A lot of Brute-related stuff has come up recently, from the new Halo Megabloks brute figures, to the Halo Wars 2 trailer, to the BoomCo Brute Spiker dart-gun. It makes sense all of this is just because Brutes will be the main enemy in Halo Wars 2, right? Wrong. Well, technically right, but not just for Halo Wars 2.
So far, many parallels have appeared between Halo: CE and Halo 4, Halo 2 and Halo 5. From Halo 4’s/CE’s plots, to Halo 2/5’s cliffhanger. So it’s expected that Halo 3 and Halo 6 will have parallels, right? Well, in Halo 3 is the first time Brutes became the prominent enemy, featuring their own vehicles, weapons, and armor. In Halo 5, the Covenant Remnant was mostly eliminated by the Arbiter’s assault, and I am sure what others remain were quickly eliminated by the Created, due to lack of proper leadership.
So, this means there will need to be a new Covenant presence. And what better presence be than the Brutes? They’re experiencing famine on their planet as of Halo 5, they’re getting desperate, and most DEFINITELY will not submit to the Created’s control. The UNSC/SoS will likely work closely-together as allies, inevitably fighting the Brutes, just as they did 6 years ago on the Ark.
Disagree. Halo 2 set up the new main enemy type for Halo 3 (Great Schism). So it made sense that Brutes showed up in 3. Halo 5 mentions nothing of the Brutes. If they showed up in 6, it would be out of left field for the majority of the Halo fan base (the ones who don’t know about the books and such). What Halo 5 set up for 6 is that the last big Covenant remnant is gone, so that suggests we won’t see any elites/grunts/etc., unless the Prometheans and Cortana somehow collect the remaining scattered Covenant into a single faction (which would be a lame cop-out).
No, they won’t. In Halo Escalation we’ve seen Lydus, one of the elder Jiralhanae. Brutes don’t have a political system like the Covenant, and Lydus is the only one who can reassemble a political system, and he is an ally of us.
Given the legendary ending to Halo 5, with another Halo ring, the return of the Brutes and original covenant is as highly possible as the return of the flood.
Speaking of flood, remember back in the days of Bungie, the Flood weren’t really scary because of the bad animation, but then when flood was released as a gametype in Halo 4, 343 Industries (who had then taken over the game) made the design much more graphic and gory. My predictions are that if Halo 6’s warzone or Campaign have Flood, it’ll be like a bloody horror game! 343 are taking Halo to a better place than Bungie ever would’ve, responding to the communities requests and bringing out new content every month.
P.S maybe the flood may be in halo 5 as a content update in the campaign or infection, though looking at the next update to come out, Ghosts of Meridian along with Memories of Reach and Hog Wild, I predict that infection will be some sort of ghosts and that there will be a race gametype.
There is no word yet on when Wars to will be set, so having Brutes in the game does nothing to suggest that we will have Brutes in Halo 6.
The only real evidence to suggest that they will return is with Castor and the Keepers of the One Freedom, a splinter faction of the Covenant who are against the UEG. I have a feeling that with Jul’s Covenant now gone (at least until Sali gets his act together), 343 will introduce the Keepers as a new faction to fight rather than just the Forerunner enemies.
In my honest opinion, I see the Brutes joining forces with the UNSC and SoS against the created. Personally, I would love to see the dynamic between Humanity, SoS, and the Brutes. I can see the Brutes begrudgingly getting along with Humanity in the spirit of mutual survival, but, the SoS would be really tense. In fact, that narrative would be literary gold in playing up the importance of Humanity in the 2558-onwards era as pseudo-peacekeepers. It would be nice to see the another side of the UNSC that is interested in developing peace along side waging war.
The three sides have such different ways of thinking. It would be fun to watch all three sides try to work things out with one another, and eventually, get their alliance in gear and take action against the Created/Prometheans…possibly even the flood.
It is time to knuckle down and save the galaxy. That sorta thing makes strange bedfellows.
I personally believe that the Brutes, especially Castor’s group, will come under the service of the Created. My reasoning behind this is:
The HATE the Sangheili, like with a burning passion. - They are in a famine and it’d be hard not to resist getting free food and tech as well as a purpose from these forerunner “gods”. All they have to do is submit and serve faithfully. - The Brutes have been recently set up as being the bad guys with Last Light and now Halo Wars 2(Which, in my opinion, takes place right after H5) - It would make for a tragic story
I think some, if not most of the Covenant will end up serving Cortana as she is promising them ascension (great journey) and they are highly superstitious. It’s not difficult to view an immortal, omnipotent being ruling the Galaxy with giant angelic beings as a god.
