Destiny 2 Lore - About 20 minutes of analysis of the Pale Heart Trailer. Secrets in the Traveller.

Check out Advanced GG's shakers and gaming supplements and use code "Byf" or "LoreDaddy" for 10% off! advanced.gg/?ref=LoreDaddy Destiny 2's Lore and Story from the Final Shape is looking wild! The new Pale Heart trailer was leaked early and it shows us some incredible secrets from inside the Traveller including the presence of Ahamkara frozen in stasis by the Witness and even Savathun making her way into the Pale Heart. Today I broke down and Analysed the Trailer to see what can be seen.
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[@allenparnell6170]

Byf vs. Kelgorath is the true final battle in TFS

[@EpslionBear]

If he is Kelgorath did he get kicked put of the taken because lmao Imagine sucking so hard you get untaken

[@BuzzMatt]

fr

[@markricheard1870]

Kelgorath would win. Byf is just a little British guy, Kelgorath is the New Taken King.

[@BuzzMatt]

@@markricheard1870 Nah, bro is gonna make a 200.000 word essay about destiny lore and make Kelgorath listen to it Automatic win

[@jonrutherford2966]

@@markricheard1870 byf solos anyday

[@BlueVolt42]

I can't wait for WTF moment when Cade sees Crow, Caiatl, Savathun, and Mithrax

[@InfernaFiresword]

We might need to get in between Cayde and Crow/Mithrax, depending on how up to date he is on things.

[@acegaming1499]

In the original trailer for the final shape Ikora explains that “we stand alongside those we once fought against” so I doubt it will be too much of a shock for him.

[@admiralrentableorb9844]

Okay for Crow. He's probably going to get one good headshot off that takes him out. Then the ghost comes in and he's just like "oh"

[@netherlordgaming995]

Cayde will definitely be surprised when he finds out we are working with both the cabal and fallen (i couldn't figure out how to spell their real race name)

[@Blake-uu8tu]

@@netherlordgaming995 I think it’s spelled eliksni

[@thatonefloridaguy7927]

The Memory of Kelgorath back again for vengeance HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN?!

[@ToastyBits]

You'd think he would stop at 3, but Kelgorath doesn't care about video game logic.

[@obliviousflyer9113]

It’s not Kelgorath. Different markings.

[@johngancarcik5682]

​@@ToastyBits taniks 2.0

[@KiShonRasmussen-wj3ie]

Traveler says to Kelgorath GET OUT OF MY HOUSE

[@sirwolfe710]

I think that crow opening the door for us opens the door for EVERYONE in Sol, so Xivu's armies follow us, savathun's lucent brood enter to study and experiment with the light, and our allies come to reinforce us.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

Perhaps. There may be an episode in the future, where we must route out these enemies for the Travaler, so only we may enter and leave.

[@Icathianreign]

And then it's WARRRRRR

[@individual7046]

Not to mention there is also Shadow Legion, Sol Divisive Scorn, House Salvation and Taken there too, which are most likely very real.

[@ThePickleBehindTheSlaughter]

that would be a good explanation for why we can patrol the pale heart after the campaign too

[@tenacity25]

I imagine Savathun would likely reinforce us given the right situation due to a mutual opposition against the witness as well. Despite most likely being in there for the reason you explained.

[@brandondennis7527]

Important note! The annihilator totem is glowing with arc energy, rather than the standard fiery solar darkness energy. It's very possible this is the first time we've seen a Light powered annihilator totem, thanks to Savathun's experiments.

[@soulsurvivor8293]

Or she is just attacking it with an Arc blast, Savathûn may be needed to neutralise these Totems near the entrance for either the rest of us or Non-light Bearer's to be able to enter safely. They may be set there near the enterance to suppress the connection to the Light of those attempting to enter and be a secondary line of defence to prevent Guardians from following the Witness. The 15th Wish used by Crow probably by-passed that entry. Orbmaybe he did come through that way, got Suppressed and Cadye jumps him. Cayde: "Hey there, long time no see....." draws overcharge Ace with deadly intent "...How's your Sister?". Crow: ..... (insert guess I'll die Meme) Mara: "He made it, I sens..." sneezes midsentence then recoils in sudden shock "... he died, he was attacked as soon as he entered." The sneeze, the common trope of someone talking about you thing, would be a hilarious addition to make the situation a little more light hearted. And we all know there's a paticular subset of fans that want to hear Mara do some sort of adorable Sneeze noise that betrays her normally regal & stoic demeanour.

