Everything you've wanted to know about elites [Lore]
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- Thanks for watching Roannoke Gaming! Halo Lore - The Sangheili Morphology and Lore This video goes over the physical characteristics of the elites as well as how they came about and a little bit about their history. this is part 1 so part 2 should be coming out shortly! Enjoy!
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An explanation for the planet’s high gravity (as well as the ridiculously high gravity of other planets in the Halo universe compared to their natives (Doisac)) could just be the activation of the Halo array.
When the rings went off they flooded the Universe with a ridiculous amount of radiation, which has its own gravitational weight. And when all the organic life absorbed that radiation and were later disintegrated, that radiation just presumably stuck around buried in the planet weighing it down. So given that Sangheili evolved prior to the Halo array’s activation and then were reseeded on their home world, perhaps they and other species in the Halo universe were made more muscular and resilient than their pre-activation ancestors because of the added gravity?
Battle ship movie video
“Actually, that’s blue.”
“WORT WORT WORT”
And then the energy sword comes out.
Imagine and Elite with gigantism, 10 foot murder machine or an Elite the size of a dwarf, it would still be scarier then a Jackal.
Or that one 6 foot grunt, Stolt I believe
Uhhh gigantism elite? You mean like Ripa Morame? Dude was massive and was a murder machine.
Then you’ve never heard of Xytan Jar Wattinree. Dude was 11 feet or 3.5 meters tall.
Look up the arbiter in Halo Wars, Rippa was a giant amongst his peers.
@@casbah2075 rippa was surprisingly on 8'2" which makes him fairly tall but not necessarily massive ... Xytan is a much better example of a giant among his peers
whoever thought up sangheili at bungie must have watched predator, then had a nightmare of the predators bigger and more badass brother, then put it in a game
DLDouble G when I was researching it you are correct! The elites are heavily based on predator, the jaws, active camo, skins. Luckily it's not Arnold who fights an army of these things, but chief lol
DLDouble G nah predator is more badass
Tyler Moore I don’t think so.
XD
Hoo- Dini bet bro
Holy shit, this is some thorough info. Mandibles being attractive? Knowing they're omnivores based on their teeth? Man, you did your research.
Danzpo I knew this bio degree would come in handy eventually! Haha
I really enjoy that someone with a biology degree giving some professional opinions to things like this. Thanks man keep up the good work
Glad you like the video bro! and thank you!
But most importantly:
Can
They
Swim?
Big D most likely.
I'll do you one better how do they eat
Are they generous and nurturing lovers?
@@fuzzydunlop7928 yes yes they are
Then I guess we're not so different, after all. (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `)♡
‘If our legs were this shaped our knees would last longer’
*News: New Health Trend threatens peace treaty with the Sangheili*
*Oh a Side Note Jackal species now discovered 4chan, the controversial meme ‘don’t feed the Kig-yar’ was stated by the recently elected president of the Unggoy*
Kig-yay would more than likely replace humans on 4chan as the dominant trolls.
Those are ankles, not knees.
Elites have really impressive strength, speed and agility but they would have terrible endurance. They're huge and they have thick scaly/ leathery skin, so they wouldn't have skin pores and wouldn't be able to sweat so they would overheat really quickly.
Also, because their legs mostly bend _behind_ them and because of their weird hoof feet, that would make it really hard for them to climb.
Oh, and their clawed finger tips would make them less dexterous and delicate with their hands.
plus if I recall, the legs shape makes it easier for them to run faster and longer distances
Roanoke Gaming faster maybe, but longer distances? I am no biologist, but if I remember correctly the layout of the human leg maximizes stamina while walking/running on two legs. Wouldn’t the digitagrade legs of elites burn more stamina as well?
Jackson Almodobar+ on the front of overheating, maybe they pant? I'm no biologist and im aware they are not mammalian by far. Another thought I had was an increased oxogen presence in their homeworld. Again I'm no biologist I just thought I'd add more to the conversation
trooper games even still, panting is no where near as effective as sweating, it’s why horses sweat too. Also I don’t believe reptilians can vent as much heat has a mammal like a dog can, but idk. The oxygen thing could be a factor, but then they would need to have some device to provide them with more oxygen on earth and earth like environments (which is largely were the elite are stationed in game) for them not to loose breath real quick on places like Reach, Halo, or earth.
Actually it's noted in the lore that elites have a hard time with ladders. Which is the reason that brutes will put ladders instead of gravity lifts on their ships just to spite the Sangheili.
Old style elites > New style Elites.
They're no longer thin and elegant like they once were, they're more like brutes these days.
