This episode shows how the rank of Arbiter became a badge of Shame for the Covenant. It also bounces from when Fal was fighting to when he was with his wife, Han or his friend, Roh. Putting it in order, Fal declared that the Great Journey was a lie and the Prophet of Solemnity declared him a heretic. He ordered Haka, his enforcer to execute Han while forcing Roh to kill her. After Fal found their bodies, he swore vengeance, he was ambushed by various assassins and an entire Covenant Army, but Fal survived. He met Haka on top of an ancient Forerunner structure for one final duel and both combatants would perish to their swords. Fal ‘Chavamee’s legacy lives on in the Arbiters that were inducted by the Covenant. But when Thel ‘Vadam became Arbiter, he would shake the foundations of the Covenant to the very core.
By discovering the true purpose of the Halo Installations (to wipe out all life to starve out the Flood rather than ascend to godhood), Thel 'Vadam proved Fal 'Chavamee's belief that the Great Journey was a lie.
I think that area where they dueled was a sacred duel area,many elites dueled for honor and supremacy on that very hollows ground.Huh,how crazy it would have been if they ended the shot at the black and white screen,the best way to end it giving us the imagination of just how epic and legendary their battle was
@nicolae-alexandruluca7853 that would also leave the ending too open I feel. This kind of story is based on Japanese style ones. The Sangheli culture fits the general tenets of ancient Japanese culture. There is a saying from those lands: When you seek vengeance, dig two graves. The Arbiter here knew he was a dead man, there wouldn't be much of an epic battle because the Arbiter didn't intend to survive it. No clashing of blades, no manoeuvres or feints. Just enough focus for a single killing blow against the one enemy that mattered. Its why when he was fighting that army, he acted more like a force of nature. They stood between him and his vengeance, and he could not allow himself to fall before he claimed it.
Yet they planted the seed that would save not only the elites but the all of the life in the galaxy, when Thel' Vadam challegues and defeats the prophets and restores the honor to the tittle of Arbiter and Shanghelios independence.
This is an interesting episode because we've got to see on screen an idea of what civilian life is like for the sanghelli. Hell, when I first saw this episode, it was the first time I've ever seen a female elite, and not some female voiced elite using the same sanghelli model back at Halo 3
John Gremillion as Fal 'Chavamee Jesse J. Grelle as Haka 'Sukaree Melissa Davis as Han 'Chavamee Andrew Love as Roh Andy McAvin as the Boatman Todd Waite as the Prophet of Solemnity
Darkblade(The Prophecy) when you start to realize the majority of the human race prefers lies because of comfort. Plus is spares "emotions"....pathetic
12:23 when you think about it, sangheili are more or less trained from birth to resist showing any response to certain shit. which is why this scene is so rough for me. Circa the events of H2/3/R, Elites had been known to refuse medical treatment if injured in combat, opting to die instead, vs risk the shame of dishonor to themselves or their bloodline. I remember reading somewhere that for an elite to seek out medical attention, nevermind to be the practitioner themself- (which had its own incredible shame attached, as it was not seen as "worthy of a warrior's notice", which meant it was not seen as an "honorable profession" and was considered taboo. this would change later, but it took the Great Schism, and many more years, before it would.) was considered an "gravely dishonorable" profession, and the guilty party stood a very real risk of seeing their bloodline excised for such a thing. hence why in H5 when you visit Sangheilios, you'd find mention of almost anything you could think of (if you explored the ruins, or hunted for the datapads) but nothing referring to medical science.
I remember watching Halo Legends as a kid and having it on dvd and I always used to be scared of this episode and so I always skipped past it whenever I watched Halo Legends on DVD. I was scared of it because I thought the watercolor animation style and Arbiter's wife Han was creepy. The way that Han is animated to look like a human weirded and creeped me out a lot as a kid. Eventually I got over my fear of it and realized how silly it was that I scared of it. Now, I love this episode and it's one of my favorite episodes from Halo Legends. Also, Halo Legends was the first anime I ever saw.
Tbh that is my one gripe with this episode. They didn't trust us to find sympathy for a Sangheili that looked like a Sangheili, and instead tried to make him look more human, and his wife even more so. But like... we've played Halo 2 and 3. We understand that just because he isn't human, Fan is someone we can sympathize with. I dunno why they felt the need to reduce their mandibles to a mouth and the famale Sangheili even more so.
I find the comparison of Elite culture and society with Japanese Fudal-Edo Style super interesting. elites have always been a sort of honor based warrior race and what better to compare that too then the Honor-obsessed, war-bound world of Ancient Japan where losing your honor was even worse than dying.
Even the industrialization part happens with Sangheili, but instead of European cultures it's the Covenant who introduce them to new weapons and technology. In real life Japan gladly accepted the progress though, while Sangheili resisted quite a lot.
@@addictedtochocolate920 They resisted them to the point of waging an 80-year war. An agreement was settled when it was apparent that the war was reaching the home system.
Halo legends was my first exposure to Halo as a whole; used to be a PS3 kid at the time. This and the babysitter are my favorite chapters for many reasons, but now i can appreciate them even more as someone who studies Japanese feudal history. Of course there's differences, but the relationship between Arbiter and the Covenant is quite similar to the one the Samurai had with European cultures/The Japanese empire during the end of the 19th century: one of different ideologies and conflict, where his country and culture is against him in favor of progress. Bushido was banned after 1877, and the Arbiter title was reduces to one of absolute disgrace.
Hell yea. Careful not to get copyrighted. I got a Halo playlist made and I keep having to re-upload a dif the dual video each time so hopefully this one stays
The Sangheilli culture from Bungie era it is really fascinating, they are stealthy deadly and cunning warriors yet they put honor above all else. Like Samurai Warriors from Japanese Feudal era or Knights from Medieval era. Fal and Thel (our Arbiter) are the most honorable Sangheili/Arbiter warriors forever remembered however they have to live in a false title of shame by the delusional Prophets. Luckily Thel ended the senseless war between Human and Covenant, but it cannot stay the same for the others.
The sang heli are more or less a Japanese like culture with their architecture and fighting style being very much like edo era japan, even down to their clothes, being like robes of samurai.
What movie/show is this?? I remember seeing this exact video years ago and I’ve been searching for it for a while and I finally came across this but I have no idea where this is from.
im very confused to see a bunch of new comments on a nostalgic movie for me, is there something going on in halo lore right now that would relate to this? i havent followed since halo 4 sadly
I don’t really understand what you are trying to say? If you are trying to insinuate that this is Western animation appropriating Japanese culture, all these shorts were created and produced separately by 6 different Japanese studios lol
@@neloth434 Might be the insinuation that the Japanese style culture was intentionally placed on an alien race for sake of racism. Which considering that Sangheili is an actual different race, unironic racism/prejudice of humans being original on Human_01's part. But there's too much room for interpretation inside his comment to matter. (Could even be roleplaying now that I re-read what I said)
