Destiny 2 Lore - The Lore of the Duality Dungeon! The Calus Mind Heist! Season of the Haunted!

Go and support our Charity marathon: / gcxevent Destiny 2's Lore and Story surrounding the Duality Dungeon tells us about the Mind Heist that Eris undertook in Calus's Mind! The Season of the Haunted sees us facing our nightmares, the Duality Dungeon sees us facing Calus's greatest shames and darkest secrets to discover his darkest ambition!
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[@Forcer69]

This dungeon is called Duality, yet I haven’t seen the exotic shotgun once. I think we’ve been bamboozled

[@maxwall2512]

Indeed

[@The5lacker]

I should give that sucker a try again, that'd be fun to pair with that new Ophidian Grasp ornament.

[@Mizzyxmiz]

No

[@Dlo2018]

Just run the dungeon for 72 more hours and you might get the perks you want.

[@chunkyrobbitanmixer6926]

On my first run, when I get access to the dungeon, I want to use the Duality, while I'm doing Duality

[@RightANDTruong]

I think we messed up, BIG TIME! We went into Calus's mind and killed off all of his greatest fears. He's now fearless, untethered, emboldened. Think of how meditation works, we freed his mind of fear, doubt and regret.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

This is a great thought

[@afetzer666]

These are memories the witness did all this already, and we're just walking his path through his calus' mind

[@robert2german]

I am of the opinion that, like with a Persona 5 Palace, what we did in Duality has had some sort effect on Calus’s psyche. Whatever that effect is, we have yet to see.

[@theSixPathsOfTrains]

You make good point.

[@lorenblueearth5657]

He killed his daughters dog i now understand why she wants him dead that’s some unforgivable shit right there

[@tacos5718]

Don’t forget about the magical gravity field of the dungeon that instant kills you by sending you into a wall or floor at Mach 12 for looking in the general direction of an enemy

[@colinwilliams3459]

What

[@fifthcamel8109]

@@colinwilliams3459 a lot of people have failed solo flawless master or just died in master because of some weird phisics thing that is just sending people into walls and killing them. especially in the first encounter

[@elijahford3696]

@@fifthcamel8109 Friction just seems to be bugged in the area. Been getting thrown around in my second legendary campaign by cabal a lot.

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

Titans are specifically good at finding these strange gravity traps

[@colinwilliams3459]

@@fifthcamel8109 I did my solo flawless earlier this week and had no problems getting physiced. Although I had my fair share of bugs I didn’t get sent into walls

[@halberd-3291]

I think my favorite part of the lore of this dungeon is that we learned more objectively about the Midnight Coup. The revelation that I commented on in a previous video, that the decision to exile Calus wasn’t made by Ghaul, but Caiatl, makes the relationship between her and Calus even more fascinating. It raises more questions about her: did she do it out of a faint sense of compassion for her father despite everything, or did she do it because she wanted him to suffer more than he would have if he’d been executed by Ghaul? I think when it’s time for Caiatl’s nightmare, we should consider the following: maybe Caiatl’s obsession with bringing down her father comes from a deep place of guilt, because if she had just let Ghaul kill him, none of this would have happened. This could be a weakness for Ghaul’s nightmare to exploit, especially if the two had the relationship recent lore suggests, Caiatl being inspired by his warrior mentality and possibility being a kind of student to him.

[@pirate_duck4985]

Hadn't thought about the first part which is actually a fascinating point. Did Caiatl act with compassion or spite? What made her turn her back on her father!? I've been thinking the reason she wants to avoid her own Nightmare is because she had a loving relationship with Ghaul & essentially everything that happened led him to lose his mind & life in the chase of absolute power (The same as her Father!)

[@halberd-3291]

@@pirate_duck4985 Actually, now that you mention it… Ghaul was obsessed with the Light, while Calus became obsessed with the Darkness. It’s like poetry.

[@ocfos88]

@@pirate_duck4985 What made her turn her back on her father, was when he killed her dog. That was the moment she went against him.

[@patrickprimeaux711]

Ghaul and caitl were fuckin?... that sure is news to me

[@pirate_duck4985]

@@patrickprimeaux711 Seems that way! Makes sense when you think about it... She's a princess her Daddy is in charge & Ghaul is her Daddies champion, his Dominous highest ranking elite type.

[@Xenyre_The_Fool]

Just some general advice…., the need to rush is all in your mind. I get the need for efficiency in Master, but for general runs, don’t wipe your encounters because you wanna move at turbo. It’s Calus’ mind we’re pulling apart, not our own.

[@ThaGodLegacyHD]

Many players won't be driving into this paywalled dungeon. And while I know it's possible to solo this, dungeons in general should allow for matchmaking.

[@VergilPeterson]

@@ThaGodLegacyHD I disagree. I don’t want to be matched with a bunch of shitters trying it for the first time. Lfg is not hard to use

[@digiv3nom]

You’re right. I’m wiping in the first boss as I try to solo cuz I really push the clock. If it takes me extra damage phases, I should just do it and be patient. It’s regularly a 2-3 phase with a full LFG team. I shouldn’t be frustrated if I take longer. Thank you, guardian.

