The Guardian: Difference between revisions

After resolving the crisis on Mercury, the guardian received a call from Calus. During the Leviathan's consuming of Nessus, a massive Axis mind by the name of [[Argos, Planetary Core]] was sucked into the Leviathan, with its shields interfering with the ship's absorption of the planetoid. Calus called the Guardian back to the Leviathan to destroy Argos. The Guardian assembled a 6-man fireteam to venture deep into the vessel and destroy the fearsome Vex Mind. Though they were able to destroy Argos, doing so allowed the Leviathan to begin to pull the Guardians into its fiery inferno, though Calus saved the Fireteam by teleporting them to his throne room, where he rewarded his champions.

After responding to a mysterious distress call on an official [[Vanguard]] channel, The Guardian heads to [[Hellas Basin]] on Mars to help this guardian, who turns out to be none other than [[Anastasia Bray]] of Twilight Gap glory. After fighting through the Frozen [[Hive]] and reactivating the [[BrayTech Futurescape]] Ana sends the guardian to save [[Rasputin]]'s core from the Hive invasion. Upon arrival, Rasputin presents the Guardian with the [[Valkyrie]] javelin to help deal with the Hive that have swarmed outside his core chamber.  

Following Xol's death, Calus contacted the Guardian once more, revealing that [[Val Ca'uor]], self-proclaimed successor of Ghaul, has invaded the Leviathan with remnants of the Red Legion in an attempt to finally bring an end to the Emperor. The Guardian assembled a raid team and returned to the Leviathan, clearing out the Red Legion, destroying their [[Cabal warship|warships]], and killing Ca'uor through the help of Calus's psychic powers. After the battle, Calus declares that the Guardians have grown "fat from strength and power." Calus tells the Guardians that he awaits the day they will stand by his side when the end comes.

Alongside [[Cayde-6]], the Guardian traveled to the Reef in light of civil unrest and a breakout from the [[Prison of Elders]].<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/5/17418940/destiny-2-forsaken-release-date-year-2 '''Polygon''' - ''Destiny 2: Forsaken arrives Sept. 4, here's our first look'']</ref>

The Guardian returns to the Tangled Shore, where they once again encounter Toland. He leads them to Sjursrest, where they are assaulted by the Taken and receive three tokens. They return to the Shattered Throne when it reopens on the third week, and once inside, summon and defeat [[Xavoth, the Waking]], [[Eriviks, the Waking]], and [[Querim, the Waking]]. After once again killing Vorgeth, the Guardian returns to the statue. They present the tokens to the statue and are granted the bow, [[Wish-Ender]], as a reward. Sjur's voice states that she will "seek a way home."

A few months after Cayde's death, the Guardian is given a keycard by the Spider to give them access to the [[Black Armory]]. They return to the Tower. Holding up the keycard at a certain point in the Annex reveals a fake wall that disappears to allow the Guardian to enter a hidden room. Within the room, they encounter [[Ada-1]], the curator of the Black Armory. She states that the Guardian is not welcome by the Armory before noticing their keycard, to which her attitude changes. She explains that the Armory cannot sell any weapons because they have lost access to their forges.

Sometime after securing their alliance with Ada, the Guardian finds the entrance to [[Niobe Labs]] in the EDZ and makes their way through, recovering the fourth and final forge: [[Bergusia Forge]]. Upon returning to Ada, the Guardian receives the mold for a fourth and final key. First, they are sent to the [[Leviathan]] to harvest parts from the Watchers in its Underbelly. Next, they are tasked with completing numerous [[Public Event]]s and [[Strike]]s to obtain Glimmering Amethyst. Finally, they complete a Bergusia Forge ignition to forge the final key and finally open the box. Ada asks the Guardian to receive an Obsidian Crystal, which they do. From there, they continue to work on the contents of the box by completing the Shattered Throne and entering the [[Pyramidion]]. Finally, the Guardian is sent back to the EDZ to challenge and defeat Siviks. Upon doing so, they return to Ada-1 and receive the [[Izanagi's Burden]] sniper rifle.

