07:53 | Don’t fall now, Sam. Just keep walking.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
04:12 | You’d think by now I’d be used to this silence.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
06:12 | Mountains don’t care if you’re tired.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
02:24 | Step by step, strand by strand.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
1:57:08 | In the silence after the blade, I hear her voice.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:33:36 | The dead have longer memories than men.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:12:58 | Vengeance is colder than the mountain.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:10:32 | Honor died the night my family did. Fire taught me the language of loss.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:34:15 | I was a child once. The war forgot. Ghosts follow me because I made them.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
3:17 | We don’t run from the Darkness. We rise through it.
The game begins in the 28th Century where a Ghost is searching among the detritus of Old Russia until it finds and resurrects the player's Guardian, who had been killed in an ancient battle—upon resurrection, Guardians have no memories of their past. Ghost then guides the Guardian to a jump ship and they take it to the Tower. There, they meet the Speaker, who briefs them about the Darkness. The Guardian is then tasked to probe the nearby Cosmodrome, where humanity used to launch its forays into outer space, fending off Fallen enemies and eventually the Hive, who were thought to have been confined to the Moon.
The Guardian discovers that an old Russian Warmind called Rasputin, an AI built to defend Earth, is still alive and acting with unknown intent. The Guardian also tracks down codes to raise an ancient Array to connect it to long-lost colonies throughout the Solar System, that Rasputin uses to spread its influence to other parts of the system. They then set off to the Moon in search of a lost Guardian who was looking for a way into the Hive fortress. After locating his corpse and dead Ghost, the player's Guardian's Ghost discovers that the Hive are raising an army and plan to invade Earth.
The Guardian quickly sets about disrupting their efforts, including shutting down a ritual that the Hive were using to drain power from the Traveler using a piece of the Traveler (which the guardian frees, allowing it to return to the Traveler), and destroying a powerful weapon called the Sword of Crota, and severing their long-distance communications. Around this time, the Guardian is contacted by the Exo Stranger, a mysterious woman who summons them to Venus to face a new enemy, the Vex.
When the Guardian arrives on Venus, the Exo Stranger describes the Vex as an evil so dark it despises other evil. She tells them about the Black Garden, a city where the Vex are born, and implores the Guardian to find it and rip out its heart, as it is the only way the Traveler will begin to heal. Ghost says that they need to speak to the Awoken, who lurk out in the Reef (the asteroid belt) and refuse to take sides in the galaxy's wars. The Exo Stranger then leaves, as she did not have time to explain things further.
Once the Guardian arrives at the Reef, they meet the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov, and her brother, Prince Uldren Sov, who tells the Guardian that they will help them locate the Black Garden if they bring them the head of a Vex Gate Lord. The Guardian travels back to Venus, where they uncover the Archive, which reveals secrets about the Vex, including the location of a place called the Vault of Glass, and pathways across the galaxy. After defeating Draksis, a Fallen Kell of the House of Winter, the Guardian confronts the Vex Gate Lord, claims its head, and returns to the Queen, who tells them to take its eye to the Meridian Bay on Mars, where it can be used to enter the Black Garden.
After arriving on Mars in the Meridian Bay, Ghost informs the Guardian of its inhabitants. The Cabal have been trying to break the encryption on the Vex Gate with only limited success, but they do control many of the places that the Guardian needs to visit on Mars thanks to their Exclusion Zone, which nobody had ever penetrated. The player's Guardian becomes the first to penetrate the Exclusion Zone and heads to the Garden's Spire, which charges the Gate Lord's eye.
They also travel to the Buried City, the birthplace of many technological wonders where they discover an AI that used to be linked to the Warmind of Mars, but, after the activation of the Array, is now controlled by Rasputin. With the Vex now present on Mars, the Guardian finds out what they are doing; they are returning to their home, the Black Garden.
The Guardian then sets off to the Black Garden. After going through a teleporter, they find themselves in a place that is not on any map of known space and time. After several battles, the Guardian reaches the heart of the Black Garden, which the Vex appear to be worshipping. The heart summons three Sol Progeny— a group of Vex units called Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind. After defeating the three Sol Progeny, the heart is destroyed, returning the Guardian and the Garden itself to Mars and lifting the shroud of Darkness from the Traveler back on Earth, allowing it to begin healing.
At the Tower, the Speaker addresses gathered Guardians in a celebratory speech. Over in the nearby hangar, though, the player's Guardian converses with the Exo Stranger, who says that the fight is far from over.
The heart of the Black Garden may have been destroyed, but on Venus, the Vault of glass suddenly reopens. A team of Guardians decide to investigate the mysterious Vault of Glass ("Vault of Glass" raid), described as the "Vex underworld" by the Ishtar Collective. The Vault is a realm where the Vex can control reality, and even erase people from existence. This power is used by the most powerful denizens within the vault: a Vex sub-race called the Gorgons, a powerful Vex mind called the Templar, and Atheon, Time's Conflux.
Both Atheon and the Templar utilize machines called Oracles to do so. While these powers do not extend to outside the Vault, its enigmatic nature has lured countless Guardians to their doom— the most infamous being the ill-fated fireteam of Kabr, the Legionless, which consisted of himself, Future War Cult Warlock Praedyth, and well-known hunter Pahanin. Pahanin was the only member to make it out alive; Praedyth was forever lost in the dark corners of time, and Kabr drank the radiolaria of the Oracles, and was turned into a Vex.
However, in Kabr's last moments, he used his Light to close the Vault and leave behind an artifact, the Aegis, to help any other Guardians daring enough to follow in his footsteps. The new fireteam of Guardians make their descent, and attempt to succeed where Kabr and his fireteam failed. Using the Aegis, the Guardians manage to defeat the Templar and its Oracles. They then successfully traverse the Gorgon's labyrinth undetected before finally reaching Atheon, Time's Conflux.
A central figure of the Vex Conflux network, Atheon is able to send Guardians into the distant past or future at will, and summons versions of Vex from the past and future to aid him. The Vex mind is also capable of summoning Oracles like the Templar, and attempts to erase the new Fireteam from existence. However, despite the astronomical odds, the Guardians fight their way through time, destroy the Oracles, and defeat Atheon, eliminating a major Vex threat.
10:42 | The Light chose us. It’s up to us to prove it right.
The game begins in the 28th Century where a Ghost is searching among the detritus of Old Russia until it finds and resurrects the player's Guardian, who had been killed in an ancient battle—upon resurrection, Guardians have no memories of their past. Ghost then guides the Guardian to a jump ship and they take it to the Tower. There, they meet the Speaker, who briefs them about the Darkness. The Guardian is then tasked to probe the nearby Cosmodrome, where humanity used to launch its forays into outer space, fending off Fallen enemies and eventually the Hive, who were thought to have been confined to the Moon.