[@intensitygate2148]

@@ThaGodLegacyHD How dare bungie make us pay for the game >:(

[@bobthedopeman7327]

@@VergilPeterson yea I haven't played in a long time. Used to be a die hard player but I fell too behind. But I feel you man. People used complain about raids not having match making as well. Would have been a shit show.

[@AgentZombie6021]

I have A theory sort of about the dungeon. In the Vow raid lore its shown that Rhulk was shown parts of his past by the witness as part of his conversion to a disciple. I'd like to think this dungeon is us getting a direct peek at the same

[@DeusExAngelo]

Remember how the D1 lore for Hive Swords mention the blade remembers it’s kills? I don’t think that’s just poetry/symbolism anymore, I think that has a literal meaning for not just those swords…but the Sword Logic, The Witness, and Darkness generally. Whatever is slain by them, remains as memory, as memento of what was survived and/or conquered.

[@Cheletiba]

@@DeusExAngelo That also makes sense as the recent lore about the link between the Darkness and memory was revealed this last two seasons.

[@day_tiger7981]

Ohhh you mean the voice lines of Calus are his reactions in the moment the past events are shown to him by the witness. That is a really good theory. I like it.

[@xenonlord101]

The lore about hive swords was never just poetry. From the moment you fight Crota, you realize this. The only way to break the shield of Crota was to damage it with something of equal strength. Something like the power of swords that have slain millions. Power that passes through at the moment of kill, at the moment of death. It isn't any sword we use. It's the blade of an ascendant knight, some of the strongest amongst the hive, the longest lived, the greatest champions the hive have seen. Only their blades have soaked up enough literal power to cut down Crota. Those same blades that literally fed Crota power (sword logic) have fed him death. And that's on Hive magic. On the power of the Darkness.

[@Arctic7985]

Yo man is a soothsayer

[@kylebettey]

Calling it now, us killing Calus' nightmares allows him to shed his corporeal flesh and ascend into full Disciple-dom. He's gonna pull some 6 dimensional chess move on us, "I wanted you to complete the dungeon all along!" Edit 2 months later: I'm not saying I called it, but I feel like I was pretty close

[@elitegamer9310]

I'm not sure about that. He was actually begging us to not open the Vault in his mind that contained the Nightmare of Caiatl, so he probably didn't want us snooping around in his mindscape. But then again, it's weird how a statue of Calus in the old Tribute Hall just happened to still be connected to Calus's mind.

[@DK-1474]

@@elitegamer9310 calus talks about how egregore has made it so the whole leviathan is basically his body now. But he has an affinity of talking through calus automatons still. So maybe his own personal connection/view of himself lets those statues be easy points of contact where his presence is seen more.

[@lukebarroso449]

Before this season I was always neutral towards calus. I used to be drawn to his eccentric nature, but I see he is even more insane than I thought he was.

[@Dlo2018]

Unfortunately it doesn’t matter

[@kgillie2030]

Same

[@ford427v8]

>me meeting Calus the next time and pretending to accept him >"I was wrong about you. You're not crazy. You're batshit insane!"

[@lukebarroso449]

@@ford427v8 that's amazing

[@giantenemybird2687]

i liked him until I saw byf's video about Calus killing Caiatl's dog. Now I hate him more than any other character.

[@danconti5984]

I enjoy how Calus doesn't have a nightmare of Ghaul within his own mind during the vault encounter, basically proving he thinks so little of Ghaul that he won't even include him as a major part of the coup. Also they brought back Ghaul's VA and I could not be happier to have heard Ghaul's voice for the first time in the dungeon, was so surreal remembering him kicking me off the side of a ship. Edit: the more u see Calus's story, the more similar it is to Rhulk, Eramis, and the Hive gods. All had grand ambitions for a better future, all were betrayed by those they considered closest to them, all were found by the Witness at their lowest point, and both returned to destroy their homes in revenge, and pave a new path to the future of the Darkness. (Calus did not directly destroy Torobatl, but no doubt he had a hand in it at some level, possibly coordinating with Xivu Arath or giving her some aid that led to her being able to infect the mind of Umun Arath. Now, however, he is actively destroying the remaining Cabal, turning them into pawns for the witness, even now hundreds of cabal are defecting to Calus, and Caital's weak leadership skills cannot stop the flood.)

[@MagatsuDiarahan]

Right? I felt the same hearing Ghaul's VA back. It reminds me of vanilla D2 and how much I wish Ghaul had been fleshed out more.

[@danconti5984]

@@MagatsuDiarahan We'll probably get more Ghaul lore when Caital's nightmare week comes around, just like we are getting more lore for Zavala's Wife now that Crow's nightmare has been tamed.

[@Sorcha_Sol]

@@danconti5984 what I wonder is would be how is caital gonna turn ghaul's nightmare into a memory and how will everyone react to seeing him

[@danconti5984]

@@Sorcha_Sol We've already faced him in the pyramid on the moon, and at this point we have decimated the Red Legion to the point that I think in the lore tab its referenced that a lot of the Red Legion have just given up and fled, while those that remain do so while being hunted by guardians for sport because they have no way back home. We've basically turned the Red Legion into a mockery for new lights to go around and test their skills on. It's why Calus's cloning op is nonstop now, pushing out loyalist clones, because he knows what we are truly capable of. It's also why the Red Legion in Caital's army defect so easily, because having the ones that go around slaughtering them now commanding them is insulting on several levels.

