Why the Arbiter was never infected by the Flood

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One of the most frequent questions I get asked is why the Arbiter was never infected by the Flood, despite lacking adequate equipment and protection for operating in Flood spore heavy environments during Halo 2 and Halo 3, so today, I want to answer that very question...
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@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

Hope you guys enjoy and this answers any questions you had regarding ol' Arby! Next time we're gonna pit the ever consuming Flood against the T-Virus AND G-Virus from Resident Evil to see which sci-fi Zombie comes out on top :D Make your predictions now!

@swellcartoona8207 5 лет назад

HiddenXperia but is he really not infected or is he infected

@thearbiter3351 5 лет назад

I love it, so much lore

@nicholashouse207 5 лет назад

HiddenXperia. Could it be possible that the Gravemind choose not to infect the Arbiter because he knew he would need him later? Just like he needed Chief. I know the fact that the flood are obviously trying to kill him throughout the game kinda hurts this idea. But they still fought Chief as well.

@juansnow5897 5 лет назад

could be the same reason air didn't set his shield off. just that small it doesn't trigger the shield because their isn't a mass force hitting it and the shield acts like a filter, cleansing everything before its breathed in. just something i thought made sense.

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

@HiddenXperia did the Arbiter suffer from Gravemind moments in Halo 3 just in a different way to Chief?

@mcdwarfcelot6555 3 года назад

Flood: tries to infect Arbiter Arbiter: Were it so easy.

@BLOrtega 3 года назад

"GET THIS HERESY OFF ME!!!". -Arbiter TYLER1

@Bongstriker 3 года назад

*Victory roar*

@sylveonchan8460 2 года назад

Space gummy bears he ate before take off: *Boo*

@emile-a239haloreach2 2 года назад

@@sylveonchan8460 Lol

@Engieman909 2 года назад

@@sylveonchan8460 flood spores: AHH-

@zacharyswygart337 3 года назад

Plot twist: the ancient armor has never been washed and just wearing it gave the arbiter so many diseases that his immune system had to triple it's abilities, making him immune to all diseases

@concept5631 2 года назад

Genius.

@Marz539 2 года назад

😎

@concept5631 2 года назад

@@Marz539 Agreed.

@YHLGguitargeek 2 года назад

Cool name

@zacharyswygart337 2 года назад

@@YHLGguitargeek thanks, you too

@ajm2872 3 года назад

I like to stand naked in the bedroom wearing nothing but a helmet and say to my wife "What would you have your arbiter do?"

@tokyo2moscow792 3 года назад

I spit my food food out reading this....nice 😂😂😂

@henrygutierrez3243 3 года назад

What a good couple

@braedenalberti 3 года назад

goddam that sounds sexy

@kieranSI 3 года назад

Halo war flashbacks

@janeistired3921 3 года назад

Ok, this was good

@sl600rt 2 года назад

The Arbiter was infected by the Flood. After many agonizing days of pain and illness. The Flood died.

@LordMarcus07 Год назад

😂😂😂😂

@Canadianvoice Год назад

The arbiter lost his virginity before his dad.

@ayushpurohit8266 11 месяцев назад

So arbiter is chuck norris of Halo😂😂

@vendoth 4 месяца назад

I heard the Arbiter can tie his shoe's with his feet.

@alejandromolina7270 3 месяца назад

@@vendothI thought his shoes tie themselves

@Hexic101 5 лет назад

You know when you walk past somebody who's smoking, and you hold your breath so you don't have to breathe it in? He just did that the whole time.

@AK_-xn1fm 5 лет назад

He’s the Arbiter. He’s living Sangheli Jesus

@iceflame9535 5 лет назад

Being an asthmatic I do this every time I pass by a person smoking.

@onboardmirror34 5 лет назад

I'm pretty sure only delicate pussies hold their breath near smokers

@Hexic101 5 лет назад

@@onboardmirror34When you don't like how something smells or tastes, do you go out of your way to smell or taste it to prove that you're not a 'delicate pussy'?

@DominikSobolewski 5 лет назад

Agreed.

@TheSqueeze.- 5 лет назад

He wore the strongest of all armors, plot armor.

@spartankongcountry6799 5 лет назад

Truuuuuuuuuu

@Jackalad620 5 лет назад

John Johnson no he wore essential armour

@honestcomment862 5 лет назад

@@Jackalad620 It's a joke

@frenchsoldier8485 5 лет назад

Nothing can defeat plot armour

@Jackalad620 5 лет назад

Honest Comment I was joking to

@waffleboi9584 3 года назад

You know that bro held his breath for the entire game

@ThomasHendrickson 2 года назад

Hands down best comment

@damienmaymdien6367 2 года назад

"Were it so ea-" **passes out**

@slyp5409 2 года назад

@@damienmaymdien6367 *slowly being dragged through level by grunts*

@nobleactual7616 Год назад

We've never seen an elite close their mouth or mandibles have we

@deethwarrior Год назад

@@nobleactual7616 your throught can close and I assume so can elites

@Goodmanperson55 2 года назад

Even Rtas 'Vadum seems to be immune. He just said "I know that stench" to Arbiter. The guy just casually sniffed flood-infected air.

@tformerdude6788 2 года назад

He did, didn't he?

@johnjoe69 2 года назад

I think my explanation solves all this.

@noneed4sleep64 2 года назад

Flood air, but not necessarily spore air.

@lilgvm2350 2 года назад

@@johnjoe69 does it? It does? Shabadaba

@johnjoe69 2 года назад

@@lilgvm2350 it does

@CosmicWolf58 3 года назад

it's simple really, he's just built different

@andyghkfilm2287 3 года назад

RIP to tha forerunners but I’m different

@unsaddledbowl1178 3 года назад

RIGHT😂🤣

@bobbycooke3991 3 года назад

Jajajaja

@nordhazengamzz6017 3 года назад

he thiccccc

@dillonthevillon3719 3 года назад

Constructed unalike maybe, Assembled dissimilar even.

@franktidepod8724 5 лет назад

arbiter was vaccinated and ate his veggies like a good boi.

@dirtygonchgotme8802 5 лет назад

Lmaoo

@north7764 5 лет назад

Frank Tidepod REEEEEEEE! ANTI-VAXX REEEEEEEEEEEE!

