PoE Theory: Tasuni is the next Malachai

[@ikikaera3402]

Makes me feel a bit better about only giving irasha the feather, even though my only motivation to do so was because it takes less time to do so lmao

[@Arcantropolo]

**Hands Tasuni the feather.** **See's Kitten's video** "...well... shit."

[@anathema1828]

Exactly!

[@patrickbo2045]

Malachai did nothing wrong!

[@TheNSJaws]

Honestly, makes me glad I did it all the more.

[@eircK]

Watches 25 minute video on deep lore speculation. "For sure need to get that lazy floaty stretchy swirly kitty pet".

[@reynoldkao2598]

I always felt this too, especially when you talk to him after not handing the feather, he seems to be especially vindicative.

[@KittenCatNoodle]

Totally. I almost always give Irasha the feather, and Tasuni is petulant, but almost implies he's gonna kill Irasha to get his way. He's one of my favorite characters, but I tend to like villains, soooo

[@yourmadwife]

@@KittenCatNoodle and he's so ego centric telling like the destiny itself mocking him around with Our presence as a player - keeping instruments Tasuni seeks away from him, like the power Feather to .. dunno.. legally sacrfice his akhara, like, in which form his people will see progress? In form of fleshy bloody abomination body pile? He never tells what he do with cards too.

[@PherPhur]

@@yourmadwife Nothing. I think he as a character is representative of the folly of seeking to control the beast. Like KitCat said, he's not an inventor, he's friggin blind and plays with tarot cards, thaumaturgy is essentially science. He's like the games ultimate example of radical progressive thought, blind. He thinks he knows, but he doesn't. At least Malachi and Doryani actually had probably real thought out reasons(though they were willing to do the most horrifying things to get there, just like Tasuni clearly would have done), this guy is just hyped up on baseless speculation and "voices". Oh yea bald man, and what did they say. I can't comprehend you say? Sureee, sureee, I think it's time to take your meds Tasuni.

[@babyitsnatural]

Well my theory on Sin is that this whole adventure is just his version of a flood to cleanse all the old gods so he can put new ones in there place who would all be subservient to him. And the Exile herself/himself is just the most advanced prototype for this new demi-god puppet that would help Sin to take over the world or multi-verse or whatever. Since Kitava was completely unreasonable and so I guess immune to the beast's corruption I guess he had to get rid of Kitava somehow and he was willing to sacrifice all the other old gods in order to do that. Thus this act of Sin being a hero. But really he was just testing out how to use the gems in order to create a demi-god aka the Exile.

[@CTOOFBOOGLE]

“Very durable baby” is extremely funny to me for some reason.

[@bladewing4686]

This theory definitly has a lot of potential. I think it'd be really cool if in poe 2, we'd hear mentions or even encounter Tasuni and learn what became of him. Maybe he even is the cause of wathever it is we will be fighting

[@KittenCatNoodle]

I would love to see him return in PoE 2. Or have Grigor return! We might be in Ezomyr, after all.

[@eircK]

We know poe 2 is set to like 20 years after our "adventure" and the results of our poe 1 actions will certainly have huge consequences for the world. I'm sure the leader we left behind in highgate, next to whatever's left of the beast (aka the source of all thaumaturgy) will be important. Especially if he was trying to pull a Darth JarJar on us all along!

[@raphaelhemery152]

I never trusted him. Almost rejoycing in the death of his sister and former leader ? Talking about sacrifices being necessary in the name of progress ? Yeah, that sounded way to much like a dictator rising to power. For all I knew, his progress would have been earily similar to the lunaris temple. Nice theory, I didn't realize there where this many red flags.

[@dyrcosis]

I never really gave Tasuni much thought but did find his phrasing a bit odd at times. I think you make a compelling argument as to his future. At least, that's what the voices keep telling me.

[@DrEnzyme]

It's okay we know that canonically Irasha will become the Sekhema because she's slightly closer to the waypoint.

