Destiny 2 Lore - My first impressions of the Season of the Splicer's Story and Lore!
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- Destiny 2's Story and Lore in the Season of the Splicer revolves around The Fallen House of Light & MIthrax, one of the last Sacred Splicers. These are my first impressions of the Season of the Splicer!
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Caiatl is concerned about the Vex situation and actually calls Zavala like "hey buddy, you guys alright?"
wheres this said? id like to have cabal help us out if the vex attack our city
@@igraviks7899 Endless Night lorebook, page 2(?) I think. Caiatl calls Zavala and warns him about snakes in the grass. It can be inferred that Lakshmi-2 could likely end up being Zavala's Umun-Arath.
@@thecrimsoncommando3875 She also says that she trusts Zavala to honor the armistice, she doesn't trust his successor.
I sure hope so
@@thecrimsoncommando3875 And she may well be right, but the question is whether we are right to assume that equivalent is Lakshmi, and not someone else... I'll say no more so as to not spoil anything previously leaked (if it is true).
I hated the fact that mithraks referred to us as “ikora if this guardian helps me I’ll help you” like he didn’t meet us before
DUDE WE DID A WHOLE PUZZLE TOGETHER
Probably doesnt recognize us
What got me was when he's taking to Ikora in the Eliksni Quarter and says "A guardian once spared me" while I'm standing 2 feet away from him.
Nah Bungie just completely ignored all of zero hour. They just don’t care I guess
@@cosmicskies6219 comment above obviously proves this false.
guess its better to make it some rando guardian in case the player killed him way back when
The fact that his teammate missed 2 thundercrashes during a single override mission
Man f the wyverns you charge the blue missile towards them and they just "fwoop" god knows where.
Yeet was not with this one.
@@DeLawrence97 same with tether. I keep tethering the air where the wyvern was previously
Titans be like-
I do love how the entire community has basically turned against lakshmi-2. The memes coming out of this, absolute chefs kiss
She was correct about the Red War but she may be wrong about Mithrax.
I think that was by design if it wasn't then they fucked up royally
@@bosteezyy My guess is that she's going to make some dirty moves to create a conflict when Mithrax eventually proves her wrong.
I think her vision is probably right, but out of context.
She said she saw the Eliksni with weapons among the smoke, she _never_ said she saw them attacking humans, just her assumption.
I think there's gonna be an attack and her vision is actually House Light helping defend the City.
@@meandmyinsanity Exactly! For all she knows, the Eliksni in the city are the only reason we won't be entirely wiped out! It seems to me like she intentionally taking the visions out of context for the sake of her own personal power.
My guardians just wanna head outside to the Eliksni Quarter and start helping them build proper shelters that aren't just tarps covering up ruins.
Amen to that! Not to mention those ether makers.... ugh, like can we get a good mechanic over here please?
I feel like this season and last one are primarily setting up allies for us in Witch Queen and I'm just loving it.
Exactly. I expect even the Vex will end up helping us.
All that remains is the Scorn. Maybe.
@@MatthewWathen baby scorn? No thank u
So if there is one more season before witch queen... will we get a vex allie?
@@MatthewWathen scorn are controlled by the darkness in a way. They'll never be able to help us.
@@specter324thefallen6 Asher? I mean Asher is name dropped in the predictions that @MyNameisByf mentions in this video even. Another possibility is Kabr and/or Praedyth but those I feel are predicated on what they do with VoG. Are they going to have the raid stay exactly the same as it was narrative wise as D1 Y1 or will they add new story?
It's just incredible; the Destiny I've always wanted, narratively speaking.
Same here man, absolutely amazing, I'm not much of a lore boi but this makes me want to so badly!
This season also connects beyond light with witch quuen bc those eliksni on europa were refugees from house salvation
I’m in love with this season already
Now if only we had the gameplay thing too
@Ghost_ Slaayer because those mayor mecanics that can ruin peoples lives
I literally walked through the Eliksni camp thinking "Byf is going to love this"
Seeing the ward in the shape of Saint’s helmet gave me goosebumps, because of course he would end up being the Eliksni equivalent of the boogeyman!
I wonder if crow has the ability to over the scorn and take over making his own allies?
@@xdsmile5359 Maybe? Though I kinda doubt it since I think it was actually Fikrul who raised them and was simply loyal to Uldren
I had the exact same thought
My first impressions are that Mitrax is the Chad Kell, Vex are a bunch of loot piñata nerds, and I want a baby Fallen plushy. Oh and Honydew is my new arch enemy.
First beaver, now honeydew
The fuck is honeydew?
@@themonolith253 An error code.
