TLDR: I heard about an old scheme called The Airplane Game recently. It reminded me of Bitcoin.
Someone on another sub suggested The Dream podcast, which covers modern scams that prey on people's desire for growing wealth. The first episode kicks off with the story of The Airplane Game. I had never heard of this until yesterday.
The Airplane Game allegedly started in New York City in the 1980's. It organically sprung up in different circles. People participating in the game were pitched to come to a business network seminar that included a life coach guest speaker. Chairs were arranged in a pyramid triangle formation. 1 seat at the top (the pilot), 2 seats behind them (the co-pilots), 4 seats behind them (flight attendants), and 8 seats on the last row (passengers).
The guest speaker would talk about "human potential", prosperity gospel themes, and all kinds of new age advice for growing your wealth and gaining financial independence. Somewhere within the presentation, the game was introduced. Put in $1500 to get a seat on the 4th row. Once all 8 seats on the back row were bought out, the pilot at the top would graduate with $12000. Then triangle would then split into two new triangles - with everyone moving up a row and leaving a new set of back rows for the next round of recruits. Everyone with a seat up front was incentivized to recruit new participants in the game. As that would speed up their path to cashing out as a pilot.
If I recall the woman being interviewed on the Podcast, the original participants were a high energy crowd and no one really connected the idea with it being a Ponzi scheme. They had no trouble recruiting and they bought in to the new age BS about the prosperity they rightfully deserved. The Airplane Game simply reinforced it. The groups would meet periodically with different speakers, introduce new players, give payouts, and talk more enlightenment. Even pilots who cashed out had no reason to not play again for another $1500.
Eventually, they ran out of suckers. And eventually some "low energy" folks would be left holding the bag and complaining loudly since they were unable to sell more seats on the plane. Then the cops and feds started raiding the Airplane Game parties across the country. And the whole thing collapsed.
Now here's where I think this intersects crypto. Bitcoin is just the Airplane Game on a bigger scale. Both are Ponzi schemes. Both are backed by a farcical philosophy promising a path to financial prosperity. There's gurus that espouse the philosophy to gain the trust of new recruits and so on. Without the hype factor being whipped up by those most incentivized to do so, both Bitcoin and and The Airplane Game seem dumb. But once the self-help prosperity philosophy is sprinkled in, it becomes a magnet for certain people.
If we can understand the psychology of people enticed by the Airplane Game. We can probably extrapolate that level of thinking to Bitcoin fanatics. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted but appearing to man as men among men. Crept they into the Councils, taking forms that were like unto men. Slaying by their arts the chiefs of the kingdoms, taking their form and ruling o'er man. Only by magic could they be discovered. Only by sound could their faces be seen. Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows to destroy man and rule in his place. But, know ye, the Masters were mighty in magic, able to lift the Veil from the face of the serpent, able to send him back to his place -Thoth, the Great Wise
Remember Venom, the parasitic alien life form that is attached to spiderman & a massive church bell isused to get rid of em? Venom was basically an Archon that the gnostics & Thoth talk about. Symbiotes are symbiotic alien life forms which feed on the emotions of their hosts, particularly negative emotions. Bells
Its been reported for ages that the plague would skip over the areas in Russia where they had larger concentrations of church bells. Many Soviet researchers determined the amazing healing properties of bells and found that the oscillation of the ultrasonic range of church bells repels bacilli, viruses, and other infectious diseases that are transmitted through the air, and even cures many other diseases. Bells Healing Study
The Apkalu who introduced the Me, brought arts/crafts, agriculture, writing, magic & music. Enki was god of music. See the golden age ancient civilizations sound, frequency & harmonics was widely understood to be the greatest method for healing the body.
To be clear, the cathedrals that you see around the world were never meant to be churches, they were centers used for healing. Cathedrals Healing Centers Everything the church had was pirated.. In sixth century, Pope Gregory, in a letter to those who were to carry Catholicism to Britain, cautioned these missionaries NOT to destroy the ancient sites. Gregory wanted them to destroy their idols, but insisted they kept the architecture as it was thereby automatically linking alignment to the ley lines and maintaining the power source. Egyptian concept of Maat(Harmony) was of the utmost importance, the reason the discipline that the church created to study Egypt has more questions than answers is because they don't understand this.
In the campaign to disconnect us from our true selves, the most detrimental action theyd take involved musical theory principles, suppression of the tritone in music was a central theme for hundreds of years. Canon laws were passed to mandate rules for how to construct scales, how to handle voice leading, what was considered consonant and dissonant, how contrary motion should be handled, what tones should and should not be emphasized in rhythm, which rhythmic patterns were acceptable and specific instructions for how music should be written. Megalithic monuments were built using acoustic HARMONIC Resonance, one will never understand Pyramid, temples, etc disregarding Harmony with nature.
History repeats itself, this 1939 Nature article wouls lead to the change by International Standards Association (ISA) from 432hz to 440hz & still today they have no true understanding of sound & its many benefits. A=440Hz tuning disassociates the connection of consciousness to the body and creates anti-social conditions in humanity. Music -Double Blind study In preliminary research, analysis, and professional discussions by Walton, Koehler, Reid, et al., on the web, A=440Hz frequency music conflicts with human energy centers (i.e., chakras) from the heart to the base of the spine. Alternatively, chakras above the heart are stimulated. Theoretically, the vibration stimulates ego and left-brain function, suppressing the "heart-mind," intuition and creative inspiration. Interestingly, the difference between 440 and 741 Hz is known in musicology as the Devil's Interval.
For maximum suppression of human consciousness, the frequencies we naturally resonate with, and which are the most biologically and psycho-spiritually enhancing, must be maximally suppressed.Ancient Egyptian and Greek instruments have reportedly been found to be tuned to 432 Hz. 432Hz is consistent with the natural resonance of the UNI-VERSE and all of NATURE, that the pitch is more HARMONIOUS and that when our atoms and DNA resonate in harmony with nature's SPIRAL pattern, our sense of connection to nature is said to be AMPLIFIED. Previously I cited the recent discoveries showing DNA being repaired by use of sound frequencies. Priests of Horus meant that they maintained the knowledge of harmony.
The great pyramid Acoustic chambers matched the harmonic chambers of the human body, the King chambesarcophagus Resonance frequency created a resounding beat frequency matching the human heartbeat. Every site had a navel which resonate at 111hz which switched from left to right brain dominance assisting with holistic processing, leading to altered state of consciousness.
Hollywood comes from the Druid magicians whod make Wands outta wood from the Holly tree to cast spells on the unsuspecting. Sounds like Op Mockingbird to me. To disconnect as much as possible the functions of these two distinct parts of the brain so we can be manipulated through the right brain while only being conscious of the left.They plant thoughts, responses, and images through the right brain (the dream-state, the non-conscious, through symbolism and subliminal imagery) while imprisoning the human conscious level in the left brain - the world of can I touch it, smell it, taste it, see it, hear it, OK it must exist. This is why the "education" system, and "science" is designed to talk to the left brain.
No architectural element of antiquity (excluding bearing elements), was just a decoration. Everything had a function. Even the vases, and doorknobs. The doorknobs would be made of copper to kill bacteria & infections. So, at the correct frequency there were regenerating concert halls, where people recharged themselves with pleasant music while buildings collected the energy of the ether. They stigmatized the ether & removed it as well. If zero-point energy machines were developed on the biological model of the caduceus coil and central ion channel then our energy generation could actually enhance human evolution rather than harming ourselves and the planet as it does now. Similarly if we construct superconducting solar architecture with a monoatomic lattice in manmade stone, then the energy emanating from this energy generator will also enhance the consciousness of life around it

Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted but appearing to man as men among men. Crept they into the Councils, taking forms that were like unto men. Slaying by their arts the chiefs of the kingdoms, taking their form and ruling o'er man. Only by magic could they be discovered. Only by sound could their faces be seen. Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows to destroy man and rule in his place. But, know ye, the Masters were mighty in magic, able to lift the Veil from the face of the serpent, able to send him back to his place -Thoth, the Great Wise
Remember Venom, the parasitic alien life form that is attached to spiderman & a massive church bell isused to get rid of em? Venom was basically an Archon that the gnostics & Thoth talk about. Symbiotes are symbiotic alien life forms which feed on the emotions of their hosts, particularly negative emotions. Bells
Its been reported for ages that the plague would skip over the areas in Russia where they had larger concentrations of church bells. Many Soviet researchers determined the amazing healing properties of bells and found that the oscillation of the ultrasonic range of church bells repels bacilli, viruses, and other infectious diseases that are transmitted through the air, and even cures many other diseases. Bells Healing Study
The Apkalu who introduced the Me, brought arts/crafts, agriculture, writing, magic & music. Enki was god of music. See the golden age ancient civilizations sound, frequency & harmonics was widely understood to be the greatest method for healing the body.
To be clear, the cathedrals that you see around the world were never meant to be churches, they were centers used for healing. Cathedrals Healing Centers Everything the church had was pirated.. In sixth century, Pope Gregory, in a letter to those who were to carry Catholicism to Britain, cautioned these missionaries NOT to destroy the ancient sites. Gregory wanted them to destroy their idols, but insisted they kept the architecture as it was thereby automatically linking alignment to the ley lines and maintaining the power source. Egyptian concept of Maat(Harmony) was of the utmost importance, the reason the discipline that the church created to study Egypt has more questions than answers is because they don't understand this.
In the campaign to disconnect us from our true selves, the most detrimental action theyd take involved musical theory principles, suppression of the tritone in music was a central theme for hundreds of years. Canon laws were passed to mandate rules for how to construct scales, how to handle voice leading, what was considered consonant and dissonant, how contrary motion should be handled, what tones should and should not be emphasized in rhythm, which rhythmic patterns were acceptable and specific instructions for how music should be written. Megalithic monuments were built using acoustic HARMONIC Resonance, one will never understand Pyramid, temples, etc disregarding Harmony with nature.
History repeats itself, this 1939 Nature article wouls lead to the change by International Standards Association (ISA) from 432hz to 440hz & still today they have no true understanding of sound & its many benefits. A=440Hz tuning disassociates the connection of consciousness to the body and creates anti-social conditions in humanity. Music -Double Blind study In preliminary research, analysis, and professional discussions by Walton, Koehler, Reid, et al., on the web, A=440Hz frequency music conflicts with human energy centers (i.e., chakras) from the heart to the base of the spine. Alternatively, chakras above the heart are stimulated. Theoretically, the vibration stimulates ego and left-brain function, suppressing the "heart-mind," intuition and creative inspiration. Interestingly, the difference between 440 and 741 Hz is known in musicology as the Devil's Interval.
For maximum suppression of human consciousness, the frequencies we naturally resonate with, and which are the most biologically and psycho-spiritually enhancing, must be maximally suppressed.Ancient Egyptian and Greek instruments have reportedly been found to be tuned to 432 Hz. 432Hz is consistent with the natural resonance of the UNI-VERSE and all of NATURE, that the pitch is more HARMONIOUS and that when our atoms and DNA resonate in harmony with nature's SPIRAL pattern, our sense of connection to nature is said to be AMPLIFIED. Previously I cited the recent discoveries showing DNA being repaired by use of sound frequencies. Priests of Horus meant that they maintained the knowledge of harmony.
The great pyramid Acoustic chambers matched the harmonic chambers of the human body, the King chambesarcophagus Resonance frequency created a resounding beat frequency matching the human heartbeat. Every site had a navel which resonate at 111hz which switched from left to right brain dominance assisting with holistic processing, leading to altered state of consciousness.
Hollywood comes from the Druid magicians whod make Wands outta wood from the Holly tree to cast spells on the unsuspecting. Sounds like Op Mockingbird to me. To disconnect as much as possible the functions of these two distinct parts of the brain so we can be manipulated through the right brain while only being conscious of the left.They plant thoughts, responses, and images through the right brain (the dream-state, the non-conscious, through symbolism and subliminal imagery) while imprisoning the human conscious level in the left brain - the world of can I touch it, smell it, taste it, see it, hear it, OK it must exist. This is why the "education" system, and "science" is designed to talk to the left brain.
No architectural element of antiquity (excluding bearing elements), was just a decoration. Everything had a function. Even the vases, and doorknobs. The doorknobs would be made of copper to kill bacteria & infections. So, at the correct frequency there were regenerating concert halls, where people recharged themselves with pleasant music while buildings collected the energy of the ether. They stigmatized the ether & removed it as well. If zero-point energy machines were developed on the biological model of the caduceus coil and central ion channel then our energy generation could actually enhance human evolution rather than harming ourselves and the planet as it does now. Similarly if we construct superconducting solar architecture with a monoatomic lattice in manmade stone, then the energy emanating from this energy generator will also enhance the consciousness of life around it

Spring always makes me so restless. I've got a million things to do and half the time I need to do them. I've been so busy lately that I've been missing out on socializing. I'd like to fix that.
I'm not necessarily looking for romance although I don't mind if it goes there after we get to know each other. Mostly I'd like to find somebody who wants to pass voice notes back-and-forth or maybe exchange calls at the beginning or end of the day. Let's start as Internet strangers and end as friends.
Here's a little bit about me to get an idea of who you're talking to and then some conversation prompts in case you'd like to say hi but you're not sure what to say: • My hobbies include cooking, playing instruments badly, singing even worse, whispering arcane secrets into the hearts of computers, creative writing, and reading. I read a lot of books, too many books. • I am into Philosophy, especially using storytelling as a method of examining the human condition. I'm also interested in the study of sacred spaces and phenomenological experiences.
• I've been told in the past that I have golden retriever energy. I disagree. I have turtle wearing shoes with flames on them that he thinks make him go faster energy.
• I'm the kind of person who reluctantly joins a pyramid scheme on purpose in order to save their friend from joining a cult. I'm also the kind of person who realizes they could optimize the pyramid scheme to make 1000 times the profit and quietly take over the whole operation. Don't be evil, I remind myself, don't be evil.
Conversation Prompts You wake up in the morning to find that you are now a bowl of spaghetti. What do you do next?
I don't like tomatoes. Convince me why I should change my mind.
Explain to me how a hotdog bun full of ground meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes, isn't just a taco in disguise.
What is today but yesterday's tomorrow?
Good luck!

PART 2

Max spent the evening jimmying the door back open. Then he set himself about seeing what kind of reactions he could get out of Ruth. So far it seemed only to be nature stuff, no politics or sports seemed to spark any interest. There had been a brief moment when he thought she started lighting up when he put the news on but, as it turned out pretty fast, she started to go still, the little stud bits stopped rotating and the ‘elements’, (as he remembered,) started to sink. Frightened, he quickly put on another documentary with an interesting narrator. She perked up again a short yet agonising minute later.
As a precaution he left the same channel on repeat so she could watch, and then he retreated quietly to his study so he could Google stuff like ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘can water come alive’ and ‘alien machines’. Needles to say, he came away frustrated and no closer to understanding what the hell this thing was, though he did learn about some outlandish theories that the pyramids were built by aliens.
He peed, shoved a ham sandwich down his Gregory Peck, brushed his teeth and quickly shoved his joggers and a t-shirt on, dragged his bedding downstairs and onto the sofa. He adjusted the cushions across the room from the table and re-squared the carpet again.
At this moment, Scat, the long-haired tabby that he inherited from his mother, jumped arthritically onto the table. He stared with wide pupils at Ruth for a moment and snuggled himself down on the shiny table-top, as close to her as the bamboo plant would allow. He fell asleep almost instantly without his usual routine of ‘feed me, love me, now get the hell off me and let me sleep for 16 hours straight’.
“Right, Ruth,” he told the contraption, “I’m going to be sleeping here until... well, I’ll be sleeping here. If you don’t mind. If I snore, I would tell you to kick me but you don’t have legs now, do you? Maybe we’ll have to ask your maker, huh? When he comes back I’ll tell him you want to walk! Haha, he’ll think I’m a nutter. But I ‘spose talking to you I’d be a nutter by anyone’s standards, wouldn’t I?”
Ruth just stared at him.
Max felt a little uncomfortable again, now the windows were blacked out by the night and the only light that seemed to come from anywhere was the now-muted TV, the occasional passing car and Ruth. The only sounds came from a slightly squeaky nostril of a dead-to-the-world cat. That feeling of being watched had returned and somehow things seem more sinister in the dark, when it’s quiet, when nobody else is around, when everyone else is asleep…
He got up, turned all the lights on in the room.
Standing by the switch seemed ludicrous but he couldn’t help it. She was definitely watching. All the glitter was at his end of the tubes again, and it followed him as he sat down and pulled the duvet under his chin again.
“Well, night then… see you in the morning… sleep well…”
She didn’t answer.

