The EXTREMELY Strange (and Quite Disturbing) Origin of Halo's Prophets
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Halo's Prophets aren't the nicest of characters, but today we dive into their EXTREMELY strange (and quite disturbing) origin which will change the way you look at them forever. This is the EXTREMELY Strange (and Quite Disturbing) Origin of Halo's Prophets...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - The Ancient San’Shyuum
6:24 - A Short Lived Era
9:25 - After the Halos Were Fired
15:46 - What Happened to the Prophets After Halo 3
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#halo #halolore #haloinfinite #halomcc #haloflood - Hry
Were we alive 100,000 years ago, there's a high chance at least 50% of us would've been married to a Prophet. Hell - one of us could theoretically be the Prophet of Truth's Great⁷⁷⁷⁷ Grandfather/Grandmother! Food for thought :)
I am disturbed thanks hidden you do your April fools video and then this you are trolling us at this point 😂
Sleek, beautiful, and a neck like that? Fuck yes, sign me up!
I can't believe you've done this.
@@FilthyCasualYT nah
@@Doomthedarkageshypetrain But... the deepest of throats...
In finding this Truth, i now seek Mercy in my Regret.
touché
@@HiddenXperia Iconic
poetry
lame
You want mercy in regret? 😏
"Report back to the Council Chamber. We'll bang okay?" - Prophet of Flacid
Bro wtf😭
Commander shepherd 😂
For a bloke called restraint, he had a pretty weak pull out game.
Like 90% of the Prophets in the lore have ironic names, like Truth being a massive liar and Mercy being quite brutal, and later, left to die in agony.
hahaha....oh man. this is a funny comment
😂😂😂😂
@@HellbirdIV Don't forget Regret recklessly rushing headlong into conflicts and getting yelled at by Truth for it later.
@@benthomason3307 Johnson was right. "Dear humanity: We (I) regret coming to Earth."
It is a little ironic that the prophets were one of humanity's greatest allies, only to become one of our worst enemies after the firing of the Halo rings.
They species continued, but their history and culture was lost so this is a new version memetically.
I honestly would have preferred there to not be a Forerunner Trilogy at all and keep it as Humanity were them.
Then they got replaced by the Sangheili as Humanity's partner and greatest ally. Extra irony in that they also went in reverse, starting as enemies.
"To prevent any Prophets from getting stuck in washing machines " I fucking love you Xperia
Step-prophet, what are you doing?
i aim to please ;)
@@HiddenXperiaRestraint knows what the concubines like.
And then they hate f***ed a space god into existence. O wait, wrong universe.
I mean the forunners created the Eldridge horror of the flood because they were genocidal as they learned humanity should hold the mantle
dark eldar san'shyuum collab when
@@AdamJones-tu9lxI hope NEVER
Uhh... What's the right universe? I'm concerned lmao
@@benvoli0c977 Warhammer 40,000. The Aeldari, specifically.
Lifeworker Captain: All right, time to catalog the SanShyumm for re-seeding. Who has the DNA vial? Lifeworker Intern: *looking around nervously, having spilled a vial of elephant seal, turkey, and the Sanshyuum into a puddle. Scrapes it back into the vial* Right here sir! Absolutely nothing wrong with this sample. Its going to be great!
12:55 The heart transition 💀
"beat Regret's meat at the highest of framerates" was not a sentence I expected to hear today hahahahaha
“Yo dudes, the Great Journey is pretty real. Maybe you can like travel it or something.” -Truthful
Awesome refernece
W reference
I appreciate how we found room in the epic sci-fi space opera/cosmic horror franchise to take a moment and be like "Oh by the way, THESE guys fuck"
I imagine they looked very similar to the Kaminoans from Star Wars before they turned into the ball sacks we saw in halo 2 & 3
Those fish people who live in an Apple Store are *not* handsome.
@@jalenmcdermaid1186
But add some muscle tone and hair to that sense of grace, throw in some space drugs and poetry, and things start making a lot more sense.
I mean, I imagine there's some sexual dimorphism, and that those ugly... we'll generously call them eyelash-covered lobes hint at the potential for real hair.
Hair-covered flesh ribbons sound horrible, but actually describe, say, the ears of many animals.
I'm... really trying.
do you think bungie was originally hinting they had some sort of resistance to the flood?
1: regret being conscious despite being directly connected to the gravemind
2: mercy being able to fight off an infection form partly, only dying when chief removed it from his chest
3: truth slowly fighting infection during the confrontation with the arbiter rather than rapidly turning into a flood form
Hmm. The Forerunner Trilogy may have hinted at this too, as Ancient Humanity made some type of vaccine against the Flood, which apparently made them retreat. I like to think they gave this vaccine to the San’shyuum and it’s basically an Ancient equivalent to the Spartan 1.1 formula Sergeant Johnson took!
