Xivu’s final comment of “What is this? I do not want it” is a direct quote of Savathun in the Hawkmoon lore tab

You know if being a Hive God doesn't work out for Xivu, she would make a fantastic writer.

it's interesting, because this implies Xivu's dedication to the Sword Logic doesn't extend from fanaticism, but love for her brother. That "truth" was his gift to her, so by preserving it, she's preserving the memory of Oryx and expressing her love for him even after death.

For the Hive God we know the least about, this dungeon has probably done the best job of introducing the important elements of her chatacter out of any like it. Hell, Duality was all about delving into Calus's mind and understanding him and I still have no idea what the point of it narratively was. Its cool

The voice acting for Xivu is actually insane. Her reaction to the death of Oryx is absolutely stunning. I’m so excited to see more of her.

"What is this feeling? I do not want it." Took me a moment to remember where i heard that line before but Savathun said the same thing in a lore tab when our Guardian was having fun with Crow around a bonfire.

After listening to the fragments I felt… pity for Xivu. She lost all of her family, her brother, her sister…

Some people seem to think she'll rebel against the witness, but I'm hoping for Xivu going further into the darkness and madness it'd be a great dark mirror to Savathûn who's doubt caused her to seek light. Instead, Xivu doubles down and, in the process, becomes more insane than she clearly is now, and a truly insane villain is just so unique as we only have ego maniacs as main villains it seems.

I love how xivu said the exact same thing as Savathun in the lore book before she turned to the light. They both said "What is this feeling? I do not want it.." gives me chills thinking about what could come next for both their stories

As an aside, I like how they kept Xivu's subtitles in all-caps like she is in the lore entries. She's got so much presence her very voice can barely be contained by the letters on our screen. It's a nice touch.

its ironic how the most mysterious sibling is the least sublte one in terms of her nature. and her affection for Oryx is touching

She may be an all killing war god who has decimated entire worlds but killing her brother and not taking his thrown was the ultimate spit in the face for everything she stood upon. Her beliefs being questioned and her own self sacrifice meant nothing. She’s having the hive equivalent of a existential crisis can’t help to feel some sort of empathy.

I know you complimented Kimberly Brooks on the previous video, but I want to echo it again strongly here. She is so fantastic, and I fervently hope she knows how much we appreciate her work!

I find it fascinating - and tragic - what they've done with Xivu. She reminds me of real-life trauma victims who fall into radical beliefs as a way of coping - acting like the new head priest for her dead brother's philosophy, even cutting off Savathûn - her closest family - once she questioned their beliefs, all to become more and more fanatical for the Final Shape...

Xivu's got the perfect VA. I hope the community is showing her the love she deserves. So so good!!

Xivu's voice actor is incredible. Really sells just how fanatical, distressed, and enraged she is. Hearing about her past, talking about telling stories in the 'garden' makes me wish there was a "happy ending" like, alternate universe. Where instead of slaughtering entire species, the siblings walk around Fundament together and eat muffins or something. I imagine Oryx as like, the optimistic one with wide eyes, chasing animals and inviting their sisters out to spend the day by the water. Savathun 'reluctantly' agrees, pretends to be annoyed with Oryx's constant thrill for adventure, and tries to make the trip interesting with magic tricks and silly pranks, like sticking out her leg when Oryx runs circles around her. Xivu is the big sister who stays a step behind, and she would thump Savathun on her forehead, scold her for being mean, and just smile and nod to whatever Oryx suggests, because she thinks it's endearing and not annoying. I can see it all so clearly! Ah well. Maybe another life. Unfortunate that we'll probably have to fight her soon.

I love what they did with Xivu, its kinda endeering and ironic that the one to embody war of the siblings is the one who actually cared the most about their family. Its refreshing to see that she's not an unga bunga kill kill character

I wonder how Xivu will react, when or if she learns that her whole species was tricked and used by the Witness not the Deep.

"What is this feeling? I do not want it." The same exact feeling Savathun remembers when she's hanging out with us and Crow in the Hawkmoon lore tab, celebrating, drinking and happy. Seems like the sisters aren't as opposed as they really seem.