[@elijahford3696]

Eramis too. The witness has a type.

[@RainingSynthwave]

Hi! Very small criticism, but the volume of the audio seems very very quiet even at max in my earbuds. Just wanted to bring that to your attention if you could please increase the audio volume for future videos. Thanks Byf! Love your content

[@SageDarktalon]

i have that issue and i often cant hear the voice audio over the sound of gunfire as well

[@ivsmithiv927]

Yessssss

[@justhefritz]

I've commented this a couple of times in the last few months... for some reason all the videos have really low audio!

[@Annoyachu]

Came here to say this myself. Glad it's not just my ear buds. I want to support the channel and usually let ads just play out... but the volume difference is deafeningly noticeable there!

[@babatunde9992]

Read the subtitles?

[@magic_cfw]

I imagine that the Witness reveals the greatest desires of whom it communes with to weaken them so they can "grasp" their minds. Calus was shown a future where he is "the last". Through this, he succumbed to the Witness. Mara was also shown "an end", but instead of accepting it, she manages to wrought herself out (perhaps due to her familarity with the paracausal).

[@NorthernHarker]

I actually dont think i agree with this. I think the Witness really does just want to live in between the light and dark like calus said, in freedom, not bound to the paracausal forces of reality. There was a quote from the Winnower saying something along the lines of "Those who prefer no existence to a flawed one bore me." Directly calling out the Witness. Also meaning the "space between the threads of light and dark" might just be death or some other form of nonexistence

[@papercamera2989]

@@NorthernHarker the winnower could referring to nihilism. And going off the collective obligation lore tab that isn’t true as it shows Rulk following the sword logic perfectly. Rulk and the witnesses also made the hive take darkness instead of light

[@tobiebrown3756]

This lines up eerily well with Clovis' delusions of being the LUCA of human thought. I can see one of the next couple seasons being centered around him becoming a disciple. That could pretty easily tie in to the loose thread of Ana and Rasputin, and give Elsie something to do.

[@papercamera2989]

@@tobiebrown3756 well he was influenced directly by the witness to make exos and how being the last, strongest thing would appeal to his arrogance so that makes sense however I don’t really see him fitting in with the disciples without him becoming a lot more extreme in in his beliefs

[@johngancarcik5682]

@@tobiebrown3756 siva?

[@Dingleberryjohn668]

Gather around Guardians! Lore master Byf brings more tales of the paraverse!

[@absolutionveil8632]

It's interesting just how much the Egregore and Siva have in common when you think about it. And when also knowing that Clovis Bray made many of his inventions after contact with various form of darkness, it's not really much of a stretch to say that Siva could be a synthetic version of the Egregore

[@CoolAndrew89]

So SIVA is darkness as well? Siva subclass when?????!!!1???

[@absolutionveil8632]

@@CoolAndrew89 Well it's man made. The exos for instance were made after Clovis encountered the darkness, and likely designed them after the Vex. It's just my personal theory

[@CoolAndrew89]

@@absolutionveil8632 "Basically Clovis Bray created Exos but they kept breaking down (massive understatement) because the randomness the human mind needs was not present in the Exo form. He came into contact with the Darkness which he terms Clarity Control, he then came into contact with the Vex and realised the Radiolaria (Vex mind fluid / Vex milk) had certain properties that when exposed to Clarity Control created the required randomness that would allow the human mind not go insane inside the perfect Exo form. Essentially he introduced randomness using the Darkness exposed Vex fluid and this made the Exos stable. This is how all the Exos that are in the Destiny lore are created except Ada-1." A comment from some reddit threat talking about the Exo's connection to Darkness and the Vex

[@TheDaniRainbow]

Hey, just some feedback. The sections that have voice lines from the game only are extremely quiet. If possible I think it would be great if the in game voices could have the same volume as your voice over

[@ghostrobot3714]

This needs more likes. I was listening in another room, and it just sounded like awkward extended pauses every few minutes.

[@aidansilvia2663]

I can’t be the only person who thinks calus’ desire to leave his failing body sounds eerily familiar. I don’t think its a stretch to say that the pyramid wasn’t the only thing his loyalists were investigating on Europa.

[@Sorcha_Sol]

Didn't one cabal In season 13 already tried that tho but couldn't find the crypt

[@joshuafranz7416]

@@Sorcha_Sol that is true, but that doesn't mean they won't keep looking

[@Sorcha_Sol]

Yea but what would they find first Clovis or the deep stone crypt

[@deathfromthedepths]

Don't forget that the crypt is basically defenseless due to us body slamming the space station ontop of it.

