Halo’s Brutal Faction - The Banished | FULL Halo Lore & Origin Story
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2024
- As Master Chief heads towards the broken Zeta Halo for Halo Infinite, he will come face to face with the warriors of the Banished. A fearsome group that, whilst looking like the Covenant of old, have far more brutal ambitions and will take on anyone who gets in their way to prove their worth and achieve glory.
Set up by the Brute war chief known as Atriox, the Banished will be one of the most deadly foes, Master Chief has ever encountered. But who are the Banished? How did they form and what was their story leading up to the events of Halo Infinite.
Well today we explore the lore behind the faction known as The Banished.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:53 - Atriox & The Banished's Formation
9:13 - The Banished's Expansion
14:45 - Battle Of The Ark
19:45 - Thanks For Watching
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Before I say anything…this video does NOT contain spoilers for Halo Infinite. If you leave a comment with a spoiler I will delete it. But anyways I hope you all like the video! Let me know if you’re excited for Halo Infinite!
Amazing as always mate!
I truly do appreciate it. Kinda sick of being worried about getting spoiled when tryna just brush up on some halo lore
I got spoiled on one of the other videos. How do I leave a spoiler on this video?
@@Putt-Putt you don’t. If you leave any spoiler you’re an asshole. I’ve already had it spoilt so I will just read it and delete it
Legend man, legend
I love how humanity is back to being at the bottom again, but I will SERIOUSLY miss calling the enemy The Covenant. The banished is a good name, but the Covenant name is unmatched.
Having factions called "the Covenant" again makes Halo 3's ending seem meaningless.
@@Luxembourgish I know, which is will I miss those days dearly. I still hope some in the UNSC call them the covenant by mistake just for old times sake.
The Flood name is unmatched.
I legitimately get shivers when I hear the word "Flood" From when I saw the marine getting infected and the suicidal marine in Halo 3.
I'll the whole religion aspect. The hierarchs and so on
@@pastordonkoh7692 you mean the religious aspect like THE ARK or THE COVENANT or the SACRED ICON or THE GEEAT JOURNEY AND THE BLESSED RINGS. I will also miss all the cool religious and deep lore meanings but joe staten is back so I think we will definitely see more of it in a new form.
I still don't get why Atriox didn't side with humanity early on. He clearly hated the Covenant and said that he thinks killing humans was a waste of time, the whole "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing would have worked wonders here.
Not to mention his forces probably would have been treated better under humanity then the covenant, like do you think some E3 marine is gonna speak down to a 2 meter tail, hair gorilla soldier known for being brutal? Hell no
Yeah I don’t really get it. I guess it was just an excuse written in otherwise people would question why they weren’t in it back in Halo 2/3
@@WiseFish
That is likely the true answer, development side anyways.
Lore wise is probably "eh, I've been killing them for so long. Why stop now?"
@@soulnvictus yeah that was the only thing I didn’t get tho. He said he felt the covenants genocide of the humans was evil…yet then goes on to start a war with them immediately at the Ark. Odd if you ask me
@@WiseFish
Agreed, it's almost like the new Halo infinite trailer saying that they got the energy Shield later on in the war than they did considering that the Halsey Journal said they got it earlier, I love the journal.
I personally think it's just a case of writer change and them not communicating properly, while I love the banished as an enemy. I can only imagine what they would have been as as a Ally. Imagine the brutes signing with Humanity after the war instead of Elites, or even the elites and the brutes, so much could have changed
@@WiseFish Atriox didn't "want" to (but he could and would if necessary), as all he wanted was power. He gives the Spirit of Fire plenty of warnings/chances to leave the Ark and he never openly attacks humanity unless theres something he really wants, such as the Ark or an entire Halo installation, especially Zeta halo
The Banished are such a unique and cool faction. Makes me wish they had been the main villains of 343’s games instead of the diet Covenant we got in 4 and 5. Nevertheless I can’t wait to see them in action in Infinite and future Halo titles.
