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Zavala was revived by his stalwart [[Ghost]], [[Targe]], as a [[Guardian]] in the bowels of a shattered spaceship wreck along a shoreline. With absolutely no memory of his past, a trait typical of Guardians, he began a journey to the [[Traveler]] due to its very light re-conceiving him. He encountered many [[Fallen]] on his journey and, during a battle against an Eliksni [[Vandal]], he was swiftly cut down and revived by Targe for the first time. He claimed a Fallen spear as a weapon after his victory, quickly fleeing when he spotted a [[Skiff]] landing nearby. After slaying another group of Fallen, one Vandal shot him in the back as it was dying, killing Zavala again. Once Targe revived him once more, he found an [[auto rifle]] on one of the Fallen and took it with him. Upon reaching the Traveler, Zavala discovered a humble encampment of refugees below it with other Guardians acting as its defenders, including another Titan named [[Shaxx]]. Zavala also met a spiritual leader called [[The Speaker]] as he preached around a campfire, claiming to speak the word of the Traveler.<ref name="ZP">'''Bungie (2017/5/25)''', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI5poBxV_-A Destiny 2 Gameplay Premiere – Zavala’s Prelude]''</ref>

Remaining in the encampment, Zavala aided refugees as they arrived. The camp soon grew into a village, eventually becoming [[The Last City]] of Earth. When the City was assaulted by angered Eliksni, Zavala fought alongside Warlord Shaxx and his fellow Guardians to protect the citizens and the Traveler. When he spotted the future [[Hunter]] Vanguard [[Cayde-6]] and a group of civilians being chased by a pack of Vandals and Dregs, Zavala used his [[Fist of Havoc]] to destroy the raiders. Following the battle, he helped construct walls around the Last City with the aid of other Guardians, including Shaxx, [[Ikora Rey]], and [[Sloane]].<ref name="ZP"/>

While the City was preparing for an assault by the combined forces of all the Fallen houses, tensions between the Speaker and [[Vanguard]] Commander [[Osiris]] reached a breaking point. Zavala, having recently become the Titan Vanguard by replacing [[Saint-14]], attended a meeting of the [[Consensus]] without Osiris present. When the [[New Monarchy]] representative protested that Osiris was absent, Zavala announced that Ikora would be filling in for Osiris. The Speaker asked her to formally become the new Warlock Vanguard, which she accepted. The Speaker then proclaimed that he was exiling Osiris from the Last City and thus named Zavala as the new Vanguard Commander in place of the troublesome Warlock.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/14/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Curse of Foresight]]''</ref>

When Zavala learned that the Hunter [[Anastasia Bray]] was investigating her past life, which Guardians were discouraged from doing, he confronted her in the Tower's plaza. He told her that in addition to the inappropriateness of keeping her previous life's name, he believed her research was causing her to neglect her duties to the Last City. Ana argued that her past was useful to the Last City and may be why the Traveler brought her back, but Zavala countered that she was brought back to be a Guardian and fight for the future. Their argument was interrupted by the Hunter Vanguard [[Andal Brask]], who informed them that the Fallen were assaulting [[Twilight Gap]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/6/22)''', ''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)]]'', ''Chapter 3'', ''Page 2''</ref>