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So I see that we have so much talk about lore and how we want more if it, but nowhere storing our existing knowledge on the Warframe universe. How can we know more about the game if we don't collect and store the data?

Well, we can start by posting here. Any data you come across in-game whether it be from Lotus, enemies, or the environment themselves that confirms any kind of lore, put it here. Whatever faction you find information on should be put here. Preferably, list who or what gave you the information (ie Lotus or the name of a boss).

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Faction Lore:

Tenno Lore:

Tenno descend from an ancient civilization that lived on earth in the Orokin era, known as great warriors that utilized warframe technology. They are the last remnants of their race, awakened from cryosleep for an unknown purpose. - Official Site

Due to the effects of extended cryosleep, the awakened Tenno are suffering from a form of amnesia. - Lotus

Many Tenno are still inside of their cryopods, either captured by the enemy or out of the Lotus's reach. Other Tenno must come to their aid before they can be released. - Warframe

The current force of Tenno are survivors of a past conflict. - Official Site

Tenno are so far the only faction known to understand and use warframe technology. - Official Site


Tenno are often referred to as one in the same with their warframes, which shows how important the exo-armors are in Tenno society. - Lotus

They are well known warriors: masters of the gun, blade, and exo-armor. These form the integral parts of the Tenno fighting system. - Official Site, Tutorial

In the past, Tenno were well known for their discipline and adhering to a code of honor. Chivalry was a cornerstone of society. - Official Site

Tenno have the potential to be mercenaries rather than warriors, exploiting their warframes to gain wealth. - Official Site

The Lotus, a female of unknown origins, has close links to the Tenno and their technology. She was able to not only deactivate the cryostasis on the Tenno but has great knowledge of the warframes and their unique powers. - Official Site

There are no friendly races that support the Tenno, they only have each other. - Official site


Tenno must scavenge for all their equipment and have access to Orokin foundries that can be used to build useful items. These are often improvised creations built around the salvage Tenno collect on their missions. - Warframe

Tenno operate in small groups called cells, generally made of four warframes. - Lotus

The vast majority of the remaining Tenno can be found around Mercury, where the last remaining Orokin Tower relics remain almost untouched by time. Grineer patrols remain active there in order to prevent organized Tenno resistance. - Planet descriptions


Orokin Towers are used by the Tenno as a base of operations and areas in which to train. The White Tower, for example, is where Tenno complete skill tests in order to advance their rank in society. - Warframe, DESteve

Tenno are a society based around merit and ascend through a series of ranks by proving their skills. - Warframe

Tenno have organized themselves into clans, liken to their Orokin ancestors. - Warframe

Tenno use small snub fighters to infiltrate enemy ships; they can fit one to four warframes inside. - Warframe

There is a dark presence hunting down Tenno whom have brought death to our enemies. It has a mis-guided sense of justice and sympathizes with those who seek to destroy our society. It's powers are those of our own and the armor it wears is cloaked in shadow - it must be destroyed. - Warframe

 

Tenno have, in the past, been forced to cleanse their allies afflicted by infestation. For this task, they employ sharp weaponry such as the Ether swords.



Tenno Tech:

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Grineer Lore:

Grineer are an interplanetary civilization that hold the most territory in the Sol system. Their government is that of an empire with a council of advisers designed to help run it. - Official Site, Councillor Van Dek

The ruling sisters have some sort of influence over the Grineer empire. - Captain Vor

Councillors of the Grineer empire vie for power between one another; killing one may gain favor with another. - Lotus

Tyl Regar is considered the father of future Grineer and is of major importance in the cloning field. - Lotus

Grineer at one point had cloning technology but either lost or were robbed of it. Upon re-acquiring the technology, they used it to overwhelm the past government of the Earth with sheer numbers. - Official Site

The Grineer Empire is at the height of its power. - Official Site


The Grineer navy is the primary force encountered by the Tenno, and their ships are defended by Grineer marines. Marines are organized into platoons with varying numbers, generally including 4 to 6 grineer. - Warframe, Lotus

Grineer soldiers have different specializations that make each platoon's composition unique. These can range from lightly armored skirmishers to genetically modified heavy troopers. The forces deployed are selected depending on the threat level Grineer commanders deem the enemy to be. - Warframe

Grineer make extensive use of asteroids for mining purposes. Once hollowed out to an extent, Grineer often convert them into military strongholds. - Warframe

From the degeneration of DNA over each generation of clones, Grineer bodies are beginning to decay and resemble their past selves less and less. In order to function properly, they use technology to make up for their biological weaknesses. - Official Site


During the birthing/rearing process of Grineer, there are those called mothers that care for the young. Whether it is a specific entity or group of entities, or a figment of the Grineer memory cloning process is unknown. - Grineer Chatter

