Destiny 2 Lore - The story of Zero Hour in 2024 & the Impacts it had on the Fallen, Eramis & Mithrax

Protect your eyesight, get better sleep and have a better gaming session with GMG. Click my link to get a huge discount for the next 48 Hours!: go.gmg-perform... Destiny 2's Lore and Story for the Fallen comes to a head at Zero Hour. Back when this mission released it set the groundwork for Mithrax to become the Kell of the House of Light and for Eramis to turn to Darkness and become the Kell of Salvation. But what happened in Zero Hour? What about Outbreak Perfected? Why does SIVA matter to the Fallen? Today we'll discuss it all.
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[@MynameisByf]

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[@prismbladez4982]

Hacking

[@johannessniegocki5815]

Well, I don’t know if it is as effective as the glasses, but every modern Computer, tablet or smartphone has got an onboard blue light filter- mode. At least it is what I am using everyday on my iPhone and on Windows 10. It really helped me with my sleep schedule and must not go without mentioning here, since it might be more affordable for most/ since it is free.

[@jackbomb9919]

Dude I love the new zero hour the additions feel perfect

[@drakologarnus7248]

@MynameisByf, im unsubbing due to bungie locking me out of my save for 90 days before the final shape due to a mistake i made with cross save, there is no customer service or help, nothing i can do to get my account and many others have been affected by the right before the final shape, im heartbroken and refuse to start over ive played since destiny 1 and am a die hard lore fan and love destiny, this is a betrayel, i wish more people would stand up to this who had large voices, i have disabilities that make it harder for me to learn and understand and i make mistakes. ive done

[@that_duck_man]

​@@drakologarnus7248But why unsubscribe from a youtuber who is unrelated with Bungie?

[@strider2175]

I remember sparing Mithrax back in vanilla D2, then finding him at the Farm. Those were the days.

[@xxsurveillance9912]

Wait wait wait. Mithrax in vanilla D2 your tripping right?

[@JordanSmith-yi3ji]

Nope, was in an old Adventure on Titan. You find him in the middle of a fight with a Hive Knight and I think at very low health while the Knight is at full. You had the option to kill both of them, or if you just killed the Knight, Mithrax would hand over the thing you were after and leave peacefully.

[@Mgl1206]

@@xxsurveillance9912nope, on titan you had a mission to grab a fusion core or something. During the entire time we kept getting foiled by a Fallen Captain only to at the end see the Captain and a Hive Knight fight it out. Our ghost asks who we like less? Iirc and then you can choose to kill the knight and then the fallen captain will disappear leaving the prize with you That Fallen Captain was Misraaks

[@Starkiller_1677]

In beyond light during the cutscene where eramis is giving one of her commander's stasis, she confirmed that the servitors were based to represent the great machine A.K.A the traveler

[@atlas3104]

Came down here to mention that! Haha

[@TerrariaGolem]

That was mentioned in Forsaken with the scorn baron that tortured servitors. I believe it was also mentioned in Destiny 1. Servitors were their own gods who provided food. Archon Priests the religious speakers for them. The Kells were the monarchs.

[@azure98]

Talking about the Siva Splicers replacing their body with machines all I could hear was "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh".

[@Apt23-v8u]

SO we can destroy the mechanicus now, nice

[@Lady_Evelyn]

Nano machines son

[@stephennelson4954]

Aaaaaand now I have to go listen to the whole speech again for the umpteenth time.

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

“We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.”

[@1leggeddog]

The fact hat Siva was heavily used in creating Neomuna is awesome. An also, the cloudstriders. I mean, Neptune is a gas giant. Incredibly dense stuff, 17 times the mass of earth. Yet, there's a city somewhere in there. It's just incredible

[@phelan8385]

Lots of matter to convert into building materials!

[@trashjash]

Cool idea, sucks that it's just a bunch of Clovis Braytech assets from Europa that got cleaned up and slapped with some holograms and spraypaint to be a knockoff cyberpunk location. Imagine the ramifications of a city built entirely with advanced SIVA nanites; The city could be a blend of organic and mechanical shapes designed to flow seamlessly together and provide for its citizenry, who wouldn't be just holographic lines in a vaguely humanoid bust shape.

[@phelan8385]

@@trashjash They did throw it together really quickly so it makes sense that the concept is really cool with the execution being decent at best.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

To be fair, the SIVA was the base for Neomuna, not the end product. Neomuni nanites are superior to SIVA. What works for us just works for us. Not a guarantee for everyone or everything else.

[@cyrus6461]

​@@acgearsandarms1343 exactly, the Neomuna nanites are a combination of Siva and Vex Radiolarian I believe

[@akulaunknown3384]

Byf looks like Hal from megamind if he had a support structure and grew up to turn out ok.

[@slimjames1917]

Shoutout the randoms that completed it for me while I was lost with the tr3vr encounter after falling behind on the jump puzzles yall are the realest

[@peteraustin9057]

I'm just now realizing that the mithrax eramis swordfight cutscene explains why yellow bar captains have those big spikes on their shoulders when mithrax blocks the sword with his

[@Dylan_lion]

I remember that mission on Titan on D2 launch. I thought it such a cool idea that we could actually make peace even if it was with just a single fallen. The seeing appear again and again throughout our time till he eventually became such a close ally was so fun to see in real time

[@BrazarB]

It's nice that the character models for the enemies have been updated to their current House Salvation look

[@alecsmith8341]

The only one not updated was Mithrax

[@iQuantom1]

Eramis confirmed servitors were built in the Travellers image in Beyond Light cutscene.

[@thevideomaster849]

Literally in a scene you can see he used in his video Yes haha

[@alex62965]

mythax not attacking you was implemented by one of the guys who helped create the whisper of the worm mission, it was the first thing that dev did in the game if i remember correctly

[@jordan95623]

The old lighting engine looks so good man

[@DredgenStorm]

Outbreak Perfected is my partner, my Church, and my religion. To hear that it has been enhanced and improved, and beloved by more Guardians, brings me unending joy.

[@Johnston212]

Improved how? It's got to be heavily improved in order for me to consider getting carried through this nightmare again

[@DredgenStorm]

@@Johnston212 Rewind Rounds and additional crafting options such as barrels and stocks

[@Johnston212]

@@DredgenStorm grrr... I will see if I can find some people to carry me. I've improved since the original mission, but not enough to get to the boss in under 15 minutes

[@vince134]

@@Johnston212 IM DOWN TO CARRY

[@Lancer_]

@@vince134 desperately need a carry too. just came back to destiny and never got to do zero hour, only got outbreak perfected through the engram

[@SivaExperiment]

Another thing to add. Outbreak prime/perfected is in of itself a replication chamber. Which means that with it we can generate more SIVA. All we need now is a means to program it and at least for now that was lost when Rasputin sacrificed himself. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if Ada-1 will learn to use it soon. Unfortunately though SIVA is kinda overshadowed by quicksilver.

[@orangesoda51414]

It's hard to explain because I can't remember exactly where it's explained, but Quicksilver can't do all the same things Siva can, but it can also do certain things Siva can't. It has programming in it to restrict it's volatile nature and prevent it from becoming extremely dangerous like Siva. Basically think of Siva like the base element that has amazing potential but is also volatile. Then think of Quicksilver like a very refined version of the element that has it's advantages, but also loses some of it's original properties

[@giantslayer9335]

@@orangesoda51414 I actually really like this idea. It gives Quicksilver its own value while not simply being “SIVA but better.”

[@skeletor8951]

​@@orangesoda51414 That'd make sense- part of the danger of SIVA is its relative autonomy in following it's prime directive, but I imagine Quicksilver, with its more advanced nature, might require more specific directives which necessitates more human oversight and knowledge/training from that person to do what it needs to do.

