Halo
word of advice ! This post hold spoiler for Halo season 2 , episode 3
Summary
Haloseason 2 introduce a trade name - new Covenant villain to the Silver Timeline , though he may hold a conversant rubric to fans of the original games and book . As seen inHaloseason 2 , episode 3 , Master Chief John-117 continues searching for proof that the alien alliance known as the Covenant has already pass through the UNSC ’s stronghold planet of Reach . To that end , the Master Chief hears a harrowing transcription from a dangerous unexampled enemy who will very in all probability become a newfangled nemesis .
Despite his good drive to convince his superiors such as ONI ’s James Ackerson who took over the Spartan Program following Doctor Catherine ’s Halsey ’s halt atthe end ofHaloseason 1 , John-117 has very few allies leave in his despair to prove what he saw on the colony public of Sanctuary and evidence that the Covenant is planning a major offensive . However , the truth will undoubtedly number to the surface , especially after John-117 heed to a recording from one of the Covenant ’s Sangheili Elites cite Var ' Gatanai , a new foe who may very well be theHaloseries ' first Arbiter .
Halo time of year 2 is now stream on Paramount+ , so here ’s how many episodes are left and when the finish is set to release .
Var ‘Gatanai Is Leading The Attack On Reach In Halo Season 2
A Brand-New Sangheili Leader For The Halo Franchise
As see at the very end ofHaloseason 2 , episode 3 , John-117 meets with Corporal Perez , a UNSC communicating specialist and the only other person who saw the Covenant ’s Elites ( as well as Makee ) on Sanctuary . To that close , Perez reveals she let out a secret message underneath the interference from Sanctuary ’s relay post , a dark and premonition prayer from aSangheili Elitenamed Var ' Gatanai :
" I bring you benediction , people of Reach . Know that I have total without mercy , without shame . sleep with that I am the instrument of your experimental extinction . I bring this plant away as a burnt offering . Upon this Lord’s table , I put the head of the Demon . May his blood note the agency to the Sacred Ring and consecrate the groovy Journey of my the great unwashed . sleep with that I am Var ‘ Gatanai . Know that I am … expiry . "
This substance from Sancturary supports John-117 ’s belief that the Covenant were merely practicing , preparing for a much larger offense on Reach which seems to have already begun . To that end , Var ' Gatanai himself looks to be lead the offensive on this core colony world , commanding the Covenant fleet and primer coat force while also stigmatise John-117 as the ultimate sacrifice in the holy crusade to claim the Halo rings . However , it ’s deserving noting that Var is not an existing character from the originalHalogames or books . Instead , he ’s a brand - newfangled Covenant villain for theHaloshow .
Is Var ‘Gatanai Replacing Thel ‘Vadam In The Halo TV Show?
A New Covenant Arbiter For The Fall of Reach
In the timeline of the originalHalogames and Word , Thel ' Vadam was the Elite Sangheili who command the Covenant power during theFall of Reach , becoming responsible for over a billion human dying during the Human - Covenant War . However , he ’d finally run out in his obligation to protect the first of the discovered Halo mob known as Installation 04 as construe in the firstHalogame . This precede to his penalization and evolution as"The Arbiter " , a shamed warrior of the Sangheili chosen by the Covenant ’s vaticinator for the most grave felo-de-se missions as a mean value of regaining accolade .
That said , major disunity between factions of the Covenant known as the Great Schism would run to Thel ' Vadam and many of his fellow Elites join force with humanity as seen inHalo 2and beyond once the Prophets deceive the Sangheili in favor of theJiralhanae ( also known as Brutes ) . However , it seems as though Var ' Gatanai is perhaps a preexisting Arbiter who ’s now command Covenant forces on Reach , the implication being that Thel ' Vadam ’s Arbiter has perhaps been interchange in theHaloshow .
A pocket-sized reference made in the second episode of Paramount ’s Halo season 2 is already cod a major outcome in the Halo 5 : Guardians video game .
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Var ‘Gatanai’s Creation Falls In Line With Halo’s Silver Timeline
A New Villain For A New Timeline
TheHaloshow ’s " Sliver Timeline"is one that stands apart from the games and record , tolerate the show to make its own continuity with digression as it bring home the bacon its own take on the Human - Covenant War . While there are several core beats that rest unchanged , there are new elements and characters such as the woman Makee , a Blessed One kick upstairs by the Covenant who also wishes for humanity ’s precipitation .
A Modern fictitious character such asthe newly introduced Var ' Gatanai makes sense as theHaloshow works to build its own version of Reach ’s demise . That say , this does n’t necessarily stand for that Thel ' Vadam has been fully replaced either . After all , Vadam could still be task with the protection of the first ring in a potentialHaloseason 3and could still become the Covenant ’s Arbiter croak forwards .
Haloseason 2 is streaming alone on Paramount+
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Cast
A resilient - action adaptation of the picture game franchise of the same name , Halo be Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 ( Pablo Schrieber ) as he fights his part in a war between humanness ’s United Nations Space Command ( UNSC ) and the Covenant , an alliance of multiple uncongenial races of stranger absorbed on destroying the human race . The Master Chief is supported by Cortana ( Jen Taylor ) - an AI construct base on the personality of Dr. Catherine Halsey , who created the ascetic supersoldier programme - implanted in his brain .
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