Whats popping gamers? So the general story
of underlords is that mama eeb got killed,
and white spire is at war and needs someone
new to run it. But before we dig more into
mama eeb and the new characters the underlords,
what is white spire exactly?
While information is scarce, we do already
know a little bit about it from dota 2 and
artifact. The key heroes here are 2 heroes
who aren’t even in underlords, mireska the
dark willow and meepo. From dota 2 we know
that dark willow is the daughter of a merchant
king. The keyword is merchant king, because
in the nation revtel theres 3 – lord sunbreeze
who is dark willows father, the brass herald
of iron fog, and kwerthias of slom. 3 societies
and merchant kings all known for being shady
in each their way. (revtel investments)
Ok but so like I said, the information about
the particular place white spire has been
up until now very limited. Its only mentioned
in meepos artifact lore and some voice lines
in dota 2, so it was a little difficult to
tie underlords into the dotaverse and place
it. But then, I took another look at the revtel
signet ring. “Three nations collectively
make up The Merchant Kingdom of Revtel. And
while each of the Merchant Kings is recognized
as sovereign within their own lands, in the
Revtel capital, each are equal.” This made
me aware of a new clue that would lead my
to my conclusion. Im possibly wrong, but im
100% convinced this capital is white spire.
Because the revtel signet ring says that each
are equal in the capital, and I don’t think
that’s indeliberate. because if you look
at the portraits in underlords of the characters
on the left, they are all very different,
and have both a fairy and a robot looking
thing, and a human. so other than the 3 kingdoms
ruled by each their merchant king, there is
another place, the capital, called white spire,
where everyone is equal. Where according to
dota 2 voice lines people bet at courier races.
For anyone who played dota autochess, you
will know that initially, it was sort of a
courier race battle royale. Everyone played
as each their courier. But in underlords,
you now have these new unique characters.
And these courier races in white spire is
a very important piece of evidence of why
it’s the capital of revtel, because look
at the card payday. In it bounty is talking
about revtel. we know both bh and dw from
the card art, have partaken in courier races
in white spire. But that is not my evidence.
What really convinced me was the fact that
this card used to be called something different
and have a different artwork. This is day
at the track. Now why would bh be talking
about revtel on an illustration of white spire?
Because white spire is the capital. Its not
within either of the merchant kingdoms, its
between all of them like a hub of degeneracy.
Okay, so now that we know what whitespire
is, lets talk about momma eeb and the 10 new
characters. Meepo from dota 2 and artifact
is the only one who has mentioned mama eeb
before underlords, and they have in the past
taken a loan from her to bet on the courier
races of white spire. They expressed concern
that if they cant pay her back she will mess
you up, so we know eeb was a badass. This,
among other things from artifact such as the
assassination of kwerthias, is evidence that
underlords is between artifact and dota 2
in the timeline of the dotaverse. Because
in underlords, mama eeb is dead and white
spire needs a new leader. And now we finally
arrive at the candidates, the underlords.
While we can only see 8 of them to the left,
there is actually 10 different characters
mentioned in hero lores. Anessix, jull, enno,
hobgen, wren, grek, turath, quiet, o’nia
and carl. And im sorry to disappoint you,
but carl isn’t invoker. I will talk about
them in this order, because it’s the order
in which we have the most information, and
the further I get down the list it will be
more and more speculation. Theres a few patterns
ive noticed. First of all that they all have
very distinct personalities, and second of
all that their allied dota heroes fit with
their personalities. Ive also noticed that
some characters have a very clear alliance
that they favor, which maybe can be a hint
of what underlords will look like in the future
when you get to choose an underlord and maybe
get a bonus to for example demons or fire
units. So lets start from the top.
Anessix is one of the four who we see on the
homepage, and she is a demon. She is referred
to as the mistress of secrets, and among her
hero allies are qop, sf, tb, doom, necro,
and maybe razor and warlock. Its clear she
is not just a demon, she is also allied with
them, as well as the court of ristul. In one
lore snippet she is referred to as an earthbound
demon, which could mean she is something similar
to qop. Was summoned once from hell, and is
now stuck on earth. Shes not close friends
with qop, but they know eachother, which I
think is really cool. She is mad at warlock
for not keeping his mouth shut, so it could
be they aren’t allies. But if they are,
its possible that she will give a bonus to
the demon and warlock alliances, since she
is affiliated with necrophos. Keywords for
annessix is a demon with secrets.
