The reason why Void Spirit asks Oracle if he can see beyond this point in time is because the Ancients keep restarting time before the "Final Battle" so that they don't get taken away by Arc Warden, therefore Void Spirit (and I presume Oracle, too) can't see beyond this point of time, because time never progresses far enough. In VS's lore, it's stated that he's coming into realspace in order to stop the conflict and prepare the world for what's coming - meaning that, canonically, any game of Dota 2 that Void Spirit wins is actually the last one (or one of the last ones) I can't wait for Valve to actually reveal what all of this is leading up to, because this is some fucking foreshadowing.
Thats not a bad thought. That would fit with Shaker's arcana. Theres a much bigger threat coming that these few hero's know about and are trying to stop or make everyone aware of.
@@adityahegde4892 There's no way its going to be dota 3. Dota 2 would have to be on a decline to justify splitting their player base. And besides, Gaben dont make "3" games lol!
@@BrickleYourFrickle Seems a lot more likely than "Dota 3". A "confluence" is a merging or combining of two things. Maybe Dota 2 will re-sorb Artifact lol
Okay Hold up. That one's wrooooooong. Elder Titan did NOT create the spirits. HE DID NOT. HE CREATED THE FUNDAMENTALS (Io, Ck, Kotl, Enigma) --> Literally there's a voiceline when Void Spirit kills ET: "Did you think I was one of your creations? " --> The monologue slacks refers to in the video: ------------"Before there was the spirit, there was the void. Before there was anything, there was the void. ------------ Long after -- though only a moment in the scope of the whole -- there came...a being of great power. ------------Still without comprehensible form or voice of my own, I felt this titan's hammer fall and the four children scatter. ------------I began to find myself in the reverberations of the blow. And I saw the expanse of time flash forth from the instant. ------------In that cascade of moments, I knew I must learn to compose a form capable of interacting with the material plane." --> LITERALLY IN ELDER TITAN'S VOICELINES (when killing them) -------- Chaos Knight -->" Return to Unity, old friend" --------Io --> " Child of the Schism, Io returns to Unity. " --------- Keeper of the Light --> "That which I divided, returns to Unity. " -------- Enigma --> " Born in the Schism, died in the forge. " Void Spirit is literally the spirit of the void (much like there is ember, storm, earth spirit). Saw Elder Titan forge away and "split the fundamental realm " or whatever, creating the fundamentals. This also lines up, given how Void Spirit refers to being the FIRST of spirit brothers: Edit: fucked up and posted, let me add the ref line: Void spirit killing Storm : "I was the first of us, and I shall be the last."
Also when void spirit kills the ET. He says "the create falls like all the rest".... It's because he made the spirit or is it just of ET being a creater of planets
@@adnanm.elghamji4547 ember storm earth and void spirits already existed long before ET shaped worlds. The four children void was referring to was Io, kotl, Ck and enigma.
28:40 I think the fact that he tells PA that she'd have not done well is the proof that Spectre is PA, seeing as he also says to Spectre that she didnt follow his instructions, thus he knew from the future her that she wouldnt be fit for his tasks
First off: Yes, the goblin riding alchemist is a keen. Look at other hero responses to him, many call him a keen. Keen are just purplish goblins, small creatures that dabble in science, mechanical armor, pointy noises, guns etc. Secondly as for the demons being purple: wouldn't it make sense, if the void is the space between the planes, it would also be the space between the planes of hell? And lastly, for the spectre/PA theory: perhaps spectre is an alternate universe version of PA who regretted her life and sought void spirit for assistance to escape the sisterhood and change, but ultimately failed to follow his instructions, died and became a spectre as the artifact card lore describes, losing her mind.
another thing to proove that alchemist is a keen is the new neutral item "keen optic" which we see alchemist wear in some sets, altough it's not the exact same keen optic but they're so similar.
Nitemare have you never seen purge teaching him how to play dota? For the most part, hes an entertainer, he doesnt care much or that he fucks up so he has content to put out. Hes not a climber personality but an entertainer. Maybe in his off time, he actually is a decent player. I mean it kind of pissed me off more if he isnt and his rank is still archon.
Uhm i tought this one - Ember is manifestation of fire: they said our planet "core" is uhm hot liquid fire right? - Kaolin is manifestation of earth: Stone, mineral, ect. The next layer after ember. - Storm is manifestation of atmosphere i guess: like slacks said, weather. A layer after earth. - Void? Well : outer space. The last layer of em all. The only layer that contains the most mistery. Ok thats all i got :(
Watching this makes me want an ARPG mode "Assault on the Hidden Temple" much in the vein of Siltbreaker but it's all a plot for us to enter the Hidden Bastion of Void Spirit in search of artifacts. We can choose to play as Dark Willow, Invoker, Rubick, Phantom Assassin, and/or other heroes with a thirst for knowledge or thievery. We would have an act to Enter The Void by fighting through the Violet Plateau, fighting different void creatures like edilons, enigmas, and faceless t-rex's. Reskinned heroes with different names can be the bosses. Second Act we're in the void and fight our way to the Hidden Bastion and in the Hidden Bastion. Where we fight templar guardians and a remnant of the Void Spirit that guards its vaults. Please Valve. I need this for Ti 10.
