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Grail - Sensation and Hunger
Heart is the Lore that Preserves and Sustains. Here, we shall follow the beat of knowledge, and preserve all that we know.
Grail is the Lore that Desires and Births. We shall sate a part of our thirst for knowledge, and
Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself.
Background Music used from Book of Hours and Dreaming Sarah.
Quotes are all in-game from Cultist Simulator or Book of Hours, using The Evil Root, the BoH wiki, the CS wiki, and the Secret Histories wiki to get screenshots when necessary.
#cultistsimulator #bookofhours #lore #videoessay
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Відео

Heart - Movement Unceasing
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Heart is the Lore that Preserves and Sustains. Here, we shall follow the beat of knowledge, and preserve all that we know. Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself. Background Music used from Book of Hours and Dreaming Sarah. Quotes are all in-game from Cultist Simulator or Book of Hours, using The Evil Root, the BoH wiki...
Forge - Breaking and Making
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Forge is the Lore that destroys and reshapes. Here, we shall destroy the obstacles in our minds, and forge a new path ahead. Will you join us, or be left aside? Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself. Background Music used from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, and Darkest Dungeon. Quotes are all in-game from Cultist Si...
Knock - Wounds and Ways
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Knock is the Lore which opens the path. Here, we aim to open the paths that exist in our minds - perhaps you wish to follow. My voice is all over the place in this, it was the Season of Sickness I suppose. Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself. Background Music used from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, and Darkest Du...
Winter - Silence and Stillness
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Winter is the Lore where all things end. In time we will all come to understand the eternal cold - perhaps this will get you on your way. Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself. Background Music used from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, and Ancestors Legacy. Quotes are all in-game from Cultis...
Edge - Conquest and Struggle
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Edge is the Lore at which conflict meets, hopefully we can all grow to understand the struggles which course the world, in time - this might help you on your way. Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia (Antaeus), and Bing Image Creator. Some such as the thumbnail were made by me. Background music is from the Cultist Simulator OST, Book of Hours OST, or the Darkest Dungeon...
The Analysis of Andy and Leyley | Recipes for the Entire Family and Wholesome Family Values™
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Just some thoughts about the game. Reiterating that the topics covered are very sensitive - this is a Psychological Horror game after all. The Coffin of Andy and Leyley is on Steam, very highly recommended by me. Chapters 3a and 3b are estimated to be released in the middle of 2024 - I'm not an official source on that it's just what I've heard. I did ask around for sources on the memes I've use...

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  • @jamaro2006
    @jamaro2006 10 годин тому

    I never figured out much about the violet on my own, but just that couple of lines you spoke about it made it click. I just finished bingewatching this series, and you have been incredible at connecting the dots between bits of lore that I did not quite understand throughout all of these videos. Looking forward to more!

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 10 годин тому

      Thank you :) I agree that the lore is very difficult to understand if for no other reason than it seems that everything important seems to have about 5 different names which are all used interchangeably.

  • @doomedcells5994
    @doomedcells5994 11 годин тому

    YES

  • @nonamed9613
    @nonamed9613 21 годину тому

    Nice Videos, from the two big Cultist Lore video chanels a bit more deep dived and "fully" explained. But neat videos nevertheless. Just maybe get something for the backround noise of your microphone. Even though you did a good job eliminating it, it is still noticable. But audio stuff is a part of IT that is like black magic to me, five different solutions for one problem and all are correct

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 17 годин тому

      Interesting, I haven’t seen any other channels doing what I’ve done, what are they called? Background noise is a difficult one - I’m not trained in any kind of audio engineering and I’m very against spending any money on UA-cam since I’m confident I won’t be making a single cent from it. I did spend a lot of time cleaning up the audio in the ways I could, but if you can point me towards any good tutorials (or anything else) I would appreciate it

    • @nonamed9613
      @nonamed9613 16 годин тому

      @@HandsomeLib @aditopian is the other guy that made some good cultist lore videos. On the audio question, yeah that is something I have also my problems in the few projects I have done, sadly not much I can say on it and not much I know. I could go and ask some sound people I know, at the moment my best guess would as good as any sadly. It is appreciated by me how much time goes into cleaning audio, truly. Just wanted to let you know there is some left that can be noticable, but it is not "horrible", after the first two or three videos I tuned it out.

  • @blackninjawolf88
    @blackninjawolf88 23 години тому

    Absolutely fabulous video! I'm so excited to see videos on this! I've exhausted the patience of everyone around me trying to work through the lore. I feel like I have no one to talk to about it

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 17 годин тому

      They’re a very niche and unapproachable subject, I think - I doubt these videos will ever hit more Mainstream popularity but I’m hoping the niche can be filled just a little bit

  • @khalilal-bukhari7042
    @khalilal-bukhari7042 День тому

    this is actually true

  • @Flarezap
    @Flarezap День тому

    I think the riddle's answer relates to Moth. Hence it should be my favourite aspect next.