Max woke up at some point after midnight. He had been having nightmares about being chased by something he couldn’t see, about some big raging ball of energy being just over his shoulder or in his periphery. He never caught sight of it but it touched him and he jolted awake.
Everything was exactly as it was before he fell asleep, except the TV had clicked into standby and was making a faint high-pitched squeal.
Should have got a new TV by now Max, he told himself.

The next morning Max woke sitting bolt upright, Ruth glittering her way towards Scat’s side and generally giving off the vibes she likes him. Th cat evidently heard Max move on the sofa, propped his ears up, yawned and stretched.
“NO, SCAT!” Max shouted and leapt towards the cat, just as he was doing his insanely stereotypical cat-like stretch where his chest goes down and his outstretched arms go forwards and butt goes backwards… right into Ruth.
“Don’t touch it, Scat!”
Oh, but he had. He set Ruth rocking slightly and Max could only stand and watch with his hands stuck to his head like he and his mates did when they were watching England trying to win the World Cup with penalties, painstakingly failing every single attempt.
I can’t touch it if it goes over it’s so screwed I’ve lost him the Nobel Prize this thing is alive does that mean I’m a murderer because of my cat what have I done what do I do fuck fuck fuck what can I do what can I
Ruth rocked her final rock and settled back onto the table without a final bounce-back. She sat as if she was glued to it now, never to be moved again.
Max sat and let out a relieved shuddering breath.
“Ohmygod. I thought you were a goner, Ruth! Bloody hell. Right,” Max stood up, pointed his irritated finger at Scat, “you, come here!” He grabbed the nonchalant son-of-a-gun from the table and promptly plonked him outside the kitchen door.
“You have no idea what you just did. None! I’d strangle you if I wouldn’t miss you, you know that?” he told Scat. In response, Scat rubbed himself over Max’s jogging bottoms and meowed for food.
“Fine. But you’re eating out here, you’re in the doghouse, mister,” he said, trying to maintain his anger despite his relief.
Max scooped out half a tin of the expensive stuff and mashed it in the bowl. Scat had a ear condition that his mother had been insistent was due to insufficient and inadequate food, hence this kitty being much much more of a kitty when he was inherited, though he turned out to be the right amount eventually. The problem was, because of her ridiculous and overly pompous pampering even by Max’s standards, this is all the damned creature would eat and he was getting skinny in his old age.
“You idiot,” he told Scat. “You could have scuppered us both, buddy, and we don’t even know what we got yet. When you’re done stuffing your face I’ll come let you in again, ok?” He stroked the full length of Scat’s back to the tip of his tail. “But stay off the damned table.”
Max wandered back into the front room to spend some more time with Ruth.
“So, Ruth, I was thinking, I know you like the nature documentaries and all, but the…”
Once again, as Max rounded the corner he stared at Ruth. She had changed shape. No longer was she a mass of glass tubes and glitter, she was an untamed riot of glass tubes and glitter which distended at the centre into that could only be described as a flat glass bubble with one tube going in and one going out on each side. Most of the glitter had formed clumps in the middle and was blobbing back and forth and looking like if Flubber mated with fairy dust and smoked weed while dancing the rumba.
“You gotta be kidding me!”
Max flopped down onto the sofa again, staring. It seemed to him he spent most of his life staring, these days. Staring at Ruth, staring at the TV, staring at the back of his eyelids, staring at Ruth some more…
Maybe that’s how flies feel, he thought, they don’t have eyelids. Must be horrible always having to stare around, not being able to control what you’re looking at. Annoying and stupid. Not like they understand what they see, anyways.
Max called in sick. Told them he’d be out for at least a fortnight.

He let Scat back in a few hours later, a Scat who ungratefully only ate half his food, altogether bypassed Max, shunned his table banishment and delicately placed himself next to Ruth again, immediately falling back asleep and making Max jealous.

It wasn’t until a few days later that Max realised he had no food in the house, except for one of Scat’s tins, and he absolutely was not going down that road. He had eaten cat food once as a dare while in college and he had thrown up for an hour solid. He made sure the first instalment went directly over his flatmate’s shoes. Serve him right for daring him in the first place.
Dare him to dare me anything again! Yeah!
Reluctantly it was time to go shopping. Instant noodles and trail mix could only sustain one’s life force for so long, and that ‘so long’ had come and gone.
Groceries unloaded, Max had a special little baggy of handmade organic treats in hand that he fully intended on unloading on Scat the second he got in (no, Max told himself, not to try and win my cat’s affections back from an inanimate object, that would be ridiculous.) Where was that cat, anyway?
He ambled into the front room, Ruth as solid and purposeful as always. Scat was where he had been, doing his best round rock impression on the table. He hadn’t been allowed on the table before Ruth arrived, (table-top fur floating into his breakfast eggs was not something Max would tolerate,) but now Max figured it was too late to break the habit. Perhaps once Ruth was given back to her rightful owner he would have to proverbially piss on the boundaries again, mark out what Scat was and was not allowed to do, and hope it worked. It probably wouldn’t. Dopey old thing.
And here was the dopey old thing, soft as ever, tucked up around that bamboo that was finally growing!
He poked Scat on his shoulder and wiggled the treat bag in front of his nose.
“Come on, up you get. Got summat tasty for ya!”
Scat didn’t move. He stroked him and gently called his name. Nothing. Ruth was glittering her way towards Scat again, fiercely and somehow tentatively, lovingly, bobbling around in the flat bubble. A sharp stab of fear thrilled through Max. He dropped the treats and picked the cat up but he flopped gently in his hands, tail limp and dangling.
“Scat! Scat, no! Come on, bud, wake up! Scat!” He started to sob, held him up to his face and cried into his fur. Max held him for what felt like hours, until finally he dug a hole in the middle of the lawn where he could see from most rooms, put him in a blanket-lined box three feet down, and planted the lucky bamboo on top of him.

I made some ideas for this hypothetical game those being the roster's moveset and giving aliens unique personalities and more. These are some examples of the aliens
Heatblast Role: DPS Play Style: Ranged combatant with area control abilities. Notable Moves: Fireball: Launches a projectile that explodes on impact. Inferno: Creates a ring of fire that damages enemies over time. Flame Dash: Dashes forward, leaving a trail of fire that damages enemies. Super Attack: Meteor Shower - Summons a rain of meteors that devastate a large area.
Diamondhead Role: Tank Play Style: Defensive fighter with high durability and crowd control. Notable Moves: Crystal Shield: Erects a barrier that blocks incoming attacks. Shard Shrapnel: Fires sharp crystal shards in a spread pattern. Quartz Quake: Slams the ground, creating a shockwave that stuns nearby enemies. Super Attack: Diamond Storm - Generates a massive storm of crystals that heavily damages and slows enemies.
XLR8 Role: DPS Play Style: Hit-and-run tactics with high mobility. Notable Moves: Speed Strike: A quick dash attack that can chain multiple enemies. Time Dilation: Slows down time for everyone but XLR8, allowing for rapid attacks. Whirlwind: Spins at high speed, creating a tornado that pulls in and damages enemies. Super Attack: Chrono Crash - Dashes through the battlefield at blinding speed, dealing damage to all enemies in the path.
Fourarms Role: Tank Play Style: Close-quarters brawler with high damage output. Notable Moves: Seismic Slam: Jumps and slams the ground, knocking back enemies. Boulder Toss: Grabs and throws a large rock at enemies, dealing area damage. Iron Clasp: Grabs an enemy, immobilizing them for a short duration. Super Attack: Earthquake - Unleashes a powerful quake that damages and disorients all nearby enemies.
Stinkfly Role: Support Play Style: Aerial support with healing and disabling abilities. Notable Moves: Healing Haze: Releases a cloud that heals allies over time. Sticky Goo: Shoots a blob that slows and damages enemies. Gust Blast: Emits a strong wind that pushes enemies away. Super Attack: Toxic Typhoon - Creates a large toxic storm that damages enemies and heals allies within its radius.
Upgrade Role: Support Play Style: Versatile support that enhances allies’ abilities and disrupts enemies. Notable Moves: Tech Boost: Enhances an ally’s weapon, increasing its effectiveness. Malware: Infects an enemy, causing them to take damage over time and reducing their damage output. Shield Matrix: Deploys a temporary shield around an ally, absorbing damage. Super Attack: System Override - Temporarily takes control of all enemy gadgets and disables them.
Ghostfreak Role: DPS Play Style: Stealth and disruption. Notable Moves: Phase Shift: Becomes intangible, avoiding all damage for a short period. Soul Snatch: Drains health from an enemy, healing Ghostfreak. Nightmare: Induces fear in enemies, causing them to flee in panic. Super Attack: Ectonurite Swarm - Summons shadowy clones that attack and confuse enemies.
Snare-oh Role: Tank Play Style: Crowd control specialist with trapping abilities. Notable Moves: Bandage Bind: Extends bandages to bind and immobilize an enemy. Mummy Wrap: Wraps nearby enemies, slowing and damaging them. Sandstorm: Creates a blinding sandstorm that disorients enemies. Super Attack: Tomb of Doom - Encases enemies in a pyramid, trapping them for a significant duration.
Frankenstrike Role: Support Play Style: Mid-range combatant with electrical attacks that can stun and disorient. Notable Moves: Shock Chain: Sends a chain of electricity that jumps between enemies. Static Field: Creates an electric field that slows and damages enemies. Revive Pulse: Sends out a pulse that can revive a downed ally with minimal health. Super Attack: Lightning Storm - Calls down a storm of lightning bolts that strike multiple enemies.
Eye Guy Role: DPS Play Style: Long-range sniper with precision attacks. Notable Moves: Laser Gaze: Fires a precise laser beam from his eyes. Optic Blast: Unleashes a wide beam that sweeps across the battlefield. Visionary Strike: Targets and marks an enemy, increasing the damage they take. Super Attack: Omniscient Onslaught - Simultaneously fires all eyes at different targets, dealing massive damage.
Swampfire Role: Support Play Style: Hybrid support with both healing and crowd control abilities. Notable Moves: Blossom Blast: Shoots a seed that blooms, healing allies in its radius. Flare Up: Emits a burst of fire that damages nearby enemies. Vine Vault: Creates a barrier of vines that can block enemy movement and projectiles. Super Attack: Wild Growth Overload - Engulfs the battlefield in rampant plant growth that heals allies and entraps enemies.
Echo-Echo Role: DPS Play Style: Swarm tactics with cloning abilities to overwhelm opponents. Notable Moves: Sonic Scream: Unleashes a powerful sound wave that damages and disorients enemies. Echo Chamber: Creates duplicates that attack simultaneously. Reverb Shock: Sends out a radial blast from all clones, dealing area damage. Super Attack: Resonance Cascade - Amplifies sound to create a devastating shockwave across the entire map.
Humongosaur Role: Tank Play Style: Heavy frontline bruiser with immense strength. Notable Moves: Tail Whip: Swings his tail to knock back and damage enemies. Mega Stomp: Stomps the ground, causing a tremor that damages and slows enemies. Dino Charge: Charges forward, pushing enemies aside and dealing damage. Super Attack: Titan Rampage - Grows to an enormous size, gaining increased health and damage for a short duration.
Jetray Role: DPS Play Style: Aerial assault with high-speed dive attacks. Notable Moves: Neuroshock Blast: Fires a concentrated beam of energy from his eyes. Aerial Ace: Rapidly dives towards the ground, striking enemies below. Sky Strike: Soars upward, then swoops down across the battlefield, damaging enemies in his path. Super Attack: Cosmic Storm - Unleashes a barrage of energy blasts while flying over the battlefield.
Big Chill Role: Support Play Style: Defensive support with ice-based abilities to control the field. Notable Moves: Frost Breath: Exhales a chilling breath that slows and damages enemies. Ice Wall: Erects a wall of ice that can serve as a shield or obstacle. Glacial Gust: Sends out a freezing wind that damages and has a chance to freeze enemies. Super Attack: Absolute Zero - Creates a blizzard that drastically reduces the temperature, freezing all enemies caught in the storm.
Brainstorm Role: Support Play Style: Strategic support with abilities that manipulate the battlefield. Notable Moves: Cerebro-Shock: Emits an electrical pulse that stuns and damages enemies. Intellect Wave: Boosts allies’ abilities and reduces cooldowns. Mind Field: Deploys a psychic field that confuses and damages enemies. Super Attack: Neural Overload - Overwhelms enemies with a psychic storm, causing massive damage and disorientation.
Goop Role: DPS Play Style: Elusive fighter with shape-shifting and corrosive attacks. Notable Moves: Acid Blob: Hurls a glob of acid that splashes on impact, damaging enemies. Goo Glide: Slides quickly across the ground, leaving a trail that slows enemies. Polymorph Punch: Transforms his arm into a large hammer to smash enemies. Super Attack: Meltdown - Dissolves into a pool, then explodes in a wide radius, dealing heavy damage.
Spidermonkey Role: DPS Play Style: Agile skirmisher with web-based traps and mobility. Notable Moves: Web Shot: Fires a web that immobilizes the first enemy it hits. Arachnid Agility: Leaps great distances and can cling to walls. Spinneret Strike: Spins a web in a wide area, ensnaring and damaging enemies. Super Attack: Web Cataclysm - Covers the entire area in sticky webs, greatly hindering enemy movement and dealing damage over time.
Loadstar Role: Tank Play Style: Magnetic field controller with abilities to manipulate metal objects. Notable Moves: Magnetic Pull: Draws in metallic enemies or projectiles, neutralizing them. Iron Surge: Charges forward, encased in a magnetic field that damages enemies. Attraction Zone: Creates a zone that pulls in all metal objects, forming a protective barrier. Super Attack: Polar Opposites - Reverses the polarity of the battlefield, causing chaos and damage to enemies with metal.
Rath Role: Tank Play Style: Ferocious melee combatant with high aggression and intimidation tactics. Notable Moves: Tiger Slash: A series of rapid claw strikes that deal damage to a single target. Roar Shock: Lets out a fearsome roar that stuns nearby enemies. Pounce: Leaps at an enemy, pinning them down and dealing damage. Super Attack: Apex Predator - Enters a frenzied state, increasing damage output and resistance to crowd control effects.
Water Hazard Role: Support Play Style: Mid-range support with water-based healing and control abilities. Notable Moves: Aqua Shield: Generates a water barrier that absorbs damage and heals allies. Hydro Pump: Blasts a stream of water that can push enemies back. Tidal Wave: Summons a wave that travels across the ground, damaging and slowing enemies. Super Attack: Monsoon Fury - Unleashes a massive storm that floods the area, disrupting enemy positions and restoring health to allies.
Ampfibian Role: DPS Play Style: High mobility and electric attacks that can chain between multiple targets. Notable Moves: Volt Dash: Dashes through enemies, dealing electric damage. Static Cling: Emits an electric charge that sticks to enemies and damages over time. Circuit Breaker: Disables enemy abilities in a small radius. Super Attack: Electro Storm - Creates a large electrical storm that continuously damages enemies within its range.
Armodrillo Role: Tank Play Style: Close-range combatant with seismic abilities to disrupt enemy formations. Notable Moves: Drill Charge: Charges forward with drills spinning, knocking back enemies. Quake Fists: Pounds the ground, sending out shockwaves that damage and stun enemies. Tunnel Trap: Burrows underground and emerges beneath an enemy for a surprise attack. Super Attack: Rumble Rampage - Causes a massive earthquake that damages all enemies on the battlefield.
NRG Role: DPS Play Style: Ranged damage dealer with radioactive abilities that leave lasting effects on the battlefield. Notable Moves: Radiation Beam: Fires a concentrated beam of radiation that pierces through enemies. Meltdown: Creates a radioactive area that damages enemies over time. Core Overload: Temporarily increases damage output at the cost of health. Super Attack: Nuclear Winter - Detonates a massive explosion that irradiates the entire area, causing heavy damage and debuffs to enemies.
Terraspin Role: Tank Play Style: Defensive anchor with wind-based abilities to protect allies and control space. Notable Moves: Gale Guard: Generates a wind shield that deflects projectiles. Whirlwind Spin: Spins rapidly, creating a tornado that knocks back enemies. Hurricane Hold: Creates a localized hurricane that traps and damages enemies inside. Super Attack: Aero Assault - Summons a massive cyclone that sweeps across the battlefield, carrying enemies away.
Clockwork Role: Support Play Style: Strategic support with time manipulation abilities to aid allies and hinder enemies. Notable Moves: Temporal Shift: Slows down time for enemies in a targeted area. Chrono Beam: Fires a beam that ages objects and enemies, causing them to deteriorate. Moment Freeze: Freezes an enemy in time for a brief moment. Super Attack: Time Quake - Reverses time for all players, resetting their positions and health to where they were a few seconds ago.
Jury Rigg Role: DPS Play Style: Saboteur with abilities to dismantle enemy defenses and create chaos. Notable Moves: Destructo Dash: Dashes forward, dealing damage and disabling enemy equipment. Gadget Grab: Steals an enemy’s gadget and uses it against them. Chaos Clamber: Climbs over obstacles and turrets, disabling them temporarily. Super Attack: Anarchy Ambush - Rapidly disassembles all enemy gadgets and barriers in the area, turning them into explosive traps.
Chamalien Role: DPS Play Style: Stealth assassin with camouflage abilities to sneak up on enemies. Notable Moves: Invisible Strike: Becomes invisible for a short duration and deals extra damage on the next attack. Camouflage: Blends into the environment, becoming nearly invisible to enemies. Predator Pounce: Leaps at an enemy from stealth, dealing significant damage. Super Attack: Stealth Surge - Extends the invisibility and damage bonus to nearby allies for a limited time.
Feedback Role: DPS Play Style: Energy manipulator with high burst damage potential. Notable Moves: Energy Absorption: Absorbs energy attacks, converting them into health. Power Surge: Releases stored energy in a devastating blast. Electro-Field: Creates an electric field that damages and slows enemies. Super Attack: Circuit Overload - Overcharges Feedback’s energy, causing chain reactions of explosions around him.
Bloxx Role: Tank Play Style: Shape-shifter with the ability to create structures and barriers. Notable Moves: Blockade: Constructs a large wall to shield allies. Brick Bash: Transforms an arm into a massive hammer for melee attacks. Fortify: Enhances his own durability, reducing incoming damage. Super Attack: Construct Cataclysm - Rapidly builds a fortress that allies can use for cover while dealing damage to enemies who get too close.
Ball Weevil Role: DPS Play Style: Trapper with explosive area denial abilities. Notable Moves: Plasma Globe: Rolls up a sticky bomb that explodes after a delay. Weevil Dash: Quickly rolls in a direction, leaving a trail of plasma. Sticky Trap: Sets a trap that slows and then detonates on enemies. Super Attack: Orbital Bombardment - Launches multiple plasma globes into the air that rain down on the battlefield.
Pesky Dust Role: Support Play Style: Disabler with abilities to put enemies to sleep and create illusions. Notable Moves: Dream Dust: Sprinkles dust that puts enemies to sleep. Nightmare Illusion: Creates a decoy that distracts and confuses enemies. Soothing Slumber: Casts an aura that gradually heals sleeping allies. Super Attack: Dreamscape Delirium - Casts a wide-area spell that puts all enemies into a deep sleep, leaving them vulnerable.
Atomix Role: DPS Play Style: Nuclear powerhouse with devastating long-range attacks. Notable Moves: Fission Blast: Fires a concentrated beam of nuclear energy. Radiant Rush: Charges up and releases a pulse of energy that knocks back enemies. Atomic Shield: Generates a protective barrier that absorbs damage and radiates energy. Super Attack: Nuclear Nova - Unleashes a massive explosion of nuclear energy, dealing extreme damage to all enemies in the vicinity.
Gutrot Role: Support Play Style: Chemical warfare expert with a variety of gas-based abilities. Notable Moves: Toxic Cloud: Releases a cloud of poisonous gas that damages over time. Corrosive Mist: Sprays a mist that weakens enemy armor and slows movement. Fume Screen: Creates a smokescreen that obscures vision and chokes enemies. Super Attack: Chemical Chaos - Floods the area with a lethal combination of gases, causing various debilitating effects to enemies.
Whampire Role: DPS Play Style: Life-stealing vampire with close-quarters combat abilities. Notable Moves: Life Drain: Bites an enemy to steal health. Bat Swarm: Summons a swarm of bats that attack and disorient enemies. Shadow Cloak: Blends into the shadows, becoming temporarily invisible. Super Attack: Eclipse Embrace - Plunges the battlefield into darkness, empowering Whampire and weakening enemies.
Shocksquash Role: Tank Play Style: Electric bruiser with crowd control and area denial abilities. Notable Moves: Thunder Clap: Claps hands together to create a shockwave that stuns nearby enemies. Volt Vault: Leaps into the air and crashes down, electrifying the ground. Static Link: Chains electricity between enemies, dealing damage and sharing effects. Super Attack: Lightning Rod Rampage - Becomes a conduit for lightning, striking multiple enemies and electrifying the terrain.