The Guardian discovers that an old Russian Warmind called Rasputin, an AI built to defend Earth, is still alive and acting with unknown intent. The Guardian also tracks down codes to raise an ancient Array to connect it to long-lost colonies throughout the Solar System, that Rasputin uses to spread its influence to other parts of the system. They then set off to the Moon in search of a lost Guardian who was looking for a way into the Hive fortress. After locating his corpse and dead Ghost, the player's Guardian's Ghost discovers that the Hive are raising an army and plan to invade Earth.
The Guardian quickly sets about disrupting their efforts, including shutting down a ritual that the Hive were using to drain power from the Traveler using a piece of the Traveler (which the guardian frees, allowing it to return to the Traveler), and destroying a powerful weapon called the Sword of Crota, and severing their long-distance communications. Around this time, the Guardian is contacted by the Exo Stranger, a mysterious woman who summons them to Venus to face a new enemy, the Vex.
When the Guardian arrives on Venus, the Exo Stranger describes the Vex as an evil so dark it despises other evil. She tells them about the Black Garden, a city where the Vex are born, and implores the Guardian to find it and rip out its heart, as it is the only way the Traveler will begin to heal. Ghost says that they need to speak to the Awoken, who lurk out in the Reef (the asteroid belt) and refuse to take sides in the galaxy's wars. The Exo Stranger then leaves, as she did not have time to explain things further.
Once the Guardian arrives at the Reef, they meet the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov, and her brother, Prince Uldren Sov, who tells the Guardian that they will help them locate the Black Garden if they bring them the head of a Vex Gate Lord. The Guardian travels back to Venus, where they uncover the Archive, which reveals secrets about the Vex, including the location of a place called the Vault of Glass, and pathways across the galaxy. After defeating Draksis, a Fallen Kell of the House of Winter, the Guardian confronts the Vex Gate Lord, claims its head, and returns to the Queen, who tells them to take its eye to the Meridian Bay on Mars, where it can be used to enter the Black Garden.
After arriving on Mars in the Meridian Bay, Ghost informs the Guardian of its inhabitants. The Cabal have been trying to break the encryption on the Vex Gate with only limited success, but they do control many of the places that the Guardian needs to visit on Mars thanks to their Exclusion Zone, which nobody had ever penetrated. The player's Guardian becomes the first to penetrate the Exclusion Zone and heads to the Garden's Spire, which charges the Gate Lord's eye.
They also travel to the Buried City, the birthplace of many technological wonders where they discover an AI that used to be linked to the Warmind of Mars, but, after the activation of the Array, is now controlled by Rasputin. With the Vex now present on Mars, the Guardian finds out what they are doing; they are returning to their home, the Black Garden.
The Guardian then sets off to the Black Garden. After going through a teleporter, they find themselves in a place that is not on any map of known space and time. After several battles, the Guardian reaches the heart of the Black Garden, which the Vex appear to be worshipping. The heart summons three Sol Progeny— a group of Vex units called Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind. After defeating the three Sol Progeny, the heart is destroyed, returning the Guardian and the Garden itself to Mars and lifting the shroud of Darkness from the Traveler back on Earth, allowing it to begin healing.
At the Tower, the Speaker addresses gathered Guardians in a celebratory speech. Over in the nearby hangar, though, the player's Guardian converses with the Exo Stranger, who says that the fight is far from over.
The heart of the Black Garden may have been destroyed, but on Venus, the Vault of glass suddenly reopens. A team of Guardians decide to investigate the mysterious Vault of Glass ("Vault of Glass" raid), described as the "Vex underworld" by the Ishtar Collective. The Vault is a realm where the Vex can control reality, and even erase people from existence. This power is used by the most powerful denizens within the vault: a Vex sub-race called the Gorgons, a powerful Vex mind called the Templar, and Atheon, Time's Conflux.
Both Atheon and the Templar utilize machines called Oracles to do so. While these powers do not extend to outside the Vault, its enigmatic nature has lured countless Guardians to their doom— the most infamous being the ill-fated fireteam of Kabr, the Legionless, which consisted of himself, Future War Cult Warlock Praedyth, and well-known hunter Pahanin. Pahanin was the only member to make it out alive; Praedyth was forever lost in the dark corners of time, and Kabr drank the radiolaria of the Oracles, and was turned into a Vex.
However, in Kabr's last moments, he used his Light to close the Vault and leave behind an artifact, the Aegis, to help any other Guardians daring enough to follow in his footsteps. The new fireteam of Guardians make their descent, and attempt to succeed where Kabr and his fireteam failed. Using the Aegis, the Guardians manage to defeat the Templar and its Oracles. They then successfully traverse the Gorgon's labyrinth undetected before finally reaching Atheon, Time's Conflux.
A central figure of the Vex Conflux network, Atheon is able to send Guardians into the distant past or future at will, and summons versions of Vex from the past and future to aid him. The Vex mind is also capable of summoning Oracles like the Templar, and attempts to erase the new Fireteam from existence. However, despite the astronomical odds, the Guardians fight their way through time, destroy the Oracles, and defeat Atheon, eliminating a major Vex threat.
11:00 | Legends aren’t born. They respawn.
The game begins in the 28th Century where a Ghost is searching among the detritus of Old Russia until it finds and resurrects the player's Guardian, who had been killed in an ancient battle—upon resurrection, Guardians have no memories of their past. Ghost then guides the Guardian to a jump ship and they take it to the Tower. There, they meet the Speaker, who briefs them about the Darkness. The Guardian is then tasked to probe the nearby Cosmodrome, where humanity used to launch its forays into outer space, fending off Fallen enemies and eventually the Hive, who were thought to have been confined to the Moon.
The Guardian discovers that an old Russian Warmind called Rasputin, an AI built to defend Earth, is still alive and acting with unknown intent. The Guardian also tracks down codes to raise an ancient Array to connect it to long-lost colonies throughout the Solar System, that Rasputin uses to spread its influence to other parts of the system. They then set off to the Moon in search of a lost Guardian who was looking for a way into the Hive fortress. After locating his corpse and dead Ghost, the player's Guardian's Ghost discovers that the Hive are raising an army and plan to invade Earth.
The Guardian quickly sets about disrupting their efforts, including shutting down a ritual that the Hive were using to drain power from the Traveler using a piece of the Traveler (which the guardian frees, allowing it to return to the Traveler), and destroying a powerful weapon called the Sword of Crota, and severing their long-distance communications. Around this time, the Guardian is contacted by the Exo Stranger, a mysterious woman who summons them to Venus to face a new enemy, the Vex.
When the Guardian arrives on Venus, the Exo Stranger describes the Vex as an evil so dark it despises other evil. She tells them about the Black Garden, a city where the Vex are born, and implores the Guardian to find it and rip out its heart, as it is the only way the Traveler will begin to heal. Ghost says that they need to speak to the Awoken, who lurk out in the Reef (the asteroid belt) and refuse to take sides in the galaxy's wars. The Exo Stranger then leaves, as she did not have time to explain things further.