@franktidepod8724 5 лет назад

@@north7764 ya'll better watch out, i got a needle full o weak-ass germs and i'm not afraid to use it.

@north7764 5 лет назад

Frank Tidepod lol

@3chan812 5 лет назад

@@franktidepod8724 anti vax parrents: *shaking violently* AAAUUUUTTIIIISSSMMMMMM

@ahhthatsjustgrand6502 2 года назад

The gravemind can choose to not infect whoever he wants - he had a plan for the outcome of things and knew that chief and arbiter were necessary long before they ever noticed the gravemind existed. The grave mind is insanely intelligent and has an immense mastery of its body and all bodies it parents, because of this it can choose to refuse infecting particular targets. After all, he wanted the prophets to die and never even bothered reviving them - his goal was slightly aligned with both chief and arbiters ultimate goal. The biggest message of halo is a call to consider how much living beings do to survive.

@TheRafark 2 года назад

Pretty much. I’ve been saying the same thing. Gravemind needed humans and elites alive (at least until the firing of the halos was stopped).

@randyg22152 3 года назад

Flood spores were mentioned in passing in Halo CE as well when Guilty Spark mentioned, as they were passing through the first levels of the library, that it was good that the Master Chief had a proper completely enclosed body armor suit, as the flood would eventually try to alter the atmosphere.

@JCbackfire 5 лет назад

Because he's a badass

@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

Tbf that’s reason enough

@reign7231 5 лет назад

wheres your dad jc

@vanichalo3585 5 лет назад

Yep the most science word for him.

@nationalsocialist4843 5 лет назад

I WAS GONNA WRITE THAT FUCK YOU

@TheLaughingjack117 5 лет назад

Because of plot development

@ekoraii7001 4 года назад

"It would be monumentally be stupid to kill a main character because they breathed the wrong air" COD fans: *laughs in nova 6*

@MasterOfKnowledge. 4 года назад

*Laughs in Paul Jackson*

@Name-eg1uf 4 года назад

@@MasterOfKnowledge. he died from fall damage

@laynethebreadlord7373 4 года назад

F for Dimitri Petrenko

@rlancer8920 4 года назад

Or Manticore, advanced warfare

@cameronfenton693 4 года назад

Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner, ALL must die!

@quantumyoutubeguy2 2 года назад

Flood spores are actually mentioned in Halo: CE’s Library mission. Guilty Spark mentions that’s the chief’s ‘environment suit’ would help him when the flood gets in the atmosphere. So they were sort of part of the lore from the beginning.

@laremare 2 года назад

Old video, but Guilty Spark actually hints at the spores in CE, by saying something along the lines of "Your suit has you well prepared for when the Flood begins to alter the atmosphere".

@dvdWATER6308 4 месяца назад

Guilty spark was talking to chief who has a mask covering his face Arbiter doesn’t.

@jebus42069 4 месяца назад

@@dvdWATER6308the comment is referring to when the video said spores weren't established during the original trilogy, they were hinted at in the first game

@azurvolt6380 5 лет назад

Flood:(sees arbiter ) heh one more elite for the flood Another flood:nah I heard that guys friends with the master chief *both* *walk* *away*

@matthewritterson484 5 лет назад

Dude that’s pure facts

@notreallybro8508 5 лет назад

its canon lore though

@russiantrumpetboi6818 5 лет назад

@alexanderelderhorst2107 5 лет назад

I mean, he wasn't friends with the demon yet in Halo 2.

@crazy55623 3 года назад

“very carefully”

@flare9757 5 лет назад

“Why was the Arbiter never infected by the flood?” *Because he was the Elite version of Sergeant Avery Johnson.* Well. This.... blew up. Thank you everyone for enjoying my joke.

@insertkel726 5 лет назад

He’s the elite version of the Master Chief, Shipmaster is the Elite Sergeant Johnson.

@RavenWolffe77 5 лет назад

Zero, I think he means he was immune to the flood, like Johnson

@TacoLex 5 лет назад

Johnson fucking took a flood attack and was surrounded and only said “ow”. Tough son of a bitch.

@medicorene 5 лет назад

Avery "i know what the ladies like" Johnson.

@117inchpizza 5 лет назад

He was Sargeant Johnson in a halloween costume

@marciharp631 3 года назад

“Demon, I’m just built different”

@andrewkelley4796 2 года назад

Two very realistic reasons on why the Arbiter was not infected. 1. It is quite possible that the Arbiter was one of the rare few who was immune to the Flood. 2. The Gravemind is the intelligence that leads The Flood. It should be noted however, that Gravemind is never explicitly stated to be the leader of the Flood, only that he coordinates them in certain ways. Now Gravemind needed a pawn from both sides of the war. He had already acquired Master Chief, so the Arbiter was next. How he choose the Arbiter to be his next pawn before he arrived is still a mystery. Once the Arbiter did arrive, Gravemind used his influence on the Flood to keep the Flood spores from infecting the Arbiter. But the Arbiter still had to be tested to see if he was worthy of being Gravemind's pawn, so he allowed the Flood to still attack the Arbiter. So there is my explanation to why the Arbiter was not infected. Please leave comments on what you think about my explanation.

@shcdemolisher Год назад

That’s pretty much it.

@demoe1966 11 месяцев назад

But the gravemind turns on arbiter and chief so why would he protect arbiter at the moment if his intentions werent good? I doubt its because he changed his mind either

@MeerkatJac 7 месяцев назад

@@demoe1966 most of the flood levels in halo 3 aren’t occupied long enough by the flood for a ton of spores to pollute the air, but in the infected high charity he was just built different

@iamspringtrap223 5 месяцев назад

Rare as in one in infinity?

@N38Productions 4 месяца назад

@@demoe1966to stop the firing of the rings.

@Gussyboy06 4 года назад

Flood: tries infecting the arbiter The arbiter: were it so easy

@africancouscous 4 года назад

JTxXPHANTOMXx hahaha good one

@Gussyboy06 4 года назад

@@africancouscous 95 likes and your the first reply well done

@africancouscous 4 года назад

JTxXPHANTOMXx ok

@fatal30 3 года назад

The green spinning ninja ok

@africancouscous 3 года назад

TheFatalPuppy ok

@GenMaj_Knight 3 года назад

Arbiter: [Enters High Charity] Grunt: Sir you need to wear a mask in here.

