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{{Conjectural title}} {{Image}} {{Summarize}} {{Battle infobox |prev=[[Lucent War|Operation Elbrus]] |next=[[Upheaval on Nessus]] |image=[[file:WarAgainstTheWitness.png|370px]] |conflict= |date= |place= [[Sol System]]<br>[[Ascendant Realm]]<br>[[Black Garden]]<br>[[Vex Network]]<br>[[The Pale Heart]] |result='''1st Phase''' *Savathûn's defeat at the hands of the Guardian begins the war against the Witness *The Witch Queen's curse weakens its hold on Rhulk's sunken Pyramid and threatens to free the Disciple from within **Rhulk is slain inside the Sunken Pyramid before he could seal the Light from the throne world with the Upended *Yirix's propaganda operation is halted and Psionic revelations about the future of Sol are uncovered *Calus's ship returns to the Sol System, attempting to link the emperor's psyche between it and the Lunar Pyramid beneath the Moon, only to be thwarted by the Vanguard and his daughter Caiatl **Despite this, the Vanguard fails to prevent Calus from ascending to a Disciple of the Witness and the harbinger of the Second Collapse *Eramis is freed from her Stasis prison by the Witness and tasked to retrieve the relics of Nezarec, only to have the relics secured by the Guardian with assistance from House of Light and House of Spider **The Witness punishes Eramis for her failure to secure the relics, and begins transforming members of House Salvation into Wrathborn and Scorn, including several of her deceased council members ***Additionally, House Salvation is now forced to work under Xivu Arath **Osiris is awoken from a coma after Mithrax reduced the relics into a concoction, and discovers a secret Savathûn hid on the planet Neptune *Rasputin is temporarily rebuilt **The Seraph Bunkers and Seraph Station are secured from the assault of Xivu Arath's forces, preventing her ritual from opening a massive rift to the Ascendant Plane and invading Earth much like Torobatl. **Vanguard thwarts the Sol Divisive Vex from attempting to extract extra-solar colonization data from a Seraph facility on Mars, freeing Soteria from her imprisonment. **The Traveler departs the Last City as it attempts to confront the Witness and its fleet head on. ***House Salvation assaults Seraph Station in one last bid to stop the Vanguard, with Eramis attempting to use Rasputin's Warsat network to destroy the Traveler. ***Rasputin initates AURORA SACRIFICE in order to prevent Eramis from activating ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE. He succeeds in this, self destructing the entire Warsat network, but at the cost of deleting all his coding. **Existence of a civilization on Neptune along with a paracasual artifact linked to the Traveler known as the Veil is confirmed *The Coalition prepare themselves to face the Witness and its incoming fleet. ----- '''2nd Phase''' *The Witness and its fleet finally reach Earth's orbit and begin their assault. **The Traveler is subdued by the Witness, and soon it discovers the location of the Veil. ***Calus, the Witness's latest Disciple, is sent to invade Neomuna with his Shadow Legion to secure and link the Veil. ***Neomuna is turned into active warzone due to the invasion, as all Neomuni are promoted to active defense roles. ****The Vex of the Sol Collective restart their invasion of city, taking advantage of the turmoil and chaos caused by the Shadow Legion. **The Guardian, along with Osiris, reach Neomuna as it becomes under siege from the Shadow Legion's invasion, and ally themselves with the city's Cloud Striders: Nimbus and Rohan. **Strand is discovered, and over time the Guardian is able to wield it, along with discovering what the Veil is. **The Shadow Legion suffer major losses, first with the Radial Mast being destroyed, and with Calus being slain by the Guardian. **The Witness manages to establish a link with The Veil, and it begins the Final Shape by opening a portal into the Traveler's Pale Heart ***The Traveler shifts its attention to its interior as the Witness invades its Pale Heart, and its Light become harder for Ghosts to access ***Several attempts are made to enter the portal, all of which end in failure including the death of Joxer. **Nezarec is revived by the Traveler's terraforming attack and haunts the citizens of Neomuna in their dreams ***Nezarec is slain shortly afterwards in the Witness's flagship. **Soteria's fragment on Neomuna reveals information regarding an enemy of the Witness hiding somewhere on Titan. *Captives are taken during the Shadow Legion's invasion of Earth and are rescued by the new Queensguard from Pyramid outposts. **Amanda Holliday is rescued and later killed in action from a trap after saving captives from a secret Shadow Legion prison in the EDZ. ***Eramis defects from the Witness's forces after saving Mithrax and leaves the system in search for Athrys. ***The Shadow Legion Flagship is destroyed as an act of retribution. *Titan is returned to the Sol System **Sloane is rescued, albeit she is now infused partially with Taken energy. **Ahsa is discovered and rescued as the Vanguard aids Sloane in strengthening her connection to Ahsa. ***Ahsa manages to provide vital information to the Vanguard on the Witness, its origins and the Final Shape, but also reveals that they must resurrect Savathûn in order to find a way through the portal inside the Traveler. **Xivu Arath's forces are pushed back from Titan. ***Their attempt to Take Ahsa is thwarted. **The Lucent Brood's attempts to resurrect Oryx is stopped. *The Vanguard makes a bargain with Immaru as he decides to help them resurrect Savathûn, but only if they deal with Xivu Arath first. **Eris Morn transforms herself into a Hive God of Vengeance, and begins manipulating the Sword Logic to have Guardians bring her enough tithes to challenge Xivu Arath. **Xivu Arath's forces infiltrate Savathûn's Throne World in order to thwart the Vanguard's plans and steal Eris Morn's tithes. **Ahsa assists Eris Morn in her quest for vengeance. **Eris uses the tithes from Savathûn and the Guardian to sever Xivu Arath's connection to the Black Terrace. ***Savathûn reveals a secret that will allow the Vanguard to follow the Witness, and allows Immaru to fall under Vanguard custody. *The Witness loses a top general in Xivu Arath. ----- '''Final Phase''' *The secret within the Imbaru Engine revealed to be one of Riven's pure eggs and the pattern of the 15th wish on Savathûn's wings is shown to the Guardian during her resurrection. *The Witness sends in the Sol Divisive to invade the Dreaming City and hamper the Vanguard's efforts to bypass the portal to the Pale Heart. *Riven refuses to grant the 15th wish until her missing clutch is recovered from the Ley Lines and her lair. *Osiris is unable to replicate the Witness's link to the Veil, leaving the Ahamkara Riven as the only solution to bypass the portal inside the Traveler. *The Guardian stop the Scorn's attempts to harness the bones of another Ahamkara named Hefnd in a Dark Age castle hidden within the EDZ mountains. **Crow and Petra discover more of Hefnd's history and his interactions with the Warlord Naeem, the House of Kings, and the Taken. *Taranis's corpse selects the Guardian as his wish keeper after defeating a Vex Mind capable of simulating the Techeuns within the Black Garden. *Riven reveals that one is allowed to enter the Pale Heart via the Ley Lines. Crow volunteers himself to go with his paracausal connection with Mara to guide the way through. *The Guardian succeeds