John Wick: The High Table Explained 

The Elder wasn't a member of the High Table. He was the one who sat ABOVE the Table. In truth, we know of only the Tarasov Crime Family, The Ruska Roma, The Cammora, and the German Crime Syndicate as members of the Table.

The Harbinger also is missing a finger. This implies he was like John Wick himself, probably a VERY skilled assassin and attends very important meetings as an enforcer. Had John Wick been a "good boy" and played by the rules, he would've probably ended up like the Harbinger. I can't help but feel he's some legendary assassin kept on a leash by the members of the high table, and could very well had been what John Wick could've ended up as.

I really like how mysterious the High Table is.

3 things. 1) the Elder is said to sit "Above the Table", meaning that he doesn't have a seat as one of the heads. 2) Chidi is just someone that works for the Marquis, not a head of a family himself. 3) I am also not sure if Marquis is a head or just a member of the families that was given lots of power to take care of John Wick while being expendable himself so that they woulden't louse anything if he died.

The Elder is probably always a descendant of the original Hashashins, hence why he is above the table because they were the OGs

I could be wrong but I don't think there's a rule against killing a member of the high table. In Chapter 3 the Adjudicator didn't say John was in trouble for killing Santino, he was in trouble for doing it on Continental grounds. If what this guy says is true then John would have been in trouble for killing the German guy for his sister because he was the head of his family and a member of the high table. It seems that the 12 members of the high table even as heads of their families still live under the same rules of the high table as the assassins do.

The original order of Assassins were called "Hashassins" because they partook in smoking hash after a successful execution. The elder is the closest member of the table to original Assassin roots. Hence the name 'The High Table'. Or this makes no sense 😂

I hope there's a series or movie that shows John wick's youth on how he became a great assassin and how his monicker as the baba yaga got spread

Man, if the rumors of John Wick 5 getting made are true, I hope that Hugo Weaving finally gets cast, and that preferably as one of the members of the High Table. I need another intense Keanu vs Hugo showdown on my life.

highly doupt that the bowery king is part of the high table, given that he told the Adjudicator to go "F themselves" in the 3º movie

These movies are beautiful to look at. Amazing cinematography, art direction, and costuming.

The writers basically tell you everything you need to know about the Marquis, Marquis de Sade, he comes from france. They purposefully train their assassins how to speak in each language without an accent or a hint of where they are originally from in order to protect their leaders who give them assassinations to attempt. I suspect that since Marquis is French that it's likely the high table and all of it's branches allow the leaders to choose the assassins they want from their histories and their completed jobs.

The underworld of John Wick is fascinating. 😮

The Elder is the one who sits above the Table. Chidi is just someone who works for the Marquis. I don’t think the Marquis is a member of the High Table I think he’s someone who serves the Table like the Ejudicator and the Harbinger. I think Marquis is a title given to specific people just like Harbingers and Ejudicators.

The elder John killed isn’t the elder that he gave the ring too

if youre not allowed to kill a member of the high table but you must obey the rules of a marker, how come john wick is still compelled to obey the marker? doesnt the two rules just negate each other?

Since the "High Table" has existed an millenia with 12 member of powerful family, does it have any relation to the legend of King Arthur where his 12 knights seated at the round table (also a High Table in assumption), each 12 knights represented a family (later moved and settled around the world in future generations as crime mafias). And King Arthur himself was an Elder at the High Table.

Pretty sure the idea of the "High Table" is that at the zenith of the criminal underworld, all the rivalries and alliances just come down to a few powerful people playing a game of poker with one another.

Bruh john wick killed a different elder from John wick 4. The previous one from the 3rd one was a different elder

i was hoping that John was just going to wipe out the whole table....

3:15 Winston states Marquis is a member of De Gramot noble family. Your info in 6:08 for Chidi is also false. It was shown in Nobodys diary that the logo Chidi and his people wears belonged to Marquis. They work for him.

So youre telling me the High Table isnt a table where you get high and faded??

So helpful, thanks for this👍👍

Very very very interesting. Keep up the excelent work and God bless you all

John wick the goat of action movies

six unknown people left? thats room for another four movies ;) YASSSS!!!! I really like how they aren't in any hurry to explain and use movies entire runtime to explain things in depth instead of giving me a cheap thrill which is easily forgettable. Everything is laid out and you can't understand everything unless you've seen everything.

