Destiny 2 Lore - The Destruction of Titan! Beneath the Waves, Scientists saw The Witness's Fury! 

God, Bungie's writing is usually spot-on, but Last Days on Kraken Mare just goes so hard. Absolutely incredible writing.

No matter how many times I hear the story of the devastation of Titan it never ceases to amaze me. It is chilling, especially hearing it from those that were there. They had no idea what was coming, the poor bastards. Thanks Byf, great as always!

The irony of having someone named Ishmael on Titan is not lost on me.

"The Traveler will protect us, no matter what happens. Correct?" That one stings. Knowing what's to come in the Collapse, that hurts. The Traveler didn't protect humanity, it barely survived the Witness' attack. The Traveler was wounded, and humanity, or what was left of it, was left to pick up the pieces.

For some reason my brain immediately conjured the old Marathon quote of "It was as if the Universe forgot it's own rules."

The lore is so good it’s crazy. Just listening to it is so immersive. I feel the fear of the unknown. The lore 100% has to be shown through a tv show

I have chills.... Bungie has whole ass movie material in the lore. Kudos to the writing team.

Imagine the helplessness he must have felt seeing that wave

Destiny sure has quite the menagerie: cosmic horses that can travel dimensions and bend space and time, semi-organic fish that can essentially give you therapy via access to people’s memories and emotions, alien dogs bred for warfare, creatures of darkness that can smother out light, giant psychic leviathans, and shapeshifting, wish-granting, reality altering, dragons. On that note, pets made from light and darkness to own and use in combat would be great, if Bungie added this in as an update. Imagine, a pet wolf, or even a Griffon (as light and darkness together could have limitless possibilities to shape reality). A certain, John Wick-esc Hunter would appreciate that.

WH40K always paints exterminatus events as these grand things like orbital bombardment, releasing super-plagues, or all-out warfare. Dead Space described the removing of entire sections of planets as catastrophic events. Halo’s universe has delved into the effects glassing has on planets. I think Destiny’s version is the most haunting. An unseen, incredibly strong force squeezing a planet/moon just enough, that when it lets go, the planet/moon violently shakes, causing massive tidal events and wiping out everything.

This was like listening to the last moments of ancient Pompeii

This is one of my favorite lore books. I always love the ones that give us small a small glimpse into the Golden Age. Current players only get a taste of the wasteland Titan is with this season's activities. The initial visit to Titan in Vanilla D2 shows the full scale of the destruction the Witness brought to that moon.

Another additional thought. I want you all to think about something. Several of the Arcologies *still stand.* Even in the destruction of Titan during the Collapse, these structures remain intact and in some places even look intact enough that they could be salvaged and become inhabitable again. For example They remain Upright. THere could be a time, in a new Second (or would it be Third now?) Golden Age after the Saga of Light and Dark as Humanity retakes it's birthright and steps back out into the stars. A Titan Restored with it's great cities reclaimed anew.

The witness offered them an egg during these trying times

I’m fascinated with Korosec. I hope he’s now one of those pacifist Lightbearers out with Efrideet.

As an American I am a little amused that the Ethicist is the American in the room.

The lore writing this season was...tragic. i really felt that "oh man..." At the end. That aside, its heart breaking that one AI orders an evacuation and another uses the evacuees for target practice.

I wonder if Aztecross will react to this video...😂

This was a hell of a story, Byf thank you for telling us about Titan's final days and just how apocalyptic the sheer scale of it was The narration was amazing and the music set the mood perfectly

Thank you Byf, for such a dramatic, enthralling and empathic telling of the destruction of Titan during the Collapse.

No, what the scientists really saw was the fury of the Skrank Gang.

"Oh man". Again the last days at krakenmare book is soo good.

Imagine if Destiny's lore was playable

Ive been so excited to get back into the lore and have been listening to all your vids from the last year while at work. Thanks a ton for the fresh convos and such a blast of life into this game I want to keep loving. ❤️

You know.. this whole book has an excellent narrative begging to be adapted into another media. As always, excellent re-narration Byf

There’s a certain irony to the theme of secrecy in relation to Titan’s destruction. While Rasputin, it’s Seraphs, and the Witness had the common goal of not letting information get out, and ensuring this by guaranteeing no survivors, centuries later, the long buried secrets are finally revealed and laid bare. Through the time anomalies the Witness created, Ahsa’s psychic powers, our access to memories and emotion via the Darkness, and other related allied Coalition assets like the Psions, and the Relic on Mars, the City, it’s Guardians, and our allies, have had greater access to the Golden Age, and past knowledge during, and before it, then ever before. Despite they’re best efforts, the Witness and Rasputin were unable to keep Titan’s secrets from us. The stories of its people, and the knowledge they meant for us to find, has finally been discovered, they’re deaths, no longer in vain. With all the recourses mentioned at our disposal, nearly all secrets of tue Golden Age, during, before, and after, are now within our reach. This fact gives a faint hope, that after the war with the Witness is concluded, and we survive to see the garden we’ve built into bloom, we may not only rediscover all of humanity’s lost knowledge from the powers and tools we’ve gained, but we may yet, with the Coalition’s combined efforts, build a second Golden Age (hopefully, excluding the likes of Clovis Bray and the mad scientist Maya Sundaresh became). Sadly, Rasputin, unlike what Zavala had said, is no longer among us to reach that second Golden Age. With the Bray sisters, he may have even enjoyed building, rather than destroying.

I imagine this to be the scene somewhat to Interstellar’s Tidal Wave scene. No matter how many times I hear this lore, it’s still terrifying to imagine.

the Lasts Days on Kraken Mare would be a pretty cool thriller movie.

