Something is falling towards you.
Or are you falling towards it?
Only the trusted few…
Every moment matters…
Is this how it’s always been?
Persistence is the key…
You draw deep inside…
Pushed to this place for a reason…
There must be meanings in its roar…
Alpha Lupi.
Bungie Forums, 11th February 2013.
Welcome back Guardians, what you just heard
was a forum post by a Bungie employee calling
themselves Apha Lupi a year before Destiny
was released and this will feature in today’s
video.
On a side note, I do pronounce it Alpha Lupi,
which I will stick with for this video, however
I do know a lot of people pronounce it as
Alpha Lu-pie.
We are also going to look at who Alpha Lupi
is, with further speculation right at the
end and three hidden messages in the Dreams
of Alpha Lupi, which involve, the Traveler,
Rasputin and possibly even the Iron Lords
and Iron Wolves.
There is no artwork this week however stay
tuned because the Xur salted popcorn final
colour final artwork is almost complete.
In fact, by the time this is posted, I may
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this latest Destiny Lore episode.
[INTRO]
Let’s begin with Dreams of Alpha Lupi.
In general, the Dreams of Alpha Lupi detail
the history of the Traveler, from terraforming
planets, the arrival of the Darkness and even
the collapse.
Whilst the Grimorie cards are about the Traveler,
I don’t believe that Alpha Lupi is the Traveler.
I believe Alpha Lupi is somehow connected
to the Traveler and is having visions of the
Traveler’s past.
For example, take Ghost Fragment: The Traveler
grimoire card which reads, “Dreams of Alpha
Lupi.
You have lived as invisibly as possible, flicking
from solar system to solar system, making
grand plans, overseeing the culturing of civilizations,
before leaving in a blink.
But you have no recollection of ever wanting
worship or even thanks from those blessed
by you.
But memory is heavy now.
It feels like lead and neutronium and electroweak
matter fashioned into a moon-sized ball that
you must carry as you move.
Now, your flight is rapid, your vast mind
infected with such dread and toxic doubt that
you find yourself afraid of the simple act
of thought.
And it is your children you must turn to now,
in time of need.”
Without doubt this card is about the Traveler
but is written from the perspective of someone
narrating the Traveler’s history.
If true and Alpha Lupi is an actual character
who has visions/dreams of the Traveler’s
past, it would have to be someone deeply connected
with the Traveler.
The most obvious choice would be the Speaker.
The Speaker has a mysterious connection with
the Traveler, so it would make sense that
he has dreams/visions of the Traveler in an
effort to uncover the past.
Alpha Lupi can also be translated to the Alpha
Wolf, Lupi referring to a constellation known
as “The Wolf”.
Consequently, you may argue that the Speaker
is the leader of this Wolf Pack.
This may also explain why the Crest of Alpha
Lupi is represented by a wolf, however, I
will explain the Crest of Alpha Lupi later
in the video, as it could have another meaning.
Alternatively, you may also argue that Alpha
Lupi translates to the brightest star in the
southern constellation of Lupus, hence Alpha
Lupi is the Traveler, the Traveler is most
representative of a star.
Also, when it says “Dreams of Alpha Lupi”,
you could interpret this as, it is not Alpha
Lupi’s dreams, it is someone dreaming of
Alpha Lupi i.e. it could be the Speaker dreaming
of the Traveler.
I don’t think it really matters at this
stage, who you think Alpha Lupi is, however
I do think that the Alpha Lupi cards contain
some very big plot twists in Destiny’s future.
The first is about why the Traveler came to
Earth, the second is about Rasputin and the
third is about the Iron Lords or the Iron
wolves.
The first potential secrete of the Traveler’s
past, is that the Traveler was pushed or lured
to our solar system intentionally by someone
or something.
Previously, we have believed that the Traveler
was just fleeing the Darkness/Oryx and by
chance entered our system, just like all the
other previous civilisations the Traveler
had visited.
The evidence that someone wanted the Traveler
to come to our specific system is relatively
convoluted so I will summarise.
There are currently 11 grimoire cards that
detail the “Dreams of Alpha Lupi” however
what you may not know, is that 7 of the 11
grimoire cards were released a year before
Destiny was even playable.
