Destiny 2 Lore - Rasputin's Truth, Felwinter, Clovis's Lies & his evil intentions for the Warmind!

Destiny 2's Lore and story in the latest cutscene of the season. Rasputin took over and revealed the truth about Clovis Bray's intentions for the Warmind. Clovis wanted to use the Warmind to destroy the Traveller and was planning to integrate himself into the warmind's network to take over and become a god. Luckily, Rasputin, Elsie and Ana were able to stop Clovis before his plan started. All of this was discovered thanks to data from Felwinter's dead Ghost Felspring.
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[@skybisquit340]

Let's be real for a second here, we all probably knew Clovis would betray us at some point sooner or later. Better to have gotten rid of him now before he did anything really damaging.

[@Real28]

I mean, he's still alive and well back on Europa. He even tells himself before he's erased that "they know"

[@kylemccormack1785]

Yeah Ana made the right call, but we're not done dealing with Clovis. He still maintains a fully functional AI self on Europa and we have no idea what sort of "back doors" he might have into the warsat network.

[@RetroRadianceLight]

@@kylemccormack1785 I don't know why we don't just walk in on his clone ai chamber and drop a nuclear warhead inside

[@Rhulk_Disciple_of_the_Witness]

I can see Clovis using the hove and wrathborn to make light suppression tech

[@bradwhite5884]

Yeah, but at what cost? He still have loads of vital information and data that we as well as Rasputin can use, don't let all that go to waste or have him fall into the enemies hands, Ana could of handled it a lot better to prevent anything else to happen, so yeah

[@athroughzdude]

I really like that Rasputin's first words when he boots up is "Go to Ana, she needs support". That in itself is already proof he's better than Clovis when it comes to people.

[@guilhermecunha2969]

When a machine has more heart than you You know u should get your sht together

[@eu.stacio]

@@guilhermecunha2969 this made me chuckle, not because you are wrong, but because it’s so damn true

[@acgearsandarms1343]

A son knows what his mother needs.

[@byranwitherspoon5369]

I mean she in a way deleted most of her grandfather

[@athroughzdude]

@@byranwitherspoon5369 She deleted a copy of him.

[@beninmalgaard9836]

Spoilers in this comment. Just in case. As an 8 year Destiny veteran, this week's story felt amazing. Felwinter and Felspring, the revelation of Clovis' true intentions, Osiris' dialogue about training with the Iron Lords, Rasputin speaking English to us, and everything. Solid story telling this week. Makes we wonder what Clovis will do next now that Rasputin exposed him?

[@keronstewart9446]

probably go all nuclear like on his family and go all SIVA on everyone!

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Something terrible. It’s Clovis. We know how far he would go and nothing is too depraved or immoral to him to achieve his goals.

[@conchurfitzsimons570]

@@acgearsandarms1343 If I was told Clovis would join the Witness, I would honestly not be surprised. But then again... an egomaniac like Clovis would never bow to someone else

[@jondoe8350]

@@conchurfitzsimons570 that’s the thing, we joined us but still thought he could outsmart us, Clovis could join the witness thinking he will outsmart the witness only for him to get an awakening

[@louistung9274]

Some new Braytech(?) pods on Europa and at Seraph station are making interesting noises. Clovis is learning Hive magic.

[@commander_swift3765]

Watching Elsie cross her arms while Clovis begged her for help was too damn funny. I'll bet she was thoroughly enjoying the whole thing

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[@byranwitherspoon5369]

No doubt about it

[@Jukantos]

I'd say she's probably seen it before, but no. She's only been to timelines that turned out way worse than this.

[@pcachu]

Byf: This should be a good enough time to take a break, there's no way the fourth week of the seasonal story is going to be any sort of huge bombshell. Bungie: *_I'm about to end this man's whole vacation._*

[@chipsawdust5816]

And that's because of the slow drip of the last few seasons.

[@Balteus1]

GOOD BOY PROTOCOL

[@johnsaints969]

Murphy law is a bitch.

[@bboptrmptman]

I'm sure this has been brought up, but I really love how much this entire year of Destiny has been about memories. From Deepsight and Savathun's past, the survivors of the Whirlwind, the Nightmares, and now Rasputin's revelations it's been an interesting ride to be certain.

[@C4MG1RL]

Now if only they'd bring back the greatest memories: khavostov, the hunter scarf, SRL.

