Human

"This was our world, our solar system. We were here first. And no matter what the darkness brings, we will be here at the dawn."

- —Grimoire card blurb

Humanity is a sapient species native to the planet Earth.

Overview
The remaining humans are all that survive of a race whose reach once spanned the Solar System, having descended from those who endured the apocalyptic Collapse. Since then, they have fought to restore our toppled civilization to its Golden Age splendor — first by the legendary Iron Lords, and more recently by the Guardians.

History
During the 21st Century, humanity made first contact with the mysterious entity that would later come to be known as the Traveler, the arrival of which ushered in a centuries-long Golden Age that saw humans colonize the newly remade worlds of Sol including Mercury, Venus, Mars, and even the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

But this Golden Age would not last. Unbeknownst to humanity, the Traveler had an ancient enemy; a powerful Darkness that precipitated the Collapse and nearly wiped out mankind, if not for the intervention of the Traveler who sacrificed itself to push back the assailing Darkness. And with its dying breath, the Traveler created Ghosts to seek out those worthy to carry on its task.

In the dark decades after the Collapse, Humans, Exos, and Awoken found the Traveler where it made its final stand and built the City —the last bastion of mankind—beneath its shadow. And from an age of chaos and death began the City Age.

Though its tenuous peace lasted for the better part of a hundred years, the City Age would ultimately come to a shattering end in the wake of the devastating Cabal invasion; with the heroic deeds of The Guardian bringing an end to the Red Legion's siege and marking the dawn of a new Golden Age.

Ecumenes
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Settlements and cities

 * Caer Lerion
 * Freehold
 * Ishtar Academy
 * New Pacific Arcology
 * Trostland (Memento · Widow's Court)

Facilities

 * A-113
 * Asylum
 * Blind Watch
 * First Light
 * First Light Lunar Installation (Anchor of Light · Archer's Line)
 * Icarus
 * Skyshock
 * The Anomaly
 * The Last Exit
 * Vostok Observatory

Strongholds
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 * Cosmodrome (The Wall)

Known humans
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Astronauts

 * Hesperonauts
 * Jacob Hardy
 * M. Mihaylova
 * Qiao
 * Taikonauts

Innovators

 * Alton Bray
 * Anastasia Bray
 * Clovis Bray I
 * Clovis Bray II
 * Elsie Bray
 * Willa Bray

Military personnel

 * Chen Lanshu
 * Dmitri
 * Drystan Cor

Scientists

 * Chioma Esi
 * Shim
 * Duane-McNiadh
 * Maya Sundaresh

Iron Lords

 * Efrideet
 * Gheleon
 * Jolder
 * Perun
 * Radegast
 * Saladin Forge
 * Silimar
 * Skorri
 * Timur

Iron Wolves

 * Bretomart
 * Colovance
 * Deidris
 * Finnala
 * Haakon
 * Nirwen
 * Tormod
 * Weyloran

Factions

 * Brother Vance
 * Executor Hideo

Vanguard

 * Cayde-6 (deceased)
 * Ikora Rey
 * Suraya Hawthorne (honorary member)
 * Zavala

Vendors
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 * Amanda Holliday
 * Devrim Kay
 * Eva Levante
 * The Drifter
 * Sloane

Organizations
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Nations

 * North American Empire

Corporations

 * Aeronautics of China
 * Clovis Bray (corporation)
 * Off World Transit
 * Russian Federal Bureau of Aeronautics

Research groups

 * Ishtar Collective
 * Future War Cult

Civilian agencies

 * City Herald
 * Owl Sector

Factions
Note: to see Guardian subdivisions please refer to Guardian Orders.
 * Concordat
 * Cult of Osiris
 * Dead Orbit
 * Forces of the City
 * New Monarchy
 * Vanguard

Weapon foundries
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 * Cassoid
 * Crux/Lomar
 * Daito
 * Häkke
 * Nadir
 * Omolon
 * SUROS
 * Tex Mechanica
 * Veist

Technology
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Weaponry
Note: Given the vast majority of weapons in the game, only weapons from the Golden Age have been included in this list.

Hand cannons

 * Sturm

Sidearms

 * Drang

Auto rifles

 * Khvostov 7G-02

Sniper rifles

 * No Land Beyond

Hephaestus Index

 * Aurora Knives
 * Hades Flame
 * Sleeper Simulant
 * Valkyrie

Artificial intelligence

 * Exo
 * Frame
 * Planetary Defense Network
 * Submind (Charlemagne)
 * Warsat
 * Warmind (Rasputin)

Materials

 * Engram
 * Glimmer
 * Helium Filaments
 * Silver
 * SIVA
 * Spinmetal

Transportation
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 * Colony ship · (Exodus Black · Exodus Blue· Exodus Red)
 * Jumpship
 * Martian Navcore
 * NLS Drive
 * Orbital Grid
 * Transmat

Trivia

 * According to the Destiny intro cinematic, the Golden Age saw human lifespans tripled. Based on current human lifepan statistics, that would suggest humans lived for roughly 237 years on average.

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * The Dark Below
 * House of Wolves
 * The Taken King
 * Rise of Iron
 * The Dawning
 * Destiny 2
 * Curse of Osiris
 * Warmind
 * Forsaken