Destiny 2 Lore - The Ahamkara. The story of Destiny's Dragons. Origins, The Hive & The Awoken.

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There’s an old sparrow who’s lore has its guardian getting in trouble for having a dragon painted on it and the vanguard chastised them for it. The response was “dragons are cool”

Byf I just wanna say that you're amazing. Way back when I was in middle school (I'm in college now) your lore videos got me hooked on the Destiny narrative, specifically your videos on Rasputin and SIVA. The Ahamkara have always been a super interesting topic and I'm so glad that you've made this! I can't wait to see what lore videos you make next, you'll always be my favorite youtuber <3

Praedyth: Man, I hope I get to fight like this forever. Ahamkara: Bet.

Destiny has had incredible designs over the years, some incredibly creative and unique. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an amazing design for these beasts. I can’t imagine any other way dragons obsessed with Faustian bargains would look.

4:58 Quick and super important note. Remember what Savathun said during the intro to season of the lost? "Who is Savathun you ask? You already know, oh guardian mine..." And Riven at the end of Last Wish? "I thought they'd never leave. You and I are not done. We're inseparable now. Through your actions, we've forged an age-old bond between my kind and yours. One wish granted deserves another. And I cannot wait to show you what SHE asked for. O murderer mine..."

The techeuns watching us land in the dreaming city : uh, watcha got there? Hunters carrying several ahamkara exotics : a smoothie

Ahamkara have to be my favorite things in destiny lore. Everything about them is great, the O _ mine stuff, granting wished from just a bone, even just the choice of the name Ahamkara is great. It just is a word that feels so good to say.

That white glowing flame around the Ahamkara in the spoiler for the season released shortly after the puzzle was solved looks quite a bit like the odd mist floating out of Cayde's eyes in the trailer for The Final Shape. Perhaps the 15th wish is to put someone behind the enemy's defenses, someone who could open the gates for us to follow. Wouldn't it make a ton of sense if the final wish of Forsaken, tucked away in its Triumph page for 5 years, was the one thing every player of the expansion wanted?

As another sucker for dragons, I can't wait to see the full series of Ahamkara lore. Wish they were talked about and expanded upon more in-game. I'll wait for season of the wish tho, not sure how deep they'll go.

Do you think now that there is an uncorrupted wish dragon , the species will come back from extinction by say a wish or something

“Oh how I have changed” I found this quote by Azirim really haunting, because it partially subverts the ‘Oh noun mine’ form of the invocation, as a really casual rhetorical trick, before using the full invocation to commit murder.

I'm so ready for this entire series 👀. Can't wait to hear it all

I love that you're doing this series, the great hunt is one of those stories that so easily falls to feeling like myth more so than something characters we know participated in.

Bit of an odd thought regarding the Ahamkara egg we found in the Imbaru engine. What if the egg was taken from the conquest of the Harmony? It would certainly be from a time before Savathun met Riven who was corrupted by Taken energy. Also it is said in the books of Sorrow that Savathun had completed something in secret after the battle with the Harmony. Mind you this is just a thought on how the Witch Queen obtained an Ahamkara egg uncorrupted.

Hey Byf, I just wanted to say that I love your content! I started watching you in early middle school, and I have loved your videos ever since. You have gotten me through the low points in D2 and you are truly the reason me and my twin have continued to play the game. We always love listening to your content while we study for our college courses, and we love the quality of content you put out. Your vids are amazing and I just wanted to let you know that we appreciate you! Keep up the work, all of us who follow you are supporting you!

Hey Byf, thanks for putting out a long video for us during these trying Destiny/Bungie time. You are one of THE Destiny peoples/YouTubers for the community. Cheers!

I absolutely love Dragons i am all in on this series Byf thank you for all that you do for the lore fans and D2 players, from the honest takes to the lore dives, you've made Destiny an amazing experience for me over the years

This channel and these types of videos are really helpful for semi new players like myself. I played destiny 2 from launch to forsaken, and then stopped, but I never really learned the lore. Now that I’m back to the game with around 100 hours, so much stuff has happened that I cannot understand without your videos

awesome to see that you're bringing out the lore on the ahamkara at this time, as a wannabe hive god, the ahamkara are my 2nd favorite design so far