Destiny 2 Lore - Spire of Stars Raid Lore & Story! (Vaulted Raid Lore)

[@elitegamer9310]

Fun fact: In Stolen Intelligence, we learn that the Spires of Stars raid was not approved by the Vanguard, and that it was a mistake to come to Calus' aid. The Vanguard believed that Val Ca'uor would successfully kill the Emperor, or at least weaken the Loyalists enough for a full Guardian assault to take place.

[@Ghost_Toast5000]

Vanguard: guardian why would you help Calus? The Guardian: haha cabal ships go boom

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

@@Ghost_Toast5000literally tho, only motivation you get in Destiny is loot.

[@christophergarland7936]

So you’re saying we could’ve avoided Lightfall if we weren’t loot goblins? Damn.

[@kais295]

​@@christophergarland7936for real

[@NOLMAD6]

The irony of this raid ending is that the val died like his leader gaul. Over whelmed by power he could not understand or control.

[@elitegamer9310]

Ca'uor was a fierce warrior and a strong leader. If he had just kept his head down, he could've build up the Legion's strength. But, like Ghual before him, he was too prideful and ambitious for his own good. His 1 mistake was going up against Calus. True, Val Ca'uor had the strength and numbers to take the Leviathan, but he did not account for the Guardians to intervene.

[@NOLMAD6]

@@elitegamer9310 so true and hopefully the red legion will now have learn the human phrase “pride goes before the fall”

[@inoob26]

"I can control this power I swear" -person who lost control

[@zjanez2868]

at least ha was a raid boss Ghaul died like a b**** in a glorifies strike

[@ByaKyuren]

@@zjanez2868 it wasn't even a strike it was a fucking story mission cutscene lmao

[@carternichols845]

Calus : Get off my ship! Valus : No Calus : Fine, guess I’ll call in my friend Valus : Why do I hear boss music

[@BlueLionX88]

Calus *Annoyed* : Git off mah ship! Val Ca'uor *PogU* : No pe.avi. Calus *Sneering* : Fine, guess I’ll call in my friend . Val Ca'uor *Puzzled and Annoyed* : *WHY DAFUQ DO I HEAR BOSS MUSIC!?*

[@deadmen5672]

Ghost: Twinkle twinkle assholes

[@sirmortalgoat1547]

Guardians: did someone say loot and why can I hear all this boss music?

[@A_Hollow_Contranym]

Calus:GET HIM. Guardians: loot right? AND STOP WITH THAT BOSS MUSIC

[@carsenmaxwell3336]

I think it’s interesting that Ca’uor didn’t promote himself to Valus or Dominus officially, he was the leader of the Red Legion after Ghaul’s death

[@AnAngelForsaken]

I might be recalling incorrectly, but when I first beat Val, I remember a bunch of Cabal leaping in front of him, in an effort to shield him with their bodies as he fell to a knee for his final attack. I’m hoping this was actually intended. The idea of the last elites of the Red Legion desperately surrendering their own lives to protect their heroic leader as he is mortally wounded, that could just be the best characterization Bungie has ever done for the cannon-fodder we dispatch without a thought. Not to mention the way he turns back to stare at the destroyed ships as they plummet downwards. I can’t think of another boss I actually felt bad for.

[@stuffandthings834]

I really did respect the Val. He looked at a military disaster and did his damnedest to try and salvage it since his superiors were dead. The lore on the weapons show he was a great orator, and recognized that his troops were exhausted from the long Sol campaign

[@edgeIord]

You can only imagine Ca’uor’s total shock when he tears the first Calus bot up and realizes that wasn’t the emperor.

[@joshuavarney2346]

The calus lore is by far the most interesting I've seen.

[@pandapple3893]

Calus giving the gud gud to Sweatcicle

[@jagmoss]

you must not have seen the lore on the Rose, Thorn, & Last Word

[@jarltryggvi]

It is some of the more interesting lore of the series. Adds some needed depth to the Cabal

[@ieatbeanz3955]

Have you not read the hive yet??

[@zechariahdavid5199]

I think that I'd say its some of the most interesting but the not the most interesting because of the books of sorrow and weapons of sorrow stories cause those are just phenomenal

[@Borthly]

Still haven’t beaten Spire of Stars... now I don’t have to

[@jacobargyle1517]

POGGERS

[@pandapple3893]

Still should

[@legendofacriuswithornament2019]

The emote

[@toastermkii7836]

E mote

[@dbshamza4255]

Lol I did it once , first time for fun a few months back before moments of triumph and it wasn’t TOO bad but then I realized I had to do it again for moments of triumph and I actually lost my shit

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Val Ca'our looked so awesome and menacing, and had incredible music.