[@soundcloudpandapandawa2997]

We still have the AI fragmebt within the exotic bow hierarchy of needs and the fragment within the Neomuni Cloud Ark Network the Occlusion. Both being fragments of Soteira of the Augermind.

[@elvenbuttress]

@@orangesoda51414that makes a lot of sense! Since Neomuna had been isolated and hidden, they would have plenty of time to refine SIVA, and since they weren’t under threat of attack, they would have no need for something as Volatile as SIVA

[@captainblighe7297]

The boss jumping in a brigg at the end was fun and a bit of a challenge

[@lightspeed-mecharena5929]

1 minute ago recommendations are wild

[@exo-t07]

Was in mine 32seconds after it uploaded 💀

[@darylswan3437]

I’m all about that life, can’t get enough byf lol

[@joshuaroman6479]

I had just finished listening to the video about the Traveler's voice and this one pops up on my feed. Can't time it any better!

[@jmojocat1944]

There is a chance SIVA is still out there. The Splicers sent a shipment of it out for any house to use. One of the Lost Sectors on the Tangled Shore had boxes with the SIVA logo

[@wolfmirebacta8710]

Man… forgot that the coolest moment with Eramis and Mithrax is literally in a season you can no longer play. They need to add season high points to the Timeline. For Season of plunder it would be when Eramis and Mithrax fought. For Season of Seraph it would be us finding Rasputin and/or meeting Clovis. Season of the Haunted it would be helping crow overcome his past. No more sunsetting, just lost seasons no one can play anymore and people left confused on why the cabal are our allies and why we have fallen in the city

[@cyrus6461]

Yeah, at least leave the cutscenes in so we can watch them

[@duo1666]

I believe bungie posts seasonal CSs to a youtube channel somewhere now.

[@wolfmirebacta8710]

@@duo1666 that doesn’t excuse the fact that people still barely know what happens between the seasons

[@akriusfinch]

Bungie having Ada mention trying to reclaim Siva is probably a hint of them actually thinking about bringing it back which I fw heavily

[@notDestroyer]

Wait she did?? Recently since the reprisal of the weapon?? Don’t wanna get my hopes too high but sounds sick

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

The lore of this mission and it's significance is SO much better than the mission itself. I found both Whisper and Zero Hour underwhelming gameplay wise to say the least but the story is fascinating!

[@RealCoolstriker64]

Byf: “It’s not confirmed if servitors are based on the traveler or not.” Also Byf: puts the clip where that gets confirmed in the video. You can literally read the subtitle at 16:27

[@SnugCinder]

I always thought mithrax was a lil weird, but i never knew his whole story. Now that i know how much effort he put in to unite the fallen and humanity. I understand why he talks so highly of the guardians. Honestly he might be my favorite character now

[@matt3248]

this is part of why I want the entirety of destiny 2's campaign and dlc's story missions restored, even if they are all over the place it's still nice to have access to the story unlike what we've got now, and I still believe season's should be selectable by the players, not this one and done endless stream of nonsense that half or more of the player base doesn't complete.

[@justingonzalezcolon8652]

I have an idea regarding seasons: put them on either a 1 or 2 month rotation. For example: this month is Season of the Splicer & the next one is Season of the Drifter. I've not seen anyone else throw that idea out there except me, so I'm just spilling it out to the world

[@clesjikoandromas2061]

My man made sure that we could play this vid alongside the mission!

[@somebody7205]

SIVA mentioned. I am satisfied

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Since this mission's return, I've been seeing more of the Outbreak Perfected being used when roaming about in Destiny 2. It's nice because it's such a good Pulse Rifle.

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

The Siva Fallen Lore is my favorite,along with Wrath of the Machine Raid

[@panthinox7806]

that old gameplay makes me really want a substantial sniper buff. I don't think I've ever seen snipers be that effective in destiny since I've started playing back in season of dawn.

