Really good video man, words cannot describe how happy I am to see it released. As the loreman who painstakingly wrote and sourced all of the lore wiki, it warms my heart. And yes, I think we can put you in the Honorary Lore Nerd club now.
@@Matas626You forgot to take away their access to electronics, tricky things somehow make wifi and computers from things like calculators. Only give them food.
One of the most interesting things about the lore, is how far back it goes and how deep some of it's elements are, which is something people most likely wouldn't expect for this kind of game. Amazing video.
Thank you for this video Ward Wardenson, finally truth may defeat the supporters of the "Warden Empire" and "Colonial Republic". I remember the old days, when you tried to put "lore" in your videos, and the mistakes you were making. Even though you were wrong, you accepted the fact that what you said was not correct when it was told to you. This video is for now the only proof of redemption from a Foxhole UA-camr who tried to use lore in his videos before. I honestly thank you for making this. There are some very minor mistakes (like Speaking Woods actually being Nevish which we learned recently) but they are so small that only the lore nerds (me for example) might notice them. One thing I especially loved about your video is that you didn't lean towards one faction, you spoke of both faction's good and bad side. Now, there's only one thing I can say to end this comment... Welcome Ward Wardenson, honorary member of the Lore Nerd Club.
There is no bias recorded in the lore, leaving me to believe that the historians of this universe aren't Caoivish, Mesean, Velian, or anyone active in the conflict but an outside observer, that's why there knowledge on specifics is limited but it's just a crackpot theory of mine 😅
@wardwardenson it's okay. The collies are still invaders in my book. I'm just a simple snow farmer thrown into the perpetual war simulation I love how callums was built by a sell out though lmao
As a French Warden player (and UA-camr), I have to admit that your video is nice. I made a French video about the lore with Rubis. Thank you again, see you on the game. I’ll subscribe to your channel. Best regards.
What Awesomeduud said. Though, yes, if you want to compare the Meseans vs the Caoivish of whose worse (they both have done bad things, Caoivish for example evicted the highlanders, busting the lughbone dam, etc), the Colonials/Meseans are worse since they have stripped countries of their history (Velians), made questionable allies, and have been overall very Imperialist.
very well written. Like you, before watching this video I thought the lore was super lackluster and disparate but this is actually great. It feels like a realistic set of conflicts and the unique lore for the colonials and wardens is incredibly interesting.
Excellent work! It's truly a shame so much misinformation has gone on for so long, but it's really on the game's lack of intro for that. I understand wanting to allow for discovery, and I certainly wouldn't have wanted all 25 minutes of this info as part of a bloated tutorial or something. But like, the fact no one (save for the game's biggest fans) knows the name of the CONTINENT is crazy. That should be something you learn in your first week of playing the game, not SEVEN YEARS like it took me. I've been inadvertently telling people the wrong info on news broadcasts for literal years. There needs to be a short and sweet lore introduction video. Nothing more than 30 seconds to a minute. Make it biased and hype like propaganda so players can later discover the grey area themselves. It would also go over critical info like: - The name of the continent. - The name of the war (I've been calling it "The Foxhole War" for seven years and spreading the misinformation). - The title of your faction's leader (literally everyone calls Callahan the Emperor even though that's incorrect). - Why you're fighting (this could be me, but I orignally believed the Colonials were like the American Colonials, who were being lorded over by the Wardens because it sounded like the latter were prison wardens). Again, short, sweet, hype, completely skippable. That would dispel SO much lore misinfo and unify the whole thing with the devs' actual vision for their world.
According to the lore and heavy speculation on my part, there have been 3 Boreal Wars. The first Boreal War ended with Mesean Legions breaking their teeth on the 1st Boreal Line and being forced south of the Bulwark. The second Boreal War ended when the Meseans successfully broke the 1st Boreal Line and broke their teeth on the 2nd Boreal Line. From what I can deduce there's a 3rd Boreal Line, Whedon's Row is very likely a part of it. The third Boreal War ended when the Mesean broke themselves on a more heavily fortified 1st Boreal Line. My theory is that we're currently fighting after the 3rd Boreal War, and the reason we're getting more advanced tech is due to both sides recovering from said Boreal Wars.
