Herald of Finality - Destiny 2 OST Mix

[@ArchivalMind]

No, it's not Taniks. If you want to get really technical, it's a Berserker from Scourge with Dread armor.

[@psychward_doll]

In my heart it’s taniks ok?

[@ViperBlade42]

my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined…

[@Aj-py8en]

That's actually really cool. I never noticed the similarities in their shoulder armor before

[@BrozvilleRealm]

nuh uh

[@caledfwltch]

@@psychward_dollwell in MY heart it’s chelchis because fighting the taken kell of kells of objectivity the coolest headcannon

[@Bellabootey]

The Attendants were the real bosses in this encounter. Trying to hop on your plate to do the mechanic when suddenly _Duskfield Jumpscare_

[@dredgenspace]

Omfg and on top of that some genius on the team decided that we should try the method they learned which makes it easier for them to deal with the wizard miniboss but spawns way more fucking ads. That made me lose it, we changed back for obvious reasons. There were just too God damn many attendants. I had it worse since I was in the back area upper level where the most attendants spawn in like .5 feet away from the plate.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

I always like the fact any fallen-esc boss theme on this channel will have the Boss staring daggers at us while the biggest banger plays

[@Spooqi]

I have yet to meet an Eliksni boss that doesn't have a fuckin BANGER of a theme (at least of the ones I've seen, I haven't been able to play all the old D2 raids) - Aksis, Archon Prime - Captain Avarokk, the Covetous - Eramis, the Shipstealer - The Herald of Finality - Praksis, the Defiled (formerly Eliksni, now Scorn) - Taniks (D1, both Deep Stone iterations)

[@Azrael_Equinox]

_Arbitrary "Eramis isn't a disciple" comment_

[@Spooqi]

@@Azrael_EquinoxAh, I thought she was lol, I'll fix it

[@Durp_EXE]

@@Spooqi don't forget atraks and skolas

[@Spooqi]

@@Durp_EXEoh yeah 100%, Atraks (DSC and now Vesper's Host) and Skolas were outstanding too

[@coolcat_tom6360]

Regardless who this taken used to be, I would love to learn why it was so important that it stands as the only other boss in the most important raid in Destiny. What makes it so special that the WITNESS dubbed it as the Herald of Finality

[@roberttheronin9803]

Rhulk had a random scorn - Caretaker of Worms Nezarec had a random Cabal in his crib looking for Cabal Planets

[@coolcat_tom6360]

@@roberttheronin9803 you’re undercutting at least caretaker’s importance. It was the first scorn abomination that had been successfully integrated with a hive worm. Zo’aurc was a confidant of the witness that was entrusted with studying the planets collected by the Witness. Herald is literally just a dread-ified taken Kell. It just feels out of place

[@mrtoad6870]

An Elsikni with Dread markings Half Taken [in order to command Taken forces more accurately ie Sloan] Either the Herald of Finality is above Disciple or is one. I have a theory this is Chelchis Kell of Stone persuaded by the Witness after the Traveler left Riis

[@Spooqi]

@@mrtoad6870I know Byf suggested the possibility that the Herald of Finality could be a disciple, specifically the one who wielded Winterbite. It's just speculation, but it's a cool idea That being said though it's not anything like "Insert Name, Disciple of the Witness." I wanna know what position it holds, why it's a semi-taken semi-Dread high-ranking Eliksni

[@blarpbarp3633]

​@@roberttheronin9803The Caretaker was significant because it's Rhulk's first successful experiment for infusing a Scorn with a Worm.

[@DolfinjakethePrimordialMind]

Those violin strings are godly and oppressive as all hell its so cooolllll!!!!!!

[@itsharibonph]

It is meant to be oppressive. Much more creepier if played in the piano.

[@kai-7s.518]

There have been theories that this boss is supposed to be Chelchis (is that how you spell it?), Kell of House Stone. For quick context, when the Whirlwind (Eliksni's Collapse) happened, Chelchis was the kell who stood their ground againt the Hive and Black Fleet, in a legendary battle. Now of course they were defeated, but I wouldn't be surprised if Oryx at the time took Chelchis, and was just a taken enemy that never really saw any action/did see action but survived. I still haven't done the raid yet, but from some clips I saw, it appears that the possibility is there, since usually taken who exist for extended amount if time usually mutate with a redish/maroon color, or a opaque blue; however, it could be argued that some noticed that the "armor" looks to be of Dread design. Anyways, a plausible theory, especially since being the "Herald of Finality" and Chelchis's having their last stand on Riis. And no, this isn't a taken Taniks.