[@jackeag4295]

Imagine it's being fueled by light to help us, savathun is charging it to save us from waves of enemies

[@boyholland]

I just noticed something extremely cool that I've never heard mentioned before! Look at the Witness' forehead closely. See the checkered pattern? Some of the squares are filled in and others are hollow. Its the flower game literally tattooed on its forehead!

[@twelved4983]

We boutta play checkers on this man’s forehead, that’s how big it is

[@maxstavens217]

That is an interesting observation

[@twelved4983]

His forehead so big we boutta play chess on it

[@twelved4983]

@boyholland we boutta play chess on his head when we done with him

[@boyholland]

@@twelved4983 well i've got two from you so far, idk

[@AS_Daedalus]

For the damaged statue at about 7:45, there is already at least one damaged veiled statue in the game. In Root of Nightmares, the statue in the room past the tormentor that guards the first secret chest, if you drop down in the red room you'll see the statue is floating with the bottom broken.

[@MynameisByf]

I'll need to take another look at that. Much obliged.

[@johngancarcik5682]

​@MynameisByf there's a few interesting things in that raid the clarity statue in Deepstone crypt moves or sways I guess

[@zigzag2370]

Breathes** ​@@johngancarcik5682

[@aviaviavian]

​@@johngancarcik5682 She breathes. Slow, long breaths

[@Astr0-1408]

I feel like, if Savathun really is there, she might be there only as an ally of opportunity. She doesn't want the final shape to be enacted, so it would make sense if she pledged her troops to this, but only at this moment. As the old saying goes: the enemy of my enemy is my friend

[@twelved4983]

That’s what I’m thinking. We’re definitely not allies, but our beef with each other is nothing compared to the threat of the Witness.

[@Astr0-1408]

@@twelved4983 hopefully, Savathun doesn't Nova bomb a thrall

[@whiskey7088]

@@Astr0-1408She just shoves a delayed nova bomb into a thrall and when we go to negotiate he just comes outta nowhere and the whole strike team gets merced

[@John-ip1ln]

It would make sense because Savathun does have the light. She wanted to enter the travler anyways.

[@StupidCatLady]

​@@Astr0-1408Nah, that's my job

[@TheMysteriousOswald]

I'm surprised nobody is talking about the voice shouting "Enough" at the end. It's almost certainly the Witness growing frustrated, but the way the voice trails off sounds...very different. Just struck me as curious.

[@phoenix9531]

Id say nobody is talking about that because to me it sounds nothing like the witness at all. I feel like its clearly cayde.

[@goldenyak629]

Reminded me of the Witness losing their temper with Calus. Pretty sure it's the same 'Enough!' voice clip they used then.

[@TheMysteriousOswald]

@@phoenix9531 Which raises even more questions if true, right? I'm leaning towards the male voice being one of the Precursors inside the Witness.

[@DarthDookieMan]

I’m sorry, but in what world is that Nathan Fillion’s voice?

[@Minishimirukaze]

@@phoenix9531 idk, you can see the witness in the scene with the shout. I thought it sounded like the witness, but it could be "greenneedle vs brainstorm" situation.

[@markricheard1870]

At this time, I’m reminded of the Early Cut version of the Destiny 1 Intro, and it actually explained why the Astronauts came with guns. Humanity detected a Alien Ship Crashing on Mars, so weaponized Astronauts go to check it out, they encounter *“The Witch”* which looks like a White-Blueish Humanoid being with white gear and a white-blueish Raghu robe. They say in an alien language *”The Traveler is coming. Everything you know is about to change.”* The Traveler then began causing Rain on Mars, the Witch touches a drop, and disappears… I’d love it if they ended up bringing back “The Witch” as a Light-Version of the Witness. It could be the Female voice we heard in the last trailer! Video Starts at 2:31

[@johngancarcik5682]

That makes sense

[@javannapoli2018]

The writers for Bungie seem to have been trying to tie in some old elements of the original cut storyline for a while now and I'm all for it.

[@LiamGers-cx1kn]

I think you might be incorrect. With the description you gave, ‘the witch’ could’ve been the Exo Stranger, sent back to when the first arrived in Sol thanks to the experiments with Vex technology.

[@markricheard1870]

@@LiamGers-cx1kn she didn’t look anything like an Exo.