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Now all we need now is a prequel movie called John Wick Origins: Wolverine

I actually think the Marquis was making a mistake when he was taking down continental hotels in the forth film. That kind of action had the potential of someone to plan a coup and made a martyr of Shimazu Koji for John Wick's cause. The only thing preventing such a coup IMO was the duel at the end of the movie.

It would be cool if "the elder" was a character that no one knew. He paid men that have communication with him to relay his words and ( in real time as they're wired up when "the elder" has official business, as in the case with Wick in the desert. impersonate him, and someone like Wick discovers this somehow.

Can you tell me the source where its stated High Table been in existence for over a millenia before any governments??

a lot of people shown here were not members of the high table. They work or were agents of the high table.

Like John Wick, Harbinger also has one of his fingers chopped off in his left hand. I notice this when he gives Charon a gold coin at NYC Continental. The Elder is kinda weak to me. He doesn't look dangerous at all.

I was really hoping Hutch was going to make a cameo. It's the High Table because of all the hashish the hashassasins smoke..

Some minor corrections: The opinion is that the Harbinger originates from the same group as the Adjudicator does, and is NOT a member of the High Table, but an enforcer who carries the weight of the High Table. This can be proven by the letter he gave Winston declaring the Continental New York to be "condemned". Winston revealed this to Charon, and told him that it had the signatures of ALL 12 members of the High Table. He didn't sign it, he simply brought it to Winston and gave him the hour that it would carried out. Also, the missing finger is actually associated with the Yakuza Crime Syndicate, and it a physical way to make atonement to ones oyabun, or "boss, overlord, one over others" in Japanese. This often entails the loss of a finger, sometimes even an ear or toes to say "I'm sorry I failed". As for the High Table, it is modeled in Roman Catholicism and even uses many of its terms. Like consecrated/deconsecrated, excommunicado (exile, banishment) And the THIRTEEN members of the High Table. Like the 12 Apostles at the Last Supper. And Jesus Christ above them, but sits with them. The Elder is basically their "Jesus" but acting more like an overseer and tie breaker for a vote. He sits above them. Also, the High Table members must be descendents of the original founding members. Like the DiSantorio family they go back to Roman times and the fittest of their children inherit the seat. Unless there is a "dispute" to that fitness to lead. Also, the gambler the Roska Roma asked for a tooth not as a trophy, but as proof of his death. Settlements of this nature often require a "souvenir" of sorts as proof to the family, and to the High Table of the unfortunate demise of a member. It was the only way John Wick could be claimed by a family. And for punishment of the Table Members? Let the punishment fit the infraction. The director's helping hands? Paid in blood with her hands being impaled. The Bowery King? 7 bullets, 7 bloody cuts for penance and reasserting of fealty.

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I watched all 4 the movies when they first came out. Santino D'Antonio made a mistake. He wanted a seat at the High Table so he ordered John Wick via a Marker to kill his sister. Than when his sister was dead, Santino D'Antonio placed a bounty on John Wicks head leading to the dead of Santino D'Antonio himself, killed by John Wick. If the High Table really have a list of all these markers, they would know that Santino D'Antonio "cheated" the system. Cause even Winston said it himself to Santino D'Antonio, when he was still alive, that Santino D'Antonio stabbed the Devil in his back.

Not millennium,maybe recent couple few hundred years, from my understanding the high table is control by 12 most powerful criminals organisations in the world, mainly from major power, japan could be black dragon society or Yamaguchi-gumi, China could be Tiandihui the original triad, US could be head of five mafia families etc. below them there is second rated seat as marquis mentioned in the movie. It’s is structured is very similar to UN I believe, the elder is very likely the representative of the big 12

I was really hoping Hutch was going to make a cameo

As Good as John was… I’m wonder why John didn’t move up in the ranks of the high table and become an agent

I can't wait for continental origins

Interesting stuff, thanks to author

do you use star citizen ambient music as background ?

Your summary: everyone is a part of high table and can be part of high table.

Wasn’t there the tv show: *”The Continental”* ? Which takes place within the John Wick Universe?

I like how they keep very little info about the high table. Makes it seem more like some evil entity than an organization, like the cartel in No Country for Old Men

I likes the elder too.. elders quite relaxd❤❤❤

I wanted to know how this started, but in continental series also they have shown the story of Winston. I hope they will make movie or series new season showing the origin

I dont think harbinger is a member of the table seat but more like a super prestigious title given only to those who sacrificed something to the table. Much like John the harbinger in the movie most likely gave his ring to the table to earn that spot.

