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This is a detailed '''timeline''' of the history of the ''[[Destiny]]'' universe. Note that nearly all events are not attached to specific dates; they may not be in exact chronological order, and adjacent events in the list may be separated by spans of only a few days or several centuries.

''Note that there are infinite number of timelines with their own continuities, but this page focuses on the primary story from start to current. So information from the '''[[Lore:The Dark Future|Dark Future]]''' [[Lore]] book and the events of [[Destiny: Rising]] are not present.''

==The Ancient Past==
===First Conflict of Light and Darkness===
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| || || || Two primordial entities, known respectively as the gardener and the winnower, take on specific diametric opposing roles in the Time before time, with the gardener being described as the one who seeds life whilst the winnower is described as the one who takes life. In the evening, the gardener and the winnower would play the Flower game in the garden before time.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]], [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Gardener and Winnower]]''</ref>
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| || || || The winnower describes the rules of the flower game as the following: a living flower with less than two living neighbors is starved and dies; a living flower with two or three living neighbors can survive into the next generation; a living flower with more than three living neighbors is overcrowded and dies; and a dead flower with exactly three living neighbors comes back to life. While the winnower enjoys this inevitable victory, the gardener becomes tired of it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:Unveiling, [[Lore:Unveiling#The Flower Game|The Flower Game]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:Unveiling, [[Lore:Unveiling#The Final Shape|The Final Shape]]''</ref>
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| || || The universe is embodied in the clash between Light and Dark || The gardener decides to add both it and the winnower themselves to the rules of the flower game to delay the [[Final Shape]], a philosophy in which nothing that causes pain and suffering should exist. The winnower discovers the first knife, initiating the first conflict between the paracausal forces of [[Light]] and [[Darkness]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:Unveiling, [[Lore:Unveiling#The First Knife|The First Knife]]''</ref> Light is the paracausal force affecting the physical world while Darkness is the paracausal force affecting the mental world. The conflict begins by bringing down the legendary [[Tree of Silver Wings]]. As a result, the universe begins recording time.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:Unveiling, [[Lore:Unveiling#T = 0|T = 0]]''</ref>
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===The Creation of the Witness===
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| || || The Traveler manifests in realspace || The Gardener emerges on the home planet of a humanoid species. The inhabitants exhume the sphere which bestows upon them gifts of knowledge, beginning their Golden Age.<ref name="Origin">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0CKckjryVI'''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2: Season of the Deep - The Witness's Origins Cinematic'']</ref>
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| || || || Eons later, in the absence of guidance from their benefactor, their society began to crave meaning and sought to find something that would bring order and purpose to an otherwise open-ended existence, eventually viewing their Gardener as a force of chaos capable of bringing creation or ruin. Due to this lack of purpose, they begin to desire a "winnower" that would carve out meaning and purpose out the chaos of existence.<ref name="Origin"/>
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| || || || Overtime, the civilization's governing body known as the [[Consensus (Precursor)|Consensus]] would be plagued by tension between different parties, each with their own interpretations of the Final Shape. These parties included the [[Solipsist]], the [[Nihilist]]s, who were described to be "self-flagellating pessimists" believed that the Final Shape would only be brought upon by their own destruction; and the [[Penitent]] who desired to rid the universe of all suffering by any means, and believed that anyone who did not act to do so were complicit in its repetitive cycle.<ref>'''[[Entelechy]]''', ''8-12''</ref>
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| || || Discovery of the Veil || Now capable of [[Pyramid|interstellar travel]] as a result of gifts of the Light, this species becomes aware of an object of power antipodal to the Light, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world. They called this object: [[The Veil|the Veil]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that it held the means to guide the universe into a perfected, eternal form, a "Final Shape" that would last to the end of time and beyond. In this, they found purpose. To achieve their goal, the species schemed to bring the Traveler and the Veil together, which would, according to their research, grant them the ability to alter reality itself. They set off in search of their benefactor's counterpart, eventually finding it and returning it to their homeworld. In response, the Traveler flees to avoid this outcome.<ref name="Origin"/>
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| || || The Birth of the Witness || Unwilling to abandon their quest, the Consensus (who were now dominated by the Penitent after eliminating the Solipsists and Nihilists) voted to use the Veil to bind their entire species' consciousnesses together, merging themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful entity: [[The Witness|the Witness]] through a ritualistic mass sacrifice, against the will of many members.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Deep]] - Lore:[[Lore:Purpose|Purpose]], [[Lore:Purpose#V. Expectation|V. Expectation]]''</ref><ref>'''Entelechy''', ''32-35''</ref> Empowered by the Darkness and commanding a fleet of pyramidal ships, the Witness left its world behind and began a crusade to find the Traveler and unite it with the Veil, and in doing so bring about the Final Shape.<ref name="Origin"/>
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===Emergence of the Proto-Worms===
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| || || || The species known as the [[Worm|Proto-Worms]], lived a peaceful existence on the planet of [[Fundament]].<ref name="SSS">'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Deep - Item Description: [[Síocháin's Scuba Shell#Lore|Síocháin's Scuba Shell]]''</ref>
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===Rise of Rhulk===
