Halo: Makee Backstory Changes A Post-Human-Covenant War Event
This article contains spoilers for Halo episode 3.
Halo episode 3 revealed Makee's backstory, and in doing so rewrote events that — in the main timeline — took place after the Human-Covenant War. The first two episodes of Paramount+'s Halo TV series attempted to hew relatively close to the original canon, with one particularly notable divergence; the introduction of "Blessed Ones," a minority of humans who possess the ability to activate Forerunner artifacts with a touch. Only two Blessed Ones have been revealed to date; the Master Chief and Makee, a human who was brought up to adhere to the beliefs of the Covenant.
Halo episode 3 revealed Makee's backstory. She was a child brought up on the planet Oban, identified as a "UEG Tier 2 Waste Salvage Colony." The glimpse of Oban is a chilling one, showing a harsh and brutal regime where even children can be beaten to death by overseers if they aren't working; the civilians there feel more like slaves than citizens. Makee was rescued from this life by the Covenant, who possess technology to detect Forerunner technology — and it apparently also detects the presence of a Blessed One. Little wonder Makee was a willing convert to the doctrines of the Covenant's Prophets; she had seen the darker side of the UNSC, and had no reason to love her own race.
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The planet Oban will be familiar to many players of the Halo games. It first appeared in Halo 4, envisioned as a remote planet discovered after the Human-Covenant War and used as a home for millions of refugees. Although the first two episodes of Halo aligned fairly well with the main timeline's canon, this is a major divergence; it means an entire planet was
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