Nine Sols - The Complete Story Explained | Nine Sols Lore

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Learn the story of Yi and his quest for vengeance in the taupunk metroidvania Nine Sols.
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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Penglai's History
25:49 - Yi's Story
35:16 - Themes and Inspiration
41:30 - Outro
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  • @TheLorebrarians
    @TheLorebrarians11 күн бұрын

    Hi all, I've had a change of audio equipment and recording venue. Let me know what you think of the voice-over quality and what might need to be tweaked moving forward. Hope you appreciate the video!

  • @naej3721

    @naej3721

    10 күн бұрын

    sounds great to me, clean and clear

  • @mononoob1134

    @mononoob1134

    4 күн бұрын

    Kind of hard to hear, can you make them clearer

  • @TheLastHylianTitan
    @TheLastHylianTitan9 күн бұрын

    Me: “man, this is some tasty lore, but I’m having trouble processing and dissecting it” The Lorebrarians, popping up on my feed for the first time: “I got you.”

  • @999lazerman
    @999lazerman9 күн бұрын

    A certain dragon once said “Those who try to hasten the end only delay it, and those who try to delay the end only hasten it”.

  • @greedier-7661

    @greedier-7661

    6 күн бұрын

    counter argument: hospitals exists.

  • @999lazerman

    @999lazerman

    6 күн бұрын

    @@greedier-7661 I think the statement mainly applies to trying to alter the laws of nature

  • @greedier-7661

    @greedier-7661

    5 күн бұрын

    @@999lazerman .... and we are taking synthetic medicine, transplanting body parts, radiating ourselves etc. most things that are done in hospitals are not natural. ----------------------------- The problem in those cat civilization was not science or faith but them forgetting a balance. That is why so many current countries have problems, as most African Muslim countries die in faith wars. West countries self destroy themselves from corruption and lack of morals. etc. and her creating that zombie like virus... it is not fault of their civilization. and saying that fighting against nature is wrong is stupid when so many peoples now fight against global warming, which by your logic would be humanity/earth natural end....

  • @flying-sheep

    @flying-sheep

    5 күн бұрын

    @@999lazerman That’s impossible. Everything is nature. Physics, chemistry, biology do their thing. Living is interacting with the “laws of nature”, no matter if you live as a hermit digging up roots in a cave or if you splice genes. E.g. nothing you ate in your life is “natural” in the narrow sense: Livestock and crops have been bred for the last 10.000 years, you wouldn’t recognize anything our ancestors ate before that.

  • @diethylmalonate
    @diethylmalonate6 күн бұрын

    Some translation observations in no particular order: The "Fusang" is a mythological tree, but it's also the name of hibiscus. That's probably why the apemen wear large red flowers. Eigong is more accurately "Yi Gong". I guess they went with that translation so people didn't think her and Yi are related? Lear is the strangest change, his original name is Li Er, aka Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. Tianhuo doesn't feel like what the gene will be initially named as, since it means "heavenly disaster". That name probably started with the disease. The outline of the plot is a reference to the myth of Hou Yi, who shot down 9 suns out of 10 from the sky Many other characters are based on Chinese myth, like Shen Nong (who tested herbs on himself), Chi You, Nu Wa, Fu Xi, etc

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    6 күн бұрын

    These are great insights and really add to the depth of the story, it's sometimes unfortunate what can be lost in translation so this is much appreciated!

  • @t22222k

    @t22222k

    4 күн бұрын

    Your understanding of the translation for Eigong is correct. The official explanation has confirmed this translation.

  • @matthewor5793

    @matthewor5793

    23 сағат бұрын

    Also the sols came from a planet called PengLai, which is the heaven where all gods live in Chinese mythology

  • @matthewor5793

    @matthewor5793

    22 сағат бұрын

    Xuan xuan's pen name Xuan Yuan is name of an ancient emperor from the mythological era of ancient China Yan Lao is actually reference to Yan Luo, which like the ruler of Hell in Chinese mythology Heng (Yi's sister) is the goddess of the moon which more commonly known as Chang E (嫦娥) (That e is pronouns in a weird way like a Uh sound)

  • @Sometuy11A
    @Sometuy11A10 күн бұрын

    Finally my long awaited lorebrarians fix.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    10 күн бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed this one! A more obscure game but definitely underrated both in terms of gameplay and story

  • @Sometuy11A

    @Sometuy11A

    10 күн бұрын

    @@TheLorebrariansAnd now one I’m sold on thanks to you.

