originally posted in:Collective Of Knowledge
Any ideas on the lore of 4 phrases Eir, Ur, [quote]Xol[/quote], Yul? I realize each swarm prince representing one and wizards of their spawn. Toland claims to be on a trail of a 5th phrase "faintly heard from the buzz that once spilled from the shrine" which suggests the Shrine of Oryx, also suggesting the 5th phrase is or relates to Oryx. Toland also suggests that these may be their Gods, or Idols. Or that they may hold key to their ultimate demise, or a bridge to their desires.
Thanks guys, please post thoughts and theories about this (to me) fascinating topic!
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"faintly heard from the buzz that once spilled from the shrine" - this reminds me of when you are doing the Shrine of Oryx mission and Ghost asks you to let him out under the shrine (which we know is communing with something) and when you go under the shrine the screen goes all pixelated. Do you recall the only other time in the game that the screen goes all pixelated exactly like that? When you're fighting the nexus and he calls in his adds. That's what I think about from that sentence in your post.
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This one is pretty interesting. Note: Words tend to have different meanings when translated.
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Edited by Ghost593835: 7/19/2015 2:00:50 PMXol, ur, eir and yul are also believed to beyond the hive gods that the hive owe their existence to them. I do not think the fifth name is oryx I also believe there are shrines for other gods.