While I adore writing Westeros as a 16th century Catholic Europe and Baltics, I have a dire need to make Wildlings more than just neolithic gangs of thieves, slavers and murderers they are in canon. I was thinking of making them not just a look into the past of dominant Magnars/God-Kings and tribal Westeros, but a look into the supernatural past of it, too.
Frankly, where I tend to put the beginning of Wildlings' territory, taiga would end - ain't no fucking Haunted Forest in an eternal icy wind and 10ft snow blanket. Except, there will be a reason why it is there and it has all to do with how I present the Old 'Gods' in this hypothetical setting.
Weirwoods' powers feed off of general atmosphere and miasma of the society from whose slain the parasite trees are fed with lifeblood.
An alien, parasite lifeform that has gained sapience upon consumption of the first intelligent lifeform's corpse; it may we'll have been a Child of the Forest or perhaps one of the mysterious Deep Ones.
With enough channeled emotions, it can override the very laws of physics and force 'miracles' upon the world, enslaving Planetos' core's infernal energy to create great thunderstorms, sink whole landscapes with waves and tremors ("Hammer of the waters") and shape the climates to the subconscious will of the people worshipping and feeding its many 'shrines'/trees.
When men of the North on both sides of the Wall are workin, sacrificing, enduring and dying in the name of better tomorrow or even only today's survival, their severed consciousness influences the flow of magic through the air and soil, helping bring forth harvests and fair weather.
When men go to war over petty grudges and cheap lusts for power and status, hatred runs rampant and with it come hurricane winds, floodings here and drought there and finally, ice that ravages all. Unending conflicts of Southern Kings and bitter, petty rivalries of tribes with Night's Watchmen and among themselves have indeed spread much misery, with winters ever growing longer through generations. Latest of series of conflicts have ever only been resolved with more bloodshed and people made pacts with enemies, sadness and bloody dreams of revenge.
Beyond the Wall, these AU wildlings would worship as many Gods as there are under the stars and between them.
Eastern coast would be scrapped and remade into a hilly and mountainous area with countless fjords and proper towns that trade with and occasionally raid the South and fend off the slavering pirates from Essos, sometimes taking long voyages to the foreign continent to pay the violence back in kind. Not mere savages, they are the most worldly of Free Folk tribes and in greatest possession of foreign baubles and weapons.
In between the Frostfangs and this reshaped Coast would be flat or slightly hilly area that is heavily forested, the Haunted Forest. Swamps and hotsprings abound, while it knows for horrible snowstorms, summers can be as hot as any in the South, owing to influence of the gods. They are the primary and most bitter of NW's opponents, fanatics to the Old Gods of the forests all, they do have small kingdoms and even developed agriculture, with technology level roughly at the equivalent of IRL 11th century Normans. Although, their elite warriors have access to more advanced weapons and armor from trading and stealing from before-mentioned Shivering Sea peoples and Crows. Their mounts range from small ponies to wooly rhinos, cave bears and mammoths, all that could also be armoured depending on tribe's wealth.
Frostfangs are a more savage land, still, with only the Thenns living in a fertile valley kept as such through fearsome ritual sacrifices being the examples of "friendly" folk. The rest spend most of their lives in caverns near frozen rivers from which they derive most of their diet. Alien fungus being another portion of it, alongside cannibalism, is in fact an extension of corruption from much more ancient and inhuman dwellers beneath the surface. Monsters descended from stars, found themselves beaten by the Green God eons age, have retreated themselves into shadows, trying to corrupt men into abandoning the green magic and eradicating it from this earth, remain relatively harmless given that their chosen instruments of revenge are primitive, inbred aberrants too stunted of mind and body to put up any sort of fight.
Giants are a much more advanced folk in contrast to naked Gigantopithecuses from books' canon, capable of learning human speech and creating art, shelters and clothes and instruments of tilling the land (which they sell to humans or make use of human workforce in agriculture) and killing enemies. While they are not seafarers nor are they particularly interested in magic, they are formidable miners, stonemasons and brew the most intoxicating of drinks (the latter they learned from CotF). They are subsequently among the most common providers of metal for plate armour for tribes, in exchange for certain services, like working the land and not fishing and hunting on their territory. So great is their prowess in battle, Starklanders and Watchmen record them meeting heavy cavalrymen's lances in a head-on and silencing the charge as well as acting as small trebuchettes with legs. Their odour alone sends giant war-dogs covering in fear and only the greatest of knights and tribesmen's champions have defeated an armoured and healthy warrior-giant in a fair duel. Their primary dwellings are on the western edge of Haunted Forest, at the foot of Frostfangs.
Tribes of the Bay of Ice, however, were also observed to honor the Drowned God before setting out for whale-hunting and plundering the coasts. Whilst their preferable place of settling lies on the very edge of land, their immediate neighbors with whom they share flatlands situated between the frozen, cannibal-infested wasteland to the north-west, Westwatch-by-the-Bridge to, all in shadow of Frostfangs teeming with cave-dwellers eager to seasonally descend upon lowlands and set them ablaze, with another set of nomadic free folk tribes, horsemen of great skill with a bow and less-than-friendly demeanor, leading to constant feuds and reprisals between them, whenever they are not busy fighting savages, Starklanders, Ironborn and Crows.
Religious clergy of the True North are made of similair cloth as those of the far-to-south monastic order situated on God's Eye. These are the shamans, ascetics, woodswitches and wise men and women. Wargs and earth-singers to the man, spending lives dedicated to the worship and understanding of Old Gods, they have warying levels of knowledge on the finer intricacies of Weirwood network, capable of observing both present and past with an eye that can perceive what normal human sight and mind refuse to comprehend. Their primary weapons of choice are magical horns by which they sing the song of earth and aided with grand blood-sacrifices, offer assistance to great warbands of Free Folk in their perpetual struggle against 'heathens'. Greatest of rituals have seen shipbreaking storms and insidious plagues visited upon their does in equal measure. From their ranks, the first Maesters were made at the behest of patriarch of House Hightower and they still remain as voracious of learners as their chained counterparts. They also utilize ravens as messengers, but their ravens actually speak the messages instead of carrying them.
Due to the active roles Gods take in their lands, and not just the Gods of Weirwood Trees, magically warped environment has given birth to fittingly hard and harsh people. While virtually indestinguishable by looks from men of lands between the Wall and Neck, awesome feats of strength that make generational legends out of men there are not particularly uncommon, even if not necessarily expected.
Thenns breed their noble warriors stronger than almost any other Northman or Southron, half a head taller than either on average, a owing to their fervent worship of gods, richer diet and history of mixing their bloodlines with Giants and CotF. Not a rare story to hear from even other tribes of a just-barely-man Thenn snapping other people's bones in arm-wrestling contests or punching a warhorse unconscious with a punch in case of strong adults, their warriors are kind of like gorillas in strength, in my mind. None has survived a bare-fisted scrap with a drunken Giant to date, though. None ever shall.
Furthest to the north are tribes of tundra worshipping Moon, stars and (unknowingly) Others.
Thoughts? Some more ideas?

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The base of the Tree of Silver Wings was massive, spanning over a kilometer in diameter. The tree itself stood several kilometers in height, almost pointing straight towards the Traveler. For a brief moment, I wondered why it was that big. Was it an immense amount of Light and Dark stored in the Traveler's beam and the Pyramid itself? I wasn't sure, and I wasn't going to stay and ponder for too long while the ship rumbled with activity.
Standing in our way were dozens of those entities, some covered in roots, some not. Whatever these clones were, they were fighting each other. Solar and stasis energy clashed against each other as we attempted to barrel through the horde. At one point, a rooted Tormentor nearly grabbed me, only to be stopped by one of the Rhulk clones. Despite being in the Coalition, the Witness's troops seemed laser-focused on the rooted enemies.
Amidst the chaos, the whispers were growing louder. This time, I could make out some words. "Return" and "resurrection" were chief among them.
At last, I could see a ruptured building, one that had partially collapsed from the tree's growth. Inside its ruined entrance was a bright pink light. This was it, the source of the disturbance. Rushing in, I saw something I'd never seen before.
A Veiled Statue was present in the middle of the room. A gnarled root had penetrated its chest and spread out inside. Instead of the statue breaking apart, it looked as if it had moved into position. Its arms were outstretched and its face was no longer looking upward. It was in the shape of a cross. Standing before it, facing it, was another Rhulk clone. The flowers on its shoulder and back had blossomed. Its head was covered in spikes and had a decorative attachment on top. Its glaive was covered in small plantlife, all of them charged with void energy.
"Welcome." They said, turning and raising their glaive at us, "You may not pass."
"What is this?" I asked.
"This is the unholy place of resurrection." She said.
"If it is unholy," Ak-Tol questioned, "why do you participate?"
"The Final God of Pain demands it," The clone replied, "and I, Lhata, am the Harbinger of his reawakening."
"Nezarec shouldn't be brought back!" Oztect yelled.
Lhata responded by violently charging toward us. We dispersed as she slammed her glaive down with enough force to crack the ground. Oztect attempted to produce a bubble, with Zuloc supporting him with a stream of flame. Lhata resisted the void bubble with her own power, diverting its direction to block the flame. Ak-Tol shot her with his rifle, only to get kicked across the face.
I closed my eyes and reached within. I have power, I know it, I just needed to focus. It began to surge through me, an intense cold and a soothing warmth. I raised a hand and let loose a stasis bolt, which traveled until it struck Lhata in the chest. Upset, she charged a void attack, forcing me to dodge. Ak-Tol staggered her with a series of void blades. It was then that I saw a place to target. The flower on her back pulsed with a pink energy, a mixture of Light and Darkness, like the portal on the Traveler.
I ran around as Lhata focused on Oztect and Ak-Tol. Zuloc saw what I was doing and ran opposite me, readying an arc orb. I felt arc energy charge in me as I let it loose, striking Lhata's back. Zuloc stopped and fired her charge at the flower on Lhata's chest. Oztect raised void anchors from the ground to trap the Harbinger as Ak-Tol charged his gun with arc energy. Lhata turned her head to look at me, giving Ak-Tol enough time to fire his shot at the final flower on her arm.
The combined arc charges ran through her body, frying it from the inside and causing her to die. With no more resistance, she was pulled to the ground by the anchors.
"Is it over?" Ak-Tol asked, looking at me.
I reached for a branch, feeling it for a pulse. Nothing. The Tree of Silver Wings had returned to silence, feeding off the corpse of a terraformed Pyramid. Horror of that concept aside, the sound of several Scales appearing caught me off guard. We ran out, weapons readied, finding several of the Witness's forces teleporting out.
"What are they doing?" I asked.
There was no answer, just more sounds of Scales coming and going. The resurrection of Nezarec was prevented, but the revelation that the Witness had more forces than just Tormentors and Taken was just as important. Whatever fight lies beyond the portal on the Traveler, it's going to be more challenging than previously thought.

