Destiny 2 Lore - Exotic Weapon Lore: Dead Man's Tale! (The Mystery of the Glykon, Calus & Katabasis)

Destiny 2's Lore tells us of the Dead Man's Tale, an Exotic Scout Rifle that we found aboard the Glykon! The Ghostship was home to the last clues of Emperor Calus' whereabouts & the body of the guardian Katabasis. This is his story!
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[@lasagnaboy4728]

Calus got rejected by his pyramid waifu and had an enormous fucking meltdown

[@GoDogChainsaw]

pyramid waifu was not impressed by his miniscule ween.

[@bspoon2529]

@@GoDogChainsaw yup he lacked BDE

[@jhalilxvii]

"Even if your waifu was real she wouldn't date you." Doesn't matter how many time people say it, some people just gotta learn the hard way.

[@stephennelson4954]

@@jhalilxvii Faaaaccctts

[@heerosagayuy2143]

He wasn’t thick enough

[@CrimsonXenoProduct]

"Take the rifle, it was offered was it not?" *HOLD X TO STEAL*

[@Wild_B_Kelso]

Honor -2

[@esscee884]

Honestly, that was such a nice touch. The whole mission was so dark and twisted, then to see this golden, gleaming weapon at the end was almost a breath of fresh air. Then, it prompts you to steal it and it feels like any light or positivity is sucked right back out again. Such a good mission.

[@kiidan]

@@esscee884 It is! Instead of it says "Recover" because the weapon is offered in the first place, they decided that the text should say "Steal" xD But why would you steal a thing that was offered to us in the first place?

[@unknown872]

@@kiidan I agree and is it really considered stealing if the previous owner is dead?

[@genlaz1]

I wonder.. what if the darkness brings that guy back.. And he wants his gun? We'll be like um.. I left it in the vault. *Boss Music Intensifies*

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

Is no one gonna talk about how Katabasis was actually the first guardian to SEE the real Calus? He's hooked up to machines, his body is scarred and dying.

[@johnsaints969]

inb4 Bungie goes crazy and we see a exo Calus-1, if the Leviathan is back from the vault.

[@OccidentalAvian]

Sounds a lot like Clovis Bray tbh

[@S3Cs4uN8]

I'm fairly sure the Drifter has seen him in person as well.

[@ladywaffle2210]

By the Emperor, in more than one way!

[@khorne9345]

Getting major 40k vibes here

[@loganh4642]

Hearing cayde say “this ain’t on you” is probably the most interesting yet saddening and disturbing thing said here

[@The_Worst_Warlock]

That quote has definitely haunted our Guardian since Cayde died... those are the words that are stuck with us in the back our mind. We’ve killed gods, stopped every impending threat, given hope when there was no hope to be found, retrieved our light back to fight what seemed to be our greatest enemy... but we couldn’t save our own friend...

[@Become-Eggplant]

When I heard Cayde say that I still felt Like we failed him, but to hear that again, it felt like whoever it was, was just insulting us.

[@maky5172]

I was literally reading this as it was said

[@amazin_faith7687]

I heard it and got so shook because of it...

[@snowboundwhale6860]

that particular quote also works for the mission itself, which is cool albeit coincidental

[@viciouswolfe8420]

Calus didn't grow dummy thicc from strength like the guardian did. No wonder he was rejected.

[@tsunertoo9149]

Darkness likes them light levels PHAT

[@fifteen8850]

@@like200orphans ironic......

[@Anchor-Supreme]

The lore for this weapon is something I want to see much more of in Destiny: cosmic space horror.

[@progenitor_amborella]

If you think of putting yourself in the Destiny universe, the horror element deserves to be in it way more.

[@bramd4423]

The mask of Bakris was a great one-off horror lore, but this is a really good ongoing one

[@terra3858]

They've done such a good job at it, too. Parts of Shadowkeep creeped me out. I got jump scared in Glykol a few times. Not to mention the thing of true nightmares: Trevor. They could really produce great horror if they wanted.

[@CanadianComa02]

@@terra3858 almost forgot about trevor, good times.

[@vectorgeist]

Destiny technically falls under the "grimdark" genre so we will be seeing a lot more of that most likely

[@shinmalphur2734]

Me and my clan had this ongoing joke about how calus was really a tiny psion who hid a big curtain and used robots.

[@KindredFenrir]

Same lol. Ever since the Leviathan raid came out we all theorized where the real Calus is.

