This amount of dedication to a game that you don't even play deserves a insane amount of respect. Also can't think of a better video detailing the Destiny universe history pre player entry

Additional comment, at 2:17:38 when Byf mentioned the whole "being removed from time entirely" thing that the Vex in the Vault of Glass can do, it's a running theory that rather than there only being 3 guardians that tried to take on the Vault of Glass, it actually was a proper 6-man Raid team like all other raids go; but the theory is that the other 3 members were erased from time by the Vex, and so, we only know of "the three" that tried to assail the Vault.

Wow I really didnt expect you to react to the entirety of the Destiny lore ahah this is awesome. I've been playing Destiny since the Destiny 1 beta and probably have around 8 thousand hours in Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 combined. its my favorite game ever and me and my friends play it almost every day. The lore is actually really interesting and gives the game that extra spice when you know the story as your killing gods and turning them into guns for you to use.

The weapon is called Touch of Malice. Oryx isn't the only one who decided it was a good idea - one of the actual Worm Gods decided that the player characters were the ones who truly embodied Sword Logic (Because... if you think about it... they sort of mercilessly slaughter millions. And can't die.) and became the gun, Whisper of the Worm. You can see a Worm God in the Vow of the Disciple raid, I'm sure there are a lot of pictures of it you could find easily, if you want to check out the full size/appearance of one.

As much as I have a problem with the game sometimes, Bungie is always great at naming things. Sword Logic, Godwave, Whisper of the Worm, and etc.

Mara was quite literally the only one cunning enough to use an ahamkara's power without incurring the monkey's paw effect. In the Last Wish raid of Destiny 2 you have to kill Riven as she was Taken by Oryx at one point. At the beginning of the raid you can find a wall of symbols. Shooting the symbols changes them. This is the Wall of Wishes and through these many symbol combinations, Mara could make such incredibly specific wishes that Riven could not twist. You can use this wall yourself in the Raid. There are 15 in total but we've only figured out 14. The 15th is still a mystery to this day. Most of the wishes are silly things like summoning certain characters to speak to you during the raid, making enemy's heads explode into confetti like the old Halo easter egg, but some of them allow you to skip straight to specific encounters in the raid. You can skip straight to Riven if you wanted but of course you skip out on the rewards from previous encounters as well.

Did NOT see this coming. Consider me pleasantly surprised!

Great reaction, byf is definitely the lore daddy of Destiny I super highly recommend some of his other videos especially the lore video of " the last word and the thorn" it focuses on a gaurdian named dredgen yor probably the most evil guardian that ever lived, and "Dynasty" a more in depth video on the book of sorrows

1:48:30 no that lightning wasn't part of the suit that is the travelers "light" which is what gives the guardians their powers. So yes their best defense was a big wall with alot of big guns and then the guardians themselves.

The one-horned guy is called Lord Shaxx, a Titan and person in charge in charge of The Crucible.

Holy moly! Almost 3 hours of Destiny lore!? You guys are insane

Byf and the story of the hive, including Savathun has expanded much in the last several years - i highly reccomend watching Byf's Dynasty fan film - detailing Savathun's journey, it includes fan made art and animation

I love Byf’s lore vids! Pretty hyped to see more! The wait for the newest expansion is unbearable lol, 5 days left till Lightfall!

Destiny 1 soundtrack in the background is so good haha. He mixed it with his story telling so well.

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. This quote best describes the three siblings’ story. Ironically, the Queen of lies was the only one to break away from the manipulation of the Witness, it using the Hive and the Worms as pawns. Yet she’d never realized herself she’d been deceived by the Witness. The Queen of lies, lied to for so long. Yet she’d never known. Potent irony.

right on time for the lightfall expansion next week. cant wait for the next part

Byf’s voice is so captivating, and brings Destiny 2’s universe to life. The community couldn’t ask for a better historian/narrator.

Dude I was a Beta player of D1 and I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see you react with such glee to this story that's been a part of my life for almost a decade now 😄 I can't wait to see your journey continue! Buckle up because it gets *really* good 😱 Side note: check out Byf's video Dynasty. It's a masterpiece 🤌🏻 Cheers!

Yes! I was just thinking yesterday that I haven't seen anything Destiny from you guys recently, my prayers are answered, even better that it's byf's mega video!

This is the original version of his Books of Sorrow lore segment. Last year he made an updated "remastered" version containing custom graphics and voice acting done by talented people.

