Like everyone else I read the latest details on the upcoming “expansion” The Dark Below.
After doing my fair share of complaining I decided to do some research and found it interesting, thought I would share.
[b]Who is Eris?[/b]
[i]“Eris will send you on a quest that will take you through the new story content of the expansion [in The Dark Below].”
“There's a new vendor character in the Tower, with a pretty interesting story to tell, that you'll be able to experience and play through once you buy the DLC. Her name is Eris. She's going to send you on a mission against the Hive to help stop Crota and his efforts to invade and take over the Solar System.”
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Other than that, not much else is known about the mysterious character. I took a quick peek at my grimoire cards and didn’t find a single mention of her. Eris is an interesting name and not surprisingly, also has roots in both mythology and astronomy. Here are some interesting things from Wiki
[b]Eris the Dwarf Planet.[/b]
- [i]Eris is the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth most massive body known to directly orbit the Sun.[/i]
- [i]It is a trans-Neptunian object [meaning further away than Neptune] and a member of a high-eccentricity population known as the scattered disc. It has one known moon, Dysnomia[/i]
- [i]Eris and Dysnomia are currently the most distant known natural objects in the Solar System[/i]
- [i]The dwarf planet was originally named Xena because the research team liked the TV show Xena, The other science committees did not like this and they were forced to choose another name.[/i]
- [i]It's moon originally named after Xena’s sidekick Gabrielle, but was changed to Dysnomia after Xena became Elris.[/i]
[b]Eris the Greek goddess and her daughter Dysnomia[/b]
- [i]Eris is the Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord.[/i] [Sounds a lot like Xena to me]
- She is Zeus’ daughter (aren’t they all) and it just so happens her brother is Ares (God of War)
- Eris herself had a daughter named Dysnomia, who’s known as a daemon of lawlessness.
- The most famous tale of Eris goes a little something like this…I hide this to prevent TLDR, but it's great.
[spoiler]We all know of Achilles and the Trojan War, but before he was born his mother and father (Peleus and Thetis) held an epic wedding and invited almost everyone from Olympus. Left off of that guest list was our girl Eris (most likely cause she’s a trouble maker). This pissed her off and together with her Daddy Zeus hatched a plan for payback. She had a pristine golden apple created with a message saying something like "For the most beautiful one". All the other goddess’ began fighting about who’s the hottest and it was decided (by Zeus) that this guy Paris (Prince of Troy) would have to decide who got the apple. This luck dude got to see all the goddess’ strip down and they all tempted him with divine gifts. In the end he chose Aphrodite (goddess of love) because she offered him the most beautiful of all wives…Helen of Sparta. Commence war![/spoiler]
There you have it, a little background to Eris that I found fascinating. One thing’s for sure, she’s gonna be one badass chick.
Also NEPTUNE REVEALED DECEMBER 9 lol not.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-10-29-destinys-first-expansion-the-dark-below-takes-aim-at-story-criticism
www.Wikiwikiwikwik.wikcom
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I'm just impressed that we are getting a story character with a name.... The speaker The stranger The queen The queens brother and Eris.....
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Crotas daughter? Who knows
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Eris is >9th< biggest dwarf planet in the solar system DLC released on the >9th< day We haven't seen her full face Her original name "Xena" started with an X. Xuruminati confirmed.
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[quote]Holy shit guys ninth biggest dwarf planet ninth of December agent of the nine what if eris is an agent of the nine[/quote] You have 3 nines that you compare,this game is half finished... HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!
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Edited by Der_Peevmeister: 11/5/2014 12:43:09 AMDon't believe the NASA / Illuminati lies! [b]PLUTO LIVES![/b] [spoiler]Ninth planet.[/spoiler]
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She better be as hot as the Queen or else this DLC ain't worth a thing.
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The Iliad will forever be one of my favorite stories.
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So that's the name of the rock that got Pluto downgraded to "giant-rock" status? Hmmm.
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All i want to know is what [i]HOT[/i] celeb is gonna do the voice over? The Stranger http://m.imgur.com/ktflzTU fapfapfapfapfapfap...
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Read all the way down... even most of the sub comments... Mind Blown...
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Holy shit guys ninth biggest dwarf planet ninth of December agent of the nine what if eris is an agent of the nine
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Edited by A Random Nerd: 10/30/2014 11:12:22 AMI think she might be part of the Nine. The planet is the NINTH largest planet to orbit the sun. Its a long shot but just my guess
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I think it said somewhere that she's spent years in hiding on the moon, essentially 'living' amongst the Hive, observing them, and she's only returning now to warn about Crota.
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Eris of the Nine?
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impressive, i like it
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one of the ships rumored to be in the dlc , atalanta's hunt, has the description "never stop for golden apples". I've been wonder how we'd get these since there's like thirty of these legendary ships which is a bit more than the raid and iron banner have now, so I wonder if that's what she'll be selling.
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Re-arrange the letters of Eris and you get Rise.... maybe she actually wants to rise Crota
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Eris is also the name of my computer, funny how these things just happen
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Interesting, so you say that she was named for the person that basically started one of the longest, bloodiest, most famous wars in fictional history just for a petty revenge. She sounds like a fun person.
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You plagurise much. Wiki never lies eh..? Half that shit os false.
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hope this makes it's way through all the BS topics and reaches at least one person :)
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Nice, shame she'll probably be a boring NPC
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Edited by ELRaSun: 10/30/2014 2:26:31 AMVery interesting. And this is her story, too. [quote] It's going to feel much more loot driven and story driven in that it's going to feel faster-paced with more action as you go through it, and with exposition. The important thing about Eris is, this story is going to be her story, and she's going to send you on a mission that's a lot of fun.[/quote] From everything you shared, it Sounds like we can't really trust her though, lol