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==History== | ==History== | ||
With the coming of the [[Traveler]], rain washed over Mars,<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and it was here that [[human]]s first [[Ares One|encountered]] the spherical entity.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> Once, populating Mars had been nothing more than a dream for humanity,<ref>[http://links.ebw.ebgames.com.au/servlet/MailView?ms=NDY0OTAzNjIS1&r=NTEwODkzNjQxNzMS1&j=NDgyMzI4MDQ4S0&mt=1&rt=0 '''EB Worlds''' - ''The New Frontier awaits'']</ref> but after its terraforming, a thriving metropolis named [[Freehold]] came to dominate the skyline - a bastion of human life in the red dunes.<ref name = "GameInformer"/> The [[Clovis Bray]] corporation had a major presence in Freehold, in addition to setting up their own private facilities, such as one in the [[Hellas Basin]] which acted as a tourist attraction and a site for research into [[Exo]] and [[Warmind]] technology, as well as the location for the core of the Warmind [[Rasputin]]. | With the coming of the [[Traveler]], rain washed over Mars,<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and it was here that [[human]]s first [[Ares One|encountered]] the spherical entity.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> Once, populating Mars had been nothing more than a dream for humanity,<ref>[http://links.ebw.ebgames.com.au/servlet/MailView?ms=NDY0OTAzNjIS1&r=NTEwODkzNjQxNzMS1&j=NDgyMzI4MDQ4S0&mt=1&rt=0 '''EB Worlds''' - ''The New Frontier awaits'']</ref> but after its terraforming, a thriving metropolis named [[Freehold]] came to dominate the skyline - a bastion of human life in the red dunes.<ref name = "GameInformer"/> The [[Clovis Bray]] corporation had a major presence in Freehold, in addition to setting up their own private facilities, such as one in the [[Hellas Basin]] which acted as a tourist attraction and a site for research into [[Exo]] and [[Warmind]] technology, as well as the location for the core of the Warmind [[Rasputin]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Core Terminus]]''</ref> | ||
With the coming of the [[Darkness]], nearly all of Freehold was "swept away" and the sand claimed what remained.<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/mars '''Bungie''' : ''Mars'']</ref> Today, Freehold lies buried beneath a mountain of sand, and its once-soaring skyscrapers are only visible.<ref name="GameInformer">'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> | With the coming of the [[Darkness]], nearly all of Freehold was "swept away" and the sand claimed what remained.<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/mars '''Bungie''' : ''Mars'']</ref> Today, Freehold lies buried beneath a mountain of sand, and its once-soaring skyscrapers are only visible.<ref name="GameInformer">'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> | ||
Mars would be subject to incursions from multiple alien races, being the [[Cabal]], the [[Vex]], and the [[Hive]]. The former two would find each other at odds in an attrition war in [[Meridian Bay]], the area surrounding Freehold, with the Cabal vying to mine resources and study the Vex artifacts and structures in the area, which include the massive [[Transfer Gate|gate]] to the [[Black Garden]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Virgo Prohibition|Virgo Prohibition]]''</ref> | Mars would be subject to incursions from multiple alien races, being the [[Cabal]], the [[Vex]], and the [[Hive]]. The former two would find each other at odds in an attrition war in [[Meridian Bay]], the area surrounding Freehold, with the Cabal vying to mine resources and study the Vex artifacts and structures in the area, which include the massive [[Transfer Gate|gate]] to the [[Black Garden]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Virgo Prohibition|Virgo Prohibition]]''</ref> A Hive sect known as the [[Grasp of Nokris]] would attempt to invade the Hellas Basin, only to be frozen in ice by Rasputin's defensive SIBERIAN ENTROPY protocol for the years to come. | ||
Mars was once ruled by the Awoken.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Long_Tomorrow_9G#Chest|Long Tomorrow 9G Chest]]''</ref> | Mars was once ruled by the Awoken.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Long_Tomorrow_9G#Chest|Long Tomorrow 9G Chest]]''</ref> | ||
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When the [[Red Legion]] arrived in Sol, breaking the Cabal-Vex stalemate in Meridian Bay was one of its priorities. The Vex are hard-pressed and have lost multiple gates, including the Black Garden gate. The whole of Meridian Bay is now under total Red Legion control.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Flavor text, [[Ghost Scans]]: NE-CST-4''</ref> | When the [[Red Legion]] arrived in Sol, breaking the Cabal-Vex stalemate in Meridian Bay was one of its priorities. The Vex are hard-pressed and have lost multiple gates, including the Black Garden gate. The whole of Meridian Bay is now under total Red Legion control.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Flavor text, [[Ghost Scans]]: NE-CST-4''</ref> | ||
With the awakening of the Traveler at the end of the [[Red War]], the ice caps on Mars began to thaw, | With the awakening of the Traveler at the end of the [[Red War]], the ice caps on Mars began to thaw, extending to the iced-over Hellas Basin. This would also thaw the invading Grasp of Nokris, prompting Rasputin's newly-awakened core intelligence to deorbit [[Warsat]]s as a defensive measure, inadvertently attracting a defeated Red Legion looking to scavenge technology to strike back at the [[Guardian]]s who denied their victory. | ||
Two years later, a [[Pyramid (Mars)|Pyramid]] would arrive on Mars | Two years later, a [[Pyramid (Mars)|Pyramid]] would arrive on Mars, mirroring one of its [[Pyramid (Io)|counterparts]] which arrived on [[Io]] a month earlier. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== |
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