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Ardent Hunter
Hunter Officers

Function:

Security detail at critical sites; Anti-armor

Species:

Mgalekgolo

Affiliation:

Banished

Branch:

Lekgolo clans

 

Ardent Hunters are the longest-serving Mgalekgolo in the Banished.[2][3]

OverviewEdit

Ardent Hunters almost always sport red and steel colored armor with red tinted assault cannons and eyes as opposed to the usual green. Their assault cannons have been overclocked and modified to focus unstable energies across a wide powerband, and their combat shields have been reinforced with cold-layered alloys to withstand even greater firepower than their Covenant armor would allow. Ardent Hunters are often deployed at critical security sites from artifact excavations to vital convoy routes, command barracks, and forward war councils.[2]

HistoryEdit

Several Ardent Mgalekgolo fought in the Battle for Zeta Halo. Notably, Master Chief John-117 fought and defeated a pair of Ardent Mgalekgolo at the House of Reckoning.[4] The Master Chief encountered another pair at the Silent Auditorium.[5]

GameplayEdit

Ardent Mgalekgolo are among the toughest non-boss enemies encountered in Halo Infinite, being more durable and aggressive than the standard Mgalekgolo. Like standard Mgalekgolo, the armor on the back an Ardent Mgalekgolo is destructible.

GalleryEdit

List of appearancesEdit

SourcesEdit

  1. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 449
  2. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 434
  3. ^ Twitter, Halo (@Halo): "ENEMY DATABASE - ARDENT HUNTER Bearing the red and steel colors of the Banished, Ardent Hunters are the faction’s longest-serving Mgalekgolo. Few have faced these mighty creatures and lived to tell the tale. #FictionFriday" (Retrieved on May 19, 2023) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign level House of Reckoning
  5. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign level Silent Auditorium