The Light and Darkness Saga: Difference between revisions

Also referred to as ''A Guardian Rises'', the initial campaign of Destiny follows a newly risen [[The Guardian|Guardian]]'s journey throughout the solar system to find what is preventing the Traveler from healing after its fight with the [[Darkness]] during the [[Collapse]]. During their journey they encounter several hostile races: the scavenging and viscous raiders known as the [[Eliksni]], the zealous and Darkness-worshipping [[Hive]], the robotic entities containing [[Radiolaria]] inside their frames known as the [[Vex]], and the militant warrior race known as the [[Cabal]]. They would soon learn from the [[Elisabeth Bray|Exo Stranger]] that a [[Black Heart|Heart]] within the [[Black Garden]] was the reason the Traveler is not healing, so they gain the favor of the [[Awoken]] and get an Eye of a [[Zydron, Gate Lord|Gate Lord]] to enter the Black Garden and destroy its heart by defeating the [[Sol Progeny]].

A [[Eris Morn|Hunter]] has returned from the darkness of the [[Hellmouth]] on the [[Moon]], and she warns of a returning threat: [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], the Hive god-prince who slaughtered thousands of Guardians during their initial [[Great Disaster|invasion]] to take back the Moon from the Hive. The Guardian is tasked by her to scour the [[Cosmodrome]] for his heralds to slow his revival, then finally confront the demon himself within the deepest recesses of the Hellmouth and even his own [[Oversoul Throne|Throne World]].

During their quest to find and destroy the Black Heart, the Guardian had struck a deal with the Awoken Queen [[Mara Sov]] and also had learned she had a [[House of Wolves|House]] of Eliksni loyal to her. Now she reaches out to the Guardians to hunt down [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] and end his rebellion before they gain a foothold within the grander Eliksni political scene, and perhaps even something more dangerous.

[[Saladin Forge|Lord Saladin]], the last of the [[Iron Lords]], has called upon the Guardian to take back [[Felwinter Peak]], and in the process discovers something disturbing. [[SIVA]], an ancient and unwieldly [[Golden Age]] nanotechnology produced by [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]], is now in the hands of the [[House of Devils]] [[Splicer]]s. With Felwinter Peak reclaimed, the Guardian must now travel into the [[Plaguelands]] to stop the spread of SIVA and the rabid Eliksni sect who worship it, and maybe even discover what truly happened to the Iron Lords.

The [[Red Legion]], led by the Cabal warlord [[Dominus Ghaul]], used the [[Traveler Cage]] to trap the Traveler, strip all Guardians of their Light, and invade the Last City. The Guardian worked to reassemble the Vanguard, take back the Last City, and reclaim their Light from the [[Shard of the Traveler]]. They would eventually shut down a star-killing weapon called [[The Almighty]], defeat the Dominus, and reawaken the Traveler.

While attempting to contain a prison break in the [[Prison of Elders]], the [[Scorn]], a race of Eliksni brought back through Dark Ether, have murdered Cayde-6, the Hunter Vanguard. The Guardian made a deal with the Queen's Wrath [[Petra Venj]] and a shady Eliksni mob boss named [[The Spider]] to remove the Scorn's influence on the [[Tangled Shore]]. After eliminating the Scorn Barons, they would confront [[Uldren Sov]], who was corrupted an [[Ahamkara]] named [[Riven of a Thousand Voices|Riven]] by posing as his sister, and kill him. Petra opened the [[Dreaming City]] to them and made contact with the Queen, who orders them to [[Last Wish|slay]] Riven. '''Season of the Forge''' had a mysterious Exo named [[Ada-1]] task the Guardian with stopping an Eliksni [[Kell's Scourge|crime syndicate]] from stealing [[Black Armory]] technology to be used against the Last City. They were able to corner their leader, [[Siviks]] inside [[Niobe Labs]] and defeat him. '''Season of the Drifter''' involved the Guardian with investigating the [[Drifter]], the host of [[Gambit]] with a strange past and his connections to the [[Nine|IX]]. '''Season of Opulence''' had former Cabal [[Emperor Calus]] invite the Guardian to participate for glory with the Menagerie inside his ship, the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]].

[[Eramis]], the leader of a new Eliksni [[House of Salvation|House]] on Europa, gifts her followers the power of Stasis. To stop her and the Barons of this new House, the Guardian had to learn how to use the Darkness in defense of the Last City through Stasis taught by Elsie Bray aka the Exo Stranger. '''Season of the Hunt''' saw the Guardian work with Uldren Sov, now reborn as Crow, to track down and slay the [[High Celebrant of Xivu Arath]], with its death giving Crow freedom from Spider's service. '''Season of the Chosen''' sees the Guardian engage in [[Rite of Proving|Rites of Proving]] in order to gain [[Empress Caiatl]]'s favor. '''Season of the Splicer''' had the Guardian seek out [[Mithrax]]'s assistance in shutting down a Vex simulation that would threaten the Last City by destroying the [[Quria, Blade Transform|Vex Mind]] responsible. '''Season of the Lost''' had Mara Sov task the Guardian with freeing the [[Techeun]]s lost within the [[Ley Line]]s from [[Xivu Arath]]'s forces in order for the exorcism to remove [[Savathûn]]'s worm to commence.

The Guardian discovers something shocking while investigating Mars' reappearance: the Hive now have powers tied to the [[Light]]. They work with [[The Hidden|Hidden]] agents to discover how Savathûn was able to grant her [[Lucent Brood]] the Light. After thorough investigation, it is revealed that the Traveler willingly gave Savathûn the Light and that she is planning to move the Traