Dynasty - The Complete Story of Savathun & The Hive [Destiny 2 Witch Queen Cinematic Movie] 

It was an honor voicing Oryx for this project. It's been amazing hearing what the other voice actors can do, see the art Metaworks has come up with, seeing the phenomenal animation from the 3D team, the effects and music from the audio team, and of course, you Byf, for bringing us all together. I might be making lots of jokes in live chat right now, but in meatspace, I'm crying with joy. It's truly been a pleasure.

“Father is going to eat our souls” Byf, this line alone deserves a series about the Children of Oryx.

now with Witch Queen out, we know some extra details here: 1. Rhulk was sent to Fundament by the Witness long before the beginning of this story. He fought and wounded the Leviathan, taking one of its ribs as a trophy, subjugated the Worm Gods to the Witness' will, and took their mother as collateral. 2. The Osmium King's familiar didn't just wash up by chance. Rhulk put it there for the Krill to find. 3. The whispers from the familiar were actually the Witness talking to the Osmium King and Sathona. 4. There was no god-wave. That was just some BS the Witness made up to scare the siblings into seeking the deep. 5. The Leviathan told the truth. The Traveller was on its way to Fundament. If the siblings turned back when they had the chance, the Traveller would have uplifted the Krill with the Light. 6. When Oryx communed with the Deep, it was most likely the Witness who spoke back to him and even granted him his Taken powers. 7. Assuming that Savathun was telling the truth, Oryx's power of taking was a similar but incomplete version of something the Witness can do. 8. Savathun, like Oryx, had doubts about the Hive's connection to the Darkness. For centuries, she had been trying to break the pact with the Worms and escape it. 9. If her worm was telling the truth, Savathun saved the Traveller during the Collapse, fooling the Witness into believing it had been destroyed. When the Traveller awakened and killed Dominus Ghaul, the Witness noticed and realised it had been tricked.

1:13:25 I love the siblings' reaction to the Vex forcing their way into Oryx's throne world. It's like the Hive equivalent of a kid throwing a baseball through the window and saying "Aw man Dad's gonna kill us when he gets home"

Just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of the destiny community to Byf and the whole team, for all the blood, sweat and tears that has gone into this insane project. Honestly the quality and scale of production here is amazing and some of the visuals are better than what we get in the game itself. It really feels like a passion project. God bless

“Father is going to eat our souls.” best line ever.

I love the touch at 51:37 where Savathun has the knife at her back, clearly indicating she intended to betray oryx a second time. Can't stop being a pathological liar. Of course Oryx is having none of it.

One of the animators here! Thank you Byf for this wonderful opportunity and being such an amazing producer on this entire project. Looking forward to the future. ; )

not a minute in and guardians falling from the peak... I LOVE IT

Being able to contribute my voice to Yul was incredible. I'm blown away with the sheer level of talent that's come together to make this happen, and I'm humbled and honored to have been a part of this. From 3D animation to MoCap, to the audio team and all of my fellow VA's, this has all culminated into something wonderful. Thank you all for everything. Thank you Byf, for believing in me and trusting me with bringing a Hive Worm God to life! But mostly, thank you, O audience, mine. Without you, none of this would have been remotely possible.

I want to briefly elaborate on the reason for Nokris' excommunication that was touched on at 1:22:58. (Obviously you can't stop and go into detail in such a long story, but for those who are curious to know more, here ya go) The reason Necromancy is so revilled by the Hive is because it represents the antithesis of the Sword Logic. The Sword Logic being "if you died, you deserved to be dead. By killing, you prove your right to go on existing." Necromancy, reviving someone who had their chance to prove themselves superior, and failed, is blasphemous, as it allows weaklings to go on existing after having shown themselves to be unworthy of it. A Thrall that dies and dies over and over will remain weak, it will never grow strong, never learn from its' failings, never ascend to Knighthood or Wizardry, it'll just stagnate as a persistent pest. The Hive's way of life demands that the weak be culled, and Nokris' practices of resurrection spit in the face of all that. One might counter "What about the ascendant Hive and their throne worlds?" and point out the hypocrisy of this. But as discussed earlier in the Books of Sorrow, returning from the Throne World to be reborn in the material plane is no small effort. It requires a reserve of power and the will to use it. Hence why only a death within the Throne is a 'true' death. Because the sheer will to continue existing means that death in the traditional sense is not an absolute defeat for an ascendant hive, only a bloody nose. But a Hive who hasn't ascended, hasn't proven themselves worthy of it, they die once, and once only. As Oryx said to Crota, 'come home glorious, or die forgotten', they all have that mentality from day one. Ascend and be glorious, or die trying.

