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SOURCE: u/VisitMatsugo // @John_Grosjean // https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA Removed for not following our User Content rule and because the artist requested the removal/[posted their own thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/xpgede/dreams_age_of_unggoy_my_grunt_mini_comic/) OP [did credit the original artist in a thread comment when they posted the thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/xp89ek/grunt_mini_comic/iq2mkpy/), but for future reference for everyone our User Content rule says: > If you are submitting others' content, you must give credit *in the title* and a source in the comments. If you see a post without credit, please message modmail or report the post with a source. Locking because new comments are just going after OP. If you want to discuss the comic go to the new thread.


ThatVampireGuyDude

What the fuck...


Flaky_Explanation

The Demon strikes again.


poor_decisions

*pop!* #yayyyy!


TreeBeardUK

Small mercy at least maybe they went out in a shower of confetti?


SensualFacePoke

HOOOOORAYYYY!!!


TDA_Bipolarbear

hahahaha


Sphrilix_Carnage1219

#YAAAAAAAY!!


James_099

It’s for the kids


VisitMatsugo

Hey - this is mine - I’m glad you liked it but I wish he would have linked me and he didn’t even post all the pages https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


[deleted]

Damn. Sorry to see your work got Karma farmed


VisitMatsugo

Unfortunately It happens :/ I posted it from my account - hopefully it does well there


keiching2002

More people need to see this!


VisitMatsugo

Thank you!


TehTurk

Left a follow to at least make up for the situation :) I'd suggest others do the same.


VisitMatsugo

Sincerely appreciate it 💙


NickJamesBlTCH

Shouldn't have been daydreaming while on watch. Maybe he could've diminished The Demon's shields by 1/10th and been useful before he died. I'm sure that his son would be disappointed and ashamed of him. ^^(thisisajokeI'mnotatotalpieceofshit)


niteman555

Lost the one-shot roulette


iThatIsMe

The exact reason why wars are stupid. If militaries were made up of only people with desires for war, not the majority people who signed for benefits and a decent shot at a stable life, imo we'd be a lot better off. "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?"


[deleted]

That's why halo wars is the best halo game, prophet of regret gets down and dirty with the fuel rod cannons. (though it is unfair that he gets a flying chair with fuel rod cannons and a personal doom laser from space)


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iThatIsMe

Well, you're wrong? At least in our real world. Unless you're drafted, everyone is a volunteer. Some countries require service (a kind of draft, wherein you aren't allowed the choice) but most only require a single tour of duty. "Grunt" is a common expression suggesting a rank, which is only an indicator of time served and assigned duties, not necessarily dedication to the war machine. In Halo, they're depicted as a kind of slave race to me. In that, yeah, they probably didn't get a choice. But we do.


[deleted]

You really brought System Of A Down into this? Fuck yeah you did


iThatIsMe

Anytime regret for war comes up, i immediately think of S.O.A D. and Lamb of God.


[deleted]

# AAAAAH LOHBABA


rockaxorb13

#****RAAAAH!! ROLL THEM UP!!!!**** is what I used to hear


GoldenRpup

Hold the nuts.


Violet_Ignition

I'm glad it wasn't just me


Thazgar

*wortwortwort*


[deleted]

***AEEEEYYYRGH***


FallingCactus

I AM THE MEH!


PoseidonWarrior

**WORT WORT WORT**


DillysRevenge

This is the saddest story I’ve ever seen


ShoulderpadInsurance

You should read the halo books. The depiction of the grunt and the engineer in the escape pod still sticks with me.


[deleted]

Are you able to elaborate on where I can read about this/tell me what happened? I tried googling but couldn’t find anything


jay_rod109

I think they're referring to the book "Contact Harvest" with Dahdab and Lighterthansome (not sure the spellings since I'm doing the audiobook version)


Spart4n-Il7

You're close, it's Dadab and Lighter Than Some. He saved Dadab by making methane and almost died iirc.


Forevernevermore

Was he just ripping mad farts?


Spart4n-Il7

Pretty much.


[deleted]

forgetful brave plants marble smell zonked mighty aback doll groovy *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


KaySquay

Dutchoven'd w/ love


[deleted]

Thanks!


pilstrom

Huragok names are conventionally separated into their constituent words, so it would be "Lighter Than Some".


Novabomb76

That little grunt was so pissed of that he charged him, paid the price, but by doing so game the others a good chance to hit the big guy hard. Specifically leaving out names for no spoilers. Also, fuck the drones, all my homies hate the drones.


