The Story of Ballas - Warframe

[@That-Lu-Jan]

7:55 It is confirmed that Margulis was executed just after it was discovered that the tenno could control the warframes. During the Silver grove quest the archimedean Silvana was tasked to help the creation process of the Warframes along side Margulis herself showing that she still lived even after the old war began. However once it was discovered that the tenno could control the Warframes, as shown in the Rhino prime codex entry, the Orokin wanted to turn the tenno into warriors. Margulis was later executed because of her "crime" of apostasy due to now wanting to allow the orokin to weaponize the tenno & her transference therapy technology.

[@kookthekid8338]

Yeah I think you’re right! Thanks for the correction! I don’t understand why they wouldn’t mention this during her trial though, or at any point throughout the actual new war quest line, which is why I assumed it had to be earlier, especially because there’s point where margulis states that she made transference to allow the Tenno to see the outside world. But the silver grove makes it sound like it was always just intended for the Tenno to control frames.I didn’t even think to re-watch the silver grove quest line during this 🤦‍♂️

[@muntu1221]

​@kookthekid8338 They probably didn't mention it in her trial because the trial wasn't about the fate of the Tenno. Margulis called out the Seven, and she was tried for that. Only Ballas is said to have wanted them dead.

[@FeelingPinkerton]

my theory is that ballas went into hiding in stasis on lua and was awoken after we pulled lua out of the void. in the sacrifice, ordis mentioned how the aftershock of lua’s exit from the void freed umbra from his prison. ballas’ first appearance occurred only shortly before umbra’s, so it’s possible that the same happened to him.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

That is a good one

[@kookthekid8338]

This could def make a lot of sense, the only reason I’d question it is because ballas’s feelings on the void and how he views it as evil almost. But if he was in stasis he might not of got a say idk🤷‍♂️

[@Kiribandit]

Ah yes, the most well known villain in warframe... B A L L S

[@kookthekid8338]

Two big ones

[@hasea0295]

Ball Ass

[@Hyperghost163]

I think you mean B A L L S A S S

[@thertv7707]

BallAs(s)

[@jjm2980]

more like Balless

[@l4w1nc0l7]

Even in death, his presence still haunts every time a new warframe prime is introduced, it goes to show tat his legacy, his villainy, will always be remembered from his prizes and pride creations.... The warframes.... 👏👏👏👏

[@kookthekid8338]

Bro had his hand in almost every even in the game, it’s insane 💯

[@sintheemptyone8108]

I gave him an extra dose of irony by having Kullervo be present for his defeat.

[@kookthekid8338]

W Story telling

[@conwaysquest6961]

Ballas' story can be summed up as follows: Local man ruins everything.

[@kookthekid8338]

truth

[@deekaysky]

“The Warframe version of chess” it’s the game “wei qi” it’s been around forever in China and I’m sure other country’s, in English the game is called “Go”

[@kookthekid8338]

It’s something I’ve never heard of or was familiar with! It’s interesting to learn they pulled from actual cultures to create it though!

[@cheesemuffin8129]

​@@kookthekid8338Oh it isn't a creation, it's literally the game Go, in the exact same way, pieces, and rules lmao

[@Bodgie7878]

Really enjoying your lore dives, not enough people have long form videos talking about this kinda thing, you've struck a niche that I'm interested in at least

[@kookthekid8338]

Thank you! I appreciate it!!

[@kairios2009]

Small correction, the game being played in The Sacrifice known as Komi in universe is not just Warframe’s version of chess, it’s an ancient game known as Go. Other than that I love your content man. 17:50

[@kookthekid8338]

Thanks for the compliment man! And I actually didn’t know it was a game played on real life, I just thought it was something DE made up! That’s interesting thank you for letting me know!

[@hasea0295]

The cunning and manipulative scientist, heartbroken by faith, unwittingly sacrificing his love and college Margules. Sought revenge against the faith that both gave him everything while taking from him the only thing that mattered. He broke. Taking up the role of the rat, he skeemed and hide himself to survive. He is the last of the orkin. Heartbroken and mind shattered he uses the Warframe to plot destruction of all things. He wouldve succeed to , if if wasn't for those dang tenno and there pesty warframes. Great video. Ballas was truly a cunning and unpredictable villain.