[@TheFriendlyInvader]

​@@LiamGers-cx1knThe stranger was haphazardly thrown together from a character that was originally Osiris's apprentice. She was used as a macguffin to tie the literally shattered story and set pieces together by giving the player an excuse to visit places. This was also why she was promptly abandoned after the initial release, and why they were unable to do anything of noteworth with Osiris until Destiny 2 as they had to reinvent his character. Though his faction and social space that he was once resident in still made it in with Trials.

[@TheNerdman01]

The Mithrax frame is strange - as you pointed out a few videos ago, Mithrax specifically says he can't go with us in the autograph book. So is he somehow able to get in at the final battle? Is he just fighting out in Sol? Is it a memory? Very interesting.

[@MynameisByf]

A fair point. It also looks like he's on a background made to look like Europa. So perhaps these are memories of our allies and foes conjured up by the Pale Heart.

[@TheNerdman01]

​@@MynameisByf look I'm not marvel but I'm waiting for our avengers assemble moment as much as the next guy

[@danny_dinthead8858]

It's very likely that our Allies aren't physically in The Pale Heart but rather, due to our memories of comradery, are conjured up by the Traveler to fight beside us. Savvy is possibly here because she represents the closest thing to the Traveler's original plan of uplifting the Krill and Savathun having beef with the Witness for lying to the God of Deception about the godwave.

[@reggielacey2235]

​@MynameisByf or its a brief look at what the people on the outside are doing

[@submachinegun5737]

Why would mithrax be correct in saying that he can’t go with us if no one in the lore knows how the portal works yet. Why would we or crow not be able to link the portal properly and open it to everyone, and what would make it so that only guardians can enter? I think it’s the real mithrax

[@eRAD6127]

I still have my wish/hope that Savathun goes the revive oryx while we’ve been busy and we see all 3 siblings together, and the biggest hope is that all 3 siblings get revenge against the witness for lying to them and using them

[@nouns7504]

Fighting along side the original darkness enemies of destiny 1 would be so poetic man, standing side by side with oryx utilizing touch of malice and the slammer would be so raw

[@teakakes11]

I've got an idea for what the covered statues could be. For a while I was thinking that they were representing a Humanoid personification of the traveler, but I think they might actually just be the one precursor that got away. The collectors edition lore books talked about two precursor that mimicked the gardener and winnower, one joined in the merging while the other left. I think the voice In the trailer is that precursor who has been hiding in the traveler trying to help stop the final shape and the covered statues were made by the witness to remember that precursor.

[@epic_axolotl9439]

I hope the veiled statue person shows up in a cutscene at the end of everything like when we first saw the Witness

[@JROCC205]

I think she maybe the veil. In the unveiling lore many thought it was the witness , however as mentioned the Witness always speaks in plural. The one speaking in the book however doesn't so he, is the knife as mention in the flower game lore

[@epic_axolotl9439]

@JROCC205 I'm confused anout what you mean by "the veil". Are you talking about something different than the paracasual Darkness equivalent of the Traveller from Lightfall, or something else entirely?

[@babinski4087]

2 things interesting to note about the weird looking ogre clip: 1. There seems to be some sort of cloaked figure on top of a rock arch that the guardians go through. Who is that? 2. The aforementioned guardians are using the Aegis. How did it get there? Is it a memory or the real shield?

[@boyholland]

the cloaked figure may be cayde. hes seen in multiple instances just kinda standing around while the guardians are running around

[@babinski4087]

@@boyholland maybe but to me it looks more like a poncho. Kinda eliksni reminiscent. Maybe eido?

[@GusJenkinsElite]

@@babinski4087 There is such a thing as over-analysis. Rewatch the video.

[@zbrinz720]

@@GusJenkinsElite “there is such thing as over-analysis, go analyze more”

[@babinski4087]

@@GusJenkinsElite just took another look. Figure looks way too thin to be cayde. And still too poncho-y

[@fishnutz5196]

The enemy variety in the Pale Heart is nuts!! We have seen Hive, Scorn, Taken, Shadow Legion and the Dread

[@johngancarcik5682]

We enter: Them: why do we hear boss music

[@r3mxd]

same enemy for years zzzzzz the dread arent any different

[@fishnutz5196]

@@r3mxd nothing will satisfy you then if your not happy about the Dread, a new damn enemy faction. Go play something else cause Destiny clearly aint it for you.