During the spring after Cayde's death, the Drifter invited the Guardian to partake in a new version of his game: [[Gambit Prime]]. After their first round of Gambit Prime, the Guardian journeyed into [[The Haul]] for the first time and took part in [[The Reckoning]] to obtain their first piece of Gambit prime armor. They were then contacted by [[Aunor Mahal]], a Warlock of the [[Praxic Order]] and one of [[the Hidden]], who asked them to keep an eye on Drifter and report what they can. It doesn't take Drifter long to find out that he's being spied on, and he soon offers the Young Wolf a choice: work with him as a partner in his schemes, or stay loyal to the Vanguard and continue to report to Aunor.

On the fifth week, the Guardian witnesses Orin discussing an unnamed being with the Nine. This being's pronouns are different based on the Guardian's gender. The Nine ask what "it" wants, to which the Emissary simply replies, "Power." She claims that no one is like him/her, and that he/she has agency beyond any other, and that he/she can "leave this game." The Nine still don't understand, so the Emissary gives up, deciding that it's impossible to explain. On week six, the Guardian witnesses a past conversation between Orin and the Drifter, in which they are discussing someone seemingly recently deceased named [[Namqi Sen]]. Drifter says he met Namqi in a dive on Ceres, and that Namqi claimed the Queen trusted Orin to speak with the Nine on her behalf. Drifter promises Orin that he will be there for her if she ever needs a shoulder to cry on, and the conversation ends. On week seven, the Guardian again witnesses a conversation between Orin and the Drifter, though it's more of an argument this time. Orin tells Drifter that he's going to go find "them." Orin asks Drifter to stop pretending like he cares, calling him "Dredgen," to which he responds that he no longer uses that name. She claims that his friend [[Callum Sol]] says otherwise. Drifter swears he's telling the truth and begs Orin not to go. She refuses and says their friendship is over, this time calling Drifter Wu Ming. The Drifter gives up, telling Orin that she's giving up her freedom, but allowing her to leave. On week eight, the Guardian watches a much more recent conversation between the Drifter and Orin in her current form as the Emissary. She claims that Drifter is having visions and a few black Pyramids appear next to her for a moment, before disappearing. Drifter demands to know if the Emissary is the one causing his visions, saying he doesn't appreciate what they say. The Emissary refers to the visions as a "gift," claiming that they show him his fate. Drifter counters that he makes his own choices. Upon completing the ninth and final invitation, the Emissary tells the Young Wolf that the Nine wish to share another truth, which the Drifter should've shared already, but hasn't out of fear. The Guardian witnesses the Drifter speaking seemingly to himself while flipping a coin, saying he might pull this scam off, and will finally be in the clear. His coin disappears and he is suddenly transported to the Nine's empty realm, where he sees a dark horse standing nearby. The giant Emissary suddenly appears before Drifter, saying the Nine have enjoyed watching him. She bids him farewell, saying their attention is required elsewhere. The Drifter sarcastically asks if there's anything else he can do for the Nine, to which Orin replies that he's already doing it and tells him to keep playing "the game." Drifter's coin reappears, landing in his hand with a symbol resembling one of the Dark Pyramids on its face. The vision ends and the Guardian returns to reality, where Orin says that their fate is a "war unseen among ruined fleets." She mentions two women: feared, untrusted, forever at arm's length. At home, the Guardian's fate is a coin in the hand of a liar. One man: afraid, untrustworthy, forever grasping. She says the Guardian must reckon with themself, asking if they know the shape of their trial. Drifter is upset with the Guardian for not listening to him, saying he's killed others for less. He says he's in over his head, that the Nine showed him what's coming, and it's what he feared all along. He implores you to put aside your dogma, saying the coming fight can't be won with Light alone. He claims that Gambit is the key to salvation.  