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| || || || The Traveler arrives at [[Lubrae]], a planet orbited by a Sapphiric Sun and an Umbral Sun. It uplifts the [[Lubraean]]s living on the planet, enabling them access to technology capable of driving out dangerous flora attacking the people under the Umbral Sun through the Sapphiric Converter. After the Traveler departs from Lubrae, a division occurs with the Lubraeans between the nomadic [[Wanderers]] and [[The Regime]] settling under the Sapphiric Converter.<ref name="Provoked">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Witch Queen]] - Lore:[[Lore:Shattered Suns|Shattered Suns]], [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Provoked|Provoked]]''</ref> [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]] is born under the Wanderers to his father [[Rhelik]], his sister [[Kheeta]], and his mother [[Vrhuna]].<ref name="Isolated">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Isolated|Isolated]]''</ref> He witnesses his father fight the [[Stalkers]] sent by the Regime and shares in his hatred of them.<ref name="Untamed">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Untamed|Untamed]]''</ref>
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| || || || After witnessing the death of his clan-uncle and [[Fhent]] at the hands of the Regime, Rhulk decides to take action. He kills a group of Stalkers and is exiled as a result of his violent behavior's incompatibility with the peaceful culture of the Wanderers.<ref name="Endangered">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Endangered|Endangered]]''</ref> He begins his quest to find his father. He gets captured by the Regime in the process. He learns that his father had defected to the Regime, angering him. He renames the Glaive he had dedicated to the mission of finding his father from Rheliksward to Rheliksbane. He later learns his father has defected back to the Wanderers, angering him further and vowing to kill him.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Nepotistic|Nepotistic]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Defiant|Defiant]]''</ref>
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| || || || He reunites with his clan and family, but they push into the Abyss, a chasm that divides the Wildlands the Wanderers inhabit and the city the Regime inhabit.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Assaulted|Assaulted]]''</ref> At the bottom of the Abyss, Rhulk makes contact with a mysterious being that would soon be known to him as "his Witness".<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Lamented|Lamented]]''</ref> At the behest of the Witness, Rhulk uses his Glaive to crack open the planet and use the Upended to destroy the Sapphiric Sun and his home planet. He becomes the last Lubraean and the first [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]]. He renames his Glaive to [[Lubrae's Ruin]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Lore:Shattered Suns, [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Liberated|Liberated]]''</ref> Rhulk goes on to appoint new Disciples, most notably [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]], an entity infamous for the torment he has induced across entire civilizations.<ref> '''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Haunted]]: Item Description: [[Nezarec's Whisper#Lore|Nezarec's Whisper]]'' </ref>
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| || || || At some point in time, Nezarec gains the ability to command [[Nightmare]]s, hypothesized to be an untapped power of the Darkness that he wove into the fabric of his Pyramid to be utilized as a security system.<ref name="Visitation"/> Over time the Final God of Pain's notorious influence would be stained across uncountable races; the most significant being the Psions who would revere him as a deity.<ref name="Psions">'''Bungie (2023/02/28)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Lightfall]] - [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6AUTpFszfs "Psions. Do You Still Adore Me?"]''</ref> Under the orders of the Witness, Nezarec would share with the greatest Psions the truth of the Darkness by displaying to them the immense paracausal power of the Veil.<ref name="Visitation"/>
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| || || || The Witness convinces Rhulk to coax the [[Ahslid]] into joining its cause. After initial attempts to coerce their kind failed, Rhulk begins grooming the next generation into a fearmongering race fueled by paranoia and terror; one of his most prominent being [[Uun]] whom he doted on. His attempt to manipulate the Ahslid backfires as their peaceful way of life turns into warfare, scrubbing their whole planet of life. Uun, being the only survivor of his race, turns away from Rhulk's teachings and is killed by the Lubraean; thus the Ahslid became extinct.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit|Resonant Fury Suit]]''</ref>
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| || || || Rhulk arrives on the gas giant of Fundament and seeks out the Worms, in the process grievously injuring the Leviathan. The Worm Mother Xita is taken by the Disciple as the worms are forced into servitude of the Witness and the Worm Mother to produce implantable worm larvae.<ref name="Helm">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref> He allows its larvae to drift into the oceans of Fundament.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Greaves|Resonant Fury Greaves]]''</ref>
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===Corruption of the Worm Gods===
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| || || ||The Worm Gods would become seduced by the idea of to kill each other to gain power through the [[Sword Logic]].<ref name="SSS"/> Six of them, [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm|Xita]] and her children [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]], [[Eir, the Keeper of Order|Eir]], [[Ur, the Ever-Hunger|Ur]], [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]] and [[Yul, the Honest Worm|Yul]] evolve into the entities known as the Worm Gods.<ref name="Helm"/>
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| || || || Many of the Proto-Worms were killed in the slaughter.<ref name="SSS"/> The [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]], who was a servant of the Traveler, would imprison the Worm Gods deep beneath the oceans of Fundament, where they would remain for billions of years. The Worm Gods would begin to call out other species to Fundament to free them.<ref name="IX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IX: The Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref>
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===Ascension of the Hive===
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| || || || Hundreds of different species migrate to Fundament due to the Worm Gods call. They become stranded there, living on the shards of their broken worlds which become floating continents. One such species was the proto-[[Hive]] known as the Krill, whose homeworld collided with Fundament and shattered. The Krill survive and build a new civilization for themselves on the floating shards of their former homeworld, gradually forgetting their original history.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness|Darkness]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness#Calcified Fragments: Curiosity|Calcified Fragments: Curiosity]]''</ref> 

