The Kig Yar (Jackal) Explained | Pirates, Snipers, Skirmishers, and shield wielders | Halo CE-5 Lore
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- The Kig Yar basically looks like a dinosaur, but how did this creature evolve to have such harsh adaptations? The Short answer is the environment it evolved in. But what are these specific adaptations and how do they work? I am going to cover the lore and morphology of the kig yar or Jackal from the Halo Series
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If you guys liked the video it'd be awesome if you'd sub! I would appreciate it
Hey Roanoke gaming have you ever heard of the game rage it's pretty cool I think you should do lore videos on it
Robert Miller I have heard of rage, haven't played too much, what is it about?
Roanoke Gaming basically rage is set 106 + years into the future and you are an ark survivor from the Eden project to save part of man from a dino caliber asteroid and freeze the inhabitants for a long time and when you come out you find the wasteland a savage place where murderous bandit clans rule and small towns struggle to survive and there are also mutants but they go down with one shot gun blast sooo. And,also authority who are like the tyrannical cops of the waste land and you fight them the mutants and bandits while you try to help them and survive at the same time so yeah I'm playing it now and I like it
I actually have Rage, I will have to play this, give me a few days to see if theres any good lore to pick up! thanks for the suggestion bro, Ill start playing through tomorrow
Roanoke Gaming great sounds good
Velociraptors becoming the dominant species and making it into space? Clever girl...
Callum Sterland
in Canon
Jackals have a female lead society
Love the Jurassic Park reference!
@@ashaachampong9049 Seeexy....
Eh. Not really velociraptor. They’re more like those tiny ones that kill that girl in 3.
@@rommdan2716
N o .
These bastards on legendary make me wish Halo had DOOM's glory kill system.
117 likes? Nice!
Couldn’t get close enough.
It's crazy how if there was a slight difference in the genes billions of years ago a kig Yar like creature could have actually happened! It's insane how the slightest of difference can change an entire species.
Not at all. Genetic difference isn't that simple.
@@samuelbishop3316 Kinda is though
Humans vs Jackals = Strength build vs Dex build (don't let me catch you leveling that up)
Strength build always #tankoverrouge
Yeah get that uchikatana build outta here
What if you do both?
@@randomheadshot4291 Then you are a Spartan
@@RoanokeGaming I’m a dex fan for life
heh, no thanks i don't feel like boxing a raptor...i like my blood where it is...in my veins.
But hey if worst comes to worst...May be your only option!
Roanoke Gaming
yep Kig Yars hate Humans so surrender equals suffering.
better to fall like Roman soldier does with honour
I'd imagine it be like going up against a mutant emu
@@Te0L0ser
You mean a Moa?
What’s the covenant’s favorite part of halloween?
The Jackel-Lantern
Lmao
If the covenant were to see this joke, i bet they would defy their gods.
I imagine it as Mike Tyson vs Muhammad Ali but he has hollow bones and has Razer sharp claws.
You're the only one I think I've seen bring up the skirmishers at all let alone with the jackals like they are supposed to be good on ya
thanks man! I hope you enjoyed the subspecies breakdown about these guys!
Roanoke Gaming oh definitely I like how you went into why the original kig Yar we see were less muscular being because they were likely space born considering high charity compared to the new ones more likely planet born since the lack or high charity, btw how long have you been on CZcams I swear I remember your username from watching your videos a year or so back but I can't load anything past 6 months ago it seems
gotta love the biological aspects of species in games, its my favorite part! I actually started my channel 5.5 months ago! it has grown quite well over the last few days!
Roanoke Gaming I watched you with an older account I swear there's been a Roanoke gaming before then ok something my only question is if you'll do a lore o the ship of your namesake the CMS Roanoke from ds3
That's a good idea, I hadn't thought of that, I planned on eventually doing some lore on the Soveign Colonies so I will definitely be covering the Roanoke haha
The real question is how many Rick flair chest slaps can each species of the covenant take?
😂😂
The hunters can take the most, the prophets the least
I remember the skirmishers from Reach.... God the memories.
They looked pretty cool IMO
I did too. They looked very menacing. But they were also pretty deadly in numbers. Especially in legendary
CrazyJay 78910
yep me and 40 marines [ saved some from Elites] we went up against Jackals[ skirmishers] about 20 of them.
