Nine Sols - The Complete Story Explained | Nine Sols Lore
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Learn the story of Yi and his quest for vengeance in the taupunk metroidvania Nine Sols.
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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Penglai's History
25:49 - Yi's Story
35:16 - Themes and Inspiration
41:30 - Outro
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Hi all, I've had a change of audio equipment and recording venue. Let me know what you think of the voice-over quality and what might need to be tweaked moving forward. Hope you appreciate the video!
sounds great to me, clean and clear
Kind of hard to hear, can you make them clearer
Thank you for the clear voicing! As foreigner most voiceovers can be hard to hear (and the autosubtitles can be very confusion with ingame names) but this was clear to hear and understand. Thank you so much!
Me: “man, this is some tasty lore, but I’m having trouble processing and dissecting it”
The Lorebrarians, popping up on my feed for the first time: “I got you.”
Some translation observations in no particular order:
The "Fusang" is a mythological tree, but it's also the name of hibiscus. That's probably why the apemen wear large red flowers.
Eigong is more accurately "Yi Gong". I guess they went with that translation so people didn't think her and Yi are related?
Lear is the strangest change, his original name is Li Er, aka Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.
Tianhuo doesn't feel like what the gene will be initially named as, since it means "heavenly disaster". That name probably started with the disease.
The outline of the plot is a reference to the myth of Hou Yi, who shot down 9 suns out of 10 from the sky
Many other characters are based on Chinese myth, like Shen Nong (who tested herbs on himself), Chi You, Nu Wa, Fu Xi, etc
These are great insights and really add to the depth of the story, it's sometimes unfortunate what can be lost in translation so this is much appreciated!
Your understanding of the translation for Eigong is correct. The official explanation has confirmed this translation.
Also the sols came from a planet called PengLai, which is the heaven where all gods live in Chinese mythology
Xuan xuan's pen name Xuan Yuan is name of an ancient emperor from the mythological era of ancient China
Yan Lao is actually reference to Yan Luo, which like the ruler of Hell in Chinese mythology
Heng (Yi's sister) is the goddess of the moon which more commonly known as Chang E (嫦娥) (That e is pronouns in a weird way like a Uh sound)
FYI, King Lear often translated in mandarin as 李爾王 which 李爾 pronounced as Li Er. And 李耳 Li Er, 耳 Er means Ear. I think it is an intended word play made by the translator.
Every Sol in this game at some point has completly blinded themselves in their own ideas, and the most intresting to me is Jiequan
He's family lives by phrase "Heroes are forged in agony", and so Jiequan is obsessed with idea of causing himself and others pain and suffering. What he doesn't realise, is the second part of this phrase
"Heroes ARE forged in agony... but they do it to protect others from the same fate"
Thanks to stories of Spider-Man or Batman we know about it, yet Jiequan completly twisted it's meaning into extremly crazy and wrong one. Same goes for many other Sols, Yi included
A certain dragon once said “Those who try to hasten the end only delay it, and those who try to delay the end only hasten it”.
counter argument: hospitals exists.
@@greedier-7661 I think the statement mainly applies to trying to alter the laws of nature
@@999lazerman .... and we are taking synthetic medicine, transplanting body parts, radiating ourselves etc.
most things that are done in hospitals are not natural.
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The problem in those cat civilization was not science or faith but them forgetting a balance.
That is why so many current countries have problems, as most African Muslim countries die in faith wars.
West countries self destroy themselves from corruption and lack of morals.
etc.
and her creating that zombie like virus... it is not fault of their civilization.
and saying that fighting against nature is wrong is stupid when so many peoples now fight against global warming, which by your logic would be humanity/earth natural end....
@@999lazerman That’s impossible. Everything is nature. Physics, chemistry, biology do their thing. Living is interacting with the “laws of nature”, no matter if you live as a hermit digging up roots in a cave or if you splice genes.
E.g. nothing you ate in your life is “natural” in the narrow sense: Livestock and crops have been bred for the last 10.000 years, you wouldn’t recognize anything our ancestors ate before that.
They who seek the blessing of Abundance for immortality, drown in delusions of evolutions only to become Mara-struck, only to become abominations with no sanity left and faded into obscurity, never to return.
I fell in love with this game. With its story, with its style and mostly its gameplay.
Finally my long awaited lorebrarians fix.