A species of bony six-armed cephalopods named the [[Ammonite]]s benefit from the Traveler's patronage and build a sophisticated starfaring civilization spanning all of Fundament's fifty-two moons, before eventually coming into contact with the distant [[Ecumene]].<ref name="XIV">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIV: 52 and One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref><ref name="XXV">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref>
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| || || || Upon discovering that the Krill would be claimed by the Traveler, the Witness would seek to prevent this and claim them for itself. A dead Worm larvae which would become known as the Worm Familiar, would wash up on the shores of the [[Osmium Court]]. It would begin to whisper to the [[Osmium King]].<ref name="Plate">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Plate|Resonant Fury Plate]]''</ref>
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| || || || At eight years of age, the Krill Osmium King of the Osmium Court on Fundament sires his final brood of offspring, which includes his three daughters [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]] who are tutored by sterile mother [[Taox]]. At ten years of age, the Osmium King begins to succumb to senility and madness; becoming consumed with ancient texts and obsessing over the movements of Fundament's moons, and the possibility of a catastrophic alignment called the Syzygy.<ref name="II">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#II: The Hateful Verse|II: The Hateful Verse]]''</ref><ref name="III">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#III: The Oath|III: The Oath]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzygy]]''</ref> Unbeknownst to him, the Witness spoke to him through the Worm familiar.<ref name="Plate"/>
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| || || || Fearing for the Osmium Court's future and believing the royal daughters were unsuited to rule, Taox secretly contacts the rival continent's Helium Drinkers of the Helium Court, inviting them to invade, assassinate the royal family, and install her as a subservient regent of the Osmium Court in exchange for engines capable of moving their continent.<ref name="II"/> The Helium Drinkers agree, resulting in the Osmium Court's fall and the death of the Osmium King, but the royal daughters escape and vow to take revenge.<ref name="III"/>
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| || || || Three years after losing their kingdom, upon the advice of their father's worm, Xi Ro, Sathona, and Aurash use a salvaged high-tech ship to dive into Fundament's depths, hoping to discover a secret to stave off the Syzygy, which Aurash had come to believe was imminent.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#V: Needle and Worm|V: Needle and Worm]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VI: Sisters|VI: Sisters]]''</ref> They encounter the Leviathan, but they reject his pleas to turn back and continue their pursuit.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VII: The Dive|VII: The Dive]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VIII: Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref> Deep within the ocean of Fundament, the sisters encounter the Worm Gods. The Worms offer the sisters immortality and power in exchange for accepting their larvae as parasites and carrying out the will of the Darkness. The sisters agree to the pact and are transformed into the first Hive: Xi Ro takes the Knight Morph becoming Xivu Arath, God of War; Sathona takes the Mother Morph becoming Savathûn, the Witch Queen; and finally, Aurash takes the King Morph, transforming into a Male and becoming Auryx, the King of the Hive.<ref name="IX"/>
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| || || [[Hive-Ammonite war]] || Xivu Arath, Savathûn, and Auryx return to the surface and share the Worm parasites among the other Krill, becoming the Hive and creating an army that quickly overwhelms Fundament's other species.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#X: Immortals|X: Immortals]]''</ref> Taox flees, at first to other continents<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XI: Conquerors|XI: Conquerors]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XII: Out of the Deep|XII: Out of the Deep]]''</ref> and then to the Ammonite capital moon where she is granted asylum.<ref name="XIV"/> Originally, Auryx was willing to negotiate with the Ammonites, however Savathûn following the orders of the Worm Gods kills him as punishment.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XV: Born As Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> Instead of dying, Auryx's soul passes to his own Ascendant Realm or throne world, a pocket dimension in the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] where their soul resides after death and the only place where they can truly be killed.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> 

Auryx returns, now having purged any sympathy and goodwill that remained in himself, and the Hive continue their war against the Ammonites. Xivu Arath sends her brood to slay the Leviathan and bring the Ammonites to extinction. This leads to a final battle, where the Ammonite champion [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]] is slain. The Leviathan attempts to flee to the Ammonites' capital moon.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVIII: Leviathan Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref> With the Leviathan alone, Xivu Arath sends her Knight [[Leviathan-Eater, Bane of the Ammonites|Ir Uulxal]] to slay the priest of the Sky; he succeeds tasting its flesh and making it rain upon the Ammonites. Ir Uulxal would be commended, being given the new name of the Leviathan-Eater and the title, Bane of the Ammonites.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/8/22)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Witch]] - Item Description: [[Veiled Tithes Suit#Veiled Tithes Gauntlets/Gloves/Grips|Veiled Tithes Gauntlets/Gloves/Grips]]''</ref> The Hive continue their assault, bringing the Ammonites to extinction, and forcing the Traveler to abandon Fundament.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIX: Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref> The Proto-Worm [[Ahsa]] escapes the onslaught and flees into space to pursue the Traveler, eventually she learns of the Witness's origins.<ref name="SSS"/> The Hive colonize and transform Fundament's moons into mobile war-moons<ref name="XIII"/>, and embark on their purge of the universe in the name of the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XX: Hive|XX: Hive]]''</ref> During this time the Worms begin instructing Auryx in the nature of the Sword-Logic.<ref name="XIII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIII: Into the Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XV: Born As Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVI: The Sword Logic|XVI: The Sword Logic]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVIII: Leviathan Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref>