[@inoob26]

The Cabal: "Calus is in our way, exile him" *Calus gets exiled to Leviathan* Also The Cabal: "hol up, isn't the Leviathan our planet devouring ship?" Spire of Stars:

[@darkcrypter]

spire of stars lore: epic, well thought out storyline. spire of stars in the raid: bälł

[@dennisgubb5601]

It's just a big game of hot potato

[@Ghost_Toast5000]

*Bol*

[@marbledgold0605]

Byf: Then new legion was joined in battle by it's new leader AD: *Raid Shadow Legends*

[@Stolas002]

Next Calus Raid: Shadow of Legends

[@adannator1546]

@@Stolas002 that actually sound cool since calus's assassin are called shadows

[@lanz622]

@@MrTytyjohn64 dominos... ghaul?

[@USNbear]

BYF, I love Destiny, although I am 78 years old I have all 3 characters at 1091 and never did a D2 raid. Absolutely love your lore stories. Thank you.

[@boyllr4293]

Somebody gotta carry this guy through a raid. It can’t be me I’ve only done the last 4 raids once lol

[@foureyes.d3dth]

respect

[@Butteredthanatoast]

You've never done a raid? What a shame. I've done one.

[@MrDavo511]

Just LfG it dude. Someone would be happy to help you out.

[@USNbear]

Did not say I wanted to do a raid was just commenting that I have my characters above 1092 without raids.

[@stereomyth]

Surprised Byf didn't mention that the Spire literally has stars tethered to it as a portable light-source for the Leviathan, thats my favourite part of its lore.

[@YaBoyBravest]

You should do an in depth lore video on Saint 14 and his welcoming back to the tower. I remember there being some audio line about him getting a micro mini from Amanda holiday

[@BreezeWeezy]

The only thing I hear when I see “Spire of Stars” is “DUDE IVE DONE THIS RAID A HUNDRED TIMES WHY HAVENT I GOT THE CATALYST YET AAAAAAHHH!!!”

[@thecelgames2937]

Got my catalyst 2 weeks ago ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@bothstarfish3899]

You mean the sleeper catalyst?

[@SnowieThenVivian]

@@bothstarfish3899 Yes he does

[@devilghostface8798]

Got mine the first time I played it

[@bothstarfish3899]

I got that first try on first encounter

[@Hebgry]

TL;DR: red legion go boom

[@flippermango2619]

Dude, this isn’t the Almighty’s destruction.

[@pandapple3893]

Boom boom

[@deadmen5672]

@@flippermango2619 You're right it isn't like the Almighty's destruction, it's like the Almighty's smoldering wrekage.

[@God-xr4yu]

Train go boom

[@Hebgry]

@@flippermango2619 red legion make calus bot go boom

[@ninjathis3009]

"The guardian presence on Mercury and Mars is soft at this time. We can strike quickly and restock our arsenals." Could this bit of the lore from that sidearm be a cheeky jab at how so many players stopped playing during CoO and Warmind? That's pretty great. In-universe characters realized everyone went missing for a bit.

[@Aquillabluebirb]

Possibly bungie has made similar jokes about the player base like us standing on caydes table in d1 a lore entry showing an average player from an outside perspective and numerous lore entries over how guardians are obsessed with dancing

[@brycen6268]

Byf, you should do on all of the vex collectives like how you did the cabal legions

[@Lynch2507]

I doubt there's much point right now to. Unlike d1, most of the races have been condensed into one faction for most of d2 (House of dusk being a big example). Stuff like the Darkness worshiping Vex, Eramis and Mithrax's factions and the various warring Cabal legions left in Ghauls wake are much more recent things. The Hive are even worse, with pretty much all being under Savathun. Better of waiting till they all get some more time to shine

[@calebhughes975]

@@Lynch2507 I second that, especially considering that we already know we're going to be getting some new Vex in Beyond Light. Waiting until then makes more sense and will be easier for Byf.

[@davidlee1770]

@@calebhughes975 harpis with legs

[@brycen6268]

@@Lynch2507 that’s true, I just find all the factions really intriguing

[@Lynch2507]

@@brycen6268 they absolutely are, one of the biggest missed opportunities in destiny 1 imo was making the House of Kings the ones who uncovered SIVA, they're woefully underdeveloped. But for the moment, the universe needs time to breath before we can get into any more faction stuff

[@djdyls3101]

Say what you want about spire but blowing the ships up is sooooo cool

[@Fireheart318]

It’s cool when it actually works

[@joeliolioli4156]

9:38 Byf: “He again gifted us handsomely” Me: *looks at Spire emote* Also me: “you’re damn right”

[@bobisconsumed520]

Spire of Stars raid lore: Calus summons Guardians to stop Ca’uor from pooping in his observatory.

