Destiny 2 Lore - What Root of Nightmares tells us about the 4th Tomb of Nezarec & The Drifter... 

I would love if they do a Whisper of the Worm style mission with Nezarec. If he loves pain and death so much, what better way to grow powerful than to take the Xol route and turn yourself into a gun.

Always a fun time when the Drifter is involved.

I wonder if Nezarec at this point is something rather than someone, a sort of paracausal boogyman that exist across space and time a nightmare if you will.

I love the Drifter. He is probably my favorite character in Destiney since Cayde-6.

I love that the explanation for the multiple tombs of Nezarec is either that he died and was buried multiple times, or he was killed and they hated him so much they split his body up into different parts and buried them in different places. Hell, its probably both.

The more i hear about Nez the more i believe it possible for Osiris to be a human incubator. I find it hard to believe that drinkin the nezcafe wouldnt have any bad side effects. #nezziethechestburster

I’ve got a theory: since one of the relics was found in the fourth tomb, it could stand to reason that this was true of the other tombs as well. Eido did say that the tombs were “well known” after all. Since there were 8 relics recovered in Plunder I think that there were eight tombs of Nezarec, all of which had their relics taken from them at one point or another. Also, I wonder how the acolytes will react when they learn that we killed their god Nezarec, and that the affects of his relics are really because of the witch who first killed him.

Byf is the reason I still play destiny. Everytime I stop playing for months, it's a byf video that gets me interested again. I hope one day bungie memorializes the lore masters in game because without byf and the others I'd bet a good chunk of current players wouldn't exist.

I don't think the Drifter has lied about any of his 'gets'. I think eventually we will get to go to all the places he has visited. He is without a doubt the most travelled and most interesting NPC and vendor we have

Idk what I'm looking forward to most, Nezarec possibly coming back or Savathûn coming back. Big possibilities either way, just hope Bungie don't fuck it up

Nezarec feels much more like cosmic being separate from light and dark. But it just so happens to choose to be a deciple. His psychic abilities and "hobby" feel more eldritch than anything.

It seems Nezarec is really a god in the literal sense to me - he creates the vessels he inhabits, but his soul is not totally bound to them, hence why he can speak to you after he has been killed

Tbh it was a damn shame that we didn't get a post quest line with the drifter and eris after we killed nez

I wonder what the Lucent hives reaction to the traveler dying is?

Byf: Here's what Drifter had to say: Drifter: bomBOMMM-ba-ba-ba-bomBOMMMM This NEVER gets old 😂😂😂😂

Why am I getting the feeling Nezarec isn't truely dead. It seems like each time he dies he gets bulkier, as a "God of Pain" wouldn't killing him just give him cause to get stronger each death (better then Taniks)? And if that's the case could The Witness also bring back Nezarec and Rhulk to give them a Zenkai boost?

I love the idea of meeting Nessa, and us having an uncomfortable conversation about Nezarec. Nessa: So, you are the fabled Guardian everyone talks about. Us: Yes, and who are you? Nessa: I am Nessa, Acolyte of Nezarec. Us: Oh! Nezarec! I've met them! Nessa: You did? But they're dead... Us: Yeah I know, I killed them. Nessa: What? But you were only Risen like, 8 years ago. I've been searching for the remains since the Dark Age! Us: Yeah, the Traveler Hyperbeam'd the Witness' ship and started the resurrection process, I and a couple of my buddies went in, finished it, and killed Nezarec. Nessa: You resurrected Nezarec, the God I believe with my whole heart in, just to kill them!? Us: Yeah... they were giving off bad vibes over on Neptune. Nessa:... I might be in a bit over my head here, aren't I. Us: Yeah, Nezzy's like, the 5th Disciple we've killed of the Witness. Nessa: 5TH!?

Hey Byf! I wish you knew how much you've been a comfort to my life over the years. I really mean it.

I need more Byf's Drifter impersonation! Thank you as always Lore Daddy!