  • @breakfree8387
    @breakfree8387 День тому

    I am so glad I'm not the only one who HATES Julian. I can't swear on UA-cam but understand if I could... There would be no end to the words I would use.

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib День тому

      He has an interesting position, but like many revolutionaries I think it’s a shortsighted one. I do like it when raiding the Gwaer Inn vault, where it’s vaguely implied Julian is a fan of naughty material stored there

  • @rhysanderson4657
    @rhysanderson4657 День тому

    Please do Lantern next!

  • @Kill3rballoon
    @Kill3rballoon День тому

    So glad I found this channel, been looking for good Cultish Simulator content for ages! Subbed!

  • @fake-inafakerson8087
    @fake-inafakerson8087 День тому

    Two missing histories I believe is because of the two hours who rose from the seven coiled. The seven coiled was an hour of knock and edge, of connections and divisions, which could have something to do with the seperation of the histories. And two of them may have been destroyed or consumed by the Mother and Colonel as they rose

  • @fake-inafakerson8087
    @fake-inafakerson8087 День тому

    She arises from wounds, and she loves those already wounded

    • @PrimarchLorgar
      @PrimarchLorgar День тому

      Wounds are thresholds, and thresholds are meant to be passed.

  • @khaswork1372
    @khaswork1372 День тому

    You saved Lantern for last... Dang it! I was never so annoyed yet eager to see new video! I think you can call it fascination

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib День тому

      Full disclosure: since Lantern is one of the most abstract and difficult lores (for me) to understand I’ve been putting it off for a while

  • @pastramiandrye
    @pastramiandrye День тому

    I really liked your video! I just wish you hadn't used AI art. I'd much prefer to see something of your own creation

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib День тому

      Thank you - the purpose of it is so that there’s something on the screen rather than the background, and for some of the more abstract explanations there isn’t anything in-game that could be used for it. I experimented with stock photos and using more memes but in my opinion it threw off the tone of the sections I would have used them in quite severely

    • @pastramiandrye
      @pastramiandrye День тому

      @@HandsomeLib I understand that feeling. I personally would be more interested in seeing things you draw, even if they're just stick figures

  • @chrisgeraghty9951
    @chrisgeraghty9951 День тому

    Its a bit interesting that you dont begin the video with a explanation or disclaimer. Adressing the controversy/ the context around the game is incredibly important for an "analysis". And it also restricts the potential audience to people who already know what the game is/ what its about. Like I as an veiwer am very interested about WTF this game is about. From my breif understanding the game is about the siblings and their relationship. So its integeral that the relationship be the focal point of an analysis, everything else in the game is secondary no? So in this video why is the relationship never actually explained? Who are these two? What are they doing? Why are they doing it? Also it feels like you're reading far too much from a script and not telling an audience about the game. Hopefully this was useful criticism. Games like this are niech and widely misunderstood. So Its important to do them justice when analysed. Maybe going through the game chronologically would help?

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib День тому

      Once the game is completed, I think a revisit of TCAL will occur - if nothing else I’ve learned a fair bit about audio and video production that I would be able to apply to it

  • @rats-of-a-feather
    @rats-of-a-feather День тому

    As a Fallen London player, it’s really cool to see echoes of that in Cultist Sim. Specifically the term “Delicious Friend” and the general concept of an ever hungry thing being associated with the number seven (Seeking Mr.Eaten’s Name).

  • @Laszus13
    @Laszus13 День тому

    Grail was my first ascention - very fun path.

  • @tabethafox1847
    @tabethafox1847 2 дні тому

    I am gonna kiss you right on the mouth for this service, optimal toil listen. mwah

  • @ShadaOfAllThings
    @ShadaOfAllThings 2 дні тому

    I feel like referring to a god who went well out of their way to ensure their ascension was a gender transition as well as the gender they transitioned from is a good way to get that god speaking your name to the Malevolents

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      Quite! Memory isn’t serving on who the malevolents are right now, though

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings День тому

      @@HandsomeLib The Wolf Divided has Malevolents instead of Long in the same way Meniscate has Reflections instead of Long to denote their more strange natures. Malevolents are basically people who have sworn themselves towards the Wolf's goal of ending everything.