[@pokerus4511]

Honestly wonder if The dread are replacing the scorn. Too many enemy factions will make it feel off vs the rest of the game. Taken(Maybe Hive), and the Dread feel like the two that should be present in the Pale Heart

[@fishnutz5196]

@@pokerus4511 i think narratively it all makes sense since they all follow and worship the Witness but id like to see them fight side by side more. We have seen Taken and Scorn fight alongside in Warlords Ruin and in Vow of the Disciple

[@kingrushy4533]

The witness screaming “enough” At the end hit different.

[@void-stare]

I didn't even catch that it was the Witness screaming the first couple times I heard it until I read this. Holy shit. To see something that has so far only shown a "calm" composure actually scream and break that façade of a level temper, barely able to hide its agitation is- Oooo this is gonna be spicy

[@arcstaff]

@@void-stare the witness lost it's temper with calus in the light fall campaign

[@grzetim]

The appearance of the leaders of our allies showing up makes me hope for one of two things: 1. An Endgame style final battle montage where all the power of our side is brought to bear on the Witness' forces. 2. Some new public events that when you turn then heroic one of our "hero" units joins the fray; Zavala with a supercharged shield, Ikora blasting things with void; Mithrax and the splicers stunning enemies; Caiatl calling down a few royal guard and charging into the fray, and Savathun calling down a few Lucent Wizards and zapping the battlefield with arc to stun and destroy the forces of the Witness. :)

[@kieranbramley4714]

There is also a different looking tormentor in the trailer, that may be Nezarec. Remember that his voice persists after he dies and tells us he will live on in our memories, the pale heart is shaped by memories

[@Lorentz_Driver]

I hope. They fumbled Nezarec's story so hard.

[@Vextral4653]

@@Lorentz_Driver i wouldn’t say they fumbled it, he was dead and we already knew that. Plus hes weaker than Rhulk. That and we fight him as hes revived. He just got unlucky.

[@nouns7504]

Yeah we literally spawn camp bro​@@Vextral4653

[@GetGwapThisYear]

I was looking to see if you’d done a more recent deep dive of the prophecy dungeon lore after seeing this, but couldn’t find one. The dungeon appears to foreshadow more and more as time goes on. The cube room’s shifting orientation appears here in the trailer, the colour palette of the moonfang armour sets (and rainbow road) is reminiscent of the prismatic subclass. The multiple platforms in the kell echo boss room is similar to the platforming sections showcased in the final shape trailers, which makes me think it might be implemented in the final boss fight against the witness in the raid. Perhaps we’ll have to choreograph damage phases around moving platforms. We already know we’ll have to use light and dark together in combination, as implied by the light and dark motes. I really think there’s more to it than we realised.

[@joshlong6733]

Gonna have to agree with you on this.

[@herolumierelumanite1608]

The Ahamkara follow the Traveler where ever it goes; they could be parasite

[@sharkireynolds]

Xivus Hive are indeed in the Pale Heart. If you rewatch the dev gameplay stream when they first talk about Prismatic, the section where they're talking about gunpowder gamble and duskfield (6:00 onward), you can see Xivus horde. They even transmat in with a Pyramid effect. Also did anyone else notice the Taken have orange eyes now? Resonant Taken maybe?

[@davidreynolds9189]

I remember the old Ahamkara lore card mentioned they appeared from the void when the traveler arrived (or maybe when it died it’s been nearly a decade since I’ve read it). I wonder if they’re part of the Gardener’s plan to make many different ‘plants’ that can thrive with each other.

[@THECASUALco]

I don’t even play Destiny anymore but listening to Byf distilling the lore of Destiny is something I simply can’t be without.

[@BrettFairchild]

18:15 just noticed the Witness’ eyes look like Eclipses. Seems fitting with his Cosmic nature and the Darkness of its Pyramids drowning out the light of countless suns

[@ShadowEclipex]

Considering that the Ahamkara first arrived in Sol when they travelled along side the Traveler, I wouldn't be surprised if they have a deeper connection. As for Savathune getting into the Pale Heart, she might of taken advantage of her connection with Crow or even us kinda like how we are. Or maybe once we open a stable portal it leaves the door open for her to follow.

[@j.urrutia]

Bungie should be linking your videos in the TWABS. I’ve learned more about the story from you than I do from playing the game. I like shooting stuff, not reading lore cards.

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

Yep it's only way to understand what's going on because Bungie are shit at preserving their story.

[@odessawild7798]

He's a little too up his own ass

[@FINETUNEDGAMING]

That’s a you problem. Codexes and in game lore isn’t new to games like this. If you’re too lazy to read, that’s on you bruv.

