Timeline

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 Dark Future Lorebook are not present.''

The 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.


 * Present Day—Humanity detects and tracks the Traveler as it enters the Solar System and terraforms Mercury, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter. When it reaches Mars, the multinational Ares One mission is launched to make contact with it. The Traveler promises humanity the universe and imparts its vast knowledge to the species, spurring the colonization of the Solar System.

The City Age
- Many legends rise and fall during the City Age—the Lords of Iron; Saint-14; Toland and Osiris; the Speaker; and many others—not the least of which is a single Guardian, resurrected on the eve of the Darkness' return.

Many Years From Now
- Based on the Rise of Iron's background and introduction, the in-game events can be extrapolated to three years, with Rise of Iron taking place a year after The Taken King.

Destiny 2
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 * ||     28 August       || The fall of the Last City - Homecoming || Two years after the Taken War, the Cabal Empire's would respond to the losses suffered at the hands of Guardians by dispatching the Red Legion, led by Ghaul, to launch a major invasion of Earth. The Red Legion attempted to steal the Traveler's Light, severing its connection from the Guardians with a cage. This attack would completely devastate humanity's last safe city and the Tower, forcing the survivors to scatter. Hundreds of Guardians perished in the assault, and The Speaker went missing during the invasion.
 * ||            || The Salvation of the Fire Victorious || Callisto Yin, a titan of the Firebreak Order, saves the most sacred relic of her Order from the hands of the Red Legion.
 * ||            ||The Extinction of the Stoneborn Order ||The titan order known as Stoneborn Order resists the Red Legion on the walls of the City even without their light. They fell slaughtered by the cabal and became extinct.
 * ||            ||The extinction of The Sunbreakers ||The titan order known as The Sunbreakers are slaughtered by the Red Legion on Mercury, after they lost their light. The order is in actuality extinct.
 * ||Two days after the Last City's fall || Adieu || The Guardian awakens, having survived the fall from The Immortal. Badly wounded, the Guardian makes their way through the now-abandoned Last City and finds their Ghost. Learning that the Red Legion are hunting and executing Lightless Guardians and that the Vanguard has ordered the evacuation of Earth, the Guardian leaves the City behind and ventures into the wilderness.
 * || Four days after the Last City's fall ||                || After trekking for many miles in the City Outskirts, the Guardian realizes they are being led in a certain direction by a hawk. Finding a campsite littered with the corpses of killed Guardians, the Guardian scavenges a submachine gun and fights off a pack of War Beasts.
 * || One week after the Last City's fall ||                       || The Guardian reaches Twilight Gap, still following the hawk, and kills another War Beast pack led by a Legionary. After missing a jump and falling into a canyon, the Guardian is awoken by Suraya Hawthorne, who has helped a number of civilian City refugees find and repair old jumpships. The group departs for a safe haven in the distant European Dead Zone.
 * ||            || Spark || Heeding a strange vision, the Guardian ventures into corrupted area surrounding a massive Shard of the Traveler that broke off during the Collapse. Defeating a starving band of Fallen scavengers from a previously unseen faction, the Guardian's Ghost reconnects to the Light through a fragment of the Shard. Once more empowered, the Guardian defeats the Fallen band and their leader, Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed.
 * ||            || A New Frontier ||
 * ||            || Calling Them Home || To strength the communication network established by Devrim Kay and Hawthorne in the European Dead Zone, The Guardian is tasked to place signal amplification nodes across the EDZ. The Guardian destroyed the Fallen jamming devices in the Outskirts, and ultimately traveled to Sojourner's Camp to place another node for the network, defeat the Fallen there, and secure their supplies for the Farm.
 * ||            || Combustion || After assisting Devrim Kay and Hawthorne in setting up a comms signal network that will help more refugees find the Farm, the Guardian learns that Commander Zavala has relocated to Titan with another group of survivors and is planning a counterattack against the Red Legion.
 * ||            || A Frame Job || The Guardian, aided by Hawthorne and Devrim Kay, embarked on a mission to instigate conflict between the Red Legion and the Fallen to keep them busy during the Guardian's absence.
 * ||            || Hope || Upon arriving at the New Pacific Arcology, Zavala and Deputy Commander Sloane informed the Guardian that their plans have been thrown into disarray by an unforeseen Hive infestation. The Guardian helps them secure the facility's command center and restore its power.