@@wanderingbufoon I don't believe so. When Void Spirit kills Rubick he says "A great lineage comes to a nullifying end." If Void knows Aghanim is hidden in his temple, he wouldn't declare the lineage dead.
Sean Thompson dude ti10 might be void themed now that you said that. You know how the ti’s colors go by the runes? First was yellow(illusion), red(haste), blue(double dmg) , green(regen), and now pink (arcane) or purple(invisibility) dont know which was ti9 but one still remains unused and any of those match the “void” theme: arcane and invisible (few have been into the void). I just want a space like ti lmao
finally slacks, you old sack of doodoo. was waiting for that video a looooong time. like i dont even fcking play DOTA2 and still was excited about this video for crying out loud.
5:50 holy shit that looks so awesome. Supernovas, sanity eclipses, calldowns, diabolic edicts, IO spirits, and astral stomps and more? All those abilities make such a cool space scene.
I didn't even play dota anymore. But community like this makes dota unforgettable in my life, dota isn't fun to play again cause smurf etc but it's still fun to watch. Thank u sir slack for keeping my love to dota :)
"Through which sounds of horror perpetually emanate" *silence* *silence* *silence* Truly a horrifying sound in dota, yes. I haven't played in months and it still brings back memories...
Fun fact: Faceless void's old DotA 1 model was based off of the faceless ones of wc3 which look pretty cthulian like with their tentacles faces and arms and such And it's pretty neat that void's story in DotA 2 is based off of cthulu
Slacks: Long, well thought out dissection of the most minute details of ads, comics and other games to make sense of a deliberately obtuse lore. Also Slacks: HIS NAME IS BATRIDER HE SHOULD RIDE A BAT
I think that the reason why Timber, Sniper, Tinker, Clock, Snapfire and Gyro are all Keens, despite looking different, is because their species are cousins Sort of like how in TES, the Orcs (Orsimer) are technically put Elves (aka Mer), same as the Dark Elves, Wood Elves, High Elves, Dwarves (aka Underelves) etc Aka Sniper and Timber are both -keen, but with a different prefix (I've seen somewhere Timber be referred to as a Tinykeen)
@@bryanrichard2743 I mean, it could also be that, even though the differences between Sniper and Timber I would say are a bit bigger than being akin to an irl human race (one being dwarf-like and the other goblin-like)
I think this is close and if you look up a definition of the word keen, the noun form has 3 different meanings that boil down to highly developed, whether it's eye sight or interest or sharp, like when you say sharp as a tac. Now what's neat is the verb form of the word keen means an eerie wailing sound. What if each one of these people or keen have lost something because of how they developed in a certain way. More like once they were something else and now they are keen.
Lanaya’s recent scepter update also proves that she can now teleport from one place to another, this is important because as Slacks said, the only way of traveling between the void is through portals, furthering the fact that she took power from the Violet Archives and assisted and succeeded in the mission Void Spirit sent her for. In Void Spirit’s line he mentions how PA which ultimately is Spectre (atleast for most of the community now), didn’t follow VS’s instructions but since Templar Assassin was successful, her new scepter power of teleporting through traps is justified as she can now freely travel from the mortal plane to the void using her traps. She can now access the Hidden Temple and draw power from it as TA is the superior. I hope we get to see more of her story in the upcoming part two.
Confluence: A situation in which two things join or come together - The Great Confluence will be Valve merging DOTA 1 and 2 - maybe an event, new heroes, old skins. etc
Chaos Knight has a voice line when purchasing blink dagger: "My steed shall leap between the planes". Void Spirit says this when using Void Step: "A journey through darkness", implying that he is traveling through the void. Both abilities allow teleportation, so this may suggest that the void is indeed the space between the planes.
It's actually a reference for "lanes". Every lane is a world by itself and SB is the best roamer in the game. So he is the beast of all lanes, pushing all the worlds to the end.
Atakan Özel That’s a wild theory, because it’s a reference to Voltaire and Leibnizian Optimism, commonly summarized as “our world is the best of all worlds”
@@f.jideament Barathrum is from the Nether realm and he can freely pass through "planes" (which I think are dimensions). According to the lore he is an elemental force which chose a form to suit its purpose, part bovine - part simian with hands, hooves and horns. He is hunting down prey because he's ordered to by a master who is even unknown to him.
I think it's all setup to what's coming in this ti10, probably event like siltbreaker, it maybe a quest of hidden temple and revealing us more info about it. The ti9 battle pass event took place in fellstrath jungle which is purple in color and mireska awoken the Mo'rokai beasts and she came in search of some relic (shadow amulet?). Idk maybe it's a journey in search of hidden temple
What if spectre was a phantom Assassin that void spirit had asked to share the corruption amongst her sisters but she’d refused. Hence taking all the corruption upon herself? Honestly slacks you’ve done it again. Some of my favourite videos to ever be uploaded to UA-cam. Thanks for sharing them with us.
I love Slacks. Even I am so much involved in the lores of these amazing heroes rather than just playing the game. Makes it all the more interesting. Slacks if you are reading then please along with the loregasms please keep on making the small lore videos of the already existing heroes. Also, the Night King's theme that you have used here fits so well. I admit it I have cried at times while watching loregasms as I have been thinking about these theories as well which actually matched with what you think. Thanks. You are a blessing to the Dota community.