@@themonolith253 the darknesses ultimate weapon
Your wish on the baby Fallen plushie (yeah yeah I know they’re hatchlings, IDC) may come true. Check the latest TWAB.
I love how misraaks has named his daughter after sjur, given how their encounter went and what it meant to him
She chose that name herself
@@Narrified Sjur full name is "Sjur Eido". ( Ah my bad your right she did choose it herself !)
Something I thought I'd help everyone remember that some might've forgotten:
Back in Shadowkeep, there was a strike, the Festering Core. It was completely unrelated to the story, but it featured Savathun sending the Taken to take control over a Vex computational array.
Maybe that was the first step in Savathun's attempts to take control of the Vex network?
good eye, never rlly caught why it was in there
This season was the first season to actually make me read the lore instead of mindlessly clicking on the lore tabs to remove the notification.
And that is why I'm here, too!
I started reading the weapon lore.
@@TheFerrett3 i recomend you to read the new 180 hand cannon lore tab, this is a good one
@@TaniksLaBaguette which one is that
@@TheFerrett3 the new cucible hand cannon, Survivor Epitaph
The Borrowed time lore tab is good, but my fav has to the the Riiswalker lore tab.
You can honestly sympathize with everyone in that lore tab. The guy with the shotgun, the eliksni, and the guardian. Its all written incredibly well. And its something you could see happening IRL. Its fantastic.
The mod is obviously angry at the eliksni, especially the one with the shotgun, who's sister was kidnapped and probably killed by fallen. The eliksni is obviously afraid and confused, not understanding in the moment why he's being attacked for something he didn't do. And the guardian, who uses stasis to save the eliksni and dispell the mod, but is then rebuked by the eliksni who is obviously afraid and wary if anyone who uses the darkness after the whole thing that happened with eramis. All of these are things that can happen, and you can empathize with all of them. Its presented very well.
Who every wrote this lore tab, my hats off to you, as someone who also enjoys writing. Very well done.
Oh and the gun looks sick. An eliksni forged iron banner weapon? Dope as hell.
Neat Fact: Riiswalkers lore tab is part 4 of a story. Starting with book 3 of Beneath the endless night ("Gifts from the Shore"), Followed by Chroma Rush, Shattered Cipher and then finally Riiswalker
I hope we get to see Eido in the future, it feels so fitting that she is House Light Scribe.
It's just such a uplifting feeling seeing Eliksni roam the Tower after years of me personally wanting something like this
Eido sounds so happy to share Eliksni culture to anyone who will listen, and seems to be a sweet girl to be around.
I remember dialogue from Variks wanting to become the House of Light scribe. That was a nice for Mithrax to say "no".
Variks-Eido 1v1 for Eliksni Scribe supremacy
Good news for you!
Comment from the future. Your wish was granted.
Even if this season is terrible, we will always remember it as the introduction of smallen
Season of District 9. Cmon I can’t be the only one that made that connection when the season story mission started
yep, i did too lmao
Wow, haven’t watched for a very long time, but also you make a good point.
Tbh that had not occurred to me. Very good point. Now, we just have to turn the Drifter into an Eliksni...
@@scottmccrea1873 that would messed up. Well actually not, because turning a Guardian into insect hive creature is fucked up. So, Eliksni it’s normal.
I've played this game for 6 years and learned more about the fallen (in game) in 15 minutes when listening to Eidos at the camp then the entire time of me playing. Ah finally some good in game story and explanations.
Hector(Saint) and Diomedes(Mythrax) get to talk to each other instead of fighting.
Cassandra(Lakshmi) is salty about it.
I like how Mithrax is presented as a leader. They make it clear that, as it stands, he is not our friend, but more of a weary ally. He maybe trusts us on a personal level, but he’s made it clear he doesn’t fully trust in the political stability of the vanguard. It’s just little details like this that help ground the story and character of mithrax as a believeable character.
For some reason, I feel as if the Fallen Quarter is just gonna expand as the season progresses. Right now, half the quarter seems ripe for Fallen construction.
Yeah that's definitely my thoughts on that too, it's going to steadily grow into a more permanent and less ramshackle settlement.
Hell yeah
We’ve got Cabal allies- now it’s time to get Mithrax and the Eliksni to team against Savathun.
We have Cabal allies?
Sort of allies. We've got a armatice with them, which means the main empire of the Cabal are neutral towards us, although there are cabal who didn't leave Earth as part of the armatice and are seen as criminals, with us tasked to handle them ourselves. However, I would not be surprised that in the future, after they've recovered a bit more from their retreat from Torobatl and have settled down a bit, that they send some troops to help us kick some hive butt!
@@dustydan4961 I agree with you. Though, an armistice is very far from being allies. Remember the U.S. has an armistice with North Korea.