@Combustive_cheese576 3 года назад

Lol

@1001stevie 3 года назад

LOOOOLLLLL

@Snavels 3 года назад

*stabs grunt violently with energy sword*

@aci6737 3 года назад

@@Snavels , after putting on a mask

@Outlaw_Actual11b 3 года назад

@@aci6737 after throwing the mask on the ground*

@Outlaw_Actual11b 3 года назад

BREAKING: Alien literally TOO BADASS TO DIE

@the_honkler778 2 года назад

my fan canon explanation is that if his armor is centuries out of date then it would make sense that he was also given a very old energy shield, and that old shield was able to protect him from flood spores without visible flaring because it worked differently from the new shields that failed to protect against the flood

@shcdemolisher Год назад

That… possible!

@JustinY. 5 лет назад

BREAKING NEWS: Alien literally too angry to die!

@kingsolomon673 5 лет назад

You meant, *TOO BADASS TO DIE!?*

@blackorecorp 5 лет назад

Arbiter is cool.

@devashishathawale4807 5 лет назад

Boi u like halo awesome

@MapleLamia 5 лет назад

Alien literally too shamed to die

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

@@kingsolomon673 no, too *ICONIC* To Die

@arthurames3471 5 лет назад

Gravemind: go infect the arbiter. I mean he’s just another elite The whole entire rest of the flood: were it so easy

@chairmeme6231 5 лет назад

Nice

@chadsoucek4678 5 лет назад

Was going to like but saw there were 343 likes

@Golden_Fox_Gaming 5 лет назад

@Kelton Lin damn y'all really do hate 343 😂😂😂🤣

@Golden_Fox_Gaming 5 лет назад

@Kelton Lin nah you just gotta hate 343 more then get bungie back 😂😂😂🤣

@xehanotmelodic7696 3 года назад

I could imagine an explanation that would work for canon. In Halo 2 we all saw the Gravemind how it interacted with the Chief and the Arbiter and have been known that it wanted to use them to stop the Covernant from firering the Halos since the system wasn't meant to be used by infected Flood Hosts, next to other reasons. We also know that with a higher form of centralmind, and Gravemind is the second largest it can get, the control over the lower forms of the flood increases. Now I don't think that the Gravemind has complete control over every floodspore but we know from the Scene from Halo 3 on the arc long bridge, to stop truth, that it can indeed take control from individual floodforms. Therefore I can imagine that the Gravemind, if not the infection itself, could stop the mutation happening inside the Arbitor. There is also a possibility that if it happend often enough the arbitor actually becomes immune to the flood. After all in the end the flood is an infection.

@ExulInsani 3 месяца назад

the gravemind does have control over every flood spore. The gravemind isn't a separate entity from any other flood form, it's just where all the info goes.

@evelynlamoy8483 2 года назад

the very presence of the flood infection forms makes me think the spores aren't actually that bad. Like you need a heavily compromised immune system to be infected. But things with a more passive immune system like plants, may be infected more easily. This would explain the strange "creep" as plant matter in flood infected wilderness is converted to flood biomass.

@FumiTheSillyGirl 3 года назад

I heard Thel threw a grenade at a group of 8 Brutes He killed them all, then the grenade exploded

@nathanlowder8693 3 года назад

Ive heard that one before, i did not see it but knowing thel i would not question its truth.

@TheSOGchronicles 3 года назад

Sounds like halo mythic

@21stcenturystops59 3 года назад

That's usually happens in multiplayer

@ThelVadam7777 3 года назад

SO TRUE

@abethereal 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@klonoa450 5 лет назад

Chad Arbiter no rebreather Virgin Chief using a full helmet

@jet2550 4 года назад

Ya know he literally can’t take it off right? I know your joking but jeez

@descimator 4 года назад

@@jet2550 He's done so before, in the Legendary ending of CE and CE's novel

@jet2550 4 года назад

Was Johnson hugging an elite actually happening?

@jet2550 4 года назад

No, no it wasn’t

@jet2550 4 года назад

Spider-Venom first: he is wearing different mark VI armor and it’s also just a fun way for saying:” you won’t see his face”

@Co27Enigma 3 года назад

The Special Operations helmet 8:20 and the Ultra helmet 8:38 both have exposed mandibles under them. Spores or any other contaminants can travel up towards the underside of the helmets and infect the wearer, especially with updrafts of air.

@zensenpai6669 11 месяцев назад

And that is where the Elite Ranger helmet comes in. It does a much job of preventing flood infections.

@brucetrejo4905 2 года назад

Flood: *Tries to Infect arbiter* The Plot: Oh, I don't think so

@JustinLaFleur1990 3 года назад

The Gravemind could also have had plans for him as well. We do know that the Flood can choose whether or not to infect someone

@sasoushii2816 3 года назад

Are you sure that graveminds can control spores? Its just air after all how can a spore change direction if ever it is about to enter respiratories?

@JustinLaFleur1990 3 года назад

@@sasoushii2816 That was already established in the lore and Spores aren't air, they float around in the air of the area the Flood is taking control of. However that isn't what I said. I said that the Flood could choose whether or not to infect someone. They did that with Ancient Humanity to fool mainly the Forerunners into thinking Ancient Humanity discovered a cure for the Flood. The Floods main goal was to punish the Forerunners for their Genocide of the Precursors. The Flood are just corrupted Precursors

@ianreynolds4150 3 года назад

When the biomass of the flood becomes collected enough to form a grave mind it’s actions become more coordinated. It’s also important to mention that the flood is not a singular gestalt organism but rather multiple sub minds linked together. A hive mind might have a completely different objective to the gravemind if a significant enough distance is between the two.

@JustinLaFleur1990 3 года назад

@@ianreynolds4150 except that it was on Delta Halo so relatively close by and we know that the Gravemind effectively controlled the Flood. We saw that in Halo 3. We also know that the hive mind of the Floods goal is to form a Gravemind like they tried to do in Halo CE.

@ianreynolds4150 3 года назад

@@JustinLaFleur1990 that’s true

@Upsidedownpax 5 лет назад

“With his mouth and nose exposed.” Me: wait he has a nose?

@NaruSanavai 5 лет назад

Well, nostrils.

