Focused Fire Chat, a Destiny Lore Podcast

Episode 36 brings Blue, Justin, and Willy together once again to discuss what information we have at our fingertips concerning the rise of the characters that we know as Guardians within the world of Destiny - those paracausal powerhouses who defend the Last City against the encroaching Darkness. Picking up the tale from the ashes of the Collapse, with the birth of Ghosts and their mission to find new weapons for the Traveler's Light to find a home within, the team discusses the nature of the Light within the Guardians we experience today and compare that refined manipulation to the brutally primal forces of nature that were the Risen. The first few groups of Guardians are examined, as well as a lengthy discussion on the psychological tendencies which set the Guardians apart from the Risen follows, making for an interesting delve into the history of a topic that we can all agree that we want to know more about.

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Rise of Guardians Map

Episode 35 brings Blue, Justin, Willy, and the Sultry Tiger himself, My Name is Byf, together to chat about the lore about the enemy 'race' known as the Taken. Diving into the basic differences of the various forms of the creatures that we, as Guardians within Destiny experience, the group quickly jump from a mere physical description of the enemy (like why do the Taken always 'shiver') into the deeper aspects of the psyche of the overall experience of what it means to be a member of the Taken. With a good dosage of humor (blame the week off), the chat walks through the implications of some of the powers that the Taken have, as well as some of the interesting differences that they have when compared to their non-Taken form. 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

The Taken Mind Map

Byf on Twitter

Byf on YouTube

Byf's Patreon for Lore

The first of what might become a new collection of episodes brings Blue, Justin, Willy, and very special guest co-host Morla Gorrondona together to chat about what it's like to fulfill the role of the voice of the characters that we, as gamers, come to know so well. The community came together before hand with questions that they all had about the nature of the role of a voice actor, and Morla was gracious enough to spend some time walking through not only her own experiences within the world of voice acting and voice over work as well as some thoughts on the general manner in which people who might be interested could look to get their feet wet.

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our Lore 101 and upcoming Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Morla Gorrondona 

Morla on Twitter

Episode 34 brings Blue, Justin, Willy, and guest co-host BlackWolf619 together to chat about the stories of the Major Battles of the Last City - ranging from the early battle of Six Fronts to a look at the Great Disaster upon the Moon. The group discusses a range of topics, from what they think the response of Guardians would be if a Fallen Walker actually walked (pro tip included from reddit on how to take those down a bit faster and easier as well) to the nature of the overarching sense of desperation that the City faced in the resulting disaster against Crota and the loss of the first Crota fireteam. There's also a bit of a debate on the nature of Toland's endgame and how Osiris is connected to all this. 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Major Battles Map

Our 4th Extra Lore episode brings Blue and Justin together to discuss a very brief introduction to the Dark Souls lore - warning, while neither of us have played these games, we did try to capture as much of the basic information as we could to present to everyone (i.e., we're sorry if we missed a connection that we should have seen in game). However, as Justin proves, even the dark realm of the Dark Souls games is not a haven from the light of Paean...and misreading of the notes when it comes to particular character's names. Enjoy our brief delving into this fascinating world and hope to see you on the other side...Praise the Sun!

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Dark Souls Map

More Information Links:

Ash Seeketh Ember: The Lore of Dark Souls 3

Youtube: TerraMantis

Episode 32 brings Blue, Justin, and Willy together to chat about the lore surrounding the Reef Wars, a violent event in the history of Destiny that set the stage for not only the survival of the Last City through the interruption that the Awoken caused in the amassing hordes of Fallen, but also an entire expansion of the game in the betrayal and continued conflict between the Awoken and Fallen races. There is an immense amount of connections and information to be had from within the Grimoire and items alone - so be sure to check out the linked mind map summarizing those connections as well (link is below in show notes, as promised). 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Reef Wars Map

Episode 31 brings Blue, Justin, Willy, and special guests Baxter and Forrest together to dig into the lore surrounding one of the great collection points of knowledge from the Golden Age, the Ishtar Collective. As can be expected, the tangents start immediately, but through the laughter, be prepared for some really fun discussions on the impact of the different potential time travel theories, the moral implications of the Vex simulations discussed in the Grimoire, and most importantly...what are the guests' thoughts on Paean as an individual. 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Ishtar Collective website

Ishtar Collective on Twitter

As promised - Forrest wanted to give a special shout out to her clan, the Turbo Electric Platypi as well!

Ishtar Collective Map

Episode 30 brings Blue, Justin, Willy, and special guest MesaSean together to delve into the lore of the Warlock class of Guardians within Destiny. We break down the subclasses (and discuss in detail how much more powerful the Stormcaller feels both on a receiving side of the attacks and the giving side) as well as touch on the known Warlocks from within the game with a brief summary on each of them (including status - for those of you keeping score). Note here that many of the items are found within the map of the chat (found below), and due to the large number of those items, there were some that weren't mentioned. 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

MesaSean on Twitter

MesaSean on YouTube

Warlock Map

Our 3rd episode in the Extra Lore series brings us an amazing coincidence of discussing an Introduction of Star Wars on May the 4th (known to many as Star Wars day)! Join Blue and guest hosts Damoel and Demigod257 as they discuss the changes in the new Expanded Universe of this iconic series, starting with the new Star Wars universe timeline and ending with a deep dive into the seemingly fathomless subject of the Force and how these aspects are changing within the new presentation of the new canon. 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also available on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Star Wars Map

Damoel on Twitter

Demigod257 on Twitter

Episode 28 brings Blue, Justin, and Willy together again to do battle against Skype and the siren song of much needed slumber to discuss the information that is available on arguably two of the more controversial subjects within Destiny - the Speaker and the Traveler. The conversation ranges from a brief dive into the Dreams of Alpha Lupi grimoire cards to a conversation discussing what exactly is the importance behind the repeated appearance of the number three within Destiny. There's a few heated conversations within the episode, but ultimately, it's decided that, for as much as we know about these two figures...there's still a ton left to guess (which is probably why, in the same vein as Yor and Ward, they are such a debated topic as far as intentions go). 

As usual, please let us know any feedback you have or any questions that you might want us to start considering for our upcoming Lore 101 and Spinfoil Corner series by emailing us at [email protected] or on twitter @FocusedFireChat. Be sure to also jump over to iTunes to give us a quick review on how we're doing - we are also avaiable on the Destiny Community Hub app, as well as Google Play Music. Thank you again for giving our ramblings a listen!

Speaker & Traveler Mind Map

As noted in the show - the post on reddit discussing the differences between the ARG and the Grimoire cards for the Dreams of Alpha Lupi can be found here.