Byf inserting himself into the lore as the one "the guardian" goes to is so... true. 👍 bungie needs canon this.

Thank you for allowing me to lend my voice to Riven and Ir Anuk! An absolutely incredible project to be a part of, I hope everyone involved is as proud as they should be.

THIS IS FUCKING SICK!! AMAZING WORK BYF AND TEAM!

It was so incredible to see Byf’s Warlock (Dawnblade warlock is supposedly his main). I’d always imagined him as this wise Warlock, a lone knowledgeable scholar reading old tomes and legendary texts.

Popping inba year later to say that whoever voiced Xivu in this video is on point because her voice actually sounds similar to the official canon. Great job to that voice actor!

00:00 - Beginning 6:10 - I the betrayal & the bargain 29:11 - II the first war 40:01 - III the crusaders 55:48 - IV king if shapes 1:14:41 - V tyrannus rex 1:27:28 - VI the silent queen 1:44:57 - VII reginae in ultima vertitatis

There is no way to describe this other than "Foundational." I hope Sony and Bungie take note of your dedication and inspiration and let this drive them to take the expanded franchise that is Destiny to new heights as you have done. This game would be less without you and the rest of the community who enjoy it and welcome everyone with open arms. Thank you team Byf. You are Legend.

As someone who hasn’t played destiny 2 in several years, this was an incredible treat to watch, the new witch queen content has seriously been making me consider diving back in and this is the cherry on top. Y’all should fr be a collaborative team with bungee to be doing their lore and promo lmaoo

20:18 Holy crap, after The Witch Queen campaign that line has so much more meaning to it.

Until proven otherwise by Bungie themselves, let this be the definitive interpretation of the history of the Hive. A well-told story spanning millennia and forming not only a proper scope, but also a proper gravity of the strength of the Hive and the Darkness, presented to us in an easily-understood, well-crafted movie. It is just chock-full of time, effort, love and care, and I wish nothing but the best for you and all that worked on it, Byf.

YOU AND THE TEAM CRUSHED IT, CREATIVE AS ALWAYS :)

I can't believe how quickly they changed the history of fundament within just a few missions

The animation and interpretations of Taox, Xivu Arath, early Savathun and all the species the Hive wiped out are all really incredible to see. This is definitely how I'm imagining all of them whenever the books of sorrow get brought up. Its really awesome to see everything brought together like seeing Quria and Crota together now that we know what Quria looks like. Also nice to hear Nihil's Witch Queen tribute soundtrack too. Fantastic work to all involved!

The “father is going to eat our souls” was honestly out of pocket and hilarious 😂

Bungie made me fall in love with Destiny for its gameplay and its music and its worlds…Byf made me fall in love with Destiny through the stories beyond the game, the ones hidden in lore. This was beautiful, Thank you Byf and the team behind this masterpiece. Well worth the wait.

I dont think ive ever sat through a fan created story explanation in its entirety that was pretty damn epic. Well-constructed and well executed. Anyone associated with this project should be very very proud of themselves, hats off!!!

I never played this game and don't have plans to. I accidentally clicked this and it is...Amazing! I have no idea how many people it took to put this all together and how much time but great job! Now I'm addicted to watching clips about Destiny but Bfy has the perfect voice for telling stories. Thanks for the work!

Great piece of added detail at 1:36:20 - The Guardian you see is the one who did go into the Shattered Throne alone at Light Level 999, to kill Dûl Incaru. The armour and weapon matches perfectly from that famous run. Love these attentions to detail!

Watching this after finishing TWQ and I love how, even with creative liberties, this feels like a perfect companion to the game. Also, good on Bungie themselves for helping alleviate the copyright issues so this masterwork of fan creation can live on as Destiny hits its own peak!

