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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Brutes are extremely zealous creatures, known for their willingness to | Brutes are extremely zealous creatures, known for their willingness to cling to ancient, bloody traditions and are deep believers in the promise of the [[Great Journey]]. Their home is war-torn, and the creatures are known for their particular joy in vicious activity complimented by regimented discipline. | ||
They seem to prefer using weapons from their native home-world rather than the [[Covenant]] standard-issue plasma-based firearms. Brute weapons are notable for being highly dangerous and almost always featuring a blade attachment such as the [[Spike Rifle]], [[Mauler]], and the [[Brute Shot]]. Although they do have their own type of plasma rifle, only in [[Halo 2]] (the rifle is red, but fires twice as fast as its blue counterpart, also causing it to overheat twice as fast). | They seem to prefer using weapons from their native home-world rather than the [[Covenant]] standard-issue plasma-based firearms. Brute weapons are notable for being highly dangerous and almost always featuring a blade attachment such as the [[Spike Rifle]], [[Mauler]], and the [[Brute Shot]]. Although they do have their own type of plasma rifle, only in [[Halo 2]] (the rifle is red, but fires twice as fast as its blue counterpart, also causing it to overheat twice as fast). | ||
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===Naming=== | ===Naming=== | ||
Examples of Brute names are [[Tartarus]] and [[Bracktanus]]. In ''Contact Harvest'', it is revealed that the "us" at the end of their name is an honorific denoting maturity or experience in battle. Oddly, in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', there was Brute [[Shipmaster]] by the name of [[Gargantum]], which seems to contradict this rule, although this is never explained why. | Examples of Brute names are [[Tartarus]] and [[Bracktanus]]. In ''Contact Harvest'', it is revealed that the "us" at the end of their name is an honorific denoting maturity or experience in battle. Oddly, in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', there was Brute [[Shipmaster]], by the name of [[Gargantum]], which seems to contradict this rule, although this is never explained why. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||