I hated how they never really explained why this covenant were still going in 4 & 5. I know there was a story but it was so bland
@@WiseFish What is annoying is that all the media explained that the Storm Covenant as they were called was one of many splinter factions left behind after the Covenants fall. Rather then explain that or explore the various splinter factions, 4 and 5 kept referring to them as merely "the Covenant" and tried to prop them up as some big threat when in actuality they were incredibly small and weaker then the OG Covenant. It especially irked me in 5 with the game acting like you were going to take down the Covenant once and for all except you literally saw Jul Madama, their leader, killed in the 1st mission of the game and again they're merely a splinter faction. You weren't taking down some massive galactic threat, you were throwing away the scraps.
@@WiseFish Yeah and that Cortana crap was almost as bad as the mission from Halo 3
Well the covenant is like NATO and the banished > Russia
@@WiseFish so youre contradicting yourself? You ask why there wasnt an explanation when you say that the story that contains the explanation is bland
A great soldier.
Betrayed by his nation.
So he formed his own.
For soldiers,by soldiers.
Punished Atriox..
MGS reference nice
Atriox when he finally meets master chief: *kept you waiting, huh?*
I wonder if Atriox will recruit humans to his cause.
He does, he’s very pragmatic
He has along the way, rebels and pirates I believe. Something like that anyway
All those details are in the books. Personally I loved the extra bit in shadows of reach where it's about a group of the covenant who managed to escape the infestation on high charity by locking themselves up in the forerunner dreadnaught for years. And am currently enjoying divine wind. These books give the brutes alot of personality and shows they are more than just blood thirsty meatheads.
Oh and the the different mannerisms each alien race has, specifically the elites' body language being different due to their mandibles and their alien culture.
@@WiseFish then healthcare must be great
@@_Eric._ divine wind is amazing, might be one of the best books in the series
Reminder that an outdated UNSC military ship was able to deal more damage to the Banished than an updated forerunner inspired UNSC ship. Captain Cutters was without a doubt a strategist in a league of his own with a legendary crew of he calls family.
I personally love the fact that they don't really care who they take into their ranks. I've been wanting to fight renegade spartans for so long, the banished might make it happen.
Mostly the Human who join the Banished are Pirate and Criminal. So... expecting Chief to fight with some kind of Pirate who stole Mjornir Armor or a Yakuza with Plasma Katana.
@@unknownbenefactor8029 Eh, they could have an actual spartan that turned to crime join the Banished.
@@BenDover_Jr Yea there’s always Ilsa who’s a prototype spartan 4 that’s as strong as a spartan 4 with mjolnir armor on without having to actually wear mjolnir armor herself Imagine how strong she would be with armor and the fact she became an insurrectionist after the procedure made her crazy
Honestly, I could definitely see some spartan 3’s in it. Or frankly maybe even spartan 2’s that were thought lost. Oni did horrific things to the Spartans in the name of saving humanity, could definitely see resentment and anger.
I can see Spartan 4s and 3s joining as most Spartan 3s went on sucide mission just like atriox did just imagine if noble six was alive and he joined the banished
Yk what's truly rough imagine making an ai that was supposed to help you but ultimately turning on you crippling you allowing for another faction to take you down? Kinda reminds me of a certain bias, maybe a mendicant one
I wish there were 3 post-game DLCs for Halo Infinite. 1st one was about the Flood & the Created, 2nd one was about Locke & the Arbiter & the 3rd one continues Red Team's story from Halo Wars 2.
There might be we don’t know
That’s pretty much what infinite is, though. It’s a culmination of those stories intertwined with chief.
Considering they are are committed to supporting, updating, and expanding halo infinite for the next 10 years, there is a decent chance at least some of what you’re asking for will come true.
Though keep in mind that hyperius may have killed Locke.
Make that a 4th, dealing with the insurrection.
@@cm-pr2ys I will do anything for this to happen
Atriox gives me some Genghis Khan vibes
It would be really cool if there was Rouge Spartans that joined the banished, like maybe Spartans who didn't like being kidnapped and forced to become a weapon for humanity by the UNSC
That would be a really cool plot point.