Agreed!
my favorite elites are the reach elites
They gained a few pounds
Reject 343 embrace old school Bungie
I like the big ole scary reach elites
They are just space samurai
Very honorable!
Warrior cultures are all the same, archetipically
You could insert pretty much anyone there
@@carlosschwambach9213 SPHESS CHIHUAHUAS!
@@carlosschwambach9213 They have been seen to have a style of culture very similar to the Japanese in Legends, so, alien space samurai.
@@simbachvazo6530 Their clan structure is scottish.
I'm a 7ft 10 Spartan, yet my elites allies are still taller. This is the reason 343 removed them from multi-player simulations.
we need shorter elites
ok maybe lets be conservative and assume the chief is almost 7' 1" and arby is 8' 2"
@@jackcolson4745 why are we assuming?
@@jackcolson4745They're both 8ft tall
@@Super50ldier chief is 7'2 in his armor
>everything you wanted to know about elites
Incorrect. You didn't even ONCE talk about their penises
DrHotelMario Let just leave that behind.
I agree. Though fortunately humans are pretty imaginative, just scout the internet if you dare, friend.
all seven of them?
Or vaginas.
I would think they are like gators, kept inside until needed...
"i tried finding pictures" poor guy 😂😂😂
This is really well done. You deserve many more viewers.
Russell thanks man! I think I've finally found my stride and research and video creation. Should be more coming out this weekend!
Looking forward to it sir!
Love how you cover a variety of lore from a variety of different franchises. Definitely going to subscribe
thanks for the sub bro! I love all the different games, variety is the spice of life!
Wow I learned quite a bit today of the sangheili. I honestly can't wait for part two. I really like your content keep up the amazing work!
Kaiju Tamer I really appreciate the kind words! It's comments like this that honestly inspire me to keep creating content, thanks bro! I begin working on it when I get off work today so hopefully it should be out by Saturday/Sunday!
U said not to look up human male next to sangheili female but now I’m Curious
Noah Skinner have... fun?
NOOOOOOOoooooooo......
Roanoke Gaming I’ve seen weirder my lil bro is a weeb
The Great Him 001 no it was some weird shit
There's an artist on tumblr called Rube, and they draw some sfw human and elites. Be careful though theres also a lot of nsfw
If Elites have problems using human vehicles then how does the Arbiter drive a tank and a Warthog with no issues? An no I won't accept "gameplay" as an answer.
Luckily I have an explanation for you, Ever wonder why when elites sit in a warthog they look like they are jacked up? and its not just their height either, Master chief can fit pretty well in a warthog but it appears elites almost sit on the tops of the back of their seats, as for the Tanks, I would say its the same deal, just more area for them to sit
Perhaps the tanks and warthogs are specially designed to fit the arbiter seen as the unsc already knows arbiters cause
The Arbiter wasn't working with the humans in Halo 2 yet he has no problem getting into and driving Warthogs and tanks an I highly doubt the UNSC would remake all of their vehicles to fit in a single elite.
Good point
49mozzer+ game mechanic, honestly its a game, for the sake of it I guess. In "real" life I think the sitting above the seat In the Hog is Likely idk about the tanks though.
Imagine explaining the colour purple to a Sangheili.
"Imagine the colours blue and pink together."
They are also notably warmblooded as we see warm exhale in cold climates. So they are Mamilian reptiles.
They're more Saurian than anything, like Dinosaurs, who were also warm blooded.
Great video, and explanation of the elites biology.
glad you enjoyed it man!
do you have an exact number on how much stronger the gravity is on sangheilios, because in a halo book, a guy named Philip lived there for a few months and was fine
1.375 G. While a person would be able to survive those conditions for a little while, I imagine prolonged exposure would lead to increased pressure on the heart to pump blood to the brain which could leave to aneurysms in the aorta or blood vessels elsewhere! Plus armor and weapons carried on Sanghelios would be heavier and more difficult to manage. Human stamina would also be decreased. think about running in sand except EVERYWHERE lol
His body may have just adapted to the conditions the longer he was there but what do I know?
Well you've gotta remember that Humanity is a multi-planet species at this point so some people will live on worlds with lower or higher gravity than earth. This phillip bloke could've been from a human colony on a higher G world and thus be adapted to survive on bigger plannets like Sanghelios.
1.25 G
The term you're actually looking for on their hands is Zygodactyl, meaning split.
The beginning of you finding your way... Pretty cool to see where you came from to where you are now
The Sangheili are my favorite alien race from Halo; followed by the Unggoy!
If elites actually existed I would kiss one just for the experience.
