Bloodblade
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A bloodblade[Note 1] is the name provided to red-colored fireblades used by the Covenant and its remnants.[6][7]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
- Main article: Energy sword (fiction)
Bloodblades are energy swords that possess red-colored plasma blades instead of blue-colored ones. They are not exclusive to a specific pattern of fireblade, as they have been seen as Meluth'qelos-pattern fireblades,[8] Pelosus-pattern fireblades,[9][10] and two unidentified patterns.[11][12] In contrast with traditional energy swords—which often represent a Sangheili's martial prowess and honor—the bloodblade is more specifically seen as a symbol of fear.[13]
Usage[edit]
Bloodblades were used by assassins and Special Operations Sangheili,[3] such as the Silent Shadow.[6][13][14] One of their known uses was at the Algolis Invasion in 2549, during the Human-Covenant War, in the attempted execution of Atriox.[10] They were also seen in the defense of a Covenant moon base.[12] Bloodblades were also in use with the Banished, with one being in the possession of Jega 'Rdomnai as his personal energy sword during the Battle for Zeta Halo in 2560.[8][13] After John-117 defeated 'Rdomnai, the Spartan kept the Sangheili's personal Bloodblade as a memento.[15][16]
Bloodblades were also sometimes used in the UNSC's War Games simulation, like in Infection sessions.[9][17]
In-game information[edit]
Halo 3[edit]
- "Hidden. Active. Deadly. The Silent Shadow have been. The Silent Shadow remain."
- — In-game description[11]
The bloodblade is available in the Halo 3 portion of Halo: The Master Chief Collection as a skin for the energy sword.
Halo 2: Anniversary[edit]
In Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer, the Bloodblade appears as the Infected Energy Sword, sometimes shortened as Infected Sword. It is exclusively used by zombies in Halo 2: Anniversary's Infection mode.
Halo Infinite[edit]
- "Once the personal Energy Sword of Jega 'Rdomnai—now a hard-won memento of his defeat."
- — In-game description[16]
The Elite Bloodblade is a legendary weapon in the campaign of Halo Infinite. It can be acquired and wielded after the player has defeated Jega 'Rdomnai in House of Reckoning. The difference with the standard energy sword is mostly in appearance; the blade features red coloration, and enemies slain by the bloodblade disintegrate like they would if killed by a Forerunner hard light weapon. It can be acquired at any Forward Operating Base following the completion of the level.
Gallery[edit]
Illustrations[edit]
Roland-B210 is stabbed using a bloodblade in the Headhunters motion comic.
Bloodblades being used by active camouflaged Silent Shadow Sangheili.
Silent Shadow using bloodblades in Hunting Party.
Atriox blocks the Executioner's bloodblade on the cover of Halo: Rise of Atriox #2.
Atriox catches the Executioner's bloodblade in Halo: Rise of Atriox.
Artwork of a Silent Shadow Sangheili with a bloodblade for the Halo Encyclopedia.
Screenshots[edit]
First-person view of the bloodblade in Halo 2: Anniversary.
A Spartan using a bloodblade on Stonetown in Halo 2: Anniversary.
A Sangheili with a bloodblade on Heretic in the Halo 3 component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
The Executioner Itho 'Hesiikee with a bloodblade in Halo Wars 2.
Atriox blocks a bloodblade with his right hand in Halo Wars 2.
HUD of the bloodblade in Halo Infinite.
First-person view of killing an enemy with the bloodblade in Halo Infinite.
Jega 'Rdomnai wielding his personal bloodblade in Halo Infinite.
Jega 'Rdomnai charges with a bloodblade in Halo Infinite.
A Spartan using a bloodblade in Halo Infinite multiplayer.
A bloodblade in Among Us.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo 3 (Halo: The Master Chief Collection-only)
- Halo: Evolutions
- Headhunters (Motion comic) (First appearance)
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Halo: Tales from Slipspace
- Halo Wars 2
- Halo: Rise of Atriox
- Halo Infinite
- Halo: Outcasts
Notes[edit]
- ^ Sangheili blood is purple, so "bloodblade" may be a human-given name or named for the blood of humans (or Jiralhanae or San'Shyuum) killed by bearers of the swords.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 307
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 482
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Energy Sword (Retrieved on Oct 23, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 349
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 63
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Art of Wort (Retrieved on May 21, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Brute Force (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2017) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, campaign level House of Reckoning
- ^ a b Halo 2: Anniversary, multiplayer
- ^ a b Halo Wars 2, campaign level A New Enemy
- ^ a b Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo 3: Halo 3 Energy Sword skin - Bloodblade
- ^ a b Halo: Evolutions - Headhunters: motion comic
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Decennial Delights (Retrieved on Sep 17, 2024) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Tales from Slipspace - Hunting Party
- ^ Halo Support, Halo Infinite Weapon, Equipment, and Vehicle Inventory (Retrieved on May 5, 2023) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, Forge - Elite Bloodblade description: "Once the personal Energy Sword of Jega 'Rdomnai—now a hard-won memento of his defeat."
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Marching On (Retrieved on Feb 10, 2020) [archive]
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