[@axelkusanagi4139]

I hope we can one day rebuild Torobatl, Riis and Titan with SIVA.

[@FunkNotChunky]

Sick video Byf, it’s nice to see you in person too and put a face to the voice! Keep up the great work

[@jokeyxero]

Years of watching Byf and I still hear, "My name is Byfere".

[@patriot459]

I think the fallen are the coolest faction in destiny. Their bosses are always really cool and they show what happens to a society when the traveller leaves them.

[@ShinigamiNoZycon]

As someone who’s used blue light glasses they do help with preventing eye strain

[@LegitRocks53]

Funny enough, when ghost asked, "Do we like the fallen or hive more?" I realized that hey, this may be impactful later on. And then zero hour happened, and I was like, "YAAAAA, Get me my arbiter of the destiny universe."

[@kuwaitian1579]

its crazy how refined and well designed this mission is, makes wonder what happened to the level design team

[@dredgen0268]

Just an FYI for any doing the mission: it appears the normal difficulty mission has legend difficulty enemies for some reason.

[@Soulverine]

This would have been a great exotic mission to have gotten during Season of Plunder

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

Byf on camera. My dude that's always a treat. I don't have GMG, but I've had issues with blue light issues before and got Raycon. Needing some less worn down ones here soon. Probs give it a shot given that you've had issues and these have helped.

[@akriusfinch]

Seeing those white bricks at the start brings back memories lol

[@aaronfast2788]

Byf definitely has a face for radio.

[@someguygary7169]

Looking back I really took beyond light for granted. The story was so damn good

[@JayFochs1337]

2:23 Byf there's more proof that Taniks will be the big bad of Destiny 3 than there is that blue light glasses work

[@Venrixia]

I think that Zero Hour is hands down the most fear I've ever felt in a mission cause of Trevor

[@shadowsa2b]

Mekhane of SCP lore would love the SIVA-augmented, cybernetinc Eliksni

[@realphagamer6410]

I hate to remember about accidentally hurting Mithrax during Year 1 D2 in planet Titan (Mostly I started in Shadowkeep content where New Light added)

[@theNoviceGuardian]

It definitely seems like yt is getting its system figured out for recommended videos.

[@robertcrackles6371]

Remember it fondly? I was having PTSD flash backs lol

[@yauma1098]

I'm somewhat dissapointed that Bungie didn't commit to reworking the mission entirely, they just added a couple of enemy, specially brigs and gave the house salvation to a couple of them. They should have given Mythrax his canon appearance after they decided to make him a recurring character and the hall of champions we reach at the end should have been the one we got recently in new light. I mean if they are bringing a mission back why not update the assets they reworked after the original. Maybe a voice line from eramis could have been nice too at the final encounter.

[@DaCreepNextDoor]

Man, I miss siva so much. Rise of Iron and Wrath of the Machine give me all the nostalgia :/

[@DarleyQuinn]

Out of all Eliksni, only Aksis Archon Prime and Atraks-1 the Fallen Exo achieved "Godhood". Cant wait to see if Atraks' legacy will live on in some way.

[@maxwelllister3114]

I never played the original quest, so no one warned me about Trevor. Nearly got a heart attack 😂

[@whathewhat]

seeing primary ammo bricks feels so weird

[@Zero-rj6re]

I know it would mess up the lore and siva is already messy but like everyone else, a siva subclass would be really cool but it will probably be a balancing nightmare. The final shape is over and we are on episodes.

[@gristlegrinder]

You covered this very well, Thank you!

[@droehnix]

Makes you wonder if the traveler left the fallen because of a future vision it saw, or was just bored and moved on.

[@gofygobers-dy2ub]

so i'm loving the return of Zero Hour as no legend run is a guaranteed completion, but TR3VR can rot in hell, he's already given me way too much love that i've now figured out his initial pathing...