5 Jackals fell.
the rest completely wiped out the marines.
last Marine was knocked into a Tree and limped away only to fall down in the water.
@@CrazyJay-sn6ri come on stay still-me in fire fight
Space Dinosaur Pirates? or
Pirate Bird Dinosaur Aliens?
I think they are/were pirates I have no clue
Or Extra terrestrial Avian Thieves
Yeah that works lol
Also pretty neato that they've learned to speak some english in Halo 5
Ive always found interesting that in wars, people learn to shout obscenities at each other in the native language of the enemy. Hatred: the great learner of dialects haha
Andre W. They’ve Pirates. Currently in the modern Halo era, Kig Yar board cargo ships constantly. They’re a threat to human trade commerce.
I think that the Jackals would make EXCELLENT space pirates following the dissolution of the Covenant as an alliance. That said, it's a bit of a popular misconception that the hollow bones of birds make them inherently weaker - the way that bird bones are shaped and positioned within the body actually give them more than enough strength to compensate for the lack of density. It's like building an arch.
While they were in the covenant, those who owned ships where basically privateers, and on their home world they were essentially a matriarchal pirate society.
Really amazing work. I love how you analyze biologically every aspect of the species. Great video, keep it up!
Thanks bro! I am glad you liked the video!
Have you ever considered doing a video on the Human progenitors from the pre-human forunner war era? It would be interesting to know how we devolved after the halo blast or what evolutionary routes we may take to be like them again
This is only my opinion, but...
Ruutian: Roo-oo-tee-ann
Ibie'shan: Ibb-eesh-ann or Ibbee-shan
T'Vaoan: Tih-vow-ann.
1:01 Sounds like my kind of people
I'd just give it a suplex then boom it's over.
For sure! Show that dinosaur whos boss
Absolutely love these, especially the what you did for the elites. Keep it up man!
Thanks for the compliment bro! Next up for halo, probably the unggoy
They apear to be only 4-5 feet tall I think because of their bent knees and low posture
Clark Dauphin
their are about 5ft10 to 6ft
grunts are 5ft 7
@@ashaachampong9049 6'3 actually
dunno, maybe they seem small because you are playing as a 7'2 supersoldier?
You forgot they gave sharp teeth especially the newer ones in halo 4 you can see one bite and snap a marines neck eith ease..so...yea
Fuck...i hate this phone
Yeah with its helmet on lol
@@LAV-III wait, how would it's helmet aid in using their jaws to snap your neck?
@@valdatnergigante3439 I remember in halo 4 we saw a jackal kill a scientist by biting his neck but the jackal had his helmet on so he couldn't have bitten him
@@LAV-III nah, of course the Jackal could bite without it's helmet, just saying
You got yourself a new fan, also, could you do a lore video on the grunts/hunters?
Further down the list I have a video on the Lekgolo if you would like to watch it! the Grunts are the next I am covering concerning covenant!
I like the end comparison of who’d win in a fight. A cool and interesting addition to the lore video.
Love your content! Great artwork btw!
glad you like the video bro!
Hell yeah. Love lore vids but with this being more biology its an amazing new twist!
Awsome video brother, love the channel. Please do more for other franchises..
Good info. I like it.
5:55 that's from the Auckland war memorial museum in New Zealand. I recognize that footage from a long time ago
Yep from the earthquake room. I liked the vid for that clip alone lol
I came from reddit. I love halo but never realy got into the books. This puts it into a realy quickly digestable format and i love it. Keep it up!
Glad you liked it bro! I also cover gears of war, Dead space, Metro, so if youve got a suggestion for anything, Im always open to suggestions!
Roanoke Gaming I was going to suggest covering the hunter but I saw you already did that! But one thought I had while watching was how similar the Lekgolo are to ant colony's! Similar to how you compared the jackals to birds/dinosaurs I would love to see what may have inspired the creation of enemies! Such detail is what gave halo its origional following and in my opinion the lack of it is what is killing the game. They focus on gun play and game modes and less on detail. Who said one player games are dead? Breath of the wild is amazing! I feel in the newer halos the campaign simply pushes you along a storyline where in the previous games they emersed you in the world. I remember distinctly the library from combat evolved. An endless maze of flood and limited ammo really put you in a state of panic and unease by the time you teleported out of the library it was so liberating. Funny thing is i remember hating it. I guess its like a fine wine or aged cheese, a flavor of game design that is lost on the developers today.
its interesting how as you get older things start to look better, I can honestly say though, with the new halo games, they wont be remembered well lol the old games had such a deep lore and it made it awesome. Maybe halo 6 will correct the path!