[@kookthekid8338]

Damn you should write scripts for me👀😂

[@finalityxd]

the reason for the long right arm was someting along the lines of that the orokin wanted uglyness in beauty to like balance their looks or whatever, though it was purely for cosmetic purposes

[@kookthekid8338]

That sounds about right to be honest!

[@gfloflo]

And all orokin have it

[@twottj]

Ballas and albrecht have amazing voice actors bro god damn

[@kookthekid8338]

100%, Warframe voice acting is very well done

[@josephhalbohn8100]

Imagine being a genius playing 5d chess with an entire solar system but you get thwarted by a robot pretending to be your ex and an amnesiac middle schooler.

[@kookthekid8338]

It wouldn’t feel great probably

[@danieltorresgonzalez462]

You should do 'how the paracesis became the lamest weapon in warframe' Seriously the thing is only useful for stabbing us in the back, and you are obliged to use it in the new war

[@kookthekid8338]

I’m going to be honest bro I’ve never even used the weapon, I’ll have to check it out for sure now though lmao!

[@samreddig8819]

It's not bad, just outclassed. And the extra levels gimmick got milked too hard.

[@00Grimreaper00]

I used to use the weapon before. It is unfortunately outclassed

[@CupidSmurf657]

Paracesis is my favorite sword

[@Sphynx_]

My theory is while I do think Ballas’s story has concluded, the sentients story isn’t. I believe during the coming years we are going to try and recruit the sentients to help us face The Man in the Wall, not in 1999 but probably next years big content drop or something

[@kookthekid8338]

I think the sentients and tau def are gonna come back in the future. I personally think we’ll travel to tau eventually. But yeah I for sure agree they’re still relevant

[@hasea0295]

Margules created transference, Ballas created Warframes, Albright created Void/time travel. Albright takes the grey strain back in the past, creates proto frames. So he ether doesn't know how to transfer to frames or lacks the tech. We naturally can use it. He may try and find margules before she becomes part of the orkin. Cuz since both the player and Albright fought back, the void demon has it's sights set on the Lotus next.

[@Bodgie7878]

@@kookthekid8338 maybe tau is warframe 2.0 with a new starchart ;)

[@slenderminion2229]

The Sentients' story will be continued with the fight against Pazuul and the remnants of Narmer. He also mentioned the "Lords of Tau" that stand above him back home.

[@Heretic_real]

I really enjoy Ballas’ inclusion into the game he was the only character in the game I was excited to see the downfall of because he’s the only villain you feel like the fight is personal with. I would love to see more characters like him.

[@kookthekid8338]

Def had more work put into him than any other villain, and it pays off, he's great

[@Joezone619]

33:38 The operator just chilling in the background XD

[@kookthekid8338]

Lmaooo😭

[@ribztercabz2222]

that was the man in the wall preparing for his entrance

[@ernonikkola1084]

15:09 I don't think the Lotus goes villingly with Ballas. Ballas extends his right hand palm up, and the Lotus takes it. Ok, looks pretty normal. BUT, that gesture is the same exact one that Ballas uses when he commands Umbra to kill his son in the Sacrifice.

[@kookthekid8338]

That could be true, however, if Ballas did have control over her then the ploy of Ballas being leashed wouldn't of been done. They try far to many manipulation tactics against her for me to believe Ballas ever had any sort of deeper control over here than just straight up manipulation and lies fr.

[@B0B-v2h]

Got back into warframe an experienced the new war an loved every bit of it an now im ready for Man in the wall

[@kookthekid8338]

Yeah the New War was absolutely amazing

[@Joezone619]

Biggest? Most annoying? Yes. Greatest? No. I think so far that title has to go to Parvos Granum, unlike ballas, his plan worked, he got away at the end of the day and survived. He tricked and bested both tenno and orokin alike.