Once the Guardian arrives at the Reef, they meet the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov, and her brother, Prince Uldren Sov, who tells the Guardian that they will help them locate the Black Garden if they bring them the head of a Vex Gate Lord. The Guardian travels back to Venus, where they uncover the Archive, which reveals secrets about the Vex, including the location of a place called the Vault of Glass, and pathways across the galaxy. After defeating Draksis, a Fallen Kell of the House of Winter, the Guardian confronts the Vex Gate Lord, claims its head, and returns to the Queen, who tells them to take its eye to the Meridian Bay on Mars, where it can be used to enter the Black Garden.
After arriving on Mars in the Meridian Bay, Ghost informs the Guardian of its inhabitants. The Cabal have been trying to break the encryption on the Vex Gate with only limited success, but they do control many of the places that the Guardian needs to visit on Mars thanks to their Exclusion Zone, which nobody had ever penetrated. The player's Guardian becomes the first to penetrate the Exclusion Zone and heads to the Garden's Spire, which charges the Gate Lord's eye.
They also travel to the Buried City, the birthplace of many technological wonders where they discover an AI that used to be linked to the Warmind of Mars, but, after the activation of the Array, is now controlled by Rasputin. With the Vex now present on Mars, the Guardian finds out what they are doing; they are returning to their home, the Black Garden.
The Guardian then sets off to the Black Garden. After going through a teleporter, they find themselves in a place that is not on any map of known space and time. After several battles, the Guardian reaches the heart of the Black Garden, which the Vex appear to be worshipping. The heart summons three Sol Progeny— a group of Vex units called Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind. After defeating the three Sol Progeny, the heart is destroyed, returning the Guardian and the Garden itself to Mars and lifting the shroud of Darkness from the Traveler back on Earth, allowing it to begin healing.
At the Tower, the Speaker addresses gathered Guardians in a celebratory speech. Over in the nearby hangar, though, the player's Guardian converses with the Exo Stranger, who says that the fight is far from over.
The heart of the Black Garden may have been destroyed, but on Venus, the Vault of glass suddenly reopens. A team of Guardians decide to investigate the mysterious Vault of Glass ("Vault of Glass" raid), described as the "Vex underworld" by the Ishtar Collective. The Vault is a realm where the Vex can control reality, and even erase people from existence. This power is used by the most powerful denizens within the vault: a Vex sub-race called the Gorgons, a powerful Vex mind called the Templar, and Atheon, Time's Conflux.
Both Atheon and the Templar utilize machines called Oracles to do so. While these powers do not extend to outside the Vault, its enigmatic nature has lured countless Guardians to their doom— the most infamous being the ill-fated fireteam of Kabr, the Legionless, which consisted of himself, Future War Cult Warlock Praedyth, and well-known hunter Pahanin. Pahanin was the only member to make it out alive; Praedyth was forever lost in the dark corners of time, and Kabr drank the radiolaria of the Oracles, and was turned into a Vex.
However, in Kabr's last moments, he used his Light to close the Vault and leave behind an artifact, the Aegis, to help any other Guardians daring enough to follow in his footsteps. The new fireteam of Guardians make their descent, and attempt to succeed where Kabr and his fireteam failed. Using the Aegis, the Guardians manage to defeat the Templar and its Oracles. They then successfully traverse the Gorgon's labyrinth undetected before finally reaching Atheon, Time's Conflux.
A central figure of the Vex Conflux network, Atheon is able to send Guardians into the distant past or future at will, and summons versions of Vex from the past and future to aid him. The Vex mind is also capable of summoning Oracles like the Templar, and attempts to erase the new Fireteam from existence. However, despite the astronomical odds, the Guardians fight their way through time, destroy the Oracles, and defeat Atheon, eliminating a major Vex threat.
2:40 | Every fireteam falls. The brave ones get back up.
The game begins in the 28th Century where a Ghost is searching among the detritus of Old Russia until it finds and resurrects the player's Guardian, who had been killed in an ancient battle—upon resurrection, Guardians have no memories of their past. Ghost then guides the Guardian to a jump ship and they take it to the Tower. There, they meet the Speaker, who briefs them about the Darkness. The Guardian is then tasked to probe the nearby Cosmodrome, where humanity used to launch its forays into outer space, fending off Fallen enemies and eventually the Hive, who were thought to have been confined to the Moon.
The Guardian discovers that an old Russian Warmind called Rasputin, an AI built to defend Earth, is still alive and acting with unknown intent. The Guardian also tracks down codes to raise an ancient Array to connect it to long-lost colonies throughout the Solar System, that Rasputin uses to spread its influence to other parts of the system. They then set off to the Moon in search of a lost Guardian who was looking for a way into the Hive fortress. After locating his corpse and dead Ghost, the player's Guardian's Ghost discovers that the Hive are raising an army and plan to invade Earth.
The Guardian quickly sets about disrupting their efforts, including shutting down a ritual that the Hive were using to drain power from the Traveler using a piece of the Traveler (which the guardian frees, allowing it to return to the Traveler), and destroying a powerful weapon called the Sword of Crota, and severing their long-distance communications. Around this time, the Guardian is contacted by the Exo Stranger, a mysterious woman who summons them to Venus to face a new enemy, the Vex.
When the Guardian arrives on Venus, the Exo Stranger describes the Vex as an evil so dark it despises other evil. She tells them about the Black Garden, a city where the Vex are born, and implores the Guardian to find it and rip out its heart, as it is the only way the Traveler will begin to heal. Ghost says that they need to speak to the Awoken, who lurk out in the Reef (the asteroid belt) and refuse to take sides in the galaxy's wars. The Exo Stranger then leaves, as she did not have time to explain things further.
Once the Guardian arrives at the Reef, they meet the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov, and her brother, Prince Uldren Sov, who tells the Guardian that they will help them locate the Black Garden if they bring them the head of a Vex Gate Lord. The Guardian travels back to Venus, where they uncover the Archive, which reveals secrets about the Vex, including the location of a place called the Vault of Glass, and pathways across the galaxy. After defeating Draksis, a Fallen Kell of the House of Winter, the Guardian confronts the Vex Gate Lord, claims its head, and returns to the Queen, who tells them to take its eye to the Meridian Bay on Mars, where it can be used to enter the Black Garden.
After arriving on Mars in the Meridian Bay, Ghost informs the Guardian of its inhabitants. The Cabal have been trying to break the encryption on the Vex Gate with only limited success, but they do control many of the places that the Guardian needs to visit on Mars thanks to their Exclusion Zone, which nobody had ever penetrated. The player's Guardian becomes the first to penetrate the Exclusion Zone and heads to the Garden's Spire, which charges the Gate Lord's eye.
