Grail - Sensation and Hunger
Grail is the Lore that Desires and Births. We shall sate a part of our thirst for knowledge, and
Images taken from Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours, Wikipedia, and Bing Image Creator. Thumbnail created by myself.
Background Music used from Book of Hours and Dreaming Sarah.
Quotes are all in-game from Cultist Simulator or Book of Hours, using The Evil Root, the BoH wiki, the CS wiki, and the Secret Histories wiki to get screenshots when necessary.
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This came in just as I was under the influence of Grail. Make of that as you would
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
May I direct you to the video on Edge?
As a Fallen London player, it’s really cool to see echoes of that in Cultist Sim. Specifically the term “Delicious Friend” and the general concept of an ever hungry thing being associated with the number seven (Seeking Mr.Eaten’s Name).
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
AK mentions his past work with fallen London in one of the more recent book of hours posts on Steam - unfortunately the sunless series of games didn’t really strike a chord with me but I did still find the story surrounding them quite interesting
@KnjazNazrath
4 күн бұрын
Fallen London is great. I played it from '10 to '15, then lost my password. Never bothered to "win" the game. Was too busy just amblin' around.
These lore dives are inspiring, I’m tempted to do a lore-centric playthrough of Book Of Hours now
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
It’s worth it, BoH shakes up a lot of assumptions from cultist simulator
Excellent work! Do you think you'll make videos covering the new aspects from book of hours (Scale, Sky, Moon, Nectar), or just the eight from cultsim (or nine, if you count Rose as the same as Secret Histories)?
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
It’s tough, my expectation is that “Secret Histories” won’t have much meat by itself since there is just not a lot to talk about regarding it - whether that means that I would instead do a video about the five new powers combined or separate videos for each one is something I won’t be sure about until I start writing about one of them. In general I feel that the new powers are not as fleshed out as the aspects from Cult Sim, and we don’t get many stories relating to them since the Librarians are always very holistic in their approach to the invisible arts. That being said, I don’t expect it’ll be that long before I either have to make a decision or start making videos that are more than just Lore overviews
@nonamed9613
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib This might change with the upcoming expansion(s) though, may be a good thing to finish the cultist ones and see what is on the horizons
Remember folks, Grail with an immortal is only okay if say gex.
Great video, thank you for that
So glad I found this channel, been looking for good Cultish Simulator content for ages! Subbed!
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I’m glad you like it!
You saved Lantern for last... Dang it! I was never so annoyed yet eager to see new video! I think you can call it fascination
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Full disclosure: since Lantern is one of the most abstract and difficult lores (for me) to understand I’ve been putting it off for a while
omg best thing to come home from work to
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I’m glad you think so! Thank you :)
Nice, just waited for the next part. Really like your content.
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
Grail was my first ascention - very fun path.
Nice Videos, from the two big Cultist Lore video chanels a bit more deep dived and "fully" explained. But neat videos nevertheless. Just maybe get something for the backround noise of your microphone. Even though you did a good job eliminating it, it is still noticable. But audio stuff is a part of IT that is like black magic to me, five different solutions for one problem and all are correct
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Interesting, I haven’t seen any other channels doing what I’ve done, what are they called? Background noise is a difficult one - I’m not trained in any kind of audio engineering and I’m very against spending any money on KZread since I’m confident I won’t be making a single cent from it. I did spend a lot of time cleaning up the audio in the ways I could, but if you can point me towards any good tutorials (or anything else) I would appreciate it
@nonamed9613
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib @aditopian is the other guy that made some good cultist lore videos. On the audio question, yeah that is something I have also my problems in the few projects I have done, sadly not much I can say on it and not much I know. I could go and ask some sound people I know, at the moment my best guess would as good as any sadly. It is appreciated by me how much time goes into cleaning audio, truly. Just wanted to let you know there is some left that can be noticable, but it is not "horrible", after the first two or three videos I tuned it out.
Appreciate your lore videos! Looking forward to those that remain :)
Real Cenobite Hours.
Spy jumpscare 💀
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I couldn’t resist
@CassandraHearts
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib Please put a trigger warning if you're going to mention the french :( (I'm french)
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
@@CassandraHearts as someone who has spent significant amounts of time in France, I’ll take that request to “Heart”
@CassandraHearts
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib My deepest condoleances. On a more serious note, your video's great!
