what happened to the crucible after doom
2016 what is the secret prophecy about
the crucible and how is the Seraphim
linked to Samuel Hayden that's what I
want to cover in this video so this
video is very long because I don't want
to skip over important events of the
past there's also a bunch of smaller
topics I want to bring up that we can
discuss now one of the most important
pieces of lore and mystery of the doom
universe is something we collected back
in Doom 2016 something so dark evil and
with a hidden past that could be linked
to something worse than the makers or
the icon of sin the crucible appeared to
us in the beginning of doom 2016 as you
reach out for your armor a flashback
occurs within the blurry and flashing
images we can see a couple of things a
spire with argent energy a possible
temple the elemental rates the well and
the crucible you are later introduced to
Samuel Hayden the head of the facility
his team was using hell's resources as
an unlimited power source a hell whip
was activated from the Lazarus facility
which transformed 64% of the personnel
there and one of his employees had
turned against him he would learn about
what's been happening on the facility
regarding argent energy when things got
out of control he released the doom
Slayer from his prison
it's like Samuel already knew what the
doom Slayer could do if he was set free
Olivia Pierce worked in the advanced
research complex she became obsessed
with the helix tone during her research
an artifact that was pulled from hell in
the early days of the program she kept
it in the lazarus labs and would barely
report back to samuel from it they
learned how to manipulate hell's energy
they were able to harness the power of
the well it might also have details on
how to shut it down
one codex entry does give the assumption
that the crucible was of great
importance to the demons the presence of
such high-ranking demons in the
necropolis suggests that
area holds some item of extreme
importance or vulnerability to the
demons current research suggests this
may be the lost artifact known as the
crucible the helix tone also led them to
finding the sarcophagus that contained
the doom Slayer upon reaching the
Lazarus labs he would locate the helix
tone as you reach out and touch it more
images from a long time ago are shown to
you we see the skeleton of a Titan the
icon of sin and the location of the
crucible it's located in the necropolis
before you venture off to find it Samuel
Hayden says to the Slayer retrieving the
crucible is critical without it we have
no way of shutting down the well and
closing the hell portal here on Mars
it's as if he already knew exactly what
the crucible can do once you reach that
area the doom Slayer battles three Hell
guards after emerging victorious he
claims the crucible but to the Slayer he
does not utilize its full potential this
is the item Olivia Pierce was looking
for the Slayer would later locate three
elemental rates and release their souls
this was done by using the blades under
the handle of the crucible once this
task was done he adventure on to battle
the spider mastermind he is then
tethered back to Samuels location but
instead of gratitude
Samuel takes the crucible from the
Slayer he says to him I am NOT the
villain in this story I do what I do
because there is no choice Samuel would
activate the argent energy on the
crucible which forms a large red blade
he would then tether this layer to
another location so he does not get in
his way
Samuel walks off with the crucible in
his hand and the story ends if we look
back at Samuel Hayden's office he had a
tablet that showed the crucibles full
form this might have included
instructions on how to activate the
argent blade of the crucible so what
happened to the crucible after this well
Samuel would return to earth and before
the Allied nations Council which showed
them the crucible which could be the
salvation mankind was looking for
Haden agreed to work with them providing
he got access to the USA facilities on
earth his main focus was trying to
create a method of argent synthesis a
synthetic replication that could
recreate argent energy the crucible
would act as an argent conductor this
would produce the miracle of synthetic
man-made argent energy which saved the
energy crisis on earth samuel would work
with the allied nations to form the ark
which is the armoured response coalition
it was designed to be a last line of
defense against any threat to earth but
they were not prepared for what was
coming the forces of hell came to earth
without warning given passage by the UAC
cultist division they descended upon the
planet with fire and brimstone the
global defense response was immediate as
a conflict escalated into total war
overnight the military forces on earth
waged a battle against the invading
forces united against their common enemy
in what would proved to be a bloody
relentless fight for survival
chaos enveloped the planet as human
civilization unraveled with a death toll
reaching into the billions within the
first month earth response coalition
deployed advanced mechanized armoured
axial infantry and battle mechs but
nothing could defeat the onslaught of
the undead legion Samuel would lead the
arc military to fight against the demon
invasion armed with the crucible he led
the army into combat as they fought with
every survival instinct for the sake of
mankind it was not enough earth was
overrun with demons our armies were
defeated our resources were drained and
