greetings guardians my name is by fear again still a little under the weather still just at
the tail end of this cough so if my voice sounds a little bit different from usual that is why
today though we're going to talk a little more about aerys mourn for those of you that are
new to destiny aerys mourn is a character that is as well connected to the story of the hive
as a guardian can get she lost her friends fire team ghost and sight to the hive on the moon
and would eventually take revenge by assisting in our efforts to kill crota and oryx two very
powerful hive guards her expertise in all things to do with the hive is not to be
underestimated at all so all of this really raises a natural question with savifoon having revealed
herself this season and with her sitting there perfectly in place people have been wondering
where oh where is eris mourn we're going to talk a little bit more about that today both in terms of
law and in terms of video game logistics and the business of game development
so where has erismorn been what's her stance on savithoon and what are the reasons she's
been missing well i think we need to jump out of the law for once and talk about game development
stuff yeah it's a weird one but i promise there is more law stuff still to come and this is actually
really important to talk about when it comes down to the actual logistics of why eris isn't there
recently there was an article by game's radar in which julia nardin and nico stevens were both
talked to extensively and they discussed the narrative of the season of the lost
by the way i hope i got both of your names pronounced correctly if not my sincerest apologies
it's a great article which i'll link down below if you've not already read it but it talks a
lot about the different points of the narrative surrounding some characters that aren't in the
season as well as a whole bunch of other things in particular the following quote addresses
characters like aerys mourn one constraint here is choosing a cast who can carry the story forward
destiny's rich universe is sometimes a burden there are tons of characters fighting tons
of battles at any given moment how does bungie pick and choose what and who to put on the stage
the answer nardan tells me is triage one of the challenges we have with the stories we're trying
to tell because we've got multiple seasons in a year and we have a very small window in
which to write a season work with the other disciplines and create this cohesive thing
is there's not a lot of room to do all the things that we want to do she says we triage stories and
characters it would have been amazing if we could have included eris in the season of the lost
but as we were writing the list of characters who would have been invested in what's going on we've
got crow in front of marisol so we need morosov we need petra we knew we were revealing osiris
to be savithoon so automatically we need aikora involved because osiris was her mentor
and she's one of the leaders of the vanguard we knew we needed saint involved because
saint was osiris's partner it gets to a point where we can't put any
more characters into a story without diluting the quality of the story we're trying to tell
eris didn't quite make the cut but it doesn't mean we're not interested in telling stories with eris
it just means we're going to tell that story in a different release so that we have a little bit
of an answer heiress's involvement in the story would have been too much at current for bungie
to include in the season of the lost and bungie has to make do with telling her story in a later
release whether or not this will be witch queen or not isn't really mentioned but i have a feeling
that iris is almost bound to be involved in the story of the hive and the darkness going forward
generally the reasons for this are somewhat clear given her connection to the hive and her recent
acquisition of darkness based powers including stasis however it has still been a very long
time since we've heard from aerys mourn and as a result i think it's clear that we still need to
do a little investigating on what trajectory her storytelling seems to be going as last we can tell
she was on europa and was part of the quote unquote dark vanguard including herself the exo
stranger and the drifter but more so than that she still resumes her present operations on the moon
what she's doing with regards to savathun is still up in the air but we can tell at very least what
her intentions are there are a few sources that mention eris and the law and i think firstly we
need to go ahead and take a look at everything that dropped in beyond light in the dark future
lore book in this aerys mourn suffers a fate that the exo stranger has seen countless times in other
timelines she falls to darkness and actually becomes strong enough to control savathun and
even becomes basically the principal locus of the darkness's power she is effectively its instrument
in the same way that shivuarath currently is thus far this fate has been avoided by aerys
she has learned the powers of darkness but with the stranger's assistance now she has a degree of
control necessary to prevent her own corruption however this risk is still present and it's in
that darkness and its relationship with her that i believe eris's future lies back in beyond light
eris wrote a law book called regarding stasis these entries were addressed to a whole host of
characters including akora the drifter zavala the stranger and even us i want to read what
i think are two of the most important entries that will determine the shape of eris's future
in the witch queen expansion and beyond those two entries are addressed to queen mara salve
of the reef and to the witch queen savathun they read as follows starting with the entry to marusov
my queen your absence during this time is distressing i am certain the efforts on your
front are not in vain though i must inform you that our situation is evolving rapidly
your guidance and support are greatly missed we have made substantial and irrevocable progress
in our understanding of the darkness its wants desires and needs become clearer each passing day
i have much to share with you though i am concerned you will be displeased by the means with
which we have obtained the information before word reaches you that erismorn has been compromised