[@clayless8701]

same

[@failedrevolutionary9497]

my first dead voice: "The line between light and dark is so very thin."

[@inFamous_Izanagi]

That was mine as well. I've had three others now, but that is such a perfect first line, especially since I was wielding stasis.

[@c.w.crawley6668]

I got Ghaul: "You are not brave. You have merely forgotten the fear of death." Let me tell you that mission made me remember the fear of death.

[@WrathNebula321]

@@c.w.crawley6668 I know the feeling. When I heard Ghaul's voice say that to me for my first time through the Glykon, I felt fear again, the fear of death.

[@komradekhabarovsk727]

I got Riven as Uldren saying "Paradise is a prison when you cannot leave."

[@aspire8388]

that was also my first, very very interesting.

[@bobisconsumed520]

poor Guardian, instead of a heroic end facing the mighty armies of Destiny, he fell to the hentai plants.

[@gamer65688]

*Cannibalistic* hentai plants

[@Xmask]

@@gamer65688 drifter selling those plants

[@TheseBygones]

@@Xmask oh no

[@davidanacan6906]

Then again it looks like that guardian is wearing the default hunter armor when you start the game

[@kameronbryant1341]

@@davidanacan6906 It's another lore reminder that our character is a special god-tier guardian. Most guardians ARE blueberry noobs

[@godlyaardvark7265]

I hope destiny’s future expansions are as dark and horror esque as this. I’ve always wanted a darker experience, and this mission was among my favorites ever.

[@DeLawrence97]

If Shadowkeep was kind of a "Prelude to Savathun" ,I sure as hell hope Witch Queen is going to go above and beyond that in terms of horror factor. As "bad" as SK was overall, the aesthetic and sound design were phenomenal, bone chilling at times.

[@Cneq]

@@DeLawrence97 idk didn't really feel that spooked out by spooky hive reskins and ghastly guardians lmao the moon itself is not a scary location especially when you have fond memories of it from d1 and for us to really get into that horror factor we need some new hive world/planet or another ship like the dreadnaught for witch queen. For lights fall they should have a easy time considering it should be their moment to have free-reign of adding darkness enemies and everything, shouldn't be too hard to make it more like this mission.

[@saltyjello1725]

i think witch queen and lightfall are gonna pull that off pretty well, or at least they’ll try

[@swisschris6480]

I was scared until I saw it was the Scorn, took the fear right out for me. Now if it had been weird Hive, or just slightly skinned Hive Idve been scared after the first run in

[@godlyaardvark7265]

@@Cneq I agree kinda in the fact that it wasn’t scary, but the vibe it had was pretty cool. The best scene I think was probably seeing the giant pyramid ship. Here’s to hoping that these future expansions are gonna be insane!

[@paulmartin8662]

If there is anything to take away from this mission, its this: Osiris should narrate more missions.

[@haydenmartin372]

yeah, I think we Allan agree that Osiris is the best for running tactical, especial these mysterious adventures

[@symtimistic3201]

@@haydenmartin372 yeah I mean the man has studied the hive and vex for many years and life times. He is great as a special storyteller

[@RichardGrayson14]

I said the same exact thing! Love the big push he's been getting in the narrative

[@xrstevenson]

Considering Osiris can't really be on the front lines anymore, he's definitely going to be running more tactical

[@w3ghe711]

When he said ‘there’s no light here’... he seemed so suprised and almost scared

[@WhoisPersona]

*Calus* "My work here is done!" *Guardians* "But you didn't even do anything." *Calus shrouds himself in his cape*

[@bnuuycomrade5089]

No wonder his pyramid waifu dumped him

[@zachcose5247]

I found his white ghostshell on the floor during my run but couldn't scan it.

[@ElizaKnows]

Same, the second time I went through I forgot where it was. Maybe next week we can scan it?

[@alexfierro1458]

I went thru the 2nd time and tried scanning it but no prompt. Maybe timegated?

[@Sepricotaku]

Yeah us too no scan option yet

[@notasoviet1016]

Probably when they implement the version that gives you the catalyst

[@Pugnut21]

Maybe it'll be scanable after the reset tomorrow. I'm honestly surprised Byf didn't make a mention to it, despite not being able to do much.

[@dblczx6819]

Another voice used by the Locus? _Uldren Sov._ Seems that the man now known as Crow truly is a different person... Also, seeing you piece all of this lore together, and having experienced the mission... finally, another excellent integration of lore and gameplay by Destiny. If only they did this more often... here's hoping their increased staffing and resources allow for that.