My idea for Void Spirit not seeing the future means that Void Spirit does not have the power of clairvoyance but rather the Void, it is a big panel who can see both time and possibilities and the fact that Void Spirit no longer is in the Void he is no longer capable of using this panel.
I think Void spirit may have ordered PA to Kill Oracle but as she didn't kill oracle and accepted his contract void spirit says "I warned you to follow my instructions to the letter"
I believe AM's use of magic is now explained with the addition of Void Spirit. Now that we know that The Void itself is a magic source it makes sense AM would draw from the void to channel powerful spells such as his mana void and the ability to teleport in a blink. Most importantly, Inai created the teachings that were kept at the Monastery of Turstarkuri, from VS's response where he says that the monks misunderstood his teachings. Why would he just randomly give those teachings to those monks, maybe knowing that a specific hero, that Anti-Mage would be brought there by fate and collect them? Then why give them to AM? Is Void Spirit AM's father in dota 2? Lmao
I think the whole misunderstood part drops out the chosen one scenario.considering they were monks they were the branch of the kordomites but actually didn't care for the world much.when inai came back and taught them most kordomite "learnt their place I'm the world".These guys tried to gain something from the knowledge and probably pissed off the dead god in the process so he sent his armies to eradicate them.r maybe they were trying to become immortal.
I think you totally misinterpreted that, I think AM has a hatred of magic BECAUSE of the void. Since it's literally a source of magic ofc he won't like it... "Magic is an abomination"
@@darthollie and wheres your proof that AM hates magic because of the void? First of all, am probably doesnt even know what the void is. Second of all, all heroes draw from a magic source to cast their spells, and AM literally uses mana to cast his spells and his ult called "mana void" deals magical damage. His eyes, hair and armor are also purple which is the void color. If he hates magic it doesn't mean he can't use magic.
22:08 Slacks with the prediction lul In about six months time we'll see if this ages like wine or milk edit: apparently I'm blind, not six months but eleven years, either way feelsbadman for Arturo
I think your theory about PA becoming specter is still on point. It is PA when she reached to void spirit, in order to kill him under oracles orders, that void offered a new way out of the false promise, but she was corrupted.
I can see the future, Valve creates a campaign mode for DotA 2. In that campaign, all secrets of the lore is revealed. Who would be the main character? Elder Titan where the start of the campaign is the founding?
I really thought that void spirit would have some lines with OD, if he sees everything from the void he must have surely seen what OD constantly says is coming.
PA says: There are 5 names on my list. Perhaps this is not the 5 enemies in the current match but in fact: Spectre, Grimstroke, Bane, Void and TA 34:31
I think VoidSpirit, Arc Warden and Oracle are trying to unite the mortal world by destroying the one's causing trouble. To fight against the conflict brought upon by the monsters beyond time. but why? is the question with me in this theory
About the void representation. What is the difference between Void spirit and the Enigma? Why a void spirit emerged from a shattered planet? There was a void representation in that planet?
Enigma is an Elemental, a manifestation of innate principles in the universe. Light, chaos, strong force (gravity) and the weak force (radiation I think?). Enigma *is* the void in this case, he is a consciousness that sprung up out of the void, and the body we see in dota is just a representative, like Ancient Apparition. Void spirit (according to the video) is a fraction of a different awakened mind that found itself thrust into the void. It isn't made of void, it is its own thing that was just thrown there, presumably by chance. Void spirit lives in the void, and seeks to protect it for his own uses; perhaps as master of the void. This is different from the other spirit brothers, who inhabited elements of the planet instead; the planet itself had nothing to do with the void. This is as far as I can tell, at least
Void spirit is one of the spirit of the shattered mind/world. Instead of roaming into the physical plane, he chose to be an observer. He didnt attain physical form until later when he felt the need to. Lanaya was his limbs for the longest time. Im sure he had others like her such as PA and other Ascended Ones, whomever they may be.
what if instead from a single mind elder titan used the "Conciousness" scattered around the void as materials to create his world which explains why there is some discord versus the ancients because titan messed up by using incompatible materials to make his planet.
Thats the reason why Artifact being created, and even if it's dead currently, but the devs are still putting some effort on it, since the collector's cache for TI10 is call to arm which is related to the content or the current 'arc' of artifact. Who knows that the release of Artifact 2.0 announce once again in TI? Long live the longhaulers
@@shafianizan6808 Artifact died because it was a bad game. No one really cared about the lore besides Slacks of artifact. Maybe if it was a better game they might have cared, but most people didnt even know artifact had lore.
@@brettt141 imo, its not a bad game techinically, but the monetization makes like that. With that system it is basically pay 2 win lol. Arent we really discussing about lores? Why suddenly no one cared about it. You shouldnt be here if you are not a fan of dota 2 universe
Great video Slacks. Also, nice job using some music from The Last Samurai in the background when talking about the spirits and how they got their forms. Nice touch and it fits perfectly.
the game of thrones ost at the backround was so fucking good and well timed, like when slacks is about to do a big reveal the music just gets tense and i love it.
"The Ash Legions Gladly beholden the hand the fell then as long as he so commands" is exactly how is sounds they will willingly help Mars and listen to his order as long as he commands them.