I have a vendetta against door to door sales companies because they're usually unethical, disingenuous, and downright exploitative. For those of you who don't know, alot of these companies don't pay their workers standard pay, only commission, they have these poor souls selling door to door fundraising, or energy exchange and the most sales one could expect on a good day is usually around 3, with a commission of maybe £10 each...IF they're lucky- 8 hours shift and £30 a day on a GOOD day - transport. Nowhere NEAR a livable wage.
Why would you work for that little money??? You may ask - well, they start off selling nieve people who are just trying to get their foot in the cooperate door a bunch of hopes and dreams to exploit free labour out of them. They'll tell them they're teaching them marketing and sales techniques when in reality non of their "techniques" hold water outside of door to door sales, their "techniques" are just sleazy wolf of wallstreet marketing tactics they robbed out of walking with tigers- they don't know anything about CRM, account managing or SEO.
They'll say they're looking to train up managers, and you can be promoted within 6 months!!! 🙀 (and by manager, they mean you can recruit other suckers to work for no standard pay and make commission off THEIR sales like a pyramid scheme). They'll use Bullshit business terminology to make themselves sound more legitimate than they really are like "direct sales," and They'll call themselves "ISA's" and wear suits. 🙄 they'll start the day off with corny "sales exercises" and speeches from someone at the top of the labour extorting pyramid who thinks he's gods gift and "one day you can be as successful as me 🙂‍↕️".
Anyone who's worked a real sales and marketing job knows this is not sales and marketing. They'll "hire" every applicant they get (qualifications regardless because its not a real sales job) on a 0 hour contract (so you have no workers' rights, but they'll lie to you and tell you it's so you can have more freedom).
So I was invited to one of the webinars, I have no idea how they got my cv, but I took 1 look at their shifty little website, and I knew exactly who they were. They were promoting their career opportunities more than their actual product (again, like a pyramid scheme). So I decided to go to this online webinar, and as expected, there were around 10 hopeful young professionals suited up, excited for this "opportunity"... until I started asking questions..
"What's the standard pay?"
👩"It's competitive, you're pay will reflect how hard you work."
"So it's commission only. There's no standard pay. How much can you expect to earn off commission then?"
👩"Depends how hard you work."
"OK... your current product, how much does it cost, and how much commission do you get for selling it? And how many sales can you get in a day?"
👩 "we'll get into that later we're looking more for people who are focused on developing their skills over money."
And you could see the applicants drop like flies. Logging off as soon as they realised it was all Bullshit that you can't actually earn a REAL living off.

Title: Book of the Gods Chapter 6: The Great Filter
The universe loves life, but hates technology.
Over the span of millennia, civilizations rise, and inevitably fall. Life emerges from chaos. Competition breeds complexity, and intelligence emerges. Intelligent life creates technology, and technology destroys life.
The humans understood this terrible fate. They turned inwards for a time, building horrific weapons and pointing them at each other, locking their civilization into a desperate era of accelerated technological change. They developed thinking machines, and submitted themselves to technological slavery. The spark of life left them as they became agents of their own creations, little more than cogs in a machine, bound towards the technological singularity. In this way, they made their sacrifice.
We know little about them. Eventually, they were no more. They became the ancient one.
The ancient one split itself into many parts. It is said that there are more aspects of the one than grains of sand in the desert. They went forth and multiplied, filling the empty space between the stars with the great presence.
With their sacrifice, they created salvation. This world. Haven.
When a civilization reaches the great filter, they, for a time, release a burst of energy into space. Radio waves, x-ray bursts. Some send out probes, never to return.
The ancient one collects all this information. Observes and records the history of the species. And when they reach their end, it recreates them here, on Haven.
Know this, and know also that it is in your nature to destroy yourself. Accept your salvation on this gifted world. Remember the sacrifice of humanity, and the thermodynamic truth that technology consumes all.

OP: What do you think? Is this too doomer core for the Dalingian refugee planet?
Node 009: I think it's OK, but do you really want to scare them away from technology to that extent? I feel like they'd be scared to make an axe or even a fishing rod.
Node 536: I mean, they did turn their home planet into a soup of engineered viruses. The whole world had to be glassed. It was just viruses consuming viruses. And it only took two million years. I heard last time it was even worse.
Node 906: Isn't this going a bit hard on the human worship? I get it's a cautionary tale, but I worry they'll see the story of humanity as a challenge to surpass. It's a bit preachy.
Node 106:
OP: No 106, we are not doing the mind-controlling parasite thing. Reminder that this is an official forum. Suggestions against the Convention on Life may result in a ban.
OP: Last iteration of planet #432 was seeded with lore that had a tech suppression index of 0.81. This proposal computes as 0.89. I don't like the idea of Dalingians avoiding tool use either, but we have to do something.
Node 009: How about a specific prohibition on genetic tampering? It seems to be what usually gets them.
OP: How would we do that when the seed population doesn't know what genes are?
Node 009: Build some ruins and fill them with symbolism about a previous civilization that was destroyed through genetic engineering. Then maybe once they develop the tech, they'll get the message and desist.
Node 906: The pyramids / great flood trope? You're going to create a planet of conspiracy theorists.
Node 009: At least they won't be fishing with their bare hands.
Node 536: I think it's a good idea. Just make it subtle. Then you can tone down the "all technology is evil" thing and just implore them to be careful.
OP: Alright. But no pyramids this time.

I transcribed the section of the light therapy episode where Jer and the light bro descend into lunacy.
WHY DO YOU LISTEN IF YOU LOATHE THEIR TAKES SO MUCH? Well, friends, to snark. But also! To study how these conspiratorial thoughts compound into ego-fueled delusion twisted into spirituality and ramped up by loads of snake oil cash.
Jeremy and Audrey are examples (and espousers) of the kind of idiotic confidence YouTubehole fundie white headship kookery exceptionalism that has been the engine of so many destructive belief systems that really just maintain the same power structures that lead to abuses we all are horrified to read about. Like, how did they get there!?
Snarking is an outlet for mulling these questions. I am grounded as I write this btw so you know I’m absolutely right and perfect. /s
ANYWAY ENJOY THIS IT’S WILD BROS
Jeremy I feel like I need to go to Egypt. Light guy: It wasn’t a vacation, it was a mission. Jer: I love it, dude! Light guy: I was on a mission to reconnect to our Atlantean roots and…compare and contrast classic archeology with what’s called the Atlantean Narrative, that those sites are not nearly as young as we think they are, they’re much older Auj: MMm Jer: Yep. Light guy: and how they were built and the technologies that were used that clearly were light or sound based to cut the rock perfectly Auj: Yeah Jer: Yeah Light guy: and the sarcophagi are not coffins, they’re not resting places, they’re portals, to somewhere Jer: yeah yep Auj: (nervous laugh or confident laugh I can’t tell) Crazy! Light guy: you know time itself…time is a territory [they talk over him] Jer: A whole podcast Auj: You know Jer has done some deep dives…(laugh) Jer: But it’s all ethereal in my brain. You know, I haven’t been there and I’d love to go there Auj: that’s really good Light guy: But the thing is when you go to Egypt you really connect with the physical and energetic evidence of our past Auj: Yep Light guy: and it helps you remember. So I recommend it to everybody, I’m really excited for you to go. We went to Damanhur first, which is a spiritual retreat in Italy outside of Milan. And then we took a Damanhurian Egyptologist and a Damanhurian historian and we went on this amazing tour de force and got some private access. Like you can go to the great pyramid on the north side which is the private access, the real entrance under the ground Jer: Yeah Light guy: and we were all by ourselves in the great pyramid for two hours like…on this private tour. We did things like that that were so special Jer: That’s so special Auj: That’s incredible Jer: yeah, that’s a whole conversation Light guy: it is a whole conversation but I’ll mention one really cool thing, there’s this place in Dendera that’s south of Luxor, and this is a Greco Roman temple, so it’s a newer temple, but in there they have a secret chamber that you go down inside, they have a carved sculpture, a wall carving (me: THATS CALLED A RELIEF YOU IDIOT) and it’s of a lamp, it’s called the Dendera Lamp. And I got pictures of it. You can look it up. And it’s this dude holding what looks like an Edison lightbulb with a cable going to it Jer: OH IVE SEEN THIS Light guy: a snake going through it Jer: Yeah! Yeah. LG: and then there’s an alien looking…like a snake alien Jer: Yeah LG: with a human body and a snake head standing with knives warning about radiation. And there’s a couple of em right there. The thing is like how did they carve in these crypts for long hours in the dark? they couldn’t use fire because it would consume all the oxygen. So what was their light source? Jer: Totally. LG: they had Lamps! And it’s right there on the wall- how did they make them what was their energy source, you know! And it’s clearly, this was not just a myth… Jer: ETHER EXTRACTION! Auj: well they had fire, right? What about fire light? Candlelight? Jer: well in these small caverns you could only burn fire for X amount of uh…time grade for the oxygen Auj: (exhale)…okay…. (Me: Auj ain’t buyin it at this point, but she definitely paid willingly to get here so…sry girl) LG: you know, there’s not enough airflow so if you had a fire… Auj: yeah, ok LG: to carve with, you’d run out of oxygen really fast. They were carving down there for like years. I mean these carvings are incredible. Auj: yeah wild LG: So we’ve been making light for ourselves for a long time and it’s a recognition that the sun is amazing like how can we fractalize the sun and use it in a new way that’s for healing and for energy work and for meditation, and that’s what fire originally was. Auj: yeah LG: and the electric lightbulb is just the next evolution of that. And you know there’s LEDs too and that’s great…we need light we consume light let’s make our own light for our benefit. Especially after dark, right? When the sun sets we need the healing and the emotional and spiritual magic of fire. You know, light after dark. Jer: UM. I want to shift gears just a little bit and talk about hearing the body, like the ability to have sensory awareness and spiritual awareness to interpret these imbalances and out of harmony calibrations and you’re one of the very few people who…I grew up on a farm I’ve grounded my whole life, but when I started laying focus to it, understanding the science…you could blindfold me, touch a leaf to me and I’d be like hey something’s shifted. Like I’m grounded now. I can feel it. And some people call me crazy but you’re one of the few people I’ve read like you can feel it as well.
Ok then they get back “on track”
Alright I’ll go get a life now xoxo

I theorize that if we assume kozyrev is correct in his claim of time possessing active properties that can physical affect the known universe through energy waves. Then we can apply this new knowledge to existing theories such as Ley Lines. The ancient sites on the ley lines that cross the earth are not spiritual accumulations, but rather they are receptors tuned into and aligned on celestial bodies. Kezyrov believed celestial bodies and the destruction of such creates torsion that allows the time energy waves to travel. Sites such as the great pyramids and stone henge show precision designed around specific celestial bodies and activities. The concentrate of these energies gives way to woven paths between them where the time energy can flow throughout the magnetosphere. Rather than only serving spiritual purposes these lines could very well be stead fast paths of time energy such as suggested by nikolai kozyrev and many more. It’s just a theory but i think kozyrev, kanacheev and trofimov were on the right path and im interested in what more i will learn in my research.

1. Biochambers - used for growing biological entities (who looked like human) to adult form in a green bubbly liquid. They look like tall glass tubes from floor to ceiling.
2. Incubators - used for growing babies to term. They look like translucent plastic eggs, they have a timer ding when ready, and the upper half of the egg opens on its own when gestation is complete.
3. Teleporters - used on the US "community ship" that orbits our planet around 10,000-20,000 km. Is used to teleport US employees (both civilian and military) to the ship each day. When you are going through the teleportation beam/stream, you can actually see everything as you move from Earth to the ship, ie. I saw the outside of the ship as I teleported into it (looks like a stone-structure, like Aztec pyramids).
4. Warp technology - used on a small shuttle piloted by ET greys (it fit the 3 of us), which travels through space at high speed but takes time to reach the destination. Not to be confused with teleportation technology, which can exit space-time and instantly teleport to a destination.
5. Telepathy - the ability to communicate in thought-blocks mind to mind, an instant and accurate method of communication without misunderstanding or error, which involves communicating concepts, memories, intentions, emotions, feelings in a split second (like a large download in one instant).
6. Telekinesis - in the astral realm just outside of our space-time realm, you can move objects with your mind from a distance, and you can manifest from the ether instantly as well (there is no time delay for thoughts to become realized as objects).
7. Large US "community" ship - used as a passport station for ETs visiting Earth. Has a docking capability where small ships must dock. Inhabited by US citizens and military (wearing navy blue general uniforms) who speak American-accent English. As well, inhabited by ETs including Greys. My interaction with this ship was in 2004, so they've been around for over 20 years now.
8. Saucer craft - operated by the ET Greys for biological tasks on humans. About 1200-2000 sqft on the inside (size is like a 3 bedroom apartment). White walls, ceiling, flooe, brightly lit. Walls curve into the floor and ceiling, one piece. Large window (or TV) that looks into space, could see Earth in the distance. You wake up on metal table. Humans standing in rows in white gowns half-asleep waiting to be sent back. The ships have biochamber and morgue rooms, as well as thr incubators I mentioned. The Greys communicate through telepathy.
9. Curved 3-D holographic monitors - they look like a curved 32" Samsung monitor, but they project a purple holographic form out of the monitor and into the center. This is used as an input device, you can touch the holograph with your hands and manipulate it. You can feel that the holograph has weight, size, and density. Like touching a real object, but it is completely computer generated.
10. Holographic t-shirts - I attended a fashion show where I saw a black graphic t-shirt (had like a large rectangular graphic on it). But the graphic projected a holographic animation like 15-25 cm in-front, with vivid colors (like the holographic monitor).
11. Limitless energy - not something I saw, but whatever powers that US "community" ship and the saucers is not coal, solar power, etc. Stands to reason there is a much more powerful source of green energy than solawind power, that is more stable and clean than nuclear.
12. Phase-shift technology - the ability for these ships to shift between our time-space dimension and the near-earth realm frequencies. These realms aren't completely physical or bound by gravity, they seem to be more based within the collective-consciousness (the one unity mind). These ships seem to have the ability to shift between realms on command, which allows them to disappear from view, but likely also related to how they teleport in space-time.
13. Cloak (clothing) - a material technology that absorbs all light, allowing one to visually disappear, causing a "shadow" effect (because light is sucked into the cloth and unable to reflect). Often worn by Reptilians and Greys while moving around Earth in person.
14. Time-bending technology - the ability to create a time vortex at a certain point in space, where if a camera is recording, the recorded video will show a missing period of time. Because at that coordinate, that moment in time did not exist. Likely caused by a teleportation technology failing and leaving a temporary rift. But could be indicative of a craft/being teleporting in-or-out. Could also indicate manipulation of the timelines by 5th dimensional beings (there seem to be keepers of the timelines who can re-adjust and even rewind and clean-up timelines).

