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Mike and Kit have gobbled-up the stories on the lore tabs on the Season of the Lost's exotics and weapons! Now, they're here to join you on the couch and talk turkey about them. To those of you in the US, hope you have a safe Thanksgiving holiday! SCHEDULE UPDATE: We are taking next week off; there will be no new episode 12/2. We'll see you again on 12/9!Things discussed: On bonfires, US Thanksgiving, Halo Infinite, on Halo lore and Mike's loremaster status, TWAB 11/18, 12/8 XBox Gamepass changes, Supers and Abilities changes, PvP balance philosophy, on Mike and Kit's goals in reviewing lore tabs, on this season's re-issued weapons' lore tabs, Season of the Lost Exotic and Weapon lore tabsIntro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Somewhere Out There by James Horner, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil (performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram)Cover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences/Lore Cited:Squanto (massive grains of salt for the settler colonialist sources)This Week At Bungie 11/18/21Vulpecula hand cannonThe Hothead rocket launcherLorentz Driver linear fusion rifleIota Draconis fusion rifleRadiant Dance Machines hunter leg exotic armorNo Backup Plans titan exotic arm armorNothing Manacles warlock exotic arm armorCanis Major grenade launcherAn American Tail (1986)Ascendancy rocket launcherReverie Dawn armor setFractethyst shotgunThe Comedian shotgunRahool - Pathfinding book, Dust book, Zero Hour mission, Griomoire entry: Glimmer, Cosmodrome "loot cave" scannableChrysura Melo auto rifleA Moment In Time (Devil's Ruin quest)Traveler's Chosen sidearmInstar (content warning: insects)Reed's Regret linear fusion rifle"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits“Suncoast Audio” anime podcast with Kit, Mike, and Andrew

Mike and Kit journey into the ascendant realm to rescue the lore tabs on this season's armor, the Pathfinder's set, from remaining lost. Your intrepid hosts also use True Sight to reveal the buried second issue of Threads of Light! Will they survive the procedure? Commune with the crystal shard podcatcher of your choice to find out.Things discussed: Intro 1:10-6:00, Saladin follow-up re: race 6:00-11:30, TWAB 11/11/21: Accessibility Update 11:30-20:00, Threads of Light volume 2 20:00-31:20, Pathfinder set 31:20-55:00Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Fever Dreams by Diveo (feat. Taylor Fernandez)Cover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences/Lore Cited:NEW COVEN - IWAYFINDING - IIDURESS - IIIJOURNEY - IVTHIRD-STRING WITCHES - V"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits“Suncoast Audio” anime podcast with Kit, Mike, and Andrew

The Iron Banner returned to the Tower, so Kit and Mike set their iron sights on explaining Saladin and the Iron Lords! In order to talk about Destiny’s present, we have to go back! When this podcast gets up to 88mph, you’re gonna hear some serious shit!Things discussed: Intro (daylight savings time, COVID booster) 1:00-5:30, Brief history of the Iron Lords 5:30-38:40, Iron Forerunner set and weapons - 38:40-1:09:00Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: The Power of Love (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)Cover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences/Lore Cited:"You don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium"17:15 Pilgrim guard - Ecdysis: War HammerGrimoire entries Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age, Iron Banner22:45 Citan and Felwinter - Lord Felwinter lore card, Citan's RampartsA Man With No Name book entry: Loose Ends, pts.I-III24:35 Shaxx and Felwinter - Remembrance webloreArbalest lore tab33:20 Leadership structure - Grimoire entry: Lord RadegastWolfswood Bond, Wolfswood Mark, Wolfswood CloakGrimoire entry: Lady PerunThe Liar book entry: 11. The Iron LordEcdysis book entry: Question After Question36:10 Iron Temple - Vostok view38:40 Iron Forerunner setSaladin, Zavala, and ShaxxGrimoire entry: Iron Banner RepGrimoire entry: Lady Efrideet57:20 Peacebond sidearm1:02:00 Forge's Pledge pulse rifle"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits“Suncoast Audio” anime podcast with Kit, Mike, and Andrew