 * ||            || Riptide ||
 * ||            || Thief of Thieves || A group of Fallen, who had followed Zavala, Sloane and the other survivors to Titan, have broken into the Control Center in Siren's Watch and stolen various supplies from Commander Sloane. The Guardian is tasked to recapture the stolen supplies from the fallen thieves. After reaching them, The Guardian eliminated the crew and recovered the supplies.
 * ||            || Bad Neighbors || A conflict between the Hive and Fallen erupted on Titan and to prevent the destruction of the old structures of The Rig from a Fallen bomb, the Guardian is tasked to intervene and intercept the Fallen. After defeating the fallen, who were creating the bomb, The Guardian's Ghost then decided that the bomb could still be useful against the Hive nests at Tidal Anchor. Ghost used the Fallen's bomb components to craft his own bomb, which the player then used to destroy a Hive "Resonator" device, luring out the Hive in Tidal Anchor and killing all their forces.
 * ||            || Deathless || A Hive Knight, known as Takul-Dar, the Unbreakable, has been harassing Sloane's repair crews. To stop his attacks Sloane tasked The Guardian to kill him. The Guardian traveled into the Solarium to tracked him down but discovered that the Knight is successively reincarnated by a Hive ritual. To stop his constantly reincarnation, The Guardian defeated all the wizards responsible of the ritual. After defeating them, The Guardian finally killed permanently Takul-Dar.
 * ||            || Siren Song || The Hive produced Gravitational Waves by Hive magic to destabilize the Arcology. To counteract the Hive's attack, The Guardian tracked the waves back to their source, a Hive Summoning Ritual. After defeating all Hive forces, The Guardian interrupted the Ritual.
 * ||            || Utopia || Commander Zavala and Sloane intercepted an encrypted high-priority Red Legion signal which they hope will provide them some insight in how to combat the Cabal. To decrypt the signal, Zavala ordered The Guardian to traverse deeper into the Arcology and retrieve a Golden Age CPU to crack the signal. Unfortunately, the signal revealed that the Red Legion has brought in The Almighty, a superweapon designed to shatter suns and destroy systems. In light of this overwhelming threat, Zavala asked the Guardian to locate the missing members of his fireteam: Cayde-6 and Ikora Rey.
 * ||            || Looped || The Guardian traveled to Nessus, the source of a strangely-amplified signal believed to be from Cayde-6. In the Arcadian Valley, the Guardian encountered a Golden Age AI, Failsafe, the sole survivor of the Exodus Black expedition launched 500 years ago. Failsafe confirmed that "the Cayde unit" is on the planetoid, but is trapped in a Vex teleporter network; Failsafe broadcasted the distress signal in the hopes that someone else would arrive to rescue Cayde.
 * ||            || Six || After tracking Cayde, the Guardian frees him from the network by stealing the original teleporter pad Cayde used, then defeats a band of Fallen before they breach Failsafe's core. Cayde reveals he wanted the teleporter to board Ghaul's ship and assassinate him, an act that would almost certainly have been a suicide mission, but is brightened up when told that Zavala needs him back. Cayde directs the Guardian to Io to find Ikora Rey.
 * ||            || Exodus Siege ||
 * -Zavala detects a Fallen scout near the Exodus Black. After killing the scout, the Young Wolf learns of a planned attack on the Exodus Black, they repel the attack and find the fallen lair which is protected with barriers advanced with vex tech. THE Guardian manages to break through and destroy there servitors.
 * ||            || Hack the Planet ||
 * -The Ghost has a plan to hack Nessus core (which contains vex data) and need Failsafe's help, however the Vex imprison her in a cube and the Young Wolf have to save her,they manage to save her.
 * ||            || Deep Conversation ||
 * -Failsafe comes up with a fake Vex ID for friendly ghost however The Vex soon want to have conversations with him and want to kill The Guardian because they think the ghost is being held hostage by Young Wolf. THEY manage to finish gathering data.