in securing all of Riven's clutch, having kept them free from the Sol Divisive, Xivu Arath's leaderless Taken and Fikrul's Scorn forces. **Riven grants the 15th wish at the cost of her own existence, sending the Crow through the Ley Lines to the Pale Heart; with his bond to Mara Sov serving as a tether for Osiris to map a bridge using the Veil towards their destination. *The Witness sends in all its forces to lay siege to the Last City and keep the Guardians contained. **Shaxx leads the Guardian counteroffensive against the Witness's forces. *Eido is able to provide more intel on the Witness fron scouring clues throughout the Sol System. *The Sol Divisive recreated the Black Heart with guidance from the Witness, which threatens to undermine the Veil's connection to the Traveler, as its final attempt to keep the Vanguard out of the Pale Heart. **The Guardian destroys the Black Heart yet again, which allows Crow to fully cross into the Pale Heart, and meets Cayde-6 on the other side *Operation Ahamkara is initiated as Zavala, Ikora, and the Guardian venture towards the Pale Heart while the Traveler resists the Witness’s attempts to calcify the universe. **The Guardian is separated from Zavala and Ikora. ***At the Lost City, the Guardian discovers the power of [[Prismatic]], reunites with Cayde and later finds Crow before finding Zavala and Ikora. *Zavala is tempted by the Witness, but uncovers a secret from its dissenters and leaves alone to commune with it. **The dissenters from within the Darkness reveal to Zavala how the Witness can be "unmade". **Targe sacrifices himself to save Zavala's life before the Witness could merge him with its collective consciousness. *The Guardian wounds the Witness by unmaking its dissenters from within the Darkness, before retreating after their Ghost was damaged upon casting them out. **Retreating to the monolith, the Witness roots itself into the Traveler and begins enacting the Final Shape. *The rest of the Coalition arrive within the Pale Heart. *The Witness is successfully uprooted from the Traveler, losing its hold on the Light, and driven back from its monolith by a Guardian fireteam. **The unified front of the Coalition alongside the Lucent Brood launch one final attack against the Witness and its forces. **A fireteam of twelve Guardians confront the wounded Witness, unmaking it with the Traveler's freed Light. *The Ghost briefly sacrifices himself channeling the Traveler's Light into its body to destroy the Witness, however he is brought back by Cayde-6 who uses his Light to resurrect him. **Cayde dies his final death, returning to the Light of the Traveler. *An aurora of Light and Darkness called the [[Valence]] seeps out of the Traveler after the Witness's defeat. **Multiple Echoes depart out of the Traveler as a result of the memories from the Witness. |side1='''[[The Coalition]]''' *[[Last City]] **[[Vanguard]] **[[Six Coyotes]] *[[Imperial Cabal]] **[[Iron War Beast]]s *[[House of Light]] *[[House of Spider]] *[[Reef]] **[[Corsair]]s **[[Techeun]]s **[[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]] *[[Neomuna]] **[[Cloud Strider]]s ---- *[[Ahamkara]] |side2='''Forces of [[the Witness]]''' *[[Dread]] :*[[Disciples of the Witness]] *[[Taken]] *[[Scorn]] *[[Xivu Arath's Horde]] *[[Wrathborn]] *[[Hidden Swarm]] *[[House of Salvation]] *[[Shadow Legion]] *[[Loyalists]] *[[Psion Conclave]] *[[Sol Divisive]] |side3='''Forces of [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]''' *[[Lucent Brood]] ----- '''Vex''' *[[Sol Collective]] *[[Precursors]] *[[Descendants]] ----- '''Fikrul's Forces''' *Scorn |side4= |commanders1=*Commander [[Zavala]] *[[Ikora Rey]] *[[Cayde-6]] {{c|Temporarily}} *[[Shaxx|Lord Shaxx]] *[[Micah-10]] *[[Eris Morn]] *[[Empress Caiatl]] *[[Saladin Forge|Lord Saladin]] *[[Mithrax, Kell of Light]] *[[The Spider]] *[[Mara Sov]] *[[Petra Venj]] *[[Rohan]] *[[Nimbus]] |commanders2=*[[The Witness]] *[[Xivu Arath, God of War]] {{c|Defected}} *[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] {{c|Defected}} *[[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness]] *[[Emperor Calus]] *[[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]] *[[Conceptual Mind]] *[[Yirix]] |commanders3=*[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] *[[Immaru]] ----- *[[Calixte, System Ward Finality]] *[[Ioneion, System Control Flow]] |commander4= |forces1=*[[The Traveler]] *Thousands of [[Guardian]]s *Countless Imperial [[Cabal]] troops **[[Ascendant Guard]]s *Countless House of Light soldiers *Dozens of [[Corsair]]s *Several [[Frame]] units *[[The Spider|Spider’s]] Crew and Associates *Mara Sov's Harbinger *Eliksni [[Ketch]]es *Awoken [[Ceres Galliot|Galliot]]s *Imperial [[Cabal Carrier]]s *[[Rasputin]] *[[Soteria]] *[[Ahsa]] ----- *[[Riven]] |forces2=*[[Black Fleet]] *Countless Taken *Countless Hive *Thousands of Wrathborn *Countless House of Salvation Fallen *Countless Scorn *Countless Shadow Legion Cabal *Countless Sol Divisive frames *[[Black Heart]] *[[Nightmare]]s *Dozens of [[Dread]] Units |forces3=*Thousands of Hive [[Lightbearer]]s *Countless Lucent Brood Hive ----- *Countless Sol Collective frames |forces4= |casual1=*The Traveler {{c|infected with Darkness from the Witness's invasion inside it}} *Hundreds of Guardians *[[Amanda Holliday]] *[[Reed-7]] *[[Joxer]] *[[Asher Mir]] {{c|presumably}} *Thousands of Imperial Cabal troops *Several House of Light soldiers *Several House of Spider associates *Several Corsairs *Rasputin *Several frames *Rohan *Several Neomuna operators *Riven *[[Targe]] *[[The Ghost]] {{c|Briefly}} *[[Cayde-6]] |casual2=*The Witness *Rhulk, Calus, and Nezarec *Hundreds of Dread *Thousands of Taken *Thousands of Hive *Hundreds of Wrathborn *Thousands of House of Salvation Fallen *Thousands of Scorn *Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal *Thousands of Loyalist Cabal *Thousands of Sol Divisive frames *Black Heart |casual3= *Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers and their [[Ghost]]s *Thousands of Hive ----- *Dozens of [[Vex Mind]]s *Thousands of Vex platforms |casual4= |civilian= Unknown amount of civilian deaths and captives }} The '''War against the Witness''' was a conflict that was fought all across [[Sol System|Sol]] between the forces of the [[The Coalition|Coalition]] and the forces of the [[The Witness|Witness]], with [[Lucent Brood|other]] [[Vex|parties]] being involved as well. After dealing with the threat Savathûn and her brood posed on Sol, the [[Vanguard]] began to shift their attention to prepare for the Witness's arrival. The Vanguard and its allies would stop the influence of Rhulk and the Psions on their future, take on the threat imposed by Calus's connection to the Lunar Pyramid as he ascends into a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]], task the Guardian with securing the relics of Nezarec before Eramis can use it, and assist Ana Bray and Osiris with rebuilding Rasputin in order to both have a means of defense against the Witness and also help Osiris confirm his visions of Neptune were true. Shortly after [[ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE (mission)|the final assault on Seraph Station]] the Witness would arrive with its fleet, along with its newest Disciple, Calus. Despite their best efforts, the Witness managed to establish a link with [[The Veil]] after hijacking the Guardian's [[The Ghost|Ghost]] and thus begun the [[Final Shape]] by creating a portal into the Traveler's Pale Heart. While the Guardian