[@arjunbaweja7755]

Counterpoint: it's Taniks because I want it to be.

[@avonthes]

It's a cool theory, but it's got a ton of holes. The maroon colour on Taken doesn't seem to be time-based either, given that Primus Ta'aun and Baxx the Gravekeeper sported that same colour after being taken, and we literally WATCHED them get taken. The colour mutations seem more power based than time based, though Forsaken also points to the colourations having something to do with how much will a being has left after being taken. There's no indication in the raid that points to who this Eliksni once was, unfortunately. I hope it is Chelchis though, just because that would be really cool :P

[@Spooqi]

Yeah, it's definitely not Taniks, especially given how we literally have his Exo body's head stored in a room on Europa The helmet designs are completely different here, Taniks didn't have the long, protruding side pieces on the helmet

[@redacted332]

I think it would make sense. Every civilization that the traveler visits and the witness conquers, it anoints a disciple. We saw this with Rhulk, Nezarec, and even humanity (Mara Sov was originally offered the position of disciple by the witness before it offered it to us). The only hole with this would be Calus, but I feel like Calus was made as a disciple out of convenience, a pawn used to link with the veil and nothing more. We know that the Eliksni were visited by the traveler, and oryx and the black fleet caused the whirlwind, but we've never seen a disciple.

[@zerotodona1495]

Confirmed in lore, oryx killed him. Not taken

[@anonymoususer2670]

I’m glad the soundtrack for this boss is good because no one knows how to step on a plate

[@CeceGames]

to everyone saying he's Taniks, the real Taniks knows better than to leave home without his trusty Scorch Cannon

[@rathernot6509]

he upgraded to a Molten Welder in DSC, who's to say the Taken Shrapnel Launcher wasn't his own version of a 2000+ (just like how in Warframe the Kuva Hek is a god-tier primary basically)

[@ruthlesslistener]

Love the subtle clock ticking in the background of the song, as if to make you aware that your time is slowly running out

[@jcultraboss3958]

I still think one of my favorite things about this song is that there’s a timer ticking noise in it. We’re on the clock to take this guy down and stop the final shape, and you can hear it.

[@BoredMan0]

Harold He reminds me of our first boss fight the captain fallen who we kill when we first rise

[@NormDeguere]

He’s in the walls🔥🔥🗣️🗣️

[@speedway3901]

The way his gun sounds when it fires, the fact that he throws 5 darkness blasts at a time. They really made him feel like a new boss even when its a reskinned taken captain

[@basedesidisi1108]

"The Herald summons _____________ to battle....."

[@MaskedRider_FAIZ]

*BOXING BELL RINGING*

[@Spooqi]

"The Herald celebrates your failure."

[@rathernot6509]

@@Spooqi yeah it's Taniks, 100% confirmed, there's no way... why would a Taken be ^celebrating our failure^ (in addition to yelling just like how Taniks does in DSC) if it wasn't him

[@thedreamer5049]

Finally, someone who understand those 4 notes at the beginning are crucial

[@ladynocturne]

burned into my brain after day 1

[@zerotodona1495]

Cause people don’t read lore I will put this here where it’ll be ignored. Chelchis was confirmed dead seasons ago. Oryx respected him and gave him a true death. He did not taken him. This fallen could be someone else completely. It could be the Kell of kings who was never confirmed dead, just put at dreg status by fikrul. Sadly none of the raid weapons have lore or give us a hint. There is missing lore so the answer could be in the last 3 pages of the raid.

[@zenmeteor9545]

Which lore book was this?

[@jellynx]

I love this encounter's soundtrack so muuuch

[@Lunairayz]

11:35 dps 3 12:29 final stand i think

[@Vosik_Bake]

The best boss theme

[@callmemrdee]

Rhulk’s better, bro

[@adrianpickel1482]

Oneirophobia

[@BeloskoV_v]

For a second boss

[@theflyingbrick387]

i got the privelege of listening to the limited edition 36 hour loop version of this only available during contest mode

[@chrisrupp66]

There’s another way to access it, raid with my team, lmao

[@BanAustin5885]

Me too brother 😔

[@Hyper_1989]

Actually a really great song, probably my favourite out of the dlc especially this mix of it.