[@EggheadCammy]

@@C4MG1RL srl was meh, khvostov's customizable things are now on revision and there's lot's of hoodless hunter capes rn.

[@C4MG1RL]

@@EggheadCammy SRL was a lot of fun and the game could use more side activities and arcadey activities to just mess around in and have fun that aren't variants of the same activities like the "haunted lost sectors". Just because they've added a new gun with similar features doesn't mean they don't need to add more or previous ones. Hoodless =/= the scarf.

[@FarookKMOON]

For the new players like me it's a nice way to know about the past too and get lore about past seasons in a new and actualized manner

[@TheForbiddenOne55]

They're tying A LOT of old story threads together. Some, like this season, fits nicely. Others not so much

[@Freelancer117]

Let's appreciate for a second just HOW not evil Rasputin actually is. He gets put in this new body and what is the first thing he does? He says that you should make sure Ana's okay. Not the actions of an evil machine, at all.

[@steelgriffin7716]

I do hope he does a version of his previous speech from Warmind with his new voice, with all of the new gentleness and emotion he has now, just to contrast the previous terrifying town of his old garbled gibberish. "I am Rasputin, Guardian of all I survey. I have no equal." Maybe not exactly that statement, but hopefully with a kinder energy.

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

@@steelgriffin7716 I'd love for him to have the raspy, booming voice again. That was the best voice line in the game.

[@steelgriffin7716]

I kinda dig the kinder, softer voice... but switching between that and GAMEVOICE when things get real would be cool too. Though a compromise of speaking localized language with the old distortion and bass once he's in the Seraph network would be a cool progression. He's our protector again but has his own voice.

[@bulletproofwhale5869]

@@steelgriffin7716 *POV Lightfall* Soft Rasputin: Ana, Elsie, please. We need to figure this out... *A boom sounds as a shot from the pyramid ship bangs against a distant point in the Cosmodrome* GAMEVOICE Rasputin (In Russian): ALL FRAMES ON DECK! SECURE THE CITY! WE MAKE OUR STAND!

[@thefrogstronaut]

Or he’s intelligent enough to know that’s what we want to hear

[@mnil0231]

Seriously- I finished up the story for this week and my immediate first thought was "So much for My name is Byf's holiday break..."

[@samhank]

Same

[@Timboman2000]

Lol literally my first thought as well. "Oh crap, he said he was gonna be away for the Holidays last video... Well this is gonna be awkward..."

[@RuiNDieM1988]

I thought the exact same thing

[@ryanmincey603]

I watched it and I was like, "Oh shit, I can't wait a week to see Byf's video." Lol. I'm sad he had to eat unto his break, but happy with a new lore video.

[@deangeloellis729]

Rasputin is also making friends with Mara of all people lol

[@AntVaz7]

I bet at the end of the season when Neomuna is revealed Osiris is gonna have a big “I TOLD YOU SO” moment, he is breaking down just from not being able to confirm it's existence

[@CalebMealer]

I need a cutscene of him going from Guardian to Guardian just being like “see !! I’m not crazy, I knew there was a city out there !!”

[@johnsaints969]

"Who's laughing NOW !"

[@endrr948]

I feel like osiris is going to be the one that screams at us to stay on the calus ship as they're going to Neomuna. Remember the lightfall trailer when the warlock (our gaurdian) grabbed onto the ship as it was leaving.

[@Fadaar]

he's going to be the Charlie Day meme personified

[@BOS_C.O.]

It's always just funny how us/the guardian is just vibing watching whatever shenanigans happens in the story.

[@Crushanator1]

I assume the Guardian is just doing doing a lot of "ooooooooo" and "oh snap, get his ass" reactions to the extremely messy family drama we keep being witness to each season

[@LaLloronaVT]

Whenever family drama happens I just imagine the guardian being all “is this a bad time? I’m just here doing my thing I wasn’t expecting this telenovela shit” lol

[@TheRealJohnux]

Id do the popcorn gesture if I had it.

[@NobleVI_343]

@@Crushanator1 😂

[@joshrodallegas9074]

Hearing the warmind theme as Rasputin was speaking to us was the cherry on top for me. I’m very grateful for this season and it’s ramping up hype for lightfall.

[@steelgriffin7716]

Just... SHOUTING "HE'S BACK, BABY! YEA!"