[@neraphruneblade7903]

Counterpoint: Sin takes the Dark Ember, the essence of the Beast, and uses its power to destroy Kitava. That is why we returned to Highgate in Act 9, and you can see Sin throw the Dark Ember into Kitava's heart at the conclusion of Act 10's fight. There is no more Ember, there can be no more Beast. Tasuni can never attempt to meld with Nightmare because the Dark Ember has been extinguished.

[@KittenCatNoodle]

Yeah, that is what Sin tells us, and he definitely throws the Ember into Kitava to destroy him. We have to trust Sin that the Beast is really contained entirely in that Ember. But Sin also says "the Beast didn't want anything, it was only defending itself, people are bad" when we have evidence that both Malachai and Doryani were compelled to act by the Beast's instructions. We're also still able to use thaumaturgy, which means it's either a finite resource in the world now (only whatever gems remain) or that the Beast's power isn't totally destroyed. Depends how much you take what Sin says as truth, I suppose! But it is good counterpoint.

[@alexseguin5245]

@@KittenCatNoodle , I always interpreted the connection to Nightmare for Malachai as emanating from the map device. There's a piece of lore in the Solaris Temple that reads along the lines that he assembled the map device to communicate with whatever was in it. Come to think of it, I'm not sure how these two entities relate to each other. What started existing first, the Beast and the Nightmare, or the Atlas and / or Elder? Are they even related in their origin? Would be interesting to explore that in a future video.

[@KittenCatNoodle]

@@alexseguin5245 I think the Beast's "Nightmare" and the Elder's "Decay" must have something to do with each other. There's many connections and uses of Nightmare and since we don't know the Beast's creation date, we can't really say who is connected or what the "origin" is. But Malachai says he hears these voices since his first touch to a Virtue Gem, which he concludes are "lessons cloaked in Nightmare...from the Beast." and is compelled to create the Map Device through these dreams and voices. On the Reverie Device in Act 3 (his map device) he says "I awoke....and set to drawing these maps through the sable hours. By morning my fingers ached, my eyes burned, yet still I found no rest. The Reverie commanded its rendering." and then says "I know now that which sent me this precious gift. It knows me, expects my return." which I interpret as Malachai being commanded to create the map device from the voice in his dreams. So I think the order is touches virtue gem -> hears voices -> knows it's the beast -> is commanded to make map device and maps -> realizes the Beast wants him to enter it

[@neraphruneblade7903]

@@KittenCatNoodle I believe that the Virtue Gems were a direct result of the Beast's power interaction with the gods. They are solidified divinity. They should be considered finite resources now, as the corpse of the Beast can no longer produce new ones. But the Vaal's experiments did show the powerful nature of sacrifice. There seems to be inherent magic in the world separate from Thaumaturgy that we simply haven't experienced much of.

[@davekat]

@@KittenCatNoodle Something I wanted to throw in here. I have been wondering for a couple years if The Beast was truly dead and gone, and I believe the answer was revealed in the trailer for PoE 2. The answer is no, it is not dead and gone. The noble/lord that is ordering the execution of the exiles is sitting next to something egg shaped and glowing the standard red of nightmare. It's possible I am wrong, but that looks like a beast heart if I ever saw one. When you are in the black core in act 4 you get a good look at the 3 hearts there still encased in their carapace. The egg thing great reminds me of this. Besides, there are other powerful demons out there as seen by the breach demons. Corruption and thaumaturgy may have other sources besides the beast. And who says Sin didn't have ulterior motives by reviving his pet beast? I believe Sin only told us what we needed to know and nothing more.

[@BladeBloodreaver]

This makes a lot of sense. Imagine Tasuni being The Ring boss, using other people for his instrument/replica research to find more means of controlling the nightmare. Considering also in PoE2 the seed of corruption is in possession of an ahkara, it would make sense that Tasuni is their leader or atleast the driving force behind their actions.

[@babyitsnatural]

I want GGG to hire you to write the story for PoE2 because I've been playing off and on for 10 years and never understood any of this shit until you explained it.

[@angstyintellectual4960]

So true!!!

