Top 10 Saddest Deaths in the Halo Series
Halo: it's a masterpiece of a game, and sometimes it makes you cry miserably over the loss of an amazing character. So, without further ado, here are the saddest deaths in all of Halo.
NOTE: Mainly for the games, but if you want to include the novels or characters from FUD, be my guest.
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Noble Six - Halo: Reach
Literally, Noble 6 was the only other person besides Chief to be labeled a hyper-lethal vector and, as far as we can tell from the lore, a Headhunter. These were Spartans who were proficient in killing high-value targets on their own or in small groups in a stealthy manner.
Also, I'm sorry for all you Chief fanboys. He seems, according to ONI, to be more classified, and his profile is covered in black ink. Also, Holland used to call him his own personal Grim Reaper. He also made whole insurrection groups go dark by himself. Decide for yourself who was better.
It's actually because of him that Chief is alive because, in an Easter egg, you can see Chief in the ship while it takes off.
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Sergeant Avery Johnson - Halo 3
We literally played with this man in Halo: CE, 2, 3 (and somewhat in Reach and ODST (and in Halo 4 as an easter egg)). One of the most badass and coolest characters in the game.
Noble 6's death is overrated. Johnson's is underrated.
He is the greatest of all Marines.
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Cortana - Halo 4
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The Chief and Cortana, one of the best duos in all of gaming, are now broken apart. The Chief has gone through a lot in his many years of service: the risk of Earth being destroyed, the deaths of Johnson and Miranda. But he always held it together and shrugged it off. However, when Cortana died, Chief actually went into grief, questioned his humanity, and pondered who he really was. It was something he should have questioned long before. Cortana was John's only real friend. She always held him together, always helped him through his missions, and vice versa.
Cortana was the side of Chief that had been long gone, and she made a man who was pretty much a machine, and gave him morals that he never truly had. She convinced him that he was a person rather than a puppet of the military. When she sacrificed herself for him and Earth, Chief thought he had failed his duty to protect her. But she simply said that they both did their duties, to watch out for each other.
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Jorge - Halo: Reach
The big man was sentimental.
"Keep them. He gave them to you. I'll honor him my own way."
"He gave his life thinking he just saved the planet. We should all be so lucky."
He died for nothing. A fleet comes out of slipspace. He died thinking he saved Reach.
He sacrificed himself thinking he had just saved Reach.
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Miranda Keyes - Halo 3
Very sudden.
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Carter - Halo: Reach
It's sad because he sacrifices himself to save you, but it was a heroic death and not cheesy.
I cried a lot when he died. One of the best leaders in the saga.
Love the Reach game. Why do they always kill off the best?
Let them rest in Valhalla!
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Emile - Halo: Reach
He died knowing he took one last Elite, at least. Still, it's also sad because he dies so suddenly, like Kat.
He was so cool and mysterious. I feel like he was a berserker, though he did want to die.
He was my favourite and sacrificed himself. Truly a hero.
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Captain Keyes - Halo: Combat Evolved
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Kat - Halo: Reach
The reason it's so sad is because it is so sudden. Not everyone gets a heroic death.
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Foehammer - Halo: Combat Evolved
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Melissa McKay - Halo: The Flood
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Sam-034 - Halo: The Fall of Reach
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Sergeant Forge - Halo Wars
Sad death, pretty underrated character in an underrated game.
One of my favorite characters dies heroically.
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The Rookie - Halo: New Blood