[@daltonbyday6047]

That's what I thought because I got that one too

[@lavihayoun05]

calus dead lol

[@ChivalrousSnake]

I noticed that too, Uldren is dead. Crow simply has the misfortune of having inherited his body.

[@dblczx6819]

@@ChivalrousSnake I think that's very poetic. Guardians are not who they were before. They're new people, having inherited the bodies of those past (plus or minus a few quirks from the last person).

[@davonhenry8645]

@@ChivalrousSnake Do you think that Ghosts create new minds and put them in bodies or something?

[@NEWGHOST9]

The fact you dont hear salone, asher, or brother vance leads me to believe they still yet live

[@techpriestemily]

Asher's not dead. He's become part of the Vex collective.

[@sebastianturner2458]

Ohhh, that's a good point! They're pretty relevant characters, and they seem like obvious picks for lines, unless they're alive. I've run the mission 4 times and never heard any of them.

[@LimeTortilla]

@@techpriestemily inb4 Asher turns into Brakion, creating a paradox

[@Jahmesss]

Believe Sloane was taking to Zavala in his office at the start of the season of the hunt. Was mentioned in the vanguard armour lore.

[@kiidan]

@@techpriestemily and Sloane is still somewhere on Titan, fighting whatever exists there, in a high-tech Golden Age power armor like Samus Aran did? The ones that were dead is Vance since I believe I read things that says that an other copy of him killed him inside the Infinite Forest after he went into a time loop in search of Osiris.

[@jspr1272]

i'm not a huge lore buff, but I instantly recognized the "tearing metal sounds" described in the black armory papers coming from the walls in the Glykon. I don't think scorn are the only things running around in the shadows on that ship. Plus the flora akin to the stuff the drifter brought back from that darkness planet he was stranded on. What a cool mission.

[@Arnal17]

Pretty sure the darkness planet drifter was stranded on was Europa, right? Where he killed most of his fireteam as they turned onto eachother

[@ZombieZlayer99]

@@Arnal17 no, pretty sure it was a cabal planet or something outside of the system

[@yok3rsp8]

That's what I was wondering. The plants back by Drifters bed on the Haul are the same as the ones on the Glykon ship. What does that mean? BTW, are you saying that what attacked the Niobe Labs is what is on that Ship. And that its not Scorn? That's...frightening.

[@DancingTiger]

@@Arnal17 Drifter went to another solar system or a rogue planet. He was outside the solar system.

[@betterdevils8734]

@@yok3rsp8 another thing, I believe we only have one name for a race of the Darkness. I believe Byf, or someone else called them, the Veil.

[@InfernoPhilM]

“Keyes” mission from Halo CE on the ship “Truth and Reconciliation”

[@rykergulseth2295]

EXACTLY what I first thought as well!

[@jebus211]

You straight up fight in the hanger even against two "hunters"

[@xbeezyx72]

So glad I wasn't the only one who thought this

[@1r0zz]

Bungie likes to reiterate their works in subsequent games. Except Oni ?

[@elchunkacabra1450]

nah its definitely kairo station my dude. halo 2. after the award ceremony the convenant attack the station and you have to defend it

[@virixcosmique5903]

I find it interesting when you do find the ghost, it is so far away from his guardian. Still glowing.

[@J3zur0mada]

Where?

[@benjaminzalepa]

@@J3zur0mada to the left side of the last room before the boss area. It can't be interacted with it yet

[@checkme1830]

The room you see Byf going through at 16:20

[@cabbagehead8973]

I wish we could’ve scanned it, it felt good recovering dead ghost in destiny 1

[@TheCoyoteGray]

Calus’s army of robots finally makes more sense, he is dying, obsessed with the darkness as he believes it is the only way he can save himself, it all makes so much more sense

[@averageman4873]

The reason he is dying is because of that exact reason. He had an accident of a deadly poison that made him that form

[@hyperknuckles2258]

Calus isn't trying to save himself he just wanted to be the last living thing before the end. That's why we need to be careful with the darkness, it seems to just manipulate characters like Calus, Eramis, Ect.

[@Fadaar]

so basically the Cabal version of Clovis Bray

[@VVEGA2940]

easily one of the biggest takeaways from this is the true calus reveal, and how pathetic of an existance he's truly living, plus its debunked the theory that Calus had become the purple head within the Leviathan raid. and yet no-one seems to be talking about it.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

This is the first time we've had some actual detail about how Calus looks in the flesh but it isn't the first time someone has met him in person, iirc the Drifter did in a lore book some time ago.

