Halo: What Are Hunters?
For an average soldier in the Halo universe, there are a lot of monsters to contend with, especially after the events of Infinite on Zeta Halo and the presumable unleashing of The Endless. The universe is crawling with all sorts of advanced alien lifeforms with much stronger weaponry, and unless you’re in a Spartan suit, you’ll probably end up dead.
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One particular brute that strikes fear into any Human's heart is the Hunter. Their first appearance in the series was in Halo: Combat Evolved, fighting for the Covenant on the front lines, and staying among the sturdiest enemy encounters for the rest of the game. On the outside, they seem like just a big dumb alien that can one-shot Spartans easily, but there’s quite a lot of interesting lore behind them. For those that are curious, here’s everything you need to know about Hunters.
Hunters, or Mgalekgolo as the species is known, are not one singular being strapped inside a suit of power armor like the Sangheili or the Unggoy. Hunters are in fact a race of worms, known individually as Lekgolo. When massed together, they can form a sentient gestalt intelligence that can create complex shapes and objects when working together.
This allows them to create large combat forms with thick hides and artificial muscle that can pick up and wield extremely heavy weaponry like Fuel Rod Cannons, or form together to operate their huge suits of power armor. They’re mainly used as Shock Troops. In dire situations, they can also join with other groups of Mgalekgolo to create bigger and stronger organisms known as Goliaths. Although it has been noted that the larger the creatures they create are, the more animalistic and uncontrollable they can
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