aided in prison break operations across Earth, the Vanguard would repeatedly try to find a way through the portal, all attempts ending in failure. After the reemergence of Titan, the Vanguard would discover that Sloane had survived the disappearance, although she was no partially infused with Taken energy. The Vanguard also discovered that Sloane had befriended Ahsa, a proto-worm that had fled to Titan after the Witness caused her species to slaughter itself in the name of the Sword Logic. After strengthening their psychic connection, Ahsa would reveal to Sloane, and the rest of the Vanguard, about the origins of the Witness and the Final Shape, and that the key to getting through the portal was held by none other than Savathûn herself. After some reluctance, The Vanguard reached an agreement with [[Immaru]], Savathûn's Ghost, in which he would help them bring back Savathûn, under one condition: they deal with her sister, Xivu Arath, first. In order to combat Xivu without a direct conflict, [[Eris Morn]] would turn herself into a [[Hive]] God of Vengeance, and using the tithes collected by the Guardians, would eventually grow in strength, temporarily becoming the strongest Hive God in existenc. Eris would then use her power to sever Xivu Arath from her throne world, rendering her mortal. Shortly afterwards The Guardian and Eris would find out that Savathûn kept the end of the bargain reached between Immaru and The Vanguard, revealing to them the way into the Traveler, that being the 15th wish. After responding to an incursion of Sol Divisive and Taken forces in the Dreaming City, The Guardian would attempt to initiate the 15th wish, before being denied by the spirit of [[Riven]] who was brought back by Mara Sov and her Techeuns. Revealing to them that her clutch needed to be saved and brought back to her, The Guardian sought out to collect Riven’s missing clutch across the Dreaming City and the Riven's Lair to find them. After securing the final egg, Riven granted the wish, and the cost of her continued existence, allowing Crow to safely cross into the Pale Heart via the Ley Lines as his bond to his sister Mara allowed for a connection to be established between them. In the weeks after Crow’s passage, The Witness would launch an assault against the Last City and its defenses. The Vanguard would task [[Lord Shaxx|Shaxx]] with the counteroffensive of the attack, which required him to bring out previously banned and restricted weapons under Vanguard policy back into circulation. Once the attacks were repelled, [[Osiris]] contacted The Guardian about an interference that prevented Crow from fully crossing the portal, reporting it was coming from the Black Garden. The Guardian was sent to investigate, only to discover the Black Heart was remade by the Sol Divisive under direction's from The Witness. The Guardian would successfully destroy the Black Heart once more, finally allowing Crow to cross into the Pale Heart as he awaited for support to stop the Final Shape from occurring. ==Prelude== ===Birth of the Witness=== Being the first civilization uplifted by the [[The Traveler|Traveler]]'s [[Light]] in recorded history, the [[Precursors (Species)|species]] that would eventually become the Witness lived in a Golden Age and would prosper under its influence as it terraformed their desert home planet into a lush paradise. However, their people demanded purpose, so they discovered the Traveler shared a connection with the [[The Veil|Veil]], an enigma associated with [[Darkness]].<ref name="Origin">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0CKckjryVI'''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2: Season of the Deep - The Witness's Origins Cinematic'']</ref> The species could not agree on how the Final Shape could be carried out, as it was recorded in a conversation between [[HNW047622]] and [[RS6243199]]. HNW047622 followed the beliefs of the [[Nihilist]]s: a faction who believed that the Final Shape is the result of the species' self-destruction and that they should leave the universe alone while RS6243199 followed the beliefs of the [[Penitent]]s: a faction who believed that the Final Shape is the result of perfection through the intervention of the universe.<ref name="6-11">'''[[Entelechy]]''', "[[Entelechy#Scribe Archive XI-9-2C|Scribe Archive XI-9-2C]]", ''6-11''</ref> Both of these individuals oppose the views of the [[Solipsist]]s: a faction who believe that the Final Shape can be achieved by the will of the species that believes them.{{Citation needed}} These factions were ruled by the Consensus.<ref name="6-11"/> They eventually learn that the Light affects the physical world and the Darkness affects the mental world.{{Citation needed}} After recovering the Veil from the cosmos, they would link it to the Traveler to enact the Final Shape, but the Traveler would refuse the connection and leave their home planet.<ref name="Origin"/> The species finally found purpose when the Consensus ruled in favor of the Penitent majority, who were undeterred in their pursuit of the Final Shape, so they waged war with the Nihilists and the Solipsists. Once the civil war of their species was over, the Consensus would use the power of the Darkness from the Veil to become one singular, unfathomable being. Thus, the Witness was born.<ref name="Origin"/><ref name="32-25">'''Entelechy''', "[[Entelechy#Scribe Archive XI-23-1C|Scribe Archive XI-23-1C]]", ''32-35''</ref> Over time, the Witness would use its philosophy of the Final Shape to recruit other species into its fold,{{Citation needed}} imprison its dissenters who disagreed with its pursuit of the Final Shape within its own mind, cause suffering to various species that were uplifted by the Traveler,{{Citation needed}} and swiftly conquer any species who used Darkness to benefit their society.{{Citation needed}} It caused the extinction of the [[Noesis]], a friendly alien species that met its form first,<ref name="XI-14-9D">'''Entelechy''', "[[Entelechy#Scribe Archive XI-14-9D|Scribe Archive XI-14-9D]]", ''14-18''</ref> and the [[Eurhythmia]], a mysterious species that welcomed the Witness's presence until it saw that the Traveler uplifted them and subsequently wiped them out.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Rubicon|The Rubicon]], [[Lore:The Rubicon#Phlegethon II|Phlegethon II]]''</ref> It then uplifted the last [[Lubraean]] named [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]], who became the first of its Disciples upon destroying his home planet of [[Lubrae]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Witch Queen]] - Lore:[[Lore:Shattered Suns|Shattered Suns]], [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Liberated|Liberated]]''</ref> The next species to be influenced by the Witness were the proto-[[Worm|Worm God]]s living on [[Fundament]]. The proto-Worm Gods would become seduced by the power it offered and accepted it through their invention of the [[Sword Logic]], but one of their [[Ahsa|kin]] escaped Fundament through unknown means.<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> It would trick the Krill into accepting the Darkness once it saw the Traveler's intention to uplift them, so it used the Worm familiar to drift into the Osmium Court and warn the [[Osmium King]] of an incoming syzygy on the planet.