[@Kyubii01]

I legit don’t know what the veil is still or if I did learned and forgot

[@RatkingrangerV2]

@j.urrutia i recommend evaze as well

[@ClammyHorrorShow]

I do want to point out that with savathun, if it was just an apparition of her then in would be cloudy and white, the model of her in the trailer is her actual boss model or character model, so I’m gonna go out and say that she’s most likely going to be fighting alongside us or at least helping us out to some extent. If that’s the case I can’t wait to fight with the witch queen!

[@Oglna]

Shoutout to Byf for calling back to the Homie meme with thag Hive Knight. Had a real Captain America "I understood the reference" moment.

[@Karmakaneki982]

Byf has to have some of the hardest merch out there. The black on gold is just perfect. Not to tacky but also still shows support.

[@itsharibonph]

one of the teaser trailer has a tiny scene where Zavala is going into the traveler. its already been breadcrumbed that they went in after us. Both Riven and Savathun made the condition that ONLY ONE gets through. She can't infiltrate it after that wish is done, she also has to wait.

[@thebukopanda]

Byf throwing shade at Kelgorath and saying he would make sure he’s “picked up and placed head first in a bin for recycling” is hands down the best thing I’ve heard all day 😂

[@Aegis-9]

Actually I think that could be the Lightblade, since his ghost got away and is loyal to Savathûn

[@frankiebigrings7048]

Na that.def a normal hive not lucent their shells have a different color and texture

[@sypherius2624]

At 7:15 that scene looks like what's on the other side of the portal in the whisper mission

[@SOSdarkphoenix]

Shuro Chi also mentioned that the pink Asphodelia was cultivated by the Awoken and is a different strain to the red ones found in the black garden.

[@xAJAxY]

7:14 looks like what we can see through the portal in the updated whisper mission.

[@ls7205]

music and tone of this trailer is exceptional

[@ChickenJoe2042]

Just bought myself some pink lemonade with the desk mat. That desk mat's gonna look perfect in my black and gold set up

[@teagan5494]

3:34 the Krill in this Tree of Silver Wings looks like Savathun, perhaps showing that somehow her using the light has entangled her in the lights deal? Kind of ironic for the god of trickery to get snared in a trap 18:46 another thing, about the Big knight you think is algorath or whoever, and these tomb ships, I believe these are Xivu’araths ships and troops… this implies that we may see other factions loyal to The Witness in the Pale Heart. Scorn, Shadow Legion, and the Sol Decisive may all be fighting alongside the Dread here

[@k9vendettathewolfofmordor529]

We've seen Shadow legion and taken so far. So yea I'm expecting scorn and sol divisive too

[@soulsurvivor8293]

The Sol Divisive are the only Faction that lacks Paracausal Power though, Mithrax had stated that he couldn't come with us for a similar reason if I recall correctly. So only those whom wield Paracausal Power can enter as far as we know. The Scenes with Mithrax and Caital may either be us reshaping the interior of the Pale Heart as we go with our own experiences or are the real versions of them maintaining the fight to defend Sol in general while we head into the Pale Heart. Or Savathûn may have been forced to enter to take out the Totems near the entrance so Non-Paracausal beings can enter safely. Will be interesting to find out.

[@johnniebenton3243]

Always a treat to watch a lore daddy byf video

[@newtypeshot]

Another thing I noticed is that the head of the boss Tormentor at 16:48 looks eerily close to the shape of Nezarec's. That being said the Tormentor itself doesn't look "flashy" enough (for lack of a better word) to be Nezarec in a different, non-Light corrupted form imo, but still very interesting.

[@Beardfrey]

Well, Savathun has been planning the entrance into the Traveler long before acquiring the light. So I think it is safe to assume she doesn't have our (or the Travelers) best interest at heart. For what the devs have said, the theme of the expansion seems to be very race like. Having multiple players racing to win makes sense. I don't think there will be much time to have Xivu making an appearance.

[@Eddie_Winter]

For those who are newer when byf refers to that hive knight as "kelgorath or a homie" when he says "homie" he is referring to the alak hul-esq knights from the haunted forest, an old event space from early d2. A meme circulated and relabled them as "Homie, Claimer of Ass" due to their invincibility and one-shot surprise melee as they chased you throughout the forest

[@GorehowlBeardhead]

Been waiting for this all day. Good man

[@damouraptor]

Savathûn after we beat the Witness: *Now the gate has been unlatched, headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide.*

[@dougcarey2233]

Asphodel is a real flower. In mythology, it's associated with death and Hades. It has a cameo in the first Harry Potter novel when professor Snape mentions that it can be used to make a sleeping potion called the draught of living death. How appropriate that it would show up in the traveler. 11:17 That symbol is a mashup of the Rosicrucian cross and the Octogram Star, or the Star of Ishtar/Inanna. The Egyptian counterpart to Ishtar (Queen of Heaven) would be Isis. Funny, given how important Osiris is to Destiny lore.