[@justchyll2009]

Tex Mechanica never misses, all of their exotics feel......Exotic

[@masonjones7777]

last word: most unique bossfight so far Chaperone: If you need slugs, this gun is the peak performer, (if you want versatility, run duality) First curse: Honestly... I just never felt that special wielding it, It's a damn good gun, but lacks the exotic feel Prospecter: Holy crud it's fun watching things run into those mines, probably the most underrated heavy exotic Dead man's tale: Jesus Christ this thing is sooooo satisfying!

[@betterdevils8734]

@@masonjones7777 where chuckleberry?

[@masonjones7777]

@@betterdevils8734 well I may or may not have committed genocide with devour huckleberry on occasion.

[@lukebarroso449]

This mission was one of my favorites ever, mainly due to the creepy atmosphere, great story and horror aspects. Loved the lore behind this mission and the fantastic gun.

[@LordDoom10]

Two theories why we hear Calus's voice: It is the voice of a destroyed Calus Bot. Two, Calus has been dead for quite some time (died over indulging in his vices most likely). His corpse is preserved and puppeted by medical equipment, his mind a digital copy that pulls the strings in a deluded effort to believe it is still alive.

[@KindredFenrir]

I hope Calus isn't truly gone because I would have liked to meet the actual Calus to see what he was like in person rather than just reading about it. Either way this mission was straight fire.

[@shnobby3547]

I find it interesting that the prompt for grabbing the rifle is "steal."

[@davidho1427]

Maybe, just maybe, in a possible future heroic mode, we'll fight a reanimated Katabasis?

[@johnnywiththetrenchsweeper6865]

Most likely because we didn't save him which the reward was his rifle. Seeing as he died us taking the rifle is stealing it

[@add8chicken]

Calus is like Darth Vader with his special room and his withered body lol

[@r.cdahuman7682]

Darth Vader is a hundred incredibly powerfully robot versions of himself that he can pilot.

[@bandithm7784]

@@r.cdahuman7682 so is calus

[@N163D]

And fat

[@Hypercane_]

Uldren sov is also a voice, "Will we be friends." And "The line between light and dark is so very thin," are the lines he says

[@TheseBygones]

Don't forget "but paradise is a prison when you cannot leave"

[@Upstartvirus04]

@@TheseBygones I believe that's just Riven speaking through Uldrens voice. Dont take my word for it though as I am not quite sure.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

@@Upstartvirus04 Pretty sure that is one of Riven's lines from Last Wish

[@Upstartvirus04]

@@S3Cs4uN8 Thankyou for clarifying.

[@chritian1742]

Clearly the hunter didn’t know shatterdive...

[@hyperknuckles2258]

Bro he was trying that's why he's up in the air 🤣

[@hilarioperez9669]

He did but it was nerfed

[@betterdevils8734]

What if he had a different form of the Darkness instead of stasis?

[@GekkoOne]

The guy was apparently using spectral blades of all things...

[@centrallyintelligentagency]

The soundtrack is fascinating, it has tinges of the Dominus Ghaul theme. It’s creepy and yet nostalgic of the Red War campaign. Additionally, Katabasis is an Ancient Greek word which is used to mean “going down,” which can refer to a couple things. It can refer to literal descent, or to journey into the underworld, for example. Props to the team at Destiny for really throwing in the symbolism.

[@JakobModus]

Ah thanks! Wondered about that

[@sweep_swoop]

You can also hear the Taken King orbit music, and weirdly, Shadow Thief.

[@defaultdragon2069]

Honestly love this side of Destiny lore. The darkness had always been seen as our salvation, but here... We see calamity

[@relax5367]

You mean light

[@Changingtesting]

Status: Calamitous

[@Shad0w_vt]

I don't like the fact that it said "steal" when looking at the gun. Makes me feel like something is coming for us now that it's gone.

[@gku93]

Next time we go in that mission we're gonna fight that corrupted guardian

[@hizpanicGam3r]

@@gku93 let’s hope

[@genlaz1]

@@gku93 he's gonna use stasis. Freeze our ass then walk menacingly towards us as we try to get free.

[@betterdevils8734]

@@genlaz1 who says it would be stasis? You never know.

[@genlaz1]

@@betterdevils8734 idk. Just seems fitting since he's full of darkness tentacles at the moment.