Grineer hate the Tenno for unknown reasons; the hatred unites them and makes them push forward with war, regardless of their civilization's inevitable fall. - Official Site


Grineer have not celebrated Halloween in over a millennia. - Tyl Regar

Grineer are still in the process of taking over the solar system with some planets or moons only recently being taken over by Grineer forces. Some areas have been lost to the infestation. - Official Site, Planet descriptions

Grineer patrol Mercury and have set up outposts there in order to prevent Tenno from gaining a foothold in the solar system again. - Planet descriptions

Saturn acts as an important stronghold in the empire, facilitating trade between planets of the inner and outer rim. It also contains orbital training stations for the elite soldiers. - Planet descriptions

Uranus has Grineer research outposts where the empire attempts to research bio-modification and gene repair. - Planet descriptions

Earth is considered the seat of the empire. - Official Site, Planet descriptions

Ceres is a recent conquest for the Grineer. - Planet descriptions



Grineer Tech:

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Corpus Lore:

The Corpus are a proto-corporation made of humans that continue to maintain and operate the trade routes of the Solar Rails, the remnants of some sort of ancient transportation network that spanned the solar system. - Official Site

They are well known for being reclusive and prefer to use automatons to represent themselves. - Official Site

Their culture resembles that of old mercantile guilds of Earth. - Official Site

The Corpus continue to produce technology in their manufacturing plants on Venus and Neptune. Their process combines technology and rituals because they do not fully understand the Orokin technology they use as material. - Official Site

Neptune is the home of the Corpus. It is here that they have created indoctrination temples for interrogation and conversion purposes, as well as Research and Development facilities focused on Warframes and Robotics. - Planet descriptions

Within their conversion temples, Corpus make use of mind scrubbing techniques. -Planet description? (Need specific source)

Corpus actively hunt down Orokin ruins in order to scavenge materials for use in their production facilities. Their salvage operations extend as far as Mars, where their ships comb over Orokin derelicts. - Planet descriptions

Corpus control all trade supplies that flow throughout the solar system. They have some sort of relationship set up with the Grineer because of this. - Official Site

Orokin artifacts, as well as the Tenno, are resources to be exploited for a profit as far as the Corpus are concerned. - Offcial Site


Sergeant Nef Anyo sells Tenno cryopods to the highest bidders, who seek to understand the secrets behind warframe technology. - Lotus

Pluto is where the Corpus work to restore the Solar Rail Network's outer terminus. It was destroyed in an unknown conflict. - Planet descriptions



Corpus Tech:

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Infestation Lore:

The plague has so far been shown to affect both the Grineer and the Corpus. - Warframe

Automatons are not directly affected by the plague. - Warframe

The infection has spread throughout the solar system with Jupiter and Eris being overrun, as well as incursions around other planets. Countless ships have been successfully taken over. - Warframe, Planet descriptions

It is known as the Technocyte plague, or simply as the "infestation". - Warframe, Planet descriptions

The plague has spread to Orokin derelicts in the outer rim, Eris. - Planet descriptions

Multiple types or strains of the plague have been seen to make up the faction. - Warframe

The Technocyte plague was created by the Orokin to battle an unknown group of sentients in an ancient conflict. - Lotus



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Orokin Lore/Tech:

Orokin society was divided among clans that specialized in certain combat or technology disciplines. These are reflected in the artifacts they have left behind that Tenno can use to upgrade their warframes and weaponry. -DE_Steve

Orokin obtained a level of technology not yet surpassed by the current factions. It ranged from experience in bio-chemical warfare to interplanetary travel. - Warframe

The Orokin created the Technocyte plague as a weapon in an ancient conflict against another sentient species. - Warframe



General Lore:

Orokin technology and ruins are widespread throughout the solar system, implying the civilization(s) of the era were capable of interplanetary travel. - Planet descriptions

Since the Orokin era, many millennia have passed. Warframe is set thousands of years after the conflict that created the Technocyte plague, spawned as an Orokin bio-weapon. - The Golem

The Lotus, as sometimes referred to by the female known as 'Lotus', may be a separate organization that has some sort of relationship with the Tenno. They have great understanding of Orokin relics and are able to manipulate the Tenno warriors to fight for their cause. - Lotus



General Tech:

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Tenno Language:

Grineer Language:

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The Grineer use an alphabet based around rectangular figures of varying sizes, each with certain "notches" on the left side to further differentiate them. These characters are often found painted haphazardly on the walls of Grineer asteroid bases and equipment.

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This symbol appears everywhere in Grineer writing, generally preceding the words or phrases. It appears to have something similar to a Grineer character being enveloped by a larger, angled shape. Its significance is unknown, though it is most likely the Grineer 'Logo' or political symbol; its common occurrence within Grineer military bases shows that they are very patriotic or authoritarian in displaying the symbol for obedience and loyalty.