<ref name="Plate">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Plate|Resonant Fury Plate]]''</ref> The King then warned his daughter [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]] of the event. Aurash fled with her sisters [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]] as the Osmium Court was overthrown by [[Taox]], the neighboring Helium Court and its residents, the [[Helium Drinkers]].<ref>'''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#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> Sathona recovered the same worm familiar that warned the Osmium King and now her of the God-Wave forming as a result of the syzygy, but it also told her salvation lies within the depths of Fundament's oceans.<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 name="Plate"/> The sisters would discover the Needle Ship and commandeer the vessel after making the necessary repairs to navigate Fundament's depths.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VI: Sisters|VI: Sisters]]''</ref> The sisters would encounter a creature called the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]], who was injured as a result of Rhulk's subjugation of the Worm God [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm|Xita]]<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref> and warn them to turn away, lest they get lost in the Deep.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VIII: Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref> The sisters ignored the Leviathan's warning and discover their salvation in the Worm Gods [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]], [[Yul, the Honest Worm|Yul]], [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]], [[Eir, the Keeper of Order|Eir]], and [[Ur, the Ever-Hunger|Ur]]. The sisters accept the bargain with the Worm Gods and transform the Krill into the [[Hive]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IX: The Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref> Aurash took on the King morph and transformed into Auryx,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#X: Immortals|X: Immortals]]''</ref> who would become Oryx after discovering the secrets of [[Taken|Taking]];<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> Sathona took on the Mother morph and transformed into Savathûn;<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XI: Conquerors|XI: Conquerors]]''</ref> and finally, Xi Ro took on the [[Knight]] morph and transformed into Xivu Arath.<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> The Worm Gods would provide the technology needed to escape Fundament,<ref>'''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> and the Hive's crusades begin after defeating the [[Ammonite]]s and causing the Traveler to flee from Fundament's orbit.<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 Collapse=== {{Main|The Collapse}} Before the Traveler arrived in the Sol System, it would uplift more civilizations to use its Light. They would range from the [[Harmony]] that lived in orbit of a black hole thanks to the [[Gift Mast]]<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> to the [[Fallen|Eliksni]] native to planet [[Riis]], but each time it would flee, and the forces of the Witness and the Hive would arrive soon after.{{Citation needed}} The Eliksni survived their cataclysmic event known to them as the [[Whirlwind]] but would degrade into vicious pirates and raiders as they searched the galaxy for the Traveler in a desperate attempt to regain their former glory.{{Citation needed}} After it fled from Riis, the Traveler would uplift [[Human]]ity in the Sol System. Its arrival in the Sol System began the [[Golden Age]], caused human lifespan to expand threefold, and enabled humanity to colonize other planets in the Sol System. However, like those the Traveler uplifted before, the Golden Age would not last long.{{Citation needed}} As the Traveler was busy terraforming [[Io]]'s surface, a period of great calamity known as the [[Collapse]] would begin. It would first be seen on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], when the Black Fleet used its weapons to alter Titan's gravity and destroy the structures supporting the [[New Pacific Arcology]] domes.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Undying]] - Lore:[[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare|Last Days on Kraken Mare]], [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare#The Sixth Seal, Part II|The Sixth Seal, Part II]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Undying - Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare, [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare#SUNDOWN DISTRESS|SUNDOWN DISTRESS]]''</ref> Ahsa, the same proto-Worm that escaped Fundament long ago and sought refuge on Titan's methane seas, was injured by an unknown entity.<ref name="SSS"/> The Traveler would flee to Earth and defend humanity as a result. It would also affect the people aboard the [[Yang Liwei]], where the clash between the Traveler and its ancient enemy resulted in the existence of the [[Distributary]] and subsequently the birth of the [[Awoken]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Forsaken]] - Lore:[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre IV|Cosmogyre IV]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, [[Lore:Marasenna#Ecstasiate III|Ecstasiate III]]''</ref> At the final moments of the Collapse, Savathûn would betray the Witness by killing Nezarec and hiding the Veil on Neptune,<ref name="RON">'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Lightfall]] - [[Root of Nightmares]]''</ref> and then the Traveler would sacrifice itself to create the [[Ghost]]s and push back the Black Fleet, temporarily stopping the Witness from enacting the Final Shape.{{Citation needed}} Humanity would soon enter the [[Dark Age]] with the arrival of the [[Cabal]], the Eliksni who are now known to the humans as the Fallen, and the existence of tyrannical [[Lightbearer]]s called [[Warlord]]s in the Sol System.{{Citation needed}} The Dark Age would soon end with the formation of the [[Last City]] and the fall of the Warlords, thus entering the [[City Age]]. The Lightbearers defending the Last City became the [[Guardian]]s led by different members of the [[Vanguard]]. The Last City faced many challenges before the arrival of the [[The Guardian|Guardian]], from the [[Battle of Twilight Gap|clash]] with the Fallen united under the banners of the [[House of Devils]], [[House of Kings]], and [[House of Winter]] to the attempted reclamation of the [[Moon]] ending in a [[Great Disaster]].{{Citation needed}} The people of the Last City soon discovered that the Traveler's ancient enemy is coming back to finish what it started during the Collapse, and that they were unable to survive it this time.<ref name="Restoration">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Restoration]]''</ref> ===Ascension of the Young Wolf=== On the eve of the Darkness's return to the Sol System, a lone [[The Ghost|Ghost]] would discover his Guardian's corpse on the outskirts of the [[Cosmodrome]] whilst avoiding the Fallen House of Devils. They soon acquire their first jumpship after dealing with the Fallen and make their way to the Last City<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[A Guardian Rises]]''</ref> to meet the various individuals there: the [[Titan (class)|Titan]] Vanguard Commander [[Zavala]], the [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Ikora Rey]], the [[Hunter]] Vanguard [[Cayde-6]], the [[Crucible]] handler [[Lord Shaxx]], the Gunsmith [[Banshee-44]], and [[The Speaker|the Speaker]], a disciple who speaks for the Traveler.