Maybe. They could also just be strong willed like Keyes perhaps
@@xx_noobdestroyer_xx9531 true!
More likely a psychological play by the Gravemind. Letting religious leaders preach while infected, that would instill absolute despair in followers, if not making them willing to join the Flood, at the very gruesome least that there'd be biomass
I think in these cases:
1. The Flood can reform supercells into *anything* that they need. So the Regret we see attached to the Gravemind probably isn't actually him, it's a creepy Flood-created avatar.
2. Perhaps, like Jenkins, the infection form was old, damaged, or it just hadn't embedded its infection tendrils in him because it couldn't get close enough.
3. Truth wasn't infected by an infection form, but by spores. Infection by spores is much slower.
Slight correction: Regret made the speech about the "tyranny of the roll". Truth simply helped come up with the idea of it as part of their joint plan to become hierarchs.
Wait Greg Bear passed away? That’s sad. I especially liked his Halo books, but War Dogs was interesting too. God watch over him.
I just had a crazy realization. The old halo map cold storage had records of it being accessed via portals by a sentient race after the halos were fired. There was also a notable ship crash on Alpha halo with again an unknown sentient species active after the halos were fired. What if the endless form halo infinite are the meddlers. They are the only species on record that survived the halos being fired.
5:40 Don't worry. Way worse things have happened in the Halo series. An ancient Human-San'Shyuum or Forerunner-San'Shyuum "love story" is still orders of magnitude better than what the freak happened in E1S8 of the Halo TV show. Thank the Rings that abomination is non-canon.
Oh god what happened
Season 1 Episode 8 of the Halo TV show. You don't want to know. If you really want, you can find the review on his channel.
@@justanotheraccounthere2014
Oh dear, im gonna have to subject myself to whatever it is later. Ty lol
@@jittercritterYou don't want know. I shouldn't have learned, but now I'm telling you, you don't wanna know.
That thumbnail is wild
It's a masterpiece right?
@@HiddenXperia indeed it is
That smile...
It never ceases to be hilarious to me that the species of the old farts that are the Prophets were at one time basically keepers of the Mantle of Intergalactic Rizz at one point lol 😂😂😂
Lmaoo
Intergalactic rizz is a phrase that I think would MELT the brains of anybody born before 1970😂
3:23 - San’Shyuum is about to become my most searched images of the day. Literally slim thick.
When you mentioned the population of the prophets being around 1000 after the war, I knew what would follow and there’s an actual term for this as well. To quote from google, “A genetic bottleneck occurs when a population is greatly reduced in size, limiting the genetic diversity of the species. Scientists believe cheetahs have already survived at least two genetic bottleneck events.” Basically the population gets so low that piping your sister becomes your only option.
So incest becomes wincest. 😎👍🏼 gotta keep the species alive at all costs.
The Prophets won their civil war game of Sid Meyer’s Civilization because of a science win where they just fucked off and left.
That is honestly one of the most fitting outcomes I could possibly imagine for them.
That makes me want to see a Forerunner era of Door Monster's 'Doing Something About Gandhi' sketch which ends with the San'shyuum saying "You guys do what you want, we're going to Andromeda..."
The "Elegant" san'shyuum were seen again. Its even talked about in Halo Broken Circle. The san'shyuum we know are this way because of centuries of inbreeding and living on a low gravity enviroment. Theres even a part in the book about how the females taken from the san'shyuum homeworld had to "adjust" to the appearence of the males on High Charity
So its to assume that the san'shyuums became the frail ugly way they are because of inbreeding and living on high charity for untold generations
“Stuck in washing machines”
the word "iconic" by hiddenxperia has now been taken over by "what if i told you"
Can't wait for the prophet dating sim
Here's one to think about. We know that the Ancient Humans were never actually targeting the Forerunners. They were waging war against the Flood and the Forerunners were simply caught in the crossfire. Which raises the question, what if the Humans _had_ warned the Forerunners and the two had allied against the Flood?
Yeah, the Ancient Humans being too busy sterilizing Flood infected worlds to explain to anybody why they were doing it is a pretty weak point in the lore.