Corpus Language:

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The Corpus language resembles the ancient earth "roman numerals" number system, as well as ancient Greek symbols. Bronze plaques adorn the hallways and are atop doors throughout Corpus ships, and they are used as the primary platform in order to display the written language.




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I will edit as more information comes in. Any suggestions or corrections just post here as well. Hopefully this is a good start!

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Good thread, thumbs up. Heres some little tidbits I've picked up while playing.

The grineers higher council may be, or run by The ruling sisters, "unconfirmed, The ruling sisters are confirmed". Possibly a set of women that are not cloned, due to that may retain a higher level of inteligence and higher cognitive fuction. - Captain Vor

The Technocyte plague was created by the Orokin to battle an unknown enemy. - Lotus

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Good thread, thumbs up. Heres some little tidbits I've picked up while playing.

The grineers higher council may be, or run by The ruling sisters, "unconfirmed, The ruling sisters are confirmed". Possibly a set of women that are not cloned, due to that may retain a higher level of inteligence and higher cognitive fuction. - Captain Vor

The Technocyte plague was created by the Orokin to battle an unknown enemy. - Lotus

Updated, thanks for the information. I kept the bit about the ruling sisters sparse until we have more information. I'll have to go check out the boss for myself to get a better context.

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You forgot at least one snippet about the corpus.

The corpus utilise mind scrubbing as evidenced by a number of system lore.

Another lore snipper - the solar rail at pluto was destroyed in an old war and still has not been repaired.

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The weirdest thing i've heard is when fighting the Golem, i need to go back.... or one of you, and listen to it again because it changes the perception of the story totally. There it says that the Golem was created by the Orokin to fight the Combine? The Intelligence? I forgot the word used. Basically..... the Infested were weapons. And the Tenno might have been their handlers, throwing out a theory.

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You forgot at least one snippet about the corpus.

The corpus utilise mind scrubbing as evidenced by a number of system lore.

Another lore snipper - the solar rail at pluto was destroyed in an old war and still has not been repaired.

Can you find a specific source where it mentions mind scrubbing? I already have indoctrination temples but no specifics.

Solar rail at Pluto is filed under the Corpus lore.

In the eris discription it's Orkin Derelicts not artifacts.

Also it appears that the Lotus and/or the Tenno base is out side the solar system. This is based on what the Lotus said the tutorials. I'll post any other lore related findings that pop up in the text.

Fixed, and can you provide a direct quote? It would help to determine the answer if we could all see specifically what Lotus says, to better interpret it.

The weirdest thing i've heard is when fighting the Golem, i need to go back.... or one of you, and listen to it again because it changes the perception of the story totally. There it says that the Golem was created by the Orokin to fight the Combine? The Intelligence? I forgot the word used. Basically..... the Infested were weapons. And the Tenno might have been their handlers, throwing out a theory.

Someone should go back and get a direct quote, as wording would be key here. We know the Orokin developed the plague, or at least it is implied, but we do not know the enemy it was used on nor the conflict's details. The Tenno may or may not be related.

Thanks for the posts guys.

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I have a bit of conjecture to add. I can't say it's actual lore but I do believe it might link the universe of two different games.

Dark Sector

A PS3 game that came out early in it's life. The premise was that you played a U.S. Special Agent tbat is ordered to find and locate the source of a dangerous virus. "The first symptom to result from being infected is a metalic crust that forms on the skin. In and of itself, this would not be a problem; however, this transformation is extremly painful, so much so that most of those infected eventually loose their sanity." -Dark Sector wiki

And it's called the Technocyte virus.

The protaginist of the game is infected early on by the virus, but has congenital analgia, a condition that renders him immune to pain and thus allows him to keep his sanity while being transformed by the virus. His name?

Hayden Tenno

To further connect the two, Hayden recieves a suit of armor mid to late game:2s9x4wg.jpg

Look familliar?

And, just out of the blue I found a picture of an enemy from the game (I am not 100% sure on this one but I think it still lends some credibility to it)

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How can that be anything BUT our old friends, the Greenier?

Your thoughts?

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There is a lot of dialogue linking Dark Sector to Warframe and I would like to use the other game's lore to fill in gaps, but until developers confirm they are in a direct time line/universe of one another, it isn't a Warframe lore piece. Still its cool to see.

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Lex is also modeled after the pistol he uses throughout the game.

Nyx looks like the other armored enemy that initially infects Hayden. That enemy turns out to be femaie.

There is a four legged walker tank in the game called the a Jackal.

There is a camo/cloaking ability in the game that has a similar visual to Loki's Invisibility.

The logo of the game is a lotus flower, that happens to be the same logo seen in the loadnig screen and used by Lotus.

