Brin is a minor character in Horizon Zero Dawn and a mentioned character in Horizon Forbidden West and Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores.
History[]
Brin was originally a Banuk shaman. Upon hearing rumors of a tribe in the Forbidden West that drank machine blood, he decided to test this theory by drinking machine blood himself. The act initially made him sick, but it later caused him to experience visions he deemed "machine dreams". However, the Banuk were disgusted at this apparent sacrilege and punished him by leaving him stripped in the icy wilds.[1]
Brin survived, but instead of returning to his werak, he became a wanderer, leaving the Banuk behind, later claiming to Aloy that he has no tribe.[1] Brin made his new home in a shack in the arid Sun-Steps of the Carja Sundom.
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Wounded from a recent hunt, Brin was found by the Nora huntress Aloy. He offered to share with his visions with her if she brought him the fluid of machines he needed to have these visions. Each time Aloy fulfilled a request and gave him some machine blood, Brin gave her vague descriptions of his vision, leaving her confused each time.[2] However, at times the description contained information about the machines and their origins which she later discovered to be accurate.
However, after ingesting the blood from a Stormbird, Brin saw a vision he found so frightening that he refused to divulge any details, only revealing that it involved the future; a future in filled with destruction, including Aloy’s death, causing by an "oncoming storm". Then and there, he decided to run and chase the sun to the Forbidden West, advising Aloy to do the same.[2]
Horizon Forbidden West[]
Whilst traversing the Forbidden West, Aloy came across a encampment with dead Oseram. In a parchment about their travels, it's revealed that the group stumbled upon "a Banuk shaman slurping machine oil" from a Bristleback, almost certainly referring to Brin. Once again receiving visions, he shouted that he had to reach "the place of flame and brine" before running away. The Oseram later attempted to receive visions of their own by drinking the oil, only to end up dying from poisoning.[3]
The events of Horizon Forbidden West may have revealed the identity of the "oncoming storm" that Brin foretold: Nemesis, the malevolent AI that originally sent the Extinction Signal that caused GAIA's subordinate functions to go rogue, and is currently flying through space toward Earth to destroy the planet personally after HADES' failure.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores[]
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The Banuk painting in the Burning Shores.
In the Burning Shores, Aloy stumbled across a painting on the wall of a ruined building that her Focus notes to be Banuk, implying that Brin successfully made it to the place he was trying to reach.
A nearby scroll to the painting, likely written by an Oseram, notes that the author believed they were being watched when they found the painting, hearing an ominous whisper "hissing of secrets and portents and an ancient ghost rising in the east." This prompted the Oseram to flee.[4] However, no such sound can be heard by Aloy.
Personality[]
Brin is an eccentric, enigmatic person. He often considers himself as a mere vessel of the visions and 'memories' that he could experience and does not seem to care much for anything else. He is obsessed with and fearless when it comes to tasting machine blood, which caused his former people to shun him, although he does not seem to have a problem with living in isolation and self-exile. Nor does he have a problem with being open to people about his rather visceral hobby, as he was quite upfront to Aloy on the matter and even offered her to join him in spite of her apparent disgust.
Associated Quests[]
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Trivia[]
- While in the Cut, Aloy can overhear some Banuk gossiping about a shaman who was banished by the Conclave for drinking machine blood, mostly likely referencing Brin.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 As mentioned by Brin during Acquired Taste.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Acquired Taste
- ↑ Machine Dreams
- ↑ I Warn You!
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| Banuk | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aratak's Werak | Aratak (chieftain) - Aloy (temporary chieftain) - Naltuk (shaman) - Ourea (shaman) - Ruatuk - Sekuli - Signutai | |
| Kikuk's Killers | Kikuk - Nulat | |
| Kopilai's Werak | Kopilai (chieftain) - Aujak (shaman) - Inatut | |
| Scars of the North/ Shattered Hearts/ Nukoni's Arrows |
Tatai - Tulemak - Urkai | |
| Signak's Werak | Signak (chieftain) - Ili - Tektuk | |
| White Teeth Werak | White Teeth Chieftain - White Teeth Shaman - Mailen | |
| Exiles | Arnak - Brin | |
| Disputed | Sylens | |
| Other members | Aluki - Anutai - Ardik - Banukai - Enjuk - Ikrie - Kamut - Kimik - Kutani - Laulai - Lauvuk - Naunuk - Opili - Opitak - Rukul - Siluk - Tikuk - Ukan - Yariki | |