Hope you enjoyed this one! A more obscure game but definitely underrated both in terms of gameplay and story
@@TheLorebrariansAnd now one I’m sold on thanks to you.
Eigong effectively created a prion disease.
No wonder why she had so many issues finding a cure.
IMO - Eigong lost her sanity, in endless tries to find out the ways to gain immortality and subsequently the cure, and I think in the first place she was not trying to find immortality for solarians out of her own ideal but rather because of pressure from then ones who financed her research institution (how in one of the memory recordings she is afraid that financing will be pulled out)
Overall she represents the worst in the story, truly evil individual with too much power
She mentions in her logs that leaving the soulscape she was having headaches, bad ones. Suddenly she stops mentioning them and hyper fixates on transcending through mutation. I think she should have paid a bit more attention to the soulscape program then just brushing the problems under the rug.
This is definitely the best lore video on Nine Sols I've seen so far, and likely the best I will ever see. Excellent work!
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!
LOVE THIS! I haven't figure out the time line of their technology development back in Penglai. Also there are so many details in the background that I haven't noticed LOL Thank you for your explanation!
So glad you enjoyed! Yes, there's quite a depth to this game's setting and of course beautifully illustrated
Great video, but I think you got some stuff wrong on the timeline. I got the impression that Yiis miraculous resurrection was what inspired Engong to research the roots. So the virus outbreak happened later.
Also, the reason Yii didn't come for Heng was because he was knocked out by Engong before new Kunluns lift of.
Eigong's logs have dates attached to them. I may have mixed up some of the entries, but I had the impression she had an interest in Fusang even before she observed Yi or Kanghui. As for Heng, you are absolutely right which makes Yi's character even more tragic.
I went and double-checked, the virus outbreak predates Eigong meeting Yi by 5-10 years. The first logs referencing Tianhou are in Year 444 (when the original "breakthrough" happens) to 446 (first appearance of "Tianhuo Virus" in the logs by name); the logs of Eigong meeting Yi are in the year 452.
basically Eigong f*cked up and causes TianHuo outbreak. She started to find a fix for this and after that she met Yi. Yi's ability of regeneration with FuSang interested her and she was thinking to get a clue from him.
Good timing, i just finished the true ending minutes ago and rush to youtube to find the story explain.
Hope you enjoyed!
Finally a video explaining the story of this game.
Hope you enjoyed
listened to this video while grinding Eigong, up to about 30 kills now and aiming for 100.
the story is definitely confusing at stages, so i'm glad to have a high-quality and comprehensive breakdown of it because it really does deserve being told
did she kill you 30 times or did you kill her 30 times?
@@duye7635 killed her- now up to 41, one extra because i did some controller testing this morning
just thought I’d put a follow-up here in case anyone’s curious - i reached the 100 kill mark about a week after this comment was posted.
The story and lore of this game shows us the harsh reality of what happens when we try to go against our fundamental nature and when we no longer appreciate nor respect the lives that we were given.
Thank you for compiling this all in such a nice doku stile format!
I adore the story of this game. Just finished it today for the first time (true ending Eigong kept me busy for almost a week)
One of my favorite little side details that had me pause the game and just sit for a minute was when i realized that Ji was the Kunlun immortal from the painting you give Shuanshuan. As well as the hologram about Lear's decleration of inaction where Ji is always only visible for short moments, hidden behind the speech bubbles.
There was a lot of show, don't tell in general with the backgrounds.
Yo, id never heard of this game before. Thanks for highlighting it!
Of course! It's a smaller studio that struggled with marketing, but it's a very engaging game with a great narrative
Yi as a sol held responsibility for the apemen harvest zone
And i understood that only in the final credits, statue of every sol shown in there. And his statue doesn't look like Yi even slightest, but can be found in the same Apeman facility at the start
(I mean, even Kuafu can be recognised, but not Yi)
You’re a very good storyteller. I’m definitely subscribing to your channel.
Appreciate the support!
This is such a complete and detailed overview of the lore, well done!
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed
I was waiting for something like this a month ago but couldn't find any videos with the lore explained. I've come back from a 2 week trip and suddenly I see this! I am super grateful!!
been waiting for a lore explanation vid of this 😭😭 thank u for this!! 🙏🙏
Appreciate it, hope you enjoyed!