@@noobrebuilder8260 UA-cam has deleted my comment for the third time. I would say the lore isn't inconsistant as it's more hidden. It's pretty reductive to say inconsistant as it ignores that you can piece together the big picture by finding ingame lore pieces hidden around the map, inference, and also the supplemental stories you can find in the Foxhole official website called A Chronicle of Ashes. Great series, written by the main lore writer.
If you have been around since the game came out you would know that the DEVs did not release lore for at least a couple of years and in fact encouraged players to write it themselves. The wardens built our own culture and cult around Callahan. Its why we shout his name and die for him that is not DEV lore, that was created by us. Foxhole lore is low effort and suppose to be "mysterious" when all it really is, is the fact the DEV in charge of lore was crap at it.
Fantastic Video. Really enjoyable presentation.
The lore dev himself? It's an honour!!!
Thank you for making this, the lore community may finally recover from the damage done over the years.
The lord of the beef brought a darkness upon lore chat
Really good video man, words cannot describe how happy I am to see it released. As the loreman who painstakingly wrote and sourced all of the lore wiki, it warms my heart.
And yes, I think we can put you in the Honorary Lore Nerd club now.
Who is this bozo, I didn't let you out of the basement
Thank you so much for writing the wiki! Without it this video would probably not have happened!
Is it possible to join some lore discord for foxhole? as lore is one of the things i like reading and creating
@@Matas626You forgot to take away their access to electronics, tricky things somehow make wifi and computers from things like calculators. Only give them food.
*Points* Loreman
You did it, you've found the story of Foxhole.
After years of looking, I have indeed found it o7
One of the most interesting things about the lore, is how far back it goes and how deep some of it's elements are, which is something people most likely wouldn't expect for this kind of game.
Amazing video.
Yeah it's very broad and for just an endless war simulator
Thank you for this video Ward Wardenson, finally truth may defeat the supporters of the "Warden Empire" and "Colonial Republic". I remember the old days, when you tried to put "lore" in your videos, and the mistakes you were making. Even though you were wrong, you accepted the fact that what you said was not correct when it was told to you.
This video is for now the only proof of redemption from a Foxhole UA-camr who tried to use lore in his videos before. I honestly thank you for making this. There are some very minor mistakes (like Speaking Woods actually being Nevish which we learned recently) but they are so small that only the lore nerds (me for example) might notice them.
One thing I especially loved about your video is that you didn't lean towards one faction, you spoke of both faction's good and bad side. Now, there's only one thing I can say to end this comment...
Welcome Ward Wardenson, honorary member of the Lore Nerd Club.
Great video, well paced story!
Can't wait to see your version, subbed!!!
First time seeing any land pass Raka.
So Seige Camp's next game Anvil is a spiritual prequel to Foxhole
Like I said in your stream, everybody thinks they are the good guy!
Nice lore video, Ward Wardenson for Archon!
There is no bias recorded in the lore, leaving me to believe that the historians of this universe aren't Caoivish, Mesean, Velian, or anyone active in the conflict but an outside observer, that's why there knowledge on specifics is limited but it's just a crackpot theory of mine 😅
@wardwardenson it's okay. The collies are still invaders in my book. I'm just a simple snow farmer thrown into the perpetual war simulation
I love how callums was built by a sell out though lmao
Congrats on 1k subs bro.
Thx!!! MOre vids to come!!!!
As a French Warden player (and UA-camr), I have to admit that your video is nice. I made a French video about the lore with Rubis.
Thank you again, see you on the game. I’ll subscribe to your channel.
Best regards.
Personally I see the colonials as the aggressors because they are the ones who first invaded veli
The Republican Velians invited the Meseans the same way the Hands of Veli invited the Caoivish
What Awesomeduud said. Though, yes, if you want to compare the Meseans vs the Caoivish of whose worse (they both have done bad things, Caoivish for example evicted the highlanders, busting the lughbone dam, etc), the Colonials/Meseans are worse since they have stripped countries of their history (Velians), made questionable allies, and have been overall very Imperialist.