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| || || Origins of the Qugu || At an unknown period of time, a Pyramid becomes buried on [[Seht]], the homeworld of the bipedal creatures known as the [[Qugu]]. With the Pyramid coming to resemble a natural landform after being covered in rock and soil, the Qugu refer to it as the "the Mountain" and revere it as a holy sight. Overtime, the Qugu establish themselves as a spacefaring civilization through their control of five star systems, technological advancements, and powerful attunement to the Darkness.<ref name="XXIII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIII: fire without fuel|XVIII: fire without fuel]]''</ref><ref name="Step">'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''',''Destiny 2: [[Episode: Echoes]] - Lore:[[Lore:Dynasty|Dynasty]], [[Lore:Dynasty#Chapter 1 - A Step Leads. A Step Follows.|A Step Leads. A Step Follows.]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Hive-Qugu war]] || The Hive forces led by Savathûn launch an invasion of the Qugu system of [[Se'Un]] after opening a rift between the Ascendant Plane and space to bring out their warships. Arriving to the system after it had gone silent, a Qugu fleet led by the Seht Warden, [[Te'Qal]] engages with the Hive fleet at Se'Un. to Seht to gather reinforcements. After being overwhelmed by the Hive Tombships, Te'Qal's fleet retreat to Seht with the Hive pursuing them.<ref name="Step"/> Launching their assault on Seht, Savathûn's ship launches an explosion of Soulfire at the Mountain, causing it to crack open and revealing its true nature as a Pyramid, which rises to meet the Hive ships.<ref name="split">'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''',''Destiny 2: Episode: Echoes - Lore:Dynasty, [[Lore:Dynasty#Chapter 2 - To Split the Sky|To Split the Sky]]''</ref> With the Qugu Empire being eradicated, the remaining members of the Seht Armada led by Te'Qal retreat to their final system of [[Se'Otan]] and attempt to escape through Se'Otan's gate. However, they were deceived by Savathûn, who tampered with the gate so that it would take them into the Ascendant Plane where her forces and the Pyramid were waiting. As one of Oryx's ships arrived into the battle and destroyed Savathûn's flagship, the remaining Qugu would take advantage of this opportunity to draw upon their fury and grief to destroy the Pyramid before being killed by the Resonance released from its destruction in the process.<ref name="Cry">'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''',''Destiny 2: Episode: Echoes - Lore:Dynasty, [[Lore:Dynasty#Chapter 3 - The Cry that Echoes|The Cry that Echoes]]''</ref> 
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The Hive eradicate hundreds of intelligent species over a span of twenty thousand years.<ref name="XXIII"/> During this time they grow and expand their kingdoms, refining and deepening their knowledge of the Sword Logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXI: an incision|XVI: an incision]]''</ref> Auryx makes war upon Savathûn out of both revenge and love, with Xivu Arath fighting them together.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXII: The High War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Hive-Ecumene war]] || Approximately twenty-four thousand years after the fall of the Ammonites<ref name="XXV"/>, the Hive reached the frontier of the Ecumene and invaded seventeen worlds for over a century.<ref name="XXV"/> The [[Dakaua]], a client species of the Ecumene, discover Taox in cryo-stasis aboard an ancient ship.<ref name="XXV"/> Taox shares her knowledge of the Hive's leaders and motivations with the Dakaua, and the Ecumene unleashes its most powerful weapons against the Hive, who immediately suffer setbacks.<ref name="XXV"/> 

The Hive suffer many defeats against the Ecumene. Auryx summons Savathûn and Xivu Arath to his Throne World, realizing that their Worms' hunger was growing faster than their ability to feed it. Seeking the power necessary to allow the Hive to continue their crusade, Auryx slays his sisters<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVI: star by star by star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> and then his Patron Worm God, Akka, creating the [[Tablets of Ruin]], Auryx harnesses the ability to [[Taken|Take]], and renames himself Oryx, the Taken King; he uses his newfound power to create the Taken, Darkness-corrupted entities bent to his will, and unleashes them upon the Ecumene.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> During his war, Oryx revives Xivu Arath through an act of war, and Savathûn through an act of cunning. For one thousand, one hundred and forty years the resurgent Hive triumvirate annihilated the species of the Ecumene so utterly that no trace of them remains.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVII: Eat the Sky|XXVII: Eat the Sky]]''</ref><ref name="XXIX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIX: Carved in Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> Taox escapes yet again, however, and the Hive resume their pursuit, ravaging the universe along the way.
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| || || Creation of the Tithing System || To grow quicker and more effectively in power, Oryx creates the tithing system. In this system, all Hive take some tribute to feed their Worm and tithe the rest to their superiors. [[Thrall]]s tithe to [[Acolyte]]s, Acolytes tithe to [[Knight]]s or [[Wizard]]s, and Knights and Wizards tithe to [[Ascendant Hive]], until all this tribute reaches the Hive Gods.<ref name="XXIX"/>
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| || || || Rhulk stations his [[The Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]] within Savathûn's throne world on the orders of the Witness to mentor her for potential discipleship.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Mark|Resonant Fury Mark]]''</ref> He constructs the [[Harvest]] to produce Worm larvae for the armies of the Hive.<ref name="Resonant Fury Gloves">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Gloves|Resonant Fury Gloves]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Golden Amputation]] || Ten thousand years later, after destroying the [[Taishibethi]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXX: a golden amputation|XXV: a golden amputation]]''</ref> Oryx communes with a voice in the Darkness,<ref group=note>It is unclear as to the definite identity of the speaker in Verse 32 of the Books of Sorrow, "Majestic. Majestic", and while the [[The Witness|Witness]] or the [[Winnower]] seem to fit the bill, the often contradictory nature of ''Destiny`s'' internal consistency makes assigning an identity impossible for the time being.</ref> which tells him the purpose of the Sword Logic is to bring about the Final Shape.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXI: battle made waves|XXXI: battle made waves]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXII: Majestic. Majestic.|XXXII: Majestic. Majestic]]''</ref> He decides to produce children, and sires two sons and twin daughters: [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]], [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]], and [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIV: More beautiful to know|XXXIV: More beautiful to know]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVI: Eater of Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVII: shapes : points|XXXVII: shapes : points]]''</ref>