John kills a lot of high table members without threats from other high table members so i don't think that's a rule. He just had to face the dead members crews.

I was disappointed and at the same time very happy when it was all said and done and kept the high table and its members ambiguous. It allows them to continue with the story, and it matters.

The high table is basically the O5 COUNCIL.

The Elder isn't one of the most powerful, he is the most powerful! The Elder was named "The one who sits above the Table"

I want this franchise to go on forever

Rules do not separate them from animals. Rules is forcing them to behave with politeness unless you're not inside the continental ground means it is like an apex predators hunting each other to become a richer apex predator.

The High Table is the Actual Villian of this series IMO! What John did in JW4 is exactly what The harbinger said what would happen to the Marquis! JW fought the table and won many other Assassins Will do the same now!

What was the position of john wick in the whole organization before the films played?

Jeromy Irons should be the eldest elder of the high table.

What about the First movie, what is Viggo Tarasov role in the High table system??

It was cool to create a series about their history.

Someone knows what its the song from background?

Chidi and the Marquis served the high table they didn't sit at it

The Marquis didnt become head of the table he became the imperator and was granted a ton of access to resources to kill Wick.

Let’s not forget the Stair Master who was tasked with kicking John Wick down the stairs.

Chidi: we dont know where his group from. *shows him following marquis everywhere

I have a really powerful connecting theory, it’s a “Nerd Gift” that I have, by through the actors, you see in a slightly different wide range of the different universe, as you said this being the John Wick Universe, I connect that to something to others, to me John Wick is like a “Batman”, what was said about him from Viggo Tarasov to his idiot son Iosef Tarasov, “He is the man you send to kill the Boogeyman”, following that to the final one, of the main villain who afraid of John Wick, Marquis Vincent de Gramont, now actor Bill Skarsgard, in the horse stable he clearly showed a slight emotional response of how John Wick is driving him to to his insanity, even the way he dressed, similar to the “Joker”, and in Joker did he play of horror clown 2017 to 2019 “It”, which happens to be the Boogeyman of Derry, Maine Town, now you see where it all perfectly forms up in place of this “connecting theory” of mine, it’s all pretty extraordinary of one other film to another matches up, one actor being similar to another creature, matches up to words said about the other.

can someone tell me the font of the subtitle?

outside of the elder and the guy john killed in the earlier movie, i dont believe any of these people are actually on the high table, but instead just operate for them

It's the High Table because of all the hashish the hashassasins smoke.

John Wick would probably take down the entire high table if he was still alive, do any of these people really think they can keep coming after him? The people from the high table started this when that guy killed John's dog and stole his car so they started it cuz John was out when that happened

When a youtube video needs to explain an action movie... that means a lot xD

How cool would it be to have some representative of the authorities (police, army, whatever) to sit at the table? No innocent died in four movies and none seemed to bat an eye at public shootings, subway knife fights, carmaggedon on the Arc de Triomphe and so on. Agents of the law and order seem to play it very cool in this universe :D

you forgot about Berrada, he operate the facility to mints coins..I'm pretty sure he also a big name

I think we have know only 5, When Elder died Marquis took his place as member and elder. So they are in place.

By this logic John was a damned man because he couldn't refuse the marker, but was called to kill a high table member Santino's sister specifically sooo 🤷‍♂️

The elder has huge kinda like armies at the back of his tent in chapter 4.

actually the remaining unrevealed six members of the high table are the Ridiculous 6

I thought chidi works under marquis de gramont as his right-hand man

Its ironic the Bowery king uses pigeons to avoid telecom lines especially since his Morpheus character was so tuned into the internet & basically implied it’s the reason why earth was ruined to begin with in the Matrix

This video presenter is confused. There are 12 high table members each and one has and sends an ajudicator to catch BabaYaga. Santino shot in the head of the Continental, The ajudicator lady with short hair, the French guy on John Wick 4, are all send by the high table. So far we know Señor Wick has killed one high table members wich means there are 11 movies left. Everyone else Señor Wick kills is just another boss that works for an ajudicator like the cards♦️guy, the blind guy thw French guy comissioned etc.

How is chidi a member of the high table?? He refers to Marquis as sir. Why would he do that… if himself a member of the high table??