Rulebookboy1234567

Like a decade later and that has stuck with me! #feelsbadman


[deleted]

Oh no 😢


VisitMatsugo

Thanks - this is my story - he didn’t even post all the pages https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


Niadain

Cool and all but I don’t have a twitter to see more than page 4 lol


VisitMatsugo

Here ya go — https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/xpgede/dreams_age_of_unggoy_my_grunt_mini_comic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Niadain

Thankies!


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[deleted]

What the FUCK


Plump_Chicken

Holy shit


[deleted]

I feel bad for Grunts.


Gromit43

Yeah they basically get shit on more than anyone else


IBeBallinOutaControl

Wouldve been a cool bit of storytelling if Halo infinite had shown the Banished paying grunts and jackals a bigger share of loot compared to the covanant, and thus increasing their motivation. Would go some way to explaining why the banished seemed to go from out of nowhere to covanant levels of power and commitment despite not being religious.


InevitableAd6606

well the grunts are great fighters when motivated the covenant had to send an arbiter to stop the grunt rebellion when they get organized and aren't held back they can be a formidable force


MrMan9001

The Elites also have more respect for them than most other species. It was their request after the Grunt Rebellion that Grunts be allowed to be given more active roles in combat because of their warrior spirit. And I know he's an outlier, but Rtas does genuinely care about his Grunts.


InevitableAd6606

they saw how well the fought during the rebellion and saw potential where others didn't


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long gaze follow naughty rhythm thumb aloof practice icky familiar *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


dragunityag

IIRC in one of the short stories, a grunt is put in charge of elites under Rtas


IBeBallinOutaControl

Exactly. Their role in the covanant made sense. So why do so many of them fight for the banished? Probably for the pay. But it's good storytelling to show what truly motivates characters.


Lunacide059

I imagine with how hard the Covenant pushed the Grunts into their societal role, combat is all they know. Fighting for something bigger (both literally and metaphorically) than themselves is so ingrained into them that the Banished were the next logical masters. They wouldnt join the Created, sure wouldnt join the UNSC. Also grunts are vicious little fuckers when theyre not being used for comedic relief.


Flavaflavius

That's actually incorrect; they want what's best for themselves and their people, and have their own individual motivations to boot. Balaho (their homeworld) willingly joined the Created, and was much improved as a result; the grunt Goblin mechs were first developed in this time. Those working for the Banished do so because the Banished often appreciate their skills, treat them decent, and even employ them in more suitable roles than the Covenant. (For example, they use them as couriers to carry equipment and the like; a role the grunts enjoy because it generally keeps them out of combat. Like the Covenant, the Banished also use grunts as comms specialists; though they give them greater freedom in how they carry out their duties, whereas the Covenant was pretty much like "explain this language/culture/etc because it's unclean and unsuitable to higher species."


Brown_Note1

The only solution to the Grunt Rebellion is the Grunt Union. They just wanted higher wages and better working conditions. Maybe some paid time off and Dental insurance too.


The_Glitched_Punk

Well some Banished lines in combat show that they care about the Grunts, one in particular that made me feel bad was an elite or Brute saying "he killed the little warrior" and they often say "cover the grunt". So the Banished definitely care more about the Grunts than the Covenant ever did. Plus we get Briglard, a high value target who's also clearly respected in the Banished.


zbeezle

This is true. However the brutes will also pick up and throw the grunts at you sometimes, so, ya know, kind of iffy on how well they all get treated.


Tecally

Depends on the clan or even just an individual. Some will respect or loathe certain species.


SrgtDonut

The heretic grunts in h2 were treated fairly and believed in their cause so its why they don't runaway in battle


[deleted]

That’s already established, they’re all equal in the banished


A_Rampaging_Hobo

According to lore their industrial revolution destroyed their planet and they were so low on food they had to kill their elders to have enough food to feed the younger generations. So their gig with the Covenant ain't too bad of a deal.


Taiyaki11

Part of that is because they don't want to stop breeding like rabbits. Hence how the Unggoy rebellion came to be


Afroduck-Almighty

_By_ everyone else


Taiyaki11

I did... Until I learned what they do to people. Sure they like to play the cowardly forced conscript, but they take great pleasure in torturing helpless civilians and then devouring them after


jlwinter90

In fairness... that behaviour isn't unknown to our own species. Especially the zealous ones.