{{Citation needed}} After meeting the people of the Last City, they return to the Cosmodrome to acquire a warp drive, eliminating a Devil [[Archon]] named [[Riksis, Devil Archon|Riksis]] in the process. They would soon discover their purpose as a Guardian from the Speaker,<ref name="Restoration"/> who tasked them with investigating what was stopping the Traveler from healing after it conflicted with the Darkness during the Collapse.{{Citation needed}} They began solving the mystery upon discovering the Hive's presence in the Cosmodrome<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Dark Within]]''</ref> and traveled to the Moon to stop the Hive from commencing an invasion on Earth.<ref name="TDB">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Dark Beyond]]''</ref> They first investigated leads from another Guardian who went missing and eventually died near the entrance to the [[Temple of Crota]],<ref name="TDB"/> then enter a Hive fortress called the [[Hellmouth]] to seek out the [[The World's Grave|World's Grave]], a compendium of Hive knowledge and their plans to invade Earth.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The World's Grave (mission)|The World's Grave]]''</ref> They learned of the Hive's plans to conduct a ritual to drain the Traveler's Light and warn the Speaker about the revelation. He organized the forces of the Last City to stop the ritual. As the Guardian traveled near the ritual site, the [[Elisabeth Bray|Exo Stranger]] issued a challenge to them: if they stop the Hive ritual and return alive, she can meet them face to face and discuss a threat more troubling. Ghost tracked the coordinates of the message to [[Venus]]. They discovered the ritual in the [[Chamber of Night]] involved the Hive using a piece of the Traveler, and successfully stopped it.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]] ''</ref> They then met the Stranger in the ruins of [[Ishtar Academy]], who informed them of the [[Black Heart]],<ref name="Call">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[A Stranger's Call]] ''</ref> a failed replica of the Veil created by the [[Vex]] of the [[Sol Divisive]].<ref name="WR">'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''Destiny 2: Lightfall - [[What Remains]]''</ref> She instructed them to find a way into the [[Black Garden]] and destroy its heart for the Traveler to heal.<ref name="Call"/> They would seek counsel from the Awoken of the [[Reef]], who revealed that to gain the coordinates to the Black Garden gate, they must first confront a [[Gate Lord]] and retrieve its eye.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Awoken]] ''</ref> After returning to Venus to lure out and defeat [[Zydron, Gate Lord|Zydron]],<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Eye of a Gate Lord]] ''</ref> they'd get the eye and learn the coordinates to the Black Garden gate lies on [[Meridian Bay]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[A Key Awaits]] ''</ref> However, they had to get past the [[Exclusion Zone]] set up by the Cabal scout legions.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Exclusion Zone (mission)|Exclusion Zone]] ''</ref> They would enter the Black Garden after charging the Gate Lord's eye<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Garden's Spire]] ''</ref> and destroy the Black Heart by defeating three frames comprising the [[Sol Progeny]]: the [[Primeval Mind]], the [[Imminent Mind]], and the [[Eschaton Mind]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Black Garden]] ''</ref> After destroying the Black Heart, the Guardian continued their mission to push back the minions of the Darkness. They infiltrate the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]] to prevent the Vex from using time-altering powers to destroy them,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Vault of Glass (raid)|Vault of Glass]] ''</ref> then assist [[Eris Morn]] with delaying the return of an [[Ascendant Hive]] warrior named [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], who had his brood build the Hellmouth close to Nezarec's dormant Pyramid and slayed thousands of Guardians during their attempt to reclaim the Moon,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: [[The Dark Below]]''</ref> then work alongside [[Mara Sov]] and [[Petra Venj]] to stop the [[House of Wolves]] led by [[Skolas, Kell of Kells|Skolas]] from uniting other Fallen houses.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''</ref> Finally, they would participate in the [[Taken War]] by infiltrating the [[Dreadnaught]] and stopping the [[Skyburners]] invading it and Oryx, the father of Crota, who arrived in the Sol System to seek vengeance for the death of his son. The Guardian would challenge and defeat Oryx in the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]], slaying the God-King of the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King''</ref> They then had to return to the Cosmodrome to stop the [[SIVA Crisis|spread]] of [[SIVA]], nanotechnology produced by [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]], and the House of Devil [[Splicer]]s who worship it with assistance from [[Shiro-4]] and [[Lord Saladin]], the last surviving [[Iron Lord]]s along with [[Lady Efrideet]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''Destiny: [[Rise of Iron]]''</ref> They confronted the Devil Splicers within the [[Plaguelands]] and defeated [[Aksis, Archon Prime|Aksis]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''Destiny: Rise of Iron - [[Wrath of the Machine]]''</ref> With Aksis's defeat, the Last City begins to celebrate the [[Age of Triumph]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/3/28)''', ''Destiny: [[Age of Triumph]]''</ref> However, the Age of Triumph did not last, for it was the calm before the storm, and the storm would become the [[Red War]]. {{Main|Red War}} The Red War began as the Cabal [[Red Legion]] under the command of [[Dominus Ghaul]] would activate the [[Traveler Cage]], strip all Guardians of their Light, and invade the Last City.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Homecoming]]''</ref> The Dominus aspired to claim the Light for his own, under the mad belief that he was more worthy of it.{{Citation needed}} The Guardian would leave the Last City and reclaim their Light from the [[Shard of the Traveler]] after dealing with the Fallen from the [[House of Dusk]],<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Spark]]''</ref> a conglomerate of the Fallen, as their continued losses against the Guardians forced the Houses to unite in desperation.{{Citation needed}} After reclaiming their Light, they help the civilians of the [[Farm]] and [[European Dead Zone|EDZ]] before they discover a message from Zavala instructing them to travel to Titan.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Combustion]]''</ref> They do so and discover a Hive presence as they work along with Zavala, Deputy Commander [[Sloane]], and [[Amanda Holliday]] to restore power to the New Pacific Arcology rig.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Hope]]''</ref> Afterwards, they retrieve a CPU deep in the Arcology to decrypt Red Legion transmissions, which revealed that the Red Legion has placed the [[The Almighty|Almighty]], Ghaul's prized warship, near Sol to destabilize it and destroy the entire system, using [[Mercury]] as its fuel,<ref name="1AU"/> leading Zavala to task the Guardian with reassembling the Vanguard since they are the only one with the Light.