[@cryptic_daemon_]

There is a pattern im starting to notice and maybe this is just me, but hey here are my thoughts. Every Disciple of the Witness, represents a survivor of their own species or faction or being abandoned by their own species, with Rhulk being the last of their own kind on Lubrae having destroyed it, Calus being betrayed of his consul in the Midnight Coup, and potentially Eramis due to here lost faith in the light. It would seem that the Witness values those who follow the ideals of the Darkness. But I could be totally wrong, and I thought it felt worth mentioning. And as to why the Witness would give guardians a Pyrimid Ship, I don't know. Hope my thoughts are Coherent enough!

[@Crazedviewer]

Wow, you're actually right. And I think it makes it.more tragic that the three examples wanted what was best for their respected species. So it made it that much easier for the Witness to manipulate them.

[@jem-jams]

Just a technical note: the audio for the dungeon/Calus' memories is much quieter than the VO and commentary, to the point where I almost can't hear it. The volume I have to listen in order to hear Calus makes Byf very loud.

[@arcadeinvader8086]

I love juxtaposition of a kind of "out there" premise mixed with exactly the same kind of gameplay. Eris: We're invading calus's mind Guardian: Cool, how are we doing that Eris: You're gonna go into a place and shoot some enemies and you might need to stand near something or pick something up and move it Guardian: I have been preparing for this my entire life It's like how in the sonic universe every problem conveniently requires super speed to solve

[@deadmemes719]

First the moon was haunted, now Calus’s mind is haunted

[@blerick1606]

My first reaction walking through the beginning of the dungeon was like "look how they massacured my tribute hall, such a shame of materials"

[@Josh-oh5bs]

Sorry babe,45 min Daddy Byf Lore Video!

[@woundedhealer8575]

Despite this lore, I still find it hard to believe that Calus is a Disciple. I find it more likely that the Witness is using him to lay out breadcrumbs for us. In other words, I think the Witness is interested in making us a Disciple more so than anyone else. I think it wants us to use what we learn hear to become one, because it knows that we think we might be able to use those powers against it. But of course, it’s a trap.

[@Ryprovis]

Thank you Master Byf. For all your hard work and amazing work. The love is obvious and it is such a privilege to be a Guardian during the time when Byf is. You (and your crew) ROCK!!!

[@robert2german]

I said it before on other comment sections about Duality, and I will say it again here: this is practically a Persona 5-style Palace infiltration.

[@Mediados]

Just that this palace is a big ass ship. Seriously, it's a testament to everything the Cabal Empire hates. A waste of resources, inefficient, impractical, and most of all, opulent.

[@DeusExAngelo]

I’m also reminded of the old lore entry for Hive Cleavers, where the swords would remember those slain on their edge Perhaps that concept is why the Darkness/Sword Logic is tied to memory. To remember what one has survived and conquered. It makes me wonder if Psions and the Mindscape are tied to Deepsight in some way…among many other things in Destiny we’ve seen so far. We’ve seen that Nightmares are fear, trauma, and regret made real using the powers of Darkness. When we use Deepsight, we manifest platforms, sensations, or even items from memory. (Likely this works because it’s Savathûn’s Throne World, and is shaped by her mind. So perhaps it has memory.) Is it possible that Mindscapes and the dungeon are pseudo-throne worlds of sorts? Born from the thoughts, memories, and personality interacting with the Ascendant Plane for a time? We also are able access Exo Trials on Europa which seem very similar to Mindscapes, same with the Vex Domains. I wonder if they act on similar principles to Deepsight.

[@thecastleofnothing7074]

*Raiding the mind of calus and finds.....his other fanfics* please help me. I SAW THE JAR!

[@isaacunruh1313]

who here has solo flawlessed the dungeon yet?

[@Josh-oh5bs]

I did

[@derekkoch8777]

I died.

[@Dlo2018]

Who cares

[@isaacunruh1313]

@@Dlo2018 someone’s not good enough to do it

[@killclip6449]

Bruh really came to a comment section just to say he solo’ed a dungeon lmao

[@ElectricBanelinggoo]

A criticism, in game audio & voices have been incredibly quiet and muted for the last several videos. Makes it very difficult to focus on when I'm constantly having to tweak volume because of it, because you come in loud as hell after.

[@TheDragonman55]

Wasn't Rhulk the last of his kind? Maybe this is part of how The Witness makes disciples. Members of species that The Witness wiped out, that helped him do it, rather than resisting The Witness's plan. And now Calus is next in line to become a disciple, to be "The Last" of the Cabal.

[@newtypeshot]

Byf one thing I didn't get about the 10th memory was when Calus said the Witness desires "freedom from the greater design". Doesn't that go against the Winnower wanting to stick to the pattern in the Unveiling lore book?

[@pifilixxiv3192]

I think it's more related to the greater design of like bomb logic and the light

[@truthteller880]

Yes. The witness is not the winnower probably. The witness wears the darkness like a cloak they aren't the darkness itself. It stands to reason that they don't necessarily have the darkness' best interest in mind.