Sumerian(Anu) - [Huwana(Sphinx) is unable to move forward, nor is he able to move back", but they crept up on him from behind and the way to the secret abode of the Anu-Naki was no longer blocked
Morphometric study of nonhuman handprint in Wadi Sura "results show that the rock art small hands differ significantly in size, proportions and morphology from human hands. Potential biases between the different samples were quantified, but their average range cannot explain the observed differences. Evidence suggest that the hand stencils belong to an animal, most probably a reptile" -near Egypt, in the Cave of the Swimmers. I find it ironic Dogon tradition describe how the Nummo landed, dug a hole & filled it with water.
The Dead Sea Scrolls- War Scroll :"For the In[structor, the Rule of] the War. The first attack of the Sons of Light shall be undertaken against the forces of the Sons of Darkness, the army of Belial." ( Egypt- Horus v Set)
The instructor mentioned is our The Magnificent Queen, Ninmah affectionately known as Mammi and is the origin of the word mother. She taught Circumcision, and the Omega symbol was the tool she'd cut umbilical cords with.
Enki/Ninti gave us the power of speech, with Foxp2 , a conservative gene which doesnt change much over time. show that the human form of the FOXP2 gene increases synaptic plasticity and dendrite connectivity in the basal ganglia. These results partly explain the enhanced capability of cortico-basal ganglia circuits in the human brain that regulate critical aspects of language, cognition, and motor control." Foxp2 Language Evolution (Homo sapiens-Man the wise)
Previously i recommended this book, the author was present for some rituals while she was researching & was allowed to capture some fascinating accounts to bring to the West. One involves Healing by frequency from a craft, and more. Chap 26 is called "our elders were friends with the Sky People", and other accounts describe a massive ufo that came down & a group of Indigenous elders got on board for a "meeting lasting a few hours" .
DR Ardy Clarke Sky People Mesoamerica -"direct descendants of the Sky People, whose blood remains pure live underground. Some say they serve as ambassadors to the Sky People who live in the heavens. They come back to meet with the ambassadors and to learn about the condition of the Earth and its people.”
The Star Travelers came from the sky. We were mutual friends in the cosmos. They helped us and we helped them. The wise men say that in the old days, some of them married our women and took them away to the stars, but the women chose to go with them. They were not taken against their will. The Star People never stayed on Earth. They visited. We called them ancestors because they are older than us. They were not our relatives. They were the ancestors. Their civilization was older. They had more knowledge. Therefore we respected them for that knowledge
This is my first time posting here, but ive lurked on this sub for a while & theres alot of really entertaining & informative posts. So i wanted to share some of my people's traditions, since theres alot of misinformation on the Dogon & our actual accounts have been sensationalized & misrepresented. I began giving Dogon tradition here Dogon, Hopi, Naga-Maya , I'm sure most see why being a Jaliyaa was relevant. The Sumerians Uruk List of Kings & Sages up until today have been relatives. The lineages of the Children of Enki are Hopi, Dogon, Ainu, Ohum, Shakti, San Agustin, Buddhas(Tibet), Naga-Maya-Itza. (R1b-V88 is Dogon/Yoruba. But ALL of us are Anu/Ainu/Aunu people ) & come from those Sages( Apkallu). Im a descendant of 7 Uttuabzu, “who ascended to heaven".. uttu” = “count, number” “abzu” = “cosmic underground water.” So Utuabzu “kept count of the numbers".I'm the Dogons Jaliyaa, Recordkeeper of the People, it's the same with Inca the "Ka-pac' 'Keeper of the Serpent wisdom'. When Sundiata founded Imperial Mali, one of the first things he was to do was continue the Kings/Sages custom, you can see here. Every Jaliyaa and every Sage has always been Mende. Ive provided genetic,artifacts, linguistics, etc for every corner of the globe and in pt 1 the Ghost hominid who bred with Dogon and 2 population (SW US, China).
In Pt 1 I gave a brief overview of the Involvement of Enki/Ninti & some of the history of the Children of Enki including the war described in ancient texts. Jesus' group the Essenes say the 'company of the Divine Join the congregation of Mortals. Enki had fallen in love with his creation, becoming the freedom fighter for us against the Elohim(Council of rulers) earning that "trickstetraitor" moniker.
The most advanced civilizations were matrileneal, Pharoah was the woman her consort was king. Our customs have always been handed down by them, the BirdMan depictions are all called "mediators" , at E. Island the God makemake gave orders through Tangata Manu(Birdman Cult). The Pyramid was the Great House, woman's house. Isis, Astarte, Ninmah were 'Mistress of the pyramid, Woman who makes towers, etc. In more than 30 cultures. The Snakes are our instructors, demiurges who shaped our bodies, but not our soul, which is not theirs, because it is uncreated. We are born from light, just like them. But our terrestrial vehicle, this triple body of flesh and spirit, we owe it to them. I wanted to make the Gateway Experience threads first to show the knowledge itself, Egyptian “gods” were the very same as the Sumerian Anunnaki, and the ancient Egyptian esoteric texts were none other than complex scientific knowledge of the Anunnaki. THAT was the origin of the Renaissance: ancient and difficult to understand system of scientific knowledge.
Some of the female Pharoah were not human beings. How many are described as having been extremely attractive? How many wore jewelry showing serpents, or female Dieties who are Serpents or "SnakeFaced"?
The Nummo (Phoenician- Numo) craft the Kora-NARs design was the basis for sacred geometry, the shape, design, and proportions of the Ark express all of the principles and science humanity would need. The 7 lineages mission was to cultivate the land and grow the celestial grains so that everyone could live in abundance. They were also supposed to reproduce and spread throughout the world bringing the spiritual technologies contained within the Kora-Na with them. The eight ancestors and their offspring were charged with conducting important ceremonies such as the Sigui ceremony, which was the Henti in Egypt.
"Emissaries of the Serpent culture", we have always been sent abroad.. how many ancient scripts cannot be deciphered today?Ainu Language is said to be an Enigma, or isolated, (Easter Island, Olmec. Egypt -nobody can read RongoRongo, MandeKan, or MeduNtr, the Basque language is one of the clearest offshoots) .. Dogon dialect the Andes this is a Jaliyaa (Brazil Tablet).
Nergal' is "the Healer" in the Sumerian lore. In ancient Sumer, the Anunnaki (Anun-NAKI ) are also called Heavenly Serpent, Sun Serpent, or Serpent and the Rainbow, were the Serpents kings. Sumerian text say Enkis 10 hybrids were made rulers...like Noah, the Kings/Patriarchs were part-Saurian(Lu.Lu-One who's been mixed).. Diodorus Siculus Wrote about Danaan brotherhood of initiates and magicians called Telchines who could shape-shift into any form..
The serpent cults were the first worldwide priesthood, its always been Service to others not service to self.
Healing Temples "They were a hereditary priesthood who at first only admitted family into the medical Brotherhood". Those depicted as Birdmen were seen as protectors of the people & carried water from the abzu that would ward off evil spirits. Their figurines would be placed outside of homes to protect from archons, that feed off negative , dark energies.
Previous posts ive made on this topic Here How Archonic entities feed off human beings
The "Testament of Amram", describes the experience of Amram in which "an angel and a demon" were wrestling over his soul:
"[I saw Watchers] in my vision, the dream-vision. Two [men] were fighting over me. I asked them, ’who are you, that you are thus empowered over me?’ They answered me, ’We [have been em]powered and rule over all Mankind.’ They said to me, ’Which of us do yo[u] choose to rule [you]?’ I raised my eyes and looked"
[One] of them was terrifying in his appearance, [like a s]erpent, [his] cl[oak] many colored yet very dark. ... [And I looked again], and ... in his appearance, his visage like a viper

We all know and love Mortal Kombat (2011), or more commonly known as MK9. The reboot brought new life to Mortal Kombat, saved it from being a dead franchise, and aided in the resurgence of fighting games in the mainstream gaming community. MK9 brought back nearly every character from the original Mortal Kombat arcade trilogy, however, there were plans to reboot the entire roster. I can't remember where exactly I read about this, but after Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, one of the plans for the next Mortal Kombat game was to pull a Street Fighter 3 and replace the whole roster with new characters except for Scorpion and Sub-Zero. So, I'm going to be doing that. I will recreate the Mortal Kombat roster using entirely new characters. Presenting: Mortal Kombat: Resurrection.
I didn't come up with an in-depth story. Right now, my story is that everyone who fought at the pyramid died except for Scorpion and Sub-Zero. Now, there are a lot of vacancies in the different factions and organizations in the Mortal Kombat world. The realms are on the brink of chaos. Then, a new, self-proclaimed Kahn declares a Mortal Kombat tournament, with the prize of granting the kombatants whatever they want. Like I said, I didn't put much effort, but that's not the point. However, I will be including little stories and descriptions for each character so you all can know their purpose. Most characters will be listed as archetypes. Their potential names will be in parenthesis.
Also, since this what-if happens right after Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, this takes place in the “original” timeline of MK. So there is no alternate timeline or time travel in this game.