The high table is a stabilizing organization, the 12 seats are leaders of their own organization, Chinese triad I assume, camora Italian mafia, Russian mafia, Russia Roma, etc etc etc then there’s continental hotels, it’s more like a safe house, provides goods and services, intel, maybe even job assignments to assassins. Assassins can join family/organization, or can free roam, notice how many that know John wick are under someone? Cassius works for camora, he said leader of camora is his ward. So I assume each family/organization has their own territory, does business in peace and order, if there aren’t the high table then these families/organizations would just battle one another. The duel is one way for someone representing a family/organization to openly disobey hightable decision/order, because any assassin is available to the hightable, hightable can assign anyone to the duel that’s why john wick became a “saint” or legend in winning duel vs person assigned by hightable, marquis doesn’t have to enter the duel himself he represents hightable and can assign anyone he deems fit. The families/organizations under the hightable we can see them politically, they all want the best for their interests. Continental hotels managers I assume are assigned to a area where multiple families/organizations are present and can oversee the area, notice how New York continental is in between ruska Roma, Italians, Chinese, Russians, so continental hotels directly appointed by the hightable and is equally to the 12 families, families/organizaitons does business with the hotels.

I would love to see Don Eladio of BB as the head of the Continental Hotel in Mexico city

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The Marquis was never confirmed as a High Table member; rather, Winston asserted that he served as a conduit for the High Table to channel their authority and directives to eliminate John Wick. Chidi, not being a member but embodying the Marquis, operated as a physical agent. It's noteworthy that the Elder doesn't hold a conventional seat within the High Table; explicit information suggests he occupies a position superior to the High Table, seated above its authority.

Harbinger is a member of High Tabke

We are told in subtle ways through theatre what is really going on in the world.

How does that old saying go?? Life mimics art?

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There are only 2 definite members of the high table. 1) The Marquis and 2) Santino. I think it's safe to assume whoever took over from Santino also took his place on the high table. Now you could make arguments for Killa Harkan, The Director and Chidi. Personnally I believe that the Director is a member, but Chidi was just an agent/enforcer and Killa was just an associate. As far as The Elder. I believe he was above the high table and therefore probably wasn't classed as a member. I saw someone mention the Tarasov family but that to me makes no sense. If there boss was a member, then why was Viggo Terrified of John and why did he pretty much just accept his sons death?. Viggo was the boss of the Tarasov family so Surely Viggo would have just been 'You touch my son, you're dead'. I guess it could be a plot hole, but I just don't think so. So in summary I believe that it looks something like the following: The Boss - The Elder High Table Members - 1) The Marquis, 2) Santino's replacement. Possibilties 3) The Director, 4) Killa Harkan, 5) Chidi. High table Agents/Enforcers - 1) Chidi, 2) The Harbinger. Possibility 3) Killa Harkan. The Elders Enforcer - 1) The Adjudicator.

Welp first the elder is someone who sits above the table, and has pretty much the highest authority, 2ndly, marquis along with his family had association with the high table, but not a holder of the one of the twelve seats, he was selected and approved by the 12 seats member as the person to punish john wick and everyone who helped him with full backing and the backing became even more powerful after john shots the elder, also chidi works for marquis not a member of high table. 3rdly, the 12 seats of the high tables are basically are occupied by strongest crime families in the world, and only 7 were revealed, russian bratava, Chinese triad, camorras, japanese yakuza, latin america cartels, costa nostra, ndrangheta. 4th, I don't think it's against any rules to kill a member of the high tables, only problem is that the family of the deceased will put a bounty worldwide to hunt you down, because when the adjuducator came in newyork she clearly said, that a member of the hightable was killed while taking sanctuary in the continental hotel, and under his watch and he didn't killed John because he deemed it not to be, she never said anything about john breaking rules except killed someone in the continental grounds, and just mentions that he has killed two members of the high table and has killed dozens of men. About the other members of the 12 seats prob a few of then are occupied by governments, cause they are all doing this under their noses, so they will most def needs some sort of agreement between them, or maybe some strong criminal families with old heritages.

Does Ezio Auditore work for the High Table?

Given that john is dead, I assume john wick 5 will be a prequel? About the impossible job Tarasov gave wick.

Wouldn't it be awesome if one of the families at the high table be the Peaky Blinders

I likes the "high table"❤❤❤

The High Table is like The Council of 13 in real life

Are these captions auto generated? SO many typos

I liked it better when the assassin underworld was a mystery.

The antagonist looks like Vergil in video game devil may cry 5