I always imagined their breath really stinks lol
I don't think that's anatomically possible
ThatGuyWhoAppearsEverySoOfften 1 wait..... how would you do that? I mean, would you just like, kiss the tooth at the top of one of the mandibles? Or like on the forehead? Would an elite even know what a kiss was?
I DON'T NEED SLEEP, I NEED ANSWERS
@@Vegito_Fanpage the fuck is wrong with yall
@@entityw3974 really and truly, don't know.
gosh dang you for putting a slavic Sangheili in my head
7:48 we all know what you saw 😂
Time to break out the eye soap!
Roanoke Gaming Deviantart/e621 Porno?
The makers of Halo 4 and 5 can burn in hell for what they did to the Sangheli! Made them as clunky, brutish, and savage as the Jiralhanae instead of sleek, graceful, and agile as they were meant to be
Hey Roanoke what's up bro I loved the video and I have to say that the sanghelli are my favorite aliens and how are the neromorphs coming along and I wonder what the halo alien neromorphs look like
As a shit teir CZcamsr myself it’s rly cool to see a high quality channel like this rise from the ashes (plus sub my dood)
I am sure your channel is legit man! but thank you for the compliment on my channel! I work really hard on these videos and they can be quite time consuming haha thanks for the sub broseph!
It's seen in the legends animation that Elites have a second set of mandibles. I wonder if they had I similar eating behavior to Moray eels, where the large mandibles hold onto prey and the smaller mandibles take out chunks or pull prey in whole
Nice you covered some halo as well!!!
absolutely!
Hey roanoke what was that beat you used at the beginning of the video?
I know 4 years late but brutes specifically tartar sauces uncle put ladders on his ship instead of grav lifts
What would be the attributes of a human and a elite? I mean if they had a child.
Something truly disturbing tbh, I don't think our DNA would really even be compatible
Roanoke Gaming I'll always wonder
Iderus Naimmee never even been to deviant art
Human sized elite w/ more slender bodies and more tan skin color.
At least for me.
It wouldn't be able to survive.
i just want a novel about the lusty sangheili maid.
More like the lusty unngoy maid. (JOKE)
That Color Explanation is absolutely Hilarious! The Builders see "Purple" as "Blue" so they painted all their stuff in thier "Blue" resulting in the Covernant Boasting the Manly Color of Purple instead of the Feminine color of Blue.
Classic aliens!
Never..... Never search Halo Female Elite.... Never.....
For the sake of your sanity
What’s this?
*iS tHiS sMuT?*
*Me BrAiN hUrTs*
@@wyom2838 I prefer male Sangheili smut
@@blueshit199 I don’t remember making this comment
7:28 Halo Legends has at least one good example a female Sangheili
It moves it's mandibles not like a Sangheili but like a human mouth, though this was an artistic choice by the director rather than a canonical lore perspective.
Elites Knees are actually front facing! The part that goes way backwards on their leg is an ankle, and then they have large foot bones :)
Very large foot bones! hooves even!
Seriously, why all the shit that sound wrong in this thread!
Question, what's the intro of your videos?
Where did you get that info that the Elites can’t see the colors red and purple?
That thumbnail is priceless....lol
haha glad you like it my dude!
Am I the only one who wants to see a 5v5 battle between elites and predators?
Actually, everything the Covenant build is purple because the material it's made of is that colour by default. Kinda like objects made of steel are always grey or silvery in colour when not painted, it is the same with their stuff. And since covering everything from a small cargo crate to a 21 kilometers long Assault Carrier with a paintjob would be too expensive and a waste of resources for little purpose, they just kept it purple.
What do you do for a job with a biology degree?
I cant release too much information about my job but I can tell you that you can work with microbes, work with animals, work in the wilderness, a biology degree sets you up with a lot of options!
Roanoke Gaming well, i am going to get into the gen-technologies in a few years
Tbh - they seem like the Gary Stu species of the Halo universe. They're literally good at everything, their evolutionary history doesn't even make sense considering their planet's gravity, they're amazing warriors, they're jacked - the males have a "leathery" scent and the females a "flowery" scent - like, I bet whomever wrote that also would write that they're shits smell like fresh-baked gingerbread or something and to top it off they're ridiculously long-lived. Like - what the fuck? Gary Stuism aside I've always thought the idea of an alien species literally besting humanity in almost all categories was a good concept to explore. We're basically Grunts to these guys.
