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Why Is There A Human In The Halo TV Show's Covenant?

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How did the Covenant find humans?
Is Makee a human?
What did the Covenant think of humans?
Why is the blessed one human in Halo?

The Halo TV show will introduce the Master Chief's greatest enemies, the Covenant - but why is a human being standing among the Prophets?

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The trailer for the Halo TV series revealed a human among the upper echelons of the Covenant - most likely a traitor. For years there have been attempts to bring Halo - one of the Xbox console's most popular brands - to life on the big or small screen. The dreams of the Master Chief are finally becoming a reality in Paramount TV+'s Halo series, which will see the Master Chief go to war against the alien Covenant, with the fate of all life in the galaxy at stake. But not all his enemies may be alien.

The Halo TV series has a different timeline, but the basic concept seems to be the same. In the Halo universe, the galaxy is threatened by a religious Covenant that binds several races of religious extremists together. They seek the power of the Halo rings - ancient weapons that they believe will allow them to transcend to a higher state of being, but that in reality destroy all life around them. The Covenant are zealots, led by a group of Prophets - but, surprisingly, the first Halo trailer showed a human being standing among the Prophets, presumably helping lead the Covenant.

In the game canon timeline, the Covenant considered the very existence of humanity to be a blasphemy against the Forerunners. It's possible their religious zealotry has been dialed down a little for the Halo TV series in order to make them a little more relatable - and they've allowed some humans to join their ranks. There may be a loose parallel with Troy Denning's novel Halo: Silent Storm, in which the Master Chief confronted a group of Insurrectionists who believed humanity was doomed and attempted to join the Covenant to survive. Although this group didn't fare well, the Covenant would subsequently learn humans were needed to manipulate Forerunner artifacts, so in the new timeline they could have decided to keep a few around.

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In narrative terms, it would make sense to add humans to the ranks of the Covenant. The humans can serve as viewpoint characters, introducing audiences to the various alien races in Halo and helping explain the Covenant's goals. They would also serve to accelerate the plot; in the original Halo games, Earth's location was a closely-guarded secret, but human traitors would be able to guide the Covenant straight to it. The introduction of human traitors could serve as the catalyst to lead the Covenant to Earth, where they discover ancient devices left behind by the Forerunners to point them to the Halo rings.

The Halo trailer certainly seems to suggest this is a high-ranking member of the Covenant, because she is stood around the Prophets - the powerful beings who guide the Covenant, teaching other races their misguided lore. There's been some discussion about the political themes running through the Halo TV show, with comparisons to Game of Thrones; it's quite possible these comments are actually related to Covenant politics, not human. The Halo series promises to be a quite remarkable reinvention of the franchise's lore.

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In Halo: The Flood, one of the Pillar of Autumn's Crewman, Ellen Dowski, helped the Covenant locate Captain Keyes and the rest of the Autumn's crew. She believed that since the Covenant was after a prisoner (which was highly unusual for them), that the crew would be detained, but kept alive. When she voiced this aloud, Keyes had her hogtied and left behind, where the Covenant found her. After she led them to the crew, all of them were killed by the Covenant, except for Captain Keyes. She immediately expressed remorse, but was soon executed by an Elite.

Also in The Flood, a Pelican pilot named Rick Hale was coerced by Zuka 'Zamamee to smuggle his team into Alpha Base, using his authorization to bypass the location's air defenses. Once the Pelican was cleared to land, 'Zamamee killed Hale.

In Halo: The Cole Protocol, an Insurrectionist colony called the Rubble, made up of survivors of Madrigal, which the UNSC had abandoned, made contact with Jackals led by Reth. The two entities began to trade and somewhat coexist, though the Jackals often made plays for the colony's navigation data. A criminal named Peter Bonifacio worked with Reth to smuggle modified Covenant weapons to other Insurrectionist locations, and made a deal to provide Reth with the nav data. The populace of the Rubble believed that the Jackals could vouch for the humans there, and make it possible for them to join the Covenant. However, Reth was clandestinely working for the Prophet of Truth to acquire the nav data, as well as use trackers in the modified Covenant weapons to locate human Colonies. However, after then-Commander Keyes and Thel 'Vadamee arrived, both independently looking for the source of the modified Covenant weapons, the situation snowballed. The Battle of the Rubble commenced, which resulted in the deaths of Reth, Bonifacio, and the destruction of the Rubble. The populace of the colony, however, escaped in the Exodus asteroid, which was their escape plan. Obviously, this shattered their "alliance" with the Jackals.

So, to answer your question: kind of, but not really.

How did the Covenant find humans?

Isolated battles (2525)Edit Humanity and the Covenant first came into direct contact on February 3, 2525, when a Kig-Yar missionary ship, the Minor Transgression, discovered a human ship transitioning out of slipspace and subsequently raided the vessel.

Is Makee a human?

Makee is a young human woman who was orphaned as a child. She was then raised by members of the Covenant, also known as the Covenant Empire or Hegemony.

What did the Covenant think of humans?

They feared all humans. That was why they were willing to commit genocide across the entire galaxy. They definitely feared combat soldiers. They used stories about the evil humans to scare their children and demonized us in general.

Why is the blessed one human in Halo?

What does Blessed One mean in the Halo show? Humans who are considered Blessed Ones are those who have interacted with Forerunner technology. The Covenant worships a seemingly extinct race known as “the Forerunners” due to mistranslations and lies from religious leaders known as the Prophets.