[@OwenTheStone]

Based off of the Unveiling book, it actually makes sense for the Witness to want the end of both Light and Dark. According to the book, the Darkness as a paracausal force was only created by the Winnower as a response to the Gardener creating the Light. Assuming the Winnower and the Witness are the same, or at least that their goals are aligned, it makes sense that the Witness would want to exterminate all paracausality from the universe to allow The Final Shape to take form uninterrupted

[@jewilliams13jw]

Anybody else think that eris is acting more sus than usual? There really wasn't a reason to hide us going into calus mind scape from ikora and there isn't anything new that we learned from it. Unless we're there for another reason... To get rid of calus's nightmares to help him become stronger for the witness. I mean in Elsies timeline eris does betray us maybe we're just watching it unfold

[@hyperknuckles2258]

Savathun never obtained the light in elsie's time-line, she didn't need it because we had already fell to darkness. I'm interested to see how her time-line holds up to this one now.

[@jewilliams13jw]

@@hyperknuckles2258 I think it's gonna have the same outcome but different situations happening in-between. Every faction in game basically has the same prophecy: the tower falling. vex, hive, cabal, fallen hell even when we look into the future it's there

[@williamking1081]

Poor Calis had some good intentions at heart during the start, but like all things, it all withers away.....

[@GirthCheck]

OBVIOUSLY when he said guardians were just pawns he doesn't mean ME. He's talking about the greater guardian population. Calus loves me byf don't you lie like that.

[@fakename2926]

Honestly, it’s my headcanon that he’s speaking separately about ‘The Guardian’ and guardians in general.

[@couufdr]

The game audio is low idk if it's just me or the video

[@MW2proification]

Another interesting note earlier in the dungeon when we hear Ghaul and Calus talking, it appears that the truth behind the coup was not because the crowd would revolt, but because Ghaul stayed his hand by Caiatl’s request.

[@themanofstonks8804]

Hear me out, duality.... with duality. How painful would that be?

[@felicianomontoya]

Hey, Byf. I am a big fan of your videos but there has been something bugging me about them lately: the audio quality. Your audio is generally low and somewhat bass-heavy. I know you have a deeper voice with a darker tone, but a high pass filter would leave that in tact while not rumbling my desk. Also, a compressor. expander, or limiter so that you can really crank the volume up without clipping or distorting. The cheap and easy way is to put the high pass at 200hz on the master track. Then add a limiter and crank the volume of the audio tracks until they hit the limiter on the master track. As long as nothing clips, you are fine. A real compressor would have the benefit of making the whole video a similar volume, useful for when you use the quiet in-game dialogue. I say this because I frequently have to turn my volume way up for your videos, and then when another video auto-plays it blows my ears out. Your videos are otherwise so well-done that I just thought you might actually address this to make them even better.

[@InsomniacDoggo]

I can barely hear the dialogue audio in the video. I can hear byf just fine but the in game voices are super quiet.

[@verdinant_jay]

Didn’t Savathûn say something similar about standing between the lines of light and dark and looking up to see the being that has been watching us? I think it was when she was in her chrysalis during week 2.

[@InfernoPhilM]

The game audio is so quiet

[@1Ultimatehero]

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but this dungeon reminded me heavily about Silent Hill.

[@HybridRider2315]

If possible when you play dialouge audio can you can you turn the sfx volume lower? I listen to your videos while I drive, so I can't follow subtitles and it's hard to understand dialouge when gunshots and abilities are going off.

[@jamesrichardson9355]

Honestly I really hope bunjie put the old leviathan guns back into this dungeon. It would kinda make sense to find them here.

[@sirwawski5922]

I was hoping they just bring back the raid at some point

[@truthteller880]

The leviathan guns are part of the public space on the leviathan right now. You can get opulent keys that open opulent chests. Plus they are craftable if you finish the deepsite on 5 of them.

[@sirwawski5922]

@@truthteller880 I think he was talking about the actual leviathan weapons from the raid such as midnight coup and sins of the past

[@jamesrichardson9355]

@@truthteller880 yeah I'm on about the y1 leviathan raid guns.

[@noneyahbusiness1]

Psssst, there are so many Dogs in the nightmare realm of the final fight with Caaitl because of what Calus did to Milos all those years ago… enjoy your tears. 😄

[@LilKittyKat-C]

I am either confused or just forgot, but why is Calus so interested in the Darkness?

[@lucycooper9149]

I think, either as a way back to power or as a way to support his ailing body (the bastard is old, even by Cabal standards). I think

[@10001vader]

@@lucycooper9149 He saw the darkness at the edge of the universe and decided that it will be unbeatable and will kill everyone in the universe. He wants to be the last thing alive in the universe.

[@Mediados]

Calus has always been a spiteful sociopath, I think he saw the raw power of the Darkness on his travels and sees it as a way to get revenge on the Empire and the daughter that betrayed him. He probably thinks he will find a way to survive the Final Shape, as mad as that is.

[@wearsjorge55]

@@10001vader spot on. The bloke stared into the abyss and death stared back, put a gun in his hand, turned him around, said "go on, show me what you'll do to survive" and gave him a smack on the bottom

[@robbiestafford6889]

Let’s ask the real question. We were involved in that ritual at the start of season. So what could possibly scare the guardian?