[@RazorrekkerMusic]

Between hearing Young Wolf during the weekly mission and hearing the Warmind theme during Rasputin's speech, I am wholly convinced that this is the best week of the best season this year

[@The_Worst_Warlock]

Such a good soundtrack to represent such a powerful being!

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

And hearing the same Warmind orbital music playing in idle is adrenaline boosting.

[@wellwhatdoyouknow7143]

What exactly is the Warmind’s theme? Which soundtrack is it?

[@3ndlessL00p]

This weeks story absolutely *SLAPPED*. As someone who has played since the beta, this was hugely satisfying. I was literally whooping and saying "Hell Yeah" while watching what went down in the H.E.L.M. Very much looking forward to the our new season vendor speaking a lot more and being a character. What we've got so far is definitely promising.

[@FINETUNEDGAMING]

This week gave me those old school D1 OH SNAP vibes. Just in awe of all this discovery slapping our eyeballs. With this there’s only one lingering history yet to be disclosed…that being the OTHER robotic organisms in Destiny lol

[@vonhellsing6406]

Who doesn't like watching an evil robot get sucked out of its frame and replaced with Rasputin

[@PineappleZach666]

I agree. This has personally been my favorite part of this season. Rasputin is one of my favorite characters.

[@tydendurler9574]

Yeah, it "lowkey literally slapped" 😒

[@Nimi450]

Bein an old player I do get that feeling. I'm still rocking the Young Claw emblem after all this time after all. I was happy to get back home to the Temple. And to see threads of story going back to D1 FINALLY be explored.

[@MynameisByf]

Sorry for the audio on this video being a little different from normal. With all the other stuff that was going on I wasn't able to perfectly emulate what you'd get out of Martin's volume and edits. Hope that's ok.

[@UberDragon99]

"hope that's okay" is hilarious. Please know that I'm sure nearly all of us are just grateful that your voice is delivering the story of this game to us regardless of when or how it happens.

[@mixmaster2000]

No issue understandable.

[@WobiKabobi]

@@UberDragon99 exactly

[@shiraori5450]

If you needed to, just take the break, you are your own, and Martin's boss. also you can reupload later, I'm sure the majority of the community got the gyst of this weeks story.

[@L.H512]

You're like a fine audio book Byf. Whether it is put together by you and/or Martin, it's always engrossing content.

[@deangeloellis729]

In some of the other voice lines he seems so happy to finally be able to express his gratitude to Ana and Elsie. It also looks like he is quickly becoming a friend of Mara.

[@WhoisPersona]

It was a nice little detail to see Osiris refer to Rasputin as Fellwinter's murderer., though I am surprised that Saladin was not resistant towards handing over his friends shell to Ana. Plus it seems that seeing himself through his Son's Ghost's eye made Rasputin lose that god complex and strive to become more humble.

[@Nexuish]

I think Saladin before going with the Cabal would’ve been resistant, but after coming around to former enemies being allies, it makes some sense that he could be convinced.

[@brianmahony7919]

@@Nexuish i actually did a ledgend psiops and the post-mindscape dialog was between zavala and saladin and he even said "they're different once you fight along side them" or something to that effect

[@gibster9624]

Pretty sure his god complex ended when he got his cheeks clapped by the black fleet.

[@conormil1268]

Also Ana teaching rasputin about humanity, like how felwinter learned about humanity by living among them. The rasputin during the golden age had too much clovis

[@simonwahlen7150]

It is notable that saladin sent his iron warbeasts and didn't go himself. He also left out felsprings remains the only thing we needed and forbade us from entering the crypt. I think Saladin knew it was necessary and helped us get the information but he wasn't happy about it and didn't want to invite rasputin into felwinters peak any more than absoulutely necessary.

[@King_Chance]

Really glad they gave us a silhouette of Clovis in that cutscene, because now I will only ever picture Clovis in my head as the Medic from TF2

[@JustAMagicDuck]

I remember when we first got a look at the giant diamond-shaped mindlab back in the Warmind expansion and I thought, “it really feels like someone was trying to build their own Traveller here.” It’s fun to see I was pretty much right.

[@hjw2029]

I now REALLY want to see a conversation between Rasputin and either Caital or Mithrax. Mithrax foaming at the mouth at how high-tech Rasputin is, or Caital running simulations with him

[@TheRealJohnux]

Or Failsafe to have an AI buddy to relate With. For all I know, Failsafe is just sitting on Nessus being lonely.