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Utopia]]''</ref> They retrieve Cayde-6 from the planetoid [[Nessus]] and Ikora Rey from Io, disrupting Vex and Red Legion operations<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Six]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[The Inverted Spire]]''</ref> in the former and encountering a Taken resurgence in the latter.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Sacrilege]]''</ref> The Vanguard and [[Suraya Hawthorne]] would formulate a plan to take back the Last City: the Guardian would board the Almighty and disable its star-killing weapon.<ref name="1AU">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[1AU]]''</ref> After the Almighty is disabled, the counterattack began. However, the Vanguard were unable to continue the assault, forcing the Guardian to confront Ghaul themselves inside his [[The Immortal|flagship]]. They were able to defeat him despite his forced acquisition of the Light and reawaken the Traveler from its long-dormant slumber as it sends out a wave of Light across the Milky Way Galaxy. The wave would cause the Black Fleet to mobilize and begin making its way back to the Sol System.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Chosen]]''</ref> ===The Black Fleet's Return=== {{Main|Hunt for the Scorn}} Despite the death of Dominus Ghaul, the Red War would still carry on until the death of [[Val Ca'uor]]. Before they can confront Val Ca'uor, they first had to help an exiled Warlock named [[Osiris]] and his Ghost [[Sagira]] stop the Vex from taking advantage of the Traveler's reawakening,<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Curse of Osiris]]''</ref> then confront Xol and his herald [[Nokris, Herald of Xol|Nokris]] near [[Hellas Basin]] on [[Mars]] with the returning [[Anastasia Bray|Ana Bray]] and [[Rasputin]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''</ref> The death of Val Ca'uor would mark the end of the Red War, but another tragedy soon struck. While containing a prison break within the [[Prison of Elders]], the Guardian discovered Cayde-6 had been murdered by [[Uldren Sov]] and the [[Scorn]],<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Last Call]]''</ref> a race of Fallen brought back to life through Dark Ether.{{Citation needed}} The Guardian would seek vengeance for the death of Cayde-6 by traveling to the most lawless frontier within the Reef: the [[Tangled Shore]]. They would accept a deal with a shady Fallen mob boss named the [[The Spider|Spider]] to remove the Scorn's influence on the Tangled Shore and isolate Uldren.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[High Plains Blues]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Scorned]]''</ref> After defeating the Scorn [[Baron]]s, they would confront Uldren Sov at the [[The Watchtower|Watchtower]], a gateway into the [[Dreaming City]], where they find that Uldren was corrupted by [[Riven]], the last living [[Ahamkara]] who was Taken by Oryx shortly before his defeat and now served Savathûn,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Hood of the Great Hunt|Hood of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> but the Guardian would kill him and bring Cayde justice.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Boots of the Great Hunt|Boots of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> Petra eventually opened the Dreaming City to them and made contact with Mara, who orders them to slay Riven.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]''</ref> Unbeknownst to the Guardian, Riven would grant one last wish before her death: the curse on the Dreaming City.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Last Wish]]''</ref> They soon enter the throne world of Mara Sov, [[Eleusinia]] and confront [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|Dûl Incaru]], the daughter of Savathûn, but they discover that Dûl Incaru's death caused the curse to reset itself every 3 weeks.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[The Shattered Throne]]''</ref> The Guardian would face more threats in the Sol System. They would first help a mysterious Exo named [[Ada-1]] recover [[Black Armory]] technology stolen by the [[Kell's Scourge]] and its leader [[Siviks, Lost to None|Siviks]],<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Forge]]''</ref> then investigate [[Drifter]], the [[Gambit]] handler with a mysterious connection to the [[The Nine|Nine]],<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Drifter]]''</ref> and finally accept an invitation sent by former Cabal [[Emperor Calus]] to participate for glory through the Menagerie.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of Opulence]]''</ref> They soon learn from an apparition of [[Toland, the Shattered|Toland]] that a dark secret is hiding under the Lunar surface, and the Vanguard would soon return to the Moon.{{Citation needed}} {{Main|Haunting of the Moon}} The Hive would reemerge, this time under the Daughters of Crota: [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], and [[Voshyr]], who instructed them to build the [[Scarlet Keep]] above the Lunar Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Shadowkeep]] - Lore:[[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI.X: Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref> The Pyramid would later be uncovered by Eris Morn, unintentionally unleashing [[Nightmare]]s across the Lunar surface, leading the Vanguard to push back the Hive resurgence and discover the existence of the Lunar Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - [[A Mysterious Disturbance]]''</ref> Eris Morn would task the Guardian with collecting enough Nightmare Essence to craft the Dreambane Armor and bypass the Lunar Pyramid's warding.{{Citation needed}} While exploring the derelict Pyramid, a Voice in the Darkness contacted the Guardian through their Ghost and informed them of the Light's failures. Undeterred, the Guardian would recover an [[Unknown Artifact]] and receive a vision in the Black Garden.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - [[Beyond (mission)|Beyond]]''</ref> At the same time, the Sol Divisive begins their invasion on the Moon led by the [[The Undying Mind|Undying Mind]], whose purpose was to keep the Black Garden locked out of space and time and recreate the Black Heart.{{Citation needed}} Ikora Rey and the Guardian worked together to lure out the Undying Mind across different timelines and slay it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Undying - [[Vex Offensive]]''</ref> With the final copy of the Undying Mind dead, Osiris discovered a future in the [[Infinite Forest]] where a Pyramid hovered over the skies of the Last City and made his way back to Mercury's surface.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/7)''', ''[[Weblore]]:[[Weblore:Season of Dawn|Season of Dawn]] - [[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Actions of Mutual Friends|Actions of Mutual Friends]]''</ref> But he learned that a quartet of [[Psion Flayer]]s had found his [[Sundial Spire|Sundial]], planning to use it to undo the Vanguard's victory in the Red War.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/8)''', ''Weblore:Season of Dawn - [[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Sisters|Sisters]]''</ref> Thus, he tasked the Guardian with stopping the Psion Flayers' plot and rescuing a legendary Titan named [[Saint-14]], accomplishing both objectives by defeating [[Inotam, Oblivion's Triune|Inotam]] and changing Saint-14's fate.