@@viracocha Language is fluid, and modern English is a mongrel language. You don't sound intelligent when you say things like that. You sound pretentious.
@@viracocha oh no, someone is using shortened words. Like the last person said, you're only making yourself look pretentious. The funny thing is, you probably use a lot of slang, but the slang is old enough that it has become "normal" to the English language. A great example: Goodbye is literally slang for "God be with ye".
I’m just imagining a huge, epic final battle for the Destiny series. Hundreds, if not thousands of guardians armed and charging into battle against a amorphous wall of horrifying darkness. That battle will probably never come, but i can’t wait for the showdown anyways.
It seems like he was possibly replaced by a dark doppelganger when he left the ship, I can't wait to learn more. This has definitely piqued my interest.
Can’t lie i would love a in depth lore video about the Arcology on Titan. i know you’ve made one about the giant worm but i think it would be cool to learn the backstory on everything.
Recently lost my mother in july to hotchkis lymphoma cancer. It literally means the world to me what y'all are doing for st. Judes you are a true gaurdian may the light always be with you.
Dang Byf, You've been ON POINT with these lore videos. Litterally went on a RUclips spree for all the Calus lore, and you had it all, within the last few days, no less! Appreciate you, fam!!
You know we've been getting a lot of hints on what can the power of darkness can do. It resembles like the traveler but opposite. In my theory is it possible that a shard from those pyramid ships inside lua moon causing these nightmares villains from the past in shadow keep.
Well probably a chunk of pyramid ship, not a shard. Keep in mind that we, guardians, keep on experimenting with shards of darkness, motes. These motes create beings of darkness, the taken.
I've been asking myself this one question more and more since Calus was revealed to the Destiny community, who would win between Oryx and Calus? Oryx has the hive and the power to "take" plus he has the dreadnought which is powerful in its own right. Calus has an unknown amount of followers spanning from Cabal right up to the Ark born (who is ludicrously powerful in its own right). We still haven't seen Calus himself and weather he's ascended or a machine so he could be just as powerful in his own right. Would be a hell of a fight between King and Emperor. Please do a video on this!
I think it should be worth noting that at the beginning of the campaign after the first mission our guardian has a vision and in this vision a bunch of tetrahedrons sort of deactivate and sink, presumably from the travelers light being blocked, as opposed to those tetrahedral ships sort of activating when the wave of light hit
I now feel better, that i don't skip the parts of the video where you talk about st jude, it's nice to hear how much money people made, it says how generous people are
thank you for giving Destiny lore more context. I've learned more about Destiny on your channel than from actually playing it. I'm surprised at how much there is
@@gabrielmessam2374 The Chaos god of pleasure in Warhammer. He was fucked into existence by a bunch of elves. His followers have resigned themselves to chaos (which is sort of an end of the universe thing like the darkness in Destiny) and live a life of "sensation without limitations" and decadence until the end.
That wouldn't be an unlikely idea actually- because of how the Traveler works, floating around uplifting worlds v slowly (rather than forming up in a giant devastating fleet), it stands to reason that there are other ones doing the same around the universe, but faaaar away from each other. Much like how Xivu Arath has pledged to fight "the strongest beings in the universe" and _still hasn't come for us_ which is an utterly terrifying thought.
Todd Parmenter if you look at all of those pyramid ships, there is only one huge one and several smaller ones. So that one huge one is probably the last tetrahedron just like how our traveler is the last traveler. Bc the pyramid ships are not really the darkness just like how the traveler is not really the light. I guess you could say the smaller ships are like the Ghosts
Byf, I love how commuted you are to St Jude and the cause. Sharing the 5 dollars means someone gets a mask put a lot of perspective on it. I also admire how much you advocate for continued support and pushing for more involvement, some partnerships are passive and I like your commitment. It is very inspiring and I want to say thank you for caring so much for others. Thank you again for pushing us to be better and to help those around us.
Yes! Byf bringing out his inner father and lecturing the people who posted skip links! Not only did he NOT insult those who posted them, but he kept them anonymous, and made a point of something positive instead of repeating, "bad boy!". Well done byf!
The section where the black edge is described as a place without light or dark instantly reminded me of the part in the Curse of Osiris campain where Osiris shows you the Vex future, in which there also appears to be neither light or dark...maybe the Vex are closer connected to the darkness than I thought...