[@blackyonbi]

"TANIKS, NO!" Tankis: What did I do? "Sorry, force of habit"

[@epic9203]

Cant wait to see the next 2 boss themes to be added here are the updated D2 versions of Vosik and Aksis (i'm just coping)

[@vdarkwraith]

wrath is definitely coming back one day (i’m also coping)

[@adrianpickel1482]

What an incredible year for raids it would be if Bungie followed up the greatest raid they've ever made by reprising the second greatest raid they've ever made. I'm ODing on copium as well.

[@GlassVault]

“Someone please stand by box, this is gonna be close”

[@bussu6528]

BRO I WAS WAITING FOR THIS THANK YOU SO MUUUUCH

[@craftxs2763]

This one bops

[@craftxs2763]

Like no shot my favorite track of the raid

[@AnaTheAce]

The ticking really gives this theme the feeling of: God's about to destroy the universe, but the doorman is being uppity.

[@sethbettwieser]

Best boss music in the game. Love the strings most.

[@Dolphin_editz69]

TANIKS WITH A STEEL CHAIR

[@CboTheSecond]

mad as hell the official soundtrack release doesn't have the intro section

[@primal3339]

real and true

[@end3rman07-bs4pz]

thank you for posting this! amazing song

[@WoozyBear]

By god, its taniks, IN A STEEL CHAIR

[@yummy_the_braix]

my head cannon is that this is Riksis because it would come full circle from d1

[@dogepiano409]

This goes so hard

[@ViperBlade42]

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?!

[@burnin8able]

hey. it's not taniks as much as we want it to be. That is Harold.

[@ATK.]

Taniks really never learns huh? Rumor has it he's already set sail collecting the echoes of the Witness

[@burnin8able]

@@ATK. he's gonna collect all the dragon balls- I mean echoes and wish for immortality.

[@Jakesterpop1]

I love young people.

[@bfedezl2018]

I hope you do a mix between stronger together and make your own fate. Would be fucking rad

[@Tea1993]

I am here to politely request a mix of the 3rd Encounter from Salvation's Edge (Repository) please 🙏

[@izshen]

If you want me now, it’s called Metacarpus in the soundtrack.

[@Tea1993]

@@izshen Thanks for this, the only issue is with the soundtrack version it hasn't got the chanting that is present in the game :(

[@lemonyship96]

0:15 0:14 0:11

[@Rocket-0218]

I always thought calus’s role was to be the herald of finality but whatever, music still cooks and a sick raid

[@DiscipleofDiscipleoftheLorentz]

He is the Herald of the Witness. Not finallity

[@chrisrupp66]

Calus’ role was as bait for our guardian so the witness could use our ghost to forge the link to the veil, he was a pawn and a sacrificial one at that, he played his part as did we

[@Joaquin-rd3km]

Even if he was we killed him lol, The Witness probably needed a replacement and it didn't have time to look for someone special so it just picked a random strong taken captain.

[@juggernautenjoyer948]

Taniks is just like Goro Majima from Yakuza. GUARDIAN-SAMA (Pulls out a shank after appearing out of nowhere)

[@KoruKinshi]

9:08 *HUNTERS?!?!?!? OH HELL NO*

[@Venextron]

Paniks

[@goktugonvermez8140]

Witness!!! Wait me I am coming for you!!( in Campagin I am at witness fight in legendary difficulty)

[@marcdavis9]

As far as I can tell, the track “Herald of Finality” from the OST is only the DPS parts of the encounter. What’s the name of the track that plays while you are doing the mechanics?

[@zenmeteor9545]

I could be entirely wrong, but I don’t believe there is one. I think it’s just playing a bare bones version of the rest of the soundtrack repeated. For Security Breach in DSC it plays the background noise from the dps parts during the encounter so I’m guessing it’s like that. If not that it could also be like Riven where they just make most of it up only for the raid in game unfortunately.

[@spaced0rit070]

One Taken Knight and four Psions :(

[@vatekanore3756]

If i recall correctly, Red Taken are like, super super fucking old Which means this is not Taniks, but it could very well be Chelchis

[@mcswisscheese3031]

Color isn't strictly a representation of age. Its also will.