Hello Sir Byf o7 First of all, I LOVE your vids. Been a huge fan ever since and I believe my first vid of you I watched was the story of destiny up to shadowkeep. I want to mention, that I overheard some guys of my fireteam who were in a conversation about Root of Nightmares and the Savathun Mission: 2 truths 1 lie. Savathun stated in one Mission: Soon youll be able to move/shift planets around. They connected it to the Macrocosm encounter which blew my mind. Also I replayed the Legacy of Shadowkeep and it gave a new insight for me, knowing my ghost was controlled by the witness and knowing of the witness motives and plans felt totally new. Keep up your AWESOME work. Much love.

It seems like nezarec is basically a non corporeal nightmare entity that dies, goes into nightmare mode and then gets a body somehow over and over again. He has tombs across the universe since every body he has has to die eventually

The 4th Tomb of Nezarec would be a pretty dope dungeon, a sort of continuation to really drive home the fact that Nezarec isn’t dead after the events of Root of Nightmares.

Hey Byf, do you think there’s something to say about Nessa’s choice of attire? The thing that stands out to me is the way it’s described as “robe like”. If it isn’t exactly a robe, could it be similar to what we’ve seen on the veiled statues? Just a crazy thought. Also, no idea if you’ll see this but it’s worth the shot. P.S. Qugu lore book from the raid? Could Nezarec be a Qugu? Maybe the mentioned sibling in it? I’ll stop blathering now.

love byf i need a lifetime of these

Recently ive been watching all the old lore videos about Drifter, good to see a more recent one.

Byf I reminded myself when you told about the whispers of Nezarec on Neomuna when he mentioning "lttle ones" which you interpreted as the vex but I remebered Rhulk calling us guardians "little ones" in one of the many random voice lines you hear during the final encounter. Destiny Lore Vault has that recorded (of course). Idk if that changes anything but I liked to point that out.

Byf uploaded, its story time!!

We all need to keep in mind the Driver does have tyes to the 9 and does do their bidding from time to time. Before this is all said and done I'm almost sure the 9 will have a part to play.

For a brief moment I had thought that when you said the "Drifter had this to say" and it cut to him singing the tune I thought that was going to be it and I had a chuckle.

Drifter is my favorite character, any lore on him is appreciated!

This makes total sense why eramis is collecting the parts. It’s so the witnesses could reassemble nez.

are you going to do a full video like what you done with origins to shadow keep? that is amazing . You're destiny movies are great

I really hope Drifter gets involved again in a future season.

Byf doing the Drifter voice made my day XD

In the shin malphur lore drifter told him he found the relic in a far planet cold enough to snuff your light, so why guessing earth, mars or the shore? It clearly references the lore card about drifter's team dying in a cold planet to some alien paracausal totem. And if i recall correctly it was an exosolar planet, but dont quote me on that

Glad to hear Shin again

Whoever called you Lore Daddy was right on the money ❤

I have a feeling they’ve kept gambit around all this time is because the drifter is mad important to the story long term wise

Perfect timing with the master mode release ;)

Any lore involving the Drifter I sit down with my snacks and LISTEN. Bro is too cool.

Could be possible that the tombs of Nezarec are places of worship, given that there is an altar in the fourth and that it houses a relic which the acolytes find pretty valuable.

I'd love if they gave us a season based around the Dredgens

I’d love to know what Nezarec was like before the Witness found him. A history in him like the one we got for Rhulk would be fantastic. Although, I think the devs want to keep him a little more mysterious so he still seems like some kind of demon. My fear is that in game - I doubt the devs would do this - the tombs of Nezarec correspond to campaigns he’s taken on on behalf of the Witness. His influence does seem more insidious once he’s “dead” after all and none of the lore tabs we’ve been reading so far have indicated that he’s been “alive” for any of them. …wait, maybe he’s never been alive at all? Maybe he’s a manifestation of the worst memories held by the darkness itself? The psion ritual we were reading about recently were that woman’s lover was offered to Nezarec because “he was powerful” could be them offering up a vessel for Nezarec to inhabit.

Noticing a lot of Shrike gameplay recently Byf..

Hey Byf while i finishing up the lightfall story on my other character i noticed that the witness back look like the Greek symbol Delta that is used in mathematics to represent the change in a variable, and it is also used to represent the difference between two numbers. just a little thing i noticed.

So glad they revisited the whole 4th tomb of Nezarec thing

Man drifter does sound like he is more of an adventurer, with a mysterious background similar to xur.