@@michaelstowe2167 Never knew about the armistice between U.S. and North Korea, but I get what you mean. It'll be a while until we become allies with the cabal, but right now Caital does not want to keep fighting with us guardians, who have left their mark on thier military history. Quite a few marks actually. It'll take small steps for us to eventually become allies with the cabal and end our conflict with them, but for now having the majority of the cabal off our backs is nice, since we have other worries atm.
@@dustydan4961 I agree. Caitl is forced to play politics. Her real intentions are to have us as allies, though doing so immediately would ruffle to many feathers and she'd risk her leadership in doing so. Her strongman stance is partially an act to placate the more extreme elements of the Red Legion.
I've read the Lore tab for Null Composure, it's like watching the Critical Role cast do a Nord VPN sponsorship
HACK TO YOU!
A bit of the main campaign too. Not sure if you’re up to date (look away now) the Vex remind me a lot of the Somnova. The Guardian takes the place of the Nein, Mithrax takes the place of Yussa and Lakshmi is Lucien
I love the fact that that whole lore card is just a reference to the movie Hackers
And now i HAVE to read that lore tab.
NOTHING beats Sam's ads
I really wish they would reference Zero Hour and Truth
They did refer to truth with mithrax's "daughter" in the refuge under the traveler
We started with Byf as Lore Daddy.
Now we have Eido as Lore Daughter.
Is Varriks lore uncle?
@@samuelazzaro Yessss [Insect-like chattering]
I remember in an interview about Destiny going forward that "Savathun is going to set up a bunch of dominos and will knock them down in Witch Queen." So I'm sure Quria will be involved at some point.
All the scanables they added for the eliksni are awesome as f***. I loved learning more about the eliksni it was amazing.
I really loved the Chroma Rush lore tab with the Ramen Shop bit Byf mentioned.
Then I read the Shattered Cipher lore tab and was heartbroken.
Wait for next week when you learn where he learned those " five spirited words that followed were replete with hard consonants."
Makes the whole thing even sadder.
Bungie needs you to be a voice actor for them such as a scribe that keeps guardians apprised of the ongoing of each season in detail.
Byf the Cryptarch - I like the sound of that.
It'd be cool if they hired him and gave him a "Eliksni" kind of voice and made him the Scribe of a House
He could be called The Librarian or The Archivist
@@Anonymous-wk1jt Byfiks, The Exiled Scribe
I thought the same thing, just like the nodes inside of Braytech on Mars
Actually funny enough i think the real "consistent narrative thread" has actually been Osiris. He's been fairly prominent in all of these seasons so far.
Also I really really just hope that when things come to a head, it doesn't result in another season of the chosen style conclusion, where the eliksni actually leave the last city due to intolerance and we get this sort of "estranged allies" situation.
There's also the fact that the Hive have been involved in some way throughout the previous seasons.
Season of the Hunt was them in the most direct role, with Xivu Arath taking control of large swaths of warriors to her cause, while Season of the Chosen has them in the backseat, but are also the reason whil Ciatal is in Sol in the first place.
And now with Quria appearing in the first mission of the Season of the Splicer, with one of the FWC weapon lore tabs heavily implying as it taking control of Vex.
After listening to Missraks daughter explain all of Eliksni cultures small aspects I feel horrible. The way she explains that they have to tell the children they can stop guarians but the adults can't even truly kill a guardian is truly amazing.
What do you mean, hordes of eliksni killed tons of guardians
Last city defence
Moon
Also scorn
?
@@kappega Yes but how many guardians actually die on a daily basis to Elliksni? We murder more of them than they murder of us, they kill us and we come back for vengeance.
@@kappega Speaking of Scorn, I wonder what Mithrax and Eido's thoughts are about them or even what Eramis thought about them.
@@DTK625 dont think there's much to say
Scorn are kinda ressurectable hate machines ruled by few of their kind..
Actually scratch that, i want to know too what they think about "fallen anti-guardians" : D
19:11 oh my god that thundercrash, i can’t breathe
The ward painted on the walls in the Eliksni Quarter to ease the sleep of the hatchlings is Saint-14’s Helmet
But it looks like servitor, no? Dont remember the giant hole in the middle of the helm btw
@@kappega You can see the curve of the faceplate and his plume. Saint has been a force against the Eliksni for centuries and Eido says it’s a long standing ward against guardians
Achilles weaves a cocoon is some of the best work that bungie's ever put out
Please read it
Thats all I need to say
"I'am Namrask and I weave stuff"
@@Cpt_John_Price Yeah
All the seasons this year so far has been about gaining allies. We got Crow as an ally, we have a "cease fire" with Caitl who will most likely later be an ally and we got mithrax and his house light already helping the vanguard in the city walls. This year is all about gaining allies in preparation to fight Savathun.