[@aaronfreeman8252]

@@TheRealJohnux please, I need this

[@RageMagikarp]

@@TheRealJohnux I love failsafe she needa a friend that isn't just us she's the only character I made cookies for

[@anosvoldigoad3021]

It's still crazy to me that felwinter was arguably the most powerful guardian because he had the power of the light and the force of Rasputin

[@gumball6445]

What

[@RetroRadianceLight]

I think we're the most powerful guardian due to our mastery of light and dark as well as all the high level enemies that we have killed

[@bighatbenny4922]

@@RetroRadianceLight But can we drop a warsat on our enemies with just our mind?

[@outbreakperfected5704]

@@bighatbenny4922 or just straight up summon a Valkyrie rain to carpet enemy

[@gumball6445]

You know what you commented I saw you anos...I saw it all.

[@Forcer69]

We need the lore about the plot twist your vacation had when this week’s story came out.

[@SirLoinDeRes]

I was speechless after watching Rasputin's cutscene last night. I had been expecting a revelation like this for eight years. It was absolutely brilliant. Te quiero mucho Bungie.

[@dizcord2169]

i love how much effort they put into this they recorded 3/4 weeks worth of Clovis talking and all the interactions with other characters only to completely remove it with Rasputin with new lines and new interactions meaning we'll likely not hear the original clovis lines again. i love the effort they put into this season

[@waluigiisgod3978]

I like how they handled this reveal, bungie knew that we knew Clovis would betray us, they knew we knew if given the chance Clovis would overthrow the traveller as "humanities saviour", but bungie still somehow managed a twist in the purpose of Rasputin, they still masterfully managed to make a twist that made sense and greatly recontextualises some of the old lore, honestly just a writers chef's kiss

[@silverthehero1295]

Ana knew Clovis would betray us, but this goes far beyond what she expected. And I love that he called out to Elsie, who hated and distrusted him more than anyone else, for help. Side note; if Felwinter was an inorganic life form, never human himself, could any inorganic be a Lightbearer? What if a Ghost was resurrected by a Ghost?

[@acgearsandarms1343]

From what I can infer, Rasputin was always based on the complex neurological systems of a human mind. The SIDDHARTHA GOLEM protocol was designed to partition a section of himself to become human like, live among humanity. That’s how we got Felwinter. So he wasn’t simply AI or complex code. A unique case with Felwinter so I honestly dont expect this to happen again. Much like what happened to Shin Malphur: a unique case.

[@qibcentricsplayground2043]

@@acgearsandarms1343 but wasn't shin already resurrected by the light as a baby (though the first ghost died) That being said I agree with you that his is a special case where another ghost replaces someone blessed by the light previously. Cuz if that was normal, osiris and eris wouldn't Be ghostless after sagira

[@501sttrooperbmc2]

@@qibcentricsplayground2043 that baby was never confirmed to be Shin Malphur, and while it is definitely possible, there is no concrete direct evidence that confirms the theory.

[@chaotixthefox]

​@@501sttrooperbmc2The writer of that story stated it is the beginning of Shin's story. Likely won't ever be in-universe confirmed, but irl it is.

[@Northfan42]

I can't say that this revelation came as a surprise. It was more like a heavy, foreboding weight that had been waiting to drop and finally did. We've long known of Clovis' ambitions to be LUCA, his megalomania and his complete lack of scruples. We've also known that there was a command created to have Rasputin attack the Traveler. That was excused by the defense of it being merely a contingency, but there was definitely a destructive/malevolent edge to that command. We now know that the malevolence and destructive goals are Clovis' alone, and that Rasputin's character and goals are far removed from all that. Seeing a creation overpower one malevolent creator (Clovis) to stand alongside a much more positive leader (Ana) was more than satisfying.

[@lucatamburello4545]

His ambition to be what now ?

[@Northfan42]

@@lucatamburello4545 To be the LUCA, or Last Universal Common Ancestor of human thought. He seeks to set the pattern for all thoughts, endeavours and priorities in humanity moving forward, so that all pursuits are in line with his plans and that all accomplishments can be traced back to his genius.

[@vincentcampbell8314]

@@Northfan42 Wow, I didn't even know about that LUCA thing until now. The term "God Complex" doesn't come close to how much of a megalomaniac Clovis Bray I is.

[@rsmcdonald6922]

@@Northfan42a final shape perhaps?