[@Gorrash]

dude, calm down lmao

[@mmoreaper1814]

i always give the feather to Tasuni that mean i am doing the right thing :P we need more content so cant w8 to see tasuni as new end game league boss :) great video btw as always

[@Biouke]

I always saw Tasuni as a very pragmatic, down to earth man. He knows he is corrupted and on the edge between two worlds. He may seem cold over Oyun and Kira's death but I understand that, what's done is done and if it means he now can change things, why grieve over it? Irasha makes some points but always struck me as well too conservative and vindictive towards outsiders, and borderline paranoid concerning Tasuni. I think those last words of yours are spot on: If Tasuni is given leadership, it all boils down to his capacity to stay sane. I like to give the feather to either of them depending on the character I play. Like, the marauder comes from a tribal and traditional culture as well and should be more inclined to give the feather to Irasha. The witch, on the other hand, would be more likely to give it to Tasuni since she has the similar mindset of a thaumaturgist with some understanding of the Beast.

[@anathema1828]

Awesome video yet again! Great work

[@ruofanyu6699]

I only just finished act 4 and suspected they were setting him up for this. Interesting that I will revisit that area later since the story has just been pushing ahead so far.

[@hexissitar]

So thanks to this video I believe that Tasuni could be potentionally one of the bosses in PoE 2

[@jundrayling9576]

Gosh, we are so lucky for your efforts!

[@fofofoey]

Irasha all the way. My first play through, I just felt that Tasuni was fishy af. I was reading all the text as I was playing but it didn't come to me that he is in the same Malachai trajectory. Good thing his dialogues irked me.

[@zycane]

I always hand Tasuni the feather. He's blind yet knows more, and walks in the grey areas, he might seem like the tactician villain to some extent, yet understands his own vices. If anything his view on idealism is correct. Also reminds me of a 'Harmonic Neo-Confucian'. scholar. Irasha was incredible idealistic of their tripe traditions, and idealism always leads to corruption. Also a tad bit self righteous and incredibly condescending, when you choose Tasuni as the leader, with a high load of spite or condemnation. Not whom I would call proper leader material. As Tasuni put it, she was stuck in traditions, unable to see what lies beyond the sandstorm, or fog.

[@elios7623]

poe lore... well i'll be damned ps. have been watching the complete lore series lately, and i love it, all of it, now i'm even more hyped with the game

[@_alex_y.not_]

He always gave me the heebies. Also, Tasuni would definitely sacrifice his people just like Malachai did as neither seems very connected to their own people or even their humanity.

[@KittenCatNoodle]

In the name of progress, he absolutely would! He said of his own sister and Oyun that they "stood in the way of progress." Those were his only ties to family or loyalty... so nothing really stopping him now!

[@clyp0001]

@@KittenCatNoodle why fight progress. Is tasuni tied to oshabi? And how is this all tied to the beast? And if it's all connected, is sin a servant of viridi? But why? I'm sure we will have more interesting pieces on this in 3.13

[@Nagoragama]

Interesting theory. I'm excited to see where the story goes in PoE2!

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

Mathil will be added into the game as the final boss, which you can only obtain after hitting level 100 without ever leaving the Twilight Strand,

[@EmoEmu]

5:20 Hmm. He doesn't actually say look me in the eyes. He said eye. I think he sees his visions as some sort of third eye. "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." - Nietzsche Perhaps Tasuni isn't so much looking into the spirit/beast realm as it is looking out at us through "his eye".

[@innerg_92]

I REALLY want to see Doryani, hes probably my most anticipated character to meet/fight

[@davood123]

he is definately coming back. and will have something to do with jamanra probably, now that we know of the faridun from the 3.12 league lore

[@leptonsoup337]

Only Tasuni himself would dislikes this video.

[@dysae4484]

Sin really needs to put a leash on his dog this boi crazy

[@alexmaragh7766]

Me giving him the feather, oh no

[@luizgagliardi6614]

Could we see the answer to these questions in Path of Exile 2? Twenty years later sounds like a great amount of time for Tasuni to achieve his goal to become the next Malachai, if that's what he wishes.