[@EL-Nope]

It's probably not intention but it's always funny when Byf is like "Take a look at this" and then an ad pops in lmao

[@chrisnichols2896]

The reason why our guardian isn’t involved in the storytelling is because the guardian is you. You built the guardian. You leveled up the guardian and you made him or her powerful. As such, you are used as a tool by the vanguard to run the errands and missions they can’t do, because they have to protect the last city. Occasionally they’ll leave the tower but for the most part it’s just you and your ghost on missions. That’s your story. Your story is the moment you first played destiny to now and your experiences along the way. You’ve been apart of the journey along with these characters the whole time. Some guardians are new and have never faced Crota, or Oryx. The guardians that did have that memory. Even guardians that faced Ghaul. Newer guardians weren’t here for that. Me? I fought Crota. I fought Oryx. Fought Ghaul and fought everything else except these new raids. I have a story in destiny that newer guardians have to read about in the tower at that little kiosk. See? You do have a story. The difference is, your story is real because it’s your experience. As the scripted story plays out, your story continues. Until the day you step away from destiny. That will be the day you retire as a guardian. On to do other things. But the scripted story will continue, and there will always be guardians to take your spot should you choose to leave. We can’t ever be defeated. The traveler created Gods. We defeat all opposition. In fact, we get so bored of fighting the opposition that we jump in the crucible and fight each other for fun. So we can assume that The Witness will not be a threat. No matter what he does, it is scripted for the guardian to be victorious. To become legend. We’ve been living out this legend since 2014. It’s 2022.

[@pifilixxiv3192]

*sigh* thank you for making me feel awful about the matter with me being unable to run destiny 2 anymore on my laptop, such can be life... Guess my guardians will stay behind defending the city in minor ways

[@Fuzznugg]

I have my airpods volume full blast and i can barely hear the ingame voices.

[@johnnysocket76]

This is a super cool haunted version of Inception. I love it

[@fishrechaun6425]

Considering that nightmares tend to be characters who are already dead, I do also wonder if the dungeon points to Calus attempting to clone Caiatl. 'Calus' Greatest Shame' could partially refer to reaching a point of madness of trying to restart his relationship with his daughter from the beginning. Given what we know about the clones though, I think the Caiatl we've seen in game would probably still be the original. I think I recall reading that the military clones weren't particularly intelligent.

[@byeahnana8447]

I don't think it'd so clear cut calus is entirely devoted to the witness. I think he still has room for even a little bit of redemption. For as much stuff about his devotion their is their is still alot about him regretting all this and his love for his daughter. I interpret his deepest shame not being how his daughter rebeled and defys him but all he did to her and how she hates him, and how he hasn't made peace with her.

[@imafuckingidiotbutithinkth6336]

take a listen: "extremely loud gunshots"

[@chinmaya2100]

26:00 and then he survived and went on to revive his teammates.

[@j3ttmaverick]

Calus is literally my most loved character in the whole Destiny saga. His dialogue is some of the best lines this game has to offer. Being excited for this season, is an understatement

[@raxos787]

If you pull out your ghost during the crypt areas the little text is basically calus expressing regret for tampering with bodies and creating the bathers. Really fun details throughout the dungeon

[@AngelsLance]

So I just had an outlandish theory. What if it wasn't Calus who actually ordered Milo to be killed? That would change everything about who Calus was and making Caiatl as much of a victim as Calus was. Remember most of Calus's truly insidious actions came after the Midnight Coop and his encounter with the Darkness, what if he truly was just a Cabal leader who valued peace and was overthrown by those who value the status quo? Much like how Rhulk went from freedom fighter to conquer after his encounter with the Witness.

[@fakename2926]

Actually, this would also fall in line with the Witness’s modus operandi, being to deceive his disciples into becoming such.

[@justinbateman233]

Some friendly advice, the i game audio is pretty hard to hear in your videos sometimes. Your voice is crystal clear but even on my truck audio I have trouble hearing what they are saying cause it’s so low by comparison. Love these videos though!

[@robertmuggeridge4736]

Does anyone else feel that Calus view of the Witness plan casts an odd light on the story of the winnower and the gardener? In that tale it feels like 'the darkness' is refering to itself as the winnower. And until now I think alot of us assumed that and that 'the darkness' is obviously now the Witness. But the winnower of the tale was a follower of the rules, it adored the pattern of the flower game, wanted to maintain it and it's perfect pattern. If Calus is right and the Witness wants to break the tapestry of light and dark then surely he is breaking the pattern which would contradict that perfect final shape? So whose lying? Has Calus been lied to and the witness is telling him it wants freedom but is really just pulling is all back into the flower game? Has Calus just misunderstood the Witness intention? Or Is the witness lying to us and its disciples and is not the winnower but actually wants to punish both the light and darkness by simple ending the game entirely? Crack pot theory and probably won't happen but I've always believed the guardians destiny is to merge light and dark and bring about a new pattern different to the winnowers perfect pattern and the lights chaotic creations. So what if this entire time we've believed the Witness was the avatar of darkness and bringing out the winnowers perfect pattern, it's "final shape" but what if it is actually a fourth power, neither winnower or gardener but instead he just wants to break the game entirely and end existence itself?

[@truthteller880]

Don't remember who said it but the witness isn't the darkness but they wear it like a cloak so it's likely they are just a very powerful wielder of the darkness I don't think the darkness itself is inherently evil.