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After the death of Galhran, the Sorrow Bearer at The Guardian's hands, a seismic event occurs on the Moon, causing both the Vanguard and the Hive to commence a full-scale assault on the lunar surface. Ikora Rey enters the radio link to inform The Guardian that Eris Morn had descended below the Lunar Surface. The Guardian is then sent after Eris, after fighting their way through Nightmare Thralls. The Guardian is put face to face with a massive [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid-like structure]] beneath the surface. As they approach the vessel, a [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx]] appears and fights the Guardian. The Guardian retaliates, to no avail, however, as similar [[Nightmares]] of [[Nightmare of Fikrul, the Fanatic|The Fanatic]] and [[Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul|Dominus Ghaul]] appear, Eris pulls them out of the fight.  

After the destruction of the Sanctified Mind, the Pyramid on Luna begins to call out to the Vex of the [[Sol Divisive]], who then ressurect the [[Undying Mind]] and engage in a full scale invasion of the lunar surface, Eris asks The Guardian to hold back the invading vex while Ikora Rey contructs a portal to open the timelines in which the Undying Mind hides in. the Guardian then enters the Black Garden, destroying the Undying mind in ''every'' timeline. The death of the mind then leads to Osiris' time machine [[The Sundial]] to fracture time on Mercury, leading to the beginning of Season of Dawn.

After the destruction of the undying mind, the timeways on Mercury became unstable, which interested the red legion believing they could change the outcome of the red war in the red legions favor. Using the sundial, The Guardian went through time and met a young Saint-14 as well as the [[House of Rain]]. After the gunfire stopped, The Guardian and their ghost gave young Saint-14 the perfect paradox, and a Vision of the current day city, inspiring Saint-14 to keep hope alive. Then the guardian goes into the infinite forest to save Saint, at the moment the vex took his light with the creation of [[Agioktis, Martyr Mind]]. With The Guardians help, he was saved from the fate we saw in the infinite forest during Curse of Osiris. Saint would emerge at our current time after killing an unknown amount of vex. He would later come to the tower.

Shortly after the defeat of the Psion Sisters on Mercury, the Cabal engage in a last ditch effort to destroy the City by using the hull of the Almighty to crash into the Earth, destroying the City and the Traveler. To prevent this, the Guardian, Zavala, and Ana Bray request the help of the Warmind Rasputin to help create weapons capable of destroying the Almighty before it collides with Earth. After weeks of building satellites and preparing them for launch, Rasputin launches all the satellites at the Almighty hurdling towards earth and destroys the main part of the hull, leaving a wing to crash into the mountainside by the Tower, leaving no major damage, other than a piece of debris that had hit the area by the Eververse Shop.

After the destruction of the Almighty, the Pyramids had reached the inner system. Alarmingly, many of these Pyramids appeared on worlds that were nowhere near where Rasputin had detected them. It is unknown if these vessels had broken off from the main fleet or if they are new ones who were arrived in the system undetected. Most notably is the [[Pyramid (Io)|Pyramid on Io]], which positioned itself above the [[Cradle]], where a [[Tree of Silver Wings|strange tree]] had grown atop the collection of rocks. Eris Morn departed for it as soon as it arrived resulting in Zavala tasking the Guardian to investigate the Pyramid and retrieve Eris.

Upon arrival, the Guardian is drawn to a small disturbance on the edge of the cliff overlooking the Massive Pyramid, where they are once again ensnared by the Darkness with it communicating though their ghost as they're pulled towards the vessel. However, before the Darkness can do anything else, the Young Wolf is saved by an intervention from Savathûn who transports them to the Ascendant Realm where they are forced to fight both Taken and Hive. They fight the Witch Queen's forces back and forth through realities until Eris brings them to the Tree of Silver Wings directly under the Pyramid. Here, after another bout with the Taken, the Guardian retrieves an artifact called the [[Seed of Silver Wings]] that, once charged, will allow Eris to listen to the Darkness' messages without the Witch Queen's interference. Over the course of the week, the Pyramid continued to corrupt Io, deploying Pyramid Scales and infesting the planet with Darkness. The Guardian was tasked with charging the Seed through collecting Dark Motes, banking them back to the Pyramid Scale, and ridding any Taken Blockers sent by [[Quria, Blade Transform]].  