[@SGTzilla]

One of my biggest questions from the trailer is what is that tormentor with the new duds near the end of the trailer, because it appears to have a helmet or mask similar to that of Nezarec not exactly but in a similar shape with a two horned like structure as well as new bicep armor, and appears to be very big, so it might be some kind of mini boss in the campaign, and I feel like it must be important if it’s physically looks like Nezarec

[@prinr2003]

The foliage appearing at the beginning reminded me of a hunter casting golden gun - specifically Cayde. Considering it's followed by a line about him waking up here, I figured that was him being "manifasted"

[@varisrevolver4061]

After seeing the Artifact from VoG in it, I'm even more convinced a part of it takes place in VoG itself (the other reason is in the first trailer we had, there was a clear shot in VoG, and had normal Vex, not the VoG Vex)

[@RyukMenmoria]

Byf Don't forget that there was pyramid ship that did go through with the witness so the amahkara image could be us going through one of those ships

[@tomis080]

2:52 of the Developer Gameplay Preview, you can see a Lightbearer Acolyte spawn in amongst the other Hive. Savathun’s forces will certainly have a roll to play.

[@nayanbrown1957]

Hi Byf, are you going to do a video on the complete story of destiny from the start up until final shape, or like an updated video from shadow keep to final shape?? I love the lore and the videos but I didn’t play the last year and have a lot to catch up on and am never sure which videos to watch to get up to date for final shape.

[@parkersavage8774]

The weird doggy in glass reminds me of the weird doggies on the ice planet trapped in ice obelisks that the Drifter and one of his crew came upon

[@ForgieDusker]

the tree at the start looks like a mental image i remember from somewhere of the pose a Warlock makes when using Sundancer/Radiance/whatever the new super is gonna be called the flowers seen in the Speaker's Orrery or whatever it's called also look a bit like those on the Arbor Warden exotic titan chestplate, which iirc can't be affected by shaders

[@norm5250]

No joke, I’ve been waiting all day for this!

[@devilhunter88]

Nice to see Byf embrace his title of Lore Daddy 😏 great video as per the usual! Was definitely interesting to see Savathun with the allies! Can't wait till it comes out :O

[@Fitchy-ke3wz]

Guys, byf has returned once again

[@ianford9221]

Wdym he never left

[@Fitchy-ke3wz]

​@ianford9221 he's spoiling us w videos

[@trashjash]

Somehow, MyNameIsByf has returned.

[@alexanderchristie9623]

I have that shaker from the original run! It's my favorite think to drink anything out of! And I have the occasional Guardian peek me with it, which makes it all the more special!

[@charlesp151]

I heard “Hey, guys” and immediately felt disrespected till he said, “Greetings, Guardians.” 😂😂

[@Falkriim]

Another great vid, Byf

[@jackbomb9919]

Fighting alongside caital in lightfall was my favourite bit, so I hope we get to do it again she's a bad ass

[@lark-1553]

That statue in the first image almost looks like the statue on Venus by the first cliff you come to outside the archeology.

[@vhwilde4951]

That machine @6:20 is from the Speaker’s original study in Destiny 1

[@CofiCoflasGD]

That Ahamkara corpse reminds me of "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" for some reason

[@SecondTomahawk]

The tree contains the remnants of Taox, foe to the Darkness. The voice from the trailers. Wouldn't that be wild?

[@mattyb.wrasslin3977]

That shot of Savathiccc is so badass!

[@xmasmaster06]

Definitely think Savathuun will be an ally at least for the moment in tfs. The lucent hive back in the reveal trailer of prismatic may have been hostile but that seems to be how Savathuun operates and just lets her hive do what they want mostly and not indicative of her also being hostile to us.

[@nouns7504]

I think finch was added purely to show the lucent hive have more of a decision in what they do and how they operate, i mean savathun couldve easily had a lucent hive crush finch, but she seems to let him operate however he pleases

[@dylanthomas2394]

@byfe they DO show the clarity statue getting split, but it’s in a seasonal cutscene not a physical statue that we get to inspect

[@jidm19]

Something else about the image of Savathune… she’s surrounded by prismatic energy. Wild.

