Sjur Eido's fury and grief whetted themselves against Mara's thoughtless grace and ancient
beauty, until at last her heart unseamed itself and spilled its hot blood in a shout. "Mara
Sov!" I cannot live while you live."
Welcome back guardians. In today's video we are going to try and understand what happened
to Sjur. Sjur was the first Queen's Wrath who we encounter in Mara's Sov ascendant
realm as a statue. The statue of Sjur rewards us the exotic bow, Wish Ender. Sjur's story
is linked with the creation of the Awoken, the hunting of the Ahamkara and her disappearance
is potentially linked the Nine.
Crucial aspects of Sjur's story can be found in the Pilgrimage patrol missions in the dreaming
city. Completing these missions provides a random lore dialogue line, similar to that
of a ghost scan from Destiny 1. A big thank you to Lowlines on Twitter who has documented
hundreds of these entries. A link to his twitter will be in the description.
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This is myelin games and I hope you enjoy this latest Destiny 2 Lore episode.
[INTRO]
Before I explain what happened to Sjur, I want to give a very brief rundown of her backstory.
Her backstory is explained in the Lore books, Marasenna and The Awoken of the Reef. For
extra details see my video on how the Queen became Awoken, and also the Nine. How the
Nine originated from the same people as the Awoken may also be important for later. If
you have read the entire Marasenna book and the Awoken of the Reef book you can skip ahead
to the time on screen [TIME], otherwise stay tuned for a brief summary.
Mara Sov created the original Awoken Homeland (not the Dreaming City) by throwing herself
into a Black Hole created by the collision of Darkness and Light during the collapse.
The planet she created existed within a pocket universe of our own. The Awoken lived in relative
peace upon this planet until a group emerged known as the Eccaleist. This group proclaimed
that the Awoken, who were born from both Light and Dark, owed a debt to the Universe and
someday they would have to repay this debt. Oppositely, the reigning monarch proclaims
that the birth of the Awoken was a gift and that they owe nothing to universe. The differences
in philosophies stems from the Awoken not really knowing how they were created.
These different theories about the birth of the Awoken led to the Theodisy War, where
many Awoken were killed. It is later revealed that Mara Sov started this War by fabricating
the different philosophies and encouraging the Awoken to question their existence and
potential debt that they owed the Universe. Mara Sov wanted the Awoken to feel uneasy
within their paradise world, because she wanted to lead the Awoken back to our universe. If
the Awoken did not feel like they owed a debt to the Universe they would never leave their
paradise home. Eventually, Mara Sov led tens of thousands of Awoken back to our universe
by once again traveling through a black hole.
So, Sjur is first introduced as an Awoken on the original Awoken home planet who is
looking to assassinate Mara Sov. Sjur wants to assassinate Mara Sov because Sjur's previous
leader, Diasyrm disappeared after meeting with Mara. Diasyrm was a leader of the Eccaleist,
the group that believed that the Awoken owed a debt to the Universe.
However, rather than assassinate Mara Sov, Sjur suggests that she fights Mara's champion.
It is not really explained why Sjur has this change in heart and cannot bear to kill Mara
Sov, it just says that Sjur cannot bear to kill Mara's ancient beauty, and I believe
this feeds into the mystery of Mara Sov. Mara Sov was the first Awoken, and so the oldest
of the Awoken, and Mara also intentionally separates herself from the Awoken cities on
their homeplanet, isolating herself to the mountains to help create this image of mystery
and power.
So, Mara selects her champion, which is Prince Uldren, and Sjur and Prince Uldren compete
in a number of battles of skill. In the end it is draw and Sjur says this to Mara Sov.
On the tarmac, Sjur Eido threw off her helmet and parachute and knelt before Mara Sov. "My
lady," she said, "as I have fought your brother to a tie, I leave my fate in your hands. Be
more kind to me than you were to my lady the Diasyrm."
"Rise, Sjur Eido," said Mara. "Let us take the stars together."
From this point, Sjur becomes Mara's most trusted bodyguard and she would later be declared
the first of the Queen's Wrath. Sjur followed Mara Sov and the other tens of thousands of
Awoken back into our Universe. At some point, Sjur and Mara Sov also fell in love.
Now lets move onto what happened to Sjur and what the statue in the ascendant realm is
about. [AD]. Firslty, the exotic bow received from the statue is Sjur's bow called Wish-ender
and it is called Wish-ender for a very good reason. It appears that Sjur was very good
at hunting and destroying the Ahamkara. Ahamkara were known as Wish Dragons, and hence, Wish
Ender, ended their lives, ended the wishes. Have a list to this Pilgrimage patrol mission.
"Ah… This is where Eao liked to rest, before Sjur hunted him down and skewered him
for his deceit. One of your Warlocks bartered for his corpse and traded away his bones.