7:55 while it possible that he refers to the Forge here, it’s much more likely it the ant mother he tells us about. (If i recall, we do get a knock lore out of the interaction) Not to mention him being a name under the god from blood would hamper knowing about gods from light before they became that (if there even a before for them)
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Using any of the Threshers of Thoughts produced Knock Lore, not only Ezeem. It would also have known about the FoD since she became an hour in the same event as the RG, I don’t see how Ezeem wouldn’t have known. That being said, since it specifically says “Her arms were fewer” then you could well be right, the Mother of Ants being a God from Flesh would make a lot more sense in terms of meeting a Name pre-ascension
YES MY ASPECT
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I’m not sure I want to ask which aspect of the Grail principle you embody
Gimmmeee lanternnnnnnnn
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
It’s-a-coming!
Good work
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I put a fair bit of effort into this one
I am so glad I'm not the only one who HATES Julian. I can't swear on KZread but understand if I could... There would be no end to the words I would use.
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
He has an interesting position, but like many revolutionaries I think it’s a shortsighted one. I do like it when raiding the Gwaer Inn vault, where it’s vaguely implied Julian is a fan of naughty material stored there
The weird fingers of the AI art you use actually seems fitting for once here
Goddamnit Slanesh, what are you doing in there?
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I put some thought into what images could be used for that section and the vast majority would have my door kicked in - chaos serves
I think the riddle's answer relates to Moth. Hence it should be my favourite aspect next.
Yaaaay content
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I’ll try to keep going :D
YES
Please do Lantern next!
I feel like referring to a god who went well out of their way to ensure their ascension was a gender transition as well as the gender they transitioned from is a good way to get that god speaking your name to the Malevolents
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Quite! Memory isn’t serving on who the malevolents are right now, though
@ShadaOfAllThings
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib The Wolf Divided has Malevolents instead of Long in the same way Meniscate has Reflections instead of Long to denote their more strange natures. Malevolents are basically people who have sworn themselves towards the Wolf's goal of ending everything.
@IrritatedGamerOffic
Ай бұрын
I'm planning on getting a grail tattoo bc of this :3
@IrritatedGamerOffic
Ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLibI think they're saying referring to a God with their old pronouns is a good way to get a smiting from said diety😂
@HandsomeLib
Ай бұрын
@@IrritatedGamerOffic that’s what we summon King Crucible for ✨✨✨
I don't get the connection between being reborn as a woman and attaining sainthood.
@HandsomeLib
Ай бұрын
Because men are rare within the Sisterhood of the Knot and are probably not highly valued within the organization. The grail sect of the Sisterhood would venerate birth, which explains that dynamic. So, to them, a man overcoming his limitations to firstly be capable of birth (grail ascension) and having the reborn body be female would be considered extraordinary.
I personally like Crosley, as far as I understand it, he hates the Hours, and I feel likewise
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I’m interested as to what JC’s ideal setup for the Mansus really would be. I think there’s limited evidence that he’s seeking a return of Gods From Stone (specifically one named Snow), but we don’t have much information about it afaik
@cheziboiinfloat1852
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib I’d personally like a Mansus of black nephrite, the perfect city is the one unbuilt. I don’t feel that J.C. would want the gods from stone, they’re just an older flavor of tyrant, especially The Wheel, that damn ceaseless wheel.
I really liked your video! I just wish you hadn't used AI art. I'd much prefer to see something of your own creation
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
Thank you - the purpose of it is so that there’s something on the screen rather than the background, and for some of the more abstract explanations there isn’t anything in-game that could be used for it. I experimented with stock photos and using more memes but in my opinion it threw off the tone of the sections I would have used them in quite severely
@pastramiandrye
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib I understand that feeling. I personally would be more interested in seeing things you draw, even if they're just stick figures
The Flowermaker said Trans Rights
@tastyhaze2058
2 ай бұрын
Also quick correction, Ezeem is referred to with It/It's pronouns, not He/Him. This is quite consistent iirc.
@HandsomeLib
2 ай бұрын
I think I was fairly consistent with saying “it” for Ezeem, quite possible that I missed one of the references (or slurred it…)
@tastyhaze2058
2 ай бұрын
@@HandsomeLib Just a minor editing error then. Cheers, nice videos
this is actually true