Timeline

Destinypedia: Timeline is an official Destinypedia page which lays out the timeline of the Destiny franchise. This page is simply a reference for general events. For detailed information, please refer to the Timeline template provided on the right.

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 * The present day - The Traveler is discovered on Mars. It imparts its vast knowledge to humanity and aids in the terraformation of Mercury, Venus, and Mars, ushering in a great Golden Age that lasts for several centuries.
 * The first Exo are built to aid and protect humans.

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 * The Collapse - The Darkness, the ancient enemy of the Traveler, arrives in the Solar System, precipitating the Collapse and the abrupt end of the Golden Age. Earth's defenders are steadily beaten back until humanity is threatened with extinction. At the last moment, the Traveler intervenes and sacrifices itself to ward off the Darkness for a time. With its dying breath, the Traveler creates the Ghosts who are tasked with seeking out and reviving dead Guardians to continue the battle against the Darkness.
 * At some point during the Collapse, humans seeking refuge from the Darkness fled to deep space and later returned as the Awoken.
 * Records of the Dark Age are scarce and fragmented. It is unknown how long it lasted. It is said that during this time, "a thousand kings rose and fell".

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 * The City is founded - Survivors of the Collapse, human, Awoken, and Exo, travel from far and wide to the site of the inactive Traveler, and begin building a City beneath its protective aura.
 * The Battle of Twilight Gap - Sometime after the City has been established, the Forces of the City fight a fierce battle outside its walls in the valley of Twilight Gap against an onslaught of the armies of the Darkness.

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 * The events of Destiny - A Ghost revives a long-dead Guardian outside the Cosmodrome in Old Russia. The Speaker tasks this Guardian with finding the means to restore the Traveler before the Darkness returns and destroys the City once and for all.