While watching the video and how you pointed out that riki and templar can 'disappear'. Shadowblade/shadow amulet etc are also purple as well as smoke. Dust's effect is purple as well? Perhaps the void is the hidden plain of existence al between the dota world and can only be seen in specific ways or accessed in an ad hoc manner with certain items.
Void Spirit is the true master spirit who reigns above his other spirit brothers. Man I absolutely love this videos!!! I wish valve would get a full studio to make a cool animated series.
Its problably that what commes is and interdimesional/time/space treat that earthshaker feel for the sister earth that requieres void spirit to step in?
Haven't finished the video yet but had a thought. Arc Warden has Rune Forge, Elder Titan had something like the Artificers Hammer, Arc Warden enlisted the Titans to imprison the Ancients in stone/metal?
New lorgasem comes out
Me: starts crying
Slacks: part two will come shortly
Me: starts screaming
SHORTLY™
if u notice there's a kappaface on the left screen when he said shortly
Highjacking top comment to ask what about purple hero Slardar :O
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The reason why Void Spirit asks Oracle if he can see beyond this point in time is because the Ancients keep restarting time before the "Final Battle" so that they don't get taken away by Arc Warden, therefore Void Spirit (and I presume Oracle, too) can't see beyond this point of time, because time never progresses far enough.
In VS's lore, it's stated that he's coming into realspace in order to stop the conflict and prepare the world for what's coming - meaning that, canonically, any game of Dota 2 that Void Spirit wins is actually the last one (or one of the last ones)
I can't wait for Valve to actually reveal what all of this is leading up to, because this is some fucking foreshadowing.
Thats not a bad thought. That would fit with Shaker's arcana. Theres a much bigger threat coming that these few hero's know about and are trying to stop or make everyone aware of.
May be DOTA 3 .Well no way to know until happens.
@@adityahegde4892 There's no way its going to be dota 3. Dota 2 would have to be on a decline to justify splitting their player base. And besides, Gaben dont make "3" games lol!
Valve doesnt care about the lore. It's just a story they throw more people or heroes into. This isnt a manga with an ending
@@BrickleYourFrickle Seems a lot more likely than "Dota 3". A "confluence" is a merging or combining of two things. Maybe Dota 2 will re-sorb Artifact lol
Okay Hold up. That one's wrooooooong. Elder Titan did NOT create the spirits. HE DID NOT. HE CREATED THE FUNDAMENTALS (Io, Ck, Kotl, Enigma)
--> Literally there's a voiceline when Void Spirit kills ET: "Did you think I was one of your creations? "
--> The monologue slacks refers to in the video:
------------"Before there was the spirit, there was the void. Before there was anything, there was the void.
------------ Long after -- though only a moment in the scope of the whole -- there came...a being of great power.
------------Still without comprehensible form or voice of my own, I felt this titan's hammer fall and the four children scatter.
------------I began to find myself in the reverberations of the blow. And I saw the expanse of time flash forth from the instant.
------------In that cascade of moments, I knew I must learn to compose a form capable of interacting with the material plane."
--> LITERALLY IN ELDER TITAN'S VOICELINES (when killing them)
-------- Chaos Knight -->" Return to Unity, old friend"
--------Io --> " Child of the Schism, Io returns to Unity.
"
--------- Keeper of the Light --> "That which I divided, returns to Unity.
"
-------- Enigma --> " Born in the Schism, died in the forge.
"
Void Spirit is literally the spirit of the void (much like there is ember, storm, earth spirit). Saw Elder Titan forge away and "split the fundamental realm " or whatever, creating the fundamentals.
This also lines up, given how Void Spirit refers to being the FIRST of spirit brothers:
Edit: fucked up and posted, let me add the ref line:
Void spirit killing Storm : "I was the first of us, and I shall be the last."
Also when void spirit kills the ET. He says "the create falls like all the rest".... It's because he made the spirit or is it just of ET being a creater of planets
@@adnanm.elghamji4547 when elder takes arcane rune :- Arcane Rune A grand gift from the Increate
Let slacks see this
@@adnanm.elghamji4547 ember storm earth and void spirits already existed long before ET shaped worlds. The four children void was referring to was Io, kotl, Ck and enigma.
damn you know alot
Not even a primordial entity could find a reason to pick Techies
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
For some reason i heard him say that before the material world there were mines instead of minds. I thought was techies there too
That has to be one the best jokes in dota 2 community , coming from the best comtent creator in dota
2 . #siractionslacks
maybe the great confluence will give an answer to this.
Not big brain enough
28:40 I think the fact that he tells PA that she'd have not done well is the proof that Spectre is PA, seeing as he also says to Spectre that she didnt follow his instructions, thus he knew from the future her that she wouldnt be fit for his tasks
True that's a really good point
earth spirit was like "you have to listen to me sameeer"
@@prathameshpawar3196 shaddap
I really enjoyed the TA part.
I have no idea what the fuck you said tho.
Good video!
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5Head Ah yes
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First off: Yes, the goblin riding alchemist is a keen. Look at other hero responses to him, many call him a keen. Keen are just purplish goblins, small creatures that dabble in science, mechanical armor, pointy noises, guns etc. Secondly as for the demons being purple: wouldn't it make sense, if the void is the space between the planes, it would also be the space between the planes of hell? And lastly, for the spectre/PA theory: perhaps spectre is an alternate universe version of PA who regretted her life and sought void spirit for assistance to escape the sisterhood and change, but ultimately failed to follow his instructions, died and became a spectre as the artifact card lore describes, losing her mind.
another thing to proove that alchemist is a keen is the new neutral item "keen optic" which we see alchemist wear in some sets, altough it's not the exact same keen optic but they're so similar.
they all still look completely different which was a main point
He isnt a keen because it's not in the lore.