  • @lonekirin905
    @lonekirin90510 күн бұрын

    I fell in love with this game. With its story, with its style and mostly its gameplay.

  • @etano_luna
    @etano_luna8 күн бұрын

    IMO - Eigong lost her sanity, in endless tries to find out the ways to gain immortality and subsequently the cure, and I think in the first place she was not trying to find immortality for solarians out of her own ideal but rather because of pressure from then ones who financed her research institution (how in one of the memory recordings she is afraid that financing will be pulled out) Overall she represents the worst in the story, truly evil individual with too much power

  • @transcendedduck1564
    @transcendedduck15642 күн бұрын

    listened to this video while grinding Eigong, up to about 30 kills now and aiming for 100. the story is definitely confusing at stages, so i'm glad to have a high-quality and comprehensive breakdown of it because it really does deserve being told

  • @duye7635

    @duye7635

    2 күн бұрын

    did she kill you 30 times or did you kill her 30 times?

  • @transcendedduck1564

    @transcendedduck1564

    Күн бұрын

    @@duye7635 killed her- now up to 41, one extra because i did some controller testing this morning

  • @playedit0ut290
    @playedit0ut2909 күн бұрын

    Finally a video explaining the story of this game.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    8 күн бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed

  • @dmitryreymer3737
    @dmitryreymer37379 күн бұрын

    Great video, but I think you got some stuff wrong on the timeline. I got the impression that Yiis miraculous resurrection was what inspired Engong to research the roots. So the virus outbreak happened later. Also, the reason Yii didn't come for Heng was because he was knocked out by Engong before new Kunluns lift of.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    Eigong's logs have dates attached to them. I may have mixed up some of the entries, but I had the impression she had an interest in Fusang even before she observed Yi or Kanghui. As for Heng, you are absolutely right which makes Yi's character even more tragic.

  • @corndealer3290
    @corndealer32909 күн бұрын

    Good timing, i just finished the true ending minutes ago and rush to youtube to find the story explain.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    Hope you enjoyed!

  • @yeedog6145
    @yeedog61456 күн бұрын

    This is definitely the best lore video on Nine Sols I've seen so far, and likely the best I will ever see. Excellent work!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    6 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!

  • @naej3721
    @naej372110 күн бұрын

    LOVE THIS! I haven't figure out the time line of their technology development back in Penglai. Also there are so many details in the background that I haven't noticed LOL Thank you for your explanation!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    10 күн бұрын

    So glad you enjoyed! Yes, there's quite a depth to this game's setting and of course beautifully illustrated

  • @Phatboy-rv2oz
    @Phatboy-rv2oz2 күн бұрын

    Loved the part where yi said “throughout the pale blue planet and penglai, i alone am the nine sols.”

  • @TheDiabeticGameMaster
    @TheDiabeticGameMaster10 күн бұрын

    Yo, id never heard of this game before. Thanks for highlighting it!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    10 күн бұрын

    Of course! It's a smaller studio that struggled with marketing, but it's a very engaging game with a great narrative

  • @TheWisme
    @TheWisme10 күн бұрын

    How the heck did I mispronounce Penglai as Pengali the entire time I played 😭

  • @naej3721

    @naej3721

    10 күн бұрын

    sounds cute tho lol

  • @anorocamilac

    @anorocamilac

    8 күн бұрын

    I did the same😂

  • @aethous9163
    @aethous91632 күн бұрын

    Every Sol in this game at some point has completly blinded themselves in their own ideas, and the most intresting to me is Jiequan He's family lives by phrase "Heroes are forged in agony", and so Jiequan is obsessed with idea of causing himself and others pain and suffering. What he doesn't realise, is the second part of this phrase "Heroes ARE forged in agony... but they do it to protect others from the same fate" Thanks to stories of Spider-Man or Batman we know about it, yet Jiequan completly twisted it's meaning into extremly crazy and wrong one. Same goes for many other Sols, Yi included