And now there's more to the story. For centuries savathun had doubted the Worm pact and The Deep. Not only this, but she betrayed the Witness at the Collapse by killing its disciple Nezarec and hid the Veil, the Traveler's dark mirror, on Neptune to stop the Witness creating a link to the Traveler.

This is amazing I love the origin story of the hive and what happened after. There's so much more that can be added after completing the witch queen too. Great job everyone involved.

For everyone who plays Destiny. Enjoy it, we are playing and living in history already. 10 or 20 years from now we will miss these days just like the MW2 days. Enjoy it man…..enjoy it.

I’ve always pictured byf running a public library in the city, devoted to the ideal of freedom of information. Kind of an anti-hidden. The opening really fits with that well I think

This is so amazingly done! Bungie needs to pay you a commission for telling their story so masterfully!!

Absolutely enthralling. This is a stunning piece of work and truly a masterpiece of passion for a story that we all benefit from being told in such a fantastic way. Thank you so much to all those involved and thank you to Byf for sharing it with us!

This was the perfect prelude to Witch Queen, and the quality far exceeds anything I’ve seen from any community. Congratulations Byf, you and your team have done work on the level of Bungie and you should be recognized for your amazing work on Dynasty. Edit: YEAH BABY LETS GO DYNASTY IS TRENDING ON YT

Byf I sincerely hope you know just how incredible it is that you and your team have created a fan project just as anticipated as the Witch Queen expansion itself. Truly incredible work and I expect this to be one of many things to really define your career. Excellent work from all who brought this to be.

That opening was just *chefs kiss* so beautiful. I will forever imagine Byf standing in a library lit by a giant brazier in the center, magically floating tomes around to use as resource as he recants all the knowledge he has. My headcanon is that he uses these tomes to show us visions like watching a screen, of the subjects he is explaining to us. Visions showing us how powerful an opponent is to a certain degree of clarity.

It would be so amazing if there was a TV series like on Netflix! I loved this and hope there’s more! I’d love to see a “beginning of the Traveler and Guardians” story

This is such an amazing piece of work and delivers what is in my opinion, one of the most important and coolest bits of lore in the entire Destiny universe. Byf, and everyone involved, amazing job! This makes me want a Hive based game based around the original conquest of the Osmium Court.

Having beaten the story now and witness Bungie do their best to cover this story in a timely form of cutscenes, I'm so thankful for this video! It was so much easier to understand what was happening.

This is literally my favorite lore video of all time. I'm sure this was a HUGE project but SERIOUSLY worth it! Byf, Team, y'all are amazing! keep making more!

We need another one of these, but with the updated story

"Father's going to eat our souls." freaking amazing job on this Byf and team!

Can we just give a moment to appreciate that little moment with the rocket and the falling guardians at the beginning? Gold, absolute gold.

This is amazing and would like to thank Byf and his team for doing such an amazing job to create something so spectacular like this. Really puts into show how much the Destiny community has come and how it will keep growing.

Absolutely AMAZING, JOB WELL DONE to all who took part in this production!!! Definitely something i will be rewatching in the days ahead. Very highly recommended to all that love or are interested in Destiny!

This makes me realize how much I want a destiny movie/series. With how much hidden lore there would be so many stories to follow and so much to watch. I wonder if it'll ever become a thing

"Trillions and trillions of lives might have been spared." That, right there, is why we will never ally with the Hive. Savathûn might be freed from her Worm, but her hands are still gushing red with the blood of staggering numbers of people who never asked for war. We, the Guardians of Humanity, are the first to finally bring judgement to the Osmium dynasty. We can't stop with Oryx. We have to fight until all their names are dust, and their legacies are less than children's rhymes. This video is so damn cool, Byf.

This is still such a good watch. Bungie needs to pay this man to create a high budget project.

Incredible storytelling, animation, narration, all of it. We need a 10 minute Oryx vs Akka extended-cut! That was one of my favorite chapters in the Grimoire. The way Oryx took a god - something so encompassing and incomprehensibly vast - and “cut it to pieces.” Cold 🥶

This is one of the most incredible projects a destiny fan has ever made, thank you so much for this Byf, this is truly incredible

Glad this masterpiece has been restored. It’s seriously some of the best content out there as regards to Destiny lore and was unbelievably helpful to me and I’m sure many other in terms of understanding the Osmium dynasty and contextualizing the plot of the Witch Queen campaign.