@@Teal_. maybe some of them race mixed with trolls in the past 100 years, who are we to judge. Love is love.
he's so greedy that he turn into yellow 😂😂😂
That "WHY DO I PICK TECHIES?" caught me hahaha
i got matched with him in a normal game he fucking sucks
@@nitemare906 Lol that's not news
Nitemare have you never seen purge teaching him how to play dota?
For the most part, hes an entertainer, he doesnt care much or that he fucks up so he has content to put out.
Hes not a climber personality but an entertainer.
Maybe in his off time, he actually is a decent player. I mean it kind of pissed me off more if he isnt and his rank is still archon.
Uhm i tought this one
- Ember is manifestation of fire: they said our planet "core" is uhm hot liquid fire right?
- Kaolin is manifestation of earth:
Stone, mineral, ect. The next layer after ember.
- Storm is manifestation of atmosphere i guess: like slacks said, weather. A layer after earth.
- Void? Well : outer space. The last layer of em all. The only layer that contains the most mistery.
Ok thats all i got :(
Dats pretty good
The earth core is molten iron tho...
@@cacha_cholas fire is not an element in modern chemistry. It is a form of reaction between element.
if only you could spell mystery...
Watching this makes me want an ARPG mode "Assault on the Hidden Temple" much in the vein of Siltbreaker but it's all a plot for us to enter the Hidden Bastion of Void Spirit in search of artifacts. We can choose to play as Dark Willow, Invoker, Rubick, Phantom Assassin, and/or other heroes with a thirst for knowledge or thievery. We would have an act to Enter The Void by fighting through the Violet Plateau, fighting different void creatures like edilons, enigmas, and faceless t-rex's. Reskinned heroes with different names can be the bosses. Second Act we're in the void and fight our way to the Hidden Bastion and in the Hidden Bastion. Where we fight templar guardians and a remnant of the Void Spirit that guards its vaults.
Please Valve. I need this for Ti 10.
Can we get this some traction? Would be great reveal for then 1/th ti
Im guessing aghanims is in the hidden temple.
@@wanderingbufoon I don't believe so. When Void Spirit kills Rubick he says "A great lineage comes to a nullifying end." If Void knows Aghanim is hidden in his temple, he wouldn't declare the lineage dead.
Sean Thompson dude ti10 might be void themed now that you said that. You know how the ti’s colors go by the runes? First was yellow(illusion), red(haste), blue(double dmg) , green(regen), and now pink (arcane) or purple(invisibility) dont know which was ti9 but one still remains unused and any of those match the “void” theme: arcane and invisible (few have been into the void). I just want a space like ti lmao
@@kendry375_6 i think the next one is gonna be yellow or something
Based on the pattern 🤷🏻♂️
FINALLY, THE TIME HAS COME BROTHERS
The time has come and so have I.
Slacks: Go read a book.
Me: No, I don't think I will.
slacks:
strength = axe
intelligence = ancient apparition
agility = tidehunter
....
hol up
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D
Red = Strenght = Dire
Green = Agility = Radient
Blue = Inteligence = ?
Razor, who is an agility, blue and dire hero: Am I a Joke to you?
@@aliveyetundead blue is radiant. look at the fountain
Theres a reason Tide can backstroke anywhere
Me: WHAT A MINUTE!
That was the shortest 40 minutes I've ever experienced.
Me: I can last 40 mins
Girl:
YES! HERE IT IS! AFTER LONG ANTICIPATION!
Slacks, I just want you to know that I enjoy these lore thingys very much. thank you for making these vids!
finally slacks, you old sack of doodoo.
was waiting for that video a looooong time.
like i dont even fcking play DOTA2 and still was excited about this video for crying out loud.
5:50 holy shit that looks so awesome. Supernovas, sanity eclipses, calldowns, diabolic edicts, IO spirits, and astral stomps and more? All those abilities make such a cool space scene.
I didn't even play dota anymore. But community like this makes dota unforgettable in my life, dota isn't fun to play again cause smurf etc but it's still fun to watch. Thank u sir slack for keeping my love to dota :)
"Through which sounds of horror perpetually emanate"
*silence* *silence* *silence*
Truly a horrifying sound in dota, yes. I haven't played in months and it still brings back memories...
Dude I was watching at 1am, my room dark and I legit got so scared and my heart stopped for 0.6 seconds...
Fun fact:
Faceless void's old DotA 1 model was based off of the faceless ones of wc3 which look pretty cthulian like with their tentacles faces and arms and such
And it's pretty neat that void's story in DotA 2 is based off of cthulu
Slacks: Long, well thought out dissection of the most minute details of ads, comics and other games to make sense of a deliberately obtuse lore.
