Lore of Horizon Forbidden West: The Red Raids 

The lore is back!

The fact that the Sun King Jeron killed his firstborn for speaking out is a big reason I believe the Shadow Carja's denouncement of Avad for Patricide just falls flat. Jeron crossed that line first and it was a public showing of that too. For the sun priests and kestrals, they obviously just wanted to keep their power. I think everyone else in the Shadow Carja is either forced by circumstances or plain stupid.

Missed your videos, good Sir!

"The Red Raids only made us stronger. So it is with every trial the Banuk endure." -- Banuk hunter

We got so much new info about the Red Raids from HFW it was so fun to speak to every npc. Especially Zo and her involvement. Good to have you back!

I wonder if Jiran would have eventually thought that more loyal blood was required, and turn his gaze to none other than Helis.

Will you do a video about zenith technology and its machines

I really enjoyed the idea of the Order of Twilight, and if they were to survive their hardship perhaps they could reform into a sort of theological analogue to Plain Christians, or perhaps Mormonism, in regards to the Sun Faith. A new sect and denomination of the Sun Faith entirely separate from the faith of Meridian, followers of the prophet Savohar.

Boy just comes back on after 5 months.

You summed what I scraped together so well!! Avad raised his lance to stab his father literally in the back, but his father turned around just at the right moment with a cynical look on his face & “Avad hesitated”. You can find bits in scrolls about how he’s far too kind, almost that he’s too soft, but his older got killed by the orders of his own dad. For him to escape & lead a revolution & take a throne he never wanted, it’s very brave & he’s severely underrated. Ersa wouldn’t have fallen for him if he didn’t have such courage. The fact that the Sun King & the Sundom guards the Spire, which we know is Minerva, explains why the Sundom got so rich & powerful. They pretty much protected Minerva without knowing it, before Nemesis sent the signal. With the Red Raids running deep in the memories of the tribes and the land, Avad made prudent alliances. He could never marry Ersa, but appointing her as Head of the Vanguard got more Oseram support. Then he appointed the rising machine huntress as his advisor for the Battle of Meridian, then he made her Savior of Meridian when she shut down the machines. I don’t think Meridian is safe just yet

I just took a look at your videos and realized you didn't make any devoted videos to the other lore side quests in Forbidden West. The Holiday Projectors, the Miriam Vistas, or the Black Boxes. I know they aren't as complete as the Burning Shores Aerial Captures but they each give a good view of what the old world was like before everything ended. The projectors were pretty funny and the Tenakth commitment to preserving and sharing the last words from the flight recorders was a heartening conclusion.

Man, I don't know why you're channel is still underrated. You've been making great horizon lore videos ever since the first game came out. Hope your channel would gain more traction.

I still love how you can really "dumb down" complex stories and make them easy to understand and follow.

Excellent Video as ALWAYS!! Love ya RSQ. The last data point in Burning Shores "Dagger in my boot" Walter names Metallurgic, RECorp, CertainT, and Gideon as Companies that may have something to defeat Nemesis. My question is have you found any of these companies mentioned in other data points? Also with the very little description we have of them, which company is most likely to have a prototype weapon to defeat Nemesis? My guess is "Gideon" since I believe they're referencing Gideon the Prophet from the Hebrew Bible.

Great vid. as always RSQ! Love Horizon lore, and the fact you shine some light to things that aren’t as clear in the games? Sure is great!!! Hoping you do either a Die Off lore or the “Corp Wars” in the 2050’s - 2060’s!

The most interesting thing to me is how the savage East and West were the only ones that weren't massively scared and beaten by the carja. The Nora may have been pushed back but I think that can be forgiven considering they were suddenly thrust into a war with a tribe more technologically advanced while dealing with sudden machine aggression. Then the tenakth immediately going on the war path that probably would have won them the war. A lot of death to get there but I have no doubt they'd make it to meridian

I think I can speak for all of us when I say, WELCOME BACK! As always, your discussions of the lore of Horizon are so deep and beautifully done that it always seems to find its way straight into my heart, only to come out as tears in my eyes. This installment is absolutely no exception: awesome, awesome job, on bringing us into the heart of Aloy, Erend's, Zo's, Avad's and Hekkaro's worlds. Thank you SOO much for making my Sunday! ❤ ❤

I have one idea for a video talk about the faro plague with the updated info from forbidden west and burning shores or talk about the eclipse and devotees and sons of Prometheus and regalla rebels and shadow carja

Right off the bat, Oseram versus Carja Blood hunters.