[@noahleonard2481]

Bob has spoken

[@thein1997]

Grow up, Bob

[@Cold_Stream_Enby]

@@thein1997 chief Irish would then comment grow up, shitting himself aggressively as he typed that out

[@derpqueen7804]

One of my absolute favorite raids, it's so very underrated. And it also has an amazing soundtrack!

[@christianhillman1577]

I really do like this revisiting of the to-be vaulted raid lore

[@Trepater]

“Doom approaches say goodbye to everyone you loved we are all gonna for” But that’s all for now hope u enjoyed the video I swear man it always catches me off gaurd

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

To me the cabal are the most interesting faction in destiny. Unlike any other faction they have succeeded in taking the city, have devised numerous and clever tactics of war, have the resources that make them a hulking threat taking over the system and there is so much to be explored about their culture

[@Toxic-fn9tz]

I’m a huge fan of alternate history and whenever I watch and read about this raid I always think about what would’ve happened if we aided Val Ca’our and defeated Calus. Would the red legion continue to fight us only this time fully united? Would we earn their favor and have them aid us against the darkness? I can’t go farther then these questions, but they are still fun to think about.

[@whiteboideku983]

Yessss I’ve been waiting for this! Ty byf

[@Dust-Gaming-Clips]

I think I broke my mouse with how quickly I clicked on this video xD Love you Byf, keep up the awesome Lore and TSLAYP!!!

[@happykitten7531]

Your videos are just like listening to movie narrator or something- simply amazing

[@frandurrieu6477]

Byf: speaks in a dark tone And nothing will ever be the same Also Byf one second later: calm tone But that's all from me for now

[@DragonKnight90001]

That badass music, i see your playing val ca’uor’s theme too byf

[@JesusChrist-hd2gr]

Best final raid encounter ever!!! Change my mind

[@belugawhale8128]

Idk Riven legit is pretty fucking insane

[@seanle-dinh7622]

Finally someone who aggrees

[@erikburnette7692]

Tbh Byf and his videos ate the reason I love this game so much. The lore is so good I can’t help but collect it and watch the videos

[@Z0X777]

lol imagine if ghaul had a raid instead of some easy story mission.

[@Banana-Boi]

Or xol.

[@Phoenix6942-7]

Or Panoptes

[@malygos9301]

Couldn't happen so many people were pissed that oryx was locked behind a raid after the ending of taken king. Personally I think val and ghaul should've been in spire together. You have the red legion against the wall and you defeat ghaul and one of his strongest loyalist. But ya know Bungie can't write anything into the game it's all in letters to the editor later.

[@Katanasquirrel87]

Thank the Traveller that we went in and stopped this guy from killing Calus. It's a good thing he's still alive and that the Leviathan is still intact....oh wait, getting some news....oh...oh we might have really messed this one up gang.

[@scourgewatcher]

10:36 I never seen that guardian ship shooting at cabal threshers before in this raid!

[@BatTech_]

Not that I dislike the rest of Destiny lore but the Cabal and Leviathan in particular have always been my favorite part. Absolutely loved this series.

[@ghostfury530]

I love listening to your videos as I'm driving to work. Keep up the great work byf!

[@maacros9290]

I've wanted the spire lore for a long time ty byf

[@jensonpreacher4772]

something that I learned was that the cabal attacking calus was actually the 12th legion, which sounds badass

[@BirdMoose]

I love that we are just absolutely slapping the red legion over and over. His plan to prove the legion strong just ended with him getting murderified.

[@bryanhanson396]

I have to say I personally enjoyed Thoroughly Watching some of your videos your craft of destiny videos is PQ = Premium Quality . Thank You .

[@Disco_Kebab]

Hey Byf! love the cinematography in the video! top quality :)

[@beninmalgaard9836]

These lore stories help me with my Destiny stories handsomely.

[@Argos_RB]

Thank you Byf for making these videos, appreciate it man, makes the game so much better, you literally make me want to play the game, thunks :)

[@zedo0]

Cheers for this raid's story. Finally, now I know why we were throwing all those orbs around.