@arise_femto 4 года назад

Well, scaly skin holes.

@arise_femto 4 года назад

*N O*

@bowlofsoup12 4 года назад

Would you guys consider Elites Reptiles??

@Feeshyenjoyer 4 года назад

Professor Cakes probably yes

@FrstSpctr88 3 года назад

Airborne floodspores are likely less effective than infection form pods. They need to go through many walls including immune system. The spores are likely effective against compromized immunesystems.

@Voltboy1449 Год назад

its like a first wave

@xx-doomripper-xx3249 2 года назад

Flood spore: *enters arbiter's body* Arbiter's immune system: *aaaawubadugh*

@ioanmilenov5231 4 года назад

Arbiter just held his breath, because he’s a badass.

@insaincaldo 4 года назад

For a very long time xD

@theplayerofus319 3 года назад

@@insaincaldo veryyyy long

@rangerleaf1505 3 года назад

Tom Cruise eat your 7+ minutes heart out you Scientologist dumbass

@simplexgamerperson2637 3 года назад

333rd like

@NiightDJ 3 года назад

That makes no sense

@dominickyeo 4 года назад

After being exposed to the spores, he met the gravemind who had other plans for him. Therefore, the spores were probably deactivated by the gravemind.

@baronmunro1494 4 года назад

Flood has confirmed ability to confer plot armor in Forerunner saga.

@personperson8563 4 года назад

Dominick Yeo Nah, he’s Been exposed to the spores long enough to get fully infected before the grave mind knew he’d be useful. As other comments have stated, he was only useful after the key got stolen and therefore the flood infecting him if it had the opportunity would make sense

@pierre-mariecaulliez6285 4 года назад

@@personperson8563 And besides, what prevents the Gravemind to just put the spores in a dormant state, and reactivate them when he betrays you ? the Prophet of Truth was giving out an awful lot of spores when the Arbiter stabbed him...

@dragonscargames4808 4 года назад

That's pretty much my guess too lol. I did make a whole comment myself about my thought XD

@sajalpandey2130 3 года назад

The flood are smart they know who to infect. Thats why captain keyes was used as a proto gravemind instead of a combat form.

@danielhoover2394 2 года назад

I think the Arbiter was very much infected by Flood spores. Which I think was the point, like you said, the Arbiter was sent on a suicide mission he was not supposed to come back from. Then he was captured by the Gravemind. I like to think the Gravemind cleansed the Arbiter of infection. Why couldn't it? It controls the Flood. The Arbiter and Master Chief were useful for the Graveminds plans if they were left uninfected and sent on their way to prevent the Covenant from getting set to fire the Halo array for their "Great Journey."

@megded1 3 года назад

I just assumed he was too badass to get infected lol

@AzurePrower 5 лет назад

The Arbiter is just good at holding his breath.

@vonjt4077 5 лет назад

Tom Cruise of the covenant

@ZealStarMedia 5 лет назад

Steven Bills? The Chuck Norris of the Covenant

@staple_boi 5 лет назад

MoJo Claw nah Tom cruise that can hold his breath for extremely long times in movie series

@deltax8202 4 года назад

@@Huang_Yisen But venomous sea snakes can hold their breath for about 8 hours. They sleep while holding their breath

@MrAlvareishon 3 года назад

Flood spore: *enters the Arbiter's lungs.* Also the spore: I've made a very bad mistake.

@anxiousearth680 2 года назад

Arbiter's Immune System: "Were it so easy..."

@Voltboy1449 Год назад

@@anxiousearth680 that armour has every disease known to the covenant

@darklink8423 Год назад

@@Voltboy1449 and Foruners and Primordial

@WhiteRhinoPSO 2 года назад

Just an idea I had while watching this video: Maybe the Gravemind had an idea that the Arbiter could be useful in some way. At the point in which it talks to both the Arbiter and Master Chief, the former had recently been betrayed by his own people. Stopping Tartarus and the Prophets meant not activating the Halo Array, which means the Gravemind continues to exist. Hell, it's possible that the Arbiter WAS infected by Flood spores, but the Gravemind reversed or removed that infection in order to keep him alive for its own purposes. I mean, at the point in which both the Arbiter and Master Chief are captured by the Gravemind, it likely could have removed both of their armor to ensure their infection. Instead, it sends each of them away to stop the Covenant from activating the Halo rings.

@mxn1948 2 года назад

but the gravemind could have still stored some inactive spores inside their bodies that at the right time when he didn't need them anymore, the spores would activate, infecting them from the inside.

@dingo9696 2 года назад

Why was he trying to kill them then? This point is easily debunked

@TheRafark 2 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. He could of easily converted them but he needed both alive and well. Why were the flood attacking yen? Pretty simple, gravemind is extremely intelligent. He (or it) already knew they were coming and also knew that they’d make it alive.

@multigrandmarquis Год назад

Yeah, it makes sense for Halo 2, but not for anything the Arbiter did in Halo 3. Especially not inside High Charity.

@1Scimetar 2 года назад

I suspect that the armor projects an electromagnetic field which repels the spores, like how to magnets of the same polarity can't touch. Even with the shields down and recharging, they're probably still putting out that field in a futile attempt to reestablish the energy barrier to protect the armor's occupant, and Flood converted biomass is repelled by the polarity and modulation of the Sanghili shield system. After all, the original system was probably based on scavenged Forerunner gear, that would have probably been tailor made for fighting flood, including a continuous energy field to repel Flood spores.

@HaloCanon 5 лет назад

Couple ideas on this subject: 1. With Spartan energy shields, they're always active as far as we know. Given that they're based on Covenant tech, I see no reason for this not to be true for Sangheili shields. So, I think it's possible the Arbiter's shields (and the shield of the spec-ops Sangheili) were just naturally able to filter or keep out the Flood spores. 2. This would only account for his time on Delta Halo, but perhaps the Gravemind kept the spores out of the Arbiter's lungs and/or kept them from infecting him as part of its larger strategy to get free of the quarantine. And to note: the Reach Ultra helmet isn't sealed.