First off, good video Byf, as always. It's also heartening to see how hard you're working for St. Jude's, keep up the hard work! Secondly: Like Wei Ning, I'm such a Titan. "What will you do when you face the darkness?" "Simple: Punch it. Shoot it. Shove my light into its face. You know, guardian stuff."
Well well Byf, O interpreter mine! I would of course like to believe it was my comment on your last video that has led us to this one, however, I should know better. Thank you for diving into the CRONICON. I cannot wait for your follow up video, as this is where things get........truly interesting. Cheers.
The outcome of Calus's encounter with the Black Edge reminds me of the time Zaphod Beeblebrox witnessed the Total Perspective Vortex: faced with a cosmic-scale event that demonstrates his own significance against the vastness of the universe, his chief and sole takeaway is, "Dude, I'm so awesome."
Yeah there’s a big dark void out there but I have a glowing zappy stick that I can spin around and whack stuff with so... I’ll call it even. Also papa byf laying down the law on skip links is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious.
"But do note this book was created by Emperor Calus, a dictator who has commissioned this to record the truth. I expect a lot of these details to be fudged."
So here's what I think is going on. Calus is an agent of the Darkness full stop. However, unlike other agents of the Darkness, he's not been tasked with destroying the Light directly. Instead, he's been indoctrinated into accepting the Darkness' end goal, and with convincing as many champions of the Light to also lay down arms against "the inevitable". The Darkness is getting him to do this as a way of defeating us, by convincing us not to fight it, to make us hopeless against it. The Darkness may be doing this since we have destroyed every other threat to us, every other agent of the Darkness that has faced us, including demigods, so that's clearly not working. This may be why Calus uses the ontological syntax, the Darkness may have given him some measure of paracausal powers, to warp the Guardian's own Will. Further to this, the Darkness may be taking this approach because it has seen that it can work, as it did with Dregen Yor
Byf it’s worth noting that, in either the Chronicon or Confessions lore books (I don’t remember which), a scribe describes (heh) that the Leviathan passed through a gap in space, basically, and arrived somewhere else. I think it’s likely that this is the capital-v Void, which lines up with descriptions of the Traveler and (I think) the Tetrahedron ships coming from the Void. Which further suggests the Leviathan stumbled into the domain of the Agents of the Deep. “The Traveler came out of the Void that surrounds all things. Thus we know that the Void is full of power. Thus we know that the Void is full of fear.” Also as a Titan - I stand with you - not on the sidelines like Calus - against the Black Edge.
I wonder if Calus never actually saw the darkness, or if he did maybe he’s just really terrified and needs us to beat them because our power is unmatched by any other being including Calus himself. Maybe Savathun got to him, messed with his perspective and is up to her usual trickery using us as pawns to keep killing for her to feed her worm. Idk ik its unlikely but at this point everything is up for debate
Perhaps Calus (and to some extent Mara) travelled the edge of a black hole? Just at the edge og the schwarzschild radius (or across it). This would explain the violent gravity fluctuations but also the seeing of the passing of the Universe. Of course there will have to be some paracausal mumbo jumbo for them both to return and their respective vessels not being torn apart, but perhaps?
It's interesting how Calus is just as much a servant of the Darkness as any of the Hive Gods, perhaps even more so. The Hive Gods at least had plans of their own, to follow their natures until the end. Calus, meanwhile, is essentially the herald of the Darkness, preparing the way for them and hastening their ultimate goal.
Eyes up Guardians; the threat is out there. It is merciless, and will not stop until we're dust. So, bathe in your Light. And ready yourselves. The Darkness is coming, *_and we must be ready to face it._*
Calus when he meets the darkness:
*Aight imma boutta head out*
MovableFormula ok ms fritz im boutta head out
@@viracocha
Language is fluid, and modern English is a mongrel language. You don't sound intelligent when you say things like that. You sound pretentious.
@@viracocha oh no, someone is using shortened words. Like the last person said, you're only making yourself look pretentious.
The funny thing is, you probably use a lot of slang, but the slang is old enough that it has become "normal" to the English language. A great example: Goodbye is literally slang for "God be with ye".
I could listen to Byf read the lore of mattress tags and still love it.