[@kookthekid8338]

The way I meant greatest was as the most fleshed out and well known villain, not necessarily the most successful one. I mean ballas is probably still the most successful one next to parvos though, he conquered the galaxy and only lost cause he was crazy. Ima def do a deep dive on parvos though, he has so much cool lore, and is the most successful for sure

[@endlessemptyvoid]

@@kookthekid8338 Exactly! This is something people forget: for a time, Ballas had won. Hell, aside from the main quest, our star chart is COVERED in Narmer icons! Even Erra didn't see through Ballas' deception until the very end. I'm still waiting to see more of Parvos (I NEED the Dante Unbound update lol) because to me, he's still just stuck in his own lil' pocket dimension...

[@KorpsyKloun]

I think the lower extremities being sentient Is due to the damage umbra did to him. I think they used the amalgam technology as a means to save him but also as a lowkey payback for his initial betrayal. Is he still running things un the new war? Debatable seeing as the ram somehow possessed Erra and was most definitely alive in some aspect before hand.

[@kookthekid8338]

I’m under the impression he was in charge the entire time, and erra was always listening to him, or at least saw him as a peer because when he dropped the leash, but it is possibly they made him ugly and jacked up on purpose as a sort of revenge

[@KorpsyKloun]

@@kookthekid8338 I'm not saying that Ballas wasn't in control or let believe he was in control. I believe over the centuries the sentients knew from experience he couldn't be trusted. Also notice that the symbols narmer uses is a Ram head. I believe Pazuul was using Ballas the whole time. After his and Erras death Pazuul had the other sentients put his head on Erras body. Kind of like a payback to what Erra did to Boreal, Nira and amar.

[@muntu1221]

​@@KorpsyKloun It's implied there was always going to be a power struggle. Pazuul is a schemer who was playing a VERY long game. Ballas and Erra dying made them Martyrs, and the Archons (including Pazuul) made a power play as "heirs" to gain power in the movement. Ballas and Erra invented the infrastructure, and the Archons took advantage when nobody was using it. I don't think it'll happen in-game, but I'd like to believe Narmer will have repeated struggles for power when the Archons get sick of sharing with each other.

[@KorpsyKloun]

@@muntu1221 oh definitely I fully agree. Pazuul I think is going to make Hunhow look like saint. Heck it would be cool if In game Hunhow teams up with us to take down narmer. I mean surely Hunhow wants him dead. What they did to Lotus. Parading Erras dead body around like a puppet.

[@muntu1221]

@@KorpsyKloun Hunhow becoming an ally is one of my greatest wishes for this game. It would've been cool if he was the guy in the chair for Archon hunts.

[@icetide9411]

I have never enjoyed watching someone have their life ripped out of them more than Ballas. They made someone so perfect to hate. Ballas has absolutely zero redeeming qualities and somehow every negative trait possible.

[@kookthekid8338]

Idk I mean I think he’s pretty tall😂

[@Gravesyte]

Iirc the long arm thing was a status thing amongst the elite Orokin

[@TheProphetOfThePan]

You know you are a good villain when a good chunk of the lore and in game events that happen can be trace back to you just manipulating everything behind the scenes, hell even after its own death the consequences of his actions are still popping out like forcing open a huge void portal to jump to tau, but had the adverse effect of luring in a ancient eldrich abomination's attention to the origin system, amplify its presence and start pouring in into reality tiny fragments of itself.

[@-ShadOw-___]

Nice content as always kook, I can’t wait till I do the new war quest on my own

[@ReviewersGuildArSR]

It's a really good quest. One of my favorites.

[@fatkiller1000]

Don't go in with high hopes of gameplay. It isn't as great the second time.

[@kookthekid8338]

Thank you man, and it’s awesome!! Goodluck!!

[@kookthekid8338]

Fr!! Me too

[@blakemarkland20]

Hope you been well man, Looking forward to some more Fanatic Kook uploads!

[@kookthekid8338]

Thank you so much! There will hopefully be lots to come! Hope you've been good too!