 * ||            || Unbreakable ||
 * ||            || Lost Crew ||
 * ||            || Release ||
 * ||            || Sacrilege || The Guardian finds Ikora at Echo Mesa on Io, where she had gone to reflect on her inability to predict the Red Legion's invasion and the Guardians' loss of their powers. Without warning, a massive gout of the Traveler's energy erupts from Io's surface, a reaction provoked by Red Legion activity. Ikora sends the Guardian to investigate. The Red Legion base is found almost empty, the Cabal having accomplished their goal and now evacuating Io, but the Guardian discovers an unwelcome surprise: Taken. Asher Mir, a Warlock researching the Vex on Io, informs the Guardian that the Taken are draining the Traveler energy still stored within Io. The Guardian stops the dark ritual.
 * ||            || Unexpected Guests ||
 * ||            || Road Rage ||
 * ||            || Fury ||When Asher Mir learns that Zavala's plan to save the Solar System is to blow up The Almighty, he insists that he can prove the Commander is wrong to do so. The Guardian infiltrates a long-empty Warmind vault, defeating more Taken along the way, and connects Asher to its systems to crunch data. Asher's fears are confirmed: The Almighty is linked directly to the Sun, and will take the Sun with it if it is destroyed without severing that link. Meanwhile, the Speaker persuades Ghaul to earn the Traveler's favor in order to gain its power, despite The Consul's protests that their experiment on Io has given the Cabal the tools needed to seize the Light.
 * ||            || Cliffhanger ||
 * ||            || Postmodern Prometheus ||
 * ||            ||The Planning of a Counterattack || The Vanguard reunites at The Farm and discusses their next move now that a frontal assault on The Almighty is out of the question. As The Guardian is the only one to have regained their Light, it is decided to send them to disable The Almighty while the Vanguard and a team of other Lightless Guardians carry out a simultaneous attack in the Last City to free the Traveler. Commander Zavala also reauthorizes Strikes at this time.
 * ||            || Payback || In order to reach The Almighty, The Guardian is charged with stealing a Cabal ship and the access code from the base in the EDZ. The Guardian uses a Drake Tank to advance through their defenses and disables the Cabal carrier, commanded by Thumos, the Unbroken, who has the access code to enter into the Almighty.
 * ||            || Unbroken || After impending the escape of the Cabal carrier, The Guardian assaults the carrier and kills Thumos for his authorization codes.
 * ||            || Larceny || The Guardian fights throughout the Cabal base to secure the personal shuttle of Thumos and aboard The Almighty.
 * ||            || 1AU || At The Almighty, the Guardian breaks through the vessel's security and overloads its core, breaking the link with the Sun and rendering the superweapon permanently inert.
 * ||            || The Death of The Consul || The Consul informs Ghaul of the disaster that had befallen their mightiest weapon and berates him for his hesitance. Ghaul realizes the truth to The Consul's words, but strangles him to death for his insubordination.
 * ||            || Chosen || The Guardian arrives in the Last City after the counterattack is underway. Fighting through the streets and across the rooftops, the Guardian rendezvouses with the Vanguard and uses the teleporter to board Ghaul's ship and confront the Dominus. Ghaul reveals he has already siphoned the Traveler's Light and gained the powers of a Guardian. Although the battle is fierce and Ghaul gathers more and more Light to strengthen himself, the Guardian prevails. Unexpectedly, Light bursts from Ghaul's corpse and takes his form, revealing Ghaul has become Light incarnate. As Ghaul proclaims himself to be a god, however, Light begins to shine through the Traveler's cage. Miraculously, the Traveler finally reawakens, emitting a powerful wave of Light that shatters the cage and obliterates Ghaul. The other Guardians regain their Light and the Red Legion is forced to flee from the City, defeated for the first time in their history.
 * ||            || The Awakening of the Pyramid Ships || The Traveler's Light wave spreads across the Solar System and beyond. In intergalactic space, the wave washes over a mysterious fleet of ships that activates and begins moving in the direction of the wave's source.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            || Hack the Planet ||
 * -The Ghost has a plan to hack Nessus core (which contains vex data) and need Failsafe's help, however the Vex imprison her in a cube and the Young Wolf have to save her,they manage to save her.
 * ||            || Deep Conversation ||
 * -Failsafe comes up with a fake Vex ID for friendly ghost however The Vex soon want to have conversations with him and want to kill The Guardian because they think the ghost is being held hostage by Young Wolf. THEY manage to finish gathering data.