LOL
Byf could read a dictionary and have me intrigued.
Shamelessly agree.
And mattress firm began to war against tempurpedic in a battle where many legends rose.
Person: Makes skip link
Byf: *Vigorously throws flaming hammers*
DON’T DO IT. LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR ENTERTAIMENT
0:01 there you go.
@@justiron2999 THANK YOU
Ah a sunbreaker, code of the fire forged or seige breaker?
Cabal: "Don't go out there alone".
Calus: *boisterous laughter*
What else did they expect?
haHAA HAA
Someone: "How's your knowledge of Destiny lore?"
Me: *Recites the entire It Stared Back lore tab*
"I'm a bit of an expert"
No recites all the books of sorrow by heart
@@thedankpapyrus4779 Don't forget reciting the entirety of the vanilla D1 grimoire.
"I'm a bit of a scientist myself"
“The helmet stayed on”
Drifter: "we should learn how to use the Dark to survive when it attacks"
me, a Titan: "I WILL PUNCH THE TRIANGLE"
*Heavy Breathing Intensifies*
Me, a hunter: Driftie, you might be right. But can I shoot it first? What loot will it give me?
*more heavy breathing as I'm seeing warlocks and titans but not my fireteam*
Me, also a hunter: drifter, you might be right. But if i stab it, what exotics will i get?
Here's the best skip link 0:00 watch the whole video you entitle nerds.
Damn it I was going to do this
Awww a heart from My Name is Byf. Thank you for making great video and doing amazing work with charities.
I did this first with no credit.
ACE KNIGHT I thought about doing that myself! You rock, dude!
Thanks this skip lin in helped a lot.
guardian classes vs the darkness:
Titans: ima punch it
Warlock: space magic
Hunter: one knife for you and another for you
Titan Byf: eat hammer
Lol true
True
"What will you do once you come face-to-face with the Darkness?"
"Imma punch it."
Asher Mir has joined the chat
"Oh, [the Darkness] has [infinite power]? Oh, I know, I'll just head butt it!"
@@sweep_swoop Yup. I'mma headbutt, punch, and Fist of Havok it.
How to spot a titan main
I'm gonna throw a flaming hammer at it or put up a wall against which the Darkness will break
The Darkness too much for you? CUT IT IN HALF!
The music at the Farm is sooooo good, I wish it had a full retinue of vendors so we could go there instead of the Tower
tgfnc nah let’s go back to the d1 tower
On Calus's Leviathan you don't meet the Darkness, the Darkness meets you.
*Cabal Anthem plays*
Cabal Stomp more like it
byf the only guardian to punch cursed thrall and live to tell the lore of it
Every time I think of Calus's take of everything I think of "Optimistic Nihilism" by Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell in the Lore Book for The Chronicon.
Thank you for the brilliant hammer content, O Loremaster Mine.
Don't post skip links because angry Byf scares me..
Here's one because I don't care. 0:00. Boom.
@@Shrodingers_Box not going to lie, I honestly thought of doing a skip link like that lol
Is only his voice, you'll be alot less scare if you see him in person lol
4:20
6:09
6:66
Oh hey
Everyone reading this, who has donated to or brought awareness to St Jude you’re all amazing people and I love you all.
I’m just imagining a huge, epic final battle for the Destiny series. Hundreds, if not thousands of guardians armed and charging into battle against a amorphous wall of horrifying darkness. That battle will probably never come, but i can’t wait for the showdown anyways.
It seems like he was possibly replaced by a dark doppelganger when he left the ship, I can't wait to learn more. This has definitely piqued my interest.
This encounter Calus had reminds me of a quote, though I can't remember where it's from:
"I stared into the Dark... and the Dark stared back."
Byf: releases video
Me:O mAsTeR mInE
Byf is great for lore and supporting st Jude so amazingly well. Love these vids and he’s great for supporting such an amazing cause
Literally don't mind hearing about It Stared Back. One of the most fascinating lore tabs.
Can’t lie i would love a in depth lore video about the Arcology on Titan. i know you’ve made one about the giant worm but i think it would be cool to learn the backstory on everything.
Recently lost my mother in july to hotchkis lymphoma cancer. It literally means the world to me what y'all are doing for st. Judes you are a true gaurdian may the light always be with you.