Walk this way and join Kit and Mike as they put on the ritz to celebrate the end of 2021’s Festival of the Lost! This week, they conclude this year's event-exclusive lore book, Tales of the Forgotten, and discuss its chilling revelations! Our fearless hosts also ask each other spine-tingling questions that reference dead-content-walking and stories with unnaturally long life! Happy Halloween!Things discussed: Halloween and intro 0:00-4:35, Dinosaur armor 5:10-12:00, Tales of the Forgotten book pages 15-27 12:00-34:2014:50: Nessus - 1, Nessus - 4, Nessus - 7 : Failsafe returns22:00: Luna - 9: Nokris’s gruesome experiments28:30: Luna - 9: Cayde mention30:30: Nessus - 3, Nessus - 6: Klyfiks the well-meaning idiot, Sunstead Greaves (Majestic)31:55: Nessus - 9: “Like schoolchildren”34:20: Glint. Lore cited: Ghost Stories: Pulled Pork, Protector of Ghosts, Uldren Sov Resurrection cutscene, A Tangled Web I: Sparky and the Scrivener, Amnestia-S2, "Crow's nest" in Harbinger, Weblore: 2 Drink Minimum39:48: Shower thoughts: Savathun’s tragic backstory? !!! the vandalized entries in books of sorrow: XLI: Dreadnaught, Taox: Books of Sorrow II: The Hateful Verse, Space ravens: XXX: a golden amputation54:10 outrosIntro Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach performed by Hannes KästnerOutro Music: Filmation’s Ghostbusters Theme (Instrumental) by Brian Banks and Anthony MarinelliWerewolves of London by Warren ZevonCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:Jake the Dog quoteBacon pancakes songLars and the Real Girl trailer (2007)VSCO girls"It's pronounced Frankensteen", Young Frankenstein (1974)"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, come settle around the campfire for some ~Tales of the Forgotten~! Mike and Kit discuss the first half of this year's event-exclusive lore book of the same name and their conversation goes to some frightening places! We'll see you next week to close-out this year's Festival of the Lost - if you'll Be Brave enough to join us! thunder and lightning Muahahahaha!Things discussed: Dungeon Discourse 4:40-20:15, Festival of the Lost & 1st 14 pages of Tales of the Forgotten 20:15-47:40, Haunted Lost Sector Glint voice line 47:40-54:20Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Breeze by Jiro Inagaki & Soul MediaCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:DCP Live ep. 262 (dungeon discourse ~9 minutes - ~27 minutes)Tales of the Forgotten pages 1-1427:45: Europa - 1: What is a Ghost?30:45: Europa - 3: Cryptarchs, Centaurs and Sheepdogs33:12: Luna - 4: Gentleman's magazine39:30: Europa - 4, Europa - 7, Europa - 9: Hidden agent43:20: Luna - 1: Eris shows up, finally45:25: Luna - 2, Luna - 5: What happened at the K1 Dig Site?48:30: Glint line "Since I've been with Crow..." "Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

Boo! Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. It's that spooky time of year in Destiny 2, Festival of the Lost! Listen as Mike and Kit reanimate stores from Festivals past and hear what lore ideas have been haunting our hosts. It's a real treat!Things discussed: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the United Nations holiday calendar. Festival of the Lost, Guardian costumes, weekly story updates on hiatus, narrative context for Festival of the Lost, Glint, Headless Horsepower sparrow lore, Crow's reassignment as Caiatl's emissary, Book of the Forgotten, Festival of the Lost: reward structure, Halloween and Day of the Dead influence on. Eris Morn FotL questlines, Ascendant Lens, FotL as missed opportunity to tell stories, lack of tutorial page in D2Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Breeze by Jiro Inagaki & Soul MediaCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:U.N. Observances pageCalavera ghost shell profileThe Legion of DoomLet me see what you have!Tiny Box of Raisins D1Tiny Box of Raisins D2"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