Tankis, Nezarec... Are they truly gone?! Who knows!

I got a couple thoughts about this. First, Eris probably taught Mythrax how to make the Nez tea which was over my head on the season. I'm like how did he know how to make that? And second,I think there were 7 tombs because Bungie, and one relic never had a second tomb because it was cast off into space I think. Oh and Nessa is for sure named after Nezarec

Definitely one of the more confusing lore readings but without a doubt one of the most needed.

Video being 20:20 in length is neat in a satisfying way

From that intro it just hit me, in a way, Kelograth now has a buddy for someone who has died and came back and died again now lol

Nezerak is the nightmare aka tormenting. Perhaps he dies at any world he is tormenting and gathers power till it brings him back. Like a sacrifice to the Darkness, this may also make it harder to stop him. I just wonder why Nezerak is not fallen. It looks like the Witness makes a Discipline for each rase he's destroying.

My ears perked right up after hearing Shin's name. I don't know why but the story behind Shin, Dradgen, The Shadows, and Drifter has captivated me for a while and if I hadn't already had my Hunter set after Cayde, Shin would definitely be the guy I'd go with

I just want to broach the subject of Ulan Tan for a second. With the themes of light and dark having some kind crossing or meeting and the raid armor looking a lot like the markings on Ulan Tan’s ship, should we not be taking another look into his philosophy. He got things more right than just about anybody it seems.

(Haven't watched the video jet) I expect a Nezarec season about the acolytes and drifter. Drifter seems to know a lot more about Nazarec than He let's on and I would absolutly love a new drifter-centric season. He is one of my favorite characters.

I have a question. We saw in the Plunder cutscene that Nezarec got chopped up by Fallen long ago, after Mithrax’s mom found his corpse. Since the tombs seem to be of Fallen origin, isn’t it possible that they were constructed after Nezarec was defiled? Like they chopped him up, wore the pieces/gained power from them, and then made tombs to worship the guy who gave them their power?

thank you lore daddy ❤

Guess this guy can return how he likes, like another boss I am thinking of.

The drifter was CLEAERLY not at all surprised when it showed Misraakskell had a naughty backstory. Drifter is also good at keeping secrets. He treats Eido like an uncle would a neice. We know that Misraakskell collected pieces of nezarec. I vote the buyer was Misraakskell himself. Thoughts?

Drifter is arguably the coolest and most interesting character in the whole game and we get so little time to uncover things about him or hear from him. Wish he had a bigger place in the story.

Very quick thing to think about, what of the witness kept his head in that thing in the raid and it just gave him a tormentor body, it makes sense if his paracostal conscience would still more or less reside in his central nervous system, incubating him with a new body to wake and continue his work.

Man, Taniks was THIS close to having a true challenger.

In light of everything involving Nezarec and Lightfall, has left me eith a burning question that I’ve delved deep into. Now hear me out, what if Void is actually a darkness power. Not gifted by the traveler, but wrested control of from Nez and the tormentors during the first collapse, wielded by lightbearers similarly to stasis. Destiny 1 had lots of flavor texts talking about how the use of Void was generally frowned upon, but eventually accepted, similar to stasis. Iron Lord Timur, a voidlock, used his void power to mind control enemies, the psions worshipped Nez and use a void power with their psychic abilities, the hive use primarily void light in their larger rituals, and so much more. Nezarec being a ‘commander of the void’, and all of our og vanguards prior to ikora being primarily arc and solar uses makes me beg the question, what if Strand isn’t darkness, but Void is. Would leave us with 2 light, 2 dark, and 1 paracausal subclass. Theres alot more, but i don’t want this to get too long. Just food for thought.

Drifter is the best character in D2. The best way to exist.

The idea that it is nessa makes a lot of sense but my first though was Erimis. Her father is mentioned at some point in the lore about the relics from what i remember and the long claws etc. Also something im just thinking couldnt we get ashermear to use the vex net to predict where something like the tombs are or where other important living beings are that are non paracausal.

I wish we would go into the Lunar pyramid more and delve deeper into Nezzy's tomb there.