Also Slacks: HIS NAME IS BATRIDER HE SHOULD RIDE A BAT
I think that the reason why Timber, Sniper, Tinker, Clock, Snapfire and Gyro are all Keens, despite looking different, is because their species are cousins
Sort of like how in TES, the Orcs (Orsimer) are technically put Elves (aka Mer), same as the Dark Elves, Wood Elves, High Elves, Dwarves (aka Underelves) etc
Aka Sniper and Timber are both -keen, but with a different prefix (I've seen somewhere Timber be referred to as a Tinykeen)
Or maybe just like humans, keen folk also come in different shades?
@@bryanrichard2743 I mean, it could also be that, even though the differences between Sniper and Timber I would say are a bit bigger than being akin to an irl human race (one being dwarf-like and the other goblin-like)
I think this is close and if you look up a definition of the word keen, the noun form has 3 different meanings that boil down to highly developed, whether it's eye sight or interest or sharp, like when you say sharp as a tac. Now what's neat is the verb form of the word keen means an eerie wailing sound. What if each one of these people or keen have lost something because of how they developed in a certain way. More like once they were something else and now they are keen.
@@Hegataro oh, or maybe timbersaw's half keen half goblin?
Timber also has long ears but Tinker has human ears.
Lanaya’s recent scepter update also proves that she can now teleport from one place to another, this is important because as Slacks said, the only way of traveling between the void is through portals, furthering the fact that she took power from the Violet Archives and assisted and succeeded in the mission Void Spirit sent her for. In Void Spirit’s line he mentions how PA which ultimately is Spectre (atleast for most of the community now), didn’t follow VS’s instructions but since Templar Assassin was successful, her new scepter power of teleporting through traps is justified as she can now freely travel from the mortal plane to the void using her traps. She can now access the Hidden Temple and draw power from it as TA is the superior. I hope we get to see more of her story in the upcoming part two.
Imagine if they made a good rpg from this lore instead of artifact. Or hell even a card game like slay the spire set in the dota universe.
honestly though, artifact game mechanics were really good... they just made the monetary model so sad that the community just didnt want it
@@JoshKurien yea I want to play it but its not free
@Ateng Eryyanto why are you laughing? over 10 years of childhood is gonna be gone.
@Ateng Eryyanto haha yeah.. Dead game.. Nice joke man
@Ateng Eryyanto dead game with 11,000,000 dollar pricepool. Yeah ok
Artifact was just an asset library for loregasm
Confluence:
A situation in which two things join or come together - The Great Confluence will be Valve merging DOTA 1 and 2 - maybe an event, new heroes, old skins. etc
blizzard sagt nein :(
That explain why void spirit have that cool anime slash attack because he probably had watched all episodes of sword art online
Chaos Knight has a voice line when purchasing blink dagger: "My steed shall leap between the planes". Void Spirit says this when using Void Step: "A journey through darkness", implying that he is traveling through the void. Both abilities allow teleportation, so this may suggest that the void is indeed the space between the planes.
How about spirit breaker? Isn't he "the beast of all world"? Surely he must have bump on Void Spirit while he charges me.
It's actually a reference for "lanes". Every lane is a world by itself and SB is the best roamer in the game. So he is the beast of all lanes, pushing all the worlds to the end.
Spirit breaker... funny when he gets swapped by vengeful spirit during his charge.
Atakan Özel That’s a wild theory, because it’s a reference to Voltaire and Leibnizian Optimism, commonly summarized as “our world is the best of all worlds”
@@f.jideament Barathrum is from the Nether realm and he can freely pass through "planes" (which I think are dimensions). According to the lore he is an elemental force which chose a form to suit its purpose, part bovine - part simian with hands, hooves and horns. He is hunting down prey because he's ordered to by a master who is even unknown to him.
Girl in the bus: eh, does anybody have a charger? We're dying.
Spirit Breaker: Charge! Nether strike. Cease, fool.
Thank you for this. Appreciate your efforts and those who were involved.
I think it's all setup to what's coming in this ti10, probably event like siltbreaker, it maybe a quest of hidden temple and revealing us more info about it. The ti9 battle pass event took place in fellstrath jungle which is purple in color and mireska awoken the Mo'rokai beasts and she came in search of some relic (shadow amulet?). Idk maybe it's a journey in search of hidden temple
the biggest headcannon of this episode is Arteezy winning Ti in 2020 lmao
Slacks putting out The Night King's theme while talking about Spectre just gave me so much feels. Idk why.
What if spectre was a phantom Assassin that void spirit had asked to share the corruption amongst her sisters but she’d refused. Hence taking all the corruption upon herself? Honestly slacks you’ve done it again. Some of my favourite videos to ever be uploaded to UA-cam. Thanks for sharing them with us.
This series is by far my favorite Dota2 content.
Dezinens and Endalons. Boy I love your dumps. I'm not working today so I can rewatch like 10x. I hope I'm not fired.
I love Slacks. Even I am so much involved in the lores of these amazing heroes rather than just playing the game. Makes it all the more interesting. Slacks if you are reading then please along with the loregasms please keep on making the small lore videos of the already existing heroes. Also, the Night King's theme that you have used here fits so well. I admit it I have cried at times while watching loregasms as I have been thinking about these theories as well which actually matched with what you think. Thanks. You are a blessing to the Dota community.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS LETS GOO
My idea for Void Spirit not seeing the future means that Void Spirit does not have the power of clairvoyance but rather the Void, it is a big panel who can see both time and possibilities and the fact that Void Spirit no longer is in the Void he is no longer capable of using this panel.