[@Northfan42]

@@rsmcdonald6922 Quite likely, given the Darkness directly influenced the success of several of his projects, including "Clarity," or the thing that made Exos work with any stability of self in their mechanical bodies without crazed self-destruction.

[@joeramsay6269]

This week honestly made this season one of my favorite seasons

[@kylilin]

I don’t know if this has been said before but what struck me the most was how our Ana’s struggle with Clovis parallels her struggle with the darkness in one of Exo-Strangers alternate dark timelines, except our Ana didn’t fail…

[@theimperiumofman102]

Welcome back Red, we missed ya.

[@Odysseus123]

Probably one of my favorite weeks so far. Rasputin has been one of my favorite storylines in Destiny lore, and it's really cool to see him finally realized in an Exo body.

[@beacon6227]

I'm a little concerned with the possibility that Clovis is still somehow embedded in Rasputin's code, remember; there was a brief moment when they were both in the Exo frame. Totally assuming the worst case scenario on my part, but I really don't think Clovis just went off to Europa without leaving some piece of himself to keep tabs on us, even if we did force him out

[@voltus20]

We didn't force him out, Rasputin straight up deleted the partition of Clovis that was uploaded on the exo frame. The partition is independent from the original Clovis A.I back on Europa, what it did as it was being deleted was sending a message back to Europa to let A.I Clovis know that they(we) found out about his plan and stopped him.

[@peteraustin9057]

Hoping it doesn't end up being a walter/David situation like alien covenant

[@johnsaints969]

@@peteraustin9057 The good'ol switcharoo. I really hope not.

[@GamerGod353]

I feel when Clovis dropped that decripted message. "They know" is a serious red flag for me. Could very well be possible he's been working with the witness at the start and was planning to assist on destroying the traveler. In Clovis mind he looks for all viable solutions and he CLEARLY has some deep sated jealousy over the traveler. So he wants what's best for humanity and that is embracing darkness

[@kyleespinoza7201]

So Rasputin, for certain, never did fire on the Traveler but did have the contingency leftover from Clovis' megalomaniac with a God complex. Just another Tuesday lol this was an awesome week.

[@TeamGrimm07]

He didn’t

[@kyleespinoza7201]

@@TeamGrimm07 that's... what I said?

[@TeamGrimm07]

@@kyleespinoza7201 thought it was a question but I realize now that it wasn’t. My bad

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I’m just finally glad we have a real chance at cracking a Pyramid after all this time. My biggest issue ever since the arrival of the Black Fleet was our lack of progress in fighting these things. If we can’t so much as destroy one, we can’t handle so much as an armada. We finally have a real stepping stone with the Warsats. If we can avoid a repeat of Rasputin’s first attempt, we have made meaningful progress in getting an edge over the Black Fleet and that’s just part of the battle.

[@xarm23]

I firmly believe that weapons wielded by a Guardian hit harder than they should. Just go to that lost sector on Europa that has the bunch of friendly security frames and watch how long they take to kill a single Vex. So I'm hoping for some reallllllllly big guns, powered and designed by Rasputin, but fired by Guardians.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@xarm23 IKELOS protocol revision again? Here’s the thing. That’s designed for ground infantry. What we need is something designed for large targets like a Pyramid so a gun for human hands is not going to cut it. We need something big. Something preferably from a weapons platform designed to take on threats like the Black Fleet that can crack its hull like crunching a Toblerone.

[@xarm23]

@@acgearsandarms1343 I was thinking artillary-sized at minimum. Just glue a warsat on top of a pistol and let us float in space going ham on anything that looks interesting. btw I also view guardians as a bit like warhammer 40k orcs when it comes to guns. I would not be surprised that if a particularly silver-tounged person could convince a guardian that a stick was a gun, the guardian could use said stick as a gun.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@xarm23 You’re missing my point. What we need to destroy a Pyramid can’t be used by ground troops, like Guardians. It’s not going to be powerful enough. It has to be bigger.

[@jagg3722]

@@acgearsandarms1343 Those cloud strider rockets looked like they could do some serious damage to the pyramids.Nanite tech could well be more important than strand when it comes to defeating the witness

[@vernaltear]

I’m genuinely surprised that Rasputin, in his godlike power capable of destroying even the Traveler, couldn’t pull up google translate to speak with us.