  • @CassandraHearts
    @CassandraHearts 2 дні тому

    Spy jumpscare 💀

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      I couldn’t resist

    • @CassandraHearts
      @CassandraHearts 2 дні тому

      @@HandsomeLib Please put a trigger warning if you're going to mention the french :( (I'm french)

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      @@CassandraHearts as someone who has spent significant amounts of time in France, I’ll take that request to “Heart”

    • @CassandraHearts
      @CassandraHearts День тому

      @@HandsomeLib My deepest condoleances. On a more serious note, your video's great!

  • @user-fm9km1qg3c
    @user-fm9km1qg3c 2 дні тому

    Yaaaay content

  • @IsaacJoshi
    @IsaacJoshi 2 дні тому

    Gimmmeee lanternnnnnnnn

  • @ignatmiroshnichenko6370
    @ignatmiroshnichenko6370 3 дні тому

    7:55 while it possible that he refers to the Forge here, it’s much more likely it the ant mother he tells us about. (If i recall, we do get a knock lore out of the interaction) Not to mention him being a name under the god from blood would hamper knowing about gods from light before they became that (if there even a before for them)

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      Using any of the Threshers of Thoughts produced Knock Lore, not only Ezeem. It would also have known about the FoD since she became an hour in the same event as the RG, I don’t see how Ezeem wouldn’t have known. That being said, since it specifically says “Her arms were fewer” then you could well be right, the Mother of Ants being a God from Flesh would make a lot more sense in terms of meeting a Name pre-ascension

  • @gazepreyed
    @gazepreyed 3 дні тому

    YES MY ASPECT

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      I’m not sure I want to ask which aspect of the Grail principle you embody

  • @SCDarkZide
    @SCDarkZide 3 дні тому

    I didn't know there was anyone out there exploring the Lore of the Linrary. It's a very mystical and fascinating world, making you forget the reality around you. I love Cultist Simulator like a symbiotic parasite nurtured by its host. It hasn't let me go yet. It makes me want to understand so much. Thanks for talking about this!

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 3 дні тому

      Thank you for the kind words - I had been hoping for a UA-camr to cover the lore for quite some time but I figured it wasn’t likely to happen any time soon, so I might as well give it a shot :)

  • @trustrossa8673
    @trustrossa8673 3 дні тому

    omg best thing to come home from work to

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 3 дні тому

      I’m glad you think so! Thank you :)

  • @MaXF25
    @MaXF25 3 дні тому

    Remember folks, Grail with an immortal is only okay if say gex.

  • @subplot4143
    @subplot4143 3 дні тому

    Excellent work! Do you think you'll make videos covering the new aspects from book of hours (Scale, Sky, Moon, Nectar), or just the eight from cultsim (or nine, if you count Rose as the same as Secret Histories)?

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 3 дні тому

      It’s tough, my expectation is that “Secret Histories” won’t have much meat by itself since there is just not a lot to talk about regarding it - whether that means that I would instead do a video about the five new powers combined or separate videos for each one is something I won’t be sure about until I start writing about one of them. In general I feel that the new powers are not as fleshed out as the aspects from Cult Sim, and we don’t get many stories relating to them since the Librarians are always very holistic in their approach to the invisible arts. That being said, I don’t expect it’ll be that long before I either have to make a decision or start making videos that are more than just Lore overviews

    • @nonamed9613
      @nonamed9613 21 годину тому

      ​@@HandsomeLib This might change with the upcoming expansion(s) though, may be a good thing to finish the cultist ones and see what is on the horizons

  • @PathfinderWOTRfan
    @PathfinderWOTRfan 3 дні тому

    Good work

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      Thank you, I put a fair bit of effort into this one

  • @ricardoroxas7690
    @ricardoroxas7690 3 дні тому

    This came in just as I was under the influence of Grail. Make of that as you would

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib День тому

      May I direct you to the video on Edge?

  • @thegamerguy1790
    @thegamerguy1790 3 дні тому

    MOM LOOK MORE CULTIST SIM LORE

  • @cheziboiinfloat1852
    @cheziboiinfloat1852 3 дні тому

    I personally like Crosley, as far as I understand it, he hates the Hours, and I feel likewise

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 3 дні тому

      I’m interested as to what JC’s ideal setup for the Mansus really would be. I think there’s limited evidence that he’s seeking a return of Gods From Stone (specifically one named Snow), but we don’t have much information about it afaik

    • @cheziboiinfloat1852
      @cheziboiinfloat1852 2 дні тому

      @@HandsomeLib I’d personally like a Mansus of black nephrite, the perfect city is the one unbuilt. I don’t feel that J.C. would want the gods from stone, they’re just an older flavor of tyrant, especially The Wheel, that damn ceaseless wheel.