Jull is also one of the four, and he is very
likely of the same kind as tusk. This is even
more evident by the fact that they knew eachother
in the past. His other allies include slark
and slardar, and maybe cm. this means that
he is probably allied to people from the cold
regions, including icewrack and cobalt, and
also if my speculations about creys placement
is correct, he is also allied with the sunken
cities. This means the slithereen and walrusbears.
I think it could mean a bonus to the scaly
alliance, which used to be called naga in
dota auto chess, despite medusa not being
a slithereen. And also slardar, slark and
tidehunter kind of don’t get along, so theres
a few problems with this. I think he will
probably have more bonuses than just scaly,
maybe to ice-specific units, but with the
few hints we have this is the only theory
I have. But one last thing about jull: I think
he might be in the shipping industry. Or more
specifically, a smuggler. He is from the north
and sea, and has been concerned about sand
king destroying his tunnels underhground,
and fantasizing about transporting goods in
gyrocopters ship. he is also a bootlegger,
which means distributing alcohol illegally.
So instead of smuggling weed, maybe he smuggles
whiskey? I don’t know. Either way, keywords
for jull is walrusbear whiskey gangster. If
you wanna know more about the north and the
sunken cities, watch my dota geography series.
Enno, who is actually called kessen, is the
one of the four who says the least. He apparently
rules all pickpockets and scavengers. Im unable
to identify what he is exactly, because he
doenst look like any creature ive seen in
the dotaverse thus far. And trust me, ive
looked at every courier and animal in every
dota 2 landscape. But what we do know is that
he is an ally of nature. His allied heroes
include tiny, beastmaster, natures prophet,
treant protector and probably enchantress
and maybe lone druid. He never speaks in the
hero lore snippets, but the other underlords
talk about him, often with distain. While
jull and annessix for instance seem to have
some respect for eachother, everyone seems
to think kessen is a little turd. and hobgen
even called timbersaw specifically to cut
trees. But he is of course my favorite, as
a fellow treehugger, And contrarian. I think
he will probably give a bonus to druids, but
since tiny and beastmaster have no alliance
in common its hard to tell what else he might
do. Maybe something specific with healing
or summoning? Another interesting thing about
kessen is that he is known as the king of
the warrens, which means literally interconnecting
rabbit burrows. So maybe he controls a bunch
of small thieves who pop out of holes and
steal and scavenge? A different meaning of
warrens though, is a densiley populated building
or district. So idk, interpret it as you like.
Keywords for kessen, who is not actually called
enno, is pickpocket vegan.
Hobgen, the smug high school anime villain,
is the last of the 4, and was momma eebs most
feared lieutenant. He is a fairy, the same
kind as dark willow and her father lord sunbreeze,
and so he is likely from the same place as
them. speaking of, hobgen is actually in love
with dark willow. Wether its her charming
accent or the fact that she burned her fathers
estate down, hobgen has eyes for her only.
Its hard to say exactly what his type is though,
because he is also crushing on medusa. Hobgen
is a pyromaniac and arsonist, which is obvious
when you look at his allies. Batrider, lina,
alchemist, techies, chaos knight, witch doctor
and puck. Most of them are mischievous agents
of chaos just like hobgen, and puck is likely
his ally cus they are both faes. Hobgen talks
a lot and loves everythin fire and chaos.
He is like a beautiful mix of dark willow
and batrider, and it comes as no suprize that
he has a lot of love for both of them. keywords
for him is chaotic arsonist fairy smug anime
villain.
Wren is the first character of the 10 we don’t
know exactly what looks like. But I have my
theories. If you look at all the images to
the left ingame, theres a female human character.