Another mistake. You must never scatter the bones."
This lore suggests that Sjur hunted down the Ahamkara Eao, however the bones were given
away to a Warlock, which was then traded. This may infact be the origin story for the
creation of the Hunter exotic boots, Bones of Eao. It seems that Sjur was quite skilled
at destroying Ahamkara. Have a listen to this other Pilgrimage scan.
"This chamber was refashioned in honor of Sjur Eido, the first Queen's Wrath, when
she was found dead. She was a fearsome warrior in her own right – the only Awoken to ever
survive an Aphelion Attack, and a skilled hunter of traitorous Ahamkara"
So, firstly, when you wield Wish-ender, know that it has likely killed many dragons at
the hands of Sjur. So what happened to Sjur? It appears that Sjur went on what she would
call a standard mission and disappeared. The flavor text for the Wish-Ender bows reads,
"Don't fret. It's a simple expedition. We'll be back before lunch." —Sjur Eido, First
Queen's Wrath The lore tab for Wish Ender then ends with,
Sjur Eido swore with revelation righteous fury betrayedbetrayedbetrayedbetrayedbetrayedbetrayedbetrayedbetrayed
swore an oath to rise again. Sjur Eido drew loosed dr–
Fell. l o s t
The way "lost" is written and how "betrayed" is repeated without any spaces, is very similar
to how the Nine speak in Trials of the Nine lore tabs. So this may be the first clue that
Sjur disappearance is related to the Nine. Remember that Sjur in her last moment swore
an oath to rise again. So now, we can read the lore tab for Oathkeeper. It reads,
"I have not yet met my true death." —Sjur Eido, First Queen's Wrath
"This was on her body, Your Grace." A strange coin lay at the center of Abra's
outstretched palm. Mara took it between thumb and forefinger and held up it to the cosmos
with dainty contempt. Weregild, she thought. Powerful grief filled
her chest, as thick and caustic and heavy as unset concrete.
"And her bow?" "Gone."
"Huginn? Muninn?" "The Ahamkara are dead, and their bones are
silent. But Petra Venj has—" So Paladin Abra Zire, found a strange coin
with Sjur's body, obviously most people will instantly think of strange coins from
Destiny 1, the currency for Xur, Agent of the Nine. Secondly, Mara calls the strange
coin a Weregild. The definition of Weregild is,
"also known as man price, was a value placed on every being and piece of property, for
example in the Frankish Salic Code. If property was stolen, or someone was injured or killed,
the guilty person would have to pay weregild as restitution to the victim's family or to
the owner of the property."
So mara Sov is saying whoever killed Sjur provided weregild, i.e. they gave a strange
coin as payment, as compensation to the Awoken for killing her. The implication is, who would
pay with Strange Coins, we would assume the Nine.
Now, here is where things get confusing. Why is Sjur still speaking to us in mara's Ascendant
realm. Firstly, Mara created the statue in her ascendant realm after Sjur was found dead.
In order to get the Wish Ender bow, we have to enter the ascendant realm and kill three
taken enemies, these enemies are described as the sworn enemies of Sjur. This suggest
that the Nine did not kill Sjur but the Hive did, or more specifically whoever controls
the Taken. Of course, at this stage we believe Savathun to currently control the Taken, the
cunning sister of Oryx.
This is not the only evidence that suggests Sjur's death is related to the Hive, as
Sjur also says this, I have not yet met my true death." -Sjur
Eido
This is a very hive thing to say, a true death for the Hive is to be killed in their throne
world, if they are not killed in their throne world, they do not truly die. So this may
be a hint to the Hive, or it may also indicate that like Mara Sov, Sjur has her own throne
world, it would make sense considering her and Mara Sov were in love. Maybe this is what
Sjur means when she says she has not met her true death.
The last thing that links Sjur to the Hive, is what Toland says about Sjur, Toland says
this,
"Sjur will undo her death if you give her half a chance" – Toland
Undo her death is literally a quote from destiny 1, when Omnigul returned, Omnigul undid her
death. So is this another reference to Sjur having a throne world like Mara Sov.
So, how do we account for all of this informaiton, some information pointing to the Nine, some
information point to the Hive or Savathun more specifically. This is my theory. Sjur
has been killed or taken by Savathun, leaving her body behind, but Sjur soul roaming the
ascendant realm, similar to Toland. I speculate the reason why Sjur's physical body was
found with a strange coin, was it is Savathun, the sister of trickery, the sister of cunning,
killing the Queen's lover and blaming it on the Nine, by planting a strange coing,
would be a great way to cause a war between the Awoken and the Nine.
That concludes this latest Destiny 2 lore episode. If you would like to support the
channel and cannot think of a comment, leave the word, Weregild, to represent the Strange
coin left on Sjur's body. As usual, it has been a pleasure, this is myelin games. Peace.
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