[@silverthehero1295]

I’m getting an Emperor Palpatine vibe from that description of Calus, like he is a corpse clinging to life through technology.

[@DragonKnight90001]

Definitely

[@hizpanicGam3r]

Maybe he is already dead, and all that’s left of him is an AI, hence his robot body

[@katallica6677]

It reminds me of the God Emperor of Mankind from WH40k.

[@clayless8701]

reminds me of the daleks

[@jimijenkins2548]

more of a mr house thing from fallout new vegas. He's still immensely powerful, despite his crippled form.

[@FunnySansMan]

I was waiting for this cause this exotic seemed very interesting to me.

[@tariqjaradat3409]

Same

[@yolohippie5793]

Same

[@superbeanz6947]

Same

[@organicbadboyx3948]

Im over here abusing it in Gambit and Crucible before it gets nerfed. Incoming Invader? 3 shot no problem. You're the invader with an oversheild? Wipe out the whole team. Crucible? Mass carnage of everyone using this gun = balance

[@FunnySansMan]

@@organicbadboyx3948 of course its going to be abused its a fast firing scout rifle probably the best scout rifle we've ever seen but just because its abused since it's new doesn't means it needs to be nerfed right our of the gate give it time and Bungie will decide if it needs to be nerfed.

[@AllChancesGo]

I couldn’t stop thinking about how if they Devault the leviathan raid, but instead of the normal raid it’s a darkness infested leviathan with scorn bathers, and dark gardens with flora infested beasts and dark crystal shards. A gauntlet to just survive waves of scorn

[@Sebastian-mp1bl]

Please god I don't wanna do baths encounter with screebs

[@hanz.c0]

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[@hanz.c0]

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[@garry_185]

Well...guess what happened with the new season

[@smokeyson]

This mission reminds me of Metroid prime 3 when you finally get to visit the lost ship the Valhalla. Creepy music, ship logs of last words of the crew, dead bodies and items of great interest missing which adds to the story. Well done Bungie and well done Byf. I hope we get to see with our own eyes Calus' true body deformed, half body and half machine almost like Taniks?

[@rein5489]

Same, exactly that part from Prime 3, makes it all the more painful that there wasn't any news on Metroid Prime 4 last Nintendo Direct

[@smokeyson]

@@rein5489 especially after how 3 ended with that ship following Samus shortly after she flies off into space

[@rein5489]

@@smokeyson yeah

[@revenant5142]

The flora Osiris is talking about that The Drifter has we've seen during the Alliance Quest. Regardless of which path you choose, you are sent to the Derelict and head to the back room away from the Gambit transmat zones. In there, lining the walls and parts of the floor, are the flora Drifter has.

[@RichardGrayson14]

Finally someone says it

[@lavihayoun05]

"it isn't clear when we'll return to the grave of this guardian" Literally everyone knows it's gonna be on next week's reset

[@komradekhabarovsk727]

Gotta get that juicy FTTC roll!

[@Saint01_Arts]

@@komradekhabarovsk727 got FTTC my first random roll run. It’s pretty good👌🏾

[@justinarmstrong1684]

I gotta swear by Vorpal. Holy shit it turns into a champion deleted.

[@adarkwind4712]

Hell I’ve done it 7 times so far this week twice solo. I’m trying to get the pacing down for the master difficulty cause the catalyst is locked behind it and I’ll be damned if I’m not gonna complete my new favorite gun.

[@rori2089]

Hey so speaking of that noise from the black armory papers: we heard the same noise in the bunkers on rasputin, AND that ghost-like thing that Elsie Bray has makes that same noise.

[@adarkwind4712]

Anyone else accidentally find the ghost on their first run. Still can’t pick it up so it’s probably time gated.

[@mislavmatkovic8180]

I found it by accident but couldn’t pick it up

[@robertmackenzie707]

Same I went back a second time to see if I could pick it up on second run

[@Sepricotaku]

Yup

[@Roamer145]

We got it scanned Tuesday. It's not the ghost, only a physical fragment of its memory...and it's a big one. Not going to spoil it for anyone.

[@ihatenjoi]

This entire exotic experience is a showcase of what Destiny is. Bungie, you got this one right, for sure.

[@MP7_Enjoyer]

I have had Riven speak to me using Uldren's voice saying "Paradise is a prison when you can't leave"

[@ShadowLordAlex]

Regarding the voices that you hear I have also had a line from Uldren Sov: THe line between light and dark is so thin

[@lolosh99]

Same here I heard Uldren Sov but a different line.