[@OniforAli]

I never thought of that but it makes perfect sense! Nice hypothesis! it

[@KittenCatNoodle]

Thanks! I wanted to do a video on him because he's always been one of the strangest characters to me, but reading over his dialogue I was like, "Wait a minute... this sounds a lot like Malachai" and after further reading felt I had pretty solid evidence

[@OniforAli]

@@KittenCatNoodle I really hope we see more of him in PoE 2. I'd love to see the results of his actions 20 years later.

[@scipug3048]

Tasuni the new endboss of POE2? (seed of corruption etc...)

[@Phil_597]

Hah! I've been giving the feather to Tasuni this whole time. What I get for not reading anything.

[@bcr_light]

Technically he may the reason for spreading corruption in poe2, since it's 20 years ahead. Enough to acquire power yet shorter than a lifespan. Also, any thoughts about Harvest lore?

[@KittenCatNoodle]

No specific harvest theories yet, but the fact it's an ancient Azmeri grove does have the cogs turning!

[@thisthat217]

love the videos .

[@tinyrogue1320]

this is super interesting!!!

[@NerdishGeekish]

Well fuck. I'm never giving Tasuni the feather ever again.

[@Krutontar]

I'm not sure I agree with your interpretation of Act9 having the Beast resurrected. "The Dark Ember. Never again shall it birth a life so magnificent as the Beast, yet a residue of that power still lingers. Enough to give us a fighting chance against the ravenous Kitava." It sounds like he's raiding the corpse and splitting and the 3 souls are to charge the dark ember's battery just enough to be useful. Tasuni's comment about feeling like he's on a cliff with a longing for the ground sounds like some "call of the void" stuff. He may have felt the unleashing and merging of the 3 tainted souls and it scrambled him a bit. Even Sin didn't like how they tasted. As for the feather, I suspect he has the hots for Irasha, got turned down by her, and is able to "see" that she thinks he's a creeper so he's been going full Red Pill and wants the feather just so she can't have it. He probably has some plans for what he can make her do for him if he gets it and all of his talk of a progressive future boils down to "turn this place into my personal harem". It's really a sad story. He has power fantasies and idolizes sociopaths but he is himself pretty impotent. He's an angry man in a matriarchal culture that feels compelled to tolerate him because he's slightly magic. As for his survival as a baby and being able to see Sin, you can't talk about any intention of the Beast without aligning it with Sin's Master Plan. Sin may have saved him as a baby to set him up to be a piece in his long game giving him special attunement to hear the Beast to help and direct any would be adventurers like us. His whole reason to exist is to give us some exposition we don't listen to and one extra skill point and he can "see" that. So he just acts all deep and mystical to look cool and cover up his inner pain. Tasuni is just a goth kid. QED

[@KittenCatNoodle]

LOL I love this interpretation, even if I don't agree that Tasuni has the hots for Irasha. I think, if any of the Beast remains, it's definitely not "a life so magnificent as the Beast," and I do think we throw the Dark Ember into Kitava to seal the deal. Obviously it can't be 100% resurrected because all the gods are still awake. But I personally don't trust that Sin fully understands what he created, and I suspect that something still lingers. Tasuni is def an angry impotent edgelord though, I'll give you that

[@Krutontar]

@@KittenCatNoodle If we were still in the 2.x era where Malachi was the final boss, I'd agree 100% with all of it. One thing Id hoped would happen with 4.0 was a rework of the old story to smooth out the bumps where "here was the final boss, and then Here was the final boss, then in beta this was the final boss and then we got act 4...and Then the Beast was really a divine noise machine to make the gods...sleep?"

[@KittenCatNoodle]

@@Krutontar yeah super true. There's been a couple borderline retcon situations and everything is so tangled together that sometimes new "end game" content really muddies the meaning of old "end game" content

[@ekoene6162]

perhaps we will see Tasuni in poe 2, maybe as a boss then

[@taylor4379]

Is he the hooded figure from Exilecon?

[@paranidherc]

I feel like anything that isn't an eldritch god is getting bitchslapped across the horizon by the Exile as soon as he pipes up. Unless they do yet another retcon like they did with the conquerors and masters and synthesis. I wish GGG stopped pretending like they have good writers and just gave us Mecha suits already.

[@knaz7468]

retcon? what are you talking about? the conquerors made sense and still make sense, nothing has changed there. and the masters' stories fit perfectly into betrayal. synthesis league didn't go core but all the lore in it still applies fully (i.e. nothing has changed with the war for the atlas, the elder, watchers of decay, nor zana's father becoming the shaper). what retcon are you even talking about?

[@paranidherc]

@@knaz7468 Woah, only took you 2 years to come up with this, huh. The retcon is the introduction of Conquerors by themselves. Originally the Exile was the only one having access to the Atlas as well as being able to handle it and going after Shaper, who in turn was trying to keep Elder at bay and has lost his mind in the process. The reason Zana helps us is to resolve this conflict and try to save her father, aka Shaper. They retconned this continuity into her first having had 5 other individuals preceed us and taking down Elder with combined efforts but being burdened too much by the endless slaughter they had to commit and eventually losing themselves to madness, not unlike Zana's father. Which is also why she becomes hesitant to send us out and why she becomes angry when we take on Maven't invitation, eventually leaving for good, since she can't bear seeing history looping and recognizing that the Exile is going the same path as the Conquerors and Shaper did before.

[@angstyintellectual4960]

Do you play Noodle? I remember playing delirium the day it came out and I kept asking in chat "Does anyone know if Noodle is playing? Shes a lore youtuber and I just want to say hi." Lmfao but ofc no one responded. Anyway, your lore videos really helped my bf and I get super into PoE!!

[@KittenCatNoodle]

Yeah I do! I stream pretty often (although less now because I work part time). Been playing almost 4 years!

[@angstyintellectual4960]

That's so cool!! Thank you so much for putting these lore videos together, as I said, my bf and I would literally be driving and also listening to your lore videos lol. We binge watched every act and then delved into the extra lore videos also that you've done. Its REALLY well made content!

[@KittenCatNoodle]

@@angstyintellectual4960 That's awesome!! Yeah actually friends from stream kinda forced me to do a "lore" playthrough after 2 years of playing. And I was like "whoa...there's lore?" And apparently a lot of people are in the same boat I was! Haha. I love making the videos and it's awesome to hear you enjoy them!!

[@angstyintellectual4960]

@@KittenCatNoodle Literally had the exact moment you mentioned, "Whoa... there's lore?" L m a o. So yes I am also in that boat. And you did it so well! Just because as someone who attempted to create content and knowing how curious I was about my viewers, I just want to let you know that you enhanced my experience of PoE. I havent gotten far as I play hc a lot for the intensity, but fighting the Crab God, Innocence, Piety, Malachai, his 3 students, KITAVA, etc., AND knowing the lore that you helped illustrate so well, was AMAZING. Very different from knowing nothing. So thank you for that. You made the lore SO much easier to consume via the hard work you did of putting this together. And it's really good lore!! Cheers!

[@Fwibos]

Yeena is connected to the Nightmare. :P

[@MrZahsome]

Never liked Tasuni to begin with. His true personality shows once you talk to him after you gave the feather to Irasha. Like, damn I guess I'm glad I didn't give you the feather.

[@zoko1550]

good stuff

[@limaTheNoob]

Just a comment, Lilly Roth can also see Sin. Anyway, great job!

[@bleetx]

Unfortunately I'll still hand Tasuni the feather as the speed runner I am, I shave off 5 seconds for my 1 week of getting to maps.

[@BloodhoundNax]

Yay

[@satibel]

would you say it'd take 20 years for tasuni to accomplish this?

[@anba9499]

sup dude

[@lunarforce]

one thing i don't understand ... it's your boy Noodle ? you don't look like a boy

[@Ghost-zi2eo]

Vote for tasuni2020

[@sgt391]

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