Roanoke Gaming fingers crossed!
Really enjoy your videos you have my sub
thanks for the sub bro! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Your channel is one of my favourites
Glad you like it man!
Halo 4-5 kig yar were probably my favorite.
If I ran into a Jackal with no shield or weapon I would pick up a tree branch and try to kill it with that. I'm not gonna risk getting to close to them.
You'd die
Interesting video once again
Did you know that probably due to your name, your comments also get held for review? Lol but I am glad you liked the video man!
I had no idea lol
that youtube sorting algorithm hard at work haha
Nice vid
New here really like the breakdowns of the biology
glad you like the content bro!
Hey question, what's the song when you discussed which species would win near the end of the video?
Love it
Jackals have always been one of my favorites mainly because they give off this dragon vibe
They are Beautiful~✨
though we only saw them in one game the skirmishers are by far by favorite alien race from the halo series, because velociraptor birds are always awesome
500 subs? Bro you looking at having 50K by the end of the year!
If I were going to be reincarnated as a jackal, I'd be a tivoan (correct me if I misspelled). They're fast, look cool, and can jump really high, which probably doesn't make any sense since they evolved on an asteroid and reach undoubtedly has more gravity, still cool.
Forget playable elite, give these guys a mercenary mode and bounty hunting.
Nicely done! btw is the witch video next?
Up next I am covering the stalker from dead space!
Whats the song that plays in the background
have you seen that part in Halo 4 where a jackal flings itself like 30 feet and pounces on some human? anyway, every time I go on your channel you have way more subscribers than you used to
Indeed I have bro! It was the first clip of the video 🤣 and the channel is growing, it's been awesome!
Dude, I've been watching all of your biology videos, but man, after watching all your Halo vids, you really need more practice with grenades haha. Keep up the good work though. +1 Sub.
yaaaaahhhh my grenade skill isnt the best ALTHOUGH, I forget which video it is but I nail a triple kill with a blind throw, I believe its at the end of the sangheili video, but thanks for subbing bro! glad you are enjoying the videos!
Searching through your videos enjoying all the biology, have you looked at the half-life series or the pikmin series?
The kig yar are actually monsters physically. You see one in halo 5 physically catch a 200 pound crawler then toss it. And another one tackle a rip out the throat of an elite. No human could ever do that.
The thing is though Jackels suck in close quarters compared to humans. We have hundreds of different close combat styles that might give us the advantage. Either way I'd show it how to do the dinosaur.
Dinosaur , dinosaur everywhere.
The average jackal would be shorter then an average human because they are hunched over and if they tried to stand up there bones would snap
They look like Skeksis from the movie Dark Crystal
Yo weren't the T'vaoans a sub-species of the Kig-Yar? Y'know skirmishers from Halo: Reach?
Yes, there are 3 different sub species
Kig yar actually appear a lot shorter then 6’8 do to their hunch and if they tried standing up there bones would break there actual high is more like 5 ft to 5’5
Uhhh the Kig-yar aren't at the same lvl as the grunts. They are one cast above grunts. Kig-yar are one of the 3 species allowed to operate ships. The other 2 are Sangheili and Jiralhanae. Also they are weak compared to other Covenant Species but they are much stronger than Humans. This is proven by the fact that in Halo 4 an Ibie'shan Jackal kills a human in close range with literally no effort. But Halo lore is very complicated and I love your videos.
Whats the opening song?
Am I the only one that caught that at 3:26 this Chad threw a grenade under a warhog and sent it flying and splatting onto a grunt on a mounted turret?
You better believe it
I'm one of those three people who watch you from Europe! :D
Probably it's a bit more right now, happy about that.
Well thats good to hear!
@@RoanokeGaming love your videos man! Thank you.
I though those primative looking jackals were small elites and I freaked out when I saw them
THE CHILDREN haha
You can add 1 to the European list.
Btw, awesome vids man!
Thanks bro! even more reason to to learn metric haha
Roanoke Gaming wow you answer fast! You are also the only youtuber that has answered my comments.