On the 11th of February 2013, an account named
Alpha Lupi started posting on the Bungie Forums.
The account was assumed to be controlled by
Bungie as part of a marketing campaign.
Its avatar was a stylised version of the symbol
for “Fourier Transform pairs” which was
a clue necessary to solve the future online
puzzles posted by Alpha Lupi.
The Alpha Lupi account posted a link to alphalupi.bungie.net
which contained a series of convoluted puzzles.
I will leave a link to the Destiny Wiki page
which details how all of these puzzles were
solved
However, after solving all of the puzzles
the audience was presented with a mosaic of
seven verses from the Dreams of Alpha Lupi.
The verses in the mosaic are exactly the same
as the verses in the Grimoire cards, these
include, Ghost Fragment: Moon, Ghost Fragment:
Mars, Ghost Fragment: Mercury, Ghost Fragment:
Jupiter, Ghost Fragment: Venus, Ghost Fragment:
Saturn, Ghost Fragment: Earth.
However, there was one exception, all verses
from the online puzzles read exactly the same
as the grimoire cards except one, Ghost Fragment:
Saturn.
The puzzle verses online, reads slightly differently
and contains some additional lines than the
grimoire cards.
I have highlighted the additional lines not
scene in the grimoire card in red.
It reads,
“You have been pushed to this place, for
a reason.
A cold giant shows its night face to you.
Distant moons slide past; icy little comets
enslaved by a splendid master.
The lightning bolts and high clouds are swept
away, and then you burrow into a sea of liquid
hydrogen that boils out of the long gash.
You put yourself on the perfect trajectory,
and for a fraction of an instant you allow
yourself the luxury of confidence.
Eyes that never close gaze everywhere and
at everything.
You see them in their hiding places.
And they can see you, too.”
The removed line “You have been pushed to
this place, for a reason” hints that the
Traveler did not incidentally land in our
solar system whilst fleeing the Darkness/Oryx,
but someone intended the Traveler to end up
here, whether that is Oryx, the Darkness,
the worms or something else, someone pushed
the Traveler to our system on purpose.
Interestingly, this idea that the Traveler
was pushed into our solar system and not necessarily
just fleeing the Darkness or Oryx is reinforced
in the Ghost Fragment: The Traveler 2 grimoire
card.
This card is also a verse from Dreams of Alpha
Lupi, however was not released with the 7
original Dreams in the online puzzles.
It reads, “Dreams of Alpha Lupi.
This has been such a long chase.
This will be the place you will fight.
Fight and win.
But do you really know why you go where you
go, and where this journey is taking you?
The chase leads you where you need to be,
you believe.
Unless...you are being pushed.”
Who pushed the Traveler and why they pushed
the Traveler to our system, we do not know,
however I believe we are made to question
whether this has been a part of someone’s
grand plan all along.
Maybe one of Oryx’s sisters predicted our
system’s potential to defeat Oryx and lead
the Traveler here.
Summarising, the first secret that the Dreams
of Alpha Lupi holds is that the Traveler was
pushed to our syste.
Let’s now move onto what I believe is the
second secret of the Dreams of Alpha Lupi;
Rasputin stole something extremely important
from the Traveler.
For this speculation to be true, you have
to believe that Rasputin stopped the Traveler
from fleeing Earth.
So let me briefly recap the Ghost Fragment
Rasputin 5 grimoire card.
It reads “If available ISR and WARWATCH
indicates imminent [O] departure >then [O]
departure compromises human/neohuman survival
and epoch strategy”…
“Perform deniable authorization: full caedometric
and noetic release.
Prevent [O] departure by any means available.”
Obviously, I believe that the symbol used,
the square brackets with a circle, represents
the Traveler and that Rasputin prevented the
Traveler from leaving forcing it to make guardians
to defend itself and Earth.
If you believe this to be true, the Dreams
of Alpha cards, specifically the Ghost Fragment:
The Traveler 3 implies that Rasputin did something
more than just stop the Traveler from leaving.
It reads, “Dreams of Alpha Lupi.