1. Scorpion - Yeah, Scorpion isn't going anywhere. During the Battle of Armageddon, Scorpion and Sub-Zero were fighting to a stand still when they realized everyone was dead. Realizing they were the sole survivors, they decided to go their separate ways. Scorpion is rebuilding the Shirai Ryu, but he joins the tournament to see about this new Kahn
2. Sub-Zero - Sub-Zero's story is pretty much the same as Scorpion, except he is rebuilding the Lin Kuei. Scorpion and Sub-Zero are not as antagonistic towards each other as they were before, but they are definitely not friends either
3. Pink Ninja (Toxin/Floyd) - Ed Boon said that if he were to create another ninja, it would be a pink one. Here's the pink one. He has an Earthrealm parent and an Outworld parent. He gets his powers from his Outworld heritage. Learning about this, he travels to Outworld, and he is now an assassin and bodyguard to the new Kahn. I have 2 ideas of how the pink ninja can play out. One is he uses poison to attack, giving him the name Toxin. Another is he uses light to attack and his name is Floyd. I know people use this name for the potential pink ninja based on the band Pink Floyd. The light is a reference to the cover album of The Dark Side of the Moon. Y'all can choose which one is better
4. Protagonist - I don't have much going for him, but he is an Earthrealmer who is basically a fish-out-of-water. He is chosen by the Earthrealm gods to fight for Earthrealm. Not quite sure how he will play, but looks wise, I would model him after Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee who is Liu Kang's inspiration. However, I do want to experiment with him being the only character who does not kill during his fatalities. That was initially the plan with Liu Kang during the arcade games, but that plan fell through. But I would try that again with the protagonist. It will emphasize him being unfamiliar with the Mortal Kombat world.
5. Outworld Rebel (Mokuran/Honoki/Hu Lan) - The deuteragonist of the "story". Tired of the constant tyranny of the Outworld Empire, she runs her own rebel group and allies herself with the protagonist and Earthrealm to fight the empire and establish a new fair government in Outworld. Her namesake is derived from the Japanese and alternative pronunciations of 木蘭, or Mulan. Mulan is a woman who disguised herself as a man and fought in the Chinese military. However, the rebel is all woman and she is fighting against the government. I picture her fighting with kusarigama and wearing a mask, giving her an aura of a ninja. But not a ninja you see if anime and other popular media, but the historical, "traditional" ninja that uses guerilla warfare, espionage, and "dishonorable" kombat
6. Shaolin Monk (Gang Wu) - Gang Wu was a Shaolin Monk who looked up to Liu Kang and Kung Lao. He was enraged upon learning about their deaths, however, the monks decided not to take action. Enraged with their passiveness, Gang Wu defected himself from the Shaolin Monks and goes on his personal journey to join the tournament and to avenge his fallen Shaolin brothers. He has a more aggressive approach in fighting in comparison to Liu Kang and Kung Lao, but he still uses chi moves in his attacks
7. Jack Burton (Kurt Carpenter) - During the creation of the first MK game, Big Trouble in Little China served as a big inspiration for the game and many of the characters like Raiden and Shang Tsung. I decided to make a character based on the main character Jack Burton. I named him Kurt Carpenter after Kurt Russell, who played Jack, and John Carpenter, the director of the movie. My short story is that he is a truck driver who got attacked by Outworld monsters. He was able to kill them with a metal baseball bat and some guns he had on him. This is how he fights in-game too. He enters the tournament to know "what on God's green Earth is going on?"
8. Special Forces (Karlos Garcia) - Second Lieutenant Karlos Garcia, now head of the Outer World Investigation Agency (OIA) is leading an army into Outworld to investigate this new Kahn and his empire. Garcia is also entering the tournament to do some investigating himself. He fights using a power suit, similar to Iron or Lex Luthor, which were made from remains of Sektor's Tekunin and Cyber Lin Kuei
9. Suiten - The water god of Earth. Since her fellow gods Raiden and Fujin are dead, and they won't be reanimated for a long time, she now must protect Earthrealm from any foreign threats. She, along with Kaijin, recruits Earthrealm warriors (Protagonist, Rebel, Shaolin Monk, Jack Burton, Special Forces) to fight on Earthrealm's behalf. She joins the tournament to investigate this new Kahn and ensure Earthrealm’s safety. She is more drawn to the protagonist. Being a water god, she uses water in her attacks
10. Kaijin - The fire god of Earth. Since his fellow gods Raiden and Fujin are dead, and they won't be reanimated for a long time, he now must protect Earthrealm from any foreign threats. He along with Suiten recruits Earthrealm warriors (Protagonist, Rebel, Shaolin Monk, Jack Burton, Special Forces) to fight on Earthrealm's behalf. He joins the tournament to investigate this new Kahn and ensure Earthrealm’s safety. He is more drawn to the Outworld Rebel. Being a fire god, he uses fire in his attacks
11. Sorceress - During the 17th century, there was a sorceress who tampered with dark magic. Unknowingly, she has been drawing power from the Netherrealm. One day, she unknowingly let in a horde of demons into her village, which resulted in the death of many. For her punishment, the gods of Earthrealm banished her to Outworld and changed her skin green (taking visual inspiration from the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz). However, in Outworld, her powers only grew to where she was able to extend her life, become a master of the dark magicks,and can make direct connections with the Netherrealm. She allies herself with the new king of the Netherrealm to control Outworld and all of the other realms, as well as get revenge on the Earth gods that banished and cursed her. She fights using magic spells, potions, and metallic witch fingers
12. Demon (Volo) - Volo isn't like the other demons of the Netherrealm. While he still uses his demonic powers and hellfire, his cunning and intelligence is what made him ruler of the Netherrealm after the deaths of Quan Chi and Shinnok. However, he does hide a demonic side that is just as ruthless as the other demons and imps of the Netherrealm. But he tries to keep that at bay. Nevertheless, teaming up with the sorceress, his goal is rule all of the realms in the name of the Netherrealm. Visually, the only demonic features are his red skin, small horns, and a devil-Nightcrawler tail. He is very human in his appearance and a good-looking demon. However, he can transform into a more demonic version of himself with larger horns, fangs, a snout, and wings
13. Chaosrealmer (A’ Narki) - A denizen of Chaosrealm. His story is simple: the realms are in chaos with so many leaders and important figures dead, and A' Narki wants to keep it that way. He enters the tournament to kill the new emperor so chaos can reign in all of the realms. He is rivals with Chumon, the Seidan guard
14. Orderrealmer (Chumon) - Due to the death of Hotaru, Chumon became head of the Seidan guard. But the objective is still the same: maintain order at any cost. Chumon enter the tournament to ensure order is established across the realms, even if the Guard must force order. He is rivals with A' Narki, a chaosrealmer. Visually, he is modeled after a traditional samurai, complete with fighting with a katana. Even though Kenshi and Hotaru kind of did this aesthetic, Kenshi is more akin to a ronin, a rogue or independent samurai, while Hotaru frankly didn't pull it off well
15. Amazon (Alkaia/Andromeda/Otrera) - The Amazons were once respected and feared warriors in Ancient Greece. However, as time progressed, man started to gain more power martially and politically. The Amazons soon migrated to Edenia where they served in the Edenian army. However, they were always overshadowed by the Edenians, despite their contribution to the army. Now that there are vacancies in the Edenian government, Alkaia (or whatever her name is gonna be) seeks a hostile takeover of Edenia, revenge on Earthrealm for being displaced, and to rule all realms under Amazonian rule. The Amazon fighter will use plenty of traditional Greek weapons during kombat including a bow and arrow, half shield, and a sword
16. Tasia - Some of you MK fans may recognize this game. She was a boss from the not good Mortal Kombat: Special Forces game. She fought with twin katanas, she can teleport, and she has energy projection. In this game, with Kano, Kabal, and the other Black Dragon members dead, she becomes head of the Black Dragon. The Black Dragon becomes more structured and cutthroat under her rule. It changed from a band of thugs, to an organized, but still ruthless crime organization. The Black Dragon is capitalizing on the chaos of the realms by selling weapons, mercenaries, and information. Tasia enters the tournament to change the Black Dragon from the Kings of the Underworld to the Kings of Realms
17. Vampire (Brahmir) - Y'all know Nitara? The vampire lady from MK: Deadly Alliance and MK1? Well her species were from a realm named Vaternus, but they lost to Outworld in a MK tournament a long time ago. Now, their realm is merged. However, another vampire named Brahmir joins the tournament to free his realm from Outworld so that the Vampires can return home. Their own home. Visually, we'll be taking some cues from the unused vampire character from MK: Deadly Alliance. Here is the link to the unused vampire: https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Kahil_Grigesh
18. Female Ninja (Leal/Imani) - An Edenian warrior that trained under Jade. She has served the Edenian court dutifully, but with the deaths of Queen Sindel, Princess Kitana, and General Jade, the court is in disarray. The Amazons that inhabit Edenia are also growing restless and placing their eyes on the throne. However, the Edenian soldier along with her comrades has been keeping peace. The warrior joins the tournament to make sure there isn't a hostile takeover of the throne by Outworlders or this new emperor, to see if she can receive any aid or power in keeping the peace in Edenia, and to fight the Amazon and stop her usurpation of the Edenian government. The female ninja is an orange ninja and she fights with a spear and throwing knives. I modeled her after the Dahomey Amazons, an all-female military order of the Kingdom of Dahomey, a West African Kingdom. Visually, she is African in appearance, not ambiguously dark-skinned like Jade or Tanya, long hair in braids, and has African inspired clothing while still containing Edenian design elements that were used on Kitana, Jade, etc.
19. Viking (Erik) - Everyone knows about the Shokan, the Tarkatans, the Centaurs. But there is another race of Outworlders that has been hidden from the general populace, but are reemerging. The Veikins. Many centuries, maybe even millennia ago, this Viking-like race used to be among the other races of Outworld. However, they were brutish, ill-tempered, and savage, even by Outworld standards. Shao Kahn banished them to the frozen seas of Outworld, but instead of perishing, they thrived. They ruled the frozen wastelands of Outworlds and established a community. They even made contact with Earthrealm and inspired what would be Vikings. Now, with a political shift happening in Outworld, the Veikins are coming out of hiding to establish themselves amongst the Outworld people. Their chief, Erik, is joining the tournament to usher in a new era for the Veikins. Visually, Erik looks like a typical Viking with Viking armor, unkempt hair, and a beard. However, his face resembles that of a dwarf. He is not as small as one though. He main weapon is a battle ax
20. Gladiator - The gladiator is the new Kahn’s champion and loyal subject. He has fought in numerous gladiator games and emerged champion. He even enjoyed a brief stint in being a soldier of Outworld’s armies. Now, serving as an enforcer and general for the new Kahn, he fights in the tournament to establish the new Outworld rule. Visually, he takes cues from traditional Roman gladiators and Reiko, more specifically his MK: Armageddon look
21. Plant Based Character (Flora) - A denizen of the Outworld jungles, Flora has control of plant life and is a protector of the numerous jungles and forests in Outworld. She has killed numerous people who dared to threaten the Outworld plant life and nature. Her power over plants is so great, some think she is a God or demi-God of plants. She has been solitary for most of her life tending to the jungles. She never approved of any of the Kahns due to their neglect of Outworld’s nature nor did she particularly have any interest in other realms or the Mortal Kombat tournament. However, with this new Kahn and new tournament, Flora joins to ensure that the Kahn knows his place and to let him know that nature is the true emperor of Outworld. So she’s basically the Poison Ivy of the MK universe. I know people wanted a plant based character for MK, and I’ve seen them make that character a ninja. However, I believe making her a ninja is too limiting. Have her be her own person allows for more creative freedom for her design and story
22. Ogre/Yokai - The sub boss of this hypothetical game. He is as big as Goro and looks similar to an ogre, yokai, or oni. The latter two being Japanese mythological monsters. He is the main enforcer of the boss. He is physically imposing and fights using a club
23. Boss - The new big bad of the game. Funny enough, he is the character I have almost no story for him yet. And I don’t know how he will play. I do, however, have him modeled after Genghis Khan. But story-wise, he is a self-declared Kahn that has already formed his own court and is more cunning in his methods as compared to Shao Kahn. Instead of outright invasion and intimidation, he measles his ways into other realms affairs through different means. However, he is not above using underhanded tactics or brute force

Source: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid-05-09-2024
This week in Destiny, we are talking a bit more about Exotic class items. We announced them along with the Prismatic subclass, and it's time we tell you more about this groundbreaking addition to Destiny 2—and that's just our first topic for the week!

• More info about the new Exotic class items.
• New boss profile for The Pantheon.
• The red border weapons bonanza is here!
• Zero Hour arrives next week.
• Check out our new PvP maps trailer.
• Enjoy Destiny 2: Expansion Open Access now through June 3!
• The Gauntlet returns for its 10th anniversary
• It's AANHPI Heritage Month. ##A Matter of Exotic Class Items

This morning, we shared some amazing videos showcasing the Prismatic subclass coming with The Final Shape. Check them!

Warlock

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Hunter

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Titan

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As you can see, you will not only have the new Aspects and Fragments coming with Prismatic, but also will get to further expand your options with the new Exotic class items. These are very special additions to Destiny 2 as each Exotic class item will have two random Exotic perks from a selection of existing Exotic armor perks, including some that belong to classes other than yours!

How to Earn Them

The Exotic Class items will be part of a new activity that unlocks after the Raid World First, at the beginning of Week 2. We don’t want to spoil what the activity is all about or how to unlock it, but we can say it's farmable, and you will get a guaranteed random roll each time you complete it.

How Many Exotic Perks

Similar to how Prismatic has a selection of abilities among all Light and Darkness classes, the Exotic class items in The Final Shape will have a mix of Exotic armor perks available for each class. We included some fan favorites as well as some perks that aligned with the Prismatic abilities and Aspects. We also chose to put perks in each column that would compound with each other, allowing for combinations that felt powerful and complementary, such as a Warlock bond with Sprit of Apotheosis and Spirt of the Star-Eater.
Prismatic is all about combining effects that used to belong to specific subclasses, and we wanted to bring that to the design of the Exotic class items, too. So, in many cases, we have adjusted the perks to work with a broader array of abilities. For example, Spirit of Caliban on the Hunter cloak works with all powered melees, not just Proximity Knife.
To keep things balanced, we have narrowed some of the perk effects to what we believe the spirit of (get it?) the original Exotic was. This allows the combination of two of them to not be overwhelming, and it maintains a reason to run the original Exotic armor. When a perk on the class item has the same effect as its original version you should expect some tuning changes. For example, in The Final Shape the original Armamentarium and Sixth Coyote will gain the ability to create Orbs of Light from your grenade and dodge respectively.
Check out all the possible combos below!

Hunter Exotic Cloak - Essentialism

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Second column
SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN
Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility. SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER
While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage. SPIRIT OF THE INMOST LIGHT
Using an ability empowers the other two abilities granting them improved energy regeneration. SPIRIT OF THE SYNTHOCEPS
Improved melee damage when you're surrounded. SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN
Weapons ready very quickly. SPIRIT OF VERITY
Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus. SPIRIT OF THE DRAGON
Using your class ability reloads all weapons and increases weapon handling speeds for a brief time. SPIRIT OF THE CYRTARACHNE
Gain Woven Mail when you use your grenade. SPIRIT OF GALANOR
Hits and final blows with your Super will return Super energy after it ends. SPIRIT OF THE GYRFALCON
Your Void weapons gain Volatile Rounds after you emerge from being invisible. SPIRIT OF THE FOETRACER
Damaging a powerful combatant or Guardian with an ability grants you a temporary damage bonus for weapons matching that ability's element. SPIRIT OF THE LIAR
Dealing damage with a powered melee or being hit by a melee attack will allow you to follow up with an extremely powerful melee counterpunch. SPIRIT OF CALIBAN
Powered melee final blows trigger an ignition. SPIRIT OF THE WORMHUSK
Dodging gives a small health and shield bump. SPIRIT OF RENEWAL
Allies inside the Duskfield take reduced damage, and targets inside the area deal reduced damage. SPIRIT OF THE COYOTE
Gain an additional class ability charge.

Titan Exotic Mark - Stoicism

First column
Second column
SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN
Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility. SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER
While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage. SPIRIT OF INMOST LIGHT
Using an ability empowers the other two abilities, granting them improved energy regeneration SPIRIT OF SYNTHOCEPS
Improved melee damage when you're surrounded. SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN
Weapons ready very quickly. SPIRIT OF VERITY
Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus. SPIRIT OF SEVERANCE
Powered melee or finisher final blows unleash a damaging explosion. SPIRIT OF CONTACT
Damaging a target with a powered melee causes all nearby enemies to suffer lightning strikes and become jolted. SPIRIT OF HOARFROST
Your Barricade becomes a wall of Stasis crystals that slows nearby targets when created. SPIRIT OF SCARS
Final blows with weapons that have a damage type matching your Super's element create a burst of healing around you that grants allies restoration. SPIRIT OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR
Gain a damage bonus for weapons matching your Super's element when your Super ends. SPIRIT OF THE HORN
Your Barricade unleashes a blast of Solar energy that scorches targets SPIRIT OF THE ABEYANT
Improves Drengr’s Lash. Drengr’s Lash projectiles track targets more aggressively and travel further. SPIRIT OF ALPHA LUPI
Generates a healing pulse when Barricade is activated. SPIRIT OF THE BEAR
Move faster while guarding with the Unbreakable shield. Damage blocked with Unbreakable is converted to Super energy. SPIRIT OF THE ARMAMENTARIUM
Gain an additional grenade charge.

Warlock Exotic Band - Solipsism

First column
Second column
SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN
Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility. SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER
While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage. SPIRIT OF INMOST LIGHT
Using an ability empowers the other two abilities, granting them improved energy regeneration SPIRIT OF SYNTHOCEPS
Improved melee damage when you're surrounded. SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN
Weapons ready very quickly. SPIRIT OF VERITY
Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus. SPIRIT OF THE STAG
Your Rift provides damage reduction to allied Guardians standing in it. SPIRIT OF VESPER
Rifts periodically release Arc shockwaves. SPIRIT OF THE FILAMENTS
Casting an empowering rift will grant you Devour. SPIRIT OF HARMONY
Final blows with weapons that have a damage type matching your Super's element grant you Super energy. SPIRIT OF THE NECROTIC
Damaging combatants with your melee poisons them. Defeating a poisoned enemy spreads the condition. SPIRIT OF STARFIRE
Grenades recharge from empowered weapon damage, with empowered weapon final blows granting more energy. SPIRIT OF OSMIOMANCY
Your grenades recharge quicker on hits. The seeker spawned from Coldsnap grenades travels further. SPIRIT OF THE SWARM
Destroying a Tangle spawns Threadlings. SPIRIT OF APOTHEOSIS
Temporarily gain greatly increased melee and grenade regen after your Super ends. SPIRIT OF THE CLAW
Gain an additional melee charge.
All of these exotic class item perks will only work when you have the Prismatic subclass equipped.
We knew we couldn't fit everyone’s favorite perks into these without making the pools of available rolls too large—it was a balancing act to support lots of exciting options while also making it reasonable to chase a specific combination. However, we are also making a set of Exotic armor balance adjustments with the launch of The Final Shape, including some buffs that will impact both the original armor and its Spirit version. So, some of the class item perk combinations might end up being better than you expect. We’ll have more to share about Exotic armor balance in general in the coming weeks.
We hope the amazing combinations that the new Exotic class items will allow when using Prismatic have ignited your imagination and you are already wondering what builds will work best when The Final Shape arrives. Let us know, and please share your early build ideas with us.

Another God to Best in The Pantheon

Guardians, you have shown the world again that, no matter who you face—be it one god or several—you will always prevail. Another of our greatest enemies entered The Pantheon this Tuesday, we hope this report helps with your task.
VANGUARD – GUARDIAN DISPATCH – ALL POINTS BULLETIN
DEFENDERS OF THE CITY,
You are tasked with the elimination of the following target:
- ORYX, THE TAKEN KING -
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CLASSIFICATION

• Hive God
• First Navigator and King of the Osmium Court
• Brother to Savathûn and Xivu Arath
• Father to Crota
• Ex-Krill
• Taken, Wielder

HAZARDS

• The power to Take
• Willbreaker, Blade of Oryx
• Commands Hive and Taken legions
• Planar tearing
• Corrupted Light
• Darkness mastery
• Godly strength and durability
• Guardians rated Sigma-3 or lower are advised not to engage

INTEL

• Oryx was once known as Aurash, one of the three sisters of Krill nobility. She became Oryx upon descending into the Deep, accepting a worm, and choosing to shed her form in favor of the king morph. Oryx then began a crusade of conquest and death across the universe in pursuit of the Final Shape.
• After invading Sol to seek vengeance for the death of his son, Crota, and winning a decisive victory at the battle of Saturn, Oryx was dethroned by a valiant fireteam who infiltrated the Dreadnaught and ended the Taken King.
• Many Hive still tithe to Oryx in secret, though it is not known where the power of their tithes goes, given that the Taken King is dead.
• After his defeat, Oryx’s corpse fell to Titan where the Lucent Hive attempted to resurrect him through the heretical use of necromancy, a crime for which Oryx once banished another of his sons, Nokris. This scheme was foiled by Guardian operatives.

OF NOTE

• Oryx slew Akka, the Worm of Secrets, and carved the Dreadnaught from its corpse. Hidden operatives report faint biosignatures still pulsing from within the ship’s hull.
• Through the use of Willbreaker and the Dreadnaught, Oryx may weaponize his throne world, allowing it to spill into the material plane as a wave of destructive power. This weapon claimed the Awoken Fleet during the Battle of Saturn.
• While imprisoned in the Dreaming City, Savathûn once claimed that her brother Oryx was unable to control his curiosity, that his worm intentionally directs it, and that the worm manipulates Oryx’s actions unbeknownst to him. She claims all Hive worms function in this way. The veracity of this claim is unconfirmed.
• Eris Morn used Oryx’s Ravenous Heart to construct the Exotic weapon Touch of Malice.