i will tell you myself i am fighting the darkness using darkness itself it is vital to me that you
know beyond any doubt that i am of sound mind and body and our agreement stands while i use darkness
to combat it my focus remains steady i know there are threats far greater assailing us on all fronts
we must strike back in measure and this is my part my front for left unchecked savathun will
become the greatest threat of them all when i encountered her last she demeaned me tried
to use my friends against me and robbed me of my strength she has no idea how powerful i've become
i will see her end first hand i acknowledge there is great anger in me i know the darkness would
sooner exploit my rage than grant me serenity i will not dishonor our friendship with lies
it is hard to control my emotions i feel the temptation to give in i urge you not to condemn me
you know what i have seen what i have been through i'm not one for reckless abandon though this
may seem a last resort i have unveiled a great potential for us all while i have received
resistance from the vanguard more are joining our ranks soon we will wield the power we need
to stave off the odious minions of the darkness permanently soon the witch queen will feel my
wrath soon there will be peace i hope when you return it is to a world without strife for now
i ask that you continue to believe in me your support has remained a beacon in the most
trying of times and were it to extinguish i fear what would ensnare me i am sure you are
frightened and appalled by these developments but i assure you this is for the greater good
while you may disapprove of my methods know that the ends will justify the means
this last encounter with the witch queen that erys was talking about was when she was briefly
tormented by cervathoon and was lost in the ascendant plane before being greeted by toland
all of this eventually led aerys to the revelation of the pyramids presence on the moon and the start
of the shadow keep expansion one year after forsaken it also details the great struggle
that heiress undergoes when trying to control her powers of darkness and how the witch queen
has unquestionably gotten under her skin aerys is in a place where temptation lies all around
temptation that would lead her into the rage-filled clutches of the darkness resisting
such a pull will be hard especially considering what she had to say to savathun that entry
reads as follows you believed yourself clever unassailable and omniscient for too long you were
manipulating and pulling at all strings howling at our failings the black needle punctured our
deficiencies injecting fear and doubt into our cause you have grown greedy witch your ambition
has forced you to over extend your reach you have revealed your weaknesses and through stasis i have
become powerful enough to rid us of your curse on existence we control the darkness and the light
now and it will be your undoing your hands are wet with the blood of my allies i have not forgotten
the suffering your meddling has caused we saw you the puppet master behind oryx's plot we heard
your screams as crota met his end your cowardice will conceal you no longer i am coming for you
i will be your end as your elders before you and your progeny after you fall and all that surrounds
you crumbles eris mourn will stand in front of you smiling as i wipe your name from the pantheon of
gods you will suffer a humiliating defeat as your power dwindles and your influence with us we will
laugh at your demise you will become a fascination children will sing songs and tell cautionary tales
of the old witch whose avarice deprived her of her desires you will fade into fable and eventually
nothing a bygone dream of pains no more do you understand this clearly savathoon
we are no longer forced to enjoy your torture there is no veil for you to hide behind
we see you plainly your orchestration has led to too many foul notes all your attempts to
subjugate this power have failed you are a plague and we are the cure your army will be eradicated
and the hive will be a layer of dust cushioning our footsteps trust me you will hate it
i find myself giddy at these thoughts revenge suits me it seems i no longer know fear i am
overcome with certainty when next we come face to face i will remove the bandages that shield me
so i may see you for all you are and all you are not and you will see me and know that the
fire that burns behind my eyes will be your oblivion suffocating and searing you to ash
prepare yourself i am your ruin it isn't clear from any of this if aerys mourn will be a part
of the witch queen's story thus far the only characters revealed for said story include
ourselves the witch queen savathun and ikora ray but i feel personally that it's almost inevitable
and should she be there when the witch queen falls perhaps we shall finally see what lies
behind the bandages of her eyes as she removes them to cast the witch queen into her funeral
pyre perhaps at long last we will comprehend the fury of the one we have known as the last
for if there is one whose wrath i would fear more than any other it is that which is has actionably
been shown to destroy gods it will still not be complete until the osmium dynasty has been wiped
from the universe and until the worm gods cry their last foul cries but when savithoon dies yet
again erismorn takes one more step to completing her revenge but that is all from me for now if you
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i know that content last week was slow but again this voice thing has gotten me in this place where
i basically wasn't able to record for a while having said all of that again it's why i'm glad
for you guys you're one of the most consistent audiences and i think that's partly because of
the fact that i put out good content i think that's partly because the fact that being
candid with you from time to time whether it's on videos or twitter means that
we have a good working relationship from creator to audience and i hope that's the case if so cool
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section but of course as per usual know that your viewership as always is quite enough for me
and that in the meantime my name has been my name is bife harodasya arastra i'll see you starside
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