[@ShinMalphur]

I'm actually surprised we got a video so soon after. Bravo Byf, you must've worked hard to piece it all together, thank you!

[@seanmcclure]

The part that is a dark mini maze made me jump out of my seat once. I broke one of the vents and one of the exploder‘s jumped straight at the screen like a face hugger. That was a fun instance.

[@waleniafs]

"Scorn exposed to the anomaly met neuron death" Oh, oh that's dead space and necromorphs, and i love it, Destiny's Ishimura.

[@julianlak1017]

Event horizon

[@NinjaGmBh]

hearing that part about the guardian and his warbeast makes me think about how awesome it would be if we had a warbeast that fought with us

[@samlasalle3853]

I read the entire Captain's log lorebook on Ishtar and wow, I can't wait for you to read it. It is really good!

[@Skull35]

That final room with Katabasis felt like a final boss room, not a "victory" chamber. $10 says we end up fighting the possessed body of the dead Hunter or something like that.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Felt kinda like the room of calus bots at the end of leviathan "all your efforts were for nought, but accept this prize as payment for the entertainment you offered me/us"

[@kiidan]

I was also expecting him to be the 'real' final boss due to the shape of the room and that he is situated to look like a final boss. Only to be a bit disappointed later.

[@micropixel3863]

It is a boss room, it was lifted from a previous mission in I think either the story, or an old D1 strike. Can't remember which, but I know you fought a big Cabal boss dude

[@hg1986]

@@micropixel3863 It's probably from the old red war storyline, but the map was altered a lot.

[@peteraustin9057]

Since it seems like we're going to get more progression with this mission for the rest of the season, my bet is that we will eventually have to fight katabasis' reanimated corpse like the siva zombie iron lords in rise of iron. that would make the prompt of "steal" when you take the rifle make more sense

[@tonriver1796]

On the cabal ship, I’m guessing that some of the cabal weren’t just going to die, because you can find smashed Scorpius turrets and active ones

[@5omewhiteguy211]

If been fixated on "why has callus not spoken about the darkness ships" since arrivals. And this.... Oh bungie. Thank you for this.

[@Myahster]

I heard Uldren's voice during my playthrough. "The line between the light and the dark is so very thin." And Uldren being one of the dead voices, despite Crow being alive, means a lot.

[@BrutalSkorpio]

I got a huge Dead Space vibe from this mission, a couple jump scares with the screebs in those tight corridors really set the mood. Also the creepy noises in vents and stuff.

[@nightwolf4752]

When you hang a man, you better look at them. - Clint Eastwood

[@absen-7965]

Hang 'Em High, 1968. Classic.

[@chumpcheese4072]

I've been waiting for this! was super intrigued with the lore of it my first time through, t'is very gritty. also it should be noted that when I was running the mission for the first time, I heard The Crow's voice, but the voice itself that it detected was Uldren Sov saying the one line that Mara used towards the end of Forsaken. "even paradise is a prison when you can't leave"

[@tomdelongjohns]

the moment i hopped into this blind and started exploring i was stoked to see what you'd have to say - you always find connections i miss when thinking about the bigger picture. this was so enlightening and i'm also glad someone else had that same thought of "that doesn't sound like the locus" and connecting it to that old lore entry. loved the video as always!

[@The_24th_Sage]

First time in a long time where im really invested in a lore

[@IconicCROSS]

You can also hear uldren in this mission

[@spitfire6186]

The sounds from the mission remind me of how one of the black armory member lore tabs described the darkness sounding once it broke into their bunker

[@umbrallight7508]

Out of all of the exotic lore this one peaked my interest the most, not just the lore on the weapon itself but the mission too

[@LoreChaplain]

All I can say is thank you.. You are literally the reason I still play Destiny at all, I almost gave up on this game just after Shadowkeep, then I found your channel. Traveler bless you, Byf.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

23:56 Calus really do be throwin' shade on Savathûn though. Also we *really* underestimated Calus's connection with the Darkness.

[@dougbrown04]

Let him, savathun would eat him whole.

[@orbito9112]

LORE DADDY IS SO QUICK WITH THE UPLOADS!

[@shujima4429]

I had a 13 hour road trip by myself driving through the Rocky Mountains and listened to about 10 hours of your videos, it made the drive go by. So thanks for all your hard work.