all that was left were the bodies of
soldiers broken exosuits
and mechs that failed us so what
happened to the crucible this time after
his defeat arc soldiers would retrieve
his body along with the crucible both
would be stored within an arc facility
the doom Slayer would find Samuels
broken body and the crucible before
going back to the Slayer fortress he
deals with the Marauder who comes
through
Aurel Marauders were sentinels that
sided with the carmaker during the Civil
War they were gifted with maker magic to
be resurrected as Marauder Knights in
hell's army despite the Slayer being a
human and fighting alongside the
Sentinels a long time ago
these Marauders did not accept a slayer
in the past saying you were never one of
us you are nothing but a false idol a
usurper when the Slayer returns to his
fortress samuel transfers himself into
the mainframe the final priest is
located and the Slayer sets out to
eliminate him upon returning the con
maker overloads the systems on the
fortress because some parts of the
fortress are of maker design she's able
to take control of those sections
assuming there was no more power
the Slayer should not be able to
interfere she plans to resurrect the
icon of sin under her control which is
covered and make her armor but the con
maker was unaware that you had a demonic
crucible
it's argent energy is used as a power
source for the fortress meanwhile samuel
is still in the ship's mainframe guiding
you on your mission samuel will then
send a slayer to terezinha baaad to
retrieve the crucible weapon he used a
long time ago when he fought a Titan but
the strange thing here is for some
reason samuel seems to know a lot of
history about the Slayer he locates his
sword still embedded into the chest of
the Titan by removing the handle
he leaves the blade intact so the Titan
will not rise back in the vault he
retrieves an energy medallion it's
attached to the handle he would then
Forge a new blade for his crucible the
crucible is then used to defeat the icon
of sin in the end the blade is pressed
into its brain and the creature falls
now that we've covered the demonic
crucible and its whereabouts there's a
secret prophecy in doom 2016 that has
barely gone any coverage located in
academia sanctum near the Slayer
testament room you will find a Hell tree
and if you stay close to it it will
repeat four verses from a prophecy it
says this
the first prophecy mentions an infidel
or heretic so that can mean someone who
does not believe in religion and a
heretic would be a person with beliefs
or the practice of religious heresee or
something that goes against what others
believe the codex entry about a doc does
mention religion and how the city's name
could translate to heaven or paradise
the seraphim who is also a maker on a
doc did betray the con maker first by
bestowing great powers upon the Slayer
from within a divinity machine and then
by stealing the essence of the father
these acts were seen as here see the
seraphim then disappeared after these
events the second prophecy is just
saying how Olivia will turn into the
spider mastermind in doom 2016 so we can
skip that one
but the third prophecy talks about a new
enemy a dark priest consumed by the
crucible and even a Slayer might not be
strong enough to stop it so where is the
crucible now it's powering the fortress
of doom and Samuel Hayden is connected
to it now is it possible that Samuel
Hayden could still get corrupted by the
crucible in this way the last prophecy
says how the crucible will punish both
man and demons it will sever the balance
between them by destroying everything it
will corrupt all realms so nobody is
safe from it it only seems to mention
man and demons but
not makers whoever spoke of this did not
want anyone to find the crucible so it
has a hidden secret other than just
being a demonic sword if there is
another doom game with the villain be a
corrupted Samuel Hayden the clues are
pointing towards Samuel or the Seraphim
the demonic crucible was brought up in a
few other sources the art of doom in
2016 has some information on it it says
this the existence of this ancient
artifact is mentioned in inscriptions in
various texts and depicted in tablets as
an object of some great power the
purpose of the artifact is unknown
although it is believed that the object
may serve as a ceremonial blade of some
kind
unconfirmed speculation states that the
crucible relates to an ancient and
prophesied ritual an event that may
coincide with the transference of power
to the one who wields the blade some
maps in doom 2016 show us a statue that
is holding something of interest the
maps are the offering an argent breach
the weapon the statue is holding looks
like the crucible to further back up
this claim some concept art for three
statues are provided by the artist Jason
Martin he mentions that the red statue
is holding the crucible if we look at
these designs they would resemble the
maker angels in doom eternal the Codex
entry about them has more information
they were angels who held high status of
leadership and esteem these angels were
given orator rings golden halos fused to
their armor as a symbol of their status
and rank they served as overseers or
advisors of maker controlled worlds but
the other two statues do not show any
visible halos like the one in the center
so perhaps they were of lesser ranks or
a different design it does bring up the
question why is an angel holding the
demonic crucible if in fact this person