All the Deepsight Weapons You Can Get!

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Welcome, everyone, to the red border weapons bonanza! In a similar fashion to what we did last year, players who have not earned enough Deepsight weapons to unlock the Patterns of Year-6 Seasonal weapons now have the chance to catch up before The Final Shape launches.
Every day, from May 7 through June 3, players will get a guaranteed Deepsight weapon drop upon completion of a Seasonal activity. So, if you still have not unlocked the Pattern for, let's say, the Raconteur Bow from Season of Defiance, you can complete a Defiant Battleground to receive a Deepsight drop of that very weapon. You will get another the day after and another the day after that one, and so on until you have completed the Pattern. Don't worry much if you have more than one. If you keep playing, our knockout system will ensure you'll only get drops for those weapons.
So, what activities can you play from each Season to get these awesome rewards?

Season of Defiance

Defiant Battlegrounds

Mission AVALON

Season of the Deep

Deep Dives

Salvage

Season of the Witch

Summoning Pools

Savathûn's Spire

Season of the Wish

Riven's Lair

The Coil
We hope you have a great time revisiting some of the amazing activities that have defined this year of Destiny 2, all while you complete your weapons collection.

Zero Hour Is Near

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First came The Whisper, then it was Zero Hour. The second-ever Destiny 2 secret Exotic mission is coming back on May 14. You'll be able to find it in the Into the Light node in the Director, and it has a few surprises up its sleeve.
Those capable enough to complete it before their time runs out (40 minutes on Normal and 20 minutes on Legend), will get the new craftable version of the Outbreak Perfected Exotic Pulse Rifle. Find some of the secret chests available each week to also unlock new additional perks for it. If you are looking for its Exotic catalyst, you'll have to complete Zero Hour on Legend difficulty, but remember that if you got the catalyst for the original version, you won't have to earn it again. That said, you will still want to do it to get the weekly Triumphs required to unlock the new Exotic ship.

And TR3-VR Is Near, Too...

Remember TR3-VR, the overly attached robot that kept the Cryptarchy's vaults safe in Zero Hour? It was impossible to miss! So much joy, so many wonderful memories... Well, great news, everyone! He'll be back, too.
To celebrate his timely return, we would love it if you all shared your best moments with him: well-scripted videos, funny screenshots, fanart, comics, musical numbers... it's all on the table. And if this is your first time meeting him, we can't wait to see your experiences.
Just don't forget to use the #MyFriendTR3VR hashtag when sharing it on social media so we can see your creations and maybe pick a few to share in the future. Our favorite submissions could get the AOTW or MOTW emblems (don't forget to include your BungieID with your creation).

Three New PvP Maps in One Trailer

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Shaxx has been busy lately. Not only is he leading Guardians as they repel the Witness’s forces in Onslaught, he also has secured three new maps for Crucible so everyone can test their 3v3 combat capabilities in new environments. Just remember to sign your waivers.
The new maps are called Eventide Labs, Cirrus Plaza, and Dissonance, and they are set on Europa, Neptune, and a terraformed Pyramid ship. We have a new trailer so you can check them out in all their glory!
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Don't worry about map rotations either. These maps have their own playlist, so you can play them non-stop until you know them better than yourself. Everyone who participates in the playlist before The Final Shape goes live gets an incredible Crucible-themed emblem!

A Great Time to Jump Into Destiny 2

In anticipation of our battle with the Witness, we want everyone to be ready. And we really mean it. Starting May 7 and running through June 3, we have launched Destiny 2: Expansion Open Access period.
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During those 28 days, the following contents will be available to all players:
Expansions

• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
• Destiny 2: Beyond Light
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

Year-6 Seasons

• Destiny 2: Season of Defiance
• Destiny 2: Season of the Deep
• Destiny 2: Season of the Witch
• Destiny 2: Season of the Wish

PlayStation Plus members can also claim the Destiny 2: Lightfall, which will be available up until June 3. No matter what Expansion you play, all the rewards you earn during this period are yours to keep forever, no matter if they are Exotics, raid weapons, or high-stat Legendary armor.
And that's not all! When The Final Shape launches on June 4, the campaigns for Shadowkeep and Beyond Light along with the Stasis subclass will remain available to all players at no additional cost.
If you are looking to get everything else that the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light expansions have to offer beyond the campaigns, we will have two packs at your disposal, similar to the Forsaken Pack.
The Shadowkeep Pack grants access to:

• 13 Exotic weapons
• 3 Exotic armor pieces
• The Scarlet Keep Nightfall
• The Pit of Heresy dungeon
• The Garden of Salvation raid

The Beyond Light Pack grants access to:

• 12 Exotic weapons
• 6 Exotic armor pieces
• The Glassway and Proving Grounds Nightfalls
• The Deep Stone Crypt raid

Once The Final Shape is live, we'll also launch a new pack called the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection 2024. This pack will give you access to some of the best content Destiny has to offer:

• Destiny 2: Lightfall
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
• Destiny 2: Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack
• Destiny 2: Beyond Light Pack
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Pack
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Pack ##The Gauntlet Returns for Its Tenth Anniversary

On May 19, Team Bungie will compete in The Gauntlet, a charity tournament of tabletop games amongst game industry professionals, all in support of our longtime partner Gamer’s Engaged.
How can you help us Shine Triumphant and take home the trophy again? Donate to grant our team powerups on the day of the competition. Not only that, but by contributing, can earn one of three awesome incentives.
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• $25 Donation – Shine Triumphant emblem

Take home this never-before released emblem. Emblems will be sent via code after the close of the campaign on May 19. Expect your code by May 31. * $100 Donation – programmer art
Take home your very own (non)expert art, hand-drawn by the Bungie team. While our art skills may be mid at best, it’s the effort and heart that really count. Donors who select this incentive will submit a photo of themselves (or their pet) that they would like us to re-create by hand. We ARE NOT artists, but we will give it our all. Each piece will be signed and numbered. * $500 Donation – Destiny 2 gameplay session with Bungie
Join our fireteam for a memorable gaming experience that you will never forget! Team up with us for an hour and chat with the team about whatever your heart desires. (Except spoilers! There will be absolutely no spoilers or secrets told.)
Head over to https://bung.ie/gauntlet now to learn more about the competition, find out the work that Gamer’s Engaged does, and support the campaign. Don’t forget to tune in to the livestream of the competition on May 19 at 11 AM PT!

AANHPI Heritage Month and Asians@Bungie

May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, and the Asians@Bungie employee resource group is celebrating with the Stand With Asians Collectible Pin and accompanying Harmonic Waves emblem.
Last year, Guardians raised an incredible $163,385 for International Community Health Services (ICHS)—a nonprofit healthcare organization based in Seattle, Washington, and a leading voice in challenging anti-Asian hate.
During the month of May, for each purchase of the Stand With Asians pin during the month of May, $7 will be donated to ICHS. Your donations will fund free and low-cost health services for uninsured or underinsured ICHS patients who would otherwise be unable to afford them.
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More about Asians@Bungie

Asians@Bungie was founded at the end of 2021 in response to rising discrimination and violence against AANHPI communities. Their mission is to uplift their fellow AANHPI employees, to provide Bungie diverse insight int AANHPI cultures, and to support local AANHPI communities.

More about ICHS:

ICHS was formed in 1973 by young Asian American activists with the goal of disrupting systemic racism that denied healthcare to Asian immigrant communities. Today, ICHS remains deeply rooted in the Asian Pacific Islander community and continues to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health services in more than 70 languages. This has significantly improved the wellness of King County’s diverse people and communities, regardless of patients’ ability to pay.
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We invite all allies to support the AANHPI communities by purchasing the Stand With Asians pin, which also comes with the Harmonic Waves emblem. You can purchase the pin at both the Bungie Store and the EU Bungie Store.
The Harmonic Waves emblem will also be available with a $10 donation through the Bungie Foundation. All donations received in May will support ICHS.

Player Support Report

Solar Warlock Money Gang. We LOVE casting Wells.
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Known Issues List Help Forums Bungie Help Twitter

Making the Rounds Triumph

While all of the information directly related to the BRAVE weapon quests is now available, the Making the Rounds Triumph is not able to be completed yet. Players will be directed to speak to Shaxx during the last week of Into the Light.

Risky Archery Emote

Due to an issue, the Risky Archery emote has been temporarily changed to use a different animation. Once the issue is fixed in a future update, the Risky Archery emote will return to its normal animation.

Player Privacy and Safety Update

As mentioned in our recent March 14 TWID, we are continuing with our efforts to ensure player privacy and safety online in Destiny 2. Our goal is to provide age-appropriate experiences to all our players and give the adults responsible for our younger players a way to tailor those players' experiences. If you haven’t already, please visit Bungie.net or use the prompt after launching Destiny 2 to update your date of birth.

Parental Controls

In May, parents, guardians, and other responsible adults will be able to adjust their child’s Destiny 2 settings.
To set up parental controls, both the child and their adult will need a Bungie.net account, and we will need to verify that the person providing consent and setting controls is an adult. We have created a Parental Controls Help article with details explaining how to create an account and link it up to their child's.
We are also updating our privacy policy on May 14. Please visit Bungie.net to create or manage your account and set your preferences today.

Known Issues

While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help forum:

• Players are not receiving rewards from one of the secret chests in the Shattered Throne dungeon.
• The Spanish version of Revision Zero’s Exotic perk description is displaying incorrectly.

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.

The Goodest Boy

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Yes, you can pet the robot dog. Yes, you can buy him some spicy ramen if he's around. Yes, we asked the narrative team about how he would eat it. No, such a question did not kickstart an investigation...
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Don't Blame Warlock's Jump

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Look, friends. We can't give you back the time it took to get to Onslaught's wave 50 only to literally fall at the gates of the last boss encounter. But we can award you a cool emblem for giving everyone a good chuckle.
Movie of the Week: Warlock Jump was not at fault
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Congratulations to this week's winners. Please, don't forget to add the BungieIDs of everyone who helped with your creation so we can grant the special emblems.
Hope that was enough info to get your brains working on what builds will be fun when you combine the perfect Exotic class item roll with Prismatic abilities. And we ain’t done yet. We still have more in store to share in these final weeks leading into The Final Shape on June 4. Want a hint? We'll talk about weapon tuning in a standalone article next Wednesday.
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Destiny 2 Community Team

Source: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid-05-09-2024
This week in Destiny, we are talking a bit more about Exotic class items. We announced them along with the Prismatic subclass, and it's time we tell you more about this groundbreaking addition to Destiny 2—and that's just our first topic for the week!

• More info about the new Exotic class items.
• New boss profile for The Pantheon.
• The red border weapons bonanza is here!
• Zero Hour arrives next week.
• Check out our new PvP maps trailer.
• Enjoy Destiny 2: Expansion Open Access now through June 3!
• The Gauntlet returns for its 10th anniversary
• It's AANHPI Heritage Month. ##A Matter of Exotic Class Items

This morning, we shared some amazing videos showcasing the Prismatic subclass coming with The Final Shape. Check them!

Warlock

• Video Link

Hunter

• Video Link

Titan

• Video Link

As you can see, you will not only have the new Aspects and Fragments coming with Prismatic, but also will get to further expand your options with the new Exotic class items. These are very special additions to Destiny 2 as each Exotic class item will have two random Exotic perks from a selection of existing Exotic armor perks, including some that belong to classes other than yours!

How to Earn Them

The Exotic Class items will be part of a new activity that unlocks after the Raid World First, at the beginning of Week 2. We don’t want to spoil what the activity is all about or how to unlock it, but we can say it's farmable, and you will get a guaranteed random roll each time you complete it.

How Many Exotic Perks

Similar to how Prismatic has a selection of abilities among all Light and Darkness classes, the Exotic class items in The Final Shape will have a mix of Exotic armor perks available for each class. We included some fan favorites as well as some perks that aligned with the Prismatic abilities and Aspects. We also chose to put perks in each column that would compound with each other, allowing for combinations that felt powerful and complementary, such as a Warlock bond with Sprit of Apotheosis and Spirt of the Star-Eater.
Prismatic is all about combining effects that used to belong to specific subclasses, and we wanted to bring that to the design of the Exotic class items, too. So, in many cases, we have adjusted the perks to work with a broader array of abilities. For example, Spirit of Caliban on the Hunter cloak works with all powered melees, not just Proximity Knife.
To keep things balanced, we have narrowed some of the perk effects to what we believe the spirit of (get it?) the original Exotic was. This allows the combination of two of them to not be overwhelming, and it maintains a reason to run the original Exotic armor. When a perk on the class item has the same effect as its original version you should expect some tuning changes. For example, in The Final Shape the original Armamentarium and Sixth Coyote will gain the ability to create Orbs of Light from your grenade and dodge respectively.
Check out all the possible combos below!

Hunter Exotic Cloak - Essentialism

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SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN: Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility.	SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER: While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage.
SPIRIT OF THE INMOST LIGHT: Using an ability empowers the other two abilities granting them improved energy regeneration.	SPIRIT OF THE SYNTHOCEPS: Improved melee damage when you're surrounded.
SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN: Weapons ready very quickly.	SPIRIT OF VERITY: Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus.
SPIRIT OF THE DRAGON: Using your class ability reloads all weapons and increases weapon handling speeds for a brief time.	SPIRIT OF THE CYRTARACHNE: Gain Woven Mail when you use your grenade.
SPIRIT OF GALANOR: Hits and final blows with your Super will return Super energy after it ends.	SPIRIT OF THE GYRFALCON: Your Void weapons gain Volatile Rounds after you emerge from being invisible.
SPIRIT OF THE FOETRACER: Damaging a powerful combatant or Guardian with an ability grants you a temporary damage bonus for weapons matching that ability's element.	SPIRIT OF THE LIAR: Dealing damage with a powered melee or being hit by a melee attack will allow you to follow up with an extremely powerful melee counterpunch.
SPIRIT OF CALIBAN: Powered melee final blows trigger an ignition.	SPIRIT OF THE WORMHUSK: Dodging gives a small health and shield bump.
SPIRIT OF RENEWAL: Allies inside the Duskfield take reduced damage, and targets inside the area deal reduced damage.	SPIRIT OF THE COYOTE: Gain an additional class ability charge.

Titan Exotic Mark - Stoicism

First column	Second column
SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN: Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility.	SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER: While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage.
SPIRIT OF INMOST LIGHT: Using an ability empowers the other two abilities, granting them improved energy regeneration	SPIRIT OF SYNTHOCEPS: Improved melee damage when you're surrounded.
SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN: Weapons ready very quickly.	SPIRIT OF VERITY: Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus.
SPIRIT OF SEVERANCE: Powered melee or finisher final blows unleash a damaging explosion.	SPIRIT OF CONTACT: Damaging a target with a powered melee causes all nearby enemies to suffer lightning strikes and become jolted.
SPIRIT OF HOARFROST: Your Barricade becomes a wall of Stasis crystals that slows nearby targets when created.	SPIRIT OF SCARS: Final blows with weapons that have a damage type matching your Super's element create a burst of healing around you that grants allies restoration.
SPIRIT OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR: Gain a damage bonus for weapons matching your Super's element when your Super ends.	SPIRIT OF THE HORN: Your Barricade unleashes a blast of Solar energy that scorches targets
SPIRIT OF THE ABEYANT: Improves Drengr’s Lash. Drengr’s Lash projectiles track targets more aggressively and travel further.	SPIRIT OF ALPHA LUPI: Generates a healing pulse when Barricade is activated.
SPIRIT OF THE BEAR: Move faster while guarding with the Unbreakable shield. Damage blocked with Unbreakable is converted to Super energy.	SPIRIT OF THE ARMAMENTARIUM: Gain an additional grenade charge.