[@samchristian581]

just what I need while having my breakfast, cheers Byf!

[@ASpaceOstrich]

That mechanism is used to study the Traveler and the light from what I understand. It looks like an enormous version of a smaller mechanism that we've see on Io and I think a few other places. Again, no confirmation, but everywhere I remember it being is somewhere that the Traveler would have been studied. I think Ikora might even have one near her.

[@crazytalk8120]

That tree is creepy. Reminds me of the breaking wheel from the medieval days. Lbs would be crushed, and then the shattered limbs would we woven into the spikes, and the wheel then suspended. Some messed up stuff. It could also be symbolic of the power of the light, something along the lines of "With great power comes great responsibility".

[@Rise_7DSCV]

If I'm remembering correctly the statue thats sliced during the ahsa cutscene is very close to the scene with the mass suicide. I assumed after that was shown that the witness put the bodies in the statues as some sort of range extender to let it control ships and speak from afar.

[@stealthhunter6998]

11:09 this is clearly a door BUT the way its opening, its almost as if its representing the traveller and light (the light of the symbol literally fades) leaving a civilisation's grasp as all the hands reach for it but it gets further from them.

[@TheLunicinformer]

7:13 this area looks like what we saw in the current iteration of the whisper mission thru the gate that normally has an image of the vault of glass.

[@suaec9059]

wait holy shit you're so right

[@caldarilogi]

@@suaec9059 yeah i saw that too and got instantly excited and worried.

[@joaorugeri9885]

Having the leaders of (almost) every main faction reminds me of the last mission of season of the arrivals. Every species looking at the pyramid ship. Quite a different ending to what we thought then.

[@godsknight2022]

I think the frozen creature will be part of the raid, not necessarily inside the traveler, but maybe in a pyramid? also, I noticed savathun looks different. I think she’s not there to fight us but rather to help us that’s what I’m going for anyway, it’s going to be one hell of a ride that is for sure.

[@jeremiah5511]

Cayde 6? In your pale heart? Its more likely than you think....

[@brennanshaw99]

Personally I think the tree of silver wings is kinda reference to our memory of the events of season of arrivals, with savathun stoping our messages with the darkness, the krill representing sathona

[@Notskibiditoiletfan]

I honestly have gone from starting to be finished with destiny to feeling like I’ve never played it before ever I’m really excited for this dlc and if it’s really fun I do hope it’s repayable which it probably will be but if I enjoy it more then how excited I am for it then it’s definitely a banger

[@iKentine]

At exactly 7:10 you can see the face of a woman, who looks like she's wearing a wreath of flowers as a crown, etched into the stone in the background. Gardener?

[@xreptarbreex]

It's at 7:11 but you're right. There is also a lion carved into a rock at 3:29 so idk how much I'd look into this.

[@empyrean196]

At 3:18. That looks like the dreaming city’s keep. Or Savathun’s light imbued keep.

[@mommasnotties585]

Idk about savathun being a fake in the trailer. I think it’s actually her. Due to the fact that her apparitions usually have that blue glow/hue around them. That is nowhere seen on her in this Trailer Also I have a theory that the knight with the axe actually isn’t kelgorath but Alak hul, since he’s canonically still alive and this is the finale so savathun needs all the help she can get. Or it could very well just be a random knight and I’m just overthinking it.

[@Noblesix84]

Byfs idea that they're made of our memories is possible, but I'll also agree that, if this is a fake Savathun, it's not one she's made. She also looks somewhat different from her old form, so it's possible she's changed herself or is trying to in order to gain the same powers we have. Caital and Mythrax though...still up the air.

[@lucaricci1987]

It’s the finale of the light and darkness saga, that is definitely the real Savathûn, she has to be there at the end because she was the second largest player in this saga behind the Witness

[@soulsurvivor8293]

I agree, there are likely some elements of her Lucent Brood, probably absorbed members from other fallen Broods (was the Ghosts of the Deep contingent of Lucent Hive absorbed members from Crimson Tower Brood who were decendents of Crota & Oryx?) that are acting on their own accord. Perhaps choosing to infiltrate the Pale Heart to attempt to bring back Oryx, Crota and their line as Lucent Hive. Savathûn may have been forced to come to bring them into line and/or help neutralise the Hive magic & Totems of War of Xivu. I looked like she is either being hit with an Arc discharge of some kind or is blasting the Totems of War with Arc herself in that scene.