is an angel
these figures are also brought up in
more concept art for Doom eternal the
torture chamber on the left and the hel
spire on the right these figures can be
seen on the fortress of doom
and once again one image is seen holding
the crucible the prophecy of the
crucible is not clearly explained to us
but if it is of demonic origin its true
purpose has been kept a secret through
the ages I also noticed these three
figures share a color scheme similar to
the demon keys for the unmake err in
doom 64 it could be a coincidence or
perhaps they are linked to the unmake ER
or the crucible in some way I also want
to look a bit deeper into the Seraphim
character there's been some theories
that Samer maker could be Samuel Hayden
or someone who contacted Samuel about
the con makers plans with hel both
characters are linked to one voice actor
in the credits sure that's a small thing
but there are more similarities back in
doom 2016 when you meet up with Samuel
he gives you argent energy and he says
this it's a gift take it it will give
you strength help you on your journey in
Doom eternal the seraphim says this I
offer you a gift take it it will give
you strength help you on your journey
you can see both of them deliver the
same message and there's more clues to
this theory when you retrieve Samuel
Hayden's body and bring it back to your
fortress his body has components of
maker technology even an arc scientist
said Samuel s technology was very alien
Samuels body is made up of technology
similar to the Slayers fortress this is
how the con maker was able to take
control and overload the systems it's
possible that one angel amongst them did
not agree with the con makers decision
to form a deal with hell the seraphim
does not show a visible halo so he must
have been within the law ranks or it was
removed at some point it was his sole
decision to form a resistance against
the cons and that meant to bless a
warrior that could stand up to both
demons and angels
aside from Samuel having a lot of
knowledge of the makers sentinels and
demons there is one more connection I
want to bring up while an ER doc Samuel
explains how the con maker struck a deal
with a dark
Lord in exchange for more worlds for
Hell to devour the makers siphoned
energy from the Damned
Samuel then says it is an unholy union
and cannot stand any longer
while it's not clearly stated it's a
theory that the Seraphim also did not
agree with this he wanted to stop it
this led him to bless the Slayer with
incredible speed and strength so now
let's look at something else
why does a maker facility voice call the
Slayer Seraphim well I don't think he is
exactly V seraphim from the past perhaps
the procedure he underwent inside the
divinity machine has done more than we
know there is more evidence to support
this dr. Alan Richardson took blood
samples from the Slayer back on Mars her
results indicate there are foreign
bodies of unknown origin within him so
maybe those foreign bodies got picked up
by the maker facility and it just read
those signatures that belonged to the
actual Seraphim during a mission in
search of the soul spire Samuel says
that no demon has ever set foot on a
dock and no angel ever walked in Hell
her docks dimension is only accessible
to angels so how're demons there later
on well Samuel says that when the con
maker awoke the icon of sin on a dock
this broke the seal between their
dimension and others
now the demons were invading her dock
Paradise has now been shattered the last
thing I want to look at is when Vega
connects to make her technology to
activate a portal back to earth he says
one specific line that stands out system
acquired setting a course for the earth
dimension now I can see now am I the
father dr. Hayden so what does this mean
if we look at the Codex entries it says
that the father was a logical alien
entity that endowed the makers with vast
knowledge and technical ability the
father may have been a singular being
that split to form the maker race or
transferred his incalculable power into
the vast structure known as a dock which
gives birth to con makers every 10,000
years the collective maker consciousness
known as the singularity births a
maker a Supreme Being bound by destiny
to lead all of her doc until the next
Khan is born it's a natural process for
cons to expire over time but here's the
thing in order to give birth to another
Khan the father has to be within a dock
so where his father well according to
the Codex it was stolen by one of their
own
samer maker also known as the Seraphim
it seems this person was trying to do
anything to stop the con maker this is
why the con maker needs argent energy to
stay alive because they cannot creat
another con after her without the father
and as for Vega when he says that line
am I the father it could be that
father's essence was placed within Vega
a long time ago because it can be
transferred into technology it's
possible a Seraphim hid on earth waiting
for the right time there's a lot of
connections between Samuel and the
Seraphim but one theory is that they are
the same person based on these things
their knowledge a voice alien technology
similar to the makers what they say to
the Slayer and motive so that covers a
lot of lore topics within doom eternal
but my favorite topic has got to be
about the crucible prophecy but if you
have any theories or feedback about the
story then feel free to share it with in
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