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During the restoration of the Traveler, Mercury, Mars, Io, and Titan all vanish from the Sol System due to an unknown weapon used by the Black Fleet. The Vanguard then receive a transmission from Jupiter's Moon, Europa from the wanted fugitive, Variks, the Loyal, warning that "Darkness walks among us." The Guardian is then sent to Europa, only to find an active Pyramid ship, similar to the design of the Luna Pyramid, floating on the icy surface. Upon arrival and rescuing Variks from a new Fallen Kell, the Guardian is beckoned by the Darkness once more, this time with them offering gifts in the form of [[Stasis]], a powerful dark ice-like element never seen before. During this time they also become acquainted with the [[House of Salvation]] and their ruling house: [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]], [[Phylaks, the Warrior]], [[Praksis, the Technocrat]], and [[Kridis, Dark Priestess]], who lead their house in a blasphemous rebellion against their past of worshiping the Great Machine in order to pursue its polar opposite, the [[Ziggurat]] and the Darkness as a whole, with the help of the [[Exo Stranger]]: Elsie Bray, who has returned to assist the Guardian once again after seven years. During their journey on Europa, the Guardian dispatches Phylaks, Praksis, then the Kell of Darkness herself, before her death, she is frozen by the powers of Stasis and on frozen reaching for the Europan Pyramid.  

After killing Kidris, who was attempting to gain leadership of House Salvation, Elsie receives an alert that the birthplace of the Exos, the [[Deep Stone Crypt]], The Guardian, along with 5 other guardians, [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)|infiltrate the ancient laboratory]] and kill [[Atraks-1, Fallen Exo|Atraks-1]], a member of Eramis' council who converted herself into an exo. Before killing the Fallen Exo, she reawakens the mercenary, Taniks, the Scarred who then boards the orbital station [[Morning Star]]. After crashing the space station on Europa, preventing its destruction, the fireteam then finally put Taniks to rest for good. The Guardian then goes to the underground labrstory of BrayTech Exoscience where they meet the exomind of Clovis Bray 1st, where he enlists their help in defending his frame with the promise of forging the legendary sword, [[The Lament]]. After defending Clovis from the Vex, he gives the Guardian the sword as a token of gratitude.

Once the House of Salvation is beaten, the Guardian is contacted by Osiris to come to the Moon and help him against a new Hive threat and the one who slew [[Sagira]], the [[High Celebrant of Xivu Arath]]. The Guardian finds Osiris but fails to protect him against a Knight, however a mysterious sword destroys the Knight in time, which is revealed to be owned by [[The Crow]], who is Uldren Sov reborn as an Awoken. They go on to work with Spider to tackle a new threat, the [[Wrathborn]]; beings mindbent to [[Xivu Arath, God of War]]'s will. During this time the Guardian get acquainted with the Crow. Despite this revelation, the Guardian puts their feelings aside to help Crow eliminate as much Wrathborn as possible, eventually working closely with him to draw out the High Celebrant of Xivu Arath, the being leading and creating the Wrathborn. However the Celebrant traps the Guardian out of the Ascendant Plane to kill Crow by breaking his legs and leaving him to die. The Guardian luckily jury rigs the lure they used to lure out Wrathborn as a way to force open the portal. The Guardian tracks down the Celebrant and with the help of Crow, they destroy the Celebrant for good, putting the creation of Wrathborn to a halt for the foreseeable future.

Afterwards as a reward the Guardian is rewarded by Spider by letting them have any possession he has. The Guardian uses Spider's hubris in his words to request the freedom of Crow. Begrudgingly, Spider agrees and Crow and the Guardian spend the next few days celebrating and reveling in their success. They then part ways for Crow to discover what true freedom is.

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