Given that the Eliksni Wing of the H.E.L.M. is directly opposite to *another* door of the exact same fashion, I'm having a hard time doubting that _that_ side of the H.E.L.M. won't become the "Cabal Wing" after the armistice eventually becomes an alliance. After all, Elsie saw a Cabal alliance (*not* an armistice) in the dark future.
To anyone wondering yes Laskmi-2 is voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo who plays Avasalrala in The Expanse
Bungie: "We know you loved factions, but it's hard for us to bring them back, so instead we're going to make you hate the characters."
There was never a reason to like them in the first place though. We hardly knew anything about each faction leaders personality and history. Also we never could interact with them on a commune level within their respective factions to make us care about them.
Canonically the faction LEADERS (and generally those in the consensus) have been sorta dicks. It's also canon now that some people are leaving the FWC due to its leadership, not the ideals of the faction itself
@@emiliobatres9581 I love that one lore tab that's just a letter to Lakshmi saying "Fuck you, I'm out."
@@r.cdahuman7682 can you link the tab on ishtar collection?
@@r.cdahuman7682 have you seen the one where drifter was like "i just sent a bunch of illegal weapons and framed it as lakshmi-2's doing woops haha"
One neat thing in this season is that you can follow a sad little story over multiple lore tabs.
1. Crow has been going to Spider's storehouses and taking resources (and convincing his workers to defect), and sending them to House Light in Spider's name to mess with him
2. In another tab we meet a young eliksni who's unloading these supplies in the hangar. He doesn't speak good english, and wears a badge from the vanguard that says "temporary" on it. He talks with Amanda, and when he mentions the supplies came from spider, she calls him "a string of five words with a lot of hard consonants," (obviously some kind of rude insult) and then jokingly says that's how they refer to a kind and generous friend.
3. In a different tab (that Byf actually mentioned), we see this same eliksni trying ramen for the first time down in the city, and the store owner tells him that first time customers get it for free, and this eliksni repeats what he heard Amanda say earlier, because she jokingly said that's how they refer to a kind, generous friend
4. Someone overheard this and got scared, assuming it was some kind of threat, and murdered the eliksni :(
Luckily there are a few wholesome moments in the lore this season, too. Saint recognizes how Crow signs his name with a drawing of a bird. Crow leaves Spider rude notes after taking his stuff. Drifter makes donations to House Light in Lakshmi-2's name to mess with the war cult. An Archon who had a hand in the destruction of London (interestingly noted as the not-quite-last city) decides to become a weaver, and join House Light.
My favorite is where an Eliksni sees a human struggling with some smoking machinery, and decides to secretly come by and repair it. After making these repairs and returning it to the humans, they learn that the smoke coming out was intentional and needed for the device to properly cook meat. On the bright side, that grill can now travel at upwards of over 20 kilometers an hour
Woah I read the first 3 lore entries but never saw the 4th, where was that one?
Edit: oh shit I found it, that’s so damn sad :( that guy was so sweet and they just murdered him like that, that’s so horrible
Part of me is wondering if the First Contact with The Eliksni and Human wasn’t initially as violent but happened because of a huge misunderstanding like this.
Imagine, both sides are tense and don’t really know how to communicate well. Imagine a newly Risen Warlord mistakenly kills an Eliksni envoy force for possible diplomacy, seeing them as an invading force, sparking the centuries of conflict.
Just tragedies that cascaded into further cycles of violence and hatred that only now is getting resolved.
@@DeusExAngelo Wouldn't have had to be a risen either. I could see a small community of farmers who had been raised on stories of the Collapse seeing this alien thing emerging from the tree lines on the outskirts of their farm. The farmers murder it thinking it's a monster from their stories, and use the corpse as a kind of warning. A Fallen force sees the body and enacts reprisals. The community calls out for help against the "raiders" and a Risen comes, slaughters the Fallen, and takes over the community.
And the rest is history.
@@matthewteal2629 its in the Shattered Cipher lore tab, the machine gun in the season pass.
@@horrorfan117 That might be small thing I can totally see had happened, but there is also big stuff like D1 having a tab that said that the Fallen destroyed London and House Rain eating children when you save Saint in Mercury's past.
That's something Im loving about the writing this season so far. We are seeing all sides of whats going on and their interaction after centuries of hostility, both the positives and the negatives
I really like the race relations aspect of this season. It’s very interesting
I don't. At all.
It reminds me of middle eastern refugees and if you know anything about that you'd know how tense it makes me.
Are the Eliksni forming grooming gangs and calling for gays to be imprisoned?