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| || || || Unfavored and looked down upon by his father, Nokris sought to impress Oryx by communing with the Worm Gods.<ref> '''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Wormhusk Crown#Lore|Wormhusk Crown]]'' </ref> He would succeed but all of them would reject him, except for Xol, the weakest of his kin who was fearing an attack from Yul. Xol and Nokris would strike a bargain: Nokris would trade Xol his heart in exchange for learning [[Necromancy]], the power to revive others from the dead, a practice considered by Oryx and his brood to be heresy to the Sword Logic. <ref> '''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - Item Description: [[Wormgod Caress#Lore|Wormgod Caress]]'' </ref> Oryx would learn about Nokris's act and was outraged. Nokris and his brood were exiled with Xol fleeing alongside them, and all mentions of the disfavored son were removed from [[The World's Grave]] and [[Books of Sorrow]].<ref> '''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - Item Description: [[Verity's Brow#Lore|Verity's Brow]]'' </ref>
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| || || Vex Discovery of the Sword-Logic <br> Creation of the Dreadnaught || While Oryx is absent from his court to observe the Darkness destroy an ancient fortress world, Crota, after being tricked by his aunt Savathûn, inadvertently opens a portal to a place containing [[Vex]] while experimenting within the Ascendant Realm.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVIII: The partition of death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref> The Vex, unable to comprehend the physics of Oryx's throne world, manifest [[Quria, Blade Transform]], who begins experimenting with the Hive, learning to worship the Darkness, and continue to plague Oryx's realm for a hundred years. The Worm God Eir finally calls Oryx home to deal with the problem after the Vex come close to conquering the High War.<ref name="XXXIX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIX: open your eye : go into it|XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]]''</ref> 

Oryx Takes many of the Vex, dividing them against one another, before finally expelling the cybernetic machines from his realm. Oryx comes to consider the Vex a worthy rival, and resolves to follow the Darkness and document the destruction it wreaks in a "grave of worlds", so that he may learn from it and use this knowledge to succeed in his crusade against the universe. With his Ascendant Realm having been compromised by the Vex incursion, Oryx builds the [[Dreadnaught]] from Akka's corpse and houses his realm within it.<ref name="XL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref><ref name="XLI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref> This takes place before Earth's formation (at least 4.54 billion years ago)<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[Ghost scan]]: [[Ghost_scan#Dreadnaught.2C_Rings_of_Saturn|DNT-TRN-5]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Hive-Harmony war]] || The Hive destroy the [[Harmony]], another species that had built a peaceful and advanced civilization with the aid of the Traveler,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.|XLV: I'd shut them all in cells]]''</ref> and topple the fabled Gift Mast over a period of a hundred and fifty years.<ref name="XLVI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVI: The Gift Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref> During this conflict Oryx defeats Quria, Blade Transform and the remaining Vex who were attacking him, and gives the Taken Hydra to Savathûn.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLII: <>.7C<>.7C<>|XLII: <>|<>|<>]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLIV: strict proof eternal|XLIV: strict proof eternal]]''</ref> Prior to being Taken, Quria shared what it learned about Oryx's origins as Aurash with the rest of the Vex collective mind.<ref name="XLIII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLIII: End of Failed Timeline|XLIII: End of Failed Timeline]]''</ref> Afterwards, Oryx's sisters part ways with him; Savathûn takes her war-moons into the black hole the Harmony's worlds orbited, while Xivu Arath ventures into unknown space.<ref name="XLVI"/> Oryx continues on his journeys in the footsteps of the Darkness, continuing the Hive's crusade and still seeking the elusive Taox.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVII: Apocalypse Refrains|XLVII: Apocalypse Refrains]]''</ref>
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| || || || After Savathûn's attempts at slowing her Ascendant's Worms' hunger by placing them around a black hole failed, she would begin a tribute-gathering system where she gains power through others failing to understand her schemes rather than slaughter. This new method of gaining tribute would be known as "[[Imbaru]]".<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Forsaken]] - Lore:[[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]], [[Lore:Truth to Power#Thank you|Thank you]]''</ref>
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===Birth of Sol===
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| || || || The Sol System is created. When life began to develop and evolve this led to the creation of the [[The Nine|Nine]], 4-dimensional dark matter entities bound to the gravity wells of the Sun and the 8 planets in the system. The Nine can only stay awake as long as there is life.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Drifter]] - Lore:[[Lore:Dust|Dust]], [[Lore:Dust#The Nine|Nine]]''</ref> At an unknown point in time, Theia was a member of the Nine before it collided with III's gravity well.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/5/6)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Lore:[[Lore:Anamórphōsis|Anamórphōsis]], [[Lore:Anamórphōsis#Aítion|Aítion]]''</ref>
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| || || ||The Vex are thought to have embedded themselves in every known celestial body around this time while constructing incomprehensible structures;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex|Vex]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#The Vex|The Vex]]''</ref> among them is the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]] on [[Venus]] with [[Atheon, Time's Conflux]] serving as its [[Vex Mind]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds|Vex Axis Minds]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds#Atheon, Time's Conflux|Atheon, Time's Conflux]]''</ref>
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| || || || At an unknown period of time, Ahsa would arrive in Sol and inhabit the seas of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref name="SSS"/>
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| || || || The Hive led by Crota would arrive on the [[Moon]], infesting it for hundreds or thousands of years.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - [[Toland, the Shattered]]: [[Toland/Quotes#Active Patrol quotes|"For millennia, humanity gazed at the Moon and envisioned visiting it. Yet, no one dreamed it a trespass. The Hive is not a welcoming host, as you well know."]]''</ref>
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==History of the Cabal==