 * ||            || Unbreakable ||
 * ||            || Lost Crew ||
 * ||            || Release ||
 * ||            || Sacrilege || The Guardian finds Ikora at Echo Mesa on Io, where she had gone to reflect on her inability to predict the Red Legion's invasion and the Guardians' loss of their powers. Without warning, a massive gout of the Traveler's energy erupts from Io's surface, a reaction provoked by Red Legion activity. Ikora sends the Guardian to investigate. The Red Legion base is found almost empty, the Cabal having accomplished their goal and now evacuating Io, but the Guardian discovers an unwelcome surprise: Taken. Asher Mir, a Warlock researching the Vex on Io, informs the Guardian that the Taken are draining the Traveler energy still stored within Io. The Guardian stops the dark ritual.
 * ||            || Unexpected Guests ||
 * ||            || Road Rage ||
 * ||            || Fury ||When Asher Mir learns that Zavala's plan to save the Solar System is to blow up The Almighty, he insists that he can prove the Commander is wrong to do so. The Guardian infiltrates a long-empty Warmind vault, defeating more Taken along the way, and connects Asher to its systems to crunch data. Asher's fears are confirmed: The Almighty is linked directly to the Sun, and will take the Sun with it if it is destroyed without severing that link. Meanwhile, the Speaker persuades Ghaul to earn the Traveler's favor in order to gain its power, despite The Consul's protests that their experiment on Io has given the Cabal the tools needed to seize the Light.
 * ||            || Cliffhanger ||
 * ||            || Postmodern Prometheus ||
 * ||            ||The Planning of a Counterattack || The Vanguard reunites at The Farm and discusses their next move now that a frontal assault on The Almighty is out of the question. As The Guardian is the only one to have regained their Light, it is decided to send them to disable The Almighty while the Vanguard and a team of other Lightless Guardians carry out a simultaneous attack in the Last City to free the Traveler. Commander Zavala also reauthorizes Strikes at this time.
 * ||            || Payback || In order to reach The Almighty, The Guardian is charged with stealing a Cabal ship and the access code from the base in the EDZ. The Guardian uses a Drake Tank to advance through their defenses and disables the Cabal carrier, commanded by Thumos, the Unbroken, who has the access code to enter into the Almighty.
 * ||            || Unbroken || After impending the escape of the Cabal carrier, The Guardian assaults the carrier and kills Thumos for his authorization codes.
 * ||            || Larceny || The Guardian fights throughout the Cabal base to secure the personal shuttle of Thumos and aboard The Almighty.
 * ||            || 1AU || At The Almighty, the Guardian breaks through the vessel's security and overloads its core, breaking the link with the Sun and rendering the superweapon permanently inert.
 * ||            || The Death of The Consul || The Consul informs Ghaul of the disaster that had befallen their mightiest weapon and berates him for his hesitance. Ghaul realizes the truth to The Consul's words, but strangles him to death for his insubordination.
 * ||            || Chosen || The Guardian arrives in the Last City after the counterattack is underway. Fighting through the streets and across the rooftops, the Guardian rendezvouses with the Vanguard and uses the teleporter to board Ghaul's ship and confront the Dominus. Ghaul reveals he has already siphoned the Traveler's Light and gained the powers of a Guardian. Although the battle is fierce and Ghaul gathers more and more Light to strengthen himself, the Guardian prevails. Unexpectedly, Light bursts from Ghaul's corpse and takes his form, revealing Ghaul has become Light incarnate. As Ghaul proclaims himself to be a god, however, Light begins to shine through the Traveler's cage. Miraculously, the Traveler finally reawakens, emitting a powerful wave of Light that shatters the cage and obliterates Ghaul. The other Guardians regain their Light and the Red Legion is forced to flee from the City, defeated for the first time in their history.
 * ||            || The Awakening of the Pyramid Ships || The Traveler's Light wave spreads across the Solar System and beyond. In intergalactic space, the wave washes over a mysterious fleet of ships that activates and begins moving in the direction of the wave's source.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            ||The Planning of a Counterattack || The Vanguard reunites at The Farm and discusses their next move now that a frontal assault on The Almighty is out of the question. As The Guardian is the only one to have regained their Light, it is decided to send them to disable The Almighty while the Vanguard and a team of other Lightless Guardians carry out a simultaneous attack in the Last City to free the Traveler. Commander Zavala also reauthorizes Strikes at this time.
