Why is the harbinger offline

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Comments 0. So, The Harbinger is not a Prelate we think. Here's another early days theory: she's a Precursor. The Precursors are Halo's OG race, a collection of Lovecraftian beings so ancient and advanced even the Forerunners mythologised them. Could The Harbinger be a Precursor?

Perhaps, but probably not. The Harbinger doesn't look like what we think the Precursors look like, based on descriptions from Halo novels and snippets of artwork they're big bugs, basically. And , clearly, hopes Halo Infinite makes sense for as many players as possible, including those who've never played a Halo game before. Having the origin of this new enemy tied up in so much lore baggage would probably make a lot of people check out.

There's also a school of thought that The Harbinger could be of the same origin or species as the much-maligned Warden Eternal from Halo 5, given the silhouettes of both characters are similar. I don't think this is likely. We're running out of theories based upon characters and races we've already seen in the Halo universe. And that's why the current prevailing theory among the Halo community is that The Harbinger is of an entirely new race.

I think this is most likely true. The more and closer you look at The Harbinger, the more she looks unlike anything we know of in the Halo universe. She's a bit like a few characters we've seen over the years, but there are key differences: the number of fingers, the length of her neck, the angle of her legs. I think we're looking at a brand new race for Halo Infinite, which is pretty exciting. Either that, or The Harbinger is a Vex from Destiny.

If The Harbinger is of a brand new species, it would have to be an ancient one for her to harbour ill-will towards the Forerunners, who themselves were knocking about , years ago.

Was she chilling on Zeta Halo all this time? Did something happen to wake her up? And why is she apparently working with The Banished on the ring? Back to the Skimmers - we're not quite sure what they are, either. They have two arms and five leg Interestingly, their armour lines up with that of The Harbinger. The current thinking is the Skimmers are doing The Harbinger's bidding, spreading that anti-Forerunner propaganda across Zeta Halo. New races in Halo! It's been a while, hasn't it?

I'm down with that, if it's true. And even if this theory is correct, there are loads of questions remaining. Why is The Harbinger on Zeta Halo? Why is she so pissed at the Forerunners? And why does she appear to have the Reclaimer symbol on her helmet? Buy Halo Infinite from Amazon [? Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our policy. Jump to comments Editor wyp Wesley is Eurogamer's editor.