"Hey look, the Darkness, I'm gonna punch it in the face!"
"Does it even have a face?"
"I'M GONNA KEEP PUNCHING IT UNTIL I FIND ONE!"
Titan mentality
@@camsamhey The Darkness was real smug until the Titans starting punching it. Then they found the face and all converged there to punch it some more.
Titans in a nutshell
I may be a hunter but I still find this funny 😆
Wei Ning in a nutshell and it is glorious
Brads: shoulder charges everything
Chads: throws hammers at everything
Dang Byf, You've been ON POINT with these lore videos. Litterally went on a RUclips spree for all the Calus lore, and you had it all, within the last few days, no less! Appreciate you, fam!!
Bootes Void exist
Calus: It's the Darkness
A great rewatch in preparation for Lightfall. Honestly this is my favorite lore book.
"The rot and fragmentation of his own corpse and skeleton" sounds a lot like what happened to that Titan and his Ghost in the launch trailer... 👀
Yes so excited for this! O lore master mine
I see what you did there. O reference mine.
You know we've been getting a lot of hints on what can the power of darkness can do. It resembles like the traveler but opposite.
In my theory is it possible that a shard from those pyramid ships inside lua moon causing these nightmares villains from the past in shadow keep.
Well probably a chunk of pyramid ship, not a shard.
Keep in mind that we, guardians, keep on experimenting with shards of darkness, motes.
These motes create beings of darkness, the taken.
Skip link
Skip right over to that charity and donate
Video starts at 0:00
Thank you, I didn’t know when it starts.
I've been asking myself this one question more and more since Calus was revealed to the Destiny community, who would win between Oryx and Calus?
Oryx has the hive and the power to "take" plus he has the dreadnought which is powerful in its own right.
Calus has an unknown amount of followers spanning from Cabal right up to the Ark born (who is ludicrously powerful in its own right). We still haven't seen Calus himself and weather he's ascended or a machine so he could be just as powerful in his own right.
Would be a hell of a fight between King and Emperor. Please do a video on this!
Byf, you and everyone else who helped those children for help are very generous human beings. Keep up the great work.
I think it should be worth noting that at the beginning of the campaign after the first mission our guardian has a vision and in this vision a bunch of tetrahedrons sort of deactivate and sink, presumably from the travelers light being blocked, as opposed to those tetrahedral ships sort of activating when the wave of light hit
Love watching you’re videos!!!! Keep up the amazing work Guardian
I now feel better, that i don't skip the parts of the video where you talk about st jude, it's nice to hear how much money people made, it says how generous people are
thank you for giving Destiny lore more context. I've learned more about Destiny on your channel than from actually playing it. I'm surprised at how much there is
The Emperor sounds a lot like a follower of Slaanesh.
What's a follower of Slaanesh?
@@gabrielmessam2374 The Chaos god of pleasure in Warhammer. He was fucked into existence by a bunch of elves. His followers have resigned themselves to chaos (which is sort of an end of the universe thing like the darkness in Destiny) and live a life of "sensation without limitations" and decadence until the end.
Omg, this is dope,.... the way Calus described the Nothingness gave me chills.
Nerd
Hey guys here’s a skip link
Byf: stares menacingly
Me: slowly backs away
Love your work. Watching your videos is what got me into the destiny world and I love it. Thanks for everything you do.
maybe there is more than one traveler, kinda like the pyramid ships .
Maybe there WERE more travelers but we are seeing the end if a universal war and we have been recruited by the losing side
@@toddparmenter5412 so it's like when i join a crucible match that was in progress.... nice
The ships Calus saw were those Pyramid ships but that was a vision, the Nothing is not the Darkness.
That wouldn't be an unlikely idea actually- because of how the Traveler works, floating around uplifting worlds v slowly (rather than forming up in a giant devastating fleet), it stands to reason that there are other ones doing the same around the universe, but faaaar away from each other. Much like how Xivu Arath has pledged to fight "the strongest beings in the universe" and _still hasn't come for us_ which is an utterly terrifying thought.