The knife had a million blades.
And you were giant, powerful and swift.
But the knife pinned you.
Cut your godly flesh away.
Very little was left, you are sure, because
you feel insignificant now.
The hard slick heart of your soul: That is
what remains.
A body small as a river stone, and just as
simple.
You picture yourself as a piece of indigestible
grit, a nameless nothing hiding among other
nameless stones.
Perhaps you glitter like a gem, yes.
Pride makes you hope so.
If only you could see yourself.
But you have no eyes.
Not the dimmest sense survives.
What lives is memory, and what slim portion
of these thoughts can you trust?
The knife stole much more than your body.”
If this card is in fact speaking about Rasputin,
pinning the Traveler down, it seems that Rasputin
has taken something else from the Traveler,
“The Knife stole much more than your body.”
It even implies that Rasputin has tampered
with the memory of the Traveler, “What lives
is memory, and what slim portion of these
thoughts can you trust?”
Like always, there is always an alternative
meaning, you may consider the reference to
the Knife that pinned the Traveler, as Oryx/Darkness,
not Rasputin.
The Taken grimoire cards seem to reinforce
this, as they almost always mention a knife
transforming the beings.
Either way, I don’t think we truly understand
the damage the Traveler has suffered during
the collapse, we don’t understand why the
Traveler has not healed and if anyone is controlling
the Traveler.
Summarising again, Dreams of Alpha Lupi may
indicate that the Traveler was pushed to our
system by someone/something intentionally
and Rasputin stole something from the Traveler
and may have even tampered with it’s memory.
Lastly, I want to talk about what everyone
has probably been thinking, does this involve,
the Iron Lords, Iron Wolves or even SIVA.
Is it just a coincidence that the Crest of
Alpha Lupi is represented by a wolf which
is strikingly similar to the wolves on the
Iron Banner logo.
Don’t forget that the Crest of Alpha Lupi
also features on the Gjallarhorn.
A weapon made from the armour of the fallen
guardians during the Battle of Six Fronts.
So we know that Alpha Lupi at least dates
back to the Battle of Six Fronts, however
it would need to date even further back to
be associated with the Iron Lords.
But also don’t forget the Iron gjallarwing
which will be released with the rise of iron
dlc.
This is highly speculative, however, The Crest
of Alpha Lupi for Titans could be used as
evidence to support the Iron Lords/Iron Wolves
involvement with Alpha Lupi.
It reads, “Whoever survives our passing
does so only by our consent.”
This is referring to a group of people, not
one individual and also indicates that this
group has passed.
I can’t help but think this is a reference
to the Iron Lords.
However, when we go and read the Hunter Crest
of Alpha Lupi, it almost contradicts the Titan
piece.
It reads, “You've heard every last tale
of the wolf by now.
None of them are true.
You are the wolf.”
It is almost like, nope, they did not exist,
just tales, you are the wolf.
Now, here is the kicker, maybe the Iron Lords/Iron
Wolves discovered something greater than the
Traveler.
You all know that Warlocks do not have a Crest
of Alpha Lupi, however, they do have a helmet
with the same perks, called Light Beyond Nemesis.
What you will also notice, is the wings on
light beyond Nemesis are the same as the Wings
on the Crest of Alpha Lupi.
The item description reads, “These are the
wings of pratiya-samutpada, the truth of interconnectedness.
The everywhere Light.”
Who or what is pratiya-samutpada?
Which I apologise, I am sure I pronounce that
incorrectly.
It is a Buddhism term that translates to dependent
origination or dependent arising, meaning
that all things are dependent on something
else, “if this exists, that exists, if this
cease to exist, that ceases to exist.”
In the context of Destiny, I interpret this
as, there cannot light without dark, there
cannot be the Sky without the Deep, there
cannot be guardians without an enemy.
Maybe, Alpha Lupi is not the Speaker, or the
Traveler or anything to do with the Iron Wolves,
but someone, something greater, greater than
the light, greater than the Dark, something
that has orchestrated everything thus far.
A being that insists on a cosmic balance between
light and dark.
The Alpha Wolf.
The brightest star in the sky.
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