[@ghostlypenguin4417]

Just a note about the dead voices you can hear, I heard Uldren’s voice in one of my runs. The game even referred to the voice as “Uldren Sov” in the top right of my screen. I found it VERY interesting that Uldren is considered a dead being, despite being revived. I thought that perhaps it’s a a lore implication that the risen are basically brand new beings compared to the people they were before they died. Kind of like a literal rebirth into another person. I found that sooooo fucking cool

[@Luna-Eclypse]

Huh, I couldn't interact with any of the scannables in my first run through of this mission so I didn't even know they existed! At least I've got something else to do other than farm rolls on my next run!

[@ithfransuave]

You have to complete the mission twice first, then you can get the scannables on the third run

[@jspr1272]

@@ithfransuave why, though?

[@inFamous_Izanagi]

@@jspr1272 because Osiris talked to Zavala and he authorized more "exploratory outings to gather more information about what happened."

[@ithfransuave]

@@jspr1272 you'll want to do it 2x this week anyway (to get the gun again with a random roll) then the 3rd time just get the scannable. There will be a different one, once a week, so do it or you won't get the triumph. Plus this week's is easy, it's in the beginning of the mission right after you get get inside the ship. Don't have to complete the mission either.

[@gentlediscomfort]

@@ithfransuave I've only run it twice and I was able to do the scannables on the second run.

[@spacemantiss]

Its my running theory that Calus is dead. This is backed up by us hearing his voice in the ship alongside Cayde's and Ghaul. You can hear the dead in the ship. Calus is dead.

[@gentlediscomfort]

You can also here Uldren though. So he may have died but been regenerated or reborn some how. I would prefer that because since he has been a major part of Destiny 2, it would be disappointing to never see him in person or fight him for real.

[@wesleygetsinger1859]

@@gentlediscomfort you do know who crow is right

[@krunchyapples]

I loved this mission and the lore it brought with it. I especially loved the atmosphere which made things in the game seem more visceral, so I like the direction they're going with things like this

[@beltfedfanatic]

loved the mission, the weapon itself makes this season win on pure style alone

[@clay5291]

I think the hive song has caused everyone’s judgement to be poor. That’s why we won’t ally with the cabal because they want to destroy the hive, not humanity. That’s why they have acted all strange and hostile towards cabal. It doesn’t make sense why we helped the emperor and refuse to ally with the new cabal queen. If you listen to the reports, it talks about how the cabal are desperately trying to survive and asking for an alliance, but we refuse, which is strange of humanity

[@dragontemplar4561]

My Theory: The Planets that "Disappeared" are being (If the Definition of of Ruinous Effigy is to be believed, And from reading the Gardener and the Winnower lore book.) I believe that the Darkness is Destroying and subsequently re-forming the Planets in a sort of limbo that only the Pyramids can enter so they can become Perfect versions of the winnowers image of the Universe where only the Strong can survive. At least that's my theory as to why the planets disappeared.

[@paulvenkman]

This season has been out like 5 minutes and already a lore video! What a boss!

[@Vegito_Fanpage]

On my first run through of the mission I got the "This... This ain't on you..." voiceline and felt EVERY SINGLE HAIR ON MY GODDAMN BODY simultaneously raise. Those words have haunted me since Forsaken launched and goddamn did it set the mood of the rest of the mission.

[@Malcontentus]

On the dead voices: I have gotten Uldren Sov as well so there's that.

[@Asheslit]

How did he pick up the data pad?! I’ve been trying to interact with them but they’ve never worked

[@LuciferD2]

You have to complete it twice before I believe when you unlock the gun then when you get the random roll so starting on your third run I believe

[@Fanatic_5150]

Do you get a new random roll every time after then?

[@sourakotsos]

@@Fanatic_5150 no. It is once per week per account for now. I believe next week we will able to interact with more pads

[@imperielgenecist1317]

One unlocks per week. First is just in the first vent network on the left past some of that weird mold. Kick in the vent and hold interact.

[@westjohnston3389]

Thank you for making this. I just started Destiny last month and our friend really wanted to show this to me and another friend. But they talked over all the dialogue and what dialogue I heard I had no previous association or understanding of the names, places, ect. I had no context and thought the Scorn just invaded a cabal ship and spread mold all over it. I didn't realize that mold/spores were not a part of the Scorn, or that the Scorn were Fallen, let alone Undead Fallen. Now I get why this mission is so loved and what the meaning of it was, even if I'm still kind of missing some information, but I'm sure your channel's backlog of videos will help. :)

[@SLDFSpectreSix]

This is right up there with the Chief putting the Jenkins tape into his helmet and we meet the Flood for the first time.