Hey byf does anyone know a reason all the deciples spew out dark strand when they die yet?

the drifter is just such an interesting character

Hey Byf has Zavala always had marks or tattoos on both sides of his neck? I only noticed them this week after the weekly quest step

Byf!! Thank you for bringing me back to destiny. Bungie doesn’t help, you do!! Keep up the great work!

Byf saying "rejoice" gave me unsettling Presage flashbacks

Does anyone find odd the fact that Nezarec did not lose his memories or get a ghost after his resurrection from the Traveler?

I really hope we meet shin malphur soon in a upcoming season. My dream would be for keanu reaves to play him but that'll never happen...

I love Drifter. The Tower may have not trusted him at first, but, he’s more or less a lawful neutral to me. The light sarcasm from Drifter when he relayed what we’d been told about Mithraks being a ruthless and cruel Captain long ago.. you can tell the voice actor has fun playing the charming rogue.

I feel like this isn’t just Bungie fleshing out Nezarec and his cult further. This may be foreshadowing to a future expansion in which Guardians and the Coaltion must travel to the Acendent Plane and somewhere beyond Sol, to destroy Nezarec completely. As well as spend a season killing off his cult until the very memory of him is torn asunder from reality and thought.

Quick point: "exoplanets of sol" is an oxymoron, an exoplanet is any planet outside of our solar system. I'm assuming you meant just an planetoid in the outer reaches like the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt

Wasn't there an entry in Season of the Plunder where Drifter gives something to Eris? I always thought that was the relic from the 4th tomb

I've been wondering ever since The drifter first showed up and forsaken. The thing that he's hauling. Is it like the veil?

Nezerac: oh boy, I sure do love pain, suffering and chaos! I hope when I die I get turned into a weapon🥰🥰🥰 Mithrax’s mom: he doesn’t need his liver Mithrax: I made tea

I think if we end up having a season where the cult of nezzy boy are the enemies we will probably also see Arnor and other in lore only characters get a time to shine in game proper

what is that thing behind drifters ship

Posted 30 mins ago? Let's fucking gooooo.

So, Nezarec is a pretty big guy, the reliquaries were quite small, and all that was left for the Witness was his head; I’m inclined to believe that either some of his parts have been destroyed or lost, or there are many more tombs or places where Nezarec is scattered across.

How cool would it be if we had a season dedicated to fighting the Acolytes of Nezerac!?

Taniks VS Nezarec = Unending combat

I can’t wait for bungie actually show shin. If there any ways to include him in a story.

I think it is a better descriptor than they for nezarec because it’s a chimera. In any fantasy ever chimeras are made from other species and amalgamated together.

Literally, rest in pieces, Nezarec

Am I dumb or did I miss something??? Why is all this recent footage not being played by Byf? Or did he change his name

Time to put Nezarec and Taniks in an octagon and have them fight to the… uh… death.

Byf!!!! My guy! My *LORE DADDY!!* I've been thinking lately.. what if there ARE more Disciples we will end up fighting and one of them turns out to be... Taniks!! What do you think about that possibility?

I was kinda hoping he would cut the video after drifter sang his lil song and been like "oops wrong clip"

It's also the FIRST mention of the Drifter in ALL of Lightfall lol.

I love the whole idea behind Drifter. But honestly…I hope eventually we learn more about him. Like the season of the Drifter was good-but I still feel like we don’t know much. Idk I just feel like he’s this big enigma and that Bungie is keeping him that way….just to have him be this mystery that’s ongoing.

Hello Byf that’s all just wanted to say hi

@MynameisByf I know it has nothing to do with this video. I noticed that when The Witness touches the traveler and has that vision. Near the end, you see the veins (roots) like from the tree. Only they appear to be in a human shape like it's a side view of a chest and a arm. Let me know if anyone else sees it

I'm thinking the drifter could have been to a planetoid and that's where he found it, Eris; Makemake, Quaoar, or Sedna to note a few. they all lay out past the Kuiper belt.

I have a question about Nezarec: How am I wearing Nezarec's head (Nezarec's Sin) when his head was the only part that WASN'T plundered?

...didn't The Witness have part of Nezarec? Which means we know that there are other pieces beyond what we collected. Or am I miss remembering that detail?