I honestly see Spartan 3s and 4s joining
honestly, i don't understand why the Banished are the enemy now. they hated the Covenant as much as humanity did. Atriox himself saw the war with Humanity as pointlessly cruel... i know humans killed many of his packmates, but he should know that they were only defending themselves. I honestly wish that Atriox would accept some kind of negotiation with Human authorities, to work out some kind of agreement...
Remember, Halo wars II and Halo Infinite have different storywriters. One is a writer that made a great faction and backstory for said faction, and the other is 343 Industries.
I guess it's because humanity got in his way and humiliated him
Fingers crossed we get an Atriox boss battle in infinite. I’m sure theyre saving that for a future title but it’ll be awesome fighting someone potentially equal to the Chief
It's confirmed that he's dead by the time infinite happens, don't know how yet though.
He bodied Chief in the opening cutscene to Halo Infinite. I doubt Atriox is actually dead though.
@@samuelspry6955I Heard that, he's giving his job to a brute from the tralier.
Maybe he's taking a rest, after he prove himself that humanity is doomed.
@@MrKimidoriMK atriox being dead by the time infinite takes place would be a huge waste, letdown and disappointment or any other negative thing that could be said. Whoever confirmed that is probably talking right out their ass
In one of the cinematics the brutes are talking to each other about how atriox is dead. It's not something someone said it's literally in the game
Look up "atriox is dead" and you'll see what I'm talking about
It COULD be a lie, but as far as we know the other brutes think he's dead
Now I know how important “Eshaurum” (Sorry If I spell it wrong) really is to the Banished. He is Atriox’s Teacher. It truly makes sense for me now.
I like Atriox. He is a Spartacus or Ceasar like figure. I suspect that he has an ultimate goal that is yet to be revealed. Perhaps he wants to free the endless because he feels kinship with them as they both were both subjugated by a different self righteous race.
Wonder if Atrioix will recruit spartans? Some of them were forced to be soldiers for causes they may not have believed in.
I like how a brute thought that fighting humans was unnecessary
I'm just glad he let his foe arm herself, that's honor you rarely see in brutes
Tbh you missed a bit of context, the Banished raided and harrassed the covenant during the war but were able to gain such power because the covenant was fracturing. Volir signed himself up with Atriox as he knew his fleet couldnt sustain itself after the end of the war and atriox had resources they needed. Saying the Banished were now equal to the covenant after taking a CAS is quite a reach, moreso they would be later after uniting many of the brute factions sometime in the years leading to infinite.
Also side note to me it now seems like the Banished dont just want the Halos and Ark to use as leverage, rather they realize that the forerunner installations are basically unguarded depositories of insane weapons, wealth, tech and tools to empower their burgeoning empire. Just having the ark and being able to disassemble then build new halos as you wish means they essentially have infinite resources and weapons in their grasp.
They werent lucky that the sentinels showed up to fight the flood, they actually were the ones to reactivate them after they disabled the arks defenses.
This the banished while badass only really survived because the covenant as a whole was thoroughly distracted by the unsc and later the flood and while they are a force to be reckoned with they are not on the level of even the unsc much less the covenant
A fantastic video as ever, I didn’t actually know the more detailed origins and details so thanks for shedding light on them
I hope we see banished human enemies, also explain why they are fighting the unsc
I would love that too. It would really drive home the difference between Banished and Covenant. But too many ppl would bitch about it and 343 wouldn't have the nerve.
@@jgroth3906
I think the Banished only target the UNSC because they view them as a threat to their goals.
glad you covered this faction, they are pretty cool
what i love most about the human-covennant war is that the period directly considerd part of the human-covenant war (or the great war) only lasted 10 months
This channel just gets better and better
You are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work
Please do more halo videos your real easy to listen too and very good at explaining things!!
Atriox is everything Tartarus isn't, not just a Heretic, THE Heretic. How ironic that Truth trusted the Jiralhanae to lead the Covenant during it's waning days, yet he seem to forgot about Atriox and not only that, he was the first who got away and outlived him. If Truth was at Atriox's mercry rather than the Arbiter's, it would've been even more ironic as well as even more bloody in the process for Atriox is many things and merciful was never one of them. How Ironic that Jiralhanae rose up when the Covenant fell and by wittising that, Atriox got the last laugh. Truth thought the Brutes were loyal and the Sangelili were starting to question the great journey, yet it was a Jiralhanae who was the first to defy the Covenant and survive it through the war and so on. Truth never seemed to admit that the Covenant's fate would've been sealed either way, regardless of who would the escort of the Prophets as both races trusted by them ended rebelling against them and outliving them.