@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

Yeah I can see #2 playing a part. In regards to the shields the only thing that suggests otherwise is Bero getting infected, but for all we know his shields were dropped. Canon where canon doesn’t really exist is interesting

@BrigadierKetchup 5 лет назад

@@HiddenXperia Neither is the spec op helpmet, if you look beneath it you can see it's not sealed lmoa

@TheChadPad 5 лет назад

Meaning that if his shields were taken down, he would've had to hold his breath! I like this explanation, cause it gives him a way to survive and makes him even more badass

@Leon_Schuit 5 лет назад

Let me just copy what I said yesterday (technically two days ago for me, but whatever) in a different thread: @HiddenXperia, what if the Gravemind actively chose to not infect the Arbiter? It was probably aware of Arbys status within the elites, given that it sent him to retrieve the Index near the control room, using him to rally the elites against the brutes (for the Gravemind only profits from the ongoing carnage). Maybe the Gravemind regarded him as a more useful tool in an uncompromised state? Another Gravemind did so before with the Ur-Didact. The Gravemind having an active influence seems a more likely reason than any imo

@dramspringfeald 5 лет назад

Halo Canon, There's also a 100% chance he has been infected from Go and the Grave Mind kept it on Study not Convert

@TricksterNevermore 4 года назад

To be honest, I always kind of assumed that the Gravemind was consciously preventing the Arbiter from being infected, whether because it had plans for him and the Chief, or just because it was toying with him.

@taco_man2302 4 года назад

I was thinking the same thing, i really was, but does the grave mind have that kind of control? thats what i think about

@TricksterNevermore 4 года назад

@@taco_man2302 Honestly, I think it does. Its hivemind is able to link with and control literal billions, if not trillions of individual Flood, which would take an enormously powerful psychic being to accomplish. And as we've seen with Johnson, all it takes is a slight nervous-system abnormality to prevent the Flood from properly infesting someone. So even if each individual flood cell doesn't have the capacity to "think", I'm pretty sure the Gravemind actively thinking "don't you do it" at the cells would probably disrupt them enough anyway. ^^;

@rangerleaf1505 3 года назад

Toying with him? "Careful with your wording fanfic writers could be near...." -no one

@Qircore 3 года назад

I was literally thinking this while watching this

@TricksterNevermore 3 года назад

@@rangerleaf1505 By the Forerunners, what have I done? XD

@SirPotato418 3 года назад

Before seeing the whole video, I've always assumed the energy shield in the Arbiter was running at a frequency that fried the spores on a molecular level

@Auton0 2 года назад

Great video love the content!

@AgentDearestZ 5 лет назад

In Halo's lore there was an older Arbiter that had a mask that sealed his armor too. The Arbiter that tamed the Lekgolo. Evidence was in the terminals of Halo 2 I think.

@Dandroid_1 5 лет назад

He's just really good at holding his breath

@jooot_6850 5 лет назад

reptiles can go longer without breathing so.. its biologically feasible

@mikejohnstonbob935 5 лет назад

"That stench..." I wonder how he knows what the flood smells like? It's like knowing what chloroform smells like

@ShinigamiSamaH 2 года назад

I remember the first time playing CE and in the Flood level, the question I asked myself is "Wait, those zombie fungus thing explode into a gas cloud, how are any of the Marines still surviving?" So really though, it was a very basic thing they should of figure out at the conception of the Flood.

@nicolae-alexandruluca7853 4 месяца назад

They probably couldn't get it to work in time I'm sure bungie or at least Joe Staten thought of all this but little time and ambitions too great

@theneoreformationist 3 года назад

The energy shields are still there when you can't see them. The flood spores are so small that their impact on the shield is not visibly noticeable.

@HealedCoyote997 5 лет назад

The shield's generated energy could passively neutralize spores, without spiking power usage.

@smangy5442 5 лет назад

I think this is probably right but what about Johnson Miranda and the marines they didn't have shields or respirators

@BlackFlame_Maiden 5 лет назад

smankey answer there essential

@HealedCoyote997 5 лет назад

@@smangy5442 Johnson has mutations from the Orion Project, as for Miranda, the flood only infects Sentient creatures.

@IVANdtk117 5 лет назад

@@HealedCoyote997 lol

@jaygon8656 5 лет назад

@@HealedCoyote997 Thats not entirely true... the Gravemind on Delta Halo was created without any local sentient creatures, just from consumption of the local wildlife on the ring.

@cowboycolts 5 лет назад

plot twist, the prophets accidentally gave Thel their only pair of plot armor

@cryptosporidium01 5 лет назад

LMAO How the fuck is this not best comment XD

@edschramm6757 5 лет назад

regret, regret, regret. "we regret being alien bastards. we regret letting the autumn escape get to halo. and we most definitely regret that we gave our only plot armor to the guy we just pissed off!"

@davidjackson1598 3 года назад

And he painted it yellow

@awsomesaucefilms18 3 года назад

I always imagined that it was some invisible activated mask, like how his shielding is for example.

@Quirrelwithteeth Год назад

I love that intro soo much. It is also the legendary setting in firefight

@EchoLocoCJ 5 лет назад

Some say the Romeo and Juliet are the biggest lovers in history, Some say Beauty and the Beast, But deep down we all know It's Xperia and Flood lore

@mrcream1461 5 лет назад

Echo Loco that's true

@angelmin8819 5 лет назад

I C O N I C

@createusername6421 4 года назад

I like flood lore... (Zombielore)

@IdarkphoenixI 5 лет назад

You could still argue that his shields protected him. The shields only flare when hit by firearms or explosives, a spore would be so insignificant compared to that and uses so little energy to defend from that they don't light up.

@WeirdGinger 4 года назад

Watch the video, nice one for repeating what he said

@ano_nym 4 года назад

Nah, in the video he was saying that the spores would slip pass the shield.

@cupofcoco8948 4 года назад

Or... Arbiter held his breathe the whole time, which is super badass. He could have also only breathed in air in less flood dense areas. This wouldn’t make much sense unless the player was quick, though.

@MrChickennugget360 4 года назад

the bigger question is why don't all the Elites get infected its not like they have re-breathers. Or why don't all humans that are not wearing masks (almost all Marines) get infected.

@ano_nym 4 года назад

@MR.Chickennuget 360 Yeah, I question that too. "One single Flood spore can destroy a species", yet you seem to need to be in a cloud of them for anyone to wonder why they don't get infected.