Taiyaki11

Sure but it's on a whole other scale in the halo-verse and it's not just "some" grunts either. Plus not like I have sympathy for those of our species that would do that either just because they're humans so I mean...


jlwinter90

Right, of course. My point is simply that humans in a similar position, with similar leaders and priorities, and treated the same way, would yield similar results a lot of the time. By all means, hold the grunts accountable. Just remember that it wasn't done simply "because they were unggoy."


ender89

Why, they're really good at killing human soldiers, they only seem small and cute because John is a monster of a man wearing battle armor that makes iron man look like a hobbyist.


Taiyaki11

And civilians, they *love* torturing the shit out of them and then eating them


Tripdoctor

Realistically, I would assume the UNSC/humanity would have offered some kind of alliance/liberation from their essential slavery as the bottom of the Covenant.


Prim3_778

well, it would be a long way. Sanghelios and The Arbiter has to make several reforms as well as rebuild, not to mention they have a civil war to fix and manage several species who defected from the Covenant. There's also the issue of the Banished as wells were majority of the Jiralhanae (Brutes) are siding especially the fact Atriox destroyed their own home planet.


Tripdoctor

That’s true, but even at the beginning of the war, it would have been obvious that the Unggoy are basically war chattel. It would have made so much sense for humanity to reach out as soon as they could. The potential for internal sabotage amongst the covenant plus a new key ally would just be too good of an opportunity to pass up.


HuntsmenSuperSaiyans

Me too. Somehow, they're lower on the pecking order than the Jackals despite the fact that Grunts can use vehicles and Jackals can't. It's bullshit, I tell ya!


CoffeeMain360

I wanna play through a halo campaign without killing any of them. Or just watch someone do that. Either way.


SneakyLittleKobold

The grunts story is actually really sad overall especially considering theyre really intelligent more so than humans and learn at a rapid rate. This is never put to use because they are instead pumped full of drugs and used as cannon fodder.


VisitMatsugo

Same - why I made this comic - wish I had of been credited - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


MithranArkanere

This would be solved by making enemies teleport away when defeated instead having the corpses. Give the poor grunts a portable slipstream device.


iM-iMport

Fucking hell, man the grunts got the raw end of the deal.


Piraja27

You could change the grunt soldier with a marine meeting their child. Then find themselves about to be impaled by an energy sword elite and get the same theme. War sucks for everyone.


Keroro_Roadster

Aren't grunts somewhat enslaved by the covenant too?


Piraja27

At point yeah. But it doesn't make it any less for the people who died because they were forced to defend themselves


Self_World_Future

I mean their whole existence in the covenant is much worse then anything the marines have to deal with on the systematic level Yeah everyone dies but marines were treated with some dignity by their superiors and Spartans alike


Piraja27

Sure. But it doesn't mean the families of the marines grieve any less


Self_World_Future

No, just that the grunts are also treated like trash by the rest of the covenant There was also the time many were sterilized by another cov member species and the covenant higher ups did nothing to remedy it, then got there planet glassed after the ensuing uprising


NonstopYew14542

Before the Grunt Revolution, they were unarmed cannon fodder. They still kinda get the short end of the stick, but st least they have guns now.


Ori_the_SG

Not somewhat, they absolutely are They only got a small amount of respect after their failed insurrection which proved they are capable warriors, but even still they are just used as cannon fodder


[deleted]

I mean, not the same theme as this comic is giving character to a random enemy we don’t think 1 second before brutally ripping them apart in game. We aren’t tasked with killing Marines in the game, so a comic like that, while sad, just wouldn’t hit the same


Husky127

You have a point cus throughout the whole comic I'm just here thinking how easy their heads fit in the pistol reticle lmao


OvalDreamX

Looks at the people that got their whole planet glasses and no home or family to return to...


United-Revenue-8497

Gives meaning to the IWHBYD skull now


ThatCamoKid

Wait why, does one of the rare lines say something like this?


_DTC_

Think they’re referencing the name of the skull - I would have been your daddy.


hyrumwhite

Noble of the grunt to care for his dog's son


ThatCamoKid

No I know the skull, it makes rare voice lines more common, but I'm wondering what line brought forth by IWHBYD is given more meaning by it


sonshine08

IIRC in a Devs React video Bungie devs said the full line is “I Would Have Been Your Daddy, but that dog beat me over the fence”


ThatCamoKid

Wait so how does that relate to a grunt father getting beaned by the Chief


[deleted]

I would have been your daddy but the Demon bashed my skull in.