Yo... T'ayyox is the real MVP. She Krilling the game and can't be Taken down... Give her the Hivesman trophy. Sheeesh 🏆🏈

This is spectacular. Byf, you and your team are a huge reason Destiny is as popular as it is now. Bravo, incredible way to really flesh out the lore and story of this great game.

This movie was a masterpiece from start to finish. The voice acting, the art, the custom cinematics, the music, everything was beautifully well done. My english vocabulary isn't big enough to even begin to describe how amazing this was. Thank you for this work of art, I really hope to maybe see more of these in the future!

Congrats Byf and everyone involved. I hope the destiny community lives on even if the franchise concludes and I hope you spark a hoard of other shows based in this universe. Can’t wait!

This was absolutely phenomenal. Thank you to all the parties involved in creating this.

Very well done! You absolutely out did yourselves (everyone on this project). Thank you for taking the time to make this excellent piece of destiny lore/art adaptation.

this sets the bar for ANY destiny film moving forward. The sound, the art, the writing all culminating into a masterpiece, I'd say this is Byf's magnum opus but this journey has only begun. He paves the road that Sony aims to tread and I can't wait to see him tell the stories of the other races as he has done for the Hive. This has to be the single must watch video for any and all destiny players and fans. AND THE FELWINTER TEASER AT THE END HAS GOT ME REELING! GIVE ME THE LIE ALREADY WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Ever since the days when you and the previous team decided to end the Book of Sorrows tellings, I bet some of us who still remember waited for something like this. I’m glad I waited for this. Mr. Byf, what you and your team accomplished is a testament to the community’s infinite curiosity of the lore, and the compassion within it. Every single one a part of this video has done well. All of you should be proud from what y’all have created. When the time comes tomorrow, let us bask into what Savathun has to offer…or the trap she set up to fell into.

This project deserves all the credit it's getting and more. Excellent work, congratulations to you and the team.

This truly is the most brilliant piece of work I’ve seen from this channel yet! Thank you to ALL who worked on this project! Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to see what you do in the future.

This will go down in history as the best passionate project i have ever seen fans make for a game they like. Well done My name is Byf and the team behind this!

Loved giving voice to Ir Halak. This project is an absolute beauty. Byf's vision and work on this amazing and the team killed it!

This is truly incredible. I can’t even imagine how hard you guys worked on this gargantuan project. Bravo to all of you! You guys are truly some of the most talented and passionate creators out there. Thank you not just from me, but from this entire community, you guys deserve all the praise in the world for this

This is probably the greatest community project Ive ever seen, it honestly felt like I was watching a feature film, absolutely incredible work, byf has always been one of my favorite storytellers and this has absolutely been him and his team cranked up to 11! Cant say how grateful we all are, truly feel blessed to be in a community with such amazing people

Words cannot express how amazing this was. Literally every part of this was so perfect I’m sure that even if you showed this to someone who never played Destiny before they would still be amazed. Truly awesome work Byf and team, can’t wait for Witch Queen

This is the single greatest thing to come out of any community I've ever been apart of, massive props to everyone involved with the making of this

Amazing work! Those cut scenes are so well done. The amount of work that went into this is astounding. Great job to Byf and his team.

I love how much dedication and work has gotten to make this amazing video this is one of my favorite things this community has made

You and the whole entire team absolutely knocked this out of the ascendant plane. Stunning! And what I would not give to be personally handed Raze-Lighter by the Lore Daddy himself.

This was utterly breathtaking. I planned ahead in order to watch this. I got food ready, got drinks, and took my dogs out before so I’d have no interruptions. And I’m glad that I did, because I was glued to my screen for the entire length of this video. You and your team did a fantastic job, and I know I’ll be coming back for repeat viewings of my favorite parts.

This is truly amazing work. I have watched it twice now and came away from the second time just as blown away as the first. Thank you so much for having the endurance to do a project of this magnitude.