@MajesOnTheXbox 3 года назад

0:03 oh yeah i love it when a covenant alien dies before i actually hit it and randomly falls on some funky space swords

@monolythspartan 3 года назад

there is also the possibility that the flood gravemind intentionally avoided infecting Arbiter. A "helpful tool to assist in the reclaimer's journey to unlock the forerunner super weapon"

@dingo9696 2 года назад

So why was he trying to kill him then

@monolythspartan 2 года назад

@@dingo9696 once the gravemind got what it wanted, across to the ark and the potential to prevent the rings from firing ever again, it didn't need arbiter any longer.

@dingo9696 2 года назад

@@monolythspartan but it was trying to kill him before that, you can get killed by the flood

@theretropanda5612 4 года назад

Flood: *swarms the Arbiter* Arbiter: "Oh? You're approaching me?"

@maximutatro3176 4 года назад

The Retro Panda can’t rob your precious thought juice without getting closer

@Orion... 4 года назад

Maximu Danktro oh hoooo... then get as close as you like

@NguyenMinh-vs1vm 4 года назад

@@maximutatro3176 is that a jojo reference?

@timothyhumphreys8841 3 года назад

I, arbiter, shall overpower you with my stand, energy sword.(Anubis Requiem)

@WildDragonSong 3 года назад

I will not lie about this. I imagined a whole swarm of Flood, mainly the small parasites, accompanied by some combat types and some other "smaller" types I don't know of, enough to blot out the very visibility of the walls themselves and appear to be a moving surface, as the camera zooms through the center of the horde towards the Arbiter until it stops, leaving only his upper torso and head in view, and he puts his hand on his chest as he says "Oh? You're approaching me?", before he swings the handle and activates his energy blade.

@goingblargh 4 года назад

I’ve a theory that shields have a form of passive filtration, ie the spore were simply bigger than the air molecules that he breathed and thus kept bouncing off his barriers. It honestly makes sense to me, the shields are designed to protect their user so having them act as a form of air filter would make sense.

@grayshepard692 3 года назад

Yeah that's pretty much what I thought of when I was a kid playing halo 2. I knew that the flood infected through airborne contact because, well, basic CBRN shit. So I assumed that the shields were advanced enough to differentiate o2 and spores.

@jacobcancino9077 3 года назад

Oh yeah i thought maybe the small amount of radiation that their weapons and armor give off prevented the spores from being inhaled but the shield thing makes sense

@Motoboo_Marine 3 года назад

That means canonically you would've had to complete the entire level without your shields ever being dropped

@laughable6650 3 года назад

@@Motoboo_Marine Thats not really insane canon wise. The only canon parts of the game are cut scenes, but the actual gameplay is not canon.

@Motoboo_Marine 3 года назад

@@laughable6650 I know lol; I was just thinking it would be some funny shit for them to make a requirement in those levels or maybe just an achievement to beat it without letting your shields drop

@Krawnbundungle 2 года назад

The gravemind is really smart, it could have just foreseen that the arbiter might end up being a valuable tool in fighting against the prophets and their great journey and refrained from infecting it for future use

@sorensants9412 2 года назад

The arbiter is simply just built different.

@Pine0wlple 4 года назад

My theory as to why the Arbiter (and the vast majority of the Covenant) weren’t as easily infected by Flood Spores despite their armor exposing many vital points, IS their advanced shielding! The Covenant shields are reversed engineered from Forerunner shields, ya? So they should be already designed to defend against Flood Spores, probably with out the Covenant even knowing about it. The way I see it, the Covenant shielding is like a thin, flexible, bubble-like, exo-layer of skin made of energy. Physical contact damages it like a bruise and it disperses that impact evenly across the entire system to protect the wearer from damaged (kinda like Stormtrooper armor). BUT, just like regular skin, it does not bruise if a bug or a dust flake lands on it. It merely blocks it. So a Flood Spore to an Energy Shield is like a flake of Dust landing on a glass surface, the difference being is that the energy from said Shield is probably strong enough to vaporize the spore on contact like a Fly on a Bug-zapper! The effect would be so quick and small, the wearer wouldn’t even notice it because the shield would recharge so fast that it wouldn’t register an effect! Now, lose the Shield and the wearer is as vulnerable to Flood Spores as if they were a newborn. So with this theory said, I can conclude with the notion that the Arbiter is so badass that he fought through a dozen different Flood zones and hives all without losing his shields!

@somnius2519 4 года назад

Seems like the best explanation we're going to get. Badass shields and badass Arby.

@smangy5442 4 года назад

It would be cool if in flood missions where lots of spores are present, that if your shield goes down in a spore cloud you instantly die/get infected

@caseyhall2320 4 года назад

I choose to accept this theory for the time being. I like this one.

@scartc 4 года назад

@Dick Thick'em ...those are by infection forms, not spores

@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 4 года назад

Dick Thick'em By a spore? When?

@SyphistPrime 5 лет назад

The flood can choose who to infect, they must likely chose to not infect arbiter as the Gravemind had a use for him.

@andreirusu6064 4 года назад

Poetic reasons

@MrChickennugget360 4 года назад

no. he became of use only after the Icon was taken. Its passive protection from the shield. otherwise almost all Elites not wearing masks would get infected.

@WaveOfDestiny 4 года назад

The gravemind probably knew Jonhson and Miranda where the ones who would be used to activate the ring, but didn't infect them. Miranda even touched a flood tentacle with her bare hands. They probably could have given an helmet and a suit to everyone but bungie decided it wasn't cinematographic. Especially since they were in such an hurry to finish the game in time.

@JJJinXXX 4 года назад

yes Mr.Diesel is correct the flood are connected to the precursors which means they have access to the neural network and can see into the future.

@desseler 4 года назад

It could be the grave mind, but then why were the non-spore flood trying to kill/infect him?

@desolane900 2 года назад

I always assumed it was A. The shields filter air, and B. Flood infection would be optional. As in, the higher consciousness can decide not to infect someone. Just my headcanon.

@s.a.efarming5857 2 года назад

What I'm curious about is the other covenant forces on 'sacred icon' like the jackles. I guess they're expendable so they weren't give protection as they were expected to die anyway?

@KripticKill 5 лет назад

Well covenant shields don’t flare up coming into contact with the air or dust around you either, doesn’t mean it isn’t be pushed off the shields.

