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The Ghost (sometimes called Little Light) is the robotic companion and partner to the Guardian.
Biography[edit]
Before Finding the Guardian[edit]
Not much is known about Ghost prior to him finding the Guardian, save for him later remembering that he once met Saint-14 prior to his disappearance in the Infinite Forest, and had hoped his Guardian would turn out like him.[2]
Finding the Guardian[edit]
Centuries after the collapse, Ghost began scouring the Cosmodrome of Old Russia, searching every stasis pod among the ruined colony ships for his Guardian around the same time that Fallen scavengers began to establish themselves in the shipyard.[3] At one point, he found a Guardian sealed in a stasis pod onboard the Exodus White who refused to leave and remained in the pod.[4] Months later, Ghost found his Guardian right outside the Gateway of the Cosmodrome, resurrecting them just as a band of Fallen begin encroaching on their position. Ghost leads the Guardian through The Wall in search of a Jumpship before helping them return to the Last City.[5] At the Tower the Guardian is acquainted with the merchants and Guardians who reside there. The Guardian then returns to the Cosmodrome to find a Warp Drive which will allow them to join the fight beyond Earth. After finding one in Fallen hands, the Guardian defeats the Devil's Archon and gains an audience with the Speaker who confides in them that the Darkness is returning. Wanting to help, the Guardian is tasked to join the other Guardians in pushing back the Darkness until a cure for the Traveler can be found.[6]
The Guardian ventures back to the Cosmodrome at the request of the Speaker who wants to know what the Fallen are protecting in the old Skywatch, but after infiltrating the Lunar Complex, the Guardian quickly discovers the Hive locked within before confronting the Wizard Gotra.[7]
Soon after, the Vanguard reports Fallen crews tearing into machines all over the Cosmodrome. Convinced they are not just looting, Ghost prompts the Guardian to investigate. The Guardian discovers the Warmind Rasputin survived the Collapse and is keeping the Fallen from accessing the Array.[8] To raise this array, the Guardian tracks down access codes held by members of a lost Dead Orbit team. After fighting off the Hive, the Guardian reactivates the Array and Rasputin swiftly takes control, connecting with defense constructs across the system.[9]
On the Moon, the Guardian picks up the trail of another Guardian who went dark searching for a way into the Hive Fortress. After hacking a Golden Age colony base, the Guardian travels to the Temple of Crota where they fight off Exiled Fallen as well as Hive forces led by Vurok, Eir Spawn. Unable to save the Guardian, Ghost recovers his Ghost's memories and learns that the Hive are raising an army to invade Earth.[10]
In an attempt to uncover what the Hive are planning, the Guardian infiltrates the The World's Grave and kills Kranox, the Graven. The Guardian's Ghost then steals as much data as possible before the two return to warn the City. [11] Returning to the Moon, the Guardian infiltrates the Hellmouth once more and claims the Sword of Crota. With its makers slain, the Sword shatters.[12] While inside the Hellmouth, the Guardian follows a lead from the vanished Warlock Osiris, seeking the fabled Shrine of Oryx. After killing Frigoris, Exiled Baron and his House of Exile crew, the Guardian defeats Sardok, Eye of Oryx and destroys the Shrine.[13]
After successfully decrypting the information from the World's Grave alongside the Cryptarchs, the Speaker broadcasts an urgent transmission to all Guardians claiming that a Hive ritual is draining the Traveler's Light. The Guardian then returns once more to the Hive temple and after receiving a message from the Exo Stranger, inviting them to come find her if they are successful, kills the Siphon Witches, effectively preventing them from stealing any more of the Light.[14]
Following the Stranger's coordinates, the Guardian finally travels to Venus where they are ambushed by the evil robots known as Vex. After defeating the Vex forces in the vicinity, the Guardian meets with the Exo Stranger, who tells them that they must find the Black Garden and rip out its heart for the Traveler to heal. Before the Guardian can ask any more questions, the Exo Stranger is contacted by an unknown entity before dissolving.[15] With the only ones who know the location of the Garden being the Awoken, the Guardian seeks an audience with the Queen of the Reef and is informed that they must obtain the eye of a Vex Gate Lord to infiltrate the Black Garden. The Queen then reminds the Guardian that they owe her in exchange for her information.[16]