I've been waiting for a lore explained for this game for a while. Thank you ,keep up the good work
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed
How the heck did I mispronounce Penglai as Pengali the entire time I played 😭
sounds cute tho lol
I did the same😂
actually this vid pronounces Penglai wrong, too. the g in Penglai should be silent
My favorite part of this video is the one with Yi's insides exposed, I just have a fascination for the near death.
Glad to see your channel growing, very cozy videos.
Been waiting weeks for a detailed nine sols lore video. Thanks
I saved this to my watch later for after I finished both endings, and it was great! Thanks for the lore breakdown cause I was still a little confused about the standard ending.
a great lore from a underrated channel and an underrated game BOTH clout wise
For some reason, this artstyle reminds me of cult of the lamb.
YESSS I WAS WAITING FOR ONE OF THESEE
thank you for highlighting this game!
I am absolute enamored with the deeper lore of this game, and this video did an admirable job of putting it down on an understandable timeline.
However, certain parts of the story stuck out to me strangely.
For one, in the true ending, I find it weird (and funny) that no one addressed how Kuafu is still alive, the last Solarian, and he's still infected. How long did he have left on the Pale Blue Planet, without the Solarian tech to sustain him? Could the new environment miraculously cure him?
Ji's philosophy was weird to me. I get being weary of an eternal life and wanting to go off with a bang, but he undeniably contributed to making things worse. Wish he instead decided to fight the flow of fate and try to assist Yi in finding a cure, or at least preserve the memory of millenia he'd seen.
The game really paints the Taoist Heng's ideology as the correct one, and what brings peace of mind by accepting the natural order. Except... explicitly, Tianhuo is not natural. It was manmade, by Eigong's hands. Even if it was a naturally occurring illness, that's like saying "covid is just a natural and inevitable thing, so don't fight it. Give up on the cure, just accept you'll be infected and will die." I'd like to give the writers credit if this is also meant to be another example of no ideology being universally true, that even the Taoist conclusion was made in ignorance (of Tianhuo's origins), therefore the cycle of science versus spirituality continues. But I don't know if it's just me.
Lastly, the dialogue referencing the confrontation between Yi and Eigong leading up to the start of the game is confusing to me. The way Yi said Eigong wronged his family personally felt... off. As well as what Eigong meant when she said all the other Sols agreed with her.
If it was the revelation that she created Tianhuo, what did the Sols agree to? How did they all betray him or why did they keep him in the dark, as another line revealed? There's some discussion regarding this important plot moment and it's strange how it wasn't made more explicit.
Anyway, enough of my rambling. Amazing game, I expected no less from Red Candle and was still surprised they delivered on their first action game.
It seemed so weird to me that the main reason behind the confrontation between Yi and Eigong turned out to be her being the one who created the virus. Of course Yi would hate her for this but as a man of reason he must've understand that Eigong's participance is essential for the whole project. She is your most brilliant scientist, who else has the best chance to find the cure if not her? It just seems strange to me that Yi would doom all solarians just to take revenge, especially when his whole modus operandi is "put logic above emotions". I always thought that the reason behind the conflict was Eigong coming up with some plan or decision that Yi strictly dissaproved, but it seems that he was unaware of her turning dusk guardians into lab rats or experimenting with Ji's genes. I don't know, maybe I've missed something, but the ultimate explanation of the game's main conflict kind of confused me.
I also agree that the main message of accepting mortality crosses the line sometimes. Like yes, death is inevitable and we all have to come to terms with it, but that scene with Heng standing amongst piles of corpses saying that it looks beautiful and they should all accept the end like this is a bit too much in my opinion. It comes to the point when Heng stops being that eccentric wise girl and starts to look like an insane and dangerous fanatic who you're still supposed to view as the only sane person for some reason. It also doesn't help that tianhuo virus turned out to be a result of scientific _mistake_ and not the natural outcome of searching for immortality. Again, maybe the problem is in me, but because of the that the main message started to look a bit forced and unconvincing towards the end of the game.
imo it doesnt matter what the origin of the virus is once it was created and turned into a worldwide pandemic, a person really has only two options on how to deal with it, accept it or try to fight it also the comparison with covid doesnt apply here since covid was very curable and just needed some caution to overcome while the tianhuo virus is literally inevitable for each and every solarion since they all carry the tianhou gene. The tianhou virus is just too powerful to overcome and trying to overcome is what drives you to madness like what happened to eigong hence why accepting it is simply the more peaceful option
"She feels sad
For eternal life did not let her accumulate infinite wisdom.
