Hello boys and girls, before we get all that annual pass ViDoc speculation stuff today, I wanted to get this out of my system. This will be a little different, since we’re talking about music. Yep. We’ll stay in the realm of lore of course, don’t worry. This will also be unusual for me, since it’s [b]very spin-foil-hat-ish[/b], so be warned. Very heavy speculation, don’t expect solid evidence this time. ————————————————————— ! Disclaimer ! I’m not professional when it comes to music, so brace for some super unprofessional descriptions. ————————————————————— When you ask people about their favorite new strike is, most of them will say “Warden of Nothing”. In the very end of that strike, when you go down and fight the mad servitor, a song starts playing. That song is “Shell of What Was”. But, players that took the challenge that is the “Last Wish” raid should know that this is not the only time “Shell of What Was” can be heard. Two slightly different versions of the song play in the Shuro Chi fight and when carrying Riven’s heart respectively. If you need some auditory references, I know a certain guy who has a video with all three versions: https://youtu.be/FTmDq--Xans Maybe listen to the song(s) to refresh your memory so that we can get to the juicy stuff. ————————————————————— Now, to my point: I think we [i]might[/i] be able to make some lore observations here. That’s because something isn’t right. The song plays in two different settings: 1. A PoE strike 2. The Raid Other than the song, these two don’t have much in common. Well, let’s look at the things they do: - Panic - Fighting enemies (duh) Again, not a lot, and not very important. Let’s step back and listen a little closer... If you played Gambit before (who hasn’t), you might notice something familiar. The Gamit leitmotif is [i]in[/i] all three versions. Ok, that’s interesting. It makes sense for the strike, it’s lead by the Drifter. But what does Gambit have to do with the raid? There’s one thing that came to my mind immediately: Taken. A whole lotta Taken. What we now have is this string of connections: Warden of Nothing -> Drifter -> Gambit -> Taken -> Last Wish Now we get into over-analyzing-territory: The fact that “Shell of What Was”, which is Gambit music by extension, plays during the raid, [i]might[/i] suggest a bigger role for the Drifter in the future. In another post I theorized that the Drifter might be looking to make darkness a wieldable power, without negative repercussions, to fight the real darkness (I’ll link that post in the end). Maybe this gives a little credit to that. Let me explain: Music relating to the darkness has a pretty electric and synthy sound to it. Just listen to the small theme that plays when the Traveler‘s pulse hits the pyramid ships. Gambit music has the same sound to it. Even without the music, we can easily link Gambit to the darkness. Now we have Gambit music playing in the raid, totally disconnected from the actual gamemode. In the raid, we’re fighting the Taken, minions of the darkness. If Gambit is referenced in the raid, that [b][i]might[/i][/b] suggest a bigger influence or importance to the whole thing. If Gambit were just a little new gamemode, this wouldn’t happen. Gambit and it’s importance will evolve come “Joker’s Wild”. There is more yet to come. What I’m trying to say is this: If the Drifter’s music is playing during events like the raid, he might be more important than we think. I think this all links back to the darkness and how we choose to fight it. [b][i]HOWEVER[/i][/b] This might all be looking waaaay to deep into it. There is a simpler explanation: It’s a panic theme. It’s just used when stuff gets intense. Nothing more. But, the inclusion of the Gambit leitmotif is still very interesting and doesn’t need to happen, if it’s [i]just[/i] a panic theme. Why Gambit...? Take all of this as food for thought. ————————————————————— I hope you all enjoyed this very different...thing. Again, tell me what you think. Also, what’s you’re favorite Destiny song? Mine is definitely Riven’s theme, it’s superb. Bye, fellas! (Link to the Drifter post: https://www.bungie.net/de/Forums/Post/249337950?sort=0&page=0) [Expect an ol’ timezone-adjustment-bump]