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of Dawn]] - [[The Sundial]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of Dawn - [[Corridors of Time Part 2]]''</ref> They would open the [[Trials of Osiris]] for the first time since the Red War through the billions of Fractalline donated to them as part of the Empyrean Foundation, along with the [[The Lantern of Osiris|Lantern of Osiris]].{{Citation needed}} However, the Psions had one last plan: they would cause the Almighty to move in the direction of the Last City, so Zavala and Ana Bray would convince Rasputin to arm the [[Warsat]]s on the Almighty before it could crash into the Last City.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Worthy]]''</ref> {{Main|Arrival of the Black Fleet}} As the Vanguard was busy dealing with the [[Almighty Crisis]], Rasputin revealed to Zavala and the Guardian that the Black Fleet's arrival in the Sol System was imminent as it began to enter its outer edges. Zavala would put aside his suspicions of the Warmind and declare that they will work together to prepare for the arrival of the Black Fleet.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Worthy - [[Seraph Bunker|Seraph Bunker: Io]]''</ref> As Rasputin began arming his Warsats on the Almighty, he would also keep watch on the Black Fleet's movement as it begins to enter the Sol System through a 2D map displayed in each [[Seraph Bunker]] the Guardian powered up. As the Black Fleet approached Saturn's orbital path, Rasputin was finally able to use the Warsats on the Almighty with success, as it blew up in the Last City's skies.{{Citation needed}} However, the Black Fleet would soon disable him and then make landfall above the [[The Cradle|Cradle]] on Io, ushering in the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet]] proper.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[A Shadow Overhead]]''</ref> They would also make landfall on Titan, Mercury, and Mars as the Guardian worked with Eris to decrypt messages from the [[The Ionian Pyramid|Ionian Pyramid]] by first clearing Hive interference, then meeting her under the [[Tree of Silver Wings]] at the Cradle to receive the messages. After the Guardian defeats Nokris and teleports to the Ionian Pyramid, the Voice would instruct them to go to [[Europa]] to seek out an ancient power waiting for them there.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals - [[Interference]]''</ref> Additionally, the Guardian would seek an audience with the Nine to answer a question: What is the Darkness? The Nine reveals their answer: Darkness is a neutral force, much like the Light. The Nine also revealed the fate of the planets and moons where the Black Fleet made landfall, as well as their inevitable battle against a Fallen [[Kell]] as part of that answer.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals - [[Prophecy]]''</ref> {{Main|War of Salvation}} The Guardian would follow the Voice's instructions after the Traveler healed from its wounds during the Red War, and then Io, Titan, Mercury, and Mars disappeared. They would also intercept a distress signal sent by [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]], who told them about [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]], the Kell of the Fallen [[House of Salvation]] and the first Fallen member known to use [[Stasis]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Darkness's Doorstep]]''</ref> Variks then instructed the Guardian to infiltrate [[Riis-Reborn]], a Fallen city built in honor of their home planet Riis, where they witness a sermon and escape from Salvation forces.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Beyond Light - [[The New Kell]]''</ref> After they help Variks reactivate the communications array, the Voice contacted them again via a [[Crux of Darkness]] and invited them to follow it into the icy flats of [[Beyond (location)|Beyond]], where [[The Europan Pyramid]] projected a [[Ziggurat]] in anticipation of the Guardian's arrival.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Beyond Light - [[Rising Resistance]]''</ref> There, the Guardian reunited with the Exo Stranger, who was on Europa to teach them how to use the power of Stasis for good.{{Citation needed}} The Guardian would work to defeat Eramis by understanding the power of Stasis and using intel provided by Variks to track down and eliminate the Barons of the House of Salvation.{{Citation needed}} They would defeat Eramis as they remember the Stranger's advice to "look within, focus your power", and finish their understanding of Stasis.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Beyond Light - [[The Kell of Darkness]]''</ref> After the defeat of the House of Salvation near the [[Deep Stone Crypt]],<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Beyond Light - [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)|Deep Stone Crypt]]''</ref> the Guardian would next face the rise of the [[Wrathborn]], mindless soldiers forced to serve Xivu Arath via the [[Cryptolith]]s. They world work alongside Uldren Sov, who is now reborn as Crow, to track down and slay Xivu Arath's [[High Celebrant of Xivu Arath|High Celebrant]],<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Hunt]]''</ref> eventually slaying the High Celebrant within the Ascendant Plane and granting Crow freedom from Spider's service as a reward.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Hunt - [[Coup de Grâce]]''</ref> ===Formation of the Coalition=== {{Main|Clash of the Chosen}} Following the High Celebrant's death at the hands of the Guardian, [[Empress Caiatl]] would arrive in the Sol System after the [[Fall of Torobatl|fall]] of the Cabal home planet [[Torobatl]] occurred. <ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Chosen]] - Lore:[[Lore:Empress|Empress]], [[Lore:Empress#CHAPTER 6: BATTLE SONG|CHAPTER 6: BATTLE SONG]]''</ref> She sought an alliance with the Vanguard on the condition that they bend the knee to her, but the Vanguard refused and went to war with the [[Imperial Cabal]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OSUVBTGyD4&t=79s Peace]''</ref> The Guardian engaged in the [[Rite of Proving]] to stop Caiatl from filling a seat on her [[War Council]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - [[Battlegrounds]]''</ref> As the Guardian continued engaging in the Rites of Proving, they would also uncover a plot to assassinate Zavala.{{Citation needed}} After the failed attempt to assassinate him, Zavala proposed the final Rite of Proving and anointed the Guardian as his champion,{{Citation needed}} as Empress Caiatl anointed [[Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl|Ignovun]] as hers. The champions meet inside the [[Halphas Electus]] and duel, with the Guardian emerging victorious. Afterwards, the Vanguard and the Cabal Empire under Empress Caiatl would sign an armistice despite an attempt by the [[Psion Conclave]] to sabotage it.