[@thomassouchaud6465]

Hey BYF, are the spores in the Pleasure Gardens raid (Back when the dogs were there) the same as Egrogore spores in the Glykon and the Haunted Leviathan, just a mutated infused new Purified Egregore?

[@Morbmaster420]

If you open your ghost during encounters you can find out some very interesting things. For example, in the crypt Calus says he took DNA from the dead to make his clones

[@MrKillajay72191]

Thanks for the vids byf, been going through some stuff, but your vids help me relax.

[@whiteboideku983]

I think calus is my favorite destiny villan. There's something about his boss battle when he claps that just resonates with me. All the other raid bosses are all big man grunts

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

Calus is the best character in the entire game. The leviathan is a work of art.

[@whiteboideku983]

@@BrainWasherAttendent amen

[@kakkaohjus]

The In game voice lines seem a bit quiet.

[@nolanporter2212]

Ayo is there an in lore explanation for how the cabal speak english bc im fucked up about it rn

[@jacob-2271]

They practiced and learnt an entire language.All the enemy races have been around sol system for centuries so they've had more than enough time to pick it up but there is also translation tech that has been used in lore so it is rather ambiguous. Our ghost has even translated stuff on the fly so that's possible too

[@matthewmoss50]

Yeeeeah can’t hear Gaul or understand calus

[@digitizeddrifter6509]

At 38:30 Calus says that "I the herald." To me that seems like bungie's way of emphasizing/differentiating him from Rhulk. I personally have associated the title of "disciple" to Rhulk and I'm predicting Calus will be known as Herald of the Witness (or something close) at some point. It would probably be confusing years down the line if every servant of the Witness was named a "disciple" right? And Calus doesn't really seem like he'd fight personally for the Witness like other servants. But he would spread the word, like a herald for the end would do. Which could have to do with the egregore spores and the ability to link minds with them. They have been getting a lot of attention this season after all.

[@szxnv]

ahhh glorious glorious midnight routine

[@Crimson-ev4vl]

Let's go!!! It is always worth the wait, so don't worry about it if you have to take some more time on these!

[@zack1stplayer]

I've been spouting a crackpot theory about Calus since the first day of the season, Calus *is* the Leviathan, the whole ship. He is weaving his way through it using the Nightmares of the Moon to bait Guardians into fueling the Egregore Spores' insatiable hunger for death. Calus could have gone to any Pyramid Ship to commune with the Nightmares if that was his end goal, he specifically chose the Pyramid Ship on Earth's Moon because he knew we would see this and we would come to challenge him. If Calus wanted the Nightmares he wouldn't be stepping center stage demanding a spotlight shone upon him as he took their power.

[@truthteller880]

I disagree. You might have noticed that each pyramid ship seems to channel a different aspect of the darkness. For example the one on Europa does stasis, and Rhulks pyramid is deepsight. The one on the moon does the nightmares so Calus probably had no choice but to go there.

[@Noblesix84]

You know...I didn't think about grinding Phantasmal Fragments for Moon weapons until seeing how many Byf was collecting in the video. Should probably check up on that

[@devonhickman3428]

Hey so while watching this and thinking about the words used i got the sense of something that could be unique. I thought about how The Nine are described and how they are constantly said to be in the "In-between" of things plus in the pyramid ships there's all sorts of horses around where Rhalk shouldn't know of what a horse is but The Nine have the astral horse so could it be possible that The Witness has meet The Nine or is working for them in some way?

[@ilucasz]

Calus... So what we had was a lie all along?! So... what was US? A illusion?! What about the moments we shared? You can't just say that it meant nothing to you! WE HAD SOMETHING!

[@michaelstanton8363]

Brutus (manipulated by Cassius) becomes the main conspirator to take down Julius Caesar. Julius was a conqueror but also very generous and that was viewed as dangerous. The conspirators took their chance while they had it. This is Calus.

[@cashusbucks]

Lord Cashus-11 here with a seasonal Lore Update on "Banshee vs Telesto: mind over matter" A little over a week down, and things aren't looking good out of the gate. The Telesto arrived stealthily in the tower, and would have gone unnoticed had it not been for Banshee himself. He was seen holding the Telesto for questioning at launch by his gunsmith table, and it seemed like the credits could roll immediately on this seasonal story. But Telesto rarely moves without a plan, and it instantly began to test the limits of Banshee & The Tower natives. It has been moving itself between realities when you speak with Banshee. And will proc invis on the other vendors when you interact with them. It will even remove you from the tower if it feels you are a threat. So far we have Telesto winning the hearts of millions with its usual antics and Banshee/Clovis looking quite amateurish. But a certain look on Banshee's face as we cut to black, let's us know that he's not going down without a fight 💪🏾

[@PDXM4RK]

This dungeon so stupid. Where are we. Why are we. I hate it so much . Silly and immersion breking

[@themoosemessiah3639]

Byf really needs to hire someone to watch the video before he makes it public... how have his last 3 or 4 videos come out with the in game dialogue literally muted?

[@CoalFire]

Can't hear so much of the in game dialogue. Audio quality hasn't been good last few videos.

[@ProdByAD21]

I like that destiny now does story stuff with events, people, and places weve met and know about. Not just a random bad guy. For the most part haha.