They also travel to the Buried City, the birthplace of many technological wonders where they discover an AI that used to be linked to the Warmind of Mars, but, after the activation of the Array, is now controlled by Rasputin. With the Vex now present on Mars, the Guardian finds out what they are doing; they are returning to their home, the Black Garden.
The Guardian then sets off to the Black Garden. After going through a teleporter, they find themselves in a place that is not on any map of known space and time. After several battles, the Guardian reaches the heart of the Black Garden, which the Vex appear to be worshipping. The heart summons three Sol Progeny— a group of Vex units called Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind. After defeating the three Sol Progeny, the heart is destroyed, returning the Guardian and the Garden itself to Mars and lifting the shroud of Darkness from the Traveler back on Earth, allowing it to begin healing.
At the Tower, the Speaker addresses gathered Guardians in a celebratory speech. Over in the nearby hangar, though, the player's Guardian converses with the Exo Stranger, who says that the fight is far from over.
The heart of the Black Garden may have been destroyed, but on Venus, the Vault of glass suddenly reopens. A team of Guardians decide to investigate the mysterious Vault of Glass ("Vault of Glass" raid), described as the "Vex underworld" by the Ishtar Collective. The Vault is a realm where the Vex can control reality, and even erase people from existence. This power is used by the most powerful denizens within the vault: a Vex sub-race called the Gorgons, a powerful Vex mind called the Templar, and Atheon, Time's Conflux.
Both Atheon and the Templar utilize machines called Oracles to do so. While these powers do not extend to outside the Vault, its enigmatic nature has lured countless Guardians to their doom— the most infamous being the ill-fated fireteam of Kabr, the Legionless, which consisted of himself, Future War Cult Warlock Praedyth, and well-known hunter Pahanin. Pahanin was the only member to make it out alive; Praedyth was forever lost in the dark corners of time, and Kabr drank the radiolaria of the Oracles, and was turned into a Vex.
However, in Kabr's last moments, he used his Light to close the Vault and leave behind an artifact, the Aegis, to help any other Guardians daring enough to follow in his footsteps. The new fireteam of Guardians make their descent, and attempt to succeed where Kabr and his fireteam failed. Using the Aegis, the Guardians manage to defeat the Templar and its Oracles. They then successfully traverse the Gorgon's labyrinth undetected before finally reaching Atheon, Time's Conflux.
A central figure of the Vex Conflux network, Atheon is able to send Guardians into the distant past or future at will, and summons versions of Vex from the past and future to aid him. The Vex mind is also capable of summoning Oracles like the Templar, and attempts to erase the new Fireteam from existence. However, despite the astronomical odds, the Guardians fight their way through time, destroy the Oracles, and defeat Atheon, eliminating a major Vex threat.
10:11 | You don’t aim at nightmares. You survive them.
The game begins in the 28th Century where a Ghost is searching among the detritus of Old Russia until it finds and resurrects the player's Guardian, who had been killed in an ancient battle—upon resurrection, Guardians have no memories of their past. Ghost then guides the Guardian to a jump ship and they take it to the Tower. There, they meet the Speaker, who briefs them about the Darkness. The Guardian is then tasked to probe the nearby Cosmodrome, where humanity used to launch its forays into outer space, fending off Fallen enemies and eventually the Hive, who were thought to have been confined to the Moon.
The Guardian discovers that an old Russian Warmind called Rasputin, an AI built to defend Earth, is still alive and acting with unknown intent. The Guardian also tracks down codes to raise an ancient Array to connect it to long-lost colonies throughout the Solar System, that Rasputin uses to spread its influence to other parts of the system. They then set off to the Moon in search of a lost Guardian who was looking for a way into the Hive fortress. After locating his corpse and dead Ghost, the player's Guardian's Ghost discovers that the Hive are raising an army and plan to invade Earth.
The Guardian quickly sets about disrupting their efforts, including shutting down a ritual that the Hive were using to drain power from the Traveler using a piece of the Traveler (which the guardian frees, allowing it to return to the Traveler), and destroying a powerful weapon called the Sword of Crota, and severing their long-distance communications. Around this time, the Guardian is contacted by the Exo Stranger, a mysterious woman who summons them to Venus to face a new enemy, the Vex.
When the Guardian arrives on Venus, the Exo Stranger describes the Vex as an evil so dark it despises other evil. She tells them about the Black Garden, a city where the Vex are born, and implores the Guardian to find it and rip out its heart, as it is the only way the Traveler will begin to heal. Ghost says that they need to speak to the Awoken, who lurk out in the Reef (the asteroid belt) and refuse to take sides in the galaxy's wars. The Exo Stranger then leaves, as she did not have time to explain things further.
Once the Guardian arrives at the Reef, they meet the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov, and her brother, Prince Uldren Sov, who tells the Guardian that they will help them locate the Black Garden if they bring them the head of a Vex Gate Lord. The Guardian travels back to Venus, where they uncover the Archive, which reveals secrets about the Vex, including the location of a place called the Vault of Glass, and pathways across the galaxy. After defeating Draksis, a Fallen Kell of the House of Winter, the Guardian confronts the Vex Gate Lord, claims its head, and returns to the Queen, who tells them to take its eye to the Meridian Bay on Mars, where it can be used to enter the Black Garden.
After arriving on Mars in the Meridian Bay, Ghost informs the Guardian of its inhabitants. The Cabal have been trying to break the encryption on the Vex Gate with only limited success, but they do control many of the places that the Guardian needs to visit on Mars thanks to their Exclusion Zone, which nobody had ever penetrated. The player's Guardian becomes the first to penetrate the Exclusion Zone and heads to the Garden's Spire, which charges the Gate Lord's eye.
They also travel to the Buried City, the birthplace of many technological wonders where they discover an AI that used to be linked to the Warmind of Mars, but, after the activation of the Array, is now controlled by Rasputin. With the Vex now present on Mars, the Guardian finds out what they are doing; they are returning to their home, the Black Garden.
The Guardian then sets off to the Black Garden. After going through a teleporter, they find themselves in a place that is not on any map of known space and time. After several battles, the Guardian reaches the heart of the Black Garden, which the Vex appear to be worshipping. The heart summons three Sol Progeny— a group of Vex units called Eschaton Mind, Imminent Mind, and Primeval Mind. After defeating the three Sol Progeny, the heart is destroyed, returning the Guardian and the Garden itself to Mars and lifting the shroud of Darkness from the Traveler back on Earth, allowing it to begin healing.
At the Tower, the Speaker addresses gathered Guardians in a celebratory speech. Over in the nearby hangar, though, the player's Guardian converses with the Exo Stranger, who says that the fight is far from over.