I always get hype when I get into the mood for a lore video and your name comes up haha. Great video! I always thought the banished was so freaking cool aesthetically but Atriox background story is pretty awesome.
Once again never disappointed with one of your videos!! Great job
Did you know that humans have joined the Banished too? You didn't seem to mention it on your video.
I did know that, wish I included it now
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This got me more hyped for infinite, been playing all the old halos again on pc, starting with halo reach all the way to halo 4, brings back such good memories, great vid! Infinite can't come soon enough.
First video I’ve seen by you and expect you to catch traction soon, great video👍
Magnificent video, and as always, Remember Reach
Great video bro keep it up💪🏽
So what happened to Cortana creating an army of giant Guardians to control the galaxy? Banished are cool and all but seems like much smaller stakes than I was expecting.
Idek man
I'm sure we'll get a book or two about that :(
non canon lol
I'd rather take smaller stake, yet more intimidating and well-written antagonists like the Banished than an overpowered and stupidly-written one like the Created.
First of all, amazing job, I loved the video.
Second, OMG I wish i had played Halo Wars 2 but I suck at those kinds of games. i Always found Halo Wars stories super cool though
I love the Banished as a faction, the one thing I hate though is how they were introduced. The way they were introduced kind of takes away from the Elite-UNSC alliance and what they did. It turns the whole war from a 2 front war to a 3 front war.
Space war involving several species are never two front
It doesn't take away anything. The galaxy is big and things happen offscreen. Get over it.
@@jgroth3906 it does take away in halo 2-3 we know we only won because of the elites breaking away and all the chaos that caused. retconning this faction in undermines that
@@HeroOfJusticeYT
Many of the Elites are still allied with Humanity. Just because we didn't see them in Infinite, doesn't mean they don't exist anymore. The existance of the Banished doesn't take away anything.
You forgot about Operation Spearbreaker from the UNSC Spirit of Fire
Him knowing about how the spartan 2's came to be and seeing killing all humans seems brutal, I think he wasn't really bad, but he pushed those feelings away to make himself look fearless and powerful. It seems scary that he might feel some sympathy for some people. I think he's too scared to Express that sympathy.
If you really think about it he really isn’t that bad leaders wise to he just wants the best for his people
Wonderful video
This is the future of Halo Infinite campaign and i cant wait!
*Need more videos like this
Banished is the best thing to happen after the Covenant. Atriox is a really cool character and has great character development.
I think someone summed it up best when they said.
The banished are to the covenant what the first order is to the empire.
4:06 that brute on the left has many tasks ahead
Watching this I’ve realized that where elites vs brutes are concerned, the brutes are definitely the better guys. It’s insane that the Silent Shadow would start exterminating brutes for their “betrayal” when the elites were the pawns of the prophets and threw brutes under the bus forever until the end of the war.
A "betrayal" orchestrated by the Covenant's leaders, namely, Truth. Everyone was a pawn to them, but Halo 2 painted the Brutes as villains for their involvement in the plan, which was primarily done to create sympathy for the Elites, who were forcefully ejected from the Covenant during "The Great Schism." Halo 3 (the normal version and ODST) did the Brutes no favors, either, making them the primary troops of the Covenant, with no Elites ever being seen as enemy forces.
Even understanding that, though, I never knew of this side of Halo's history--that the Brutes had their own dissenters to the Covenant, especially with such a decorated veteran as Atriox was, and perhaps still is. It lends the Banished far more credence as a long-standing, legitimate threat to the UNSC and their allies than what I was led to believe. If I'm lining up events properly, the Banished formed before the end of Halo 2, since the Elites were still zealots under the Covenant when Atriox was sentenced to die, which makes this parallel narrative really interesting... a stark contrast to Tartarus and his Brutes, who blindly followed Truth and the rest of the Covenant leadership and ousted the Elites in their entirety.