Instead, those she had once cherished
Faded into obscurity over time, never to return."
Thanks for the upload! So Mr. Kat is a Solarian all along
You said Yi ended his species, but what about Kuafu? we still see him in the post credit scene
He won't be able to reproduce alone in earth and probably will still die of old age or the virus. My headcannon is that he uses his remaining years to help the new human colonies and becomes remembered, together with Yi, in a human pantheon of myths and legends.
Also, it seems Yi is based on a mythology character "Huo Yi". He was a magical archer who shot down 9 out of the 10 original suns in our sky, because they were scorching the planet. So maybe we got to play the origin of this story? :)
@@lucasmurakami216 nice
Watching the true ending I ended thinking in a short comic.
Be careful with spoilers
Frame 1, 2 and 3
Someone is in the verge of death lying on a bed in his last moments, he is surronded by his family and friends and giving his last words he dies in peace. Them everything turns black(There is a cat in the background that looks like Yi )
Frame 3 and 4
Them he wakes up, the old man is walking with his walking cane on a path in a white flower field.
Frame 5, 6 and 7
Slowly he continues to walk, and he remenbers wat was the last thing he writed in his diary, it was like a letter for someone from long ago.
The old man start reading the letter that tells how was his life after landing in the pale blue planet and what he's been doing and how he helped the people arond him until his inevitable death of old age and his return to Tao.
Frame 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
He starts talking about the time when he was a kid, and he tells how it was when Kuafu passed away because of the Tianhuo virus, then Shennong a couple of years later of old age, and he asks how is everyone doing while waiting him since he is the last person who is missing, the last person who originally came from space, at this moment the old man begins to get younger and younger.
Frame 13
Then it's revealed that the old man is Shuanshuan and he is on his path to the afterlife, the wind blows and shakes his hair while he is looking for something far away while he continues with his letter telling that he lived a long life like he said when he was a kid.
Frame 14 and 15
He is a little younger now and can walk without his walking cane. After realizing that he doen't need a walking cane anymore Shuanshuan starts running.
Frame 16, 17 and 18
It's hard in the beginning but step by step it's getting easier, and he seens to be saying something, calling for someone while he reads the letter telling what he wants to do afther see everyone again afther so much time.
Frame 19, 20 and 21
Someone who is holding a green pipe blowing green smoke can be seen by distance, he is talking with his sister and Shuanshuan parents alongside Kuafu, Shennong, Chiyou and abacus who are a little drunk.
Frame 22, 23 and 24
From far away Yi can hear "YI!!" and "BIG BROTHER!!". Kuafu then calls Yi, he points to Shuanshuan announcing his arrival and comments about how old Shuanshuan is. (I dont know, let's put that he lived for almost 120 years)
Frame 25
Shuanshuan can see that Yi is with his family and the friends he met during his journey and they all were waiting for Shuanshuan to start a banquet to welcome him (Chien and Shanhai 9000 are there too).
Frame 26 and 27
Shuanshuan still running, and step by step until he turns into a child again, even exausted he wont stop running.
Frame 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33
They are happy to see each other again, Everyone is having fun. the camera gets more distant and they desapear as they are turning into smoke and returning to the nothingness.
THE END
Now I don't know what each one could do in the last painels, so lets leave this to your imagination
I'm not a native english speaker, so if there is an error with my wrigting let me know
I hope someone with artistc skills will see this comment
What do you think of this concept idea? is it good?
Thank you! this very good video! Haven't play the game yet but, the lore is very cool!
Appreciate it, definitely worth checking out if you are able! The gameplay was a blast
It's a great video that helps summarise every piece of lore into whole picture, but i still have a question...
11:05 I don't get why Legend of 3 Sages is telling about Lear and his TWO co-founders, when we clearly can see all three of them being dead lying along Lear's "grave" (a.k.a place where he fused with the Roots)
Even Lear himself tells his story where there was 4 of them, Snake being Scientist, Dog being Strategist, Fox being Diplomat, and Dog being Lear.
Greate video!!!
Appreciate it!
Your channel covers all of the lore I love! Keep slapping
Appreciate it!
