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Edited by Zapiro IV: 4/3/2019 8:43:46 PM
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Could The Drifter's identity actually be...

Wu Ming? I've been reading some Grimiore on the Iron Lords again and I noticed a lot of similarity between The Drifter and this character named Wu Ming. Wu Ming was this bartender character who lived on the side of Felwinter Peak where of course NO ONE should live because that was where Felwinter lived before he became an Iron Lord, when he was a Warlord. Wu Ming's bar was mostly filled with anyone trying to escape the unbearable conflict that the Dark Age was full of. Sometimes Iron Lords and Ladies would visit, as would Warlords. One day, an Iron Lady was casually sipping whatever she was drinking. Nothing much. Then a trio of Warlords showed up and demanded the bartender (Wu Ming) to give them all the food he had! Wu Ming refused and the Warlords made some noise. The Iron Lady told them to quiet down and the Warlords defyed her request, surround her in three directions. Without looking, the Iron Lady pulled her Hand Cannon out and headshotted 2/3 Warlords flawlessly. Of course this Iron Lady was Efrideet. After she killed the three, she told the Ghost to skedaddle, and it turned out, Wu Ming had predicted this kerfuffle would happened and paid the Lady for her troubles. He then attempts to dance with Efrideet only to be swept from his legs with a kick. "I had to try. Couldn't help myself." He says.  In another story, Wu Ming is in this one-on-one conversation with Felwinter, offering him a reward if he kills this other Iron Lord named Lord Dryden. Says the man paid the Villagers to let him hideout while they drew out the Warlords he seeked as he prepared a surprise attack. The plan goes horribly wrong, the majority of the Villagers die, yet Lord Dryden got the job done at the cost of almost all of the Villagers lives. In one of his audios, he tells us a story of a group of Iron Lords who forcefully took refugee in a hut of a village to surprise attack Warlords, only for it to grow horrible wrong. Just like in the previous story. It's also worth noting that in these two stories, he says "sister" and "brother" to both Felwinter and Efrideet when talking to each of them.  Now when we play the Alliance stories, The Drifter says this when you win a Gambit match as a Vanguard Loyalist: "Nice work. You know this tip we got going, it's stupid. Why don't we make amends? Say you trust me again. No? Hahaha. "[b]Well, I had to try.[/b]" I could be looking too much into that, but I think not. Any Gambit regular would know that The Drifter tells us, “I haven’t seen shooting like that since I met an Iron Lady named Efrideet.” Another detail I could be looking WAY too much into is Wu Ming was a Titan, though he sometimes pretended not to be as he was a bartender or in his talk with Felwinter. But in another audio clip, he tells you that the City couldn't be protected even if you put a Ward of Dawn around it. One more stupid detail is that Wu Ming sounds Chinese just as The Drifter looks. Thoughts?
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  • The drifter is butt stallion

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  • I'll have to correct you, the entire village did get viped out. Of course, not counting Germaine/Wu Ming/Drifter. And I'd be preatty confident in saying we follow the Drifter troughout the lore book

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  • It was an alias. Wú Míng means nameless in Mandarin/Chinese.

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    • I really dislike the Drifter and his cynicism about the Light, and the future of humanity.

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      • Edited by A Lion of Judah: 4/4/2019 8:37:07 PM
        [quote]Thoughts?[/quote] I wonder if that burrito from Safeway is deep fried, or if they just get it in a package and put it in a microwave. Either way it probably isn't going to taste great and it probably isn't going to feel great coming out. But it is only a dollar which is much cheaper than the fee for getting cash at the ATM. So I'm probably going to do that, oh wait! I see they have pizza sticks, also a dollar. Definitely what I'm going to do. Oh and you're probably right about The Drifter. I chose the side of the Vanguard against him. He reminds me of the Safeway burrito. I mean it looks like a regular burrito but much greasier and you know that somehow you're going to regret anything you have to do with it.

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        • Well he does look chinese. Then again, drifter looks like he escaped a playstation 1 game or bungie ran out of time to code.

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          • Borderlands 3 will be better.

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            • Interesting that those lore cards and drifters own words line up. I wonder why no one else saw them.

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            • Pretty sure this was confirmed

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            • Another thing is that Drifter has a line in Gambit that goes says "an Iron Lady named Efrideet ruined my bar". Coincidence? Yeah Probably.

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              • Must a troll. This is common knowledge

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                • Yes, the Drifter is Wu Ming, and yes, he's also Eli. (I feel it's obvious.)

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                • Lulz

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                • Ming the Merciless.

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                  • I can't remember the lore that I saw this in, but Drifter talks about being in a village , living there but hiding his light. Until one day a battle between the warlords and iron lords destroys the place... I think you're onto something here

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                    • Edited by mdknyte: 4/4/2019 8:56:54 AM
                      True or not, troll or not, thanks for posting this man, that was a great read!

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                      • soo , the drifter was a titan? or he just was pretending to be one ?

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                        • Just saying the Drifter is not Chinese, he has blue eyes. I made and entire post about this, lmao

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                          • I'm betting my left nut that it's Hong Kong Phoey.... Calling it now!

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                          • Spoilers from the book Ecdysis [spoiler] 41. Lies! Lies! Lies! He is not Wu Ming—he is a man named Eli—a man named Dredgen Hope—a man named the Drifter— He is not vulnerable—he is a paranoid con man—he is a dead-hearted murderer—he is a cowardly liar— He is not her friend—he is waiting to make his move—he has ALWAYS been waiting to make his move— She is stupid; she is so stupid to have fallen for his lies! She cannot mend this![/spoiler]

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                          • He could be anyone. Suppose Wu Ming died in a helicopter crash, and the Drifter assumed his identity? That is a direct plot line from a Lee Child (Jack Reacher) novel. In the Bungie universe of folklore, why aren't there drawings or photographs of Wu? Personally he looks more like a Mexican, not an Oriental. He is voiced by a non-Asian, which would smack of racial insensitivity on the part of Bungie, or this could be a deliberate way of them telling us the Drifter is not Asian. I like the Drifter more than Ada or Asher Mir. Therefore, the less we know about him, the more likable he'll stay.

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                            • https://youtu.be/CjdaGM_6WQ4

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                              • Yes, he's part of the Wu Tang Clan.

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                              • that's racist.

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                                • https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/synesthesia#book-ecdysis The Drifter is confirmed to be Wu Ming [quote]”He is not Wu Ming—he is a man named Eli—a man named Dredgen Hope—a man named the Drifter—“[/quote]

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                                  • He is wu ming, also germaine, and other names. He resumes so many names its not even worth remembering them

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