[@WIZArdheretic]

Back in the day I accidentlly killed Mitrax in the place on Neptun where og quest was obtained and got scared I screw up💀

[@joshjohnson132]

If anyone is aware of the KZbin creator sandman of Terra, I have a sneaking suspicion that byf and him are the same person

[@davidzrescalante503]

You'd probably also feel better if you just exercise and work out for like 10 to 30 minutes a day. Push ups. High knees. Do 100 kicks. 100 punches. Some jumping Jack's. Then a brief walk. You'll feel good.

[@sethbettwieser]

Yeah and the sun gives off blue light. In fact, if you could dim the sun, it would look a cyan (blue-green) color. The only "harmful effects" of blue light are from messing with your circadian rhythm by staying up at night looking at a screen, and that's not a blue light specific thing, it's just that blue light affects us more because our bodies are adapted to think that blue light means day time. Anyone thinking that these "blue light filter" miracle cures will fix them probably just needs to turn down the brightness on their screens and stop using their phone before bed.

[@NeroLucifarious]

Players: bring back siva! Bungie: rise of iron never happened but it did. Also were done with siva, but heres a siva quest and some ornaments.

[@kitbevans]

Thanks for the great video Byf! Can anyone tell me which sniper rifle is being used in the background gameplay please?

[@WolfBearHybrid]

I was a new light at the time zero-hour was being sunsetted, so I don't remember much. And surely didn't knew much about the lore of destiny at the time. I have no idea how I managed to not kill Mithrax without knowing it was a necessary step. But I still feel bad about the times my blueberry brain did not spare him

[@fint2900]

Still can’t believe u got a high five from you in game.

[@garyobrian3597]

Wait till Byf has to explain the lore of zero hour again in destiny 3 😂

[@RollMeAFat1]

I sometimes see Mithrax and think “boy I sure am sorry for killing you dude”

[@suspiciousstew2953]

Omg "my name is byf" is an actual person 😂😂😂

[@ImJCyo]

This man's voice does not match his appearance and it's wild. What I love about these videos is that they catch me up after I take breaks over multiple seasons.

[@ongrobert90]

Babe wake up. Byf upload a new video

[@RECProductionsTv]

god byf is such a handsome and well spoken chap

[@sunyavadin]

WAIT THERE WAS AN OPTION TO KILL MITHRAX IN THAT MISSION ON TITAN? I never even thought to... Is there just something about us loreheads that's built different?

[@killerofzombs115]

Did the Skrank Gang have any impact on the Fallen, Eramis and/or Mithrax?

[@Yilue]

This just made me think of something. Rise of iron has sorta been thrown under the bus. Wheres all the damage that the devil splicers done to the cosmodrome gone? When the thunderlord returned in d2 that damage was still there and now its just gone. And we havent had wrath of the machine back and didnt bungie say they have no plans for any more reprisals? Sorry for the little rant but its weird how theyve handled anything related to siva/rise of iron in d2.

[@phelan8385]

If i remember correctly Siva was only really in a separate patrol area of Earth, not the parts of the cosmodrome we have today. They probably left it out because it would just complicate things. They left a lot out of vanilla d2.

[@scotttisserand3481]

Byf ily ❤

[@Lady_Evelyn]

Uh, if Rasputin controlled SIVA and he is dead, who’s controlling SIVA now?

[@thermalrain_yt9725]

If you're feeling tired watch what you eat. Don't worry about the blue light that's BS

[@scourgewatcher]

Time for Tr3v0r lore, I don't care if he's what remains of that playable character from GTA5.

[@livian407]

love the mission, hate what they did to the final boss

[@arakemi1080]

why do i imagine byf rocking a beard?

[@justaguy5526]

Love you Byf

[@neilduncan584]

I am so jealous of your hair Byf, i hate being bald! :D

[@Celestiaporxia]

Wonder if it’s possible for axis to be alive or to come back since Taniks has been able to

[@doktorsmiles2034]

I wished for rapid hit on outbreak since the gahlran days Now i got it But i have to put down my baby 75k pve and 2.2k pvp kills now collecting dust in the vault ._. What did it cost? Everything

[@althechicken9597]

Leaving vanilla d2 confused about the captain i spared, only to come back years later during season of the splicer and see Mithrax joining us was incredible.