  • @littlemarimo2350
    @littlemarimo23506 күн бұрын

    Thank you for compiling this all in such a nice doku stile format! I adore the story of this game. Just finished it today for the first time (true ending Eigong kept me busy for almost a week) One of my favorite little side details that had me pause the game and just sit for a minute was when i realized that Ji was the Kunlun immortal from the painting you give Shuanshuan. As well as the hologram about Lear's decleration of inaction where Ji is always only visible for short moments, hidden behind the speech bubbles. There was a lot of show, don't tell in general with the backgrounds.

  • @vinvillian4621
    @vinvillian46219 күн бұрын

    You’re a very good storyteller. I’m definitely subscribing to your channel.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    Appreciate the support!

  • @maercmaercecI
    @maercmaercecI7 күн бұрын

    This is such a complete and detailed overview of the lore, well done!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    6 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed

  • @scifriskyxy583
    @scifriskyxy5839 күн бұрын

    I've been waiting for a lore explained for this game for a while. Thank you ,keep up the good work

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    8 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed

  • @hotdoghotdog3326
    @hotdoghotdog332610 күн бұрын

    been waiting for a lore explanation vid of this 😭😭 thank u for this!! 🙏🙏

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    10 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it, hope you enjoyed!

  • @illyria000
    @illyria0009 күн бұрын

    Been waiting weeks for a detailed nine sols lore video. Thanks

  • @winterlord9942
    @winterlord99425 күн бұрын

    Glad to see your channel growing, very cozy videos.

  • @themonadoman116
    @themonadoman1169 күн бұрын

    thank you for highlighting this game!

  • @jonathanj.3695
    @jonathanj.36956 күн бұрын

    The story and lore of this game shows us the harsh reality of what happens when we try to go against our fundamental nature and when we no longer appreciate nor respect the lives that we were given.

  • @markgoimon
    @markgoimon4 күн бұрын

    a great lore from a underrated channel and an underrated game BOTH clout wise

  • @Prominent96
    @Prominent962 күн бұрын

    YESSS I WAS WAITING FOR ONE OF THESEE

  • @cometcartoons8528
    @cometcartoons85289 күн бұрын

    For some reason, this artstyle reminds me of cult of the lamb.

  • @0Fate8Bound0
    @0Fate8Bound09 күн бұрын

    Your channel covers all of the lore I love! Keep slapping

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    8 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it!

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon8 күн бұрын

    I don't really buy into the true ending as good ending, with regular ending atleast there is hope for the future for the penglai people, there are options, some more ethical way to save these people without compromising the lives of ape men "I'll accept death once im dead."

  • @Dionysor
    @Dionysor8 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the upload! So Mr. Kat is a Solarian all along

  • @cringecatmasteredits
    @cringecatmasteredits7 күн бұрын

    You said Yi ended his species, but what about Kuafu? we still see him in the post credit scene

  • @lucasmurakami216

    @lucasmurakami216

    6 күн бұрын

    He won't be able to reproduce alone in earth and probably will still die of old age or the virus. My headcannon is that he uses his remaining years to help the new human colonies and becomes remembered, together with Yi, in a human pantheon of myths and legends. Also, it seems Yi is based on a mythology character "Huo Yi". He was a magical archer who shot down 9 out of the 10 original suns in our sky, because they were scorching the planet. So maybe we got to play the origin of this story? :)

  • @cringecatmasteredits

    @cringecatmasteredits

    5 күн бұрын

    @@lucasmurakami216 nice

  • @ciarrawansley8511
    @ciarrawansley85118 күн бұрын

    Thank you! this very good video! Haven't play the game yet but, the lore is very cool!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    6 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it, definitely worth checking out if you are able! The gameplay was a blast

  • @arglebargle42
    @arglebargle423 күн бұрын

    Ok this was a ton deeper than I was expecting from a side scroller about cat people. Going back for a re-listen.