[@Spooqi]

@@mcswisscheese3031This, plus it also looks more like Tormentor/Dread texturing, which makes me even more curious about it. I really wish they'd give us more lore about the Herald of Finality

[@Deltadog55]

Primus Ta'aun had the same coloration, yet he was freshly taken. I'd say it's more a matter of status or will that dictates what color a taken is. High ranks like the Herald and Quaria are obviously of a high status, so it makes sense they would look distinct. Baxx from D1 has purple, so I have absolutely no clue what that means.

[@rathernot6509]

@@Spooqi yeah for real Bungie just actually tell us who the fuck became Herald of Finality

[@deadclicks]

tyty also herald > witness

[@GamingStar1995]

Taniks or not, WHO IS IT? And why is it a raid boss in the last DLC of the Light vs Dark Saga? You can't just throw some random Fallen Captain in the raid of the WITNESS without any knowledge of How it came to acquire this form and or power. Unless there's some lore i'm missing, then i'll do diligent research.

[@saul4265]

No definitive proof yet either way, but people are saying that it’s likely Chelchis, Kell of Stone. He’s the kell that faced off against the black fleet during the whirlwind.

[@nullandvoid7524]

He's either the Kell of the house of Kings or indeed some random captain. Or he's the disciple that was mentioned to wield Winterbite and had half of his body blown off. Which visually makes sense since his lower half is Taken, and his upper half is completely new. His eyes are unique to any Fallen we've seen which are only visible after he dies.

[@lemonyship96]

11:33 12:21 12:27

[@Tessowner]

where can I find the soundtrack of "Summons the battle"?

[@xKev98]

Tbh....imo this should've been the witness music The intensity of the violin and the pulsating screech with "3:01 The Final Shape" timer would've added to the severity of the encounter. This track with the witness fight makes it seem like "it's now or never"

[@-HezSEs-]

Hell no. Unmade fits Witness like a ring in a finger. Dunno why so many of you don't.

[@rawpie2]

This dude beat my ass, took us 14 hours to kill him.

[@alpharius6874]

Does anyone know the name of the song used in the 1st encounter of the raid?

[@joshnash-awanyo7499]

It's called "Precipice"

[@alpharius6874]

@@joshnash-awanyo7499 THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@5cWizzard]

Next is Taniks, Beyond the End

[@ocu5850]

Taniks, The Final Shape.

[@5cWizzard]

@@ocu5850 Tanikss, the Final God of Shape

[@thepixarl4mp]

Taniks, with a Steel Chair

[@84m30]

If we were gonna have a reskin boss, he could’ve had cool backstory like being Chelchis or something. I would’ve taken a weird permutation of a dread enemy, like a giant Grim with legs.

[@platinumclaw]

I think the current theory is that this is Chelchis

[@84m30]

@@platinumclaw I thought so too but when I asked in other places I got a flood of people telling me he wasn’t.

[@rowplatts]

​@@84m30there's no evidence for or against really, there's basically no lore on this guy at all. Probably similar to Morgeth in Last Wish in that it's just some guy guarding the way forward

[@mcswisscheese3031]

Well you gotta remember the Dread most likely weren't planned and were made during the delay. Most of the Raid was probably already done by the time the delay was announced.

[@burnin8able]

@@rowplatts the fact that this boss is a total no-name tells me that The Guardian really had bested basically everything the witness had, so it had to panic and dig into the Taken stockpile and just find the toughest Fallen in there and juice it up with new Dread armor as a last-ditch effort to stall for enough time to finish the final shape.

[@juggernautenjoyer948]

I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. THAT IS MFING TANIKS.

[@bazilhazelwood6626]

Are you doing a mix for unmade too?

[@lorcan0c]

Breshi did one last week. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5LdkGeaeJWUY9k

[@bazilhazelwood6626]

@@lorcan0coh I mean one that has a similar part like 1:30 onwards like an under layer but for unmade

[@CaiatlGaming]

this shit goes harder than the witness themes and mf got 3

[@mrtender7835]

How ironic. Destiny 1 ended its fight with a big fallen boss. And now D2 ends its fight with a big fallen being the second to last boss.

[@dacedave4161]

Don't listen to em. Its Taniks and we all know it >:D

[@bardboi9052]

Imagine if we had the actual Herald of the Witness as this boss. Woulda been cool bungo, woulda been cool