[@tamerofthewilds9987]

Was that an almost 2 minute ad read?

[@trentonanker1744]

Lore wise the hunter and warlock were in the attic ready to shoot us if we hurt miithrax

[@lupvirga]

i hate hive way more then fallen. i saw in D1 they could be reasoned with, when ghost asked that question, i knew EMEDIATELY who to side with...and i was rewarded X3

[@ziegfeld4131]

LOL People are really still falling for the Bluelight glasses scam is hilarious

[@sethbettwieser]

Yeah, the sun gives off blue light! In fact, if you could dim the sun, it would look a cyan (blue-green) color. The only "harmful effects" of blue light are from messing with your circadian rhythm by staying up at night looking at a screen, and that's not a blue light specific thing, it's just that blue light affects us more because our bodies are adapted to think that blue light means day time. Anyone thinking that these "blue light filter" miracle cures will fix them probably just needs to turn down the brightness on their screens and stop using their phone before bed.

[@EdenAGardener]

Blue light filters don’t work

[@Lancersilva]

17:49 I doubt Ada is restarting the siva project. Elsie stated when she found quicksilver storm that its nanite tech was more advanced than siva ever was. That same nanite tech was based on the siva used to build neomuna and is still used by the cloudstriders. I think Ada is going to try and bring back Rasputin since unlike the siva replication complex, the seraph bunkers aren’t destroyed. I’ll put my nerd glasses down now, just wanted to make something clear.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I would but consider Rasputin enacted AURORA SACRIFICE. I liked the guy well enough and do want him back, but he can’t be brought back in the manner you suggest because there isn’t anything of him to bring back. He erased everything of him enacting that protocol. As for ADA, the quest says she made a simulation of our Zero Hour mission. She needed the data to recreate and improve the weapon. I think that’s so far the only extent she’s focused on. At least for now.

[@pw3ninja]

CAMERA BYF!!!!

[@williamconway2024]

blulight kell of eye pain :)

[@digunder14]

4:43 which time? XD

[@ttack_And_Snack]

I just started watching your channel and I alr know I'ma love you man I consider myself a profession of some sort when it comes to destiny lore however I can't find much online I don't have a lot of the armor required to find most of my information do you have any recommendations assist my findings

[@jinbobh8159]

Why did Rasputin kill guardians, but let the fallen take siva?

[@TopHIgnite]

Still want Byf to narrate my life

[@jerometruitt2731]

How different is outbreak perfected now from the original

[@AstarothGX7]

1:32 i expected u to be a chad or sum wth that voice ngl, im surprised

[@levialwa9230]

I hate blue light glasses ads there is no scientifically-proven benefit of wearing blue light blocking glasses for your eye health. The thought is not so much that screens start to bother our eyes because of the blue light, what is much more likely is that the eyes get dry, as you blink less when focusing on something causing eye strain. You if your geting headaches while staring at your screens you should probebly go to your local eye doctor instead of buying a blue light glasses. Tho blue light can suppress our natural melatonin production, making it hard to sleep if there is increased screen exposure at night so atleast for that they may be a useful tool for screen use in the evenings atleast or just use your phone or pc night light mode it basicly does the same thing that these glasses claim to do and it comes free

[@screeaveDestination]

This is definitely advertising a product with false facts.

[@ziegfeld4131]

Also all modern screens come with built in blue light filters already it is a scam for sure

[@adg3793]

let the man cook.. we all need to eat

[@Hazzel22]

It might be just placebo but I have noticed less eye strain and headaches from using blue light glasses over since last fall. Not this company either.

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

Y'know these glasses seem to utterly fail to sell. I see them on the shelves of my local dollar store and they hardly ever get purchased!