Humans seemed far more creative, adaptative and technologically adept to me
Not all of it comes down to anatomy. And by God, I refuse to quote the stairs thing
2 years late but I'm adding my two cents. Elites may be physically superior to us in every way, but we're a bit more clever and cunning from what I've seen in lore. Elites in war have a very honorific system that revolves around following set rules of engagement, while we humans pay lip service to these rules while blatantly and obviously disobeying them. A perfect example of this would be how every covenant force lead by an elite would seem to follow the same strategy of applying force from the front and nowhere else (explaining why Regret, a prophet, managed to crack Earth's defenses with a fleet only 2% the size of the Fleet of Particular Justice on Reach.) Juxtapose this with humanity's varying and adaptive use of many strategies and you can see how we managed to hold out for as long as we did against the Alpha Bravos. One other thing of note is that Elites would rather die than to receive medical treatment in combat, so their casualties are usually deaths while ours can sometimes be frankensteined back together well enough to go back out and get vaporized again, thus giving us a slightly higher effective troop count than theirs in a 1:1 fight. A bit of a read, but from what I can tell it's all completely lore accurate and explains a lot of what was implied about the Human-Covenant War, so I hope that makes up for the extreme lateness.
@@sirfrancis8732 also, about they're honor bound society, I read that a group of elites took a group of marines off guard while they were gearing up, but then waited for the marines to get ready before fighting.
This makes me realize any Humans who settle on Sanghelios while the Swords are governing would eventually produce ABSOLUTE UNITS for descendants.
Not sure if you're still answering comments from this video but I'd love a bit more explanation on how Sangheili eat. Like they don't seem to have tongues or a bottom jaw, so it's tough to imagine how they'd be able to keep food in their 'mouth' and swallow it.
To my knowledge, they hold food with their bottom jaw and use the top to tear at the food and push it to their mouth.
Since the new elites look like brutes, i'd like to see the new brutes. I bet they'd look like a scaled down king kong
Those are not “backwards facing knees” those are where our ankles would be. This is how birds and non avian dinosaurs have their legs set up as well.
"I tried finding pictures... Not a good idea."
Only if you're a coward
Yeah I could see how they'd have to stand when hunting to go for the neck
Ok, so a question. Considering you are a biology guy while I'm just someone who spends way to much time looking at the Sangheili. Do they have hooves or not? from an anatomical perspective at least. Because from what I can tell they don't. The closest example that I can be being the elites seen in the Mona Lisa motion comic, in which you can see that the toes of the foot are dominated by a hard surface like a cloven hoof, while every other example has a very skin covered foot with small nails located towards the tip. Then while inconsistent, you have the amount of dexterity in the toes which has been depicted in both subtle and unsubtle moments with the beautiful reptiles. Then you have the fact that the sold pad seen in some of the games at the bottom of the foot often seen as a Hoof simply an armoured sole. Then you also have the drastic differences between the feet from game to game but that could be written off in the same way as the mandibles are.
Can you do the strain?
I had a 68 year old battalion comander that would routinely fight 2 other Marines at a time to stay fresh because "1 guy just can't hack it no more" so, combat effectiveness is a bit of misnomer lol
Dinosaurs were not large because there was extra oxygen necessarily. When you factor in bird lungs, which are driven by a system of air sacks that constantly pump air through the lungs, with blood vessels parralel to airflow, ensuring that birds can have 20-30% more oxygen saturation in their blood its no wonder why they could get so big. The warmblooded and highly active ancestors of crocodiles also had some pretty sophisticated lungs, which is why modern crocs have lungs which are extremely overbuilt for a semi aquatic ambush predator.
I would imagine the sangheli would have something similar to these very efficent archosaurian lung systems.
Roanoke made this video when people haven't factored in the efficient breathing system and just theorized that oxygen was richer. He was just using the accepted kbowledge at the time.
You should do this same type of video but go in depth on human beings Instead, thatd be really interesting
Well the biology videos on spartans kind of go into that otherwise it would be just a straight up biology lesson! haha
You think the less evolved elites as the subspecies of the predators the pale white ones from the predator movie when they are on the alien planet
For Sangheilios I’m a Sangheili at heart
With training you can prolong your fighting ability well into your 70's
With hardcore training, but you are not as viable as you once were, Elites are only middle aged at that point
I cant finish the video and i have to get back to work. But I need to know. Does this video go over how Elites eat? Tell me man tell me
Hmmm its a pretty old topic, but I believe I do touch on that
Honestly? Change the Covie gear to blue, it looks amazing.
OMG they cant see purple that's hilarious.
and thats why they think they are painting in blue...NOPE
Maybe that's why in a voice line, an elite asks a marine what his color of armor is in human language. "Red is the best color!"
I'll admit, I'm not a biologist. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that they are digitigrade like dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, horses, and other animals than backward facing knees? As the part the goes forward would be the thigh, going back would be the shin or leg, and the rest would be the foot itself?