The brutes are a good candidate as they tend to value and respect power as well as being religious in their own way. Especially if the elites are our allies again.
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> I personally believe that the Brutes, especially Castor’s group, will come under the service of the Created. My reasoning behind this is:
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> - The HATE the Sangheili, like with a burning passion.
> - They are in a famine and it’d be hard not to resist getting free food and tech as well as a purpose from these forerunner “gods”. All they have to do is submit and serve faithfully.
> - The Brutes have been recently set up as being the bad guys with Last Light and now Halo Wars 2(Which, in my opinion, takes place right after H5)
> - It would make for a tragic story
False. Lydus’ group was open to cooperation. While the Brutes dislike the Elites, they were not opposed to cooperation.
The same can be said by working with the UNSC or SoS…as that was the point of their cooperation in the first place. That, and not ALL Brutes are starving or in famine. Some might be, but others may be able to sustain themselves.
There are still Covenant factions led by Elites as well. The Brutes are no more or less capable of serving the created as the Elites are. besides, we have no idea when HW2 takes place.
More like a recycled story. I would be more impressed by an arc for the Brutes instead of them being baddies because reasons. The lore would be enriched by a developmental arc for the Brutes, instead of a lame cop out of making them bad…again.
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> > I personally believe that the Brutes, especially Castor’s group, will come under the service of the Created. My reasoning behind this is:
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> > - The HATE the Sangheili, like with a burning passion.
> > - They are in a famine and it’d be hard not to resist getting free food and tech as well as a purpose from these forerunner “gods”. All they have to do is submit and serve faithfully.
> > - The Brutes have been recently set up as being the bad guys with Last Light and now Halo Wars 2(Which, in my opinion, takes place right after H5)
> > - It would make for a tragic story
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> 1. False. Lydus’ group was open to cooperation. While the Brutes dislike the Elites, they were not opposed to cooperation.
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> 2. The same can be said by working with the UNSC or SoS…as that was the point of their cooperation in the first place. That, and not ALL Brutes are starving or in famine. Some might be, but others may be able to sustain themselves.
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> 3. There are still Covenant factions led by Elites as well. The Brutes are no more or less capable of serving the created as the Elites are. besides, we have no idea when HW2 takes place.
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> 4. More like a recycled story. I would be more impressed by an arc for the Brutes instead of them being baddies because reasons. The lore would be enriched by a developmental arc for the Brutes, instead of a lame cop out of making them bad…again.
Lydus’s group kept dishing out insults and were uncooperative during the peace talks.
The Brutes followed the prophets blindly even though Thel tried to convince Tartarus that the Covenant was wrong.
The Covenant was completely eradicated by the Swords of Sangheilios following the Battle of Sunion. The Brutes are scattered and have no central leadership, unlike the Elites who have the Arbiter. And we have no idea when HW2 takes place, but it would be safe to say it will be relevant to the ongoing story arc of the Reclaimer saga.
Though it would be recycled abit, it doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. History repeats itself. Who’s to say that the Brutes would be able to resist the temptation. Who’s to say humanity can’t either, or the Sangheili. It just makes more sense for them fall under Cortana’s influence.With all that being said, it would be very awesome to see the three power races working together. I try to keep my mind open to whatever direction 343 takes the story, it just helps me to enjoy my favorite universe.
Although unlikely, I myself am hoping that the Brutes return. Speaking of Covenant that haven’t appeared since Halo 3, has there been any mention of the Drones in recent Halo lore? I don’t read the novels, most of my information comes from the games, Youtube and wikis (call me lazy all you want.)
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> - The Brutes followed the prophets blindly even though Thel tried to convince Tartarus that the Covenant was wrong.
Arbiter failed to convince their leader at the culmination of all his plans, what a surprise. The other brutes didn’t witness this moment, and any claims of the event would have appeared as enemy propoganda. Things have had 4 years to cool and for people to assess the situation.
There were also grunts, jackals, drones, and hunters still serving the covenant too.
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> > Highly unlikely, the Jiralhanae are probably going to ally with us and the Sangheili to combat the Created.
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i BELIEVE THAT THE brutes will eventually come back into the halo universe.
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