Halo 5: Guardians has a MASSIVE cast of characters, many of whom have appeared in other games and media. So far we have:
Chief
Cortana (Kinda)
Kelly
Linda
Fred
Buck
Locke (“returning” from his Nightfall & H2A appearance)
Lasky
Halsey
Jul Mdama
Sarah Palmer
Thel Vadam
Hopefully I didn’t forget anyone.
But I’m wondering if that’s it. Halo 4 had Sgt. Stacker briefly. He’d be interesting to see again. We have the Spartans from Spartan Ops (mainly Thorne, Grant, & Hoya whom I thought were the only likable ones of the bunch).
And there is one character in particular I’m interested in seeing: Hamish Beamish. He was the janitor at the Corbulo Military Academy and was captured by the Covenant during the attack. Later, on Earth, Edward Buck hallucinated an apparition of Beamish sweeping the floor while hearts floated around him. He was next seen aboard High Charity mopping up Grunt droppings just before the Master Chief arrived. Is it possible he survived? Will we see him again?