@@dblczx6819
Atriox started his rebellion around 2549, basically 3 years before 2552 (when the OG trilogy takes place).
I like your voice bro. Subbed.
Love this!!!!
The Covenant will always be in my heart for nostalgia but for me the Banished are soooo much cooler! The way Atriox built his army. He didn’t need a “journey” to earn the loyalty of his followers and he sure as shit doesn’t need an army to be bad ass
Many people complain that the way the Banished idolize Atriox is the same as the Covenant idolized the Prophets. Although, I disagree as Atriox actually earned the respect and praise, while the Prophets that just gave false promises of salvation and godhood.
Amazing video! Only unfortunate thing is the constant adverts. >_
Great video! Came for the Halo lore ahead of Infinite but I love the look of the rest of your channel! Time to go through the backlog 🙂 Instant subscribe after this and the Covenant War video you made
the main theme of the banished is so cool
I like how atriax insults the covenant for mindlessly slaughtering humans and proceeds to mindlessly slaughter humans and he does it for no reason too
Who would win in a fight?
A force to match the covenant or one out-of-date ship.
This makes me more hyped for Halo Infinite.
YES!!! I have rewatched your Covenant-Human War video everytime I eat breakfast since its release. We need more Halo content!!!!
I may have to check Halo wars out
Man I can’t wait to play halo infinite ty for the lore
I’m very invested in this group for some reason
I hope in future Halo games, I would like to see a Human Banished character.
Ngl to you JD at first I was skeptical about you and was thinking that earlier on into ur ty career you’ll be back in prison soon enough. But then I started listening and agreeing with you on a lot of things you’ve said and I had a change of heart and now I enjoy watching your videos and I hope that you will continue doing what you’re doing. So thank you for changing my mindset about convicts that are truly trying to change their life around
Random brute:”atriox is among us”
Wow such gaming watches u, sick
The banished.... because we.disnt want to design new races.of enemy
Cannot wait to wipe the floor with these guys ,H2 gravemind trained me for this moment lmao
4:35 The Prophets sound like Krell from Star Wars
Also the Jiralhanae were the only other members of the covenant to show the unggoy any respect.
Cant wait for Chief to get round two with atriox
Is it Dec 8th yet. I can't wait anymore. Got my halo series x I'm so ready to go..
So glad it was halo wars that brought the banished to the halo universe
Imagine a squad of Banished Brutes dismantling a Promethean Knight.
i wonder how Isabel knew the story of the banished and Atriox...
You gotta do a Dead Space video
Atriox is actually an honorable leader unlike the Prophets
Currently I see the Banished as the one unifying force for the Jiralhanea race just like the Swords of Sangilioes is for the Sanghili.
Can’t wait until the halo infinite campaign
At 13:10 seeing Atriox smile looks creepy as hell
Unfortunately, Atriox was right. The war itself was unnecessary, but Atriox himself was rightfully hateful.
MOAR
I do really enjoy this backstory, but I cannot see the Sangheili, most honorbound species in the galaxy, literally stabbing their commander in the back even if they did fully agree with Atriox
Not all Elites are honorable, just like how not all Brutes are barbarians and not all Prophets were manipulative douchebags.
Ripa 'Moramee, the Arbiter from Halo Wars, was definitley not an honorable elite. He was basically a brute in an elite's body.
Atriox is not a typical Brute, he uses actual strategy and planning to achieve his goals and not just brute force. He doesn't force beings to serve him, instead he inspires them with his charisma and intelligence.
Zo Resken, the Prophet of Clarity, was actually an honest-to-god Prophet who was manipulated by Truth's lies just like everbody else in the Covenant.
Yet another fantastic lore video! I just downloaded Halo Infinite multiplayer and am looking forward to getting into that. The story sounds like it's going to be pretty fantastic though! Well played!