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| || || || According to legend, three [[Cabal]] warriors sought to claim the Sun for their people guarded by a mighty beast. The first two were killed attempting to evade the creature, but the third would die with honor leaving a mark on the beast. Inspiring her kin to fight the creature despite the repeated deaths. However, the beast would meet its end to [[Acrius]], claiming the sun for his people and becoming the first [[Cabal Emperor]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Chosen]] - Item Description: [[Praefectus Suit#Praefectus Cuirass / Plate / Robes|Praefectus Cuirass / Plate / Robes]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [[Legend of Acrius#Lore|Legend of Acrius]]''</ref>
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| || || || At some point, the Cabal forge a vast interstellar Empire and incorporate the telekinetic Psions as a client race, who previously worshipped an unknown calamity that eventually strikes the Cabal and forces the Empire to flee.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal|Cabal]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal#Psion|Psion]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal#Ghost Fragment: Cabal 2|Ghost Fragment: Cabal 2]]''</ref>
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| || || || Over time, the Cabal Throne loses most of its power and the military aristocracy, the [[Praetorate]] gains control of most of the Empire's power.{{Citation needed}} They popularize the [[Rite of Proving]], a tradition for Cabal to prove their right through battle.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - Item Description: [[Bell of Conquests#Lore|Bell of Conquests]]''</ref>
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| || || || [[Emperor Calus|Calus]], Prince Designate, leads a revolution and overthrows the Praetorate, becoming the Emperor of the Cabal Empire. He shifts the Empire's roots from militarism to art and philosophy and makes [[Torobatl]] the Cabal's home planet.{{Citation needed}} He later has a daughter named [[Empress Caiatl|Caiatl]].<ref>'''[[Cabal Booklet]]''', "[[Cabal Booklet#My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial|My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]"</ref> [[The Consul]], who previously had ties with the Praetorate would find the young orphan [[Dominus Ghaul|Ghaul]], taking him in and training him as a weapon to overthrow Calus.<ref>'''Cabal Booklet''', "[[Cabal Booklet#The Consul|The Consul]]"</ref>
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| || || || Ghaul would become a [[Gladiator]] in the coliseum, becoming favoured by the Emperor. Calus promotes Ghaul to Primus of the [[Red Legion]], and eventually his right hand.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [[Ghost Primus#Lore|Ghost Primus]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Midnight Coup (event)|Midnight Coup]] || Ghaul, with the aid of the Consul, Caiatl and others leads a [[Midnight Coup (event)|military coup]] against Calus.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [[Midnight Coup#Lore|Midnight Coup]]''</ref> Ghaul becomes the new leader of the Cabal Empire.<ref>'''Cabal Booklet''', "[[Cabal Booklet#Ghaul, the Dominus|Ghaul the Dominus]]"</ref> However, as Calus is too popular among the Cabal populace to execute without risking rebellion, the conspirators exile Calus and his surviving supporters to the Leviathan and lock its course to a destination far outside of the Cabal empire.<ref name="Invitation">'''Cabal Booklet''', "[[Cabal Booklet#An Invitation|An Invitation]]"</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of Opulence]] - Lore:[[Lore:Confessions|Confessions]], [[Lore:Confessions#Entry I|Entry I]]''</ref>
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| || || || After wallowing in despair for an unknown amount of time after his exile, the Leviathan comes across an expanse of nothingness, which shorts out the navigational systems. Calus then looks into the void and receives a vision from the Witness, showing him the Black Fleet and an apocalyptic event that would eliminate all life in the universe. The Witness proclaims to Calus that he will be its herald of the coming end.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [[It Stared Back#Lore|It Stared Back]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of Opulence - Lore:[[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]], [[Lore:The Chronicon#DLXXIX.|DLXXIX.]]''</ref> With control of the Leviathan back in his hands, Calus begins exploring the galaxy and planning to retake the empire.<ref name="Invitation"/>
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==History of the Eliksni==
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| || || || The Traveler visits the [[Fallen|Eliksni]] home planet [[Riis]] and provides them with limitless [[Ether]].<ref name="GF:F3">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen|Fallen]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> The Eliksni prosper under the Traveler's patronage and revere it as "the Great Machine".<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Mystery: Vault of Glass|Mystery: Vault of Glass]]''</ref> During these years, the [[House of Judgment]] enforces law and peace.<ref name="Variks"/>
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| || || [[Edge Wars]] || The event known as the Edge Wars brings infighting amongst the Eliksni. This conflict is ended by the [[House of Kings]] and the House of Judgement, entering their people into a Golden Age.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:[[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]], [[Lore:Most Loyal#Job Undone|Job Undone]]''</ref>
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| || || || The [[House of Rain]] tell of a prophecy that the Great Machine would dub a great warrior as the "[[Kell|Kell of Kells]]".<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-kell-of-kells-4 The Kell of Kells]''</ref>
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| || || || [[Irrha]], an Apothecary and apprentice to [[Slayer Baron]] [[Kiiraskes]], documents her observations of a mysterious creature that was threatening a House of Rain farm,<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Episode: Revenant]] - Lore:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]], [[Lore:The Garden-Way#1. Judgment|1. Judgment]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant - Lore:The Garden-Way, [[Lore:The Garden-Way#2. Fields|2. Fields]]''</ref> using a [[Tonic]] to track it.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant - Lore:The Garden-Way, [[Lore:The Garden-Way#3. Light|3. Light]]''</ref> The creature was described as having a shapeshafting power and an unpleasant smell.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant - Lore:The Garden-Way, [[Lore:The Garden-Way#4. War|4. War]]''</ref> They were able to kill the creature and, upon returning, learned that [[Haaksis]] encountered a Black Fleet vessel and recovered a spherical object which prophesied the coming calamity that would soon affect Riis.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant - Lore:The Garden-Way, [[Lore:The Garden-Way#5. Monsters|5. Monsters]]''</ref> They would report their experience to the House of Judgment and while waiting for Kiiraskes, Irrha overhears a dirge being sung by [[Chelchis, Kell of Stone|Chelsis]], a Kell of the [[House of Stone]], a House responsible for organizing Riis's defenses.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant - Lore:The Garden-Way, [[Lore:The Garden-Way#6. Return|6. Return]]''</ref>