Todd Parmenter if you look at all of those pyramid ships, there is only one huge one and several smaller ones. So that one huge one is probably the last tetrahedron just like how our traveler is the last traveler. Bc the pyramid ships are not really the darkness just like how the traveler is not really the light. I guess you could say the smaller ships are like the Ghosts
Byf, I love how commuted you are to St Jude and the cause. Sharing the 5 dollars means someone gets a mask put a lot of perspective on it. I also admire how much you advocate for continued support and pushing for more involvement, some partnerships are passive and I like your commitment. It is very inspiring and I want to say thank you for caring so much for others. Thank you again for pushing us to be better and to help those around us.
You’ve been loving those Wormgod’s, Byf
3 years later and I'm still not skipping the announcements
"and it appeared from his speech that he had suffered hallucinations"
After shadowkeep this can pretty confirm that this was the darkness.
Yes! Byf bringing out his inner father and lecturing the people who posted skip links! Not only did he NOT insult those who posted them, but he kept them anonymous, and made a point of something positive instead of repeating, "bad boy!". Well done byf!
I have a problem sleeping listen to this to help me sleep because it helps to stop thinking about trying to sleep thanks byf
I like how you give your thoughts and point of view as a guardian
Wei Ning: "I'll punch the Darkness."
Byf: [Throws Flaming Hammer at the Darkness.]
lorcan0c Me (a nerd): I cast Magic Missile at the Darkness!
Shoot it with the Ace!
Thank you again for all the content! This new Bungie and a resurgence of lore and storytelling is making me so excited for Shadowkeep and beyond!
Yay! I get to listen to lore while I wait for pizza!
Likewise
Pizza is the food that will break the Darkness
If you want to skip the St. Jude information, go to 19:22
The section where the black edge is described as a place without light or dark instantly reminded me of the part in the Curse of Osiris campain where Osiris shows you the Vex future, in which there also appears to be neither light or dark...maybe the Vex are closer connected to the darkness than I thought...
Am i the only one who thinks calus is the best thing in destiny
No, no you're not
Not even a little bit. Loyalist to the end.
17:45 “an *excising* of this darkness” - well he called it
First off, good video Byf, as always. It's also heartening to see how hard you're working for St. Jude's, keep up the hard work!
Secondly: Like Wei Ning, I'm such a Titan. "What will you do when you face the darkness?"
"Simple: Punch it. Shoot it. Shove my light into its face. You know, guardian stuff."
Man that Devastator gameplay in the background is making question how I play my Sunbreaker lol
I love how at the end, he doesn’t speak as a gamer, but as a Guardian. You have my respect fellow Guardian.
Well well Byf, O interpreter mine! I would of course like to believe it was my comment on your last video that has led us to this one, however, I should know better. Thank you for diving into the CRONICON. I cannot wait for your follow up video, as this is where things get........truly interesting. Cheers.
I just watched the intros to play a drinking game. I take a good old sip every minute that passes by without getting straight to the video.
The lore of the Shadows is VERY interesting. I’m excited to learn more about each one.
Thank you for labeling Calus for what he is: an optimistic nihilist. I think you're the first one to do that...?
It's eerie how everything Calus saw had come to pass. The Darkness did in fact destroy several worlds. Got to wonder where he's at now.
The outcome of Calus's encounter with the Black Edge reminds me of the time Zaphod Beeblebrox witnessed the Total Perspective Vortex: faced with a cosmic-scale event that demonstrates his own significance against the vastness of the universe, his chief and sole takeaway is, "Dude, I'm so awesome."
Yeah there’s a big dark void out there but I have a glowing zappy stick that I can spin around and whack stuff with so... I’ll call it even.
Also papa byf laying down the law on skip links is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious.
"But do note this book was created by Emperor Calus, a dictator who has commissioned this to record the truth. I expect a lot of these details to be fudged."
When a Warlock main plays as a Titan using the least meta skill tree lol
skip link:
beyond the gates of Hell
6:66
Frost Bite honestly I’d believe he’d say nothing for that long, last video brought the length from 9:58 to 16:26 doing it
Random Person: (posts skip link)
Byf: I mUst CoNSulT wItH ThE eLDeR gOdS!!!!
Idk about anyone else, but destiny's music always makes me feel nostalgic even though I didnt really get to play d1
For me, the Black Edge is something like Bermuda Triangle but more savage and... dark.
He even says he saw "Nothing", that Nothing is beyond the Darkness and Light...
Fun fact: Oryx part of the hive have a holiday named Eversion Day and it is celebrated by turning things inside out.