The heart of the Black Garden may have been destroyed, but on Venus, the Vault of glass suddenly reopens. A team of Guardians decide to investigate the mysterious Vault of Glass ("Vault of Glass" raid), described as the "Vex underworld" by the Ishtar Collective. The Vault is a realm where the Vex can control reality, and even erase people from existence. This power is used by the most powerful denizens within the vault: a Vex sub-race called the Gorgons, a powerful Vex mind called the Templar, and Atheon, Time's Conflux.
Both Atheon and the Templar utilize machines called Oracles to do so. While these powers do not extend to outside the Vault, its enigmatic nature has lured countless Guardians to their doom— the most infamous being the ill-fated fireteam of Kabr, the Legionless, which consisted of himself, Future War Cult Warlock Praedyth, and well-known hunter Pahanin. Pahanin was the only member to make it out alive; Praedyth was forever lost in the dark corners of time, and Kabr drank the radiolaria of the Oracles, and was turned into a Vex.
However, in Kabr's last moments, he used his Light to close the Vault and leave behind an artifact, the Aegis, to help any other Guardians daring enough to follow in his footsteps. The new fireteam of Guardians make their descent, and attempt to succeed where Kabr and his fireteam failed. Using the Aegis, the Guardians manage to defeat the Templar and its Oracles. They then successfully traverse the Gorgon's labyrinth undetected before finally reaching Atheon, Time's Conflux.
A central figure of the Vex Conflux network, Atheon is able to send Guardians into the distant past or future at will, and summons versions of Vex from the past and future to aid him. The Vex mind is also capable of summoning Oracles like the Templar, and attempts to erase the new Fireteam from existence. However, despite the astronomical odds, the Guardians fight their way through time, destroy the Oracles, and defeat Atheon, eliminating a major Vex threat.
Recent /Ghost of Yotei
1:57:08 | In the silence after the blade, I hear her voice.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:33:36 | The dead have longer memories than men.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:12:58 | Vengeance is colder than the mountain.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:10:32 | Honor died the night my family did. Fire taught me the language of loss.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:34:15 | I was a child once. The war forgot. Ghosts follow me because I made them.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
2:17:57 | Snow remembers the blood it drinks. The mountain hides no cowards.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:46:26 | I am the answer the dead demanded. Ezo’s wind sharpens my heart.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:40:09 | Six ghosts. One promise. Steel speaks clearer than grief.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:07:55 | Their silence will learn my name: Atsu.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
1:35:51 | Vengeance taught me how to breathe. North of mercy, I became the storm.
As a young girl, Atsu witnesses her family being massacred by the Yōtei Six led by Lord Saitō, who leaves her to die. Atsu survives and flees Yōtei, becoming a wandering soldier and mercenary for the next sixteen years before returning home to take her revenge against the Yōtei Six. Atsu targets Lord Saitō's lieutenants first: the Snake, the Oni, the Kitsune, the Spider, and the Dragon. She first kills the Snake, but is mortally wounded in the process.
Atsu miraculously survives and recovers from her wound, with witnesses fearfully dubbing her the "Onryō". Returning to her destroyed family home, Atsu begins her hunt for the remaining Yōtei Six. She learns that Lord Saitō is rebelling against the Shogunate, building an army to claim the entire island of Ezo for himself as the self-appointed "Shogun of the North"; the Matsumae clan, who are loyal to the Shogun, have declared war against him. As she travels around Yōtei, Atsu also proceeds to slay as many of Lord Saitō's men as she can, while also assisting the local populace and training under various weapon masters.
As she progresses, she gains a following, dubbed her "Wolf Pack"; Lord Saitō hears of Atsu's exploits, and puts a bounty on her head in hopes of eliminating her. Atsu finds an opportunity to assassinate Lord Saitō at one of his castles but fails. Discovering Atsu's identity, Lord Saitō challenges her to a duel, believing he can recruit her to. Their duel is interrupted when the Matsumae attack the castle, forcing Lord Saitō to retreat. With Lord Saitō back in hiding, Atsu returns to her original quest of slaying the remaining Yōtei Six. Atsu assists the traveling shamisen performer Oyuki to track the Kitsune, and thwart his wolfsbane poison production operation. However, Atsu deduces that Oyuki is the real Kitsune, and the current one is an impostor; Oyuki admits she used to be the Kitsune that served as Lord Saitō's shinobi, but she was disgusted at his murder of Atsu's family and planned to betray him, but she was instead betrayed and replaced as the Kitsune by her disciple Dojun.
Oyuki teaches Atsu her shinobi techniques and together they kill the Kitsune. Oyuki promises to help Atsu slay the rest of the Yōtei Six as part of her atonement. While pursuing the Oni and his raider army, Atsu discovers her younger brother Jubei also narrowly survived the Yōtei Six's attack: rescued by the Matsumae clan, rising in rank to become a samurai officer. He and Atsu hatch a plan to sneak into the Oni's castle with him posing as Atsu's prisoner. However, the Oni sees through their plot, and they are forced to flee, and the Oni attacks the Matsumae camp in retaliation.
Using information from a deserter, Atsu and Jubei sneak back into the Oni's castle, lead a prisoner rebellion, and slay the Oni together. With both the Oni and Kitsune dead, Atsu, Jubei, and Oyuki join forces to go after the Dragon and Spider, Lord Saitō's twin sons, though Jubei is reluctant to trust Oyuki due to her past as the Kitsune. They head to the coast, where they are shocked that Lord Saitō had built a fleet in secret and is assaulting the Matsumae heartland. Jubei reveals he has a daughter, Kiku, and saves her from Saitō troops. While Jubei takes Kiku to the safety of Matsumae Castle, Atsu and Oyuki search for the Dragon and Spider. With the Dragon proving too cautious and elusive to catch, Atsu instead captures the Spider to lure the Dragon out.
The Matsumae organize the Spider's public execution in a deliberate move to draw the Dragon out, but the Saitō forces outmaneuver them with a counterattack on their castle. While Jubei and Oyuki leave to defend the castle, Atsu kills the Dragon while the Spider flees. Despite this, Atsu fails to prevent Matsumae Castle from falling, and Jubei and Oyuki end up going missing. Finding Kiku safe, Atsu evacuates her to her family home. She sees Kiku becoming consumed by the desire for revenge, and regrets prioritizing killing the Dragon over helping Jubei and Oyuki defend the castle.
She tracks down the Spider, who reveals Jubei and Oyuki were captured by Lord Saitō, and when she decides to spare his life, he offers to lead her to his father's castle, having been disowned by him as punishment for letting the Dragon die. Atsu manages to rescue Jubei and Oyuki, but finds out Lord Saitō is waiting for her at her family home to take revenge on her for the death of his sons. With Kiku as his hostage, Lord Saitō challenges Atsu to a duel.