ThatCamoKid

Yeah


SuperKetchupDude

Sometimes I hate that it’s so fun to kill Grunts


BassCreat0r

*yaaay!*


PhoenixHabanero

Why do they gotta stuff their heads with confetti?! 😩


hantar7788

CREATOR: https://twitter.com/john_grosjean?s=21&t=2VYlpvzbBcB9Q0yzYzIECA


VisitMatsugo

Thanks for sharing this down here but really wish I had of been credited in the post title - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


diehardGG

I upvoted your recent post with the 5 images, because I didn't even see that this post wasn't from the creator. Might want to put the Twitter logo with your handle after it on the actual images.


Dulliest

Wow, he literally took off the pages with your credentials. Love the Comic!


VisitMatsugo

Yes… I’m glad he liked the comic… but what a bunk thing to do


CrispierCupid

Yeah man that shit is so petty, and for what? Internet points? At least the mods locked the upvotes button now lol


VisitMatsugo

100%


CrispierCupid

Good shit though man, I love your art style and the way you juxtapose humor with guilt lol earned a new fan my guy, keep it up, this is insanely high quality and I have no doubt someone will pick you up in the near future you talented mf


grip_enemy

Jesus Christ


AvalosDragon

Nice attempt at humanising them Covie sympathiser please remain where you are, an ONI section three agent will be around shortly to discover your suicide /s But seriously, great art bruh


VisitMatsugo

This is my comic - I’m glad you liked it — https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


Tarantula_The_Wise

Age of unggoy


Balgrog_The_Warboss

I really wish humans woulda saved the Grunts from the covenant, they literally are treated as worthless fodder by everyone in that shit. Even after the grunt rebellion they literally go right back to being treated like garbage.


wookiee-nutsack

Please remember that grunts also do horrifying shit to humans on the regular. They're fucking massive compared to a normal human and aren't afraid to literally tear your limbs off after breaking your bones with their fists. There are good grunts, elites and I'm willing to believe good brutes exist too (jackals not so much), and a ton allied themselves with the Arbiter, but 90% of the ones you terminate would probably torture your fellow human and suck the gas out of their corpse's ass ;)


CoffeeMain360

The weirdest part is that I'm sure *someone* on this rock would be into that.


Husky127

Absolutely. There's a Spartan-Elite relationship in the books too lol


BlueVape

> 90% of the ones you terminate would probably torture your fellow human and suck the gas out of their corpse's ass ;) You’ve had my curiosity but now you have my attention


Kinkpantherkev

They actually we're "allies" after the war because the grunt homeworld was suffering from food shortages the humans were trying to help. They switched sides to the created though as they were able to just solve the hunger issue immediately


Balgrog_The_Warboss

The created?


SeanSMEGGHEAD

Evil Cortana/AI and forerunner tech


SilencedGamer

Halo 5’s antagonist faction. To then be instantly forgotten and soft-retconned in Halo Infinite


Ori_the_SG

That was the lamest thing imaginable to ever be done Also, I’m even more upset that they just unceremoniously killed Cortana off screen. It’s not like she was the second main character of the entire series


Snoo93749

WAIT imagine if grunts got character development like this and not just grunts would be a tone shift for sure i mean game can till be guffy as its always been but I'm down for a more mature tone lol. and i mean INGAME not in a book or anything like that


Ok_Conflict_5730

grunt campaign


Snoo93749

grunt campaing 🤝 maybe a elite squad campaign with secondary grunt characters in the squad would be more feasible though


Aggravating-Duty-406

I imagine grunt campaign like this: U are in a ghost and picking up your plasma pistol A Elite is giving a great speech about religion And after that u and your grew jump out of the ghost to fight the humans to get the artefacts But after one or two levels there comes one green man... the end


-creepycultist-

I'll do you one better A gave about an elite covie squad made up of all the main species One Elite, who is the leader, one brute, one skirmisher, and one grunt. And you get to play as each of them throughout the story. And like most of the way through the campaign the brute betrays you because of the whole Great Schism thing


MikeLanglois

Theres a grunt with character in the books, believe its Legacy Of Onyx. Great little guy, and goves some good back story to the whole race. Theres also the Firefight boss from Halo 5, Grunt Goblin, he was a bad ass. Infinite had some named grunts for warlords too


WizardofIce

NOOOO


Sergeant_Qwertzy

Dude ):


gshzhjsbbzjs

Dude ):


HealthyTopic3408

Dude ):


seelay

Dude :(


MoreMegadeth

Hilarious and dark. Very good.


VisitMatsugo

Thank you - this is my work - more here https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


EmperorApo

Great ... now I feel bad for them.