 * ||            || Payback || In order to reach The Almighty, The Guardian is charged with stealing a Cabal ship and the access code from the base in the EDZ. The Guardian uses a Drake Tank to advance through their defenses and disables the Cabal carrier, commanded by Thumos, the Unbroken, who has the access code to enter into the Almighty.
 * ||            || Unbroken || After impending the escape of the Cabal carrier, The Guardian assaults the carrier and kills Thumos for his authorization codes.
 * ||            || Larceny || The Guardian fights throughout the Cabal base to secure the personal shuttle of Thumos and aboard The Almighty.
 * ||            || 1AU || At The Almighty, the Guardian breaks through the vessel's security and overloads its core, breaking the link with the Sun and rendering the superweapon permanently inert.
 * ||            || The Death of The Consul || The Consul informs Ghaul of the disaster that had befallen their mightiest weapon and berates him for his hesitance. Ghaul realizes the truth to The Consul's words, but strangles him to death for his insubordination.
 * ||            || Chosen || The Guardian arrives in the Last City after the counterattack is underway. Fighting through the streets and across the rooftops, the Guardian rendezvouses with the Vanguard and uses the teleporter to board Ghaul's ship and confront the Dominus. Ghaul reveals he has already siphoned the Traveler's Light and gained the powers of a Guardian. Although the battle is fierce and Ghaul gathers more and more Light to strengthen himself, the Guardian prevails. Unexpectedly, Light bursts from Ghaul's corpse and takes his form, revealing Ghaul has become Light incarnate. As Ghaul proclaims himself to be a god, however, Light begins to shine through the Traveler's cage. Miraculously, the Traveler finally reawakens, emitting a powerful wave of Light that shatters the cage and obliterates Ghaul. The other Guardians regain their Light and the Red Legion is forced to flee from the City, defeated for the first time in their history.
 * ||            || The Awakening of the Pyramid Ships || The Traveler's Light wave spreads across the Solar System and beyond. In intergalactic space, the wave washes over a mysterious fleet of ships that activates and begins moving in the direction of the wave's source.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            || The Death of The Consul || The Consul informs Ghaul of the disaster that had befallen their mightiest weapon and berates him for his hesitance. Ghaul realizes the truth to The Consul's words, but strangles him to death for his insubordination.
 * ||            || Chosen || The Guardian arrives in the Last City after the counterattack is underway. Fighting through the streets and across the rooftops, the Guardian rendezvouses with the Vanguard and uses the teleporter to board Ghaul's ship and confront the Dominus. Ghaul reveals he has already siphoned the Traveler's Light and gained the powers of a Guardian. Although the battle is fierce and Ghaul gathers more and more Light to strengthen himself, the Guardian prevails. Unexpectedly, Light bursts from Ghaul's corpse and takes his form, revealing Ghaul has become Light incarnate. As Ghaul proclaims himself to be a god, however, Light begins to shine through the Traveler's cage. Miraculously, the Traveler finally reawakens, emitting a powerful wave of Light that shatters the cage and obliterates Ghaul. The other Guardians regain their Light and the Red Legion is forced to flee from the City, defeated for the first time in their history.
 * ||            || The Awakening of the Pyramid Ships || The Traveler's Light wave spreads across the Solar System and beyond. In intergalactic space, the wave washes over a mysterious fleet of ships that activates and begins moving in the direction of the wave's source.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            || The Awakening of the Pyramid Ships || The Traveler's Light wave spreads across the Solar System and beyond. In intergalactic space, the wave washes over a mysterious fleet of ships that activates and begins moving in the direction of the wave's source.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.
 * ||            || The Reconstruction of the Last City || Reconstruction begins in the liberated Last City. The Vanguard establishes a new headquarters while the old Tower is rebuilt, and plans are drawn up to replace the City districts lost during the Red Legion's attack and subsequent occupation. Although the Red War continues, with the Traveler awake there is hope for victory. All guardians are gay btw.

Shadowkeep

 * At the beginning of the events of Shadowkeep, Eris became haunted by the Nightmares of her fireteam; the same Guardians who had formed the first attempt on Crota's life. During the course of their journey, the Guardian creates several mementos, one for each fallen fireteam member, and gradually frees Eris from their influence.