I like the drifters dark age story. Dark Age was different times. We had no City. Warlords and Iron Lords tore up the whole world tryin' to prove who was better, what was worth fighting for. I was busy tryin' not to starve. You ever go hungry 'til you keeled over? We did that a lot in the Dark Age. Our Ghosts would bring us back - still hungry. Really pissed me off. This one time I found a village to hide out in. Bunch of huts, really. Good people. They gave me work, and I kept my Light a secret while I performed some minor miracles. Then the Iron Lords rolled into town. My Ghost stayed outta sight, and they were none the wiser. They cut a deal with us (as if we had a choice) - paid us to let them hide out 'til some Warlords showed up. Then ambushed 'em. But we all got caught in the crossfire. My neighbor's kid told me something that still bounces 'round my head to this day. Right before the light went out in her tiny eyes, she whispered, "I can't feel anything." Yeah. I couldn't either.

On the topic of the assault on moon. The moon is now litteraly haunted by the shadows of the fallen guardians. You can hear them pleading for help. And see their shadow forms.

2:32:41 The problem is that the Wish dragons relied on making wishes for sustainability unless one wish made one immortal. Example: When Oryx the Taken King destroyed the Awoken fleet in the DLC "Taken king," he went to the Dreaming city and found/spoke with "Riven" the last Ahamkara. Oryx: Can I TAKE you? Riven: As long as you wish it. And so Riven was taken.

What Byf forgot to express about the Hive is that the Hive have a twisted sense of love. For what we perceive as hate the Hive perceive as love. There's even a whole part of the books of sorrow where Aurash and Savathun engage in war with each other, not in an act of hate but love. And there's another part where Oryx states his love for his sisters even after they've made multiple attempts to steal the tablets of ruin from him

For this story. I recommend listening on to the tales of Rhulk, The First Disciple. As he is affiliated with the Krill. I will not go further into details, but their original stems from him and The Witness.

Im playing D2 as i listened to this and after almost a decade of playing this franchise, You START the game at the last second of this video. ALLLL of the entirety of this videos lore is slowly uncovered BACKWARDS. Various notations of lore, lore books, voice lines, IMpossibly annoying and long Exotic weapon questlines that let you read some of the narrations from these older characters. Youre just a guardian. No better than some of the warlords of light at the start of the travelers last gift. FIghting in the crucible reporting to Lord Shaxx every week, taking vanguard missions and even trying your hand at becoming an iron lord when the Iron banner is available and Saladin himself giving words of determined encouragement. THis game really does come to life. Knowing the depths of the choices made from all the factions. listening to Mara and her insane immeasurable ego. SO many asepcts of it come together to weave a world around your character thats soo much bigger than you instead of telling you that youre the only hope. You only get to be that if you prove youre worthy of it. THe entire solar system ahs come to an end already, multiple times practically and were still here. Fighting the darkness by any means necesary.

Fun fact: Eriana actually has a gun named after her in the game.

The little girl who was looking at the sky is Amanda, she was unfortunately the only one of her family to make it to the city

The lore of destiny is so much more interesting than the actual game for me

Have to admit destiny has got a great lore to it. Phenomenal video. Also have to truly say Bethany is absolutely wise and I could listen to her for ages. Stay amazing you two.

Wait until they find out about the hive in Witch Queen

THANK YOU SO MUCH🙏 Byf is so great.

Definitely recommend watching over D1's story, some of the development occurs/involve the raid completion that is in my opinion important to know Also, in reference to the Ahamkara, their wishes were considered too powerful (to leave them accessible in some way to those with malicious intent) and there is also the little quirk of the Ahamkara's ability to grant unspoken "wishes, which could be very harmful and unknowingly engaged with

Going into Destiny 2, you NEED to react to the raid lore, it is some of the most important lore, and you missed it in Destiny 1

17:49 dude wtf this lore is dope asf

As someone who really loves Mara I love both of your opinions on her. Well thought out and fair.

Holy crap- I was wondering when new destiny content was coming but I didn’t expect this 😂😂😂

Oooh Byf is so good. And the Books of Sorrow too! Personally not caught up with all the D2 events (too expensive to keep up) but glad you guys are tackling this. Loved D1. It got REALLY good when the Taken King expansion dropped imo.

I love the implication that savathun read oryx's diary and then decided to write "why you lyin' lol" in the margins. It's so "highschool" lol

I am pretty sure that the lore on the wormgods at 32:56 comes during destiny 2. Recently we learned HUGE things about destiny 2 in the lore.

This format of video was amazing and very fun to watch with you, thank you! Can’t wait for more destiny

Well, we still don’t know why the Worms worship the Darkness but we do know about their parents since Witch Queen.