An absolutely packed episode that has something for everyone: Destiny, discourse, and dogs! Mike and Kit put their waders on to address Bungie's communication about the "Vaulting" system (and the Destiny community's responses), discuss the final story update for this season, and attempt to manage Juno the dog's expectations for walkies.Things discussed: World Mental Health Day, shower beers, Juneau/Juno the dog. Destiny Content Vault (DCV) Update: explanation of, discourse on, technical reason for. "Maximalist" Destiny, new player experience. Bungie's dev interview re storage space required for vault pages, Mike's reaction, Kit's solution. DCV dev update from 6/9/20, Kit hopes it helps the dev team, is the game welcoming to new players?, story issues with vaulting, the Forsaken campaign, story justification for unvaulted content, Timeline menu feature, accepting Destiny's problems, past controversies, old experience system, Curse of Osiris, community idea of Activision's influence, acknowledging valid arguments about vaulting, state of the Strike playlist, Battlegrounds, PVP as a possible vaulting target. Season of the Lost week 7 (spoilers start 38:00), follow up on the mechanism for Savathun's knowledge of the Forsaken campaign, Shattered Realm data caches and mishaps, talking to Savathun and to Mara, Petra and Glint radio message, Forsaken Prince lore book, differing reads on Glint's dialogue, "O Guardian Mine" formulation/curse, Truth to Power lorebook, connection between Ahamkara and darkness, veiled woman statues, Mike got Eyes of Tomorrow!!, Gjallarhorn. Spider subplot, Wayfinder's ghost shell, in-universe justification for vaulting. Ager's Scepter exotic quest, Kelgorath, Mara reveals her plan to have Uldren become a lightbearer, bugged cutscene, Lake of Shadows strike.Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: The Boys Are Back In Town by The CardigansCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:DCV UpdateDCV announcement pre-BLEye of Sauron"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

Bungie made a public relations push last week via their official website and interviews with wider games journalism media outlets. Kit and Mike discuss! Also, the penultimate Season of the Lost story beat dropped, and you could say your co-hosts were "of two minds" about it. No? OK, fine. Look, I don't need this job.Things discussed: Shaders correction, Accessibility at Bungie, Bungie's Diversity and Inclusion Learnings and Updates post, Pete Parsons: Bungie CEO, interviews with the narrative team, Destiny Anxiety piece by Yusef Cole, Wayfinder's Voyage VI (spoilers starting 23:10), the contrast between Shattered Realm and Expunge missions, Shattered Realm as a remix, Petra's data caches, the Dreaming City, the curse on the Dreaming City, the "Broken Courier" mission, Petra Venj, Destiny 1's House of Wolves and The Taken King expansions, the Taken War, Xivu Arath and the Ascendant Plane, level design in the Ruins of Wrath and the Witch Queen, the Warbringer's Tower and its Undercroft, Scoroboth: Son of Xivu Arath, Dul Incaru, the Truth to Power book, Crow, Savathun, on perspectives in cutscenes and dialogue, "Nothing Left to Say" mission, Crow's voice acting (Brandon O'Neill), Mara Sov, Ripples book entry: IV - Art, narrative dissonance, suspention of disbelief, Wayfinder's Voyage III, Hive magic, 4th wall breaking, The Vanguard Crow and the player character's relationship, on episodic storytelling and "binge watching", Crow's design, Kit's "Dreaming City Mondays" projectIntro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Space Song by Beach HouseCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:Accessibility at Bungie affinity group announcementDiversity and Inclusion Learnings and UpdatesAxios.com articleGamesRadar articleYusef Cole postPetra's Data CacheScorobothCrow's voice actor Brandon O'Neill"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