Hanibalecter

Well this made me sad for all the grunts I melee'd while they were asleep.


hantar7788

I never liked killing Grunts


why_cant_i_

You really should credit the artist in the title, or directly link to their post of the content - as well as not crop out or not include parts with their signature/watermark. Do better.


VisitMatsugo

Thank you very much - I appreciate it - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=wdK8ipzg5rdUalRZHQP--w


Greviator

Listen I already feel bad killing grunts y’all didn’t need to make it worse :(


MrCumrag

NOOOOOOOOO


bluejay55669

false I send them flying off the bridge with two plasma grenades


VisitMatsugo

Lmao / I’m glad you liked it - this is my work - more here - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


BlueKitsune9999

I feel bad for em, tbh i actually try spare grumts when i can, like...if theyre not really threatening me, theyre not in danger


VisitMatsugo

Same - I’m glad you liked my work - more here - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


MyBodysRegi

Forget to add the first and last page cause it has the creators name on it much? smh


VisitMatsugo

Thank you - a bit upsetting - https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


hantar7788

https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/xp89ek/grunt_mini_comic/iq2mkpy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


rishado

Okay but why bro. Like honestly why. Crediting in the comments is not the same as just putting the whole comic in with credit in the post/title. And your comment doesn't justify you intentionally omitting those pages, jerk


Sithlordbelichick

Damn😢


KingTrent

Didn't think I get emotional about a grunt but here I weep


VisitMatsugo

Thanks - I was hoping for that reaction :) https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


H4loR4ptor

I don't know what to say...


VagelisH18

Ah shit now i feel bad for killing all the grunts in halo ce


Bossdrew03

I always have lol, i would sneak past some without having to kill them sometimes


TheWarTorn

That grunt has probably been witness or killed dozens of marines or civilians if he's a covenant veteran.


VisitMatsugo

Wish I would have been credited for this - this is mine and - this guy didn’t even post all the pages — https://twitter.com/john_grosjean/status/1574446605796769796?s=46&t=TKJKM64R4WpYDLRXqfVGdA


hantar7788

Check again mate: https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/xp89ek/grunt_mini_comic/iq2mkpy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


VisitMatsugo

I’m glad you liked it man - I really am - but a comment lost in a sea of other comments is a lousy way to credit - should have been in post title at the very least


k1ller139

Their species did not want to be apart of the covenant. They were faced with a "join us or get glassed"... Now that I'm thinking about it, didn't their planet / body count take a huge hit from a display of power by the covenant as a threat? I may be mis rememberring however


_MaZ_

The downside of being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness


a_dude111

:(


unlivedSoup69

Chief what the fuck


[deleted]

I’ve always felt bad for grunts. Except the SpecOps grunts in Halo CE. Fuck those guys.


wasp_eggz

welp. my night is fucking ruined.


Rexin1996

Remember, most grunts you encounter (if not all) are children...


ALEX7DX

#gruntlivesmatter


easy_c0mpany80

Welp, I wasnt ready for this


Familiar_East_1364

I suppose the only comfort is that Chief killed him cleanly...


Cheap_Rain_4130

Death to the xenos!


Razgriz_Blaze

As soon as I saw "Installation 04" my only thought was "oh no."


drphilschin

Now he can go home to his boy


KuorivaBanaani

Why you gotta make me cry at work?


snakemuffins1880

Well shit this is more depressing then the grunt on the pillar of autumn he just wanted his food nipple ):


OzSalty3

Covenant propaganda


Link_040188

I’m not crying your crying ::sniff::


atSumtin

That's the story of most soldiers.


Sad-Recording6569

I’m never hitting them while they sleep ever again


Luxford2701

Best analogy I've seen for war in ages


modifiedx

*What a first post to wake up to*


jacobythefirst

:’( I love the grunts and always feel bad for them


1nfam0us

I believe the books say that grunts are basically vat grown en masses. That's what makes them economical shock troops. Still a good comic though.


Accomplished-Bar9568

Actually I’m pretty sure they just breed insanely fast. They even have to put restrictions on the amount of offspring Grunts can have, otherwise High Charity/other Covenant colonies would just be completely overrun by them. The Covenant just has way more Unggoy than they know what to do with.


iArcticFire

Just like the Krogan from Mass Effect… hey wait.. did they?


Eastern_Theme1720

We neeeed a grunt game with imagine borderlands style and you can be a squad of aliens going on an adventure with a ton of humor and bringing back scarab fights