Most likely the Forerunners would never believe Humanity, and I can think of several reasons why (to which the Forerunners doubtlessly would have infinitely more). The Forerunners have resented Humanity since the Precursors favored them for the Mantle instead of the Forerunners, and that was over 10 million years before the Flood was a thing. Unlike Humanity, which underwent an unknown number of technological dark ages and had to essentially restart their civilizations a bunch of times, the Forerunners never had that problem. Despite them having their fair share of internal conflicts and loss of old knowledge into myth, Forerunner civilization stayed more or less cohesive across all that time, and one constant would be their ironclad belief that they and only they would ever be worthy of championing the Mantle. Humanity believed that they instead were more worthy (which is what the Precursors intended) and the Forerunners saw that belief as insolent and heretical. Therefore, the two species have always been rivals of each other, to the extent that the Ancient Human Empire (AHE) we know of purposefully expanded towards the galactic rim with Earth being on the fringes in order to get further away from Forerunner influence.
With the two powers being such constant rivals, it stands to reason that anything the other's government or military says or does would be put into question by the other. The Forerunners would be perfectly reasonable to assume that the Flood was just a false flag attack by the AHE to justify an invasion. Or they could believe it was an elaborate hoax. Or they could think the Flood is a bioweapon purposefully engineered by the AHE to use against the Ecumene, and that may be it got out of control. The only thing that mattered to the Forerunners is that the AHE was attacking them out of nowhere, and even if they believed the Flood was an actual thing and did what the AHE said it did, all they would see is another problem caused by the humans.
We all know that the Prophet of Regret is just built different
Faber learning ancient San'shyuum: "BURN IT!" *Activates a Halo Ring.*
"Prophets stuck in washing machines"
I was not ready for today...
Bet ancient San'Shyuum looked like Twi'leks. They just got lazy and let themselves go over 100k years. It's the only thing that makes sense, right? RIGHT?
Pretty sure they looked like goats. Cross breeding lead to what we see now.
My personal hypothesis on that is that the guys in the covenant are grossly malformed imbreeds, and the good loking ones are still around in Janjur Qom, cuz let's be real, the ship that took them off world couldn't possibly carry enough individuals to mantain genetic diversity.
"If she had a neck I could not distinguish it from her folds" LMAOO regret is a g
truth is the andrew tate of the prophets
Imagine if Halo was an RPG and there was an ancient datalog entry called 'The Lusty San'Shyuum Maid".....
... I'm sorry...
Don't give Paramount any ideas.
@@SlurpeeBoy9999 Oh god!
Dude that thumbnail would make for the perfect Valentines Day video
Wasn't HiddenXperia once an Ancient San'Shyuum? 🤣
The Prophets clapping cheeks is ok-ish but Master Cheeks getting some is where we draw the LINE??
Yeah well... Clapping cheeks and clergy does go easier on the minds than with army regulations nowadays.
It is strange, though... is it?
I just hope Vadum doesnt be done dirty , like killed off for "reasons" during his mission
Broken circle did a great job delving a little into the prophets. After the writ of union. And that Elites people survived. During that huge gap of time the San Shayum lost their homeworld to their star going nova, right?
Supposedly. It is claimed to have "surprisingly" or "suddenly" gone supernova. Which is why I say supposedly, because stars don't suddenly and unexpectedly explode. So either the writers didn't research that topic, the prophets are horrendous astronomers, or somebody's lying in-universe.
Can’t believe you’re this close to 600k. Gonna see a million soon hopefully 🙏
Greg Bear sure had fun writing this jazz 😂
I feel the need to point out that the Didact your quoting is the Ur-Didact who hated humanity and everything he said was coloured by this fact. (IsoDidact > UrDidact)
Chief is the Iso-Didact.
@@iso-didact789 He has the Iso's gaesh, but he is not the Iso-Didact.
I think I read somewhere that the San’ shyuum appearance changed after their population was decimated and the gene pool was smaller… resulting in altered appearances like the Habsburg’s
The prophets rejected decadence, embraced religion.
Those aren’t mutually exclusive
Nah they just became decadent zealots
@@mr.noneyabusinesstm8845 To creative writers it shouldn't be, but because 343 writers probably had "progressive" themes in mind, they didn't want to associate "free love" and "lol dude weed" with the bad guys. In the Bungie-era lore, the prophets are meant to represent the false prophets from the Book of Revelation, so it would make sense to have them be decedent hedonists in addition to being self-righteous zealots.
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@@redaug4212 But in 343 lore is confirmed that the armor jacks him off
oh god... they are what the Asari are from mass effect... (throws up uncontrollably)
So a few prophets are still out there. It would be nice to see them in a future Halo game.
If they are, I would love to see them make a new military using the Prelates.
Cheetas actually once bounced back from under twenty members at one point in the prehistoric past. While they do suffer a number of problems as a result of basically all being genetically siblings, they still show that it's possible.
Interesting that you didn't mention the prelate character that showed up on the ark, and how she hinted that the sand shayyum are planning a major comeback
My Restraint was weak as I hunt the Truth of the spartan program without Mercy. But in the end, I'm left with Regret in my eyes.
once you go San’Shyuum you never go back
3:53 So they're the Halo asari. Never would've thought if I didn't already know this before watching.