To find a Gate Lord, the Guardian travels to an old research station of the Ishtar Collective, and analyzes a Vex mind core, giving them vital intel on the nature of the Vex as well as the means with which to summon the Gate Lord. While at the Ishtar Academy, the Guardian kills Grayliks, Winter Baron and secures an ancient Golden Age Archive for the Cryptarchs.[17] Armed with this new intel, the Guardian reaches the Endless Steps, summoning and slaying Zydron, Gate Lord.[18] Returning to the Reef, the Guardian brings the Gate Lord's head before the Queen, who gifts its eye to them in sympathy for their Traveler. Uldren then gives them the coordinates to the Black Garden including a way to repower the Gate Lord's dead eye, which is on Meridian Bay.[19]
On Mars, the Guardian infiltrates a Cabal survey post and secures their research into the Vex Spire.[20] The Guardian clears out the Cabal occupying the ruins of Freehold and explores what remains.[21] Battling their way through the Exclusion Zone, the Guardian reaches the Garden's Spire and kills Primus Sha'aul. While en route to the Garden, the Guardian also shuts down a series of Vex gates beneath the subway tunnels of Freehold and discovers that the Vex are being summoned to protect the place where they were born.[22] Successfully recharging Zydron's Eye, the Guardian is transported to the Black Garden.[23]
Within the Black Garden, the Guardian confronts the Sol Progeny and defeats them, destroying the Black Heart, a failed replica of the Veil, in the process. Returned to Mars upon the Heart's destruction, the Guardian is summoned back to the Tower, where the Speaker gives a victory speech. Meanwhile, the Exo Stranger converses with the Guardian inside the Hangar and gifts them with her Rifle before leaving abruptly again. The Guardian then repowers their ship and takes off into orbit as they prepare for their next mission.[24]
The Dark Below[edit]
Ghost would accompany his still fledgling guardian as they sought out Eris Morn who had asked for them. Upon meeting the suspicious Hunter, she'd guide the pair to hunt down Crota, Son of Oryx's limbs as they are the keys to preparing Earth for his arrival. First they find and challenge Sardon, Fist of Crota, then repelled Omnigul, Will of Crota from corrupting Rasputin, and then kill the Wakers of Crota and destroy the crystal holding Crota's soul, denying him access to the physical world. Eris would then ask the Guardian and their ghost to destroy Omnigul, then finish off Crota for good.
Crota's mate would meet her end within the Jovian Complex and soon after Crota would meet his final end in his own Throne World at the hands of Ghost's guardian.
House of Wolves[edit]
The Queen of the Reef would send out a call for guardians to come to the Reef and heed her command. The Guardian and their ghost would answer and under the guidance of Petra Venj, would begin wiping out the House of Wolves and tracking down Skolas, Kell of Kells. Skolas would be successfully tracked and captured, with key Fallen leadership eliminated along the way. With Variks, the Loyal's oversight, Skolas would be put to death in the Prison of Elders with Ghost's guardian being the one to carry it out. The execution would be successful and the House of Wolves would be irreparably broken.
The Taken King[edit]
With the Vanguard intercepting a distress signal from the Skyburners military base on Phobos, Ghost accompanies the Guardian as they are sent to investigate. Upon arriving, at the base, Ghost remarks that the Cabal are evacuating at mass and realizes that they were engaging with enemies beyond the domain of Mars. Within the fortress as the Guardian discovers dead Cabal, Ghost question the true nature of their demise. Moreover, Eris Morn joins their comm channels at the behest of Zavala, where she begins to hear uncanny voices from the dark as the Guardian encounters strange pools of Darkness. Continuing deeper into the fortress, they encounter a projection of Oryx, the Taken King as they are assaulted by Taken, Darkness-corrupted entities bound to his will. As the Guardian discovers a hologram of a large Hive spaceship, Ghost recognizes it as the Dreadnaught from the data gathered from the World's Grave. Furthermore, after scanning further data, Ghost discloses that Primus Ta'aun had suspended all mining operations on Phobos, and that the different Cabal Legions were facing massive casualties. Despite the hordes of Taken standing in their way, Ghost evacuates the Cabal base alongside the Guardian.[25]
With Eris Morn stating that Oryx's Taken army would only continue to grow if he was not eliminated, Cayde would develop a plan to infiltrate the Dreadnaught utilizing stealth technology from Rasputin. To retrieve this technology, Ghost would travel to the Devils' Lair alongside the Guardian to retrieve this technology. As the Guardian was forced to fight through Taken forces, Ghost would reminiscent of the time that Sepiks Prime was their largest threat. Accessing a fuse box, Ghost would activate the bridge leading to the top of the lair. After the Guardian defeats an Echo of Oryx, Ghost scans the case to expose the stealth technology, allowing the Guardian to retrieve it as they prepare for the next step of their plan.[26]