[@3ndlessL00p]

I wonder if we will learn more about what actually happened during the collapse, now. I guess Red might need more of his memories restored, but I just want it outright confirmed if The Traveler tried to leave us like it did the Eliksni, and if Red really was the one to prevent that.

[@TheArrivalCyberse]

You believe the traveler was about to leave and Rasputin prevented it, which is why it has been sitting there stationary for so long?

[@DeuceFoo]

Very plausible

[@oVoidhawko]

@@TheArrivalCyberse I do. Gutting the traveller as part of the ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE /YUGA SUNDOWN protocols would not be out of the question. Stop the traveller from running, and force a release of paracausal force. Savathun's scheme worked well here too, giving humanity a chance to survive the whirlwind

[@3ndlessL00p]

Come to think of it, that might be a useful mini-reveal for the Lightfall campaign, like the one at the end of the Parasite mission about Savathuns involvement in the Collapse.

[@chaps4627]

NOW WE NEED A RAID WITH A GIANT CLOVIS EXO BOSS!!!

[@daiboy456]

I love that when you do the Europa battleground after this Clovis comes onto comms with "ahh good you've changed your mind and come to help me". Also, since Clovis likely had access to vanguard files and archives from the helm, what are the chances that "they know" isn't about us knowing his plan but some information that Xivu was after, such as the location of Savathun's body?

[@Smyl3z]

Sorry your break got interrupted lol. Really cool lore this week nonetheless. You think there’s any lore on the Exo Dog?

[@NobleVI_343]

Lore: Bungo: buy the plushie!!

[@donvansnarr198]

Appreciate you taking the time to cover this Byf. Mind-blowing lore that cracked half the story wide open.

[@Jacules]

I'm so glad we have Red back, is a for-sure ally, and that we can actually speak to and understand him. I'm a little worried that big-head Clovis knows we know his plan, but I'm sure that won't be an issue or anything, right? 😅

[@iamtetsuo8348]

Praise the traveler. I was just looking for a new video while working and saw this pop up

[@cmdrshprd4219]

Always love your content byf

[@TJMODLA]

Thanks for taking the time Byf!

[@tommcclintock1641]

thanks for coming off your well deserved break to cover this byf, we all really apprciate it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BloodiedShingle]

Some spoilery stuff ahead for those who haven't done the weekly story. As a newcomer to all this, both leading up to and after the big confrontation scene in the HELM, I was waiting for a trick, some hidden ploy that Clovis used to remain in the EXO frame or that he was pretending to speak as Rasputin... and then I was asked to go talk with Ana and make sure she was okay. I remember the relief flooding in, knowing Clovis was no longer at our proverbial backs.

[@flyingparkinglot1530]

Wow what a week for lore…Rasputin is alive! And Byf was right, Clovis was an evil bastard from the start. People were saying “we’re gonna team up now” no…I’m glad Bungie didn’t choose the cheesy way out, some villains stay as villains. I’m just touched Rasputin is willing to help us now, Ana gave him the personality to will. That’s just awesome man. Maybe through his experience with The Witness in the past, will he give us hints to defeating it for good this time. Other than using our weapons and space magic to do it. If you want to compare lore, this season was the best we had in many years to be honest

[@eyzic7360]

Thank you for coming back to work for this amazing video. Always makes me excited to see a new lore video from you.

[@MrBlindmage]

Thanks for coming back from break for this one Byf. Definitely a big lore week out of nowhere.

[@hunter2509]

I really hope we get to see a lore tab or an in game example of the Drifter being a bad influence on Rasputin. Just imagine a game of gambit. Rasputin hanging back, cuz he only has the one body, his team is carrying him through thinking he's useless, until a warsat just smears the primeval as soon as it's vulnerable.

[@Gyrokaenzo212]

I'd like Rasputin to explain his message in D1 " never ask for anything, never anything especially from those stronger than you, they will make the demands and ask themself " I feel his tyrant phase was still lingering

[@Azrael_Equinox]

That was the IO quest btw

[@Red_the_pirate]

I think the line was actually "they will give everything themselves" or something like that. It's been a while since so i don't 100% remember, and at the time i thought it his way of saying "don't bother me, if humanity's in trouble, i'll help of my own accord".

[@lostsurferjames5]

I knew as soon as I watched the cut scene that Byf was not gonna miss this 😆 thanks for making the content man!