This is the content we have to give since Halo 7 doesn't exist
The prophets are one of my favorite species in all of Halo. They are dearly missed in my opinion 💔
I can't say I was expecting a cursed Halo video to be released today
The RuneScape music @5:17 made me 10x more a fan of you lol
Great video! Though I think you left out a couple things, such as how Mercy became a prophet (in Contact Harvest) and the prelate aboard the dreadnaught after halo 3 (I think in divine wind). But other than that a very interesting video😂.
Halo universe is one of those old-school ones where the writers went there, and here and everywhere. For better, and worse. 🤣
Same reason I love mainline elder scrolls games, pick up a book and learn WAY more than you bargained for.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder. apparently eyeballs did not exist before the forerunners disappeared
This is honestly one of the videos I never thought that would be so weird and so out of left field but during this video I was thinking what happened to the other side of the prophet species the ones that stayed on their homeworld I didn't want to touch the forerunner technology and also having a video dedicated to maybe what happened to them and a separate one on was Mercy that bad compared to the other prophets remind me personally I don't think he is but I don't know
Great video Luke!👍🏽
Cant wait till Hidden hits 1 MIL subs its well deserved ive been around since 20,000 subs im a huge fan! :D
man the Halo Universe before the first firing of the Rings felt like it was one big Star Trek hippie fest
I honestly am curious if these three previous prophets survived, I wonder how they could be part of the halo story if they did.
Glad then I follow your discord. Even if the algorithm doesn’t push this through I will always see and watch your content.
I'm never gonna see that smug Truth scene the same every again.
I lost it at "Great Journey & Chill."
you know i clicked on this video thinking it was gonna be some kind of disturbing oni kind of stuff, i wasnt ready for this
"big brother prophet what are you doing?"
"Clearing my mind for what is to come afterwards.
Come on in, don't be shy, there is enough here for at least the both of us."
@@xunk16 oh no...I didn't think it could get worse lol
No
can still be a throat goat 🤷♂️
The Roll of Celibates? Mfw the Prophets had literal incels
The way the prophet kept looking at me....unsettling haha
"There are those who said this day would never come, What have they to say now? - Prophet Of Truth
Nice little moonshine on woods at 4 min mark.
"X! He's a Ballchinian!"
The ironic meaning behind the prophets names:
Restraint had no restraint
Truth told lies
Regret came to earth and regretted his decision
Mercy was shown no mercy
Man, 20 minutes just flew by. I'm not sure whether to thank you for expanding my Halo knowledge, or curse you for the contents of said knowledge, but atleast I enjoyed myself watching 😂
That’s crazy man I can’t believe that
“Beat Regret’s Meat” -HiddenXperia 2024
I never wondered why the prophets looked like a cross between a forerunner and a goat.
But I guess I now know why.
Thank you for doing this to me on a Friday 😂
Yeah so I'm dead inside thank you hidden Xperia I love you man now I'm gonna cry myself asleep tonight
Y’know, hearing Regret’s description of Restraint’s wife makes it a LOT easier to beat him down in his space wheelchair 😅
0:16 this comment you made on their face made me burst out laughing 😂 caught me so off guard
"help me, step-prophet. Im stuck!" -ancient humans
Oh wow, you aren't a multi-million subscription channel?? Weird, I've been around for a really long time I just assumed you'd be in millions by now. Your quality certainly matches.
RIP Mken 'Scre'ah'ben
Obligation was in fact the Prophetess of Obligation. I really wish we could have heard more about her.
1:47 Where is this artwork from, is it canon or just a concept??? I NEED TO KNOW! (I know the event is canon but is this artwork from an official halo account?)
Chugging Fierce Hatchling Moonshine mid-raid is inadvisable...
I'd love to see more origins halo species, if you haven't already!
"beat regrets meat"💀6:20
So, I'm gathering that the ancient san'shyuum were Halo's equivalent to Elves.
So what happened to the prophets on their home world? Are they just chilling?
I’m curious wanting to look for fan art but Tempered by what horrors will will have to shift through
They could've solved their problems by occasionally returning to their home planet and recruiting some of the stoics living there.
Rtas does say that some San 'Shyuum should be spared though. So they aren't all deserving of extinction.
I might go cry after seeing this
This is absolutely in no way related to the video but what y'all think the stains in the Halo ruins are about? Little brown stains all over the floors and stuff. Kind of looks like what would happen if the flood had sat there and corroded the floor over a long period. It's probably just water stains but still
I find it funny that the prophet world building is on the edges in between smutty fanfiction and decent worldbuilding