He overhears word of a potential threat to Oktyabrskaya station, and after chasing down Pavel through the warehouse of Venice he is able to grab him at knife-point. Upon arriving at Venice, Artyom discovers Pavel is there too at one of the station’s brothels. The journey becomes perilous even with the railcar as Artyom encounters more spiderbug liars, watchers hunting the surface broken tunnels and bandits along the way. Andrew advises him to get to Venice, the flooded Metro station and find Woodpecker who can help. Using means of force or stealth, Artyom arrives at Revolution Square and meets an old friend, Andrew the Blacksmith, who assists Artyom by giving him use of a railcar called Regina. With this knowledge, Artyom needed some way of getting back and warn of the impending attack. While escaping through the ventilation system, he overhears the nefarious plans of Red Line’s head of intelligence, General Korbut, who wants to overrun D6 and take it in order to rule the Metro. Able to escape from the communists with help from the sympathetic son of Chairman Moskvin, leader of the communist faction, Artyom makes his way through the ventilation system of the communist base. It also turns out that Artyom discovers Lesnitsky, a Ranger who previously was a guard at D6 is really a spy working for the Red Line and has stolen bioweapon samples. Discovering that Pavel was a high-ranking officer of the Red Line, he is interrogated. It is here where Artyom is betrayed by Pavel and taken to the communists base. They both help one another escape the fascists, going through spiderbug-infested tunnels and crossing the wasteland above towards the Theatre station, which appears to be under the control of the Red Line.
Captured along with Artyom is Red Line soldier and communist, Pavel Morozov. Beaten and taken to their base he is to be interrogated and no doubt, executed.įortunately for Artyom, an enemy of his enemy is a friend. In this time, Artyom is separated from Anna and is captured by fascists of the Fourth Reich. Conflicted with this knowledge he tries to reach out but is rendered unconscious by the creature. Upon reaching the surface and tracking its last known whereabouts, they discover it is merely a child. Khan contests, but is forced to leave, calling to Artyom to save the Dark One and bring an end to the nightmares.Īrtyom alongside Miller’s daughter, Anna, is tasked to go the surface and hunt down the Dark One. There to try and convince their leader Colonel Miller that the Dark One is key to humanity’s survival, Miller and others are in disagreement and decide that it must be eliminated as it is a potential threat. With Khan’s arrival, he informs him and the Rangers of the existence of a single surviving Dark One. Once forgotten D6 is now the home of the Rangers, of which Artyom is now a member.
A Dark One then appears and grabs Artyom, but he is suddenly snapped back to reality by Khan who comments on his nightmares, saying that the Dark Ones still haunt his dreams.Ī lot has changed over the year. Artyom kills them only for their true appearance to be revealed: his comrades. Things take a turn and reality twists into a nightmare as Artyom’s vision clouds and his comrades are attacked by Nosalises. After this remorseful introduction, Artyom is back to his days of old, surrounded by other dwellers sharing stories next to a fire as they each stay on guard outside his home station of Exhibition. It is learned that Artyom’s sorrow is not being able to remember his mother's face, but he grasps onto the memories of her kindness and care for him. The story begins with Artyom's recounting his journey to the surface as a child, he tells his side of the story and how the world came to be after the destruction of Moscow.
Metro Last Light follows on from the epilogue of 2033. While some story is lifted from 4A Games continuation, the novel explores other areas and plays out differently. Metro Last Light continues Artyom’s story, while the novel 2035, could be considered the adaption of the story in Last Light. As predicted by the fading voices of the Dark Ones, who only wished for peace, humanity continues its path of self-destruction with the factions below. With the Metro believed to be safe, humanity has other plans. The so-called threat to humanity, the Dark Ones, have perished in the destruction of their refuge in the Botanical Gardens by the forgotten missiles of D6 at the hands of Artyom and the order of Rangers. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, deep in the depths of the Metro system, life continues its struggle to survive and prosper. Articles // 1st Feb 2019 - 3 years ago // By Calum Parry Metro The Story So Far Part Two: Metro: Last Light, 2034 and 2035Ĭontinuing from Part One, one year has passed since the events of Metro 2033.
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