Thank you so much for this series of lore videos, Lord Byf. I knew the broader strokes but learning the details of a warning unheeded, the Tyrant's will imposed and the final, dreadful ruin completed make it so much more vivid. Looking forward to the next lore drop. Cheers! 🍺

What a great series to wrap up this season with. I'm excited for tomorrow.

The Lore about Titan is by far the scariest simply because the sea is terrifying

Interesting to think of the Witness "lying" to Savathun about the God wave to get them to enter the deep and find the worm gods. If they didn't do what he said he probably does to Fundament what he did to Titan..

Let's goooo!!! Best part of my day, a Byf video!

Byf, your Lore readings never cease to give me goose-bumps (in a good way)!

I never really grasped what happened on Titan even a modicum back in base D2. It never really made me think. But now. This is horrifying. Chilling. It makes your skin crawl and your stomach lurch. Bro. What in all the primordial forces were the writers smoking cause holy God. This reads like a prophetic nightmare.

Byf thank you for this series I really enjoyed it. Hope you do more.

I just want a prequel game of being a a person during the start of the collapse and ultimately becoming 1 of the 1st warlords

My favorite lore in all of D2. I was mesmerized by “Last Days…”

Fantastic job! Thanks for the hard work.

Holy frick, that was an enthralling listen. Thank you for doing it so much justice. Well done!

all this titan stuff really cements that TFS should be rated M

Hey Byf! The annunciation of the buck the Duiker is: Day- kuh-r. With a quite harsh r at the end! Its one of the bucks that i’ve known since childhood!

Maury was trying to go for the Save the Animals incentive but unfortunately he was already over time

as you were narrating this, I was imaging this as a tv series and... man it would be so epic.

There isn't an conventional lore to confirm it, but do you think David was a speaker, and that's why he believed in his absolute morality theories? He's so convinced The Traveler is good it just feels like the text is hinting he knows something

Idk if you noticed but the final room of the Vault Of Glass is a huge triangle with a triangle portal at the end just like the portal in the Traveler.

Really well done!

The Witness: I am your salvation, the end of chaos and the birth of order. Also The Witness: LMAO, bouncy moon go boyoyoing!

Ain’t no way babatunde the warlord himself made it into destiny. Kiss Simon Immediately

what is the piece of music you used at the beginning of this video? its gorgeous

Man i feel like im a kid in bed and byf is reading me a story.

I could listen to this guy tell the story of sewing and it i know it would be the greatest told, excellent series on titan. Crazy this much greatness in destiny's world is buried where most will never look.

I've seen enough doomsday movies to imagine this scene. But of course this felt different. This... was Golden Age Titan. A literal and figurative mission statement to Humanity's desire to push the fringe of exploration, and greet the unknown.

See this is the kind of story i would love to see in a destiny tv show.

I can’t be the only one thinking they put „Babatunde“ in there without thinking about KSI

Dang seconds after the upload!

Dammit. One of the ads in the video woke me up, now I can't sleep.

Hey Byf. Love what you do, I rarely miss a vid. If I may suggest a better pronunciation for the word "Duiker" (no judgement, Afrikaans can be weird). You could try saying it like " Day - ker " where "day" is a good enough approximation for the first part (depending on where in SA you are), and the "ker" you keep as you have it.

Bro really died for his "Swarmers", bro homie is THROWING 😔

Amazing listen ❤️❤️❤️

Byf just to let you know Ismail is pronounced like Es-maeil. Keep up the good work

Why are there so many buildings in the sea under the ice sheet? As far as i understand, it seemed like they just drilled a borehole through the ice sheet and was going to explore it just before the black fleet arrived. I probably missed something so any insight is welcome. :)

What’s the music in the background???? Seriously I’m dying to know what it is!

Community: God Wave, Again? Witness: Why not? It worked before.

I feel like Bungie (especially since being acquired by Sony) would benefit from making a few short shows or something based on the lore books of destiny.

thank you!

No im dying to know about anyone who survived the wave

Hot damn that’s some spicy lore

You're wrong David. There's one last option that you forgot. The third option. The option to run.

"Spinal." -Mike Tyson

Is there any record on exactly killed so many during the collapse? Like someone setting a death energy throughout the universe?

Forgetting this is a fictional story, and assuming this takes place in our theoretical future...I feel so bad for these people I will never really know despite wondering if they ever will or had existed.

Dont think Bungie was thinking ahead with the god wave. The light deals with the physical, especially gravity. It doesnt make sense that the witness has power to pull titans waves

Now THAT is a god wave

KSI is apart of destiny Babatunde lives!

Don't know what to say, so I'll only say hi 😅

There are several things that bother me about the collapse. One to add to the list is; why do the arcologies seem busted but not entirely destroyed when this makes it clear they were buried under the waves?

i notice somebody really likes monte carlo

“10,000 leagues” is a horizontal distance, not a vertical one

Love the lore and love the fact byf just spread savathun's song corrupting us all.

Ten thousand leagues down is way WAY too deep. You'd blow out the other end of Titan and continue going for something like twenty-five thousand miles before you got to 10,000 leagues.

What… IS THAT MELODY? (Someone please actually tell me I wanna know pls)

“Erm… the uhh… duiker is actually a er… antelope… not a deer.” 🤓👆

I would love to watch a Golden age/collapse mini series. Pls bungie or fan creators.

Yay

Is it true that there won’t be any new “red” subclass?

14:44 the he said subhanallah bro

hello Can you please put the subtitles in other languages ?? I don't understand English very well

Yo

Little Swarmers, maybe its the proto-hive like ahsa.

Egg boi

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Its Sob Han Allah سبحان الله It means Oh how great is god Ismial is muslim

...im gonna say it but noone would've risk their life for sea sperm not even a "ethicists" under those circumstances 🤣🤣