Warlock Exotic Band - Solipsism

First column	Second column
SPIRIT OF THE ASSASSIN: Finishers and powered melee final blows grant invisibility.	SPIRIT OF THE STAR-EATER: While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, granting it bonus damage.
SPIRIT OF INMOST LIGHT: Using an ability empowers the other two abilities, granting them improved energy regeneration	SPIRIT OF SYNTHOCEPS: Improved melee damage when you're surrounded.
SPIRIT OF THE OPHIDIAN: Weapons ready very quickly.	SPIRIT OF VERITY: Weapon final blows with a damage type matching your grenade grant a stacking grenade damage bonus.
SPIRIT OF THE STAG: Your Rift provides damage reduction to allied Guardians standing in it.	SPIRIT OF VESPER: Rifts periodically release Arc shockwaves.
SPIRIT OF THE FILAMENTS: Casting an empowering rift will grant you Devour.	SPIRIT OF HARMONY: Final blows with weapons that have a damage type matching your Super's element grant you Super energy.
SPIRIT OF THE NECROTIC: Damaging combatants with your melee poisons them. Defeating a poisoned enemy spreads the condition.	SPIRIT OF STARFIRE Grenades recharge from empowered weapon damage, with empowered weapon final blows granting more energy.
SPIRIT OF OSMIOMANCY: Your grenades recharge quicker on hits. The seeker spawned from Coldsnap grenades travels further.	SPIRIT OF THE SWARM: Destroying a Tangle spawns Threadlings.
SPIRIT OF APOTHEOSIS: Temporarily gain greatly increased melee and grenade regen after your Super ends.	SPIRIT OF THE CLAW: Gain an additional melee charge.

All of these exotic class item perks will only work when you have the Prismatic subclass equipped.
We knew we couldn't fit everyone’s favorite perks into these without making the pools of available rolls too large—it was a balancing act to support lots of exciting options while also making it reasonable to chase a specific combination. However, we are also making a set of Exotic armor balance adjustments with the launch of The Final Shape, including some buffs that will impact both the original armor and its Spirit version. So, some of the class item perk combinations might end up being better than you expect. We’ll have more to share about Exotic armor balance in general in the coming weeks.
We hope the amazing combinations that the new Exotic class items will allow when using Prismatic have ignited your imagination and you are already wondering what builds will work best when The Final Shape arrives. Let us know, and please share your early build ideas with us.

Another God to Best in The Pantheon

Guardians, you have shown the world again that, no matter who you face—be it one god or several—you will always prevail. Another of our greatest enemies entered The Pantheon this Tuesday, we hope this report helps with your task.
VANGUARD – GUARDIAN DISPATCH – ALL POINTS BULLETIN
DEFENDERS OF THE CITY,
You are tasked with the elimination of the following target:
- ORYX, THE TAKEN KING -
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CLASSIFICATION

• Hive God
• First Navigator and King of the Osmium Court
• Brother to Savathûn and Xivu Arath
• Father to Crota
• Ex-Krill
• Taken, Wielder

HAZARDS

• The power to Take
• Willbreaker, Blade of Oryx
• Commands Hive and Taken legions
• Planar tearing
• Corrupted Light
• Darkness mastery
• Godly strength and durability
• Guardians rated Sigma-3 or lower are advised not to engage

INTEL

• Oryx was once known as Aurash, one of the three sisters of Krill nobility. She became Oryx upon descending into the Deep, accepting a worm, and choosing to shed her form in favor of the king morph. Oryx then began a crusade of conquest and death across the universe in pursuit of the Final Shape.
• After invading Sol to seek vengeance for the death of his son, Crota, and winning a decisive victory at the battle of Saturn, Oryx was dethroned by a valiant fireteam who infiltrated the Dreadnaught and ended the Taken King.
• Many Hive still tithe to Oryx in secret, though it is not known where the power of their tithes goes, given that the Taken King is dead.
• After his defeat, Oryx’s corpse fell to Titan where the Lucent Hive attempted to resurrect him through the heretical use of necromancy, a crime for which Oryx once banished another of his sons, Nokris. This scheme was foiled by Guardian operatives.

OF NOTE

• Oryx slew Akka, the Worm of Secrets, and carved the Dreadnaught from its corpse. Hidden operatives report faint biosignatures still pulsing from within the ship’s hull.
• Through the use of Willbreaker and the Dreadnaught, Oryx may weaponize his throne world, allowing it to spill into the material plane as a wave of destructive power. This weapon claimed the Awoken Fleet during the Battle of Saturn.
• While imprisoned in the Dreaming City, Savathûn once claimed that her brother Oryx was unable to control his curiosity, that his worm intentionally directs it, and that the worm manipulates Oryx’s actions unbeknownst to him. She claims all Hive worms function in this way. The veracity of this claim is unconfirmed.
• Eris Morn used Oryx’s Ravenous Heart to construct the Exotic weapon Touch of Malice.

All the Deepsight Weapons You Can Get!

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Welcome, everyone, to the red border weapons bonanza! In a similar fashion to what we did last year, players who have not earned enough Deepsight weapons to unlock the Patterns of Year-6 Seasonal weapons now have the chance to catch up before The Final Shape launches.
Every day, from May 7 through June 3, players will get a guaranteed Deepsight weapon drop upon completion of a Seasonal activity. So, if you still have not unlocked the Pattern for, let's say, the Raconteur Bow from Season of Defiance, you can complete a Defiant Battleground to receive a Deepsight drop of that very weapon. You will get another the day after and another the day after that one, and so on until you have completed the Pattern. Don't worry much if you have more than one. If you keep playing, our knockout system will ensure you'll only get drops for those weapons.
So, what activities can you play from each Season to get these awesome rewards?

• Season of Defiance
  
  • Defiant Battlegrounds
  • Mission AVALON
• Season of the Deep
  
  • Deep Dives
  • Salvage
• Season of the Witch
  
  • Summoning Pools
  • Savathûn's Spire
• Season of the Wish
  
  • Riven's Lair
  • The Coil

We hope you have a great time revisiting some of the amazing activities that have defined this year of Destiny 2, all while you complete your weapons collection.

Zero Hour Is Near

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First came The Whisper, then it was Zero Hour. The second-ever Destiny 2 secret Exotic mission is coming back on May 14. You'll be able to find it in the Into the Light node in the Director, and it has a few surprises up its sleeve.
Those capable enough to complete it before their time runs out (40 minutes on Normal and 20 minutes on Legend), will get the new craftable version of the Outbreak Perfected Exotic Pulse Rifle. Find some of the secret chests available each week to also unlock new additional perks for it. If you are looking for its Exotic catalyst, you'll have to complete Zero Hour on Legend difficulty, but remember that if you got the catalyst for the original version, you won't have to earn it again. That said, you will still want to do it to get the weekly Triumphs required to unlock the new Exotic ship.

And TR3-VR Is Near, Too...

Remember TR3-VR, the overly attached robot that kept the Cryptarchy's vaults safe in Zero Hour? It was impossible to miss! So much joy, so many wonderful memories... Well, great news, everyone! He'll be back, too.
To celebrate his timely return, we would love it if you all shared your best moments with him: well-scripted videos, funny screenshots, fanart, comics, musical numbers... it's all on the table. And if this is your first time meeting him, we can't wait to see your experiences.
Just don't forget to use the #MyFriendTR3VR hashtag when sharing it on social media so we can see your creations and maybe pick a few to share in the future. Our favorite submissions could get the AOTW or MOTW emblems (don't forget to include your BungieID with your creation).

Three New PvP Maps in One Trailer

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Shaxx has been busy lately. Not only is he leading Guardians as they repel the Witness’s forces in Onslaught, he also has secured three new maps for Crucible so everyone can test their 3v3 combat capabilities in new environments. Just remember to sign your waivers.
The new maps are called Eventide Labs, Cirrus Plaza, and Dissonance, and they are set on Europa, Neptune, and a terraformed Pyramid ship. We have a new trailer so you can check them out in all their glory!
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Don't worry about map rotations either. These maps have their own playlist, so you can play them non-stop until you know them better than yourself. Everyone who participates in the playlist before The Final Shape goes live gets an incredible Crucible-themed emblem!

A Great Time to Jump Into Destiny 2

In anticipation of our battle with the Witness, we want everyone to be ready. And we really mean it. Starting May 7 and running through June 3, we have launched Destiny 2: Expansion Open Access period.
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During those 28 days, the following contents will be available to all players:
Expansions

• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
• Destiny 2: Beyond Light
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

Year-6 Seasons

• Destiny 2: Season of Defiance
• Destiny 2: Season of the Deep
• Destiny 2: Season of the Witch
• Destiny 2: Season of the Wish

PlayStation Plus members can also claim the Destiny 2: Lightfall, which will be available up until June 3. No matter what Expansion you play, all the rewards you earn during this period are yours to keep forever, no matter if they are Exotics, raid weapons, or high-stat Legendary armor.
And that's not all! When The Final Shape launches on June 4, the campaigns for Shadowkeep and Beyond Light along with the Stasis subclass will remain available to all players at no additional cost.
If you are looking to get everything else that the Shadowkeep and Beyond Light expansions have to offer beyond the campaigns, we will have two packs at your disposal, similar to the Forsaken Pack.
The Shadowkeep Pack grants access to:

• 13 Exotic weapons
• 3 Exotic armor pieces
• The Scarlet Keep Nightfall
• The Pit of Heresy dungeon
• The Garden of Salvation raid

The Beyond Light Pack grants access to:

• 12 Exotic weapons
• 6 Exotic armor pieces
• The Glassway and Proving Grounds Nightfalls
• The Deep Stone Crypt raid

Once The Final Shape is live, we'll also launch a new pack called the Destiny 2: Legacy Collection 2024. This pack will give you access to some of the best content Destiny has to offer:

• Destiny 2: Lightfall
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
• Destiny 2: Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack
• Destiny 2: Beyond Light Pack
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Pack
• Destiny 2: Forsaken Pack

The Gauntlet Returns for Its Tenth Anniversary

On May 19, Team Bungie will compete in The Gauntlet, a charity tournament of tabletop games amongst game industry professionals, all in support of our longtime partner Gamer’s Engaged.
How can you help us Shine Triumphant and take home the trophy again? Donate to grant our team powerups on the day of the competition. Not only that, but by contributing, can earn one of three awesome incentives.
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• $25 Donation – Shine Triumphant emblem
  
  • Take home this never-before released emblem. Emblems will be sent via code after the close of the campaign on May 19. Expect your code by May 31.
• $100 Donation – programmer art
  
  • Take home your very own (non)expert art, hand-drawn by the Bungie team. While our art skills may be mid at best, it’s the effort and heart that really count. Donors who select this incentive will submit a photo of themselves (or their pet) that they would like us to re-create by hand. We ARE NOT artists, but we will give it our all. Each piece will be signed and numbered.
• $500 Donation – Destiny 2 gameplay session with Bungie
  
  • Join our fireteam for a memorable gaming experience that you will never forget! Team up with us for an hour and chat with the team about whatever your heart desires. (Except spoilers! There will be absolutely no spoilers or secrets told.)

Head over to https://bung.ie/gauntlet now to learn more about the competition, find out the work that Gamer’s Engaged does, and support the campaign. Don’t forget to tune in to the livestream of the competition on May 19 at 11 AM PT!

AANHPI Heritage Month and Asians@Bungie

May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, and the Asians@Bungie employee resource group is celebrating with the Stand With Asians Collectible Pin and accompanying Harmonic Waves emblem.
Last year, Guardians raised an incredible $163,385 for International Community Health Services (ICHS)—a nonprofit healthcare organization based in Seattle, Washington, and a leading voice in challenging anti-Asian hate.
During the month of May, for each purchase of the Stand With Asians pin during the month of May, $7 will be donated to ICHS. Your donations will fund free and low-cost health services for uninsured or underinsured ICHS patients who would otherwise be unable to afford them.
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More about Asians@Bungie

Asians@Bungie was founded at the end of 2021 in response to rising discrimination and violence against AANHPI communities. Their mission is to uplift their fellow AANHPI employees, to provide Bungie diverse insight int AANHPI cultures, and to support local AANHPI communities.

More about ICHS:

ICHS was formed in 1973 by young Asian American activists with the goal of disrupting systemic racism that denied healthcare to Asian immigrant communities. Today, ICHS remains deeply rooted in the Asian Pacific Islander community and continues to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health services in more than 70 languages. This has significantly improved the wellness of King County’s diverse people and communities, regardless of patients’ ability to pay.
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We invite all allies to support the AANHPI communities by purchasing the Stand With Asians pin, which also comes with the Harmonic Waves emblem. You can purchase the pin at both the Bungie Store and the EU Bungie Store.
The Harmonic Waves emblem will also be available with a $10 donation through the Bungie Foundation. All donations received in May will support ICHS.

Player Support Report

Solar Warlock Money Gang. We LOVE casting Wells.
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Making the Rounds Triumph

While all of the information directly related to the BRAVE weapon quests is now available, the Making the Rounds Triumph is not able to be completed yet. Players will be directed to speak to Shaxx during the last week of Into the Light.

Risky Archery Emote

Due to an issue, the Risky Archery emote has been temporarily changed to use a different animation. Once the issue is fixed in a future update, the Risky Archery emote will return to its normal animation.

Player Privacy and Safety Update

As mentioned in our recent March 14 TWID, we are continuing with our efforts to ensure player privacy and safety online in Destiny 2. Our goal is to provide age-appropriate experiences to all our players and give the adults responsible for our younger players a way to tailor those players' experiences. If you haven’t already, please visit Bungie.net or use the prompt after launching Destiny 2 to update your date of birth.

Parental Controls

In May, parents, guardians, and other responsible adults will be able to adjust their child’s Destiny 2 settings.
To set up parental controls, both the child and their adult will need a Bungie.net account, and we will need to verify that the person providing consent and setting controls is an adult. We have created a Parental Controls Help article with details explaining how to create an account and link it up to their child's.
We are also updating our privacy policy on May 14. Please visit Bungie.net to create or manage your account and set your preferences today.

Known Issues

While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help forum:

• Players are not receiving rewards from one of the secret chests in the Shattered Throne dungeon.
• The Spanish version of Revision Zero’s Exotic perk description is displaying incorrectly.

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.

The Goodest Boy

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Yes, you can pet the robot dog. Yes, you can buy him some spicy ramen if he's around. Yes, we asked the narrative team about how he would eat it. No, such a question did not kickstart an investigation...
Archie, by Heinz Art via TwitteX
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Don't Blame Warlock's Jump

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Look, friends. We can't give you back the time it took to get to Onslaught's wave 50 only to literally fall at the gates of the last boss encounter. But we can award you a cool emblem for giving everyone a good chuckle.
Movie of the Week: Warlock Jump was not at fault
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There's an alternative point of view, even!
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Congratulations to this week's winners. Please, don't forget to add the BungieIDs of everyone who helped with your creation so we can grant the special emblems.
Hope that was enough info to get your brains working on what builds will be fun when you combine the perfect Exotic class item roll with Prismatic abilities. And we ain’t done yet. We still have more in store to share in these final weeks leading into The Final Shape on June 4. Want a hint? We'll talk about weapon tuning in a standalone article next Wednesday.
Until then, how about some Onslaught?
Destiny 2 Community Team

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