[@goldenguardian8753]

This is a raid I never want to do again

[@sgnir2]

Love this! Evanf1997 did a video on this raid 3 days ago, but from the community's perspective. Now we have a video on the lore as well.

[@captainrex4723]

It’s a cool setup for a raid definitely Literally the only one I can think of where we react to an actual current event All the others don’t have that sense of urgency as it feels like we could of done them whenever it felt necessary

[@captainrex4723]

@@johnfreed357 not a current event tho, you could say the exact same with garden of salvation The whole ‘mysterious message’ sent from the black garden. It’s doesn’t give that same feeling of urgency as ‘oh shit the leviathan is being attacked’

[@itsnotbloodborne1237]

What have we done to deserve this divine outpouring of lore from lore papa himself

[@c.w.crawley6668]

They wouldn't stop coming. Vex, Hive, Cabal. He had slain hundreds so far, he had wondered how many more would he have to? For every time he died he slew another hundred and for every hundred that he fought he would die and so the bloody cycle continued much to Calus' amusement no doubt. But this time... This would be the final trial. The Warlock, Savos Uthrien, stood before the foes he understood best, the Cabal. Perhaps Calus knew, that Savos knew the Cabal the way Asher knew the Vex or Eris and the Hive. Perhaps that is why these prisoners of war, these once Red Legion, were to be his last foes. Savos had once studied the Eliksni, the Taken, and the Scorn, but only because they were immediate threats at the time, and never to the same extent as his study of the Cabal. He knew the Cabal as any Cabal knew themselves and they would be the last foes before him. His armor was bloody and damaged, it was too risky to allow his ghost to heal him with so many foes around him. Instead he threw down a sword of Solar Light into the ground. This sanctuary protected him, his chest armor glowed as it absorbed the Light and power. Soon he was dipping into the Void, in between foes and erasing them before once again vanishing from sight. Finally, he let loose the Thunderlord to rain the storm onto the Cabal, a smile spreading across his face. With one last push, Chaos Reach fell upon the Cabal and sent sparks flying into the cosmos. Calus congratulated him and the warlock turned to the heavens. What left the Leviathan that day was not what had entered it.

[@Silencersix]

8:42 I thought the Halo Wars theme was gonna start playing for a second

[@ocoeepaddler1]

Love your lore. It makes my 8hr days so much better my whole crew loves it. Keep it up

[@hellboy1000000000000]

I hope we see how Calus reacts to us using Darkness powers. Also will be interesting to see how he gained his powers, if he did get it from the Darkness what did he have to do to earn it?

[@bambi2270]

Yes I’ve been waiting for this one

[@tompramanaaccount8892]

This might not be the best raid but seeing that cabal command ship blowing on the background is the coolest thing ever. When we become superior retainer and go up to the ceiling destroying ship with balls, that maybe how calus look upon that ship, showing the glimpse of his power and that's actually scary.

[@cartercravillion]

Val Ca’uor’s helmet looks like Megatron’s head from Revenge of the Fallen

[@cathedraldarkness]

As a hunter, I am a lone wolf. I don’t raid anymore. So seeing these videos is great!

[@mljoseph2170]

Awesome thanks for the story my friend

[@honeybadgerzombie1159]

I love hearing all the story for this thing in a chronological, coherent explanation said in a calm and clear voice, which offers a grand duality in comparison to the dumpster fire masquerading as a voice chat between me and my fire team trying to beat this damn thing

[@lucasc6951]

love your Raid Lore videos, keep up the amazing content

[@elicrane2221]

What disappoints me so much is that both SoS and EoW could've easily been their own raids, not just raid layers, if they had been given one or two more encounters.

[@Pejin8264]

Is it like a mech suit cause I know Fallen get big from ether but how the Cabal?

[@Bird_Dog00]

Cabal can grow larger with age and status. Interestingly, Gaul wasn't that big. Bigger than an average Cabal, yes, but not the biggest we've seen.

[@Pejin8264]

@@Bird_Dog00 so they grow with their ego

[@chinii_eej]

@@Pejin8264 Yes and no, not directly. But if you managed to live so long and gain high status, then your ego would be acceptably high. (Why age? Bc cabal were based off spartans and spartans viewed old age as successful) . So yes, the bigger the cabal the bigger the ego.

[@Pejin8264]

@@chinii_eej so wait they just never stop growing?