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| || || [[Whirlwind]] || Sometime after, the Eliksni civilization is destroyed by an event known as the [[Whirlwind]]. The [[Black Fleet]] invades the Eliksni's native star system, causing the Traveler to flee from Riis. Oryx and his forces later arrive. Chelchis is slain by the Taken King himself, becoming a legend amongst his people.<ref name="Variks">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves - Grimoire:Allies/[[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen|The Queen]], [[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen#Variks, The Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Item Description: [[Broken Crown]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Item Description: [[Doom of Chelchis]]''</ref> Many Eliksni perished their civilization was left in ruins. In the aftermath, the House of Judgement attempts to maintain order among the survivors but is unable to prevent the outbreak of a bloody civil war and is itself nearly eradicated. The remnants of House Judgment are forced into servitude by the remaining Kells.<ref name="Variks"/> They begin their search for Traveler in hopes of returning to greatness, beginning the [[Long Drift]] and becoming the Fallen.<ref name="GF:F3"/>
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==Pre-Golden Age==
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| || || || A text named ''Of Hated Nezarec'' was known to have originated from this time period.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [[Nezarec's Sin#Lore|Nezarec's Sin]]''</ref> The text would later be used to indoctrinate the victims of torment into the [[Acolytes of Nezarec]].<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Lightfall - Item Description: [[Dream Demon#Lore|Dream Demon]]''</ref>
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| || || || The [[Department of External Observation]], a United States agency tasked with investigating extraterrestrial anomalies, was investigating an unknown energy weapon that was used to assassinate John F. Kennedy.<ref>'''[[Timelost DEO Documents]]''', ''[[Timelost DEO Documents#07|07]]''</ref><ref>'''Timelost DEO Documents''', ''[[Timelost DEO Documents#08|08]]''</ref>
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| || || || Louis Yero, a polyglot born from Lodi, Wisconsin, begins his employment at the DEO.<ref>'''Timelost DEO Documents''', ''[[Timelost DEO Documents#01|01]]''</ref> Prior to his employment, he served in an unknown war.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Edge of Fate]] - Item Description: [[Moirai#Lore|Moirai]]''</ref>
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| || || ||The DEO would begin investigations into the Les Diaberets incident with Louis Yero being one of those people. They couldn't find any signs of the extraterrestrial life form, but they were able to study the technology from it.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[Melas Panoplia#Lore|Melas Panoplia]]''</ref>
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| || || || Louis meets Dr. Nella Davis, a mathematician who was working on Project Graviton.{{Citation needed}} She was later killed by a train sent by the Nine.<ref name="dreamin">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[The Edge of Fate (quest)#Step 19|The Edge of Fate: Step 19]]''</ref>
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| || || || After Louis bumps into Nella near DEO's containment room, who then leaves in a hurry,<ref name="dreamin"/> he would answer a strange phone inside the containment. Unbeknownst to him, by answering the phone, he would be pulled forward in time by the Nine.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[The Edge of Fate (quest)#Step 12|The Edge of Fate: Step 12]]''</ref>
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==The Golden Age==
{{main|Golden Age}} - According to various in-game quotes and Grimoire entries, the Golden Age lasted a few centuries. It came to a devastating end in the wake of the Collapse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> 
*Present Day—[[Human]]ity detects and tracks the Traveler as it enters the [[Sol System]] and terraforms [[Mercury]], Venus, and the moons of [[Jupiter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Guardian|Guardian]]/[[Grimoire:Guardian/Races|Races]], [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Ghost Fragment: Human|Ghost Fragment: Human]]''</ref> When it reaches [[Mars]], the multinational [[Ares One]] mission is launched to make contact with it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> The Traveler promises humanity the universe <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Guardian/Races, [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Ghost Fragment: Human 5|Ghost Fragment: Human 5]]''</ref> and imparts its vast knowledge to the species,<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> spurring the colonization of the Solar System.<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> 

===Early Golden Age===
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| || || The Beginning of the Golden Age || The [[Golden Age]], a centuries-long<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC7Vj0D0Ms '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny - Beta Opening Cinematics'']</ref> era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.<ref name="destiny story"/>
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| || || Arrival of the Ahamkara || The [[Ahamkara]], a species with the ability to shapeshift and grant wishes, arrive in the system following the Traveler's arrival.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Guardian/[[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes|Classes]], [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Ghost Fragment: Warlock|Ghost Fragment: Warlock]]''</ref>
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| || || The formation of the North American Empire || The [[North American Empire]] is formed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master Rahool#Quotes|"From the North American Empire just before the Collapse. You can tell by the eagles."]]''</ref>
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*The [[Cosmodrome]] is built in modern-day Kazakhstan where humanity first takes to the stars in search of what lays beyond and ultimately in hope of escaping their overcrowded planet.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Places|Places]]/[[Grimoire:Places/Earth|Earth]], [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Old Russia|Old Russia]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''Destiny: [[Rise of Iron]] - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/Mars|Mars]], [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>
