Destiny in a Nutshell: >Go to different planet >Look around >Throw Ghost at old computers >Fight 3 waves of enemies while you "hold on" for your ghost to shine flashlight at computers >Wake the hive >Wake the Hive Prince >Kill him >Listen to Queen >Don't listen to Lord Shaxx >Remember to take your rocks off Cayde's map >Throw your ghost at Hive Statues >Fight 3 different enemy species >Fight Hive King Lord Scumbag >Get salty coz you didnt get Rewards ... Patiently waits Rise of Iron

As someone who knows way to much about the lore, I have a few small corrections 0:52 - "We don't know why we went into VoG" Grimoire Card 'The Black Garden' indicates the Speaker believes that the Vault of Glass does "hold powers the Progeny were meant to bring forth" therefore it is reasonable to assume that we enter the Vault under instruction from the Speaker to investigate and/or neutralise what these powers are. 1:40 - "What was the Black Heart?" from the books of Sorrow (particularly Verse 4:9 & 5:1) we see that when the Vex encountered the Hive they could not understand the power they wielded and reacted by taking samples and attempting to replicate it, the Black Garden is very likely one of these experiments with the Vex imitating Hive worshiping patterns. 11:52 "no motive for Skolas' release" this is a bit vague but there are two prevailing theories, #1 is simple revenge for something the Queen did to the Nine, maybe the Crows continuing to intrude into their territory as mentioned in Grimoire Card 'Ghost Fragment: The Queen" #2 is more complicated but looking at what the release of Skolas ultimately resulted in, closer ties between the City and the Reef and most importantly Skolas telling the Queen Oryx was coming in Grimoire Card 'Queen's Ransom' it is possible the Nine started of this whole chain of events to ensure that we would be in a position to defeat Oryx when the time came. (I personally subscribe to #2) But overall very good lore video Datto, nicely done.

You forgot the part when KJhovey installed and everyone's PvP dreams were shattered

Because the queen was like... "no". xD

Oh man, this video was great. The explanations were good yet funny, the humor was top notch. Really would love more lore videos like this.

The humor in this video was 10/10.

I've watched countless destiny lore videos and read tons of posts... This is by far the best one I've seen. You pull everything together in a tetris level 9 like way where the pieces fit together wonderfully and in rapid succession. Thank you Datto. I had heard from other youtubers and friends that you were the best destiny source but never stumbled across your videos until this past week and I am impressed. With as many great things as I had heard... They didn't even do justice to how much better your videos actually are. Wow. Just wow.

To understand the Hive, you need to understand the idea of 'Sword Logic'. In simple terms, it's survival of the fittest on steroids. You only have the right to exist if you are utterly more ruthless than everything else. And if everything else is dead how can they oppose your will? This thus makes what you speak more true, as there is no-one alive to deny it. Eventually the Hive pantheon (Oryx, Xivu Arath, Savathun) became so powerful through this logic that not even the laws of space and matter could resist their will, and so allowed them to do the what should be impossible and create an Ascendant realm. The end goal for the Hive is to become synonymous with death and the end of everything, for if they do so they will be immortal. And regarding Savathun's treachery via telling Crota to cut a hole into the Ascendant realm I would argue that comes from 2 things. Firstly when the 3 sisters took the larvae of the Worm Gods into themselves, they were given the clause that if they ever stopped obeying their natures they would be consumed by their worm. Savathun's nature was cunning, so in addition of the need to satiate the worm via slaughter she needs to continue to be ever cunning, hence the manipulation of Crota to undermine Oryx. The second reason is that to spare anyone from the Sword Logic, even 'loved ones', is a weakness which is forbidden. Your continued existence is only allowed if you can still prove you are mighty enough TO exist, and the proof of might will never cease until there is nothing left to challenge it. Because of this the Hive pantheon will always test each other's strength, for if they fail these tests then by the Sword Logic they do not deserve to exist.

Perfect editing, good background music, great explanations, hilarious video. Another piece of quality content.

Skolas was released by The Nine because they knew Oryx was coming to Sol and the only way to halt his fleet would be if The City and The Reef were united. They predicted that Skolas' rebellion would cause Mara Sov to call upon the aid of The City and its Guardians, reopening communications between the two establishments.

this is way easier to understand than all of the other lore videos out there. and it all sums up in roughly 17 minutes. you are a legend datto

Datto, for the reason we went into the VoG, I think the flavor text explains is quite well, "Beneath Venus, evil stirs." We went there to expunge all evil, which is, what Guardians do at the end of the day.

the lore for destiny is amazing, honestly one of the best history/stories in a game but there is virtually no story telling in the game! it's just like "oh this bad guy did something bad, go kill him" or "oh we killed his son and now he wants to kill us, let's kill him" i wish they would actually incorporate more story telling! not expecting anything different for rise of iron but fingers crossed for destiny 2! hopefully bungie can see that the community wants more actual story telling done and they focus on that a lot more!

When you said Eris Morn asked the Queen for help against Oryx, you forgot to mention it wasn't just Eris, it was also a Warlock called Osiris. Thought that was pretty interesting too tbh

Datto this was amazing. Very informative as usual, but you're starting to become much more humorous in your delivery which is awesome. Great video all around!!

Datto, please do more videos with this style. Your sense of humor translates perfectly through the text placement and script. Probably laughed a little harder than I should have. Great work!

"2 years almost into the destiny project but.. We still have no idea WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON" -Datto 2016

So Oryx tell Crota to make a name for himself or die trying, but gets mad when he dies trying?

Datto. As an avid reader of the grimoire it was very nice to see this video. I would absolutely love to see more of these. Maybe go deeper into each section of the story. Thanks for this. I feel like this took more time than your average video. Keep up the awesome work man!

Learned more about Destiny in this 16min video than I did from my 1500+ hours of experience on Destiny. Great video.

"That sequence concludes The Dark Below, then we get *fades out as ad kicks in* " D'x

From a storytelling point of view, I feel like the way the story is told is actually very interesting. Were it a finished book (as we're only 20% of the way through at best) I don't think a lot of the complaints would pop up. It honestly feels very much like Clancy's works; they would start with some early unconnected events that spiraled outwards and intermingled to form the plot. For example, in one book where a war was started, one of the initial triggering event was... a car crash. Between some totally irrelevant characters; I don't even think one driver got a name and the other only existed for the page or two that this crash happened on. That's sort of the feel that I got from playing Destiny, and I think if we could actually play from start to finish and see the whole massive storyline unfold, it would get better. But we haven't been able to yet, of course, because it's not done yet. It also feels sort of indicative of your Guardian's rise through the ranks. In vanilla Destiny you're just a random soldier, operating pretty much independently following your own trail of breadcrumbs. There's not a lot of story, and while most or all of that might just be that the team was still figuring out how to tell its story, it sort of feels like "there is no explanation because /you don't know/". You're not privy to whatever the Vanguard knows, and you're only learning what the Guardian and his Dinklebot/Nolandroid can learn themselves. Come The Dark Below, you're still working very much outside the system, but the person you're working with does actually know what's going on, so you get as much story as Eris is willing to share. Still just a random soldier, but you have a person with a vested interest in telling you just enough to keep you happy. Same thing for Petra and the House of Wolves; if you don't know that Mara Sovv can blast small planets open, Petra doesn't really care to tell you that. Varicks seems like he just enjoys being cryptic on top of all that. When we get to TTK though, the relationships have changed. The Vanguard is calling on you, personally. You're no longer the random soldier. You're the Hivebane, you're Crota's killer, and most importantly you're the one Oryx personally wants dead. You get access to a lot more /stuff/ simply because the Vanguard suddenly needs you and Oryx isn't some vague thing that you read about and decided was a problem, he's coming to you. The story gets a lot more in-depth and personal because now the story is actually about you, and you're put in a place that's steeped in Taken/Hive history to fill in the background. Looking at the big picture I guess: "Why did we kill Atheon?" Because we found a bunch of cryptic references to this Vault of Glass place, decided it was worth investigating, and poked our nose in. "Why did we kill Crota?" Because Eris fed us a sob story and asked us to. "Why did we kill Skolas?" Because Mara Sovv asked us to, and we owed her. "Why did we kill Oryx?" Because /he/ went out of his way to pick a fight with /us/. Each time it gets a little more personal. From a storytelling perspective that's actually pretty cool, even if it can get really frustrating when actually playing sometimes.

I watch a lot of lore, but yours is by far he simplest, easiest to understand. It felt... organized and didn't add anything that wasn't necessary. Great job Datto.

Not even 2 minutes in and I'm hearing more questions than answers lmfao. Nah but we needed a vid like this eventually. Thx papa Datto.

I love it when datto is sarcastic xD

destinys story is like talking to someone who speaks a different language than you. you dont understand jack shit nothing makes sense to you but he definitely is saying something. just nothing you can understand.

This video wasn't just informative, it was also amusing and well put together! Props to you, Datto!

This video is actually gonna be a huge help in getting some of my friends to finally buy and play this game with me. I mean, the story is still all over the fuckin' place, but I know tons of people who want to feel invested and understand a bit about the universe in a game before they start devoting a bunch of time to it. Good shit as always Datto.

So that means that oryx actually loved us?😂😂

i freakin love this series ! please do one on oryx and the book of sorrows !

Most concise and informative video I've seen on Destiny lore in a long time.

I personally think the story pace is spot on,living in the now most of us are not in the know.Its only when we look to the past we piece together the story of now.Good job on video.

It's funny. We(guardians) aren't that different from the hive. We kill each other in the crucible over and over to make ourselves stronger. So in a way we are practicing sword logic just as the hive are.

Imagine Toland being the Rise Of Iron raid boss and he's all fucked up

I forget where it's said in the grimiore, but the hive use moons as a way of traveling from time to time. They hollow it out and then breed in it and stuff. Kinda what we see with ours. It's stated during a fight with bird people.

Nice lore video datto, usually people just read off the grimoire and thats it, but you make it interesting and give your opinions on the state of the game, would definitely like more of these

Xur is the one that released Skolas

TLDW: We basically know nothing.

great attempt at trying to stitch all of Destiny's stories together. I thoroughly enjoyed it

Datto this is by far my favorite video of yours. Really interesting and well made. I've been playing since the beta and I learned more about lore in this vid than playing the whole game.

R8 8/8 you should do more lore videos :D

Does that mean... Omnigul is still alive? Pretty sure we didn't kill her in the Ascendant Plane. 😒

I love the fact that you've gotten into Gramatik. Always nice to hear some quality grooves.

Thanks Datto. Not sure if any other youtubers would take their time of day to explain the Lore and everything. You're underappreciated i hope your subs rise in millions by Year 3

when do we actually learn something about the traveller, I don't trust it even though it look cool whil floating above the earth but there has to be something out there in the universe that can tell us something about the traveller what it actually is and/or does maybe the nine or weird people like them

all of this is cool, but WHAT THE FU#K IS DARKNESS?

more enjoyable than all the other lore videos I've watched. keep em up.

This was one of the best destiny videos i have seen in a long while

So what about cabal? Is there going to be a expansion will tell about them?

Just realized again how stupid Destiny's Story actually is. xD

I love this format. So laid back and humorous.

Oh gawd, I can't imagine how much work this video was. Thank you Datto.

The story is basically me spreading my buttcheeks apart and spraying diarrhea all over the place.

I hope the story is good in Rise of Iron because PvP is just trash now.

I like this a lot. Way nicer to have someone tell you the important stuff that is happening than to try to figure it out.

Datto why are so amazing, this video was much needed and you did a great job a trying to put together Destiny's very isolated stories. I really hope that Destiny 2 will clear up a lot of the missing elements and add a DLC based on what's currently going on

still waiting for a cabal dlc

Who's preordering rise of iron cause I am

Nice work Datto. You explained everything in an entertaining way but also in enough detail. I'd like to see you do some more in depth stuff for lore behind the Taken King/Books of Sorrow/etc.

Thanks Datto this is a great video that helped me and my friends understand more about destiny and it's expansions you are a great KZfaqr keep doing more you rock bro :)

This video is amazing! Whenever one of my friends asks what is Destiny about I link them here. Love your videos!

Please do more of this. I really like your style of lore-explaining.

Wow amazing work Datto. And it does clarify some of destiny's story so far. Definitely looking forward for a "summarized" book of sorrow vid to tie everything together.

that "blew up their planet" part had me in tears man lol well played

Thank God we still have seven or so years to have this immense clusterfuck of a story explained to us. I think one of the major problems with these thin threads of story, is that it's exceptionally vague unless you really dig. Thanks for digging Datto! You've helped clear up some confusion for us Guardians.

Awesome Job dude, please keep going with this Layman Lore series, really enjoyed

Great video! I really enjoyed the way you told it with humor and serious moments combined plus also the music in the background went with the environment very well!! Great job making this and I look forward for more lore videos like this one!

As someone who has played "catch up" with this game a few months after each new addition, this is appreciated lol. I play this to help my buddy in the nightfalls, raids etc but really I am just a guy who listens, shoot what he tells me, then I go to sleep. Knowing what's going on now is nice to know too ;)

Datto this video was great because it explained a lot and your humor made it even better

Datto, this was a much needed video. More stuff like this would be awesome! Thank you for the work you've put into this.

for anyone wanting to read more about Skolas, I highly recommend Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3, it's an amazing speech from Skolas to his House and basically explains his whole personality and motives. Makes you feel kinda bad for the Fallen too

Well, the presentation is certainly different than the kind I usually listen to, but I like it. Obviously, this is watered down and doesn't take into account the *MYRIAD* of little details that could be connected to each other from the various sources, ranging from Grimoire Cards to even the descriptions of weapons and armor pieces.

This could of been a sort of dull video, but the way you presented it was really entertaining.

This was very light hearted and informative! I enjoyed and learned some stuff even though I read through the lore. GG Datto!

You can tell a lot of work went into this. Just wanted to say good job of making a coherent lore/story video explaining this muddle. Here's hoping RoI and Destiny 2 kickstart the story to the point that we learn answers to the questions put forth in vanilla.

Sitting here with Destiny 2 launching tomorrow. Just watching this again for the 4th time because of the way Datto presents it. Love you Datto

these comedic explanations are great would totally watch more of these

Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you so much for making this, Datto! Keep up the great work!

I've never seen anything like it. Thank you datto for blessing us with this

I do enjoy how this video came out trying to connect the random threads that is Destiny's story. And a few hours later byf comes out with a video saying that destiny has the potential to rival the story of Star Wars. I just really enjoy the opinions of great youtubers that's what makes the community so cool.

This. You have the perfect amount of dry humor and sarcasm for this. Do more!!

Thanks Byf for helping my other favorite destiny youtuber out.

This was pretty funny as well as informative. The script I was reading on the screen is how I imagine Mr.Fruit would describe it.

Really enjoyed your take on the lore, would love to see more videos like this!

This was awesome, I'm glad you did this at all as well as the way you did this. You're starting to stretch your creativity and humor. (Plus, this shit is super nice to know.) I'd love to see more videos of this attitude, or just more in general now that I think about it. Every time I go on youtube I immediately check to see if Datto has posted anything new because you are one of the most talented and underappreciated youtubers that I know of.

great video, Datto! thanks for the refresh, nice to hear these things and understand that there is still no time to explain why theres no time to explain.....

"Hive literally pull world-ending pranks on each other" gotta be my destiny-related phrase of the year.

you should do this after a few expansions come out I found this humorous and educational

lol Datto!! you just smashed all those lore videos down into 16mins:) love it !!

Two things. Firstly, House of Wolves connects The Dark Below and the Taken King because after captured, Skolas mutters "Light-Eater" to the Queen, informing her and Erris that Oryx was headed for the system. Secondly, for anyone wondering about the origin of Oryx Datto alluded to in the video, here it is. Oryx was born as Aurash, a female of the species that would one day become the Hive. The proto-Hive species lived on the floating continents of the gas giant Fundament. Their father, the King of one of the continents, was murdered by the sister's tutor in order to become the new queen. Escaping and swearing revenge, the sisters found a ship designed to dive into Fundament's liquid core. Aurash and his sisters decided to search the core for a power that might help them again revenge. In the core they found the Worm Gods, who offered the sisters immortality if they agreed to act as hosts to the Worm's larvae. Each sister was given a morph according to her nature; Aurash's morph was the King morph, which transformed him into a male and renamed him Auryx, King of the Hive. Later down the line, realizing that his gift was not true power because it was given and not taken, Auryx murdered his patron Worm God to take power by force. In doing this he was able to convene directly with the Darkness, gain the power to Take the will of others, and became Oryx, the Taken King. And do think they could have put some of this in game instead of hiding it online.

+Datto 1:05 It's an extremely brief passage, but the grimoire card for The Black Garden story mission says that the Sol Progeny were going to use the Vault's power.

I'm so glad you made this video. My main questions for Destiny for so long have been: What WAS the Black Heart, what was it's significance - what was the significance of us defeating it? How does it relate to the Vex - WHY?! Why is anything we did important?! Context. I need context!

This video is amazing!! In case you want to make a second one, you can talk about some lore of the city, like the last word vs. thorn, the battle of twilight gap, saint-14, Osiris, the iron lords (RoI lore, you saw it here first!) etc. The average player of Destiny doesn't have any idea of some of these things. It's a shame that the story is so poorly told to us, because the game has actually a great universe.

Glad this came up during the Myelin lore stream with Datto and Danielle today

This was awesome! Keep up the great work as always Datto!

Nice video datto, laid everything out in a nice easy to understand way

Please do a complete breakdown of the Book of Sorrows. I'd love an hour long video with you narrating the lore!

Also, so many side stories which can be whole expansions, but the main story of expansion (reclaiming planets and reaching a new golden age) feels like it is slowly and surely building up. It might happen in a HUGE event that causes the Traveler to somewhat or fully revive and spark a new age. Also, the Nine and even other galaxies are interesting since it's so mysterious. If this gets to the point where we discover the origin of the Traveler and the Hive, it might be amazing.

Datto this is a very very very well done video, props to you man really enjoyed it.

Great video! Now understand a little more of how the unconnected expansions are connected.