The way Xivu delves into zealous fury would make even a 40k Inquisitor blush

For the one named the god of War, this lore really foretold the story more so of someone who is broken, lost, and alone. It reminds me a lot of Darth Vader in that sense. I really love this being our true insight rather than just the war cry enemy we have known about for years now.

That Voice acting is top noch I swear.

Its honestly really nice getting to see the genuine emotions felt by at least one of the Orsmium siblings. Oryx's own words are few and far between, Sav is Sav, Xivu feels very much like an individual.

The voice direction and her performance in the "BLASPHEMY. BLASPHEMY!" memory are so effing good, like when I first heard it sent chills down my spine. You can taste the fear, the RAGE. It's so good, they're doing a great work at introducing Xivu Arath as a character and not just a looming threat.

12:53 The amount of detail and character in her voice right here is just incredible. Especially the way she says "nothing".. Big clappers to the voice actress

I've noticed that in Xivu Arath's Fifth memory, her logic that she uses to justify defying the Sword Logic in resurrecting Oryx... is the exact same logic the Hidden Swarm used to justify trying to resurrect Oryx in Shadowkeep's Endure entry. To embody his Will and commit blasphemy, hoping that Oryx's will shall return to smite them, but if he does not then what they are doing is not heresy and that they have surpassed Oryx's will. === I wish I could see that stream you did with Broman. Would have love to have seen you reactions, not just to the ocean, but also to Echtar and Oryx.

Not gonna lie, I wasn't sure how I felt about the choice of voice for Xivu Arath. It slowly started to grow on me throughout the first week. But this Dungeon... Holy Hellmouth, Kimberly Brooks. It changed me. So. So. Good.

I love how all her subtitle text is in capitals.

I hope savathun comes back just so i can hear her and xivu voice actors DO SOME ART cause god Xivu's is conveying so much emotion and Savathun's always felt like every syllable was calculated and weighed to keep the secrets she has. they both embody what the characters embody and it's insanely impressive

This season/ dungeon makes me really hopeful for a potential reunion between the three hive gods. They are all such interesting characters.

The character exploration is fascinating here, in just a few audio logs, we learn of Xivu's love for her brother, her motivatuons, her insecurities, here relationship to Savathûn, and her tactical brilliance. Savathûn was a great villain, but she was never particually sympathetic because she was too busy being so delightfully evil. Savathûn is interesting because she really was the cause of all the issues the siblings faced, she lead them into the deep, she killed Aurix, she tried to imprison Oryx in the deep, she announced her desire to part from Oryx. She used a gift from him to steal his power from where it rightfully belonged after his death, she defied the sword logic, she embraced the light and she tried to forcefully ressurect Oryx in the ultimate act of heracy. When Xivu learns of what the luscent tried to do here, her fury will be boundless, Savathûn is Xivu's nemasis and when Savathûn eventually returns, one of them will have to die because Savathûn represents everything Xivu hates. In these entries, Xivu truly becomes the protagonist in a way that Calus never was, Savathûn was and is the ultimate villain of the hive gods and that's as true for Xivu as for us, I kinda want to see Xivu kill Savathûn just to get closure, or to finally reconcile with her (though that's less likely since Savathûn is pretty damn evil, depends on whether she got all of her memories back in the Witch Queen.)

Can we just talk about how amazing Xivu's voice actress is? I got chills listening to these voice lines.

"What is this feeling? I do not want it." Savathun says this in the Hawkmoom lore tab when watching The Guardian (us) and Crow celebrating, having friendship and camaraderie. Seeing us like that reminds her of her sisters and thua states this. Xivu Arath says this upon reflecting on the time of being with her sisters. They've turned so far away from being "human" that anything that reminds them of being that way repulses them. But I can't help but feel that the repulsion is a mask and, as Byf briefly touched upon here, they may have regrets of turning to the Darkness.

All I can say is fantastic job done by xivus voice actor, she really makes you feel the rage, the pain, the sadness. My hat off to the actress, the incredible writers and the sound team at bungie to make it all perfect

Just wanna say the voices for the triad of siblings is freaking beautiful

The line of "What is this feeling" also directly echoes Savathûn as Osiris in the Hawkmoon quest, seeing the Guardian and Crow, a former enemy as Uldren, coming together as allies.