[@gmdragon117]

Byf release both videos! We love any content we can get!!

[@12SlimJims]

Clovis Bray was split into 2 personalities correct? Banshee and AI on Europa? If his better side of Banshee and evil side embraced each other maybe we could get a character that saw the error of his ways like how Rasputin and Felwinter combined this week.

[@voltus20]

Knowing Clovis, he would see Banshee as a vessel full of the weaknesses he had before "ascending" to what he is now, and what he wants to be. I doubt such a meeting would end well for old Banshee.

[@outbreakperfected5704]

@@voltus20 just imagine the meeting between banshee and Rasputin

[@eliaspanayi3465]

I'd rather clovis just be an irredeemable evil bastard, not every villain has to be reconciled and turned to our side

[@ifirespondiamstupid7750]

@@eliaspanayi3465 not really, they did that crap with Eramis even though we didnt want her as an ally. Might as well get some part of Clovis as an ally.

[@Silkie_Dragon]

What if Rasputin is able to puncture the traveler because Clovis’s hand was guided by the witness in building Rasputin? What if shooting down the traveler using Rasputin was the witness’s attempt at snuffing out the light, and now this was take-2 of that attempt?

[@MutatedAmerican]

Oh damn! You may be on to something 🤔

[@MrJakeasaur98]

It wouldn't surprise me. This year has seen several instances of apparent attempts to sow distrust between our allies - between Caiatl and her nightmare of Ghaul, Misraaks' past, and Clovis' intended purpose for Rasputin.

[@stalkholm5227]

Byf, thanks for taking time out of your holiday to make this video for us!

[@Bl4keW]

Appreciate the update!

[@Iceman-kr6df]

Very rarely does a video game actually bring me to tears, but that moment of Rasputin telling us to go check on Ana genuinely brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face. Red is back baby, and in a very round about way, Felwinter is too Supplementary edit: I find it strange that Ana comments that Rasputin basically couldn’t speak when in warmind he seems perfectly capable of speaking in backwards Russian

[@Avelithe]

Honestly thrilled to see that there are players who love this season. I posted on the forums that I liked it, and got a lot of hate for it. I felt like the minority. Glad to know that’s not the case, judging by the comments here Excited to listen to this video!

[@AwashimaSeriLieutenant]

I enjoy these kinds of videos Byf, they feel a lot more natural and its fun to hear you this way! Please do more of these

[@Shad0w_vt]

Enjoy the rest of your break! Thanks for coming back for this though! 😁

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

This week's story feels wild in a lot of ways, but most of all we got the thing that seemed like it was going to happen at the end before the midway point. Big expectation reset for the whole season. And boy does it obliterate the activating Rasputin as the trap from xivu thing seeing as, well, no portal with xivu walking through. To what extent does this mean we got a totally unexpected Felwinter resurrection? Because some of the things new Rasputin says feel a lot like a Felwinter resurrection. There is a huge piece here that both ties into some other topics that have been coming up, and suddenly is in play in a big way now. Abhorrent Imperative having not happened creates a giant question of "why didn't the traveler abandon the sol system and instead stand and fight this time?" That ties in with the eliksni alliance and politics and philosophy and awoken origins and aims and lucent hive everything and Elsie Bray timeloops in a huge way. It also points more questions at savathun and nezarec potentially.

[@givibo6340]

As for the Traveler not leaving , if I remember correctly, the Fundament ghost shell lore talked about Savathun tricking a bunch of humans during the Collapse into enacting a Hive ritual similar to the one she used to chain the Traveler inside her Throneworld in the Witch Queen campaign.

[@spectrex]

Ghost Fragment: The Traveler 2 from the old Grimoire is written from what is most likely the Traveler's perspective. since it's part of the whole Dreams of Alpha Lupi, since Alpha Lupi represents the Traveler, much like in Clovis's journals. In it, even before getting to our system it seems determined to finally make a stand against its pursuer rather than keep running.

[@tigerstorm6622]

After so many years, it at long last has come back to Rasputin having a body. But that’s not all…Russia’s greatest love machine now speaks English.

[@MyDailyRoutinee]

A beautiful cut scene & back story of everything we didn’t know. Amazing! Appreciate the upload Byf! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@castleXgeek]

Your videos keep me interested when I don't have time to grind the game. So I have come accustomed to learning story from you and playing through things as quickly as possible when I get time. Keep up the great work.