[@soulsurvivor8293]

​@@Noblesix84 Or Saint's beat down was so severe that she now permanently looks a little different. I honestly don't see any difference myself. Caital is interesting, it almost looks like the spikes on her back grow and/or shimmer with a Stasis like effect. Caital sized Diamond Lance dispensers? That would be insanely cool (Bad Pun absolutely intended). Mithrax looksnlike he's using an Arc version of the Lord of Wolves. Which I, being the Arc Blue coloured Crayon Connoisseur that I am, want in my arsenal. Jolting release the Wolves? Hell yes please. Sadly, it's likely wishful thinking on my part there. A Shotgun Ape of an Arc Titan can dream though.

[@xreptarbreex]

Knight with the axe is most likely Kelgorath as he has the same green tassle things he had in the season of the seraph battle.

[@icicle_ai]

one thing I want to mention, I think it might be the real savathun, for better or for worse. To my knowledge, we've only fought mithrax once (optional, you can choose to focus the hive knight), and caital never (besides nightmare caital). And the order of it being mithrax -> caital -> savathun kiiiinda implies that she'll be an ally after a boss or something

[@krazydragonyt5811]

I would also like to point out, at 4:58, the Hunter entering Transcendence very clearly has colors of Resonance on their left arm Now that could just be representative of the Darkness given that their other arm is white (representing the Light), but a certain part of me is holding out hope for a hidden 3rd Darkness subclass, bringing the total number of subclasses to 7 (Bungie's favorite number 👀)

[@TwiceBubaigawara-dl5ln]

I think the reason for the wish dragon being encased is because of the hunt given the area inside of the traveler is made up of our experiences and memories of areas we have been to. And I’m assuming that the giant Black Tower in the back maybe a reference to the tower cayde spoke of visiting in his dreams along with other exos unless I’m mistaken.

[@b-ratedgaming7145]

I always wonder why, in the Witch Queen campaign I believe, in the pyramid ship on Europa, the cabal sometimes target and attack the veiled statue. makes ya think.

[@PrototypeAlysianKnight]

I saw Savathun in the trailer, and was really hopin we'd fight along side the Lucent Brood. Buuut Noooo! We gotta fight em xD

[@erikm8373]

Whether Savathun is there as a memory or actually there, I think it's probably got something to do with Crow. She's been messing with his head for some time now, so it could be Crow's trauma relating to being manipulated creating the memory, or she could be using Crow as a backdoor the same way we plan to.

[@Slinkey_]

It's my favorite time of the year, frame by frame analysis of a Bungie trailer

[@DigiThorn]

3:33 I’m willing to bet that it’s the witness’s attempt at creating a tree of silver wings, after all a ToSW only grows when a melding of Light and Darkness occurs

[@shokland]

The creatures converted to/incorporated in plants reminds me of the Netflix movie Annihilation. Perhaps The Traveler’s penchant for growth and change is a bit like in that movie? Not a moral stance but merely a force of nature, like Osiris relayed to Nimbus?

[@GhostKillerEntertainment]

11:08 that symbol is also on the Hunter cloak from the IO armor set.

[@Valadi14]

Love the story and the lore

[@sumekozo3346]

Hot take. Maybe Savathun uses her lucent brood as an introuder defense and the scene where we fight them is in the first mission where the allies for them are not clear. I belive later on we fight side by side basing it on the blue anihilator totem. Going by bungies color scheme blue is mostly allies and making them shine blue could be a visual indication of the help the player

[@scathslegend9839]

I think the statues represent the gardener or traveler it’s self sense that’s similar to how it first appeared to us on mars and remember the ahamkara would follow the traveler around

[@dreammech_test1]

Maybe the veiled statue is the winnower? I imagine the witness has some sort of reverence for it

[@mikereynolds741]

In every planet or destination on destiny there's always 2 factions that fight each other aswell as us, we had vex against the witness with lightfall so I'm guessing savathuns brood will be there as the secondary antagonists of the pale heart

[@Eyeball117]

Wouldn't it be wild if The Speaker came back along with Cayde? There is that one scene in the trailer with our guardian looking up the stairs in The Speakers room but we don't see what they're looking at. Just my spinfoil hat theory

[@Acheron420]

I think it’d make the most sense to destroy the last safe city or at least have it overrun and have everyone have to retreat/move into the traveller because if we don’t defeat the witness it all ends, then we’d basically have a moveable last safe city