[@kingaxolotl262]

in the imortal words of my favorite warframe lore youtuber @CorgtheMighty "this is ballas ballas ballas is crange"

[@kookthekid8338]

bllassss

[@kingaxolotl262]

@@kookthekid8338 you should check out his channel he’s a warframe loretuber and is even smaller than you maybe even do a collab with the lore master

[@mojothemagickcrafter7635]

I wonder if the Orokin made their one arm longer to make them look "far reaching".

[@kookthekid8338]

That could be it! Who knows though, maybe it was some injected steroids gone wrong lmao

[@mrzero5033]

awesome video bro keep it going im waiting for your next upload now

[@kookthekid8338]

Thank you so much!

[@Chronoseer]

bro made every primed frame and built no way to easily kill them incase something goes wrong

[@kookthekid8338]

I don’t think the orokin thought things through, they kept creating things stronger than them lmaooo

[@Chronoseer]

@@kookthekid8338 should we tell them about drugs

[@Chronoseer]

crazy how he got stabbed once and just decided to almost die

[@kookthekid8338]

Lmao yeah bro got rocked pretty easy fr

[@Chronoseer]

@@kookthekid8338 bro folded so fast

[@PyreOManiac]

weak mindset

[@porcus123]

The longer right/left arm is also present in bloodborne and in christianity the right arm is considered more holy.

[@kookthekid8338]

I see, that's very interesting!

[@chillmoonblade1672]

Ballas takes my lotus also ballas: why do I hear boss music?

[@SuitorASMR]

I want Hunhow to become our grumpy grandpa so bad T-T

[@kookthekid8338]

I want hunhow to do some stuff to

[@G1mute]

Great music choice for this video

[@titan_wukong9592]

It's not the "Warframe version of chess" it's a game called Go that's a different complex game like chess highly honored in Asian cultures

[@kookthekid8338]

Yeah I learned that earlier! I've never heard of it, it seems pretty cool though!

[@kingaxolotl262]

i think its othello

[@DJFlare84]

14:37 - Actually, not true! We've already seen the Lotus face-to-face before... at the end of the Second Dream. She comes to our orbiter in person to place us in the transference chair, remember?

[@kookthekid8338]

Weren’t we asleep? Or heavily dazed at the very least? Edit: you’re right, I forgot she talked to us after! Thanks for the correction!

[@jeffff776]

there is still actually one more orokin that is alive and well. prob even more capable than used to be ballas. he's in the wall.

[@justahooman2367]

Balls , blue Balls , BWAHHAHAHAHA

[@kookthekid8338]

Lost his balls🙃

[@lordnul1708]

The more lore we get about Ballas, the more reasons we have to hate the guy. Take Jade for example. I will not spoil her tale here, but it's a whole new level of messed up even for the Orokin. And arguably Kullervo as well, depending on if you think Ballas needed to trump up some of the charges against Kullervo (even if it is very much in character).

[@kookthekid8338]

Fr, this guy like really sucks

[@gp-1542]

At the end of the day, the orokin were their own worst enemy They literally give any and all excuses for the grineer, corpus, sentient, and, probably their biggest enemy, the tenno, to not like them. It’s almost parody that they didn’t see the obvious rebellion coming literally right in front of them

[@kookthekid8338]

They were so arrogant and pretentious I think they believed that their slaves worshipped them

[@cheesemuffin8129]

Pretty much the story of most slave-empires

[@TipsyBeveridge]

Why is the lavender town theme in this video? 😂

[@kookthekid8338]

It’s a bangerrrr

[@TipsyBeveridge]

@@kookthekid8338 true, just felt out of place

[@ThisIsGlitch]

ah yes... the story of ball ass

[@kookthekid8338]

I'd pin this if I didn't think KZbin would get mad at me for it lmao

[@Nathan_Coley]

You said it right the 2nd time

[@kookthekid8338]

w

[@SenseiTizi]

Sorry but the Orokin did not rule about the Corpus. The Corpus were founded by a farmer, but quickly recruited from every cast exept the Orokin. They were the only faction that emerged from the inside of the Orokin Empire that the Orokin could not subdue.