And wren has a lot of human allies, as well
as being a very important character. So I
doubt she isn’t one of the 8 we have images
of, and I also doubt she is the robot looking
femoid. Yes, she is extremely important, because
she is no less than mama eebs daughter, and
seeks revenge for her death. 2 of her allies
also seem to have known eeb, because she asks
kunkka and lycan to help her avenge her mother.
lycan is particularily interesting, because
his father was killed by none other than the
late king of slom, kwerthias. While not mentioned
in the lore in underlords, beastmaster is
also likely to wrens ally, as he partook in
the assassination of kwerthias. He set the
kings animals free, while phantom assassin
killed him during the chaos. Other allies
include axe, windrunner, disruptor, dragon
knight, mirana and templar assassin. So other
than ta, axe and disruptor, she seems to only
have human looking allies. Windrunner is interesting,
because if that really is wren in the pic,
they look similar. I don’t know if that
means anything, and I doubt they are related,
because they met while wren was out and about
traveling. Wren is the captain of a motley
crew, which means a crew of very different
individuals. Here they likely refer to her
allies, who other than being humanoid are
very different. She is also a friend of dragon
hold, which is likely where dragon knight
is from. This makes me suspect she will give
bonuses to humans and maybe dragons. Also
maybe brawny, and perhaps elusive. Templar
assassin and wren both like traveling, so
I can see why they like eachother. So keywords
for wren is momma eebs wanderlusty daughter.
Grek is another we don’t have a picture
of, but I think he is most likely the troll
looking fellow. He is a scammy, scummy, histrionic
piece of shit, so he would probably be a youtuber
if he lived in our world today. He is a snake
oil salesman, which means he sells crap that
he is fully aware of is a scam. He also has
a show, in which he regrets allowing keens
to have the opening act. He also notes that
people love blood, so maybe it’s the type
of show we have seen in the monkey king comic?
2 people fighting? Or maybe just a violent
play? He also seems to be very charismatic,
which is fitting for show biz. His allies
include bloodseeker, drow ranger, shadow shaman,
juggernaut, luna, medusa and maybe sniper.
I don’t see a clear pattern in the alliances
of his picks, so idk what bonus he would give.
Keywords for grek is conartist show man.
Turath is very mysterious, and so this is
100% gut feeling. But I think he is the fellow
with the impressive facial hair. To me he
looks like some sort of slithereen maybe,
but he could be anything. If he was from the
sunken cities or icewrack I think there would
have been more interaction between him and
jull, and he would favor heroes that align
with that. So I think he, like enno, is something
we maybe haven’t seen before. He is described
as the cryptic prophet, destroyer of light,
and tyler estate refugee, so he is likely
a wizard of sorts, and the bad kind. His allies
are all heroes that in dota 2 are either not
of this planet, plane or universe, possesses
strong faith in the divine, or has completely
messed up their appearance and powers with
evil magic. They include lich, venomancer,
morphling, arc warden, enigma and omni knight.
One interesting thing about him is that antimage
is chasing him, and he is a tyler estate refugee.
The tyler estate is the prison in weeping
rose for dark magicians who have abused magic,
and antimage works for them to track down
criminals. Jull has also said that he needs
to fgind out if cm is here for him or turath.
Wether he means as an ally or enemy I don’t
know, but to me it seems like he means that
cm is hunting either one or both of them.
that makes sense, as cm helps the sapphire
conclave in hunting down mages who abuse their
powers outside of weeping rose. My theory
is that cm for that reason is the enemy of
both jull and turath, and that they are both
from the north, which exaplins turaths appearance
after all. I think turath is very interesting,
and I cant wait to get to know more about
him. He seems to favor primordials, maybe
warlocks, and maybe mages. The keywords for
him is mysterious evil wizard.
Quiet is almost definitely the femanoid robotic
character we see to the left. We don’t know
much about her, but we do know some things
about iron fog, which is likely where she
is from. By likely I mean almost definitely.
She has said to viper that she too knows what
its like to be a slave, and iron fog is known
for using slavery as labor force. She is referred
to as a heretical automaton, which suggests
that maybe automaton is the name of her race.
It also suggests that she has rebelled against
iron fog and the merchant king the brass herald,
as she is heretical and she talks about slavery
being in her past. She also tells troll warlord
she is efficient and relentless, probably
here just because robots are. she seems to
be allied with clockwerk, and clock, among
other keens such as tinker, and the entire
alliance inventors, are in general very robotic.