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| 50 years after the Traveler's discovery || || || At the age of 90, Commander [[Jacob Hardy]] records his experiences from the Ares One mission in his diary and explains how the Traveler's dramatic impact on human well-being and civilization changed everything while studying the properties of Light-influenced terraforming.<ref name="Human 4">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Guardian/Races, [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghost Fragment: Human 4|Ghost Fragment: Human 4]]''</ref>
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| || || || The [[Cloud Walkers]] lead the first Exodus.<ref name="Cloud Walkers Tribute">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Item Description: [[Cloud Walker Tribute]]''</ref>
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| || || The First off-Earth Colony || The first off-Earth colony is established in the [[Ocean of Storms]] on the Moon<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/Moon|Moon]], [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#The Ocean of Storms|The Ocean of Storms]]''</ref> and an exobotany laboratory is built in Mare Cognitum.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#First Light|First Light]]''</ref>
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| || || The foundation of Freehold || The city of [[Freehold]] is founded on Mars with the support of [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. It becomes known as one of humanity's greatest achievements.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/Mars, [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay|Ghost Fragment: Meridian Bay]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/Mars, [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Meridian Bay|Meridian Bay]]''</ref>
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| || || The Colonization of Venus || The [[Hesperonaut]]s first descend into Venus's boiling mists and place terraforming engines in caldaras, beginning the planet's transformation into a habitable world. They were later remembered by the Last City and the Guardians through a set of armor forged in their honor.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Item Description: [[Hesperos Type 1]]''</ref>
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| || || The Discovery of the Vex || During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient Vex ruins are discovered. Early Vex research outposts like [[Campus 9]] attract Earth's brightest minds, leading to a colonization rush on the planet. The researchers found the [[Ishtar Collective]] and the [[Ishtar Academy]].<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref>
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| || || Birth of the Warmind || The [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray Corporation]] take the code of the "R", an AI designed by [[M. Mihaylova]] and upgrade it into the sentient interplanetary defense system [[Rasputin]]. [[Clovis Bray I]] intended for him to take the Traveler's place.{{Citation needed}} However, [[Anastasia Bray|Dr. Anastasia Bray]] goes against Clovis's orders, teaching him the different things of humanity. Rasputin goes on to rewrite Clovis's protocols, locking him out.{{Citation needed}}
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| || || || A copper box with a red lid is discovered, its lid dented, one hinge shattered. Inside is a small quantity of the finest, driest powder, more brown than gray, more blue than green. The powder is weighed by the grain and studied closely. One hundred billion bits reside inside, all of them tiny and nearly spherical, and etched with the outlines of continents and islands and icecaps. Each sphere represents a planet. One is found on Earth, Mars, and Venus. Many studies presume that the box is a message of how minuscule all of creation is, and some wonder who delivered this message, and why.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/Venus|Venus]], [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Ghost Fragment: Ishtar Sink|Ghost Fragment: Ishtar Sink]]''</ref>
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| || || || A father on Venus shows his son a representation of what their world used to look like before the Traveler arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/The City|The City]], [[Grimoire:Places/The City#Ghost Fragment: The Golden Age|Ghost Fragment: The Golden Age]]''</ref>
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===Mid-Golden Age===
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| || || The colonization of the Asteroid Belt || Human settlements are established in the Asteroid Belt, subsequently becoming a treasure trove of industry.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/The Asteroid Belt|The Asteroid Belt]], [[Grimoire:Places/The Asteroid Belt#The Asteroid Belt|The Asteroid Belt]]''</ref><ref name="Silver">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Inventory|Inventory]]/[[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy|Economy]], [[Grimoire:Inventory/Economy#Silver|Silver]]''</ref>
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| || || The creation of Silver || A currency known as [[Silver]] is developed, and is later used by the [[Reef]] post-Collapse.<ref name="Silver"/>
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| || || The colonization of Jupiter || Jupiter and its moons become a cornerstone of human civilization, lunar cities buried deep in ice shelves and within subaqueous oceans.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/[[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter|Jupiter]], [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref>
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| || || Discovery of the K1 Anomaly || Miners on the Moon discover a [[Anomaly (artifact)|strange artifact]]. The [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray corporation]] and the [[Aeronautics of China]] create a research site around the artifact. By studying it they learn it is an artifact of [[Darkness]], which [[Clovis Bray I]] calls "Clarity". Clovis uses the artifact to commune with the Witness, who instructs him to make his way to [[Europa]], with the promise of obtaining the secrets of immortality.<ref>'''[[Mysterious Logbook]]''', "ENTRY 1", ''[[Mysterious Logbook#-02-|-02-]]''</ref>
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| || || Colonization of Europa || Clovis and his team arrive on Europa. They found the colony [[Eventide]] and the facility, [[Bray Exoscience]]. Clovis begins his plans for the Exo Project, the project to transfer human consciousness into humanoid machines.{{Citation needed}}
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| || || Discovery of Clarity Control || Clovis Bray discovers the [[Pyramid]] artifact, which he calls "[[Clarity Control]]".<ref>'''Mysterious Logbook''', "ENTRY 4", ''[[Mysterious Logbook#-018-|-018-]]''</ref> Clovis and his team attempt to move the artifact however this results in the death of nineteen engineers.<ref name="ENTRY 5">'''Mysterious Logbook''', "ENTRY 5", ''[[Mysterious Logbook#-025-|-025-]]''</ref>  Due to being unable to move the artifact, Clovis constructs the facility which would become known as the [[Deep Stone Crypt (location)|Deep Stone Crypt]]. He requests that his granddaughter [[Elisabeth Bray]], who had inherited a fatal insomnia caused by his gene altering on Clovis II, join him and assist