@webduelist 4 года назад

he also flew around in a gas giant, so I'm pretty sure the armor as some kind of environmental controls.

@DragonHeart53 4 года назад

webduelist I made a comment about it, but the shields are perpetually active. But they do allow air to pass through them. Solid particulates are stopped. That’s why enclosed helmets are still needed for environments without air, or oxygen.

@eva_lanstudio8003 4 года назад

8:42 "The coolest piece of elite armor ever made" has a smiley face on the back.

@Anvarynn 4 года назад

Where tho

@dsdy1205 4 года назад

@@Anvarynn look at the lines on the back of the armor

@amarogz310 4 года назад

@@dsdy1205 bruh it looks like the blob fish or whatever it's name was that was a really ugly, slimy fish.

@AbdullahKhan-el6xw 4 года назад

Exactly

@mptheterriblegamer 4 года назад

Lol

@TheWryGuy 3 года назад

Cool video man

@RapidActionAnimations 3 года назад

Great explanation

@ChaplainRaziel01 3 года назад

3:45 To quote Prophet of Mercy: "The tasks you must undertake as the Arbiter are perilous, suicidal! You will die, as each Arbiter has before you! The Council will have their corpse."

@andyghkfilm2287 3 года назад

“I am already dead.” “Indeed.”

@ginjaninja-sv6oz 3 года назад

I find it funny how the council never got there corpse

@KingErictheRed 3 года назад

@@ginjaninja-sv6oz oh the council got some corpses just not the arbiters.

@myles3856 3 года назад

@@KingErictheRed oh shit😂😂😂

@wolfgangill9717 2 года назад

“You’re right, the council will have their corpse, So call an ambulance, BUT NOT FOR ME!”

@erran1178 5 лет назад

The Arbiter didn't get infected because of 1 thing you overlooked. He's just way to cool for that Shit.

@RayShadow278 5 лет назад

Just like Johnson

@BladeStar420 3 года назад

You could just as easily say that the flood didn't want him to be infected because the Gravemind was fully developed at that point and had the ability to control each and every individual piece of flood biomass.

@Opr8rScorch Год назад

Always assumed the fog was different from spores, like the spores were something the flood only intentionally released in like, planet wide infection situations

@V1p3r65 5 лет назад

HiddenXperia: Why wasn't the arbiter infected by the flood. Arbiter: Were it so easy.

@lokimanezero 5 лет назад

This should be hearted by HiddenXperia 😂

@Vegas2332 3 года назад

Just finished reading The Fall of Reach the other day, and based on how they describe Chiefs shields. His shield tech is based on covenant plasma shields he stole for Halsey too, so I think the shields explanation makes a lot of sense.

@williamvalorious4403 3 года назад

Given plasma does more damage, shields could do it

@vincentbedard4267 3 года назад

I guess, but wouldnt he be breathing in spores once his shields are done ?

@zyphurite 3 года назад

@@vincentbedard4267 given how much of a skilled and experienced warrior Thel is, he'd likely just hold his breath for the few seconds they're down before they go back up again.

@andrewhamop6665 3 года назад

I just finished reading it yesterday, I really like the explanation they give for the shields. Though I'm not sure how the shields can be projected to places with no armor, like with the Arbiter's face, it does make sense that nothing could penetrate through the shields when they're up. And it's also possible that the spores are simply too small discharge the shield to any noticeable level, and as soon as they hit the shield they just vaporize and the shield immediately recharges that extremely tiny little bit of energy that was used.

@longshucksgaming 2 года назад

@@vincentbedard4267 no because unlike arbiter, chief's armor is rated for EVA and has environmental filters

@SCP--xi4xv 2 года назад

A bit late to the video but i like to think that the shields prevent the flood spores from entering the host's body, much like how the infection forms can't get through chief's shields and just explode on impact

@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot3267 3 года назад

Simple, he was literally too angry.

@juzeku 5 лет назад

Because he showers himself in hand sanitizer

@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

but 0.01% of spores would still get through tho 🤔

@rizzytizzyflavor623 5 лет назад

@@HiddenXperia Just take another shower, it'll get rid of the rest

@baileylevanen9009 5 лет назад

Haha lmao

@greendragon3619 5 лет назад

Owch...

@NaruSanavai 5 лет назад

No wonder his skin is so dry.

@bromodragone8405 4 года назад

He survived because, like Johnson and Rtas, he's got one thing running through his blood: Badassery. Because he's played by Keith David.

@killercrock9397 3 года назад

Facts

@bobthedestroyerhallett3520 3 года назад

Badassery

@Azwarrior94 3 года назад

With a touch of plot armor. Granted the Forerunner saga brings to light the fact the flood can selectively choose who or what species they infect.

@ManuMOV 3 года назад

343 Guilty Spark: So do you think you are badass

@kennethsatria6607 3 года назад

Hell yes Keith David

@maphestispain203 3 года назад

Maybe he's just one of the rare people in the universe that are immune to it that the guy in Combat Evolved was theorized to be, which is one reason why he was intact to fall into chief's arms when he opened the door. Idk, that's my head cannon anyway.

@saifullahhabid1133 2 года назад

Its 3 in the morning, when I looked at the title my dumb ass though the title said Why the flood was never infected by the arbiter

@brotherhoodknight7246 3 года назад

What if flood spores are too small so the shields don’t even flare up when they hit the shields even though the shields protect against them?

@MissNewYork52368 3 года назад

It can still break through because other enlites have shields like arbiter but he has more armor

@brotherhoodknight7246 3 года назад

@@MissNewYork52368 I guess but the elites in Halo 3 who were turned already lost their shields

@AdmiralStoicRum 3 года назад

@@MissNewYork52368 my thoughts were they were hit from behind because honorable melee, amd either got hit in the back or lost their shields and took in spores if we are going by the shields protecting motif

@gtvn2775 2 года назад

Or the gravemind was just making sure no spores willingly got into his body

@aaronmurad8060 2 года назад

Arbiter didnt have shield. He had cloaking

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

511 years today the worst driver in Halo will be born: Kat-B320. Also thanks for uploading an *I C O N I C* video on my birthday

@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

No probs, happy birthday my dude! Hopefully you aren't driven by a certain Spartan III today

@kingsolomon673 5 лет назад

Happy birthday 👍

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

@@HiddenXperia Thanks, also whenever I play Tip of the Spear I make sure I drive, although on Sunday my friend and I let Stacker drive the Warthog on Metropolis and died multiple times to a combination of his 'driving' and some Wraith blasts.

