The prevailing theory is that this connects to both the legendary ending of Halo 5 and the ending of Halo Wars 2. Escharum also mentions that the Banished is working with a new entity known as 'The Harbinger,' who's true identity is yet unknown.

Until then, it's to be assumed that Escharum is carrying out 'the will of Atriox' by taking over this new Halo installation. The events in between are to be revealed in-game, but the end result is a scattered human military force led solely by Master Chief and 'the pilot' that finds him. Not much is known about Escharum, other than he is leading a sect of the Banished on this new Halo ring, which is presumably Installation 09 or 'Anders' Halo.'В Escharum is a Brute War Chief of the Banished who, according to what's being teased in Halo Infinite, lead the Banished to victory against the UNSC months before the start of the game. It's unclear how Atriox is involved in the story of Halo Infinite, if he is at all, now that Chief Escharum has been introduced as the game's main villain. Though the Flood outbreak is certainly problematic, Atriox is still alive. Atroix eventually sends a scavenging mission back to the Ark, only to discover the former 'High Charity' capital of the Covenant, unleashing a new Flood outbreak on the Ark.ДЄfter that, it's presumed Atriox is still building and maintaining the Banished's main force near the Ark. The UNSC 'Spirit of Fire' frigate chases the Banished to the Ark, and defeats Atriox's forces and forces the remaining Banished to flee and regroup. During the events of Halo Wars 2, Atriox attempts to colonize and utilize the Ark in an attempt to strengthen the Banished's forces. Atriox and the Banished eventually set their eyes on the Ark, a forerunner artifact known as 'Installation 00' that essentially serves as the command center for all Halo rings. Witnessing the many deaths of his brothers, Atriox was lead to rebel because of the Brutes' servitude to the Covenant.ДЄs the events of Halo 2В through Halo 5 played out, Atriox was in the background, slowly building his rebellion of Brutes and other Covenant races who wished to join. Brutes were treated differently by the Covenant at the time, utilized more as expendable infantry rather than ranking members of the Covenant army like the Elites. Atriox was initially introduced in Halo Wars 2 as the original leader of the Banished, after rebelling against the Covenant during the Human-Covenant war. Atriox, the ex-Covenant Brute (Jiralhanae) who initially rebelled against the original Covenant, seems to have issued a sect of the Banished over to the new Halo ring. While Escharum was the one in the Halo InfiniteВ gameplay demo, he's not the true leader of the Banished.

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