Watched the collection of these last night, and immediately needed a byf video on this. So glad you were able to get this up so quickly

Xivu is climbing up my list of favourite antagonists!

I have to say I love how Kimberly Brooks delivers a voice for Xivu, Bungie did good putting a voice to her. I can't help but think that Bungie will make Xivu Arath a dungeon boss in a future season and that she is out ultimate enemy of Lightfall. I would want Xivu to be a raid boss so maybe it'll be Final Shape that has us dealing with both Xivu and The Witness but how Bungie shaped up Calus's return only to have us defeat him so easily in Lightfalls Campaign. I don't know if Bungie is going to make a quick write off of Xivu. Hopefully not though.

Fantastic video Byf. The Hive are my favorite race in Destiny. The Lore is so rich. I very much appreciate you doing these lore videos and putting us in the minds of these characters.

As usual an amazing break down on the lore, Xivu is such an interesting character with a very commanding voice, when she speaks you listen. Extremely excited to see where this rabbit hole leads

I loved all of these audio logs it shows xivu’s love for her siblings especially oryx… but it’s so sad that they did all of this for a lie… that reaction to oryx being killed was just heartbreaking to hear it goes from complete agony and pain to unbridled rage that we left his kingship bare… maannn just great in game lore

I hope that when she finds out, instead of joining or doubling down on a side she goes AWOL until the next saga where she can act as a big bad but much more crazy considering from the sounds of it she's spiraling into madness also amazing work from Kimberly Brooks she did an outstanding job portraying all the emotions running through Xivu's heart

I just love the voice they gave her, it can sound terrifying but also, human. If that makes any sense

Good lord, the VA for Xivu is absolutely incredible.

This dungeon really paints the picture for Xivu's character and I like how she isn't just some war mongering God, she acts human and expresses her emotions thoroughly. What I find interesting in her family dynamic is that Oryx is seen as the big brother and is praised highly, but fell and followed the sword logic to the end. Then Savanthun, who follows her own agenda and path-which in turn lead her to becoming a guardian and rebelling against the witness, making her an outcast. Then there's Xivu, she's the last of her siblings and has heard/watched her bloodline, her family be slaughtered one by one and this has left her with rage and unhinged. You could view Xivu as the sibling that was left behind and forced to follow the path laid out before her because she has no where left to go, no purpose left other than the role she was groomed for eons by the witness. I feel for Xivu's pain and love the direction Bungie has taken with her character, but as much as people may see her rebelling, I think the truth is she'll stick to the sword logic and scum to the darkness, to rage more and more-because she has no one left to go to that could help her and perhaps Savanthun's returning could shape that-but only the story ahead will tell.

"What is this feeling? I do not want it" from Xivu here parallels Savathun's own thoughts from her time as Osiris, thinking and feeling soft things she hasn't felt in so long that she doesn't even have the words for them, and does not want them. I really, really hope we get more on this.

For the first time I was brought nearly to tears by d2's story, and the input from you with your voice helped to make that happen. Both thank you and also shame on you Byf for making me feel for a (so far) bad guy in my "hehe shooty" video game.

“That her Achilles Heel, is family. ” ooof powerful way to end the video. Nice job!

That voice actress deserves an award. I never wanted to assume in my mind what Xivu sounded like but know that I have heard her; that voice and it's pain is in my head. Like Savathun and her song.

Those parting words about Xivu's Achilles heel. Byf just gave me chills with how he declared his willingness to exploit it.

Learning that THE Kimberly Brooks, the voice behind Jasper from SU (easily my favourite in terms of voice), is now screaming at us as the Hive god of war? *Chef's kiss* PERFECT!

Man, I love the voice actress of Xivu. Great use of distortion in her voice when she gets angry and upset. She'd be great as a metal vocalist.