The Mad king cared not where blood comes from but only as long as it flows to apeas the Derangement.

Good to have you back RSQ!

Glad to have you back man!

We definitely have been waiting, welcome back sir

I was excited when I got the alert for this video. Nice to have something new from you.

Welcome back RSQ, wonderful to hear from you.

really missed your videos nice to see you back

He’s back I could cry omg

Good to see you once more!

Welcome back!

So glad we are getting more lore! Any chance of making these lore videos into a spotify playlist? These are better than any podcast for commuting to work each day and spotify would be an easy way to listen!

Thank you for your videos. I just love the horizon games so much and am so happy I found this channel through arktix so now I have even more content to consume from this game I love so much. Please don’t ever stop!

Yay! Your back!

Yay you’re back!

Thank you for making this videos. Best channel for Horizon

The Red Raids need their own expansion whether in a separate series of related games or a tv series.

I was asking myself if you ever uploaded a video about RedRaids, and then booom, you came back witj another masterpiece, thank you and welcome back! (Sorry for arriving 2 days late)

Yay…a new video from RSQ! I’d missed this on the day it came out, so scheduling for after work with a glass of red wine! Glad to have you back Brother!

Great to habe a new video! I really appreciate the research, script writing that went into this episode. The red raids are one of the most pivotal events of the 31st century.

We gonna keep questin' with this one boys! 🔥🔥🔥

I was literally getting back to watching horizon and it lore, and this guy made new episode, sweet

It’s interesting how most of the supplementary content in Horzin (mainly the comics) focus on the present era with little to no interference from the old world. Present day tribal culture stories can only go so far to be interesting but in a universe where old world and present era regularly interact, stories that focus on the present day tend to go stale quickly.

Welcome my fellow banuk

RSQ who do you credit as the most responsible person for the incredible lore within this franchise? Is there a lore master above the rest? Curious to know who you put your money on.

Thank you because I need a break from the current rap beef! Lol

Holy shit a new video! ❤

Awesome video

Thank you, I appreciate this, I need to know what happened during the red raids

Very well done.

Yeaaaah thankyou!! 🙏🏻

And he's BACK baby

I missed the lore soo much

hé ! welcome back ! I joined the community just before your "silence treatment" (hope everything is well !) happy to see you back !

Welcome back Chilly! Hope you are doing well.

It's such a shame that there aren't more stories from Horizon between the games (and only two comics). The potential is so great! The best example is Cyberpunk 2077, which delivers great stories outside of the game in the form of comics, the anime and also the book. I would love to see this for Horizon and would give RSQ even more content to report on. I can listen to his analysis for hours. 🤗

YES! I was just thinking about this! 😎

Hi, I've got to ask you, what does Moldova have to do with the lore? The country was brought up in a Datapoint, that one being Bad Urges. Is it just a codename or did the country actually have something to do with the lore or Horizon? Because I keep on thinking what this "Moldova Brain-hack" might actually be

Finally!

He is back and the video is also a long one!

Great video but this just makes me question how old are Aloy's allies since she's 16-18 in the first game due to how involved her allies were in stopping the red raids

Good to see you’re back. Hope you’re well!🎉

Hopefully, it won’t be another 6 months before the next video. 😁

YOU'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes more lore!!!

It's been a minute.

How many years did the red raids took?

I know this is unrelated but a question that has plagued me since HFW release..... im curious if you can elaborate Where was poseidon before vegas? If it only went there while the delving crew were there then it cant have been there long but where was it the rest of tge time

LFG

I thought this channel was dead.

This guy's voice is almost as good as Lance Reddick's, and that's saying something!

Love your work. this would make a very cool prequel to horizon

Finally!