  • @aaronstrager4247
    @aaronstrager4247 3 дні тому

    These lore dives are inspiring, I’m tempted to do a lore-centric playthrough of Book Of Hours now

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 3 дні тому

      It’s worth it, BoH shakes up a lot of assumptions from cultist simulator

  • @StefanKoran
    @StefanKoran 3 дні тому

    Nice, just waited for the next part. Really like your content.

  • @justasjagminas1362
    @justasjagminas1362 7 днів тому

    The Iron Wolf is a symbol of Lithuanian armed forces. It is based on the legend of the foundation of Vilnius, which states that great Duke Gediminas slept after a hunt, and dreamt of an iron wolf, sitting on a hill, howling in the night. Gediminas' priest Lizdeika saw the dream as an omen and told him: "On that hill, you must build a castle, and around the castle, you must build a city which will become your country's new capital."

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      Interesting, when reading up about it I saw claims on the wikis that the Iron Wolf referred to in-game was a group of Axis collaborators in Lithuania - doing my own research led me to believe there were wider connotations but I hadn’t come across that particular story

  • @IsaacJoshi
    @IsaacJoshi 9 днів тому

    Lantern lantern LANTERNNNN

  • @marisstaff7019
    @marisstaff7019 10 днів тому

    Winter subverts edge, forge is subverted by edge, heart subverts winter (knock doesn’t count), therefore lantern or grail is next. “What drives us?” Thirst? Pleasure? Or is it knowledge? What we seek from these videos?

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 10 днів тому

      That’s a great response to the riddle, I love it

  • @BruceWayne-lk8tu
    @BruceWayne-lk8tu 24 дні тому

    Let’s goooo! Love the video!

  • @Arana975
    @Arana975 Місяць тому

    lovely lovely , heart

  • @Skeebiesquid
    @Skeebiesquid Місяць тому

    OMG U HEART HEHE

  • @justanotter6593
    @justanotter6593 Місяць тому

    Enjoying your videos a lot, You're always very quiet in these videos though. I end up having to turn up the volume on my entire computer.

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib 2 дні тому

      I noted this and tried to make things louder in my latest video - when listening back on my PC and phone it sounds normal to me - I only have secondhand headphones and I keep my volume at about 30 and didn’t have any issues there. hopefully it’ll be resolved if I stick to what I tried doing in my new video :)

  • @mitchelldean5397
    @mitchelldean5397 Місяць тому

    I’m looking forward to moth ❤

  • @mitchelldean5397
    @mitchelldean5397 Місяць тому

    Ooh yes, I am so happy I found this channel

  • @arbuz_kawon
    @arbuz_kawon Місяць тому

    Oh my, this is amazing! Straight through the keyhole and into the Mansus 🔑🌙

  • @hubee2407
    @hubee2407 Місяць тому

    43:31 "There are edge cases" I'm not sure if that's a pun or something else

  • @undozan4180
    @undozan4180 Місяць тому

    i have no idea what i just watched

  • @paulvilliers9211
    @paulvilliers9211 Місяць тому

    Definitely one of my favorite channel ❤❤

  • @Shizkeb
    @Shizkeb Місяць тому

    What the fuck I thought this was a medical video

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib Місяць тому

      The only medical advice I can give is to avoid percussigants

    • @Alfenium
      @Alfenium Місяць тому

      This is vital medical lore, it will be on the test that's coming up last week?? what?

    • @Shizkeb
      @Shizkeb Місяць тому

      ​@@Alfenium It's so over... I fabricated my Phd with Chat gpt and it told me to use this video as a step by step tutorial for heart surgery

    • @Alfenium
      @Alfenium Місяць тому

      @@Shizkeb for realzies?? Well, I've never operated on a heart but I've made paper heart cutouts for elementary school crafts and I assume it's basically the same thing :p It's easy squeezy...

  • @haeun6053
    @haeun6053 Місяць тому

    The charm of Heart lies in how violent the maintenance of life and status quo is. 7:10 applies not only to secrecy but also to how the rejection of a choice is also a choice, often a violent one.

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib Місяць тому

      Exactly, Heart is probably the most benign lore to an observer, but learning about it reveals that it’s as dark as any other

    • @ambergaleroar2476
      @ambergaleroar2476 Місяць тому

      @HandsomeLib Ah yes my favorite lore, Desire. Im guessing its Grail?

  • @kazat0105
    @kazat0105 Місяць тому

    Histories and lantern next 🔥

    • @HandsomeLib
      @HandsomeLib Місяць тому

      I leave a small riddle at the end for the next one!

  • @Suninrags
    @Suninrags Місяць тому

    I always played with the idea to make a channel of my own discussing the secret histories setting. seeing you just go for it makes me want to try.