@@gagewesterhouse9558 no but bad actors from both sides are abond.
Gas the bikes and race car now!
I just spent 5 minutes watching 2 Fallen in front of a vending machine.
Only five? I spent, like, eight.
Dude spend ten minutes and ad-lib their dialogue
*laughs in chilling next to them when waiting for Clan Mates*
The lore tabs about the interactions between humans of the city and eliksni refugees are probably my favorite. They have me on the edge of my seat for how the House of Light story arc will play out.
You read the ones about the Eliskni that gets killed? Check out Chroma Rush and the new Machine gun, I forget what it's called.
@@elitegamer9310 I've read the one where a young girl comes across her mother being part of a group that seems to have killed an Eliksni, while another one got away. My favorite lore tab has to be the one where a guy hallucinates and sees his son as an Eliksni.
@@inktoxicant Check out the Lore tab for Chroma Rush. BTW, if you're talking about the one where the Eliskni gets saved by a Guardian, she's the same one from the Trials armor set.
It kinda shows we humans will always attack what we don’t understand and fear the unknown............. that being said i did like the little conversation between Mithrax and Shaxx on the new crucible handcannon
@@DragonKnight90001 Nothing like bonding over warcrimes. :P
This is the first season where I'm excited about getting a new gun primarily to read the lore tab. (Yes I know I could just read them in collections)
don't forget the interaction between mithrax and shaxx forgot which gun lore thou.
Survivor’s Epitaph, I think. In the leaked lore on Ishtar we get some good Saint-Misraaks
@@Theology.101 yeah thats the one, the red handcanon
@@Theology.101 yep, it’s pretty chilling how as they talk they see each other for who they are and what they did in the past.
@@Theology.101 "Leaked lore on Ishtar"?
@@ShinseiWarujima ishtar collective uploads all the lore, even the lore that you can’t yet earn in game. So all the lore books are out right now
Your few almost tangents about FWC, the Drifter, and etc left me wanting more. Can't wait for those videos to come out!
The big theme for Beyond Light in general is one of redemption and forgiveness. The Stranger redeems herself in the eyes of her sister. The Crow for his previous life. Multiple times the Fallen are trying to redeem themselves for their invasion of the solar system. The Cabal might be trying with Caiatl. And our Guardians are even kinda doing that by adopting the darkness as a power source.
In many ways every major plot point has been taking individuals and instruments of the Darkness and turning them against it.
I really like, that Mithrax is arguing with Lakshmi-2 in the dialogue of "override"
And when Mithrax said to saint-14 "That's what YOU do.... kill the things you dont understand."
I was like: 👁👄👁
Something I love about his interactions with Saint is that Saint is currently having none of it when Missraks says stuff like that by pointing out he's seen and fought against Eliksni doing some heinous shit.
The writing so far is very good in showing both the steady friction as well as the growing comraderie between humanity and House Light, as well as the even representations of several viewpoints concerning this situation.
Hope the rest of this season is just as good in that regard
Read the Lore Tab on Survivor's Epitah. It's a conversation, a deep conversation between Mithrax and Shaxx.
One of my favorite lore entries so far, it's really great. Kinda forgot that Shaxx was a proper warlord at one point.
Byf: more video
Every destiny player:
BEBE FALLEN
Edit: next season needs more hatchlings
We can’t call em fallen anymore, that’s like, offensive
@@LegiamasC-OnTwitta they’re called Elixsni now because that’s they’re original name
@@celiaccrab6952 eliksni
Next season we should be able to eat the fallen like they ate our children
Baby hive
The fact that the hive have some sort of impact in each seasonal story, make sit feel continuous, even if it's not all linked Witch Queen.
Dude, they had me when mithrax showed up. Like a fan watching endgame for the first time
we gotta get a new "complete story of destiny" at this pace soon
At the Guardians Games ending ceremony, Zavala mentioned increased Vex activities across the system
I loved how in the ether dialogue, eido mentions that on riis where the ether is in overabundance, all the eliksni eventually look like captain's. Imagine a planet with captains walking around everywhere.
MY NAME IS DREDGEN TYM
And let me be oh so very clear: I guilded my Dredgen title for the 2nd time on day 1 of this season. I am a reckoner as well. Durning Joker’s Wild I had all gambit triumphs completed. I have thorn. I never made lumina out of respect for the original. I have necrotic grips with a 70 base stat roll. I am something for the light to truly fear.