I can imagine an entire series telling the different stories of the enemies in the game: caital and her perspective of the cabal, rhulk and his adventures, the fallen pirates and misarakks, possibly even the vex at some point. This could be incredible and I love it, thank you byf and others for your amazing work!

out of every online community I've ever been in I don't think I've seen everyone come together and produce something as massive as this. cheers

A masterpiece all of us will come back too for years to come. From all of us , thankyou.

This is the most impressive production of fan made art that I have ever experienced. Byf, you and your team deserve all the accolades bestowed upon you. Excellent!

Love this stuff!! You've really shed light to a lot of the lore of destiny that is otherwise hard to consume. This makes the game so much more enjoyable! Thank you thank you thank you!

An absolute masterpiece. A true Magnum Opus. Watching this brought sooooo much more depth to the Witch Queen campaign for me. A truly heartfelt thanks for the monumental time and effort an undertaking such as this demands. Tragic that this got a copyright strike I'm here to do my bit to help get this video back on track. It's the very least I can do to ensure more content of this magnitude gets made in the future.

It feels surreal to have been involved with this. My gratitude is beyond anything I can really articulate...all I can say is thank you, again, for including me on such a knockout team. I am so proud of y'all! ❤️

I love watching Your lore videos, and I especially love those entwined with the Hive. The hype I had for this did not go unmet, rather far exceeded, y'all did an amazing job!!!

The production quality of this short film is amazing. I could see a project like this at a film festival. Top notch!

I'm a huge destiny lore nerd, this is a Masterpiece. Amazing job Byf and the entire team that worked on this. I could watch this 100x and I will still love it. I hope you guys do more videos like this

Love the scene with the guardian shooting gjallarhorn and two guardians falling off of Felwinter Peak

Really appreciate all of your videos and hope this one can recover. You add so much to the experience of destiny as a game and story, it is truly appreciated.

I am in awe of what you all accomplished in making this movie. Thank you for creating it.

I love savathun's symbol on taox's nose. The idea that taox either inspired savathun into trickery, or was a pawn of savathun herself would be such a cool theory! 46:44

This video is actually amazing. The amount of effort in the animation, voice acting, and storytelling are a perfect introduction into the history of the hive, to both veterans and blueberries alike. I love it.

Absolutely amazing!! This was quality and stunning!! Kudos to all who took part in this project! A massive effort that was certainly worth the wait

Byf, this is unmatched content here brother. You have been in that category for some time now, but this.... this is a different breed. You and your team deserve the absolute best return from this. The effort and time spent, was well worth it. I watched the entire thing beginning to end, infatuated with every second and every word. Incredible, bravo!

This is truly a masterpiece. Thoroughly enjoyed this and congratulate the whole team on something they should all be insanely proud of. Thank you for making this

3 hours since upload, 37k views, over 12k likes, what an impressive ratio already, this video is a masterpiece. You’ve outdone yourself here Byf. This is seriously an awesome project you and the whole team put together. Between the production quality, voice acting, visual art, this is by far the best depiction of Destiny lore to date. I hope you have plans to do the same sort of thing with other major lore plot points within the universe. Watching just before servers go offline before WQ releases tomorrow. Can’t wait for you to cover the lore in this DLC and future ones to come.

revisiting during season of the witch. it’s only now that I am noticing the mirror between humanity and the hive’s origin - three who venture into their unknowing destiny discovering impossible power, one in the sky and one in the deep

And that he deserves every single subscriber and support in any kind of way. This truly is one of the BEST and well researched and told fanprojects for any franchise. I don't think any creator would have thought but always wanted that something like this would evolve out of their ideas and thoughts.

"...The stories we've heard could all be lies." That statement kind of hits different after the Witch Queen campaign.

My man Byf putting in some mad hours into this Video (and all the rest of the people who are involved) so hyped

What an absolute masterpiece. Amazing art, fantastic animation, killer voice acting, and of course good ‘ol byf’s lore reading. A work of art

This is absolutely ensane work, the artwork is just outright next level and the animation is godly. I am in awe... A Huge thank you from me to byf and the team for creating such a passion project that is literally flawless by design. I look forward to more. Again, thank you.