{"id":27884,"date":"2016-12-07T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=27884"},"modified":"2016-12-07T10:22:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:22:24","slug":"atriox-we-have-seen-him-before-and-we-have-fought-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=27884","title":{"rendered":"Atriox: We HAVE seen him before AND we have FOUGHT HIM!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is conjecture, however with some research behind it to bolster my claim. If you’ve heard otherwise, please just hear me out…<\/p>\n

Chances are, you’ve not only seen Atriox before, but have PLAYED against him if you played the original Halo Wars.<\/p>\n

Atriox IS the unnamed Brute Commander in the ORIGIAL Halo Wars game!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So how did I come to this conclusion\u00a0and what facts do I have to\u00a0prove this or at least make a good argument for it? Let’s explore, shall we?<\/p>\n

First, let’s take a look at the Brute Commander from Halo Wars.<\/p>\n

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And now Atriox:<\/p>\n

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I suggest opening up those images in other windows as I’m going to reference them and a couple others durign this article.<\/p>\n

Okay, so first the obvious, the are both Brutes…That won’t cut it though. So let’s take a look at some similarities. Atriox’s Banished use the Crimson color that the ‘unnamed’ Brute Commander\/Chieftan does in the original Halo Wars. So it’s quite possible that’s a throw back color to his time in the Covenant, but just a portion.<\/p>\n

Looking at the Hammer the Unnamed has and Atriox’s weapon, they have similarities. There are two notches in the Unnamed as well as Atriox. The notches are deeper in the unnamed though. So why is this? Well, this as well as other points elude to the passage of time. It’s been 28 years since Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2. Atriox could have easily modified his weapon during this time. Let’s also take a look at something else a bit more telling about the weapon itself. The Unnamed Brut’s weapon has\u00a0the ability to PULL enemies closer to it.\u00a0*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We’ve seen in one of the trailors for Halo Wars 2 that Atriox’s weapon also draws enemies TOO him. At 3:35 of the vid below, you can see that in action.<\/p>\n