Using the technology to outfit Eris' ship, the Guardian and Ghost fly towards the Dreadnaught and activate the stealth tech upon coming into close proximity with the Taken King's ship. However as the stealth tech malfunctioned and the Dreadnaught prepared to fire its weapon, Ghost would be forced to transmat himself and the Guardian unto the Dreadnaught. As the bridge leading further into the Dreadnaught vanishes, Ghost illuminates the area and allows the bridge to re-manifest. When the Guardian comes across a Worm, Ghost scans it to recall his data from the World's Grave, disclosing that the Hive ingest these Worms for the purpose of survival. Fighting their way through hordes of Hive, the Guardian disables the Dreadnaught's weapon, with Cayde then subsequently ordering them to transmat away at the hull breach. Following their arrival at the hull breach, Ghost is astonished to discover that a Skyburners ship has crashed into the Dreadnaught. Regardless of the enemy forces standing in their way, Ghost and the Guardian place a beacon before transmating away upon completing their mission.[27]
Following their success at disabling the Dreadnaught's weapon, Ghost joins the Guardian on their new mission as they are sent to retrieve information that the Cabal have gathered on Oryx. Penetrating into the Dantalion Exodus VI, Ghost scans a turbine on the floor and discovers that the ship still possess enough fuel to fly off the Dreadnaught. Zavala would respond to Ghost's statement by remarking that the Cabal must have turned the ship into a base of operations if it has not been detonated yet. Upon scanning another terminal, Ghost learns that the only way to reach Oryx is to go through a Rupture. Exiting the ship, Ghost and the Guardian find a Cabal detachment engaging with Taken and attempting to gain access to an empty Rupture portal. Ultimately the Cabal detachment is swiftly eliminated while Ta'aun, the Primus of the Skyburners is Taken in the process. Discovering the location of a Rupture portal frame, Ghost scans multiple Hive statues, confirming Toland's belief that the Hive use the statues to navigate Ruptures. However, a Rupture then manifests as they are quickly ambushed by Hive. After the Guardian defeats an Echo of Oryx, Eris realizes that only Ascendant Hive can travel across Ruptures, making Ghost question how they will reach the Taken King. Eris Morn would respond to his question by declaring that the Guardian can only enter Ruptures by becoming Ascendant.[28]
Returning to the Hellmouth, Ghost and the Guardian would be sent by Eris to complete the first step to becoming Ascendant by retrieving a piece of the crystal that contained Crota's soul. Moreover, Eris would also give them access to Toland's journal to assist them in their journey. After quickly reading through the journal, Ghost would play an excerpt where Toland detailed the Dreadnaught's ability to shield the Hive from the Traveler's Light, with Ghost remarking that the exiled Warlock was tedious. Eventually, Ghost and the Guardian return to the Chamber of Night where they confront Baxx, the Gravekeeper. Ultimately as Baxx is on the verge of defeat, the Ogre is Taken by Oryx and transported away, allowing them to retrieve a shard of the crystal. However, Ghost loses contact with Eris and Cayde as their presence within the Hellmouth is discovered by Oryx, who sends his Taken forces led by the newly-Taken Baxx to vanquish them. Understanding this was a battle they could not win, Ghost and the Guardian retreat further up the Hellmouth. As the Guardian comes into contact with a locked, Ghost plays excerpts of Toland, allowing them to unlock the different doors and ultimately escape the Hellmouth.[29]
Understanding they must obtain stealth tech to get past the Taken, Ghost and the Guardian infiltrate Rasputin's bunker and steal the technology they require.[30] They then return to the depths of the Hellmouth to infiltrate Crota's throne world and retrieve his essence to become Ascendant. Upon arriving into Crota's throne world, Ghost applies the Guardian's stealth technology as they traverse towards the Eater of Hope's tomb where the Deathsingers are seen preparing his soul for the next realm. Although the Guardian would retrieve a necessary amount of Crota's Essence to successfully become Ascendant, the stealth technology deactivates, exposing their presence as they are quickly assaulted by hordes of Taken. Despite Ghost being unable to transmat to safety, he and the Guardian would be teleported away to safety by Eris Morn. Ghost would express astonishment with Eris's ability, with the former Hunter stating it was merely one of Toland's capabilities before ordering them to vanquish the Taken King once and for all.[31]
