I will be giving those zealots many extra teabags 🤙🏻
A field marshall isnt able to kill the hyper lethal vector, but one mission later a wheezy boy with a sticky gets me 😅😂
He’s back baby!
Can we get a lore update on Spartan Thorne and where do you think his whereabouts is?
I really want a canon fodder article about these guys, especially the Field Marshal. Give him a name, and some backstory or what have you, since hes basically the main villain of Reach if you think about it. Would be cool to have him be a little fleshed out.
THIS is the content I like!
I'd pay top dollar for a respectful, proper spinoff game starring an Elite faction that operated during the battle of Reach. Maybe have a pseudo-boss fight against Noble Team.
Halo 2 and Wars 2's DLC dared to tell a story while playing as anti-human faction soldiers in the Covenant and the Banished. Playing as "the bad guys" and fighting humans would be refreshing.
The devs would need to get really creative to make Humans fun to fight from an FPS perspective tbh.
Surely there is ties between the “Devoted Sentries” and Avu Med 'Telcam and the “Servants of the Abiding Truth”
Their devotion reminds me of the Black Templars from Warhammer 40k who took their faith in the God-emporer even further.
A video on all known “reclaimers” would be pretty neat. I wanted to know for myself but couldn’t find any videos on it.
Goddamn, I love Spartan IIIs. Everyone is always singing the praises of the IIs and Chief, but if it weren't for all the IIIs then none of that would've mattered.
As a kid I always thought it was a Jackle that shot Kat and when I realized it was an elite, it sadned me a bit because they've always had the spotlight
So glad I was already subed I was scared for my boi