I really wish Byf would show off more of Xivu Araths Canon apperance, rather than his fan-made version. Its gonna confuse new players why Xivu Arath is in the Kings Fall Raid. Plus, Xivu Araths Canon appearance just looks cooler to me. Much more unique and demonic than a Warpriest with red paint and chains. :/

Uncle: I won’t get political this Thanksgiving Uncle minutes later: THE SKYYYYY-

“WHAT IS THIS FEELING? I DO NOT WANT IT.” “What is this feeling? I do not understand it. I do not want it.” The second quote is pulled straight from Hawkmoon’s lore tab. I think the feeling she has could be described as kinship. Maybe care. Maybe even love?

I cant help but love the voice actress for xivu. Truly a shockingly perfect performance

So Xivu Arath is feeling something and asking, “Is this loss?”

"EVEN NOW, ALONE YOU ARE MY NAVIGATOR" "Guardian down!"

That last fragment of her feeling something and she saying that she did not want it or understand it is really similar to season of the hunt lore tabs where Savathun speaks very familiar lines when she watched Crow and our Guardian celebrated.

Byf you’re the goat with this video, fam this was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

That last line on the last calcified fragment, "What is this feeling? I do not want it." seems like a callback to Hawkmoon's lore tab to me... The contexts and emotions are very different, but what then, could be the resemblance here? Longing?

By the Traveler Xivu’s VA? Absolutely magnificent. Sends shivers down my spine and makes me feel bad listening to her story.

God damn that is some of the best voice acting I have ever heard. A freaking plus

I can fix her

I love the voice acting for xivu. She sounds she's having a panic attack everytime something she believes is proven to be faulty

I really love Bungie's wrtiting. I was listening to 16:17 "Screams like a choir as their mountains trembled. Screams like a choir as their seas boiled." They could've written about any facet of nature that can be atributed to planetary destruction. But they chose mountains and seas. Why? Because that is what IS Cabal. "They Eat the Mountains, Drink the Seas" She's basically reveling in destroying what they hold most dear in a sense. Also a cool play on words in the next line "Theory in (practice) Praxis"

"What is this feeling, I do not want it" is a direct callback to the hawkmoon lore tab

Can I just say Byf saying her Achilles heel is her family was absolutely epic 🎉🎉

The entire series of voice lines at 12:05 is IMO the BEST voice acting we ever had in this game

"What is this feeling? I do not want it!" Funny having two sisters utter the same words years apart.

20:42 that perfectly timed "Guardian Down" after Xivu's exaltations

12:06 Kimberly Brooks as some serious Sam Witwer energy in these dialogues and I love it. Xivu’s reaction to Oryx’s death made me think about Darth Maul’s own insanity in the Clone Wars when his brother Savage Opress found him on that junk planet!

savathun hearing xivu arath saying "what is this feeling? i do not want it": first time?

I absolutely LOVE the actress playing Xivu. The emotion, the turmoil you can feel every single thing cutting through her words like a knife. Honestly? I loved Oryx's stoicism. Savathûn's playfulness. But Xivu Arath's deep expressiveness and emotion has captivated me unlike anything we have seen in the game.

“What is this feeling? I do not want it” - Xivu Arath here, and Savathun in the Hawkmoon lore tab, when they are both reminiscing about their younger years as Krill

I also miss a lot of my warlock strand melees lol. As a hunter main it always frustrates me. Hope you’re having a good week Byf, thanks for all you do!

I love the little nod to the lroe tab of the hawkmoon(?) where Someone seems to watch crow and us getting drunk, asking what that feeling is they feel. Xivu seems to have been watching us for a long time now

Fairly certain that Oryx’s death fractured Xivu’s mind. Listening to her she’s clearly not sane anymore. She’s not just fanatical, but also clearly broken.

what’s interesting is xivu’s description of the sky/light is down, because savathun was “crawling in it” and her truth/darkness was described as having wings

18:02 OMG I seeing the Ecclesiarchy happen before my eyes. I love it!!!

I still can't get this out of this my head but I post it here. What if Oryx does come back ether way? If Xixv her Achiles heel is her family. Then it could be her famliy that can help us. Imagine Savathun is back. But Xixv won't listen to her. But we know she values and trusts her brother Oryx and with little options left he comes back. With a Ghost and us to explain what has happened. God that would be epic.