Arriving to the Dreadnaught, Ghost joins the Guardian on their mission as they travel deeper into the Hive ship to confront Oryx. Fighting their way through swarms of Taken and Hive and travelling through Ruptures, they find themselves at a large door with two large statues. Upon scanning both statues , Ghost reveals that the right statue represents Crota, while the left statue represents a Hive God known as Nokris, who's name was not mentioned in the World's Grave. Arriving at the Altar of Oryx, the Guardian confronts the notorious Taken King. Despite his immense power, the Guardian defeats Oryx, forcing the King of the Hive to retreat to his throne world.[32]
Sometime after the defeat of Oryx at his Altar, Ghost and the Guardian would work alongside fireteams to eliminate major threats within the system. They would eliminate the Bond Brothers; Valus Tlu'urn and Valus Mau'ual, brining an end to their ambition of destroying the Dreadnaught's Core.[33] When one of Rasputin's Bunkers was assaulted by forces of the House of Devils, Ghost would retrieve his call of help and would assist the fireteam by scanning a Warsat and acquires codes that he uses to open the bunker, allowing them to eventually confront and destroy S.A.B.E.R.-2.[34]
As a result of initial defeat,[35] the Ghost and the Guardian would come together with a fireteam to eliminate a potential contender for the Osmium Throne, Alak-Hul, the Darkblade, responsible for the death Vell Tarlowe. When Ghost asked Eris why Alak-Hul chose to rise against Oryx, Eris stated that the Darkblade attempted this task in the name of his consort, Verok.[36]
Shortly after destroying an Echo of Oryx on Venus, Ghost and the Guardian return to the Vault of Glass after receiving a distress signal from Praedyth, a former member of Kabr's fireteam who had become lost in time. Upon arriving at the entrance, Ghost is astonished to see the Vex guarding the Vault allowing them access in order to eliminate the Taken within. Ghost continues to track a signal until the Guardian defeats Morphon, Blighted Mind. However, upon reaching the source of the signal, Ghost discovers Praedyth's centuries old remains. Although Ghost would attempt to apologize to Ikora for being unable to save him, Ikora assured him that he did not have to apologize as Praedyth's legacy would live on thanks to them.[37] Ghost continues to aid the Guardian as they destroy multiple Echoes of Oryx across the different planets in their system.[38][39][40] He also aids the Guardian in defeating a Ogre that the Hive intended to imbue with Taken power.[41]
King Dethroned[edit]
Sometime after Oryx's defeat, Didi wrote and directed a play retelling the Guardian's defeat of Oryx and his Court, titled ORYX THE NIGHTMARE DADDY. Didi played the Guardian, while Marcus Ren played their Ghost. After witnessing the play Ghost was shocked to discover that was supposed to be representing them, and had his review featured in its promotion content.[42]
Despite succeeding in their objective in killing Oryx, Ghost and the Guardian would be sent to return to the Dreadnaught on the orders of Variks to capture Malok, Pride of Oryx, who threatened to claim the Taken Throne for himself.[43] However after Malok retreats from the Dreadnaught, Ghost and the Guardian return to Eris Morn who orders them to retrieve Echoes that will allow her to determine Malok's location. Furthermore, she regards Variks's objective to capture Malok as foolish and orders the Guardian to eliminate the Taken Prince. Ultimately, Ghost and the Guardian succeed in eliminating Malok, with Eris even complementing them for their efforts.[44]
Rise of Iron[edit]
Across the Solar System, the House of Devils would begin plundering Golden Age laboratories and re-establish their hold over Old Russia. Due to the Devils' re-emergence, Saladin Forge would leave his post as the Iron Banner and order Ghost and the Guardian to investigate Vostok Observatory. Upon re-activating the Gondola to take them further up the mountain, Ghost would discover that it had not been activated for over four hundred years. When Ghost expressed his doubt with Saladin that they would be able to fully secure the observatory, Saladin merely ordered them to secure the courtyard and prevent the Fallen from reaching the Iron Temple until his arrival. Now comprehending the monumental structure they were protecting, Ghost would attempt to question Saladin further, however the Iron Lord ordered him to stay on task. Upon the outpost and the Iron Temple across from it, the Guardian is confronted by a distinct Servitor which Ghost recognizes as Sepiks. Furthermore, Ghost discerned that its energy signal was not Fallen and revealed to Saladin that it was regenerating. Although the Guardian succeeds in destroying Sepiks, the Prime Servitor would restore itself and teleport away.[45]
With Saladin realizing that the Devils' had gained access to SIVA; a Golden Age in self-replicating nanotechnology responsible for the Iron Lord's demise. When Ghost asked Saladin why they never knew about SIVA and why the