IF ANY GUARDIAN WORKING IN SERVICE OF LAKSHMI OR SAINT OR ANYONE HARMS A SINGULAR HAIR ON A SINGLE ‘SMALLEN’ ELIKSNI LARVA, *I WILL DELIVER YOUR FINAL DEATH MYSELF PERSONALLY AND PAINFULLY TO THE POINT YOU WILL BEG FOR THE HIVE TO COME MAKE YOU INTO A FUCKING CRYSTAL TO SIMPLY ESCAPE THE PAIN OF YOUR EXISTENCE DELIVERED TO YOU BY MY HAND!*
Everyone is complaining about the transmog. Meanwhile, I got the outfit I wanted to combine in the first 2 hours and I'm never gonna change it.
Still not good, but I'm already satisfied with my outfit
Same
I honestly didn't have that many pieces I cared for THAT much, so I am alright with this system.
True a lot of the trnasmogable armor really isn't that good looking.
that's cool that you're okay with it but not everyone likes running around in a singular outfit and a 7-day in-game effort to reach one cap for one character is absolute shit
Just like the Eververse Bright Dust store, the transmog system isn't built for players to splurge on. I think a lot of players need to understand that before whining about it. I'm not saying it's the perfect system but the game is free to play and Bungie isn't small.
The buildup for our confrontation with Savathun is phenomenal and I hope it pays off well. Witch Queen is set up to be one of, if not, the best DLCs we've had. I have hope.
Something to note about the continuation of themes is that’s actually still very on the table. This year seems to be all about a greater understanding of and potential peace with our former enemies. Not only on the large scale with the Fallen and Cabal, but the small scale with Uldren reborn as Crow. While the story threads don’t immediately line up, the THEMES are aligned, as opposed to, say, Year 2 where the overall theme was... yes.
I JUST realized that Mithrax named his 'daughter' after SJUR EIDO!
Not really. Eido named herself that, but it was still after Sjur Eido.
I absolutely LOVE the call-back they did to a previous mission, Enemy of My Enemy, during a conversation between Misraaks and Ikora. Very very nice touch speaking to his experiences with us.
Still gotta say the lore is freakin amazing for this season and Riiswalker actually made me tear up and my headcanon is Vriiksis' brother was the Eliksni killed in the Shattered Cipher lore tab
What was in Riiswalker?
Is Mithraxeelated to variks??
A mob ganging up on one of the house light members and almost killing him when he was asking for help finding his brother. He was saved by a stasis using hunter but fled from them because they feared they were corrupted like Eramis was
I went and read the SMG lore entry and quite honestly that was one of my favourite pieces of destiny story I've ever seen. For me it really distills the best of destiny's story. You have this massive plot point of the Eliksni, a species who have been at war with humanity since they arrived in the Sol system, entering the Last City as allies, and you have this tiny moment that captures the feeling of that story in-game.
The Drifter, a character who has admitted to eating Eliksni on occasion, breaks up a riot because he understands both sides. The humans are afraid of the Eliksni at the bar because they've heard stories of them attacking and eating people, and the Drifter understands that in a way no living member of the Vanguard could and so he can defuse the situation.
He confronts the Eliksni about this but also says it's time to leave the past behind, and in fact says he won't be eating them any more either, which gets a good laugh out of everyone. It's not just a great picture of how this event changed life in the City, it's also a great representation of the Drifter's character and how he befriends you with humour and a down-to-earth nature, which he's been doing since he showed up.
My first thought when I began exploring the Eliksni quarter what that Byf is going to have a field day. Haha. I'm calling it now. Lakshmi's vision of conflict with the House of Light is going to come true, but she's going to be the aggressor instead of Mithrax. I'm wondering where Bungie is going with Osiris's story. He's been a big focus for several seasons now. I feel like it's building up to something big.
My guess is something bad during witch queen because of him having the crown
@@alexbaer455 I forgot about that. I think you're right.
Not going to lie, the eliksni are the first race in a long line of races in videogames to give me pause from murdering every last one of them i can find
I love how shaxx has already accepted them and how saint is coming around to as well. I find it weird tho he didnt recognize us from before. I wish veterans got special dialogue.
I still think it’s way too early for us to come to the conclusion that saint is coming around to the house of light, there is an end of mission dialogue exchange between saint and mithrax where saint goes ape shit on mithrax, saying he should “save his false holiness for ikora” and berating the fallen for attacking earth. I do think he will come around eventually, but I think it will take until the end of the season.
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One minor lore-bit I'd like to remind you about that could potentially become *very* relevant soon is one of the few parts of the Kell of Kells prophesy that we know for certain: "They (The Kell of Kells) will be chosen by the Great Machine and blessed with it's Light."
If they decide to follow the potential "Mithrax as the Kell of Kells" plotline, I could see him possibly dying near the end of the season and being raised by a Ghost as the first Eliksni Guardian.
