Legends of Horizon Zero Dawn: The Carja

Legends, the series that explores the lore and history within the world of Horizon. In this episode, we delve into the origins and legacy of the Carja tribe. What secrets lie behind those chosen by the sun? Find out now!
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[@-chippedstars-2889]

I remember when I first entered Meridian. The sounds, music, people all overwhelmed me in the best way. I constantly return to the city even for small needs just to experience it again.

[@-chippedstars-2889]

@Robert Phillips I just barreled right in, jumping over people and on tables. I HAD to see everything. I think I've scoured every back ally and store frount there is.

[@-chippedstars-2889]

@Robert Phillips One of my favorite parts of the city is the Cathedral where you can hear the priests singing, it's so cool.

[@jchea1764]

@@arcni1213 I've only heard the Sun Priests singing during the night. They sing during daytime too?

[@iamagentlemanscholar]

Its so fascinating to think, that so much culture came from one group of people who grew up in a cradle facility that happened to have an obsession with the seeing "the real sun", and grew up close enough to a desert, that an entire empire was built around worshipping it. It makes me think about how the inhabitants of other cradle facilities who maybe grew up fixating on something else (wanting to see real grass, the real ocean, their real parents) how could their cultures have evolved? It boggles my mind.

[@baneofbanes]

Nick Obsuth Well in regards to parents, you get something like that in the Nora.

[@grimsoncrow]

The Nora legends of All - Mother and the Metal Devil ,which you can hear when you first enter Mother's Crown lead me to think the kids in Cradle facilities were given a very simplified overview of what had come to pass before. The idea of Gaia may have been mixed together with the Caregiver persona AI and become the idea of All- Mother.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

It’s a talent of humanity; building towering magnificence from such tiny beginnings

[@CaptainPilipinas]

I do not care about these false rip-offs of the ancient P-GA era kingdoms and views. these clones would have at least have a peaceful but force quickening headstart back to our alternative current P-GA era selves' technological acumen. if not for the causer of that Earth's Physical biosphere degrading....

[@CaptainPilipinas]

now the cloned Humanity are starting from a more hardened Scratch again....

[@tangbein]

I´m calling it. The guy among the people from Euleuthia 9 who said "Cmon let´s go!", after the female android told them there wasn´t enough food left and they had to leave the craddle, was probably Ariman.

[@narace]

I thought you were talking about starcraft for a sec 😂😂

[@clashsupreme9394]

the reason that most definitely isn’t true is that by the time araman left there was already the first developements of the nora tribe. its simply impossible there was a whole tribe in the lifetime of araman

[@la5369]

It's amazing how rich HZD is.. from modern science to history of kingdoms.. You get the best of both worlds.

[@addisonwelsh]

Europe had Rome India had the Gupta's China had the Han Dynasty And HZD has the Carja. And I'm not just talking about their military or architectural achievements. I'm talking about how their culture has influenced the world around them. The Carja are the only clan to place emphasis on the written language, and they shared that language with the other tribes to improve trade. The Sawtooth, Thunderjaw, and Forbidden West were all named by the Carja, and those names were all adopted by the other tribes. Even if the Carja should fall, the mark they've left on the new world will remain for hundreds of years.

[@j-yoshi64_justcallmej]

So many cultures irl worshiped the sun in their early days. It's not that surprising that one of the first humans out of the cradle facilities would do the same.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

How Foolish indeed. not Perfect but would rather have them relearn Fastly through that now wiped clean sub-function instead.... [Glared at Theodor] there is a crossover that did make the alternative. Ted was still there but this time did not decided to delete the virtual collective library. for what's out there in Space made him reconsider it all....

[@ArkRaptorsNest]

@@CaptainPilipinas go S U C K Y A M U M

[@rereturn]

I just realized: (small spoiler warning) all the humans that left eleuthia were clones of those that lived in the 2060s so whoever "donated" the DNA that would birth Araman basically hit the genetic lottery when humans rose again.

[@cd_first1135]

The Carja reminds me of the Roman Empire in some way and it's mythology is somewhat similar to Christianity and Islamic religions, very rich history the Carja posses, Hope to see more of the other tribes soon!

[@timgreen6072]

The carja actually look and feel like the aztec to me. The human sacrifices that took place in the sun ring during the mad sun kings reign just seems to reinforce this.

[@ianmiller6798]

Has both Roman and Aztec influences

[@NoxaClimaxX]

The architecture was actually inspired by Cambodia. Look up "How Horizon Zero Dawn was designed" by Madqueen Show on KZbin.

[@grimsoncrow]

The slow re -emergence of scientific method also remind me of Ancient Greeks.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

1. Not the True DSPLSHIP. 2. Feh. [grimly chuckled] roman-like kingdom....in the Northern american continent. Hah....

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

Carja real power is their adoption of agriculture. It seems other tribes, even the Oseram, remain mostly hunter gatherer.