[@justinknight3068]

@@Pejin8264 That is how I understand it, kinda like spiders. It may be connected to other things, the Consul was very old but kinda small

[@NoThankYouThough]

Calus didn't warn us about the warlock nerf

[@mrgrant9291]

Hey man another great lore vid keep up the good work

[@star-pi1bh]

yes final a lore video on spire i was searching for something lore related to spire but couldn't find anythning

[@titosfilippotis7039]

I like your funny words lore man

[@Pyor-R0]

I. Have. Been. Waiting. For. This.

[@Ilkdjan123]

Why is everyone in the comments saying that this raid is hard as hell and they have nightmares from it. Am I the only one who did for 40 minutes with an lfg team. Compared to EOW, spire is a piece of cake.

[@cr1spyb3ar75]

You are by yourself for that experience, my first completion went 4 days long with like 3 different teams

[@josefzalusky7307]

Yeah, honestly once I knew what the heck I was doing, it was fairly easy.

[@Ilkdjan123]

@@cr1spyb3ar75 that was me with EOW but it went 6 days

[@nicholasberry8456]

Compared to EOW? What?? EOW was a total joke, please don’t tell me anyone actually struggled with that raid. I feel like I’m getting whooshed right now.

[@Ilkdjan123]

@@nicholasberry8456 I did it with my idiot friends cause I didnt know what lfg was and it took us 5 days and each day we played for 3-4 hours. The the shitiest thing I have ever experienced

[@t1kytaky]

Byf should be a history teacher irl

[@adonay0403]

Great video series!!

[@eatsnowanddie]

"if the red legion had but one throat, I would slit it" calus prolly will return and hopefully as himself instead of a voice or a robot.

[@Endercat800]

When he talks about the damage phase it sounds like a Yu-Gi-Oh voice line 😂

[@austinhughed3297]

I just noticed inside the zero hour mission everyone is loyalist to Aremis from the new expansion thought that was interesting

[@hassanqamar738]

For the first time I watch a video this early I only watch it while playing destiny

[@moneyky2327]

No hommo but I’m loving his story telling of my favorite game

[@wrextheblind3787]

Shadow of shadows, the right hand of calus... I kinda like that

[@karnage97]

I don’t play destiny anymore but the lore is fucking awesome

[@ryuga_k13]

the transition at the end tho

[@ColsPlaying]

*Blows up entire cabal ship* 8 glimmer.

[@CalusEdits]

This channel is amazing😃 it has inspired me to make destiny videos✊

[@ZachPlum]

How many other people got a political ad after Byf says “and it told of the great spoils that he wished to obtain”

[@tsunertoo9149]

Yall be talking crazy about how nuts Calus is but when the shit went down he was one of the only people to actually pick up the phone and call 911 like a sensible person.

[@nobodie9996]

Coming back to rewatch this after finding out the cabal kinda have no home, hive took care of that.

[@GeneralGroggy]

Anyone else think it's weird that byf and evanf1997 post the same rade three days apart.

[@God.with.backpackboy]

Byf he's the best

[@shrubs4789]

I think when beyond light launches you should do a video about how erimis found stasis

[@tankj0ck3y]

I'm thinking Calus will remain silent for at least next season. Maybe in a future season following BL, or maybe during the Witch Queen expansion, he will return, perhaps having developed a weapon or something to help us fight whatever threat we seem to be facing. Perhaps he will retreat from Sol, inviting us to flee with him.

[@BigSway22]

Any more lore on where Mara sav is and what the progress is with her?

[@samafc1]

I just want to day thank you, iv spent 9 months in solo comp working towards unbroken and tonight I got it and your smooth sexy voice kept me calm playing with them blueberries

[@nivekzelaznog4151]

Why no one's talking about the Val'cauor ost that thing is🔥

[@Jentrasa]

How do you get those camera angles?

[@LoFoSho]

I love his raid, when I have a capable team.

[@reesejackson5935]

I miss the book of sorrows and sword logic lore

[@EvermoreDevious]

We should have let Ca'uor try to kill Calus.

[@djdyls3101]

Important to note that val was transmated out when he died

[@elitegamer9310]

He didn't transmat. He was just incinerated.

[@Sinfulnex]

Do more lore on the owner of thorns

[@MATANODED]

Can you organize the lore playlist please?

[@arklados3596]

I’ve played the game since launch and haven’t completed a raid yet.

[@josefzalusky7307]

It's a good time if you find a decent group! I've only done SoS, Leviathan and almost all of Crown of Sorrow.

[@ninjathis3009]

I was that way back during D1. Raids are seriously the best content in the game. I hope you find a team that works well with you. That's harder than any raid can be.

[@FeydPlays]

Same, day 1 of destiny 1 and I’ve done 2 raids!