Cool vídeo
the lore of the game was marvelous
Its a little outdated now, but i think you should check out the game Ashen, its a low poly souls like that came out like 5 years ago to mixed success, so can't expect to see a lore video about it but you might personally enjoy it idk
Appreciate the suggestion, it's not a game I'm familiar with but might have to check it out!
Loved the part where yi said “throughout the pale blue planet and penglai, i alone am the nine sols.”
Ok this was a ton deeper than I was expecting from a side scroller about cat people. Going back for a re-listen.
Its important to note the reason they extinct, was purely there own fault. I have a feeling there is a deep message considering parallels to our reality. which is. the biggest threat to humanity is humantiy itself.
Ah so I see this is a alternative universe where Godcat did not take away his creations limbs. (Don't mind the Epic Battle Fantasy joke)
@sacredalmighty here that lore video you wanted
I believe there should have been a third ending. That uses both mythicism and technology to save the race while freeing humanity
I just discovered your channel and this is great! Have you ever considered doing videos on Hollow Knight? The lore for that game is amazing and is truly endless.
I appreciate it, and the suggestion! Hollow knight has been one of my favorite games since its release and I love its atmosphere. Definitely worth looking into
Noice!
amazing game.
They should make a sequel to this game which takes place in the future where humans on Earth have developed space travel and travel to Penglai.
wait. is penglai a whole planet/spaceship like new kunlun or is it a continent because there are different regions and kingdom? ex: xia, jie, ying
Peak game peak lore thats all there is to say
As far as I can tell from what I've heard the true ending is somewhere between the two extremes
I don't really buy into the true ending as good ending, with regular ending atleast there is hope for the future for the penglai people, there are options, some more ethical way to save these people without compromising the lives of ape men
"I'll accept death once im dead."
I do wish a way for Yi's species and culture to continue and coexist with humanity was a thing. It seems horrible that their fate is to go extinct and have no good way to survive.
Finally this game came out. It always felt like every new awesome game was just demos but nothing ever released.
Though the ending and message is a little pretentious. Assuming they're "supposed" to just die. When it was basically just her dumb hubris and delusion of immortality that doomed them.
Just don't do stupid stuff and none of this would've happened.
I would like to mention, Rain World kinda has the ideas of some religion (I think it’s Buddhism, but i can’t remember if it’s true.). The idea of escape from a cycle of life and death sounds very much like one of those eastern religions.
Also yes, this is kinda me suggesting rain world, BUT I CAN’T HELP IT, OK? Hyperfixations go brr.
Edit: why are games with eastern religion esc themes so INTERESTING
I saw the manga after finishing the game😢a bit spoiler below
since i don't know who Chien is, in the game when I found her and Shanhai it really wasn't that sad. Then in the first two page of the manga, seeing their relationship I immediately teared up😥
Yes, it's quite tragic and a story I wish got more attention in the game. It was easy to miss
1:18 IS THAT THE FUCKING DEATH STAR?
Yep
@@RadXader Damn...
I was very hurt by the true ending and specially how both side stories of Shanghai 9000 and Chiyo ended, it completely ruined the game for me :(
Soooo, they started as humans, had his ww2, raised to the Age of Technology, became the same as the Ealdar, downgraded back to superstitious humans and became the Nechrons...cool, cool cool cool cool...
i wonder when humanity finally achieve spaceflight they are gonna discover there cats are actually aliens
Lear is great. He converted after witnessing the change happening within his three top followers the three sages. How they became engrossed with power and expansion being never satisfied and willing to do anything to reach satisfation. Lear kills them before they can go too far and converts to spirituality to promote individual improvement of the self. He doesnt ban science or any of the quality of life tech that had been created. He made it free for all. It was the people blindly following his footsteps that eschewed technology this caused dissatisfaction and strife as people were left without for no reason.
Man I can't help but to make the comparison. To Dark Souls 1 and how Gwen of salt to maintain his age of gold . Even go so far as to burn himself. To maintain the so-called age of the Gods. Thereby creating a very anomalies. Known as Halloween. But in the end. (The Hereafter claims all).
Great video on nine sols, also if anybody could help me find a "story explained" video on the game "laika: Aged through blood" i would appreciate it!
Remember never trust magitech
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So he basically sacrifices his race to save the humans? Man rather anti-furry ending.
27:52 that robot disc yeeeted xD