Yes, there's a lot of similar stuff.

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Fixed, and can you provide a direct quote? It would help to determine the answer if we could all see specifically what Lotus says, to better interpret it.

Sure here it is.

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It doesn't specificly mention that they are from out side the solar system but it seems like that is the implication.

Edit: I'll be going around taking pictures of all of these that have some lore based implication.

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Sure here it is.

MYNbeeS.jpg

It doesn't specificly mention that they are from out side the solar system but it seems like that is the implication.

Edit: I'll be going around taking pictures of all of these that have some lore based implication.

I think she is talking about the Solar Rail system.

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It would contradict the fact that Tenno are housed in cryopods within Orokin ruins, which are scattered throughout the solar system. It could be taken as more literal that since Mercury is where the Tenno are awakened from, it is logically their only way into the rest of the solar system. By return she could easily be meaning return by awakening rather than directly returning ot the solar system from an outside place.

Other lore pieces or thoughts?

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doing the golem boss mission (forgot what its called) Lotus will mention the Orokin created the plague as a way to battle the "sentients" in the "achient war"

Slightly changed the wording, still very vague with what we know.

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Slightly changed the wording, still very vague with what we know.

Basically, we resorted to biological warfare and created a plague to deal with our enemies. So much for "known for their discipline and adhering to a code of honor. Chivalry was a cornerstone of society"

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Basically, we resorted to biological warfare and created a plague to deal with our enemies. So much for "known for their discipline and adhering to a code of honor. Chivalry was a cornerstone of society"

Ah, but from the wording Tenno only descend from the Orokin era civilizations, they are not the same. We share blood and some of the culture, but not the actions. At least, as far as we know.

There was the Orokin era, then the "Tenno" era where they were a normal civilization and encountered the Grineer, then they went to sleep, and now we are awake again. That is my understanding.

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doing the golem boss mission (forgot what its called) Lotus will mention the Orokin created the plague as a way to battle the "sentients" in the "achient war"

Here is the actual quote, i made a recording of it.

To me it sounds more like she is saying the "Sentius."

Another bit of info is that he is in a millennia old Orikin ship. So this game takes place at least several thousands of years in the future.

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The Grineers have "mothers", which would mean that even if they are dna-perfected, they probably are created as young, rather than being old from the start. Mother can refer to anything, but since it becomes personal when it is talked about, it is probably a person that the grineer itself values, that they probably have a deep bond to. Some that cared for them. Nothing is certain, but they do have "mothers".

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The Grineers have "mothers", which would mean that even if they are dna-perfected, they probably are created as young, rather than being old from the start. Mother can refer to anything, but since it becomes personal when it is talked about, it is probably a person that the grineer itself values, that they probably have a deep bond to. Some that cared for them. Nothing is certain, but they do have "mothers".

Is it random Grineer that say this or is there a boss that specifically mentions it, to give it a source.

Here is the actual quote, i made a recording of it.

To me it sounds more like she is saying the "Sentius."

Another bit of info is that he is in a millennia old Orikin ship. So this game takes place at least several thousands of years in the future.

As I listened to it I clearly heard an emphasis on the 'Sentients', regardless the term sentient or Sentius is very broad and can mean any kind of species with a higher thinking process, free will etc..

Updated:

General lore with the millennia old factoid from the Golem.

Added the mother figure to Grineer Lore.

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I have noticed some things about the lore of the game. A lot of this is speculation and observation.

From the dialogue of lotus where the player completes a mission she says, "The lotus will be pleased," (or something to that extent) implies that the lotus are an orginization rather than her name; or she just could refer to herself within the 3rd person. Also during the Vay Hek assassination she will say that killing him may, "gain us favor with the council." This implies that the Grineer (or some councillors) may be reasoned with in order to stop the war.

There should also be a section covering technology although some parts may get confusing when considering the aesthetics.

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I have noticed some things about the lore of the game. A lot of this is speculation and observation.

From the dialogue of lotus where the player completes a mission she says, "The lotus will be pleased," (or something to that extent) implies that the lotus are an orginization rather than her name; or she just could refer to herself within the 3rd person. Also during the Vay Hek assassination she will say that killing him may, "gain us favor with the council." This implies that the Grineer (or some councillors) may be reasoned with in order to stop the war.

There should also be a section covering technology although some parts may get confusing when considering the aesthetics.

I would be willing to add a Technology section, but there isn't any documented information in Warframe that gives lore background on any of it. The technology is mentioned but anything about its uses or origins is speculation by the players.

If we can get more information on Lotus in future updates I might have to make a section dedicated to her, and the supposed organization she belongs to.

Updated with Grineer Council politics.

Updated General Lore with surmised facts on The Lotus organization.

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