  • @etano_luna
    @etano_luna8 күн бұрын

    I was very hurt by the true ending and specially how both side stories of Shanghai 9000 and Chiyo ended, it completely ruined the game for me :(

  • @gabrielvicente9245
    @gabrielvicente92459 күн бұрын

    Cool vídeo

  • @didiok7
    @didiok79 күн бұрын

    Greate video!!!

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    Appreciate it!

  • @kaullyeijikimura7561
    @kaullyeijikimura75618 күн бұрын

    Watching the true ending I ended thinking in a short comic. Be careful with spoilers Frame 1, 2 and 3 Someone is in the verge of death lying on a bed in his last moments, he is surronded by his family and friends and giving his last words he dies in peace. Them everything turns black(There is a cat in the background that looks like Yi ) Frame 3 and 4 Them he wakes up, the old man is walking with his walking cane on a path in a white flower field. Frame 5, 6 and 7 Slowly he continues to walk, and he remenbers wat was the last thing he writed in his diary, it was like a letter for someone from long ago. The old man start reading the letter that tells how was his life after landing in the pale blue planet and what he's been doing and how he helped the people arond him until his inevitable death of old age and his return to Tao. Frame 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He starts talking about the time when he was a kid, and he tells how it was when Kuafu passed away because of the Tianhuo virus, then Shennong a couple of years later of old age, and he asks how is everyone doing while waiting him since he is the last person who is missing, the last person who originally came from space, at this moment the old man begins to get younger and younger. Frame 13 Then it's revealed that the old man is Shuanshuan and he is on his path to the afterlife, the wind blows and shakes his hair while he is looking for something far away while he continues with his letter telling that he lived a long life like he said when he was a kid. Frame 14 and 15 He is a little younger now and can walk without his walking cane. After realizing that he doen't need a walking cane anymore Shuanshuan starts running. Frame 16, 17 and 18 It's hard in the beginning but step by step it's getting easier, and he seens to be saying something, calling for someone while he reads the letter telling what he wants to do afther see everyone again afther so much time. Frame 19, 20 and 21 Someone who is holding a green pipe blowing green smoke can be seen by distance, he is talking with his sister and Shuanshuan parents alongside Kuafu, Shennong, Chiyou and abacus who are a little drunk. Frame 22, 23 and 24 From far away Yi can hear "YI!!" and "BIG BROTHER!!". Kuafu then calls Yi, he points to Shuanshuan announcing his arrival and comments about how old Shuanshuan is. (I dont know, let's put that he lived for almost 120 years) Frame 25 Shuanshuan can see that Yi is with his family and the friends he met during his journey and they all were waiting for Shuanshuan to start a banquet to welcome him (Chien and Shanhai 9000 are there too). Frame 26 and 27 Shuanshuan still running, and step by step until he turns into a child again, even exausted he wont stop running. Frame 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 They are happy to see each other again, Everyone is having fun. the camera gets more distant and they desapear as they are turning into smoke and returning to the nothingness. THE END Now I don't know what each one could do in the last painels, so lets leave this to your imagination I'm not a native english speaker, so if there is an error with my wrigting let me know I hope someone with artistc skills will see this comment What do you think of this concept idea? is it good?