This episode is nominally about Week 5 of Season of the Lost, but is really an excuse for Mike and Kit to pitch the greatest anime of 1939 and dish about Destiny's new digital magazine publishing enterprise. This one goes out to everyone who's been clamoring for our Shader Opinions! Wait, where are you going, come back...Things discussed: On turning 25, on categories of Listeners, The Wizard of Oz (1939), Isekai, Wayfinder's Voyage V (spoilers start 12:20), Shattered Realm: Debris of Dreams, the Scorn, Ascendant Energy, on Scorn Eliksni and Guardian culture, Fikrul, Stolen Intelligence book entry: Outliers, Savathun, 4th wall breaking, our episode 13 discussion on the Darkness's speech, Ghaul and the Red War, on Savathun's plans, Savathun's sophistry, Kit's Mara and Savathun theory, the Marasenna, the Awoken of the Reef lore book, Ghost Fragment: The Queen 2, Ripples book entry V - Wick Burnt Black, opinions on the fate of Osiris, lore chapbooks, Mara quoting Mithrax re: Path of the Splicer IV and The Saint cinematic, on the Eliksni and the Awoken, grimoire: Twilight Gap, grimoire: WANTED: Skolas Kell of Kells, grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4, grimoire: House of Devils, grimoire: Variks the Loyal, grimoire: WANTED: Saviks Queenbreaker, on sealing-off the Blind Well, the Dreaming City book entry: Throne, Crow on Mara's deal with Savathun, on Destiny fashion, Threads of Light Vol 1, Kit's Destiny fashion philosophy, our favorite shadersIntro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Fashion by David BowieCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:The Traitor Baru CormorantIs Glinda the Good Witch a Princess?Guess I'll DieMara on critiques of her motivations (11:11)Why can't we just blow up the Blind Well?Crow on Mara's deal with SavathunThreads of Light Vol 1 (released Sept 23 2021)a "Get the Look" exampleThreads of Light winner's responseKit's Season of the Splicer fashion contest entry"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits

Happy one month of being Lost! Mike and Kit debate Mara's plans for Crow, Mike attempts to sum-up 36 weeks of Forsaken endgame, and your hosts answer your e-mails!Things discussed: On media recommendations, Wayfinder's Voyage IV (spoilers start 06:54), Mara Sov on Uldren and Crow, the Marasenna, Forsaken Prince, Love stories in Destiny, Wei Ning, Eriana-3, Ana Bray, Camrin, Chioma Esi, Maya Sundaresh, The Blind Well, Astral Alignment, Ley Lines, Garrus Vakarian, the Forsaken expansion, the Distributary, The Dreaming City book entry: Throne, Truth to Power book entries: Thank you, You Must, asudeM, Stolen Intelligence book entry: Forgeries, Dul Incaru, Mara's throne world Eleusinia (the Shattered Throne), Quria, the Oracle Engine, Ripples lore book entry: IV - Art, the psychological profile of Risen, the Dreaming City book entry: Savin, Legend: The Black Garden, Graviton Forfeit lore tab, Heart of Inmost Light lore tab, Solstice Cloak (Majestic), The Singular Exigete book entry: Purity, Points of Connection: Second Message from Mara Sov and Ikora Rey, Mara on Uldren post-Forsaken, on being Risen. Listener Emails!Intro Music: Unfunky UFO by ParliamentOutro Music: Toxic City by Lil PeepCover Art by Jez Winters @jez_wintersPodcast Name by Michael MoldovanEmail us: [email protected]'s contact info: @macclubbin, www.michaelmaccubbin.comKit's contact info: @kit_boyoteReferences:The Traitor Baru CormorantJoanna NewsomLey LinesMara on the Traveler (3:20) and Uldren (6:00)The Devil Wears Prada (2006)Girlboss (2017)Pat's Big Dog ShirtKit's Big Dog Shirt"Talking the Spirit Realm," Yu Yu Hakusho podcast @WatchingSpirits