I really am enjoying this season so far. The loot is awesome and I actually like the transmog system
Yea same here. While I understand the reasons to dislike it, I think the hate is getting exaggerated.
Same i don't mind the system but if they would nerf the bounties a bit, increase the drop rate of synthstrand (or whatever it's called) and remove the cap i think it'd be a pretty good system.
For those that don't know the voice of Lakshmi is also an actress on The Expanse. GREAT video as Always. Blessings Always
Shohreh Aghdashloo - for anyone interested
For me, the Riiswalker lore tab really hammered home how difficult the integration of the Eliksni allies in the Last City is going to be.
Not only that, but alzo how most non-guardians view stasis. I couldnt help but feel bad for the guardian when the fallen backed away from her due to using stasis like Eramis, even if it was to help him.
@@SuperHalofan64 Me too, but it is interesting that they putting in a little bit of the whole Stasis conflict in as well. In a way, it's showing that the guardian is more of a threat than the single fallen to the crowds eyes, which will not help relationships between guardians and normal people.
There is one key link between Chosen and Splicer that also ties back to Savathun and earlier threads: the Crown of Sorrow. Savathun also had heavy presence in Season of the Hunt’s exotic mission Harbinger. I think it’s pretty cool that Bungie is using every exotic mission/dungeon to build up to The Witch Queen.
I hope they explore how ignorant Eido seems to be about the atrocities the fallen have committed. She seems to either be ignoring or is unaware of the fact that the Eliksni started this conflict. Most of us are willing to forgive them, but they do need forgiving
I was so, SO happy to hear you mention Borrowed Time. The Drifter is far and away my favorite character in the whole damn game, and that lore tab perfectly encapsulates why. Also nice to see Bungie not shying away from the some aspect of politics.
Don’t you mean, season of the hatchlings?
This tbh, its all anyone cares about
Don't you mean, season of the smallen?
@@Corrubris no, I think if I mean that, I would write it in my comment
Smallen
@@Corrubris don’t you mean, Season of the Lil’iksni?
I'm just glad Ikora's finally getting some action in, and they're finally expanding more on her character through her wish to help the House of Light.
So far I’m loving the story this season
The Drifter is easily my favorite character, and I hope we get more of him soon.
Awright, open call for getting Eliksni Guardians.
Who’s with me?
If Mithrax dies due to Lakshmi-2, he probably will get ressed as a guardian. He has the best traits for it, from what the speaker said in the Red War
I think they COULD (very theory-esqe) be setting up for adding Eliksni player characters some way down the road. If the House of Light proves themselves to the Traveller and they’re given the powers of the lightbearers...we’re in for a treat.
Yes
@@dragobane4728 I don't want Mithrax to die but IF he does and she's the one that killed him, I want her to be present the moment he's rezzed AND then she can die in a ditch.
@@CalebMealer i dont think we will be able to play as an eliksni guardian
One of my favorite dialogs is between Saint-14 and Mithraks. After the mission is over Saint basically says something to the effect of "Don't forget, this power of yours is not necessarily from the Eliksni, what you do comes from the light." And Mithraks responds by saying something like " The Saint is correct, all we have comes from the Great Machine, praise be!"
So far I’m enjoying the new book about Zavala
Lore wise, I’ve been loving everything since shadowkeep, especially looking back. Last year we tried to bolster our allies, bringing back saint-14 and Osiris back into the fold and powered up rasputin, we also made attempts to understand the darkness. But rasputin was shut down, and we lost 4 planets, 2 great allies and 1 fan boy.
Now we are looking further outward for allies against the hive and the darkness. Caital extended her hand for an “alliance,” to bolster her ranks against the hive, we may have slapped that hand away but with an armistice and things ending non violently, she is more likely to help us against the hive than letting us fight alone. Now we have mithrax and the eliksni of house light, a group that we would have a stronger bond with than the cabal.
And the fact that they let us see quira for a split second makes me so happy that they’ve finally learned that we love teases like this, especially when they are confirmations and relevant to the current overarching story
I would say to the devs, make a couple new PVP maps using the simplified assets of the Vex network. Also want a Guardian Games obstacle course/gauntlet made in that style for next year too.
Before we continue on with the video, can we pour one out for that poor Titan at 19:10 that tried to use his missle to get that moment of glory, but failed miserably? RIP Titan, where ever you are.
Honestly im hating Lakshmi at the moment the lore on the riiswalker shotgun proves she has a hand in it........ that being said the new crucible handcannon lore thats a start........
Edit: i hope they keep the Eliksini settlement in game cause i want to see it rebuilt and evolve over time, it’ll be nice to visit somewhere thats not the tower once and awhile. Edit 2: the dialogue you get from Eido .........the moment i heard her talking about these little things...... im seeing their culture, their history and im loving every little details right down to that (spoilers just incase).
