At the very end of Halo 5, Blue Team and Osiris make it to Sanghelios, where Thel, Halsey, and Palmer meet with them. In the beginning of Bad Blood, we get a bit of what happens right after the screen went to black, the group had dinner, and before returning to the Infinity, Thel has a bro moment with Chief, saying he is honored to fight alongside Chief against Cortana in this conflict. We just got Shadows of Reach, and while I haven’t finished it yet, I’m loving it. Such a great book so far, Denning knocked it out of the park again. It’s so great seeing Chief and Blue Team in a post-Halo 5 setting. I would love to see a book come out where it’s focused on and follows Thel in a post-Halo 5 setting as well. This would really be a awesome piece to get, as Thel is such an awesome character, and in this current setting/conflict, I could see a really good novel coming from it. I could see something along the lines of Thel leading a massive Sangheili resistance against Cortana and Created forces, trying to free Sanghelios and other Sangheili colonies from her control. However, being the head of 1 of the largest and most respected Sangheili government factions, Cortana wants to eliminate him. This would make Thel a priority target for Cortana, and I could see her throwing Promethean and other forces at him in the attempts that he gets taken out. I could also see her attempting to bribe and hire assassins to eliminate Thel, even from within the Swords of Sanghelios and House Vadam. This would be a cool setting, Thel leading his people against Cortana, but having to avoid being killed by her armadas and possible traitors within his ranks. I think ethos would be a cool narrative for a book for our glorious Arbiter/Kaidon. What’d you think, would you like to see a Thel focused novel set post-Halo 5 in a narrative similar to this?
I love this idea! Though I’m torn between a book and a game… The book would be more likely because, let’s face it, the development time and resources required for a book are considerably lower than a spin-off game. But dang this could make for a really interesting RPG where we get to explore Sangheilios. Or even just make it a simple FPS, but we still get some open areas to explore.
How about an entire book series??? I would love a whole series on the Arbiter. Maybe about his time between games. I mean, there’s a whole series about Master Chief so why not make a series about the Arbiter?
A book like this could be really good, especially if they plan on doing a Shanghelios based expansion for Infinite.
The Arbiter is such a great character, I think this is a must.