  • @manae2474
    @manae24742 күн бұрын

    I am absolute enamored with the deeper lore of this game, and this video did an admirable job of putting it down on an understandable timeline. However, certain parts of the story stuck out to me strangely. For one, in the true ending, I find it weird (and funny) that no one addressed how Kuafu is still alive, the last Solarian, and he's still infected. How long did he have left on the Pale Blue Planet, without the Solarian tech to sustain him? Could the new environment miraculously cure him? Ji's philosophy was weird to me. I get being weary of an eternal life and wanting to go off with a bang, but he undeniably contributed to making things worse. Wish he instead decided to fight the flow of fate and try to assist Yi in finding a cure, or at least preserve the memory of millenia he'd seen. The game really paints the Taoist Heng's ideology as the correct one, and what brings peace of mind by accepting the natural order. Except... explicitly, Tianhuo is not natural. It was manmade, by Eigong's hands. Even if it was a naturally occurring illness, that's like saying "covid is just a natural and inevitable thing, so don't fight it. Give up on the cure, just accept you'll be infected and will die." I'd like to give the writers credit if this is also meant to be another example of no ideology being universally true, that even the Taoist conclusion was made in ignorance (of Tianhuo's origins), therefore the cycle of science versus spirituality continues. But I don't know if it's just me. Lastly, the dialogue referencing the confrontation between Yi and Eigong leading up to the start of the game is confusing to me. The way Yi said Eigong wronged his family personally felt... off. As well as what Eigong meant when she said all the other Sols agreed with her. If it was the revelation that she created Tianhuo, what did the Sols agree to? How did they all betray him or why did they keep him in the dark, as another line revealed? There's some discussion regarding this important plot moment and it's strange how it wasn't made more explicit. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Amazing game, I expected no less from Red Candle and was still surprised they delivered on their first action game.

  • @Finding_Arcadia
    @Finding_Arcadia9 күн бұрын

    Its a little outdated now, but i think you should check out the game Ashen, its a low poly souls like that came out like 5 years ago to mixed success, so can't expect to see a lore video about it but you might personally enjoy it idk

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    Appreciate the suggestion, it's not a game I'm familiar with but might have to check it out!

  • @nexoflame6906
    @nexoflame690610 күн бұрын

    @sacredalmighty here that lore video you wanted

  • @babyl
    @babyl8 күн бұрын

    amazing game.

  • @renatoafonsomaiacarneiro950
    @renatoafonsomaiacarneiro9508 күн бұрын

    Soooo, they started as humans, had his ww2, raised to the Age of Technology, became the same as the Ealdar, downgraded back to superstitious humans and became the Nechrons...cool, cool cool cool cool...

  • @all-aroundhelper
    @all-aroundhelper9 күн бұрын

    Ah so I see this is a alternative universe where Godcat did not take away his creations limbs. (Don't mind the Epic Battle Fantasy joke)

  • @JustinRuta
    @JustinRuta10 күн бұрын

    Noice!

  • @goombaluigi8681
    @goombaluigi8681Күн бұрын

    As far as I can tell from what I've heard the true ending is somewhere between the two extremes

  • @KrunchWorld
    @KrunchWorld9 күн бұрын

    I just discovered your channel and this is great! Have you ever considered doing videos on Hollow Knight? The lore for that game is amazing and is truly endless.

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    9 күн бұрын

    I appreciate it, and the suggestion! Hollow knight has been one of my favorite games since its release and I love its atmosphere. Definitely worth looking into

  • @Ava1ar
    @Ava1ar5 күн бұрын

    27:52 that robot disc yeeeted xD

  • @greekman5
    @greekman519 сағат бұрын

    1:18 IS THAT THE FUCKING DEATH STAR?

  • @magnusm4
    @magnusm44 күн бұрын

    Finally this game came out. It always felt like every new awesome game was just demos but nothing ever released. Though the ending and message is a little pretentious. Assuming they're "supposed" to just die. When it was basically just her dumb hubris and delusion of immortality that doomed them. Just don't do stupid stuff and none of this would've happened.

  • @naej3721
    @naej372110 күн бұрын

    I saw the manga after finishing the game😢a bit spoiler below

  • @naej3721

    @naej3721

    10 күн бұрын

    since i don't know who Chien is, in the game when I found her and Shanhai it really wasn't that sad. Then in the first two page of the manga, seeing their relationship I immediately teared up😥

  • @TheLorebrarians

    @TheLorebrarians

    10 күн бұрын

    Yes, it's quite tragic and a story I wish got more attention in the game. It was easy to miss

  • @Chareddragon
    @ChareddragonКүн бұрын

    I believe there should have been a third ending. That uses both mythicism and technology to save the race while freeing humanity

  • @Kuba_K
    @Kuba_K7 күн бұрын

    Remember never trust magitech

  • @jovandesmond8319
    @jovandesmond83196 күн бұрын

    👨‍🍳

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