Iron Banter: This Week In Destiny 2 – Everybody Wants To Rule The (Throne) World

Just about each week brings one thing new to Destiny 2, whether or not it is story beats, new actions, or fascinating new mixtures of components that allow gamers devastate one another within the Crucible. Iron Banter is our weekly take a look at what is going on on on the earth of Destiny and a rundown of what is drawing our consideration throughout the photo voltaic system.It has been fairly the month in Destiny 2. Over the previous few weeks, Bungie has dropped a ridiculous quantity of data on gamers about The Witch Queen, starting from new particulars concerning the story marketing campaign and weapon crafting system to a better take a look at Void 3.0. There’s an enormous quantity of element to absorb, constructing a runway for the launch of the growth in only a few days.Honestly, it has been an excessive amount of to deal with. Between our early take a look at The Witch Queen and Savathun’s throne world, all the small print about weapon crafting, the modifications coming to Gambit and the Void subclasses, it is so much to maintain straight.All that stuff is enjoyable, certain, however the factor that is been baking my noodle is the lore. The Season of the Lost has lastly concluded, leaving just a few hanging threads (and blowing out the fan idea I favored {that a} blown Ahamkara want was going to be Savathun’s street to the Light). And we have been getting a bunch of seems to be on the upcoming growth, in trailers, a vidoc, social media posts, and the Witch Queen Collector’s Edition. It’s creepy and glorious and I’ve been fascinated about it an excessive amount of.So, let’s speak concerning the story forward of The Witch Queen actual quick–emphasis on fast, as a result of truthfully, there’s an excessive amount of to hit right here and we’re quickly operating out of time. We bought phrase from Fenchurch, we discovered new stuff about Ikora and the Ahamkara, and we came upon that there is perhaps some traitorous Ghosts on the market.Welcome, o honored visitorThis week, we bought the final little bit of story from the Season of the Lost, illustrating how we’re going from Savathun hiding in an enormous crystal to Savathun wielding the Light subsequent week. The brief reply is: Savathun did a magic factor, although what that entails I do not actually perceive. In any occasion, Mara Sov didn’t kill the Hive god of crafty, regardless of that being her plan for one thing like six months whereas making ready the ritual we noticed throughout this week’s “Exorcism” mission.This suggests Savathun had an inside observe on Mara’s plan–either she guessed she’d be a goal a very long time in the past (which, to be honest, is sort of apparent) and by no means meant to make herself susceptible, or she gleaned that info in some unspecified time in the future by way of her numerous means and made preparations. While the primary risk looks like the more than likely, the second is the extra fascinating of the 2. After all, we have seen the bizarre issues Savathun can do to folks with Savathun’s Song, the unusual chant that (apparently) provides her some gentle mind-control powers. Did she use it to spy on Mara and get one step forward of her impending assassination?By the best way, if you have not performed by way of Exorcism at this level, you must hopefully give you the chance to take action. The mission launched with some bugs however Bungie has made some alterations that ought to make it simpler to finish now. Just do not skip the cutscene.”Exorcism” gave us the setup for The Witch Queen, and we have been seeing an entire lot of potential clues pop up in all the opposite data Bungie has unfold round, together with in its vidoc, launch trailer, and hands-off preview alternative. That final one gave us a way of what to anticipate with Savathun’s throne world and the brand new story marketing campaign that Bungie is bringing to the sport with the growth.If you have not watched it, I’d positively counsel trying out the vidoc, which provides a fairly full take a look at what’s coming within the growth. It additionally incorporates quite a lot of footage from cutscenes and the growth at giant, which in flip provides us a bunch of hints. We dug round and pulled out 26 belongings you might need missed from the Witch Queen vidoc and one other 17 you might need missed within the launch trailer. There’s quite a lot of bizarre stuff being teased!Some of the best gadgets, although, are those that preserve the Lovecraftian horror vibe The Witch Queen is throwing off. In the launch trailer, we see what seems to be like a imaginative and prescient, skilled by Ikora Rey, of the Hive’s origins on their dwelling planet of Fundament. Even that, although, is tinged with hints at deception. And then there’s that glimpse of the Traveler, undamaged, within the sky. Seriously, it feels just like the Traveler is working with Savathun. I do know I hold saying this. It’s actual.That shot of the Traveler, and the markings you possibly can see on it (that are normally obscured by the large chunks lacking from the Traveler within the current), play into the continued hints that Destiny 2 goes into some fascinating alchemical and non secular territory. Check out Saniya Ahmed’s take a look at the best way