Your awesome!
My question is why do the halo 4 jackals breathe air instead of ash or something
i dont know how to feel about realizing that a kigyar's weakness is a blunt tough creature with strength....like the grunts....which they somehow bully...How do jackels not get smacked and killed by grunts?
I also remembered that time when a small amount of pirates broke an elite's leg with ease and had caught a ONI related person, killed multiple rivalpirates including brutes, and somehow would be killed by a grunt so long as it was the mike tyson of grunts.
He is mistaken alot here
Hollow bone does not mean its weak. Dinosaur has hollow bones as well and those thing are far from st can be shattered easily :))
If Velociraptors (actually Deinonychus if you’re thinking of the Jurassic park ones) became the dominant space farming species of earthy they’d look like the Tiss’Shar from the Star Wars legends universe. I wish they’d make this species cannon. Lol
Human > Jackal
Human > Elite
I like how Kig Yar have spines instead of feathers.
That is far more realistic because feathers are one of a few extremely complicated structures that is unlikely to ever develop twice.
Spoke too soon.
If the tovoan actually have true feathers (and not just something "similar") that would be extremely weird.
haha it happens to the best of us!
So... I have to Muay Thai My life out with this raptors
*jackal* I got fast reflexes!*dark souls parry gods**rips off shirt* I can take em *proceeds to empty off hand parry the jackal*
They look like Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.
3:54 better. That's Eye-Bee-Shan
3:27 I think that's Root-Tin-Nan
I thought it was root-ee-an
but how these jack jump so high like we saw skirmishers to jump in Halo Reach?
I'd have my manager distract the ref and Kig Yar from ring side before I hit the birdie bastard with a steel chair, stealing the featherweight title.(get it?...cause it's a bird?)
Mac Russell
jackal is 5ft 10 to 6ft in height.
you would be defeated and shamed
Humans can survive in space!!! That’s sick😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎!!! And we can kill alien raptors too that’s so epic😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎!!!
that is pretty cool! unfortunately there may be a few consequences
But human bones are also partly hollow
nep poleon No our bones have marrow in the centre to give them more support, whereas bird bones (as far as I know) are literally hollow, sacrificing structural strength for a lower density so that they can fly easier
Glad to know I could batter a Jackal
I always thought the jackal looked kinda neat
When I first played halo I thought the covenant all evolved on the same planet like the xindi in star trek
What does he mean by societal tier? Like what’s the ranking?
so you have in descending pecking order
Profits
Elites and brutes
Lekgolo
Jackals, Grunts, Drones
Humans
basically, grunts and jackals are very low ranking and are cannon fodder
Skirmishers and 343 jackles are the best
2:29 with your bio degree, can you help me out? I'm trying to reverse this heart-attack you just gave me. I've played this too much on legendary to not shit my pants when the jackal looks at you like that
30 compressions for every breath! haha
Although I don't believe in the hypothesis of macroevolution, a good video nonetheless.
glad you liked it anyways!
Wear some good armor like the titanium plates of ce marines, punch it on the face. Win! Remeber to keep your wrist plates near you neck so it can't get no easy win.
Remember the theory of evolution is just that, a theory
The actual Term "Theory" isn't like a hypothesis, its about one step below a scientific law which typically means it is 99% correct, but there is room for deviation, now if it were the hypothesis of evolution, that would be a whole different story
Also supported by logic.
"Who knows maybe the next 500 will come easily."
I need to start asking "Who Knows" about my future haha
As a European Subscriber but also a Brit I am equally confused by 6'8" and 200cm.
Dominic Aspden really? They said that was the conversion rate... hmmm may need to look into that some more and see what happened
The jackles are like sophomores picking on freshmen
One of the only Halo species I could actually beat up, but I wonder how they taste.
My money is on them tasting like chicken, which is good news considering your user name!
Roanoke Gaming
nope their reptiles like Elites
If they do in fact taste like chicken that would almost be cannibalism but far away enough that I don't have to worry.