[@lochness5524]

Don’t forget the Utaru. Although, they do rely heavily on the Land Gods though, in contrast to the Carja not relying on machines for their crops survival

[@baneofbanes]

I haven’t seen many HZD lore videos, and this is a well done one at that! Subbed.

[@Epop_]

Why'd you skip over Nahasis, 10th Luminance of the Radiant Line?

[@RandomSideQuest]

Hey Harmon, we covered Nahasis specifically in our Hunters lodge episode. So if your interested in his legacy I'd recommend checking it out!

[@chalminge7500]

Keep up the good work you will get recognised some day with your great content!

[@Guilgamesh83]

I thought the sacred leave in the Carja lore was actually a Focus, other than that, this video seems on point

[@minutmaidman107]

As for suggestions, did we ever find out what happened to Dob Blevins? The kinda assohilish leader of the firebreak project, I think? EDIT : An episode on Firebreak project perhaps? Don't remember if the Cyan episode covered it

[@NoxaClimaxX]

Blevins wasn't the leader of the project: he was Faro's representative, and in charge of Security. They explain out what happened to him in datapoints. Long story short, one of the girls from "Concrete Beach Party" pulled a prank on him while he was snowmobiling, sending him on the wrong trail. His body was recovered 15 years later.

[@minutmaidman107]

NovaClimaxX Damn seemed I missed those datapoint as well ; that's what I get for turning off the HUD and radar. Thx!

[@iamagentlemanscholar]

i definitely would love to see an episode on firebreak tho

[@minhaankhan5072]

@@minutmaidman107 just keep the compass on and you'll be good to go

[@CaptainPilipinas]

@@NoxaClimaxX what the hell.... [eye twitched in guilt] he got what is coming for him....yet the incompetent cause was those Human female workers? I half-remembered that he was assassinated or something by a foreign rival instead.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, Blazon Arch.

[@inferno1738]

All these HZD lore videos are so good. Great job dude

[@slampog]

Another fantastic episode!!!

[@trajano777]

wait... the priests were... praising the sun.... sunbro Solaire would've love it there

[@Zantetsukenv]

Do you ever plan on doing a video on the little spoken of tribes? The Utaru and the Tenakth? I am not sure if there are others we known of, only spoke of in whispers.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

hrm. yes, I see too.

[@lochness5524]

Just posted a vid on the Utaru last week

[@timgreen6072]

i kind of wonder if its possible to reach the blazeon arch in the game. i never really thought about trying to find it when i was playing the game.

[@iamagentlemanscholar]

its pretty easy to get to. Its just south of the Rust Wash Tall Neck outside of Sunfall.

[@coling3957]

Considering the time passed from our world to the new world in Horizon, not a very long time has passed for them to be as advanced as they are .. even allowing for them learning from "The old ones"

[@atsuniverse3149]

Ahhh thank you very much.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Straight away, a skism with the founder's kin.

[@11imadden]

Wtg chili another great vid

[@RandomSideQuest]

Hey Red! Man sorry just saw this, appreciate the support!

[@weirdoman315]

How do you get Aloy to sit/lay down?

[@iamagentlemanscholar]

you can change her pose in Photomode

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

No way ,dint know that

[@CaptainPilipinas]

photo mode. damned guerrilla for not having real time gameplay emotes on her. Unless you do a modded *(No. Not RPG 'mods' or that annoying scrap* . whoops, sorry) or hacking situation on the PC version to make it possible for the player character Aloy?

[@victorpeterson3502]

I want Aloy to become Avad’s girlfriend so I can run around Meridian as The Great Sun-Queen!

[@NoxaClimaxX]

Yeah...that ain't happening.

[@grimsoncrow]

You realize that would cause another civil war? Avad, for all his radical reforms, realized there was only so far he could go.He still needs to cement his power(and exploit his status as living god for all it's worth), and making a sharp -tongued Nora warrior his queen, well...

[@lochness5524]

@@grimsoncrow bet you wouldn’t think the same thing after Forbidden West, with her being revered as a legendary hero by all Carja

[@minutmaidman107]

Alright, I'm kinda wondering where you got all the info regarding the lineage of Sun Kings from? I thought I read everything but I'm obviously wrong. THX again!

[@NoxaClimaxX]

The datapoint is called "The Sun-Kings". You can find it in the Palace of the Sun.

[@erdevelyrubaton9101]

@@NoxaClimaxX tbh i read some of it but it was too long for me to read more so i just read about half of the data-point

[@Zombiecane]

You are a great storyteller

[@nooruddinsamad5161]

defying gravity

[@chethanrao9994]

talking of carja, anyone suspicious about blameless Marad?

[@lochness5524]

I thought I was the only one. That kind of name is a straight up red flag

[@youngmasterzhi]

PRAISE THE SUN!

[@feralprocessor9853]

*Praise the Sun*

[@The_Folk_boy]

If they love the sun so much, what do the Carja think of the Moon?

[@bigbluedinothethird9781]

Lo

[@bigbluedinothethird9781]

Ve it

[@abbyanderson2463]

Avad said womens rights