alchemy appears to be an enormous a part of The Witch Queen, after which speculate to your self what all of it means long-term.Word from FenchurchIn barely extra concrete story territory, I’ve been spending time catching up with the Witch Queen Collector’s Edition, which is, as typical, fairly glorious. Bungie does an incredible job with its CEs, together with quite a lot of enjoyable gadgets and in addition a justifiable share of secrets and techniques and puzzles for the neighborhood to uncover. Like, what’s bungie.internet/Circles, a URL hidden within the CE’s paperwork? Who is aware of! But it is cool.A bit extra easy is what’s within the ebook contained within the CE, which is supposed to signify a file for the Hidden, Ikora Rey’s community of Guardian spies. The ebook is a collection of studies and missives annotated by Ikora that give a glance into her character, and it is all actually informative of what is going on on with an individual who the sport has largely held at arm’s size. Ikora will not be almost as cool, collected, and meditative as she seems to be.The lore ebook talks about Ikora’s run-ins with the Ahamkara, the Destiny universe’s scary, shape-shifting dragons which are principally trickster gods operating monkey’s paw scams. Back earlier than the period we play the sport in, Guardians took half in one thing referred to as the Great Hunt to remove all of the Ahamkara, Ikora included. She almost bought killed by one Ahamkara because it tricked her into making a want, solely to be saved by the legendary Guardian Wei Ning, and defeated one other Ahamkara by, basically, wishing to be somebody who couldn’t be tempted by needs. There’s an enormous implication that meditative, even-tempered Ikora exists as a result of that is who she wanted to be to outlive the Great Hunt.In the journal, Ikora is extraordinarily apprehensive no person likes her, as a result of if no person likes Ikora, no person will belief her, and if no person trusts her, they don’t seem to be going to comply with her as she tries to steer them towards the rising menace of the Darkness. It’s a enjoyable drawback to trace at, drawing us nearer to the Warlock Vanguard than we have ever been, whereas additionally making it clear what large repercussions one thing like Ikora’s likeability issue will be for the Destiny 2 story at giant. I actually suppose we will get into Ikora’s head much more within the coming year–she’s clearly the central determine of The Witch Queen’s story, as Elsie Bray was central to Beyond Light. We’re getting some character growth due to that, and I’m anticipating much more.The journal additionally features a few different enjoyable tidbits I imply to dig into deeper in articles within the subsequent few days. One is that there is a entire group of Ghosts who sort of perform as conscientious objectors–they have not discovered their Guardians, they usually like to hold round speaking about whether or not they ever will. There’s a suggestion within the report about these Ghosts that they is perhaps purposely avoiding discovering Guardians. And since we all know the Hive wind up with Ghosts in The Witch Queen, we get a really actual implication that perhaps these Hive Ghosts selected to change sides. The report discusses how the Ghosts are fascinated by the Books of Sorrow, the Hive creation fable, and the way they suppose the Hive are a sufferer class manipulated by their worms. Maybe it is not the Traveler that betrays humanity, however the Ghosts who do not agree with them.There are another issues price mentioning, however my favourite is a report from Fenchurch Eververse–yeah, that Fenchurch. There aren’t a ton of lore entries concerning the man, however we all know that when the Guardian is not sourcing antiquities and oddities for the Eververse Store out within the area, he is working as one in every of Ikora’s Hidden. Back through the Season of the Drifter in 2019, a report from Fenchurch served as a very bizarre lore entry with some unusual implications. In it, he had a dream about Eris, woke as much as discover a Hive thrall standing over him appearing surprisingly, and killed it to find a bit of black materials that, when touched, gave him one other imaginative and prescient of Eris. For years, that lore entry alluded to some weirdness, however we by no means totally understood it.The Collector’s Edition incorporates one other report from Fenchurch that, lastly, explains that earlier report. It solutions some questions, just like the identification of the opposite individual within the unique imaginative and prescient (it is Mara Sov, truly), and raises others. It additionally provides a touch of what Mara’s position is perhaps within the story of The Witch Queen and past. It’s all very fascinating.The hours between us and The Witch Queen are dwindling, however there’s nonetheless extra to unpack, just like the Vanguard-like Hive transmissions Bungie is sharing on its Instagram, or the 2 days through which Savathun apparently took over the Destiny Twitter account. Expect much more to speak about subsequent week; hopefully there will likely be sufficient time to write down this column. In the meantime, be at liberty to share the unusual, fascinating, or mysterious story hints which are baking your noodles within the feedback beneath.