[@codymallory8714]

The Crown of Sorrow is under Katabasis Edit: Scorn bodies are around it

[@avalanche_4891]

bruh moment

[@henram36]

The Crown of Sorrow will F you up. When that thing comes tumbling off Gahlran, I grow wings and GTFO. I don't even want to touch it!

[@andrewmichael9201]

Calus is a frail man speaking through godly automatons. Sounds just like every other world leader

[@Squirrelslaya]

Another fantastic video. My initial playthrough had Uldren saying "The line between light and dark is so very thin" while my fireteam buddy had sagira dialouge. Loved the mission and the reward. 11/10 want more stuff like this.

[@MasterJunior93]

Who would have thought that the most darkest and scariest moment in Destiny, comes from a yeehaw gun?

[@kookster2208]

This reminds me of that halo horror story called The Mona Lisa

[@Atypical_Typo]

Duuuude, that was such a good story! I wish they made it into its own game

[@nairobi8056]

When your so early that the like button is higher then the view count

[@justanotherredjack2761]

Lit

[@hyperhinhitter]

I dont know how true this is but my friend said he heard oryx, I forgot to ask what he said.

[@cee_ves]

“You’re my favourite. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone” - Cayde-6, The Glykon, 2021 Cayde don’t make me cry. I miss you

[@ikbeckly385]

I get the distinct impression that Calus intends to turn himself into some horrific eldritch abomination of minds and corpses to become "great" to commune with darkness. Which i am totally down to see

[@EmmLoaf]

I've been waiting for this one!

[@Toaster1085.]

The “Egregore” is darkness weed *Change my mind*

[@clarkehughbanks9081]

This is a great record of the mission audio and video for the first week. Thanks for doing these compilations. I really enjoy them.

[@chasm616]

The story about Katabasis' ghost creeps me out. It's very odd to see a Guardian not get along with his ghost or even suspect it - our ghost being so supportive and all, Glint, Sagira, all seemed to have close bonds to their Guardians. Interested to see if this goes somewhere

[@jakeharvey6692]

You can also hear Uldren Sov’s voice 👍🏽

[@husseinzenki432]

While doing the mission I say to my fire team “ I can already see byf making a vid”

[@marcusmanslaughter]

The voice that spoke to me was that of Udren Sov of all people. There are so many strange little nervous and craziest things that are normally schedule that I’m excited for them to go back through an admin. The ghost was one of the things that I was very excited to fine but kind of sad that there wasn’t anything that I can scan on it. Super excited to go back whenever they decide to make those things available.

[@cobeyware1]

I swear hearing this lore from Byf makes it more understandable than hearing it in game. I never really understood what Osiris was talking about but now it makes sense. It also makes me wonder if this will have anything to do with how this season ties in with season 14 and us returning to the Vault of Glass since there was the talk of the guardians walking through the jungles of Venus. I know there was supposed info about how the vex got their hands on stasis and that's the reason but hey, this idea would be kind of cool too.

[@i.g.2172]

I was waiting to hear what y’a had to say!!!

[@duskbringer4583]

Me: *Hears "Callus" and "Crown". That guy JUST won't learn his lesson with the damn thing does he!? 16:20 - Among those voices was Crow, too... Strange. Who knows. Maybe Callus has been dead for quite sometime... We never met him - in person. Maybe he is just another puppet of Savathun...

[@hyperknuckles2258]

That's not Crow's voice it's Uldren. Just stuff from when he was a villain

[@zargrof6418]

I don't play anymore but I love hearing Byf narrate a lore video.

[@bull3t209]

My first clear was solo because i figured id appreciate it more without distractions, and it has such great atmosphere. i loved this mission

[@godslayerpolaris6263]

Another Dead voice that I have gotten is Uldren Sov

[@jayburb5774]

I loved the mission cuz it was like a better version of Warframe's derelict

[@celphalonred1999]

Nah not even close, but its okay i suppose

[@zeraphphalanx2794]

I may be the only one but I was getting Dead Space vibes while exploring the ship for the first time. Creepy and cool and it makes you, oddly enough, want to come back for more.

[@Jpow5734]

As anybody else noticed the fungal infection on the glykon can also be found on the drifters ship when entering a gambit match.