Both Atsu and Jubei battle him, and while they are victorious and kill Lord Saitō, Jubei is mortally wounded and dies shortly after. Six months later, Atsu has given up being the Onryō, and has retired to live a life of peace so she and Oyuki can raise Kiku in Jubei's stead.
Highlights /Death Stranding 2
13:49 | Nobody but me and the horizon.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
07:53 | Don’t fall now, Sam. Just keep walking.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
04:12 | You’d think by now I’d be used to this silence.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
06:12 | Mountains don’t care if you’re tired.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
02:24 | Step by step, strand by strand.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
06:04 | If you could see me now, kid…
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
05:49 | This place eats your mind before your body.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
07:48 | Still talking to you like you’re here. Maybe you are.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
07:15 | I forget what your laugh sounded like.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
10:24 | Guess I’m the last fool who thinks this is worth it.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.
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Highlights /The Last of Us Part Two
10:57 | Some days, I don’t remember why I fight. I just know I can’t stop.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
49:06 | It’s hard to mourn someone when hate keeps you company.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
39:21 | What’s the point of love, if it just gives you more to lose?
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
8:51 | Sometimes surviving feels like betrayal.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
15:42 | The apocalypse didn’t kill us. We did.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
28:21 | Loyalty is dangerous. It's how good people become bad ones.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
18:41 | I didn’t lose myself. I gave myself away—piece by piece.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
31:34 | Some roads don’t take you home. They just take you further from yourself.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
33:25 | I hated her. I became her. Now I don't know who I am.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
29:47 | They say wounds heal. They never said what they leave behind.
Five years after the events of the first game, Joel and Ellie are living in Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. During this time, Ellie has made friends with Dina and Jesse, and entered a relationship with Dina after the couple broke up. In the winter, when Joel and Tommy go missing while observing the movement of nearby Infected, Ellie and Dina go to investigate.
Joel and Tommy encounter Abby, and the group escape a large horde. Abby reveals herself as the leader of a small group within the larger Washington Liberation Front and the daughter of one of the Firefly surgeons Joel killed while saving Ellie, and beats Joel to death as Ellie finds him. Though affected by the incident, Ellie swears revenge. In the spring, Tommy, frustrated that Jackson does not have the resources to fight the WLF, pursues them to their base in Seattle on his own.
With authorization from Tommy's wife Maria, Ellie and Dina go after Tommy, who has already killed several WLF members. While avoiding WLF patrols in Seattle, the pair are attacked by a large group of Infected and, upon escaping, Ellie reveals her immunity to Dina, who in turn reveals she is pregnant. The next day, with Dina physically weakened by her pregnancy, Ellie pursues Tommy alone and encounters Jesse, who had followed them to Seattle, but has been wounded, leaving Ellie to continue her journey alone. While seraching for a member of Abby's group named Nora, she encounters the Seraphites, a group of religious fanatics who are battling the WLF over control of Seattle.
Eventually, Ellie tracks down Nora and beats her for information on Abby's location. As Nora succumbs to her injuries, Ellie learns she is a former Firefly, causing her to recall how, two years ago, she investigated the hospital Joel rescued her from and learned he lied about the Fireflies being unable to find a cure. The following day, Ellie heads out to track down Abby while Jesse goes after Tommy, upon learning the WLF potentially found his location. Ellie comes across two more members of Abby's group, Owen and Mel, whom she is forced to kill, only to then discover Mel was pregnant, much to her horror.
After Ellie rendezvouses with Dina, Jesse, and Tommy, the group decide to return to Jackson, but are ambushed by Abby, who kills Jesse and holds Tommy hostage, while explaining her motivation to kill Joel. She then narrates her actions in the past three days, prompting a flashback. Upon learning that Owen had gone missing while investigating Seraphite activity, Abby confronted the WLF leader, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), for keeping the issue a secret, who revealed some intelligence he had indicating Owen might have joined the Seraphites, and explained his plan to assault the Seraphites' island settlement in order wipe them out completely.
Abby then went searching for Owen and, upon being captured, was rescued by Yara and her brother Lev, both rogue Seraphites. She eventually found Owen who, disillusioned with the pointless war betweeen the WLF and Seraphites, was attempting to sail to Santa Barbara, where the Fireflies were supposedly regrouping. Afterwards, with Yara's arm broken, Abby took her to Owen and Mel for medical attention, and retrieved medical supplies from the WLF hospital alongside Lev, where they encountered Nora, who helped them, and Lev revealed he was on the run from the Seraphites for shaving his head, against the cult's rules.
After Yara's arm was amputated, Lev ran away to see his mother, forcing Abby and Yara to pursue him. Along the way, they encountered Abby's friend Manny, who later was killed by Tommy. The pair eventually found Lev, who was forced to kill his mother when she attacked him, only to be forced to flee when the WLF assault on the Seraphites begun.
Yara sacrificed herself to allow Abby and Lev to escape, killing Isaac in the process. The pair then returned to find Owen and Mel dead, and a map left behind by Ellie leading to her hideout.
Vault
1:03:04 | Every time it does, I wake up here and we go through this all over again.
Players control Cole Mason, an amnesiac surgeon trapped in a time loop. As Mason comes to in a research lab, he is required to operate on a patient who has a monstrous parasite growing in her. At various points in the story, which is presented via full motion video, players must choose between two options. Some choices reset the time loop with Mason's death.
Others reveal information about what is going on or advance the plot down different paths. Cinematic sequences are skipped over if players have seen them before. There are multiple endings. It includes a "streamer mode", which allows people watching a livestream to influence outcomes.
48:21 | Find the poison. Find the proof. Find the killer.
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
57:47 | You grip your sword tighter, heart pounding in the gloom.
Deathtrap Dungeon is a fantasy adventure taking place in a hazardous labyrinth in the city of Fang. The player takes the role of an adventurer who decides to enter Baron Sukumvit's "Trial of Champions" and brave "Deathtrap Dungeon". Competing against five other adventurers, the player must defeat monsters, navigate the maze of dungeons and collect certain gems, which are the key to escaping and winning the Trial.
41:39 | A foul stench rises from the black waters as something moves below.
Deathtrap Dungeon is a fantasy adventure taking place in a hazardous labyrinth in the city of Fang. The player takes the role of an adventurer who decides to enter Baron Sukumvit's "Trial of Champions" and brave "Deathtrap Dungeon". Competing against five other adventurers, the player must defeat monsters, navigate the maze of dungeons and collect certain gems, which are the key to escaping and winning the Trial.
1:19:23 | I listen to liars every day. You’re not a good one.
Having treated the victims of a chemical attack in the totalitarian state of Kindar, Dr Amy Tenant is a leader in the advancement of Nanocell Technology. Now, in London, news breaks of a blood-vomiting civilian whose identity is far from coincidental. Reunited with an old friend, Amy is trapped in an impenetrable HQ of laboratories—a womb of scientific advancement with a perilous secret.