[@bobby886]

Your viewership is quite enough for me… always appreciate a new video byf. Cheers. Hope you found respite in your time off.

[@smoochmygooch]

Was just waiting for this! Hype

[@Tango_Mike]

I was not expecting a video on this now. Thank you so much for going out of your way to deliver this to us. Wish you a happy new year and looking forward to the next stuff!

[@lezestykiwi909]

Your genuine giggle near the end was awesome lol

[@loganjohnson1375]

Thank you Byf for taking the time to do this. You're the real MVP!

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[@RhianKristen]

I'm sorry about your break, but man was this a cool lore drop! :)

[@jacobphillips369]

Thanks for cutting out some time from your well deserved break to drop the vid. I wouldn’t be able to keep track of this story w/o you

[@Ash_6614]

thank you for the video despite you being on break, it's appreciated by all of us, now go have fun and a happy new year!

[@silverwolf2761]

Thanks for doing this on your break Byf - we appreciate it. My mates and I were just waiting for Clovis to betray us - was just a matter of when.

[@eleanorcerar6273]

Glad to hear you were taking a well-earned break! Sorry all hell broke loose in the meantime...

[@pineapplemaster2114]

I knew you wouldnt pass over a story this interesting !

[@Jesus_69]

Love the videos man, been here 7 years on destiny and watching your content. Nothing compares🙏I’m glad you made this when I played the mission on Tuesday It left me speechless quite a turn. Keep it up tho Byf 🤙

[@REDcladSPECTER]

Just wanted to say that you are champ Byf. You totally didn’t have to work during your holiday to put this video out to us, but I can say that the fact you did does not go unappreciated. I do hope you can enjoy the rest of your holiday without further interruption though. You deserve it after all.

[@chogan73]

Been waitin for this one since I finished the story yesterday

[@Merlinul1]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video man. Enjoy the break, Happy New Year and see you starside.

[@Lyetta0]

Thank you for coming back to work just for this, it was really important. Your covering on this is indispensable, always needed. Enjoy the holidays and vacation, guys. You deserve it. Might next tuesday a video on Lord Saladin's thoughts be coming? No rush, at all.

[@prstechnic1774]

Me listening to the d1 orbit music instead of byf. Awesome video

[@jessebroberg]

Keep Up The Great Work!!! I don't play it anymore, but I do still always watch your videos to keep up with the story and lore :)

[@rowantheminotaur6120]

Bro. when the Warmind theme started playing when you interact with Rasputin for the first time is just *fire*

[@apricotcharms4126]

I love your dedication to giving us videos and still letting your editor have the Christmas break. We gotta get you to 1m before newyears

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[@DarkEmpire-lp5et]

Thank you.. for everything

[@zerocoolaow5122]

Excellent work 👏

[@nammajamma]

Love you byf ❤️

[@andyf18]

Nice work. You are going to be part of the reason I’m coming back to destiny.

[@dirtysanchez9324]

Holy crap I was expecting another drawn out week of bits a pieces of the seasonal story but man what a lore drop!

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[@nicki8584]

Funny cuz I just watched your felwinter video the other day so I was extra freaking out when they started talking about him again

[@Dhairyasheel192]

I just love the way The Warmind theme starts playing when we start talking to Rasputin in the frame. It's the little things ❤️

[@radamanthys0223]

let me stop here for a moment to say: that voice actor that does Clovis/Rasputin, mad respect for those skills, I know there's some (a lot) of audio retouch there but that was hella good

[@highlordsamurai9459]

This makes me think about the Apotheosis bit in the flavor text for some of the Ikelos weapons. This is a pretty big point and it's an interesting think-piece to consider for their future.

[@kelbyhowell3332]

Thank you for interrupting your break for us! Please go back to relaxing and enjoy the rest of your break 😊

[@MovadoMj]

Thank you byf

[@copperthief9454]

Thank you Lore Daddy for coming back on your break to share your thoughts on this

[@resonantmoonaudio]

Was floored by this lore and was wondering if you'd be coming back with thoughts before your break was done. Go have a good New Year's Byf, Martin, and Fam

[@BlightedRefulgence]

That story line was sick dude

[@captindo]

Merry Christmas and, go relax dude, ya need a break like every one else. Cheers from Canada Byf.

[@ArcherOrant]

Me playing the latest missions: “Oh Byf is going to have a field day with this!”