One thing that’s always remained is my absolute fascination with the lore and world of Destiny. Even during the D1 days where you had to go on a website to read grimoire cards to understand the story, I still found it so intriguing. One of my favorite things Destiny does is the flavor text you find on gear and items. Like the Dark Souls games, the flavor text helps give context to the world of Destiny. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s poignant, but it’s always more interesting than simply being an explanation of what the item is and what it does. Some of my favorites are: "If there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?" - Feizel Crux "YOU WILL DREAM OF TEETH AND NOTHING ELSE" -scratched behind a buckle “When the lake used to freeze, people would dance on the ice wearing boots with tiny swords. And fall in love.” “One day the Last City will be known as the First City.” And my personal favorite: "In that last moment she seemed as wholly luminescent as the Sun, and I wished to be so brave." I’m not sure exactly where it’s stated but this is apparently Erianna-3 referring to the death of her lover, Wei Ning, at the battle of Mare Imbrium.

im glad you watched this cause, as a Destiny player myself, i dont know much about the lore of Destiny. So this was a great education experience for me. As well as seeing all the foreshadowing that i wasnt aware of for Destiny 1 and 2.

Ah, Byf does such great work with his lore videos. Two other great ones are "Dynasty", which covers the story of the Osmium Dynasty (Oryx, Savathun, and Xivu Arath) in great detail, though you've already gotten the majority of it from this video. The other one would be "The Last Word and Thorn. The Complete Story", which covers the story of Dredgen Yor, the most notorious guardian that fell into Darkness, and Shin Malphur, The Man with the Golden Gun. I personally love this second one. As always, keep up the awesome work, you two!

YES!!!! never thought you'd react to Destiny.

As a gamer, I've been watching you guys for a min but I'm happy you guys are looking at more and more good stories in the gaming world. The story that is destiny is a good long and interesting one. I hope you enjoy it to its fullest.

I would definitely recommend diving into the Destiny 1 section of Byf's lore video, as it goes over things that were not shown in the campaign itself. There are more missions, activities, and other things that add to the story that were not included in the campaigns for Destiny 1, but those things were included in Byf's video, so they'll give you more context and knowledge of certain events that you definitely don't want to miss!

WOAH THIS IS AMAZING! an entire 2 hour video with my favorite reaction youtubers!

14:39 chills

so cool i was wondering if u guys were gonna do more destiny and u made my wish come true with TWO AND A HALF HOUR VID!!! ty so much

You guys stumbled upon some Deep lore. I love Byf's voice.

Man Destiny 2 cinematics are gonna be a journey. I'm glad to be able to experience your reaction to Destiny lore and the cinematics of the games. Destiny lore is definitely in top 5 of the best fictional video game universe lore. A clashing titan amongst Halo, Gears of war, Elder Scrolls.

The Sword Logic states that existence is the struggle to exist, and those that do not fight for it are a flaw in the fabric of the universe. A failure that must be broken and creased out, either by cold entropy or wanton destruction.

Late to the party for once, but thank you guys for continuing to check out Destiny!

The thing with the Dragons was, you did not have to be in their presence to have them grant a wish, you just had to think it and the bargain was made. Even if you were not trying to actually make one, they granted it any way. Ana Bray, yeah you did see her again, in the warmind/Rasputin DLC.

I was shocked when I saw that you posted this

so here's the thing about the Vault Fireteam, there was 6 and not just three. the other three were erased from existence entirely by Atheon and the Gorgons. we will never know their names, we will never known what classes they were, and they will be forever forgotten. such is the will of the Vault of Glass

You guys will absolutely love Byf’s video about Dredgen Yor and Thorn. So much effort was made to make that video. Treat yourselves!

This is quite interesting, knowing what I know now about the Hive. Turns out, they aren't the worst the universe has to offer. Which is a terrifying thought. Per Audacia Ad Astra. I'll see you starside.

Comment is a little late, but a really good Byf lore video is the lore behind The Last Word and Thorn.

i would love to see your reactions to the super attacks in saint seiya soldiers soul. they are some awesome looking attacks

i love destiny

Myelin is malding!🤣

Another Byf video that is great and about a centralized story is the "Last Word and Thorn" video.

2:02:19 Yeah, "Red" in this age was very petty for unleashing SIVA because he mistook one of the Iron Lord's words as an insult. Even a newly developed fragment of Rasputin, who developed his own opinions, called himself a "Tyranical and unforgivable act."

Ah yes, Byf, Lore Daddy, one of the best sources of destiny lore out there

Oh boy good luck trying to understand all this. I played since D1 and still dread this storytelling.