The Complex is written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from The Handmaid’s Tale. The interactive movie stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Bad Blood), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch) and Al Weaver (Grantchester). Featuring guest acting performance by Twitch streamer and former Xbox UK presenter, Leah Viathan. The Complex is a 2020 interactive science fiction full-motion video game.
In this choose-your-own-adventure style video game the player portrays Dr. Amy Tennant, trapped in a bunker after a bio-weapon attack on London in a race against time to escape alive. Engadget said in their review "Fundamentally, it's a mostly entertaining way to spend $13, and an evening, but I doubt that you'll feel too compelled to find all nine endings unless you're a real obsessive." Screen Rant said "Overall, The Complex is another FMV game that does not live up to the potential this genre of interactive movie/gaming hybrid could potentially offer."
28:16 | It’s not just about faith, it’s about the community. Be involved, one of them.
The game takes place in 1984 in a fictional Shropshire village named Yaughton. The player's objective is to explore and try to discover how and why everyone in the village has disappeared. Mysterious floating orbs of light swim around the air and lead the player to scenes made up of other human-shaped lights, which re-enact various previously occurring events.
Following the orbs' evidence from scene-to-scene across the valley, as well as finding telephones and radios that replay conversations, recordings, and broadcasts, eventually provide all of the puzzle pieces to the game's main event, the "rapture". There are five areas in the game, each of which revolve around a different character, with the main protagonists being Dr Katherine "Kate" Collins and her husband, Stephen Appleton, both scientists at the observatory.
During their work, Kate and Stephen encounter a strange pattern of lights in the night sky which they believe is an unknown form of life. They observe the pattern infecting and sometimes killing other lifeforms such as birds and cows, before spreading to humans. Kate concludes that the pattern is attempting to communicate with humans, ignorant to the harm that it is causing them. After confronting Stephen about his ongoing affair with his former fiancé Lizzie Graves, Kate locks herself in the observatory and spends the vast majority of the story attempting to communicate with the pattern.
During this time, Stephen becomes convinced that the pattern is a deadly threat capable of destroying the human race. Most of the valley's inhabitants begin to succumb to symptoms of unexplained hemorrhaging; pressure in the brain that is normally consistent with a brain tumor, as the doctor notes in a left-behind recording. Other people disappear, leaving behind a room full of odd specks of light and the lingering scent of unidentifiable ash. Convinced that this is connected to the pattern and that it will spread beyond the village if not contained, Stephen urges the local government to quarantine the area, blocking the roads and cutting the telephone lines.
The locals are told that it is due to an outbreak of Spanish flu, though many are skeptical of this and become even more so when the corpses of the dead begin to disappear into thin air. As the town's population rapidly dwindles, Stephen realizes that the quarantine has failed and that the 'pattern', or 'It' as it is often referred to, has learned to adapt. He believes that it has learned to travel not just through direct human contact, but through the telephone lines, radio waves, and television sets. In light of this, he desperately insists to the local government that they must gas the valley.
In the penultimate chapter of the game, the player is led to a bunker where Stephen waited out the nerve gas bombings with the intention of killing himself once he ensured that every other infected person in the valley is dead. When he is unable to reach anyone at all outside the valley via telephone, he realizes that he has failed and that the pattern has spread, presumably to the entire planet. The pattern comes for him and he confronts It. He tells It that he has decided to set fire to himself, having doused himself in petrol to prevent being taken by It.
Moments before he ignites the fuel, an image of Kate appears in the pattern of the light. Stephen stands in awe, reaching out to her. The scene fades out as Stephen's lighter slips out of his hand and hits the ground, igniting the petrol. In the final part of the game the player is transported to the inside of the observatory's locked entrance gate. The player makes their way up the hill to the top-most observatory and upon entering, sees the human light shape of Kate inside in the darkness, making the last of the recordings heard.
She states that she is the last one left, and it is revealed that she did achieve communication with It. Kate explains that when she told the pattern that what it did to everyone in the valley - the people, the birds, the insects, the cows - was wrong; It countered that it was not wrong, because now everyone that wanted to be together was together, and that everyone had found their counterpart and was no longer alone.
Kate explains how she finally understands and says that she has accepted her fate, and that she and 'the pattern' will soon join the others. She states that humanity can finally 'slip away, unafraid.' Kate turns and appears to reach out to the pattern coming down from above as it reaches out to meet her, her last words being her belief that the pattern was her own counterpart.
1:37:27 | There isn’t one thing that isn’t in the process of becoming something else.
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina (Nicole O'Neill) returns to her hometown looking for answers only to unearth a string of dark secrets. She soon realizes her life is also in danger the closer she gets to the truth.
2:59:11 | She soon realizes her life is also in danger the closer she gets to the truth.
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina (Nicole O'Neill) returns to her hometown looking for answers only to unearth a string of dark secrets. She soon realizes her life is also in danger the closer she gets to the truth.
52:44 | Some books should never be opened.
Night Book is an interactive thriller about an online interpreter who is tricked into reading an ancient book that summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive psychological horror from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
55:51 | You're not who you think you are.
Late Shift is an interactive FMV video game written and directed by Tobias Weber. The participation film technology behind the title was developed by CtrlMovie. The title was screened at many international film festivals, including the New York Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, and the Festival du nouveau cinéma. Gameplay Late Shift is presented much like a regular movie.
During the film, the player is able to make choices on behalf of the protagonist. The presentation doesn't pause during the decision-making process, so viewers must react in real-time. There are 180 choice points in the feature-film, and the user interaction influences characters and the events of the game and lead the story to one of seven different endings. Plot The playable character and main protagonist is Matt Thompson, a college student who works as a parking lot attendant. One night, Matt finds himself embroiled in London's criminal underworld when he is forced to work with a group of armed robbers.
He ends up befriending, possibly romantically, one of the members of the group; a young woman named May-Ling. The player's choices influence the events of the game and can lead to a variety of different endings resulting in different fates for Matt and May-Ling.
Archive /Patches
0:31 | We built the future in code and circuits. It responded with silence.
Created for the final Jan van Eyck Akademie Open Days exhibition, Emulation Edition consisted of 12 multiplayer gaming levels, stripped of all realism and reduced down to their core constituent parts, and represented the culmination of all the game design I had worked on during my second year. My end of year show was supported by Apple Benelux and Bungie.
This was one of the projects which contributed to my winning of the 1998 Jan van Eyck Purchases and Collections award, and my work being acquired by the institution for their permanent collection.
0:15 | The AIs don’t sleep. They dream in logic loops and broken protocols.
Created for the final Jan van Eyck Akademie Open Days exhibition, Emulation Edition consisted of 12 multiplayer gaming levels, stripped of all realism and reduced down to their core constituent parts, and represented the culmination of all the game design I had worked on during my second year. My end of year show was supported by Apple Benelux and Bungie.