I just imagine somewhere a fragment of Toland is chilling with Xivu "You're mad cause they squandered the throne, huh? Me too." Honestly, this dungeon was definitely a trip filled with sorrow for me. Hearing Xivus struggle. Her rage, her sorrow, her doubt. I do wonder, if the dungeon isn't just pointing toward Xivus arrival, if it's also pointing us to how we bring back Savathun, or even by extension, Cayde.

Xivu is channeling some serious Invader Zim energy. Even shouting “the lies!!” 🤣🤣

Bro the voice acting in Xivu's voice is the best in the entire franchise

Good lord can i just take a moment that with the dialogue with the BLASPHEMY was utterly amazing my god great job to that va im genuinely amazed

15:31 Xivu Arath taking "Old Man Yells At Cloud" to an entirely new level

"First true insight", I feel like her title of God of War, her battle with Mara in the ascendant plane and her torchering one of Hive Lightnearers were insightful enough.

With the last Xivu's line I instantly remember Hawkmoon's lore Savathun also sid those words

0:25 "A litlle more in Depth..." Goddamit Byf!

Xivu speaking in slam poetry is the best design decision in this game since making Xur look like the resident evil 4 merchant.

I hope we get to see more of her in action. Like for Oryx we had the Taken King, and for Savathun we had the Witchqueen (along with some build up in prior seasons). I would hope that Xivu would be more show then tell since she is the Hive God of War.

"The cunning warrior attacks neither body nor mind." "Tell me how!" "The heart, Norman. First, we attack his heart."

Que lástima que no hay creadores de contenido así en español :c, good video.

Every time I here about how Torobatl fell, the more and more I want an expansion focused on going there with Caityl and taking it back from the Hive

Looking back on it, I never realized just how many parallels there are between the Hive and the Necrons.

What a fascinating dive into the lore of Xivu Arath....previously I figured that she would be the most loyal, dedicated, and fanatical of all of the Witness' remaining servants. That a resurrected and reasonably cooperative Savathûn would have to throw the entire Lucent Brood at Xivu's forces to take them off the board, so to speak, in our final push against the Witness at the end of Final Shape. Now? I'm not so sure. There is now some context to her motivations and an opportunity for more than just Hive-on-Lucent-Hive slaughter to aid in a final push against the Witness. Rather than simply tying up the Hive or even convincing them to go away, maybe, just maybe, Xivu Arath will turn on the Witness as Eramis has been turning? I see a window, however small it may be, to having some kind of truce between Alliance forces and the Hive. (I still think that Destiny 3, whenever it eventually comes out, would naturally have playable alien races...some of that groundwork is already being laid, with Caiatl asking Osiris to help teach Cabal forces about the Darkness, and it would only take some story finagling to have some Lucent Hive - perhaps under Fynch's direction - stick around and help out with future events.) Either way, there is now a lot of added depth to Xivu Arath's character that make her that much more compelling and interesting as a villain. Bungie may be mistakenly slow-playing us on the Veil, but I'd say they're hitting other parts of the story like this one out of the park. As an aside, does anyone else get really amused at how KZfaq's auto-subtitling function 1) struggles to pick up Byf's accent, and 2) inconsistently misspells Xivu's name?

The "feeling" line callback is also an incredible mirror to Savathun's feeling that she wanted to reject. Both feelings, while different, may mirror what they've rejected with their nature's they've adapted to for so long. Savathun felt longing for companionship, companionship that can never be achieved living a life of deceit. Xivu might be in a place where her feeling of loss is the sacrifice she makes by taking her nature of war. Both saw the parts that they did not like about their way of life. Both of them may reject these feelings, however much these differ from each other.

Kimberly Brooks is so talented, she has so much range its insane

23:56 Super interesting choice of words there; word for word what Savathùn said when she was still Osiris observing us and Crow in the Hawkmoon loretab, where she starts to experience longing for the simpler times, her home, her siblings...etc; First she said: "What is this feeling? I did not ask for it. I do not understand it. I do not want it." Then she said: "What is this feeling? I do not understand it. I do not want it." Then she said: "What is this feeling? I do not want it." Then finally: "What is this feeling?". notice the missing "I do not want it" implying she likes it. If Xivu is going through the same emotional dilemma as her sister was before she did forsake her past self then it stands to reason that Xivu will probably go through the same.