@@grugmangaming5152 Although the colonials are technically the worst morally. The overall lesion is that when everyone is an A**hole, nobody is.
such a masterpiece
Glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Actually, the lore is what I say it is!!
What’s the top down rifle musket footage at 9:35 from?
A very old foxhole event that was a server test iirc, it's called the Battle for Red-River.
very well written. Like you, before watching this video I thought the lore was super lackluster and disparate but this is actually great. It feels like a realistic set of conflicts and the unique lore for the colonials and wardens is incredibly interesting.
Good content, I just thought about finding all the lore in the game
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
It would be so cool if they made a foxhole hearts of iron 4 mod
I see, no wonder Civil War is common on the Colonial sides
Anyways a Fascinating Video
Awsome video👍
Excellent work! It's truly a shame so much misinformation has gone on for so long, but it's really on the game's lack of intro for that. I understand wanting to allow for discovery, and I certainly wouldn't have wanted all 25 minutes of this info as part of a bloated tutorial or something. But like, the fact no one (save for the game's biggest fans) knows the name of the CONTINENT is crazy. That should be something you learn in your first week of playing the game, not SEVEN YEARS like it took me. I've been inadvertently telling people the wrong info on news broadcasts for literal years.
There needs to be a short and sweet lore introduction video. Nothing more than 30 seconds to a minute. Make it biased and hype like propaganda so players can later discover the grey area themselves. It would also go over critical info like:
- The name of the continent.
- The name of the war (I've been calling it "The Foxhole War" for seven years and spreading the misinformation).
- The title of your faction's leader (literally everyone calls Callahan the Emperor even though that's incorrect).
- Why you're fighting (this could be me, but I orignally believed the Colonials were like the American Colonials, who were being lorded over by the Wardens because it sounded like the latter were prison wardens).
Again, short, sweet, hype, completely skippable. That would dispel SO much lore misinfo and unify the whole thing with the devs' actual vision for their world.
Now this sounds better
Is the musket gameplay shown actually from Foxhole? Or from another game I've never heard of?
It's from a playtest the devs ran for "Foxhole: The Battle of Red River"
Do all the Easter eggs next!
Damm good video
thx for watching!!!
to be honest not even the devs that make the lore know the lore
They know.
According to the lore and heavy speculation on my part, there have been 3 Boreal Wars.
The first Boreal War ended with Mesean Legions breaking their teeth on the 1st Boreal Line and being forced south of the Bulwark.
The second Boreal War ended when the Meseans successfully broke the 1st Boreal Line and broke their teeth on the 2nd Boreal Line. From what I can deduce there's a 3rd Boreal Line, Whedon's Row is very likely a part of it.
The third Boreal War ended when the Mesean broke themselves on a more heavily fortified 1st Boreal Line. My theory is that we're currently fighting after the 3rd Boreal War, and the reason we're getting more advanced tech is due to both sides recovering from said Boreal Wars.
When do you explain the whole warden baby eating and why the warden constantly provoke the freedom loving colonials?
Wait... it's all just rome?
This is a great video but the pronunciations are a bit off
the lore the devs wrote is inconstistant, the have written themselves into a 40k trap.
that is their intention to be honest
@@noobrebuilder8260 yes, but it makes it hard to change and shows inconsitant time line that could be written better and make alot more sense.
@@noobrebuilder8260 UA-cam has deleted my comment for the third time. I would say the lore isn't inconsistant as it's more hidden.
It's pretty reductive to say inconsistant as it ignores that you can piece together the big picture by finding ingame lore pieces hidden around the map, inference, and also the supplemental stories you can find in the Foxhole official website called A Chronicle of Ashes. Great series, written by the main lore writer.
early
yap yap
Dev lore is shite.
What's your canon then?
If you have been around since the game came out you would know that the DEVs did not release lore for at least a couple of years and in fact encouraged players to write it themselves. The wardens built our own culture and cult around Callahan. Its why we shout his name and die for him that is not DEV lore, that was created by us.
Foxhole lore is low effort and suppose to be "mysterious" when all it really is, is the fact the DEV in charge of lore was crap at it.