So I think she will probably give a bonus
to inventors. Keywords for quiet is former
slave robot girl.
O’nia is likely not one of the 8 we have
pics of. If she is, she is the one I assigned
to wren, the humanoid with the hat. She is
a banished merchant of revtel, which makes
sense because 1. She seems like an asshole,
and 2. She seems to know how to be efficient
with money and investments. She is definitely
wealthy, and also very paranoid. She is concerned
about solk, the society of likeminded keenfolk,
which is an organization founded by sniper
and mazzie from artifact, which seeks to unite
keens. She is also afraid of getting assassinated
by phantom assassin, since PA assassinated
kwerthias, the merchant king of slom. This
worries her, because o’nia is probably an
unethical merchant, similarily evil and scummy
like kwerthias, the brass herald and lord
sunbreeze. Why she got banished though, I
have no idea. Her allies include bounty hunter,
ogre magi, and abbadon. Abbadon likely because
he is from the house of avernus, which is
likely residing in revtel. and wealthy merchants
likes important families. I don’t know.
Also have no clue what her bonus would be,
maybe to gold in some way? Keywords for o’nia
is wealthy unethical merchant.
Carl we know very little about. He is only
mentioned in 2 hero texts, viper and pudge.
But in both he seems to be a tailor. He wants
to make a coat out of viper, and he seems
to be friends with pudge. I think he might
be a zombie from the fields of endless carnage,
very similar to pudge. Maybe him and pudge
has worked together in the past, where pudge
has butchered bodies, and then carl makes
clothing from their skins? No idea. But I
think he will probably favor the heartless
alliance, since it was called undead in dota
autochess. This would be a bit ironic though,
since necrophos who is heartless, is part
of the reason why the fields of endless carnage
was purged by the faithful of the rumusque
religion. Wether this happened before or after
underlords I don’t know, but my guess is
after. Keywords for carl is undead tailor.
So that’s all the 10 underlords. And after
thinking a little bit, what I think each underlord
will determine when you pick them, is what
alliance items you get. If you for example
take anessix, you will get the demon and warlock
items, and if you take enno, you maybe get
the druid, savage or summons ones. Maybe if
you take o’nia you will get items that affect
your gold specifically, rather than a particular
alliance. Maybe you don’t get the items
up front, but they are the ones which are
offered to you? Who knows. That’s just my
speculation. If im right, then picking quiet
might give you the assassin item, and enno
the shaman one, because they are mentioned
in the items lore text.
By the way I have no clue who zenok the white
spire fence is. it’s the one narrating the
items, and for that reason I assume its just
underlords shopkeeper, like the big guy in
dota 2 and jolixia in artifact. Theres also
the one mentioned in dragon knights lore,
called Kaden. No idea who that is, but he
might be the leader of dragon hold, which
we also know nothing about.
Now before I end the video, I just have one
more thing. In my call to arms video about
revtel I said that weeping rose is the capital
of revtel, and then in the next call to arms
episode I said how that is incorrect. But
I never really gave a proper explanation of
what was incorrect, and what instead is. so
here it is, in case you want it cleared up.
So what I said in my revtel video, was that
first of all weeping rose is the kingdom that
lord sunbreeze rules over, and second of all
that it is the capital of revtel. but then
steve jaros, the writer of the dotaverse,
corrected me in an email – weeping rose
is not in revtel. After looking back at the
lore, I realized that 1. Lord sunbreeze is
not the king of weeping rose, we don’t actually
know what the fairy kingdom is called. And
2. That even if it was, it would not be the
capital, because the capital is neither of
the 3 big kingdoms ruled by the merchant kings.
So weeping rose and the tyler estate is independent
of, and has nothing to do with revtel, white
spire and the merchant kings. For this reason
I will probably remake episode 3 and 4 in
the future, but until then, I hope this explained
it better. Feel free to ask if youre confused.
Ok so that’s it for all we know about the
underlore so far, I will definitely make more
lore vids about this game as the game evolves,
so I hope to see you around for that. I have
many other lore videos about the dotaverse
on my channel, so if you like lore and wanna
understand every detail about dota, make sure
to check them out!
Thanks for watching, have a wonderful day.
peace
