In a new post over at Halo Waypoint, we get a bit of background on Jega along with some concept art. At the end of the demo we were introduced to War Chief Escharum, a Brute fond of monologuing/Infinite's main antagonist, but that doesn't mean we won't go up against a unique, imposing Elite as well.Įnter Jega 'Rdomnai, an Elite warrior with a prosthetic arm and a blood-red Energy Sword.
Flood - the complete chronicles of the bloody Human-Covenant War on Halo. The Banished do count some Elites or Sangheili amongst their numbers (if you haven't really kept up with post-Prophet interspecies politics in Halo, well, they're complicated), but so far we've only seen some regular old footsoldiers. Halo, Books 1-3 (The Flood First Strike The Fall of Reach) Eric Nylund. This week, that means introducing the world to one of Infinite's new baddies.Īs shown in the campaign gameplay demo from July, Infinite's enemy faction are the Banished, a Covenant splinter group led by Brutes who were first introduced in Halo Wars 2. Still, while 343 Industries takes some extra time to get Infinite to the point Microsoft wants (and needs) it to be, it seems like the studio's going to keep up a steady drip of new lore and teases for Halo devotees. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email it not for a sudden delay into 2021, we'd probably be seeing more screenshots and footage from Halo Infinite as opposed to concept art.