I CLICKED THE NOTIFICATION LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. YESSSSSSSS!!!
I think Void spirit may have ordered PA to Kill Oracle but as she didn't kill oracle and accepted his contract void spirit says "I warned you to follow my instructions to the letter"
I believe AM's use of magic is now explained with the addition of Void Spirit. Now that we know that The Void itself is a magic source it makes sense AM would draw from the void to channel powerful spells such as his mana void and the ability to teleport in a blink. Most importantly, Inai created the teachings that were kept at the Monastery of Turstarkuri, from VS's response where he says that the monks misunderstood his teachings. Why would he just randomly give those teachings to those monks, maybe knowing that a specific hero, that Anti-Mage would be brought there by fate and collect them? Then why give them to AM? Is Void Spirit AM's father in dota 2? Lmao
I think the whole misunderstood part drops out the chosen one scenario.considering they were monks they were the branch of the kordomites but actually didn't care for the world much.when inai came back and taught them most kordomite "learnt their place I'm the world".These guys tried to gain something from the knowledge and probably pissed off the dead god in the process so he sent his armies to eradicate them.r maybe they were trying to become immortal.
Pudges arcana massacred am's school thus started hating magic
I think you totally misinterpreted that, I think AM has a hatred of magic BECAUSE of the void. Since it's literally a source of magic ofc he won't like it...
"Magic is an abomination"
@@badrinath5306 and its is pudges arcana that the dead god sent
@@darthollie and wheres your proof that AM hates magic because of the void? First of all, am probably doesnt even know what the void is. Second of all, all heroes draw from a magic source to cast their spells, and AM literally uses mana to cast his spells and his ult called "mana void" deals magical damage. His eyes, hair and armor are also purple which is the void color. If he hates magic it doesn't mean he can't use magic.
Finally, I've been waiting for this for 2 months
Everything seems to be building up to this. Epic lore making an epic game even epic-er. Thanks Slacks!
I am playing Dota for decades
U give reasons to dig more not just playing but to understand the origin
The Lore of Characters
22:08 Slacks with the prediction lul
In about six months time we'll see if this ages like wine or milk
edit: apparently I'm blind, not six months but eleven years, either way feelsbadman for Arturo
You mean 11 years KEKW
it was ti20 not ti10
The International 20. KEKW
it's been 11 years and arteezy is still farming XD
I think your theory about PA becoming specter is still on point. It is PA when she reached to void spirit, in order to kill him under oracles orders, that void offered a new way out of the false promise, but she was corrupted.
im convinced the lore guys at valve only try to torture jake at this point.
The actual effort and creative value is put into these videos, Thumbs up my dude
The long wait is over! And 40mins!! Goodness Gracious 💪
The biggest oversight
YESSSSSS FINALLY SLACKS YOU APE! I’m so hyped!
I can see the future, Valve creates a campaign mode for DotA 2. In that campaign, all secrets of the lore is revealed. Who would be the main character? Elder Titan where the start of the campaign is the founding?
Last time I was this early I actually played dota 2. Haha always love more slacks content though :)
Fantasticly created. Great stuff! Loved the lore
I really thought that void spirit would have some lines with OD, if he sees everything from the void he must have surely seen what OD constantly says is coming.
He has actually
PA says: There are 5 names on my list. Perhaps this is not the 5 enemies in the current match but in fact: Spectre, Grimstroke, Bane, Void and TA 34:31
Never pressed a push notification that fast before
Oh yeah
I c u r a rabid fan of fiction n mystery n a little touch of gaming
Just like me
Yup yup
I think
VoidSpirit, Arc Warden and Oracle are trying to unite the mortal world by destroying the one's causing trouble. To fight against the conflict brought upon by the monsters beyond time.
but why? is the question with me in this theory
About the void representation.
What is the difference between Void spirit and the Enigma?
Why a void spirit emerged from a shattered planet? There was a void representation in that planet?
Is void spirit the planet glimpsing to the outside (The thought of what is outside?) Maybe this answer the questions.
It will be explained in part two because he didn't explain that part.
Enigma is an Elemental, a manifestation of innate principles in the universe. Light, chaos, strong force (gravity) and the weak force (radiation I think?). Enigma *is* the void in this case, he is a consciousness that sprung up out of the void, and the body we see in dota is just a representative, like Ancient Apparition.
Void spirit (according to the video) is a fraction of a different awakened mind that found itself thrust into the void. It isn't made of void, it is its own thing that was just thrown there, presumably by chance. Void spirit lives in the void, and seeks to protect it for his own uses; perhaps as master of the void. This is different from the other spirit brothers, who inhabited elements of the planet instead; the planet itself had nothing to do with the void.
This is as far as I can tell, at least
Void spirit is one of the spirit of the shattered mind/world.
Instead of roaming into the physical plane, he chose to be an observer. He didnt attain physical form until later when he felt the need to. Lanaya was his limbs for the longest time.
Im sure he had others like her such as PA and other Ascended Ones, whomever they may be.
are we human? why are we living? what is the purpose of our life?
Good stuff Slacks, these videos you make take a lot of time to put together, and thank you for having the soul to do it for the community!
what if instead from a single mind elder titan used the "Conciousness" scattered around the void as materials to create his world which explains why there is some discord versus the ancients because titan messed up by using incompatible materials to make his planet.