7:21
Oh you poor bastard
This has happened to me but instead of searching "elite" i was searching up if dreamworks was gonna make a 3rd how to train your dragon movie aaaannnnndddddd
*shudders*
Could you do biology of Ben 10 aliens ? That’s so cool all the different eye colours elites have I really love biology now cause elites are still tough at 90 years old😃😃😃👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎!!!
I am not sure if I will ever get into TV shows or not but it is interesting seeing the longevity of an elite!
Roanoke Gaming fair enough but I’d definitely subscribe if you did that and yes it is👍🏻 infact I’m already considering subscribing mate you got a good channel👍🏻
Well if you find yourself enjoy the content then feel free too! I usually release a video every 3-5 days!
Roanoke Gaming epic😊 sorry for the late reply too😂😂😂
Oy anyone know the name the beat used in the beginning?
An average Elite is about as strong as an average Spartan.
They can lift a few tons.
Beacuse they were designed that way by the devs :v
Like my pet rock said, *”Stick your privates in it and hope for the best”*
well thats one way to do it!
Do 40K space marine next
Still need to play that third person game!
Alien space samurai.
I read somewhere that sgt Johnston was 78+ and was still combat effective when he died.
Hold up, 78+!? Dude still looks and sounds in his 30s at least!
Halo humans are future humans, I doubt there is much lore on it but I bet we found a way to live a little bit more by then.
Johnson is actually a Spartan 1, a predecessor to the Spartan 2 program. He was augmented and therefore could live for longer and was also much harder to be infected by the flood.
Some of the larger sangheli are up to 9 feet tall
Roanoke Gaming Looking to their morphology I really doubt they are fast and agile creatures like they are portrayed. With their horse-like feet it would be really hard for them to walk on soft ground, their bulky morphology would also makes them incapable to run, climb or swim efficiently. Their two thumbs hands would not give any advantage compared to a human hand outside of pure combat, it would also be really hard for them to do precision work. For me, all the evidences shows that they are actually ambush predators like crocodiles: they spend most of the time motionless and can deliver a really strong and short attack when they see a prey, that would explain their strong, slow and bulky morphology.
How is the leg joint reversed? You can still see the knee bend forward wouldn't it be the heel that's been extended to create somthing similar to a hind leg on a animal?
it appears not to be the knee but the actual ankle of the creature, well, sort of, it looks like while the knee does exist it does not take the brunt of the impacts like on a human leg, the reverse joint connected lower does
All I need to know is how the Sangheili eats their food.
I always wondered how their jaw works. Like how?
I’m sorry you did brave things for us but end up finding what I would imagine is thugs that will make me throw up my lunch
wait what
if they breath more oxygen then we do do halo rings have higher oxygen content? and what would that do to a human breathing it?
Would most likely make you very dizzy
7:26-why not?
oh man this was so long ago I barely remember it lol
Roanoke Gaming two replies? Really?! Wow awesome! Ah well I’ll take your word for it.
I'm going to have to call bullcrap on the percieving color part.
Our entire view of the elites are based on what color their armor is.
We played as an elite for most of Halo 2. We've seen what they can see.
In stories like Halo, which, while science fiction, is still fiction, it is best to assume everyone views the world in the same way.
Otherwise, great video
7:26 "I tried finding pictures" how bad was it?
well I certainly could use some eye soap. I don't know why people would draw what they draw but....artistic freedom I reckon lol
@@RoanokeGaming if it can breath, someone wants to make lewds of it
Elite vs brute physically
Brutes smack down elites quite easily it seems
@@RoanokeGaming would it be the same case for a large elite and normal to small sized brute
They cant see purple so they see blue.....so that means....the Arbiters purple hud that we see is actually meant to be blue in the elites vision just like the spartan hud....hmmmm
Also, they don't have backward knees. Those are their ankles, and then the game designers appeared to lose track where they were and added a foot at the end of the feet, and then put in toes.
Wow you're an idiot
@@consent933 no u
7:47 oops...
Yuo**
Futurama death by Sno sno
Damn 😶
hope you enjoyed it my guy!
I always do
I like to think of the Sangheili as the japanese people because they are honorable as **** and they don't even know what surrender is
(Disclaimer i only know the dark history of japan)
see this is true for the 2nd name.
Reptiles on earth don't have forward facing eyes.
They are the alien version of Saints Row.
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@@RoanokeGaming Congrats, my dude, you've more than earned it.
Thank you!
they have nothing to hold in food from the bottem
I believe they will tilt their heads back when they eat
Notice how front heavy sanghili are shouldn’t they just fall over?
Front heavy?
Notice how the elite leans forward so much with the backward bending legs it seems like it should just tip over
who be watching this 3 years later