This was one of the projects which contributed to my winning of the 1998 Jan van Eyck Purchases and Collections award, and my work being acquired by the institution for their permanent collection.
4:50 | You’re not here to survive. You’re here to witness the unraveling.
As I deepened my experimentation with disassembling game engines and reassembling them with new and different experiences, I made several versions of Quake, notably taking the idea of applying classic game mechanics to more immersive gaming engines, and simplifying how the user played the game by taking them away from the sense of reality the original game offered.
By the late nineties, games were becoming increasingly realistic, powered by better, faster 3D engines, becoming more complex in terms of narrative, and were moving away from simpler platformers, often to the detriment of actual gameplay. I publicly presented some thoughts on this idea in the form of a talk entitled ‘From Kindergarten to Total Carnage’ at the ISEA98 conference in Liverpool, and at the Stichting de Geuzen in Amsterdam.
I also shared a more comprehensive overview of the current state of game development from a design and user experience perspective for Eye Magazine entitled ‘Live. Die. Eat. Cheat.’ in the Winter 1998 issue (also included in the same issue was my review of Quakeadelica, a London-based multiplayer Quake tournament). With a nod to how I’d eventually start thinking about product development, the notion was ‘how might we apply the gameplay and user experience from a simpler gaming era to modern games in a way which allows users to focus on the challenges, instead of the immersion?’
Quake Radius displayed a fixed, flat base of color around the user, out around them for a specified radius of space during the game. So as you moved through the environment, you could only experience it in terms of the pure, flattened gameplay in your immediate vicinity.
3:35 | The stars were never empty. We just weren’t ready for what filled them.
My first year at The Jan van Eyck had been defined by experiments resulting in CD-ROM production, but during the summer of 1997 I spent 3 months in Phoenix, Arizona where I discovered Bungie’s Forge (map editor) and Anvil (physics editor) engines, which powered their Marathon gaming platform. These tools allowed users to create their own customized environments, sprites, and game design experiments.
They also unlocked the ability for me to take everything I’d been doing with CD-ROM design, and apply it to the mechanics of multi-user interaction in a live environment. My love of Bungie’s products returned much, much later in a different form.
I created a large number of multi-user network gaming environments, including several sprite-based typographic executions. These were all eventually gathered together as a series of custom designed and packaged CD-ROMs.
0:15 | Reality fractures when you stare at it through too much data.
My first year at The Jan van Eyck had been defined by experiments resulting in CD-ROM production, but during the summer of 1997 I spent 3 months in Phoenix, Arizona where I discovered Bungie’s Forge (map editor) and Anvil (physics editor) engines, which powered their Marathon gaming platform. These tools allowed users to create their own customized environments, sprites, and game design experiments.
They also unlocked the ability for me to take everything I’d been doing with CD-ROM design, and apply it to the mechanics of multi-user interaction in a live environment. My love of Bungie’s products returned much, much later in a different form.
I created a large number of multi-user network gaming environments, including several sprite-based typographic executions. These were all eventually gathered together as a series of custom designed and packaged CD-ROMs.
13:49 | Nobody but me and the horizon.
Eleven months after the chiral network connected the United Cities of America, Sam Porter (Norman Reedus) lives a secluded life in Mexico with Lou. Fragile (Léa Seydoux) arrives at his home and informs him that she has formed a new company, Drawbridge, which has been contracted by the UCA to extend the chiral network to Mexico. Fragile asks Sam to activate the chiral network terminals BRIDGES left behind in Mexico, just like he did in the United States. Sam agrees on the condition that both he and Lou be pardoned by the UCA, and because his route will take him to a lab where Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti) works.
He leaves while Fragile takes care of Lou. Arriving at the lab, Sam views a recording left behind by Deadman explaining that he had discovered an anomaly in southern Mexico dubbed a "plate gate", which acts as a portal to Australia where other Death Stranding survivors reside. In addition, Deadman found out that for unknown reasons, Lou was assigned a BB ID number that belonged to an already decommissioned BB, meaning that Lou is not actually registered in the UCA's system. Furthermore, Deadman reveals his lifespan is running out, and has decided to travel to his Beach. Sam returns home to discover that it had been assaulted by an unknown armed group.
While Fragile managed to survive, Lou was killed. One month later, Sam continues to grapple with Lou's death when he is invited by Fragile to board her ship, the DHV Magellan, to travel through the plate gate so they can link Australia to the chiral network. On board, he meets Fragile's crew, Tar Man (George Miller/Marty Rhone)[c] and Dollman (Fatih Akin/Jonathan Roumie),[d] Drawbridge's mysterious benefactor, Charlie, and the leader of the Automated Public Assistance Company (APAC), the President (Alastair Duncan). The President explains that by connecting all of Australia to the chiral network, it should activate additional plate gates that will be able to connect all of the world's continents together.
Drawbridge members Rainy (Shioli Kutsuna) and Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs)[e] join the crew. Sam commences his mission, but is impeded by the apparent return of Higgs (Troy Baker), who commands an army of "ghost mechs" that terrorize the Australian survivors. In addition, Sam is drawn into "tarfall" anomalies where he is forced to fight a spectral soldier named Neil Vana (Luca Marinelli) who apparently has connections to Lou. After his first encounter with Neil, Sam recovers a chrysalis containing a girl Fragile decides to name Tomorrow (Elle Fanning). Sam is able to defeat Neil permanently.
Neil gives him a memory device left behind by Sam's late wife Lucy (Alissa Jung). The data inside explains that Lou is actually Sam's daughter who was thought killed along with Lucy in a voidout. As the daughter of a repatriate, Lou was secretly abducted by BRIDGES and designated BB-00, the very first Bridge Baby. However, for reasons unknown, Lou was put into storage until Sam came across her. Neil was a smuggler who helped smuggle braindead pregnant women from Mexico into the UCA to meet their demand for BBs.
He happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Lucy and attempted to help her and Lou escape from BRIDGES. Meanwhile, Higgs lays siege to the final network hub needed to complete the Australian chiral network. Sam and Drawbridge fight their way through Higgs' mechs and activate the hub, completing the chiral network. The President betrays Drawbridge, revealing that he is in fact an amalgamation of four thousand human souls connected to APAS. He explains that he intends to use the expanded chiral network to forcibly seclude all humans away in their Beaches to completely negate the risk of encountering BTs, thus protecting them from the Death Stranding.
He adds that he brought Higgs back and provided him the ghost mechs to act as a threat that would force Australia to adopt the chiral network for protection. Charlie then reveals himself as Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), and explains he was already aware of the President's plans and secretly reprogrammed Sam's Q-Pid so that The President can be disconnected from APAS and the chiral network, removing his threat to humanity.