So here's what I think is going on. Calus is an agent of the Darkness full stop. However, unlike other agents of the Darkness, he's not been tasked with destroying the Light directly. Instead, he's been indoctrinated into accepting the Darkness' end goal, and with convincing as many champions of the Light to also lay down arms against "the inevitable". The Darkness is getting him to do this as a way of defeating us, by convincing us not to fight it, to make us hopeless against it. The Darkness may be doing this since we have destroyed every other threat to us, every other agent of the Darkness that has faced us, including demigods, so that's clearly not working. This may be why Calus uses the ontological syntax, the Darkness may have given him some measure of paracausal powers, to warp the Guardian's own Will. Further to this, the Darkness may be taking this approach because it has seen that it can work, as it did with Dregen Yor
God I hope there is a that sounds like a you problem vid of the cos raid
Byf it’s worth noting that, in either the Chronicon or Confessions lore books (I don’t remember which), a scribe describes (heh) that the Leviathan passed through a gap in space, basically, and arrived somewhere else. I think it’s likely that this is the capital-v Void, which lines up with descriptions of the Traveler and (I think) the Tetrahedron ships coming from the Void. Which further suggests the Leviathan stumbled into the domain of the Agents of the Deep.
“The Traveler came out of the Void that surrounds all things. Thus we know that the Void is full of power. Thus we know that the Void is full of fear.”
Also as a Titan - I stand with you - not on the sidelines like Calus - against the Black Edge.
At least the plug wasn't 5 minutes.
Thanks for using my artwork in the thumbnail :) looks awesome.
hearing how wei ning would punch the darkness has me hyped up to face it, I feel even more confident, THE LIGHT IS STRONG GUARDIANS!
The idea of the darkness causing hallucinations is interesting--might be the kind of thing we see in Shadowkeep when all the old raid bosses return
"suggestion is akin to treason punishable by boiling..." I think a safe assumption can be drawn about the fate of Tlazat.
I think Byf got killed by one too many sunbreakers in crucible and is now taking his vengeance on everything else with his own hammers
Are we ever gonna get part 4 of your Books of Sorrow series?
Yes please
OMG PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I wonder if Calus never actually saw the darkness, or if he did maybe he’s just really terrified and needs us to beat them because our power is unmatched by any other being including Calus himself. Maybe Savathun got to him, messed with his perspective and is up to her usual trickery using us as pawns to keep killing for her to feed her worm. Idk ik its unlikely but at this point everything is up for debate
Thank you, O' speaker Mine ❤️
Byf: "STOP...
...HAMMERTIME!"
You should explore the lore lore on the opulent sets. It’s all fanfiction written by calus but it’s amazing.
Thanks byf. I enjoy my coffee with this.
Perhaps Calus (and to some extent Mara) travelled the edge of a black hole? Just at the edge og the schwarzschild radius (or across it). This would explain the violent gravity fluctuations but also the seeing of the passing of the Universe. Of course there will have to be some paracausal mumbo jumbo for them both to return and their respective vessels not being torn apart, but perhaps?
You should also make these videos a podcast. Super interesting, I would love to listen at work. Either way great content.
Was that the Hollow Bastion theme from Kingdom Hearts during the intro? Love it.
The Darkness: [Literally nothing.]
Calus, playing Stellaris: "Oh hey, there's a 'become the crisis' button!"
Le me at 0052 CEST: Well, time to go to bed...
*Le Byf uploads
*SON OF A ....*
The cabal is my favorite faction they remind me of space marines I love how they Have Roman armor and there badass
The way the Darkness is described in the Chronicon is giving me heavy Lovecraft vibes.
Could calys be what Mara referred to with the quote " Fear nothing. Bow to no one."? What if she predicted calus and his persuasive gifts oppulence.
It's interesting how Calus is just as much a servant of the Darkness as any of the Hive Gods, perhaps even more so. The Hive Gods at least had plans of their own, to follow their natures until the end. Calus, meanwhile, is essentially the herald of the Darkness, preparing the way for them and hastening their ultimate goal.
Eyes up Guardians; the threat is out there. It is merciless, and will not stop until we're dust.
So, bathe in your Light. And ready yourselves. The Darkness is coming, *_and we must be ready to face it._*