The shank
If you hate her from Riiswalker alone, I suggest you read the lore from the fwc smg. You'll hate her even more.
@@SuperHalofan64 ........... welp a prophet and saviour........... tell me what are the requirements to become a god again cause i think Lakshmi will try and take that mantle too.
One of the reasons that the Mass Effect trilogy remains my favorite gaming experiences of all time is the political intrigue between the different species and factions. I loved learning about the different species, their histories and cultures, and how those things impacted Shepard’s interactions with them. As an International Politics major, I always had fun drawing parallels to real-world issues and playing the diplomat(except for Renegade playthroughs lol). After almost seven years of indiscriminately slaughtering the Fallen, it’s about time we get more interactions with them that aren’t just quick pit-stops at vendors. Love this direction, and I hope Bungie keeps it up.
Ah I was waiting for this. I’m glad you got saved from honeydew hell from day 1
That failed thunder crash at 19:11 was hilarious!
Everytime i see a Eliksni at the tower my brain goes. Hug them NOW!
I wish to play patty cake with eliksni!
Unrelated to the video's topic but after watching some Byf's older videos, the track, Journey, is stuck in my head and I absolutely love that track
Reading Chroma Rush lore= :D
Reading Shattered Cipher lore= D:
reading Deicide lore: ._.
analyzing Deicide lore: O_O
humans of the last city aren't worth saving smh
@@Typhoon.703_ I just did that and when I saw it I went uh oh
Looking into the future and reading III - Gifts from the Shore and putting the full story into context= T_T
I’m glad to see Ikora doing stuff again
If Lakshmi chases the Fallen out I'm leaving with them
Want a spoiler? I’ve read what happens by the end of the season
@_ noahfunk1089 _ Lakshmi dies at the end of the season when the vex invade the city. And we allie with the fallen in the House of Light.
I love the lore of this season, the fact that we’re making allies of cabal and fallen is awesome, the whole splicer theme is awesome too.
Heh, imagine if D3 would have Eliksini Guardians.
And Cabal (I don't really know their species' name for itself) too! They're a perfect fit for Titans!
play as Eliksini that could be fun
the first time i found out about the fallen having once be blessed by the traveller i thought the same thing
@@OrionX700 i wonder what Cabal would play like. Since they’re MUCH bigger than humans are.
The Override post-mission dialogue is great. One dialogue that really gets to me, though, is when Ikora asks Mithrax about his opinions on humanity. He replies that has seen much of humanity, “warts and all,” then he references the “Enemy of my Enemy” quest in which he talks about the one time that a Guardian spared him, before tying off his opinion by comparing humanity to a river, ever-changing and capable of both creation and destruction.
Hey Byf, I was playing override and I spotted loyalist cabal. Is this a simulated loyalist or could this be the return of Calus?
You saw loyalists? Oh no.
My friends and I saw them too! Was wondering what was up with that
I love the lore tab on the Season Reward Sparrow where Amanda just hangs out with an Eliksni Engineer.
imagine House Light repairing insurrection prime and having Mithrax pilot it like something out of titanfall lmao
They despise everything Insurrection Prime stands for.
@@Cross31415 then they’d probably make another big brig for mithrax
Epic fight between mithrax in a big ass mech against a giant ogre!
I'm so exited for Human-Eliksni alliance, I never really was into reading lore myself but with release of this season I've spent like 3 hours straight just reading new lore on ishtar-collective
Cant wait for Lakshmi to be this seasons Saladin. The annoyingly pessimistic character...
Unlike Saladin she has actual reasons to be worried
@@oreo-postraphe true
@@oreo-postraphe They both had their reasons. Saladin's reasons were that he hasn't really forgiven them for the Red War, and that the Cabal only know war. Lakshmi-2's reasons are that she saw a future where the House of Light turns on us.
@@elitegamer9310 one of many *MANY* possible outcomes.
@@zenthedying91 yeah, maybe the one where a politician turns the city against the eliksni
Byf, I agree with your point of Mithrax, being the center of this season. Mithrax has a conversation with someone in a lore tab and it shows that he hasn't forgotten the past. He still shows emotions about those events, and yet chooses not to act upon them which shows a great level of strength.
And thank you. Because of you now I am reading every single lore tab and lore book that I unlock. It is a new way I am experiencing Destiny 2 and I am loving it.
15:43 "Eris, get your rock...off my map." Cayde-6 2015/2016
pls do not feel the need to apologize for taking a couple days to get this out lmfao you put out SO MUCH stuff the past couple weeks!!!