Bro atriox has been using speak no Jutsu on the universe?!?! sheeeeshhh
Pog video
WOOOO 👌
I’m gonna miss the covenant, because banished doesn’t scratch the same itch as covenant.
maybe but atriox has been the best thing they added to the halo series
I thought the Brutes where just big dummies. Changed my mind.
After halo 2 I find it hard to accept any elite would bow to a brute, brutes massacred the elite high council
Who would win?
The San'Shyuum and their Covenant
or
One angry monke boi
my bet is on the monkey boy ;)
The first order vs The banished
Halo’s brutal faction lol
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@@WiseFish you know brutal brutes cause the banished are brutes at their core 😅
@@John-it3wn oh yeah I know that’s why I titled it that haha
Bit of a devil's advocate hot take here: I know hindsight is 20/20 but IMO the Banished is a faction that should've been conceived in Halo 2.
Imagine in Halo Wars 2 that the heretical separatists on Threshold WERE the Banished, not some small little splinter group that the Arbiter was sent to deal with. He would journey to Threshold, successfully beat the 'heretic leader' only to learn that leader wasn't even at the top of the chain and that the true size and scale of the Banished were far larger. Perhaps that mission could end with a teaser glimpse of Atriox, the true Banished leader, to be further explored in later titles.
The Banished could have even show up in Halo 3 with an uneasy alliance with the UNSC and Sangheili to journey to the Ark to defeat Truth. You know... "enemy of my enemy" and so on.
The way they were written into existence only in Halo Wars 2 with zero mentions in past stories makes it look too much like an obvious afterthought, like the writers were simply told "the covenant is dead but Halo Wars 2 is set in post-Covenant timeline, so go invent some new alien foes to fight the human good guys".
The Banished appearing so late in the story is what Mass Effect would be like if Cerberus were entirely absent from ME1 and ME2 and suddenly only appeared in ME3 and were suddenly a "big deal".
So I'm kind of lukewarm on the idea of fighting the Banished in Halo Infinite. Remind me again why these guys even hate humanity? Wasn't the whole anti-human thing the Covenant's agenda orchestrated by the Prophets? Did Atriox and co. just randomly decide to start hating humans too (remember the Banished came to the Ark and immediately went guns blazing on the humans there, even non-military ones)? What about Cortana and the Created? Weren't THEY supposed to be the next "big deal"? It seems that the Halo story also has a "Mantle of Responsibility" on which alien baddies have the Responsibility to be Master Chief's nemesis, and I don't know how this Mantle suddenly flew from Cortana over to the Banished.
I think the Banished should've been at least mentioned or teased in some of the previous games. Hell, maybe a spin-off Atriox game before Halo Wars 2.
And tbh, they should've been the main villains ever since Halo 4. No stupid Didact, no stupid Prometheans, no stupid Evil Cortana, no stupid ancient evil awakens bullshit (we already had that with the Flood, and we defeated them in Halo 3).
Imagine if Halo 4 was more about the UNSC and the USR (United Sangheili Republic, the name 'Swords of Sangheilios' is the name of Thel 'Vadam's presonal legion in this AU) struggling to hold off Insurrections inside their colonies, then the Banished come in, recruiting them for their goals of galactic conquest.
LORE
COOL.😺
I don't believe and ODST would give up info or really give into interrogation. They are Hell Jumpers.
The video didn't fully elaborate on that info. The Brutes tried to interrogate the ODST and he didn’t say anything.
Well, he kept quiet untill Atriox interrogated him personally...
Wrong it wasn't bc the number of different species, it was bc the covenant navy was just that damn powerful.
You know who is worse than the Banished? 343 for not giving us co-op at launch.
Here to say it first halo wars 2 was the introduction not infinite of the banished cause im really damn sure people playing infinite without hw2 also would be like oooo first time new brute faction! Even tho hw2 had em first
Ok so if instillation 07 is where halo infinite was set and was created at the ark then why does it have loads of old stuff like the imprisoned species
"...Moanyear..."
What's the intro song ?
It’s from the Infinite OST. Didn’t have a title from what I saw it was just called track 4? Gotta be Banished related tho
There is definitely going to be flood.also thank you halo wars for kickSs banished and flood Add-ons