Halo TV Show Introduces The Hunters' True Look That The Games Ignore

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Warning! SPOILERS for Halo episode 3.

Paramount's new Halo series features the Covenant's massive Hunters, albeit in a form that the Halo games largely ignore. Known as the Lekgolo, these aliens are a particularly unique race amongst the various species that make up the Covenant. Featured as part of an infiltration mission led by the Covenant's sole human member, the Lekgolo prove themselves to be quite the formidable force with their surprising debut outside of their classic armor.

In Halo episode 3, Makee (played by Charlie Murphy) has embarked on a mission to infiltrate the UNSC and find «The Demon,» the Covenant's name for Master Chief. The only human amongst the various alien races that make up the Covenant, Makee is what's known as a "Blessed One": a human with the ability to activate and interact with Forerunner technology. Seeing the relics the Forerunners left behind as holy, the Covenant elected to spare Makee's life given their inability to activate the artifacts, despite their worship. As such, Makee is incredibly valuable to their Great Journey. For this reason, it makes sense that the Covenant Prophets sent Hunters to join her on her mission to find Master Chief and the Forerunner artifact he discovered.

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In the Halo games, Hunters are featured as large armor-clad hulks wielding assault canons and durable shields. However, this is not the true form of the Lekgolo. The Lekgolo are actually a colony species of worms that combine to create a «Mgalekgolo»(otherwise known as a Hunter). Sharing a collective hive mind, the worms operate as a single consciousness, arming themselves with weapons provided by Halo's alien Covenant while