[@NongIng]

Since Bungie stopped bundling dungeons with expansions, I will not be able to see this lore firsthand Thanks for the summaries

[@jhsrt985]

BYF ⚠️⚠️You're clear but the game is SUPER QUIET I have to keep changing volume. MAJOR FAIL EDITOR!! PLZ DO BETTER ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Edit: I can't just relax and enjoy your content. fk me😫😩😫😩

[@IrishZOMBIE117]

Always love the lore vids Byf, just an fyi the game audio in this one seems really quiet compared to your VO.

[@peteraustin9057]

Calus describing the witness' plan for the universe as "a closing of the circle" really lends itself to the idea that the destiny universe is (according to the witness) just a big battle royale. Calus reserving the right to be the last clearly shows that he wants the victory royale

[@SsgtTucker]

Calus wants to ascend into godhood? Then we'd best call of gaming's best god killers to help us, and that person is the Warrior of Light from Final Fantasy XIV lol Jokes asides, I've been calling the player Guardian Godsbane since we've destroyed The Black Garden's Heart, Crota, Oryx, the guy from the Wrath of the Machine raid in D1, Ghaul technically became godlike, Xol, and recently the Witch Queen, whose Ghost is hiding atm. The name seems to fit now more

[@blackwolfe9965]

There is an interesting connective story thread going on here: In the Altar of Reflection, during the "Two Truths, Two Lies" of the Catalyst variant, Savathun tells us that "the Witness seeks the Final Shape, and the Final Shape is... Nothing." The Prophecy Wall tells us that the "Witness will commune with the Traveller, and drink the Light". And now Calus is telling us that the Witness sees beyond Light and Dark. So I'm thinking Lightfall will see the Pyramid Fleet return and the Witness, an ascendant being who has mastery over darkness, will defeat the Traveler and absorb the Light, becoming a master of both Paracausal forces.

[@PheonixLs]

So.. we kill calus’ nightmares.. but why? Why kill the bad guy’s nightmares? Don’t we WANT him to be reminded of his past, as to keep him from his destructive future?

[@kurohaizaki8951]

Endgame: Time Heist Heist Movies: Money Heist Duality: Mind Heist When are we getting an Eververse Heist where we can get some previously limited time ornaments or annual seasonal gear? Actually why does that sound good? Raid boss is Fen Church using Silver discs.

[@kumbertjoehl-lee8898]

I hope they kinda are drawing inspiration, with the Cabal as a whole, from Warhammer40K in terms of how they handle Loyalists and "Heretics". They really could bring in some influence maybe design future Heretic Cabal soldiers where you see how they changed from following the witness and Calus instead of Caiatl. It probably is just wishfull thinking but i hope they do.

[@elijahford3696]

He's truly one of the best villains in the series, the hive gods having enough history to match. They picked his name well.

[@Pwa08]

When I listen with headphones and an ad plays it scars the crap out of me. Can you fix audio please?

[@awesomearchivist1705]

This dungeon is like sweet chili doritos, my stomach ulcers hate them (psion jackel snipers) but my mind and tastebuds love them (the lore and game mechanics) a..............duality you might say.

[@pheade1254]

Just wanted to draw attention to one of the first lore quotes: ..."If violence carved us into the SHAPE of what we are now, then so shall violence be that SHAPE'S undoing" (emphasis mine).

[@shadowproductions7829]

I think that The Witness is just using Calus as a useful idiot. I mean Calus is so obsessed with the Darkness that The Witness has probably just given up; and is stringing him along now. Calus has proven that he'll do anything to be accepted by the Darkness. So why wouldn't The Witness take full advantage of that?

[@hydenfullrunner]

Anyone else having a hard time hearing in game dialog?

[@hydenfullrunner]

It's other videos from this channel as well

[@fei5649]

Love the video, but PLEASE get dialogue without game sounds. I'm from Spain and Calus is hard to understand as someone who's not fluient in english and the gunshots does not help at all. I know is a very finnicky critique but it's a lore video and I think everything should be guided towards such and playing this specific video as an audio lore video is a pain

[@appleindian]

The differences in volumes is quite noticeable and deafening. Byf's voice is already at low volume compared to other KZbin videos...and the in game dialogue in his video is even worse so I cranked it up...then the first sudden ad read came blaring across so badly I had to turn it off. I've been watching for years but lately it's been so bad I've struggled to finish videos I'm dying to watch.

[@christopherrocco56]

Ugh, I keep thinking your name is "Byfere", not "my name is Byf." for the longest time, I thought you were saying, "My name is," as in prepare for my name, then "Byfere" as your name. Not, "My Name is Byf," here! 😝

[@motesquid]

Btw, the game dialogue is basically mute in comparison to your voice.

[@OpenWorldAddict0]

I can't hear the dialogue from Calus that well in this video. It's kind of low.

[@blainedonahue8974]

Byf you might want to edit the audio mixing and rerelease the video. The in-game dialogue is almost inaudible compared to your recorded voice lines. Anytime you play audio logs from the dungeon I have to crank up the volume just to turn it back down when you start speaking again.