I'm just getting into dota and it is absolutely insane how much production value is in these loregasms 10/10 would fist bump all the spirit bros
Dota lore never progresses they only add to it. There will be no answers just more paths.
Thats the reason why Artifact being created, and even if it's dead currently, but the devs are still putting some effort on it, since the collector's cache for TI10 is call to arm which is related to the content or the current 'arc' of artifact. Who knows that the release of Artifact 2.0 announce once again in TI? Long live the longhaulers
@@shafianizan6808 Artifact died because it was a bad game. No one really cared about the lore besides Slacks of artifact. Maybe if it was a better game they might have cared, but most people didnt even know artifact had lore.
@@brettt141 imo, its not a bad game techinically, but the monetization makes like that. With that system it is basically pay 2 win lol. Arent we really discussing about lores? Why suddenly no one cared about it. You shouldnt be here if you are not a fan of dota 2 universe
@@shafianizan6808 i am a fan of dota lore. I just know that its not something dota cares about. You can sit here and think they do, but they dont.
@@brettt141 well that's a harsh truth, but hey let's us have a faith😂
Great video Slacks. Also, nice job using some music from The Last Samurai in the background when talking about the spirits and how they got their forms. Nice touch and it fits perfectly.
YES!!!
thats the only thing comes to my mind when i see the thumbnail.
oh! A mini science lesson about planets, thanks Slacks! Best part of the video!
FINALLY!!!! JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO SLEEP
Thank you for putting the music in the description. It sounded so familiar and nostalgic; I was wondering where tf I had heard these pieces before.
The Confluence will be an event in Dota 2 that shuts the game down for some time and BOOM Dota 3 is released after.
Make sense
Na valve doesnt count to three tho.
Aki every cycle is broken at some point? Every pattern shattered in the void
dota 3: ffa
I love the last samurai background, fits perfectly with the eastern theme of the 4 brothers.
HOLD MY PEPEGAS HERE WE GO!
smells like a new rpg game that also based on dota, mark my word
The Granny gets no love in Loregasm.
*sad salamander noises*
Well i think she's a pretty straight forward character nothing much going on for her.
Perhaps the Great Confluence will be when Valve finally start investing money in marketing.
why does anyone care how much money valve spends on marketing? lmao
@@Bralkor cause the playerbase is slowly dying
@@Bralkor cause 4 million player loss
When they start marketing to get new player, then the game is OFFICIALLY dead. Cause that mean they are not generating players naturally anymore
nowadays I only watch. I have discovered that it gives me way more pleasure to watch the pro scene than being stuck at 2k grinding for years.
like bruh MASSIVE PROPS to the editor man. this video was just beautiful to look at.
Been waiting for this vid since TI lol
Music choice for this loregasm is so good !!
Night King and Evil Morty fit so well.
This event the great confluence is defo going to coincide with either the release of the compendium or ti 10
finally, ive been waiting 500 years for another one of these.
the game of thrones ost at the backround was so fucking good and well timed, like when slacks is about to do a big reveal the music just gets tense and i love it.
Haven't played DotA in two years, occasionally watching competitive, but I thoroughly enjoy these videos. Keep them up.
Maybe the confluence is the TI, where the most powerfull reunite to fight
Slacks : rocks
Hank shradder : Jesus Marie, they are minerals.
The cure to my depression ♥️
Have a happy life man ❤️
"The Ash Legions Gladly beholden the hand the fell then as long as he so commands" is exactly how is sounds they will willingly help Mars and listen to his order as long as he commands them.
Time to be an intellectual
This video is better than most TV show episodes! Thx Slax! Looking fwd to Part two Episode Two
so when i spammed "thanos spirit", i was correct
While watching the video and how you pointed out that riki and templar can 'disappear'.
Shadowblade/shadow amulet etc are also purple as well as smoke. Dust's effect is purple as well?
Perhaps the void is the hidden plain of existence al between the dota world and can only be seen in specific ways or accessed in an ad hoc manner with certain items.
My theory is that the next episode will be out in a month
Void Spirit is the true master spirit who reigns above his other spirit brothers. Man I absolutely love this videos!!! I wish valve would get a full studio to make a cool animated series.
14:26 red blue green? Tide is an agility hero?
Hes been practicing his backstrokes.
@@freshlymemed5680 or maybe thats a prediction? Imagine tide hitting with crazy attack speed.
this is a netflix documentation and a medieval fantasy put into one
and i absoulutely fucking love it
nice background music from Interstellar (S.T.A.Y.)
Its problably that what commes is and interdimesional/time/space treat that earthshaker feel for the sister earth that requieres void spirit to step in?
Am not sure but I feel like earthsheaker and OD will play a big part of the next video
Haven't finished the video yet but had a thought. Arc Warden has Rune Forge, Elder Titan had something like the Artificers Hammer, Arc Warden enlisted the Titans to imprison the Ancients in stone/metal?
The maps in this video incorrectly show Taiwan as part of China...
Part 2..
That moment...
Thank you for these awesome videos!!!!
What about the new voice line of lifestealer "the master is here" , does it have any connections with void spirit?
But did you also know that pudges arcana killed am's school which made him hate magic
I did hear that in my game :O
captain here.
yes. i think he is life stealers master.
*flys away*