Watching this before playing the games is certainly a way to go about learning the lore, but back in Destiny 1, we didn't have Lore Books we could collect like we do in Destiny 2. They were these Cards we unlocked for an ONLINE WEBSITE so we could read them. Yes, it was really really bad. Many people didn't even bother to look them up and the website itself is gone now I think. They ARE archived by a fan run site know as the Ishtar Collective (Another Destiny reference). But yeah. Byf makes it seem like all of this was made clear but it was really something players had to dig for. Byf also did Lore for the raids themselves and how their design itself was telling a story. Something to look into.

I hope we get to explore places beyond Sol after Final Shape, like Totobaital, Fundament, and the Distributary. Mara’s deception, and chaos she’d introduced to the Distributary, could be compared to “burning the down Olympus, or any such paradise, in order to prevent Armageddon” by what we would come to discover as the true identity of the malefactor of our first Collapse: The Witness. I hope we get to explore the Distributary in the next saga, as things may have changed greatly since then. Or perhaps, they’d already had been destroyed by the Witness and it’s Black Fleet. For even an anomaly in space seems within the Witness’ grasp to breach and destroy.

You will learn a lot more about the krill and the hive and what really went down when you check out the Witch Queen. This comes back in a very interesting way.

Yes some good ol byf amsr hahaha he does a fantastic job with lore for destiny. The community has definitely been knighted “Lore Daddy” lol this is great 👍🏽 Oh and I would definitely look into Byf’s video on the dragons and you may discover why they were so dangerous to be left in the wild cause it takes a lot more than “stop making wishes” to hold back their influence haha Great reactions can’t wait to see more 🤞🏽👏🏽

Byf us a great lore youtuber. I love his content and yours

Unfortunately, simply telling people not to make wishes with the Ahamkara would not have worked at all for two main reasons. One, The Ahamkara are crafty and manipulative, they can read minds and shape-shift so even if people at first don’t want to make wishes, it is very common for the Ahamkara to psychologically torment people until the give in, think constant visions of a deceased lover whispering in the back of your head to bring her back. The second big issue though is that wishes through Ahamkara do not have to be explicitly stated. Ahamkara can make pacts with people without those people ever even knowing that they made a wish or spoke to an Ahamkara.

oooooh, mmmmyyyyy, gooddssss. I have literally been waiting for this forever, thank you. My immortal soul can rest peacefully now...

You should read XXXII: Majestic. Majestic. It is a part of the Book of Sorrows where the Deep talks and explains itself to Oryx. It is key to understand everything about the Darkness's belief.

one of the Trapped 'prices', from the *[Enemy]* . (00:13:21). But too late for those *Fallen* people. and those three. if only the *[[Flower]-eater]* did not Interrupted this next set of the [Traveler]'s work. and another Golden Age people's. (00:37:00). if only. that one, little detail described by that attempt's *(**00:37:20**)* though wasn't the full description. [It] was first discovered BEFORE the literal First Contact location, keep in mind. the ARES ONE(/CATAMARAN) mission. (00:37:55). the [Gardener] there was rescuing those GREEN colonists. [00:58:30]. it was still a good idea.... if not for the more Material *Hive* there also deploying their similarly [Paracausally]-empowered equivalent (Crota for example) too on that cursed Moon. (02:23:36).

If you haven't reacted to it yet Mynameisbyf's video on the lore for Thorn and The Last Word is an absolute masterpiece of a youtube video. I highly recommend that one :)

Destiny universe is expansive and utterly interesting,... Bravo

This is a great video and presented really well, but you should know the story of Destiny is ever-evolving and we've learned more about some of this stuff in the years since this was released. Nothing here is WRONG, but we definitely have some more information and more details about some of the events he talks about. I hope Byf makes a fully updated version some day!

byf is great with breaking down lore in the game. but by far his greatest work was "THE LAST WORD" story. he did one of my favorite story line it's great. if you like old school westerns then you would like it.

Theres a really interesting aspect gameplay wise where the same way that youre annoyed that the dragons are gone, or that you wanna know more about Erianas story. THere are Exotic wepaons in the game that are anything from random drops like 1%. To, having to start a long 30 part quest following that particular tidbit of lore, For example, erianas vow is a giant fuck off Handcannon you can use. And hunters get an exotic peice of gear called the claws of ahamkara. On the side of erianas vow, theres a hive insignia carved into the barrel. Its special trait is that it shoots through barrier. Something to note is Hive have a mob called a Knight, and they constantly throw up a wall of pure darkness in front of them and heal behind it. Erianas vow shoots through it.

Destiny 2 is the worst but best game i ever played😃

The dragons are quite cool but the reason they had to kill them is because the way they hunt and feed on is on wishing, so they tempt on others to wish and you know the rest, thats the danger that rest in them

Y’all like this y’all should watch Ark The island Survival Stories, y’all watched Helena’s story but there’s a full video that shows all sides, not only that but it’s in order so you’ll know there story on the island, specially sense it has a pretty interesting story

Ana Bray's Death was presumed but ultimately, greatly exaggerated. Mara is a shining example of the concept that "Good" does not mean "Nice" with her having committed innumerable sins and atrocities for the purpose of returning and saving humanity. There is so much more Destiny lore and I hope that you guys will watch the seasonal stories from Destiny 2 as well, as that has some of the most fascinating info to learn.

The lore of Destiny really starts way before the Books of Sorrow, the Gardener and Winnower's Flower Game (Light and Darkness respectively) dates back to before the normal laws of nature as we know them came into being. Of course, that account is told to us (agents of the Light) by the Winnower himself with the express purpose of trying to sway us to his side, so like the Books you might serve well to take it with caution. However, I believe it personally since by the rules he lays out he has little to no motivation to lie to us.

Everyone else is recommending more Byf videos, which is great if you want some analysis, but if you're ever interested in just cold reads of lore cards, I recommend DarrenBaron. You guys would love the actual reading of the Books of Sorrow themselves since you seemed to enjoy Byf's re-telling. They're quite well written!

might i recommend dynasty, also by byf (as well as a bunch of collaborators)? it covers a lot of the same content of the books of sorrow but is animated and really well done.

19:55 All parents want what's best for their children, no? Well, the Sword Logic states that only the strongest have the right to exist, so what better way to strengthen your children then to show them strength firsthand, especially when you all have throne worlds ensuring that you can never truly die.

Good lore. Tough to find complete narration. In spite of Byf's best & very respectable efforts, I cringe every now and then. Many big words are being used, and they don't always form a beautiful symphony.

You gotta listen to Last word vs Thorn lore by byf!

How has your perspective of the Destiny 1 story + expansions changed since knowing some of the background lore of Destiny? I think you should go on to Destiny 2 and the first 2 expansions and then maybe you could watch the lore video of Destiny 1. Once Destiny 2 introduced Seasonal content, you can think of the expansions as the A plot and the seasonal content as the B plot. Not all seasons are driving the overall story forward and some seasons are way more important than others. Some of the more recent seasons over this past year have been really good. I can't wait to see your reactions, if you guys keep going, to some of the things in Destiny 2 in the later years; you'll be shocked like many players like me.

D1 lore was so good. D2 lore after Forsaken became corrupted by Disney type writing despite being told more upfront, where bad things are not really that bad and nothing has emotional weight or compelling narratives whatsoever. This video was before Lightfall, and whereas Witch Queen was our first ray of hope in D2 narrative after years, Lightfall was possibly the worst followup conceivable to the point Sony is holding an axe over them. I should add SIVA is possibly our favorite storyline, with everything it added including fighting a mutation of a race that never came back. Taken King and Forsaken storyline tie high as well, but it might be because SIVA never resurged that we to this day yearn for it back. The mystery of Felwinter is deeply explained later in D2, and this might be why the video does not go into too much detail into the Iron Lords and Rasputin, as a lot of holes are filled in D2 books that add a tremendous amount of lore.

BTW byf has an updated video on the hive back story called dynasty with the witch queen dlc we got a lot of updated information about the hive back story really well made video worth a watch

Hey Ken and Bethany, I love your reactions and takes on different gaming related lore. You guys should check out The Combined Timeline of Portal and Half-life by Skyrionn. It's kind of a long watch, but it's very compelling and the games are made by Valve, the same creators of Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead.

My Name is Byf is a GOD

To explain the dragons and their wishes! They tempt anyone near them and takeover and influence them, they aren't just innocent animals but more sinister creatures, Even their remains whisper and tempt anyone near them.

Dude the Vex invaded Oryx’s throne world??? That’s crazy

You guys should definitely react to all of the lightfall trailers. The order to watch would be: 1: Destiny 2 lightfall reveal trailer 2: destiny 2 game awards trailer 3: destiny 2 neomuna environmental trailer 4: destiny 2 lightfall weapons and gear trailer 5: destiny 2 lightfall strand trailer 6: destiny 2 lightfall launch trailer