Monster Hunter World Lore: The Sapphire Star

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024

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  • @LashknifeTalon
    @LashknifeTalon 6 лет назад +188

    It puts in perspective how huge of an honor it is when some of the NPCs in Astera start calling you "Sapphire Star".

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +17

      Yeah, it does, doesn't it! Thanks for commenting Lashknife Talon!

    • @ferro9926
      @ferro9926 6 лет назад +17

      Yea you go from this random person to the greatest one there in a just few short years

    • @sephyrias883
      @sephyrias883 6 лет назад +3

      +LashknifeTalon
      Aren't they assuming that you're some kind of "dragon" when they call you that? Seems like a strange thing to call someone.

    • @debleb166
      @debleb166 2 года назад +2

      @@sephyrias883 The Sapphire Star is an actual star in the MHW universe that is used by people to navigate similarly to the real-world North Star, not just a story. Because of this, the Sapphire Star is a symbol of guidance. I think the title is not directly comparing the hunter to the dragon from the story, but rather titling them as the one who guides the Commission to victory and safety.

  • @tylermacgregor1320
    @tylermacgregor1320 6 лет назад +105

    If I were to guess the 5 dragons represented in the legend:
    The Sapphire Star - Xeno Jiiva (obviously)
    The Land - Zorah Magdoros
    The Mountains - Dalamadur
    The Lakes and the Rain - Amatsu
    The Forests - Yamatsukami

    • @askmeificare5557
      @askmeificare5557 6 лет назад +27

      Tyler MacGregor An interesting theory, but I don't believe that we have ever seen these dragons (if the legend is real, or if they are 'dragons' at all).
      I would not be surprised if Xeno was one of them though.

    • @tylermacgregor1320
      @tylermacgregor1320 6 лет назад +16

      Ask Me If I Care I don't think it's real. Capcom likes to fill this world with mythos for the sake of world building, but at the end of the day, the MH universe is one grounded in facts and science, even the most fantastical and unknown parts of it. Still though, they like to write their mythos parallel to the monsters in game, and it wouldn't surprise me if these were the dragons they had in mind while writing this one.

    • @askmeificare5557
      @askmeificare5557 6 лет назад +13

      Tyler MacGregor I think Elder Dragons and Black Dragons is where they draw the line for monsters grounded in reality. Seems most monsters have biological explanations for certain muci, breath, beams, and auras. But when you start going into some higher tiered monsters and Elders, some seem to be given god-like inexplainable statuses.
      Some like Dalamadur and Nergigante, as well as the Mohrans certainly are more real than unreal (in the MH universe), but others like Fatalis, Kirin, Alatreon, Shagaru Magala, Yama Tsukami, Teo and Luna seem to have a higher meaning. Might just be monsters praised for their strenth or other attributes (like how in India cows are often regarded as spiritual beings), but I do think there is at least *some* truth to the religion in MH.

    • @tylermacgregor1320
      @tylermacgregor1320 6 лет назад +7

      Ask Me If I Care Elder Dragons are supposed to be on the more fantastical end on Monster Hunter. Even then though, we get bits of information about their biology, like how Shagaru’s frenzy virus is actually his way if reproducing, or Vaal Hazak’s effluvium powers are a result of his symbiotic relationship with the microbes that produce it in the Vale, or how Kushala Daora’s wind powers are channeled through his horns and tail, as well as the hints that at one point the ancient civilization knew most of the science behind them, that make them more believable.
      Many of these creatures do have the ability to shape the environment, so I agree there may be some truth the game’s mythos. I could absolutely see people in this universe forming myths and religions around them. But at the end of the day, no matter how powerful or fantastical they seem, they’re not gods, they’re animals, part of the natural ecosystem of this world.

    • @thebenis3157
      @thebenis3157 6 лет назад +9

      Tyler MacGregor I mostly agree with you, but Black Dragons are definitely not natural. I mean, the three Fatalis are indeed gods, since even the weakest of them (normal black Fatalis) can singlehandedly destroy an entire kingdom, making every living creature not enter that zone ever again, and cut in a half a continent. Now, of course this absolute strength and power isn't shown during the fight in the game, because it has to be possible to kill, but the lore is quite clear about it. Also, Dire Miralis can regenerate its entire self by just its heart, which is... quite divine. And Xeno'jiiva, with the power of attracting Elder Dragons to get their energy once they die. And that's before it is even born. Now, I know it, Xeno'jiiva is technically not a black dragon, but that's of course just because, you know, it was killed right after its birth, so... not enough time to study it

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio
    @OtakuUnitedStudio 6 лет назад +55

    Beautifully spoken. Whether truth or mere legend, the Sapphire Star still guides.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +6

      Thank you again Otaku, you are always so kind.

    • @Bangcat
      @Bangcat 4 года назад +5

      Like that founder of Springfield in the Simpsons who had a statue. Bart found out he wasn't really a great guy, but the spirit of the ideal of the man he could be as legend was a wonder that need not be taken away. Sometimes it's better to have the legend than the truth if it makes for inspiration for others who could be inspired to do great things.

    • @Bangcat
      @Bangcat 4 года назад +2

      The epiphany that the NPC's of MHW might be decedents of Space Amish is staggering.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 года назад +1

      @@Bangcat The actual canon lore is that the Monster Hunter world is very definitely not Earth, that humanity ended up there from space travel, and that the current generations are descendants of the genetically enhanced super soldiers from during the time of the Dragon War in the first age.

    • @Bangcat
      @Bangcat 3 года назад +1

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio Spess Marines! Deep striking!

  • @ryankerr2866
    @ryankerr2866 6 лет назад +37

    I really feel like strawfoot is one of these unknown RUclips gems. I really hope you get the attention you deserve. Keep up the great work

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks so very much Ryan, comments like this are so very appreciated.

  • @grantmitchell1602
    @grantmitchell1602 6 лет назад +46

    The sapphire star guided me to this great video

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      Well I'm sure glad you navigated your way here, thanks again for the great comments Random!

  • @ugandanknuckle70
    @ugandanknuckle70 6 лет назад +28

    Hey.... this is the legend of the five, you can actually read this on your own lvl 3 room on world, is in the book on a table next to your bed

  • @themoonlitspice325
    @themoonlitspice325 6 лет назад +37

    Damn... that was a deep ending speech.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      haha I try. Thanks! :)

  • @voltix9594
    @voltix9594 6 лет назад +61

    I never really understood what the Sapphire Star was. Pretty interesting

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад

      Thanks Voltix!

    • @reap3rofsouls271
      @reap3rofsouls271 6 лет назад +1

      Strawfoot Some people theorize that the Sapphire Star was and is Xeno'Jiva. Do you think this is true?

    • @voltix9594
      @voltix9594 6 лет назад +1

      Well, Xeno is supposed to be an "Elder Dragon God"

  • @wingchunFTW
    @wingchunFTW 6 лет назад +11

    the saphire star is the xeno jiva,plus you can see a resemblence of a star inside him when you cut his tale and he has a sapphire color..and he guides all the dragons towards him..

    • @barkahrama591
      @barkahrama591 4 года назад

      I think the "people" in the story are never been human it's the elder the dragons.

  • @kissairashaegawa8555
    @kissairashaegawa8555 6 лет назад +3

    I wrote a letter a long time ago.
    Sent it to someone whom I'll never know.
    Life unremembered.
    The Day-Star above Gives serenity to us all.
    Days turn to night.
    Darkness comes to life.
    Shadows of those left behind.
    Promises never made, Memories start to fade
    But pains or remorse won't subside.
    I look up to the sky,
    and offer my wish to the Day-Star.
    Asking its light to shine,
    illuminate all we forgot.
    Thumbs up if you know where this song is from
    The video kind of made me think of of this song.
    Also great video!

  • @mudshrooze
    @mudshrooze 6 лет назад +3

    I just I don't know how you do it. You really have an awesome talent Strawfoot. I keep sharing your videos to my friends.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Thank you so very much Shrooze, I really appreciate your comments, shares, and all the support!

  • @aaronobst0140
    @aaronobst0140 6 лет назад +1

    Man your narration skills are perfect, both engaging and somewhat soothing at the same time.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад

      Thank you sooo much aaron, that's very kind of you.

  • @pheonix5487
    @pheonix5487 6 лет назад +5

    Wonderful video strawfoot my man, I wish success apon your RUclips career

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks again Pheonix, your comments mean a lot to me.

  • @ferro9926
    @ferro9926 6 лет назад +16

    In this video I realized something...
    YOU are the David Attenborough of monster hunter

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      Thank you so very much Marshall, that's a serious compliment!

    • @ferro9926
      @ferro9926 6 лет назад +2

      Now can you do a collab with ragegameingvideos?

  • @ChaoticShinny
    @ChaoticShinny 6 лет назад +5

    I want u to tell me stories every bedtime your voice is so peaceful if that even makes sense

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      haha yeah a bunch of people have told me that. I'm working on recording an audiobook, there will be links in the discord and patreon to it when it's finished. Thanks for commenting Mossie!

  • @hurricanechaosemerald
    @hurricanechaosemerald 6 лет назад +9

    you should audition for audio book reads, its so amazing how you execute the sentences and paragraphs, also, great video, and may the sapphire star guide you

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +3

      Thank you so very much Nash, very kind of you.

  • @unrulytrickster2338
    @unrulytrickster2338 6 лет назад +2

    Hey Straw even though I saw this through patreon first, rewatching it now is refreshing.

  • @jehonthecasual1990
    @jehonthecasual1990 6 лет назад +5

    This is so underrated! Really a hidden jewel on RUclips

  • @jennifermcnulty8718
    @jennifermcnulty8718 5 лет назад +5

    now i wanna se a game where we explore the creation of the monster hunter world. damnit straw foot

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  5 лет назад +1

      I know right! Like maybe a monster hunter tactical RPG or some sort of witcher style game with tons of story. that would be sooo fun.

  • @Meteaura22
    @Meteaura22 6 лет назад +16

    You're the only sapphire star I know Strawfoot.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      Awww, warm fuzzy feelings... thanks Meteaura22!

  • @Omi_Kasigi
    @Omi_Kasigi 6 лет назад +10

    I was always annoyed when the blacksmith always said... "So what are we hammering this time Sapphire Star?"
    Watching this video changed my view on that guy.

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      I know right! Thanks for commenting Omi Kasigi.

  • @TheGameconomist
    @TheGameconomist 6 лет назад +5

    Good work!

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад

      Wow, thank you TheGameconomist, I love your videos so this means a lot to me!

  • @PhotonKingShark77
    @PhotonKingShark77 6 лет назад +9

    The thing about Legend is some of them turned out to be true.

  • @batspidey7611
    @batspidey7611 6 лет назад +2

    This is a very good lore video, the best one yet!😁😁😁😁 You planning on making a Legiana lore video?

  • @huffjuff7824
    @huffjuff7824 6 лет назад

    OMG that was such a good video. Congratulations Strawfoot 👏👏

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Huffjuff, thanks friend, I'm so very happy when I see comments from you!

  • @bramcorvus2198
    @bramcorvus2198 6 лет назад +2

    I always thought the five fleets symbolized the five races of people inhabiting the MH world: Lynians, Troverians, Humans, Wyverians and Garugans.

  • @Fellminator
    @Fellminator 5 лет назад +1

    Just subscribed, keep up the great lore 👏

  • @thebenis3157
    @thebenis3157 6 лет назад

    The first part, before you started reading, literally gave me goosebumps. Oh, and it looks like you were born for reading out-loud, really

  • @tristanswan1067
    @tristanswan1067 6 лет назад +1

    This story gets me excited for future MH games. If the original people journeyed to the part of the earth we are on currently from another place, then that means that other place is probably still there, populated by strange and completely unique monsters altered and shaped by the fey energies of The Five. Ohhh.

  • @kamimikyu4483
    @kamimikyu4483 6 лет назад +6

    Yaaaaazzzz more lore!!!! 🤗🤗🤗

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +2

      Aww, thanks KamimiKyu, you are too kind. :)

  • @andywijsman9708
    @andywijsman9708 6 лет назад +2

    One thing i do know is that some things that are forgotten are better to remain forgotten. As how humanity currently is we cannot handle certain truths or even worse abuse the knowledge...

  • @VoltairePrime
    @VoltairePrime 5 лет назад +6

    Is it possible that the new world is where few of those dragons turned into the new world and that’s where the man went to and came back with the scales???
    But it was later forgotten in time

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  5 лет назад +2

      Could be! I like your theory, thank you so much for commenting Clem!

    • @VoltairePrime
      @VoltairePrime 5 лет назад +1

      Strawfoot GRATAKA! 👍

  • @AnchorOfTime
    @AnchorOfTime 6 лет назад

    Sir Strawfoot, you are the rightful Lore Keeper of the Monster Hunter universe

  • @imyuuki3310
    @imyuuki3310 6 лет назад +1

    What a beautiful video

  • @dreadmothpenumbra84
    @dreadmothpenumbra84 2 года назад

    There is a song in Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin that could reference some parts of this legend, even though the song itself is referring to another tale

  • @Kaocito1
    @Kaocito1 6 лет назад +1

    I really love this story, also think that is real on this world.
    The 5 dragons were the original elders, they made the world monstrous but friendly towards humans.
    Many eons after men forgot about the beginning they were dominant of the world they helped create (with the sacles). That setted up the stage for the 1st age and the great dragon war started.
    Many more years passed and we started our journeys and and hunts which eventually lead us to the new world.
    Also thats why i dont agree on theories that state that xeno is the saphire star, he might be a baby one of his babies but the real saphire star is a really old powerful dragon in the sky.

  • @buterassassin1952
    @buterassassin1952 4 года назад

    If there was anything that should be taken as metaphor, it’s this

  • @ashenphoenix6869
    @ashenphoenix6869 6 лет назад

    May the Sapphire star Light your way

  • @MrChupacabradude
    @MrChupacabradude 6 лет назад +1

    Beautiful video kinda thought provoking

  • @matthewmartinez3907
    @matthewmartinez3907 6 лет назад +1

    I know it’s probably not the case but it be cool if the World was that Island or one of those islands and Xeno’Jivaa is that me of those dragons specifically the Sapphire Star.

  • @zeropheonix5252
    @zeropheonix5252 5 лет назад

    Never felt so headache

  • @ashenphoenix6869
    @ashenphoenix6869 6 лет назад

    Ive been waiting for this

  • @LordangeloxD
    @LordangeloxD 5 лет назад +1

    Wao, that was deep.

  • @demims
    @demims 6 лет назад +9

    Monster Hunter lore!!!!!!!!

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +3

      Demims, thank you!!!!

    • @ferro9926
      @ferro9926 6 лет назад

      I think the same

    • @demims
      @demims 6 лет назад

      Strawfoot thank you fortbe amazing content you provide. Such original content warms my soul 😊😊😊

  • @madmachanicest9955
    @madmachanicest9955 4 года назад

    Ow wow that means the new world being made from bead Elder dragon is how the plant of monster hunter was made.

  • @mathysleneures5442
    @mathysleneures5442 6 лет назад

    I really love your voice continue those lore videos pls they re great 😊

  • @Bangcat
    @Bangcat 4 года назад +1

    The world could be a much later version of E.D.N. III, or at least the same universe as Lost Planet. For one the people in both can take some mighty long falls and survive that as well as some pretty extreme conditions. Plus both are stories told by CAPCOM.
    Space travel for finding a world, or even forging it happened here I think. Sizable things likely considered as leviathans perhaps down the generations re translated to dragons, as such tends to be the description of most of the creatures of super massive size like wyverns.
    An accumulation of these launched things perhaps forged the lands out of genesis reactions, even arks of DNA and / or creatures and other germination landed. Perhaps from there what they forged with technology was studied, and there were some, or even just one before the some, got tired of waiting in a never ending loop of observations from the stars, feeling not much was gained, time seemed to stand still. So down they went to hoof it old style.
    Coming back from their ordeals, they may have come back with something, and they served as their own building blocks of uses, as hunting and forging things from materials tends to do. However none the less, those things, scales, may have just been simple materials of moderate use outside of simply being the proof of things to be gained. The true beck and call was the power of those scales to get others to go to the world.
    That's the higher likelihood I take from all this. The Sapphire Star may have been something that indeed stayed in orbit, or may have been a ship. The moon given to the sky could be just that. A moon. A moon could help regulate some gravitational and other cycles for currents and thus as well patterned winds which would become essential for travel over the oceans.
    Or something else could be on it, or even an artificial miniature craft world like the Eldar keep from Warhammer 40K fame.
    That being said, the generations that have passed are likely hundreds if not thousands of years by now, and a desire for a more simple life may have ceased the passing on of certain knowledge. But in time, generations can't help but forget even things like desires for all the more simpler of lives. And so some tech like combustion machines are coming into play and perhaps even the occasional trinket of tech shows up here and there.
    Being that this and Lost Planet are also both made by Capcom, for all we know, with this story that strongly points to a star, this could be the same universe, or even the same planet, E.D.N. III as T Energy as we know it indeed dries up and goes dormant as it oddly did after the blast at the end of the second Lost Planet scenario. If this happened and remained permanent, it would set most of the E.D.N. III locals back to square one as Vital Suits and the other gear that had been further on and on adapted to the fuel source with no energy supply.
    All they would have left was a planet that's indeed been much transformed at the very least, but as planets tend to do, we might see the coming of another, or at least partial, ice age. Hence enter the new island of the ICE BOURNE scenario.
    Heck, in one past Monster Hunter game, there was a very brief moment that a very rudimentary mecha was made. Perhaps that Smithy came across some old plans, pictures, and was able to engineer something close enough once more.
    When you have cases of mankind oddly popping up somewhere, they often disappeared from elsewhere. When this happens, things tend to get left behind, and many have to start fresh or at least learn new ways of life. Give them a few generations, and old knowledge and stories can slip away, especially if they lost their old power source options.
    Take mankind's power sources, you take his machines. Take his machines, you've taken tools he's become dependent upon. Take mankind's known tools, he's bound to find or make new ones, and several generations of mankind later or going to have just that. A whole world of different tools, uses of power sources, and though the process may take generations, similar will likely-come again weather such technology past is remembered or not.
    But you can bet that a hunting society that lives an old life style but still manages to produce motorized melee weapons, cannons, and particularly a great sword with a rocket engine built into it, probably had a go at such technologies once, even if it long long ago and perhaps some secrets that were quietly handed down, or schematics left somewhere and crudely re created.
    Could the world be a generations old E.D.N. III, or simply just yet another world where space fairer's dreams to work a new world got them there, but then left to fend for themselves, or chose to do so with generations upon generations later recalling little to nothing of a history long forgotten?
    Perhaps hints to such will be further dropped in time, perhaps a very space oriented theme come January could shed some further hints upon the likes.
    Time will tell, as time flows endlessly where much is lost and gained. Time tends to tell a lot.

  • @JanusHoW
    @JanusHoW 10 месяцев назад

    Considering what we know now, I don't think Xeno'Jiva really counts as the Sapphire Star anymore. After all, after many molts it turned red.
    Then again, stars often change color as they age...

  • @dirandrous7682
    @dirandrous7682 5 лет назад +1

    DEEP

  • @jinxslayer9670
    @jinxslayer9670 6 лет назад +3

    Love it

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks a bunch Jinx Slayer, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @ierosfersa1454
    @ierosfersa1454 6 лет назад +2

    Does Strawfoot have a podcast?

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      Yes, yes he does :)

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      and he even has some really awesome co-hosts Malek and Jer!

    • @ierosfersa1454
      @ierosfersa1454 6 лет назад +1

      Uuuuu you making me too happy stap it plz ;3;

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад +1

      never! :P

  • @jordiramone6698
    @jordiramone6698 6 лет назад +2

    This video rules

  • @deesix3504
    @deesix3504 5 лет назад

    So instead of a Tri-force, this game has a Penta-force

  • @crispydango6900
    @crispydango6900 6 лет назад

    Xeno’Jiiva could be the young Sapphire Star

  • @monsterhunterdude5448
    @monsterhunterdude5448 6 лет назад +1

    The dragon that flew in the sky is called the sapphire star, ok but ........ The only dragon that looks kinda like a star is valstrax 😧 and we kill him all the time. The hunters in the new world must be living a lie😢

  • @AVideoingShark
    @AVideoingShark 6 лет назад +1

    Just had a thought...stay with me here...
    What if part of the FFXIV crossover ( the floating jewel) tied into the lore of MH...
    Maybe the Jewel IS the Sapphire Star! (or at least is mistaken into...)

  • @jarrah1496
    @jarrah1496 5 лет назад

    Is the new world the island in the story? If they used the star to get there that that must be so.

  • @Eoraptor-he2lh
    @Eoraptor-he2lh 6 лет назад +1

    Please do zelantrios for shark week please

    • @jordiramone6698
      @jordiramone6698 6 лет назад

      Eoraptor 1997 ermergerd ! Yes shark week lore!

  • @tengkualiff
    @tengkualiff 6 лет назад +1

    😍😍😍😍

    • @Strawfoot
      @Strawfoot  6 лет назад

      Thank you so very much for both your kind comments Tengku, I really appreciate this.

  • @barkahrama591
    @barkahrama591 4 года назад

    So the "youth" slain all of them or what?

    • @thomaseasley2938
      @thomaseasley2938 3 года назад

      I assume the dragons gifted him their scales

  • @vggeist644
    @vggeist644 Год назад

    Def wrong neighborhood 😂 on eorzea it takes 24 dudes to kill one