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

@@kingsolomon673 thanks

@kingsolomon673 5 лет назад

@@Jedi_Spartan_38 np

@porpus99 3 года назад

There is a variation of the Arbiters armor that was fully encased. It was seen in the Halo 2 Anniversary Terminal 8. That Arbiter wore that suit for a full year to study the Hunters, and eventually tame them.

@Tony-villa94 2 года назад

Feels like this video didn’t need to be so long honestly

@hausofsexual 4 года назад

he had the best armor of all: plot armor

@Frank_but_with_a_C 4 года назад

This joke was made, every 10-15 comments or so. 😐

@BroodierLily296 3 года назад

Stolen comment, but still deserves a like

@leonlee527 3 года назад

Lol y'all are so negative

@popomedic9225 3 года назад

I hate halo 5 armor for arbiter

@giovanigallardo4670 3 года назад

@@popomedic9225 why it makes sense?

@seniorwooly3669 5 лет назад

Possibly the gravemind already knew he needed the arbiter and if the gravemind can control the flow of spores he could've maybe made a safe area in the air around arby.

@milosmml7777 5 лет назад

By telling the combat forms to attack him?

@seniorwooly3669 5 лет назад

@@milosmml7777 combat forms where already there and the gravemind still had to keep the key away from everybody

@Tonymendoza1998 5 лет назад

I just made a comment about the theory similar to almost the same to yours. Mine however had a small reason why combat forms or infected still attack Arbiter. To sell the idea the Flood doesn't know the uniqueness of the Arbiter before he was considered a heratic/traitor and how this will affect the future if done correctly.

@tylerellis9097 5 лет назад

Bobby Hill, what about the other elites with Arbiter. For example the elite major on floodgate that has no closed helmet.

@seniorwooly3669 5 лет назад

@@tylerellis9097 then for another reason is that that fog we see isnt spores at all, there where jackals on the same mission and brute bodies not yet infected. So overall us assuming it's spores is sorta dumb

@Larkosrs 2 года назад

I like to think that gravemind was looking over him, but great vid!

@dougbright4387 3 года назад

That armor may be centuries old but it's still beautiful as hell

@themc.kennyshow6585 3 года назад

it is gorgeous

@wildboris1 5 лет назад

8:13 I don't want to be that guy, but Spec ops helmet isn't sealed. If you look underneath it, it's open.

@skydreamer4246 5 лет назад

Same with the ultra, I think

@-Gal4xy- 5 лет назад

Yup both are unsealed at the bottom @@skydreamer4246

@HiddenXperia 5 лет назад

Yep, a friend pointed that out to me too. In the 9 years of playing Reach I literally never noticed that until today, lol. My b

@pododododoehoh3550 5 лет назад

HiddenXperia Iliterally only knew from my Elite action figures I used to play with as a kid xD

@LostODST 5 лет назад

shhhhhhh

@Jedi_Spartan_38 5 лет назад

*Arbiter at the end of Cortana enters High Charity with a human Flamethrower* Arbiter: Kill the flood with fire!

@kabob0077 5 лет назад

He got fed up with regular Covenant and Human weapons and decided to ask Hans for a favor.

@DhonJoe 5 лет назад

@@kabob0077 HANS GET ZE FLAMMENWERFER

@billyray4526 5 лет назад

Space marine :BROTHER WE SHALL PURGE THIS HERETIC INFECTION ! BURN IN HOLY HELL FIRE !! 99% casualty rate=victory

@kabob0077 5 лет назад

SIR LANCEALOT *[STRATEGIC VALUE: ABSOLUTE]*

@billyray4526 5 лет назад

@@kabob0077 im gonna be 100 with chu chief that gravemind is finna get clapped

@ArtofGuilt 3 года назад

We've been aware of spores since 2 had a legendary ending. Second the gravemind needed him to stop the brutes. The gravemind could also sense the genesong in chief via the lore behind the voices he could hear. He could speak with him similar to the didact. However he may have had other plans for chief. You dont think its weird that humanity was designated the reclaimers? Essentially they are the people with the magical touch who could open requiem for the flood. The fact that didact hunted the precursors then was imprisoned should have been reason enough. Anyone else from the covenant would have no standing nor would they have a reason to go against the covenant.

@ceasze5072 2 года назад

Whenever he inhales the spores, he simply exhales

@bakedbeansbaked6751 4 года назад

My theory on why the Arbiter wasnt infected by the spores was the Gravemind's will. If Gravemind wanted to use Arby as a pawn, he wouldn't want to infect him. Perhaps he could have either terminated spores before they entered Arby's lungs or directed them away from his mouth as he breathes.

@moldyonyin1527 3 года назад

Yeah I'm going with this theory

@tylercrain2831 3 года назад

Correct in the book it is explained that the graveminds can choose to not infect even with inhalation

@Shadox-yv8ms 2 года назад

I think thats the only explanation too, people forget how actually smart and powerful the Gravemind was, it knew what it was doing with the flood

@nepspartan-7597 2 года назад

That makes me wonder why the Gravemind didn't have the inhaled spores infect the Arbiter right after killing Truth, leaving the Master Chief to face the onslaught to escape alone

@aboveaveragecat4469 4 года назад

"Haha what if the flood infected us" June of 2020: *YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT*

@jimmythompson8919 3 года назад

*laughs in feb 2021

@aboveaveragecat4469 3 года назад

*LAUGHS IN APRIL 2021*

@fuizin548 3 года назад

@@aboveaveragecat4469 holup

@surefiretv4219 3 года назад

2019*

@kahki2704 3 года назад

“LARFS IN 2552”

@michaelcahill4572 3 года назад

I mean quite a few units were rolling through those areas and not strike g infected, expessially if your good at keeping allies alive, you could explain that their shields (sense the shield does already surround them) is dense enough to act as a filter. The reason for the fully closed suit is for pressurization against space

@michaelcahill4572 3 года назад

Also having watched the full video, spec ops helmets from reach are not close and are open underneath