Chicken Nuggerinos
you are evil
I'm aware
Its kind of weird that a jackal would be able to pick on a grunt considering based on the grunt video it seems a grunt could kick a jackals ass pretty easily.
well for the most part, grunts could fight the covenant and do fairly well as long as they werent worried about their homeworld being glassed. Grunts are pretty strong, just not too intelligent but only because they arnt schooled in any way
Im talking more about a 1v1 fight rather than a whole raceVrace thing. in that one clip where the jackal is bullying the grunt by stealing its toy or whatever it is. I feel like the grunt could have easily just pulled its legs out from under it and beat its face in. Just by judging from the 2 videos the grunts seem to be tougher and stronger. Though I guess the jackals would out speed them easily.
Roanoke Gaming
Grunts are intelligent just they took capitalism to far and ruined their planet like us humans are doing.
I dont think that you be able to shatter their bones by hitting them 1 time. I think it takes allot of hits before you are able to break it. Few reason for that is that i have seen a seagul get run over by a trailer and it was clear that the wheels drived over it...and here is the fun part....i thought it was dead, but guess again....it flew away like nothing has happen. It didnt break the wings or the bones in the wings. Hollowed bones does not really matter, sure they are easier to break and all that. another example is that we have Golden eagles that hunts wolfs (hollowed bone pred vs solid bone pred) So when Eagles are capable of hunting wolfs, I hardly believe a human would be able to beat up a Jackal.
Jackal will destroy us pretty much at any time....they are way too agile.
if you kicked straight down on its...version of a femur, you would definitely crack that thing. Length of bones has alot to do with it as well!
A bit of brains kills anything
very true!
What are your opinions on elites vs spartans?
Many people think they are equal
But there are some who think Spartans out match them completely and from what we see in the later halos that's what it looks like.
I think they are more equal
I think they are equal in some ways, but the spartans themselves can go hand to hand with highly trained elites and come out victorious. They are close but I think the spartans have the edge
Roanoke Gaming IDK lore wise the og spartan ii’s numbering only 30 something and were highly feared by, and effective against, the covenant, which numbered in the hundreds of billions. Seeing how a spartan in full mjolnir armor cost about the same as a small space ship, that seems like too small of a trade off for something that only slightly beats out a relatively standard enemy combatant like an elite. I think the difference in combat effectiveness between the two is pretty substantial.
Tactically I would say the Elite Zealots, Commanders, Generals and Spec op ultras are equal to spartans. The lower ranks may as well be grunts...
Hand to Hand combat spartans are designed to fight in elites weight class of any type, when it comes to fist fighting Spartans win , sword fighting Elites win but there have been many times where elites have lost even when Spartans had nothing and an elite had a sword.
High ranking Elites would probably have a huge chance of killing a spartan, the spartan would generally come out victorious due to their training though. The only Sangheili known to be SP II level are the arbiters though.
Na ga sa~ -Jackal spam/warcry
PS: after watching the grunt and this video .....why exactly where the grunts not going through the jackal-hood in fight-club style....breaking every jackals skeleton, that looked funny on them?
probably don't really understand what they are capable of
Depends on the subspecies the one on the volcanic island in the one with the feathery plumes of kill the f*** out of you once from Halo one you might stand a chance because they seemed to have less natural weaponry on them
I buy all of my furniture from them I pay a lot but its good stuff
I think you’d just have to outsmart it jackals seem to be more on the animalistic/feral side of comprehension so I think it would be more easier to coax it and kill it.
Yeah but something not mentioned in this video is that Kig-yar are die hard practitioners of piracy. It's often remarked that the most unconventional Covenant species is the Kig-yar. So if you wanna outsmart one. You'd probably have have to delve deep into that demented part of our human psyche.
It’s impossible for the king yar to have hollow bones since they don’t fly the reason birds have hollow bones is to be light weight and easier to fly because it takes less energy
Actually this is a misconception. Birds have hollow bones to increase their oxygen capacity to increase their endurance in the air
No, kig yar have hollow bones in the lore. Which is why they carry shields or used as scouts and snipers.
i know for a fact i could beat one for one simple reason adrenaline just exists even if it does claw you just knock it in its bird head once hard enough and you win
Have you ever seen the damage a Eagles claw can do to a person now amplify that to a over six foot bird lizard humanoid and you have a much stronger power behind that claw while a human could win if a jackal were to claw you you’d be in serious trouble like a deep cut down to the bone trouble
Do you think that a combined Warhammer 40k universe (including chaos and the Tyranids) could go toe to toe against the doom demons???
Uk guy here we use ft more often than not