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - [[Proving Grounds]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - [https://youtu.be/8OSUVBTGyD4?t=306 Unmasked]''</ref> {{Main|Endless Night}} After the Vanguard signed an armistice with Empress Caiatl, they discovered a Vex simulation threatening the Last City where the Sun wouldn't rise, which was dubbed the [[Endless Night]]. With no way to dispel the Endless Night on their own, Ikora asked the Guardian to seek out [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]], Kell of the Fallen [[House of Light]] and the last Sacred Splicer who was last seen helping Variks evacuate defectors of the House of Salvation on Europa. They cleared the Skiff's crash site of the Vex and finally met him in [[Asterion Abyss]]. He taught the Guardian how to explore the [[Vex Network]] through splicing and instructed them to slay the [[Subjugated Curator|curator]] of the domain and claim the [[Paradrome Cube|living code]] from its corpse. They do so and return to him, where Ikora proposes to integrate the House of Light into the Last City, which Mithrax agreed to.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[The Lost Splicer]]''</ref> After settling the House of Light into the Last City, the Guardian began their mastery of splicing after retrieving a [[Splicer Gauntlet]] from the [[Splicer Servitor (House Light)|Splicer Servitor]].{{Citation needed}} As they continued their mastery of splicing, [[Lakshmi-2]] of the [[Future War Cult]] would begin spreading anti-Eliksni propaganda throughout the Last City,<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer - [[H.E.L.M.]] Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#tabsection-1-2|Lakshmi's first broadcast]]''</ref> and they gain the ability to penetrate the deeper enclaves of the Vex Domain and defeat the Oppressive Minds occupying them.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer - [[Expunge]]''</ref> Mithrax would discover that [[Quria, Blade Transform]] was the Vex Mind responsible for the Endless Night, so they worked together to pinpoint its location within the Vex Domain.{{Citation needed}} After the Guardian finished their mastery of splicing, they infiltrated Quria's lair within the domain and destroyed it, finally dispelling the Endless Night.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer - Expunge''</ref> The House of Light would celebrate their first [[Solstice]] as a reward for dispelling the Endless Night and enter an official alliance with the Vanguard. <ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer - H.E.L.M. Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#tabsection-8-1|Mithrax and Ikora's second address]]''</ref> Despite the Endless Night ending, Lakshmi-2 continued spreading her propaganda and would attempt a coup. However, the coup backfired on her as she was killed by Vex gunfire, forcing the people to defend the Last City.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer]] - H.E.L.M. Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#tabsection-9-2|Lakshmi's final broadcast]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer - [[Override: Last City]]''</ref> As the skirmish ended, Savathûn, who used the body of Osiris to divide the Vanguard from within and learn the secrets of the Light, fled to the Dreaming City.{{Citation needed}} {{Main|Hunt for the Lost}} The Guardian, along with Crow and Saint-14, pursued Savathûn throughout the Dreaming City, battling the forces of Xivu Arath along the way. They ambushed her as she conversed with Mara Sov, who had returned to the Dreaming City. Savathûn finally revealed her true form, but Mara contained her in a crystalline prison.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Cocoon]]''</ref> After the Guardian acquired the [[Wayfinder's Compass]], Mara and Petra explained the plan: to conduct a ritual to remove Savathûn's worm, they must use the Wayfinder's Compass to navigate the [[Ley Line]]s, bridges between the material plane and the Ascendant Plane, and rescue the [[Techeun]]s lost within the Ley Lines from Xivu Arath's forces.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Lost - [[Astral Alignment]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Lost - [[The Shattered Realms]]''</ref> The Guardian would also help Mara foil [[Kelgorath, Risen from Bones|Kelgorath]]'s plan to steal [[Ager's Scepter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Lost - [[A Hollow Coronation]]''</ref> Once enough Techeuns were rescued from the Ley Lines, Mara forbade all access to Savathûn until the ritual was ready for alignment.{{Citation needed}} Months later, the ritual was ready, but it came under assault from Xivu Arath's forces, who are desperate to stop the ritual separating Savathûn from her worm, so Mara requested the Guardian's assistance. They arrive at the ritual site along with Saint-14 and defend Mara, [[Ylaia]], [[Austyn]], and [[Sjari]] as they perform the exorcism ritual from Xivu Arath's forces led by Kelgorath.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Lost - [[Exorcism]]''</ref> The ritual succeeded; however, Savathûn escaped and transported herself near the Traveler and eventually becomes the first Hive resurrected in the Traveler's Light.<ref name="Chosen">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - [https://youtu.be/jlzQnXcUxqI?t=351 To be Chosen]''</ref> Meanwhile, [[The Coalition|the Coalition]] formed as result of signing an armistice with Empress Caiatl, integrating the House of Light into the Last City, and helping the Awoken rescue their lost Techeuns, with both Caiatl's Cabal and the House of Light celebrating the [[The Dawning|Dawning]] for the first time.{{Citation needed}} ===Operation Elbrus=== {{Main|Lucent War}} {{Quote|Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.|Empress Caiatl quoting Sun Tzu.}} After Mars suddenly reappeared in the Sol System, the [[The Hidden|Hidden]] immediately investigated the presence of the [[Relic (Mars)|Relic]], a structure of Pyramid origin and witness Catatl's Cabal set up a cannon to use to aim at Savathûn's ship, [[The Lure|the Lure]], as it landed above the Cradle on Mars. The Guardian arrived at the scene and came under fire from Cabal troops loyal to the Empress despite the armistice. They would use themselves to launch into the Lure, where they would find traces of Void Light on the ship and manage to recover an artifact of the Black Fleet. Before they could follow Savathûn into [[Court of Savathûn|her throne world]], they were forced to defeat a [[Lightbearer Knight]] and crush its Ghost. They followed her and defeated her illusion before she ejected them from the throne world.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - [[The Arrival]]''</ref> They landed at the [[The Enclave|Enclave]], a camp used by Hidden agents to investigate the Relic. With the artifact they recovered earlier used to interact with the Relic, they discover [[Deepsight]], an aspect of Darkness used to reveal echoes of past events and enable [[Weapon Crafting|weapon crafting]], by using the Relic to create their first weapon: the [[The Enigma|Enigma]]. After creating their first weapon, Ikora instructed them to return to the throne world to gain more clues on how Savathûn was able to acquire the Light.{{Citation needed}} While exploring the throne world, they discovered a Scorn presence and a mysterious Ghost named [[Fynch]] contacted them. After dealing with the Scorn and a [[Lightbearer Wizard]], they finally met him.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - [[The Investigation]]''</ref> Later, they would attend a meeting with Empress Caiatl alongside Saladin Forge, Zavala and Crow in the Tower Hanger, with the Empress furious over the Guardian killing her people on Mars. Eventually, Zavala defused the situation and asked for Caiatl's help to stop the Lucent Hive on Earth.<re