[@kookthekid8338]

The corpus never had any power in the origin system over the orokin until every other faction did as well. During the peak orokin empire, the corpus were simply rich merchants who still followed orokin rules and transported between orokin planets. They never had any power over the orokin, or a fighting chance against them until after the old war had started, but at that point everyone did.

[@SenseiTizi]

@@kookthekid8338 they did not follow orokin rules. The corpus openly developed, crafted and sold weapons. That is definitly something that earned other factions at the same time a death sentence (rebelgroups for example). The corpus also did allow Archimedeans to work on projects that were against orokin law (thats how the sentient project started), to be fair all those Archimedeans that were recruited by the Corpus had to still go to Orokin court and obey Orokin, if they claimed there projects. But the biggest thing is that the Orokin gave Parvos Granum for a weapons deal in the Old War Protea, a full on warframe completly loyal now to Parvos without any plan or backstabbing.

[@bappojujubes981]

​@@SenseiTizi we don't know for sure that the Orokin had no hand in Parvos becoming stranded in the Void. And I believe the Corpus only became too much hassle for the Orokin to subdue by force, so they subdued the Corpus with riches and pretenses of being "equals"

[@lorddrakkon744]

It still baffles me why the operator didn't still attack Ballas before he kissed Natah. Like i understand its for story but still.

[@kookthekid8338]

Lmao ballas got plot armor for that little bit

[@lorddrakkon744]

@kookthekid8338 Big-time plot armor for sure, but in the end, he gets his due punishment

[@kookthekid8338]

And that’s what matters🫡

[@wkkqewqaver7766]

Officer ballas

[@kookthekid8338]

Mr. Ballas

[@dabestgamronyoutube2647]

Look at this alpha chad citing his sources for gameplay footage, a common L on youtube but it points out the rare youtuber Ws when you see them

[@kookthekid8338]

Copy and pasting a source is all it takes!

[@Aros-pr2xr]

So… what transference suit are you using in these cutscenes that looks like boob armor?

[@LilLunarWolf]

Teshin sells a chest plate that has boobs and the drifter if you go women already has boob armor

[@primordialsoupgod2850]

No no no no. Let's clear this up, umbra was nowhere near the first warframes from a time line perspective it wouldn't make sense. Umbra was turned into umbra because he intercepted balls messages to hunhow about the warframes creation and how thay *were* made. Warframes already existed umbra isn't that special just built to be tortured.

[@kookthekid8338]

Yeah that sounds right! I wasn't to sure which is why I didn't make a definitive statement on that!

[@primordialsoupgod2850]

@@kookthekid8338 I see so many people say in definite that he came before I had an argument with me friend about it the other week because of this aswell. Also the honry dax lady in that one relay that sells the primes has a voice line where she says that "not all warframes were prime some earned it" but I've never seen her say that so it might be a unused sound file or reconned

[@Deeper489]

sloth?

[@kookthekid8338]

It's one of the 7 sins

[@Darlf_Sevil]

He is not a villan he is a evil itself

[@kookthekid8338]

He's def pretty comically evil at points

[@kingaxolotl262]

[this is ballas ballas is cringe]

[@ziplocktheimpostor1402]

Nahh he isnt the best villain wanna know why .... He drank the kabuuchi from cetus & didnt had enough strength to remove his tongue from the floof of his mouth .... Yup the worst fate than death to an orokin executor.....

[@kookthekid8338]

floof

[@karcistvahlae1207]

"Sentient". Not "Sentience".

[@kookthekid8338]

Maybe you got confused when I said sentients (plural of sentient if you didn't know) since it sounds similar to sentience. I don't think anyone else had that issue though.

[@karcistvahlae1207]

@@kookthekid8338Mmmhm, yeah, except no, not at all, cause you literally and very clearly call them "sentience" multiple times. Also, what a cocky little twatling you are, aren't you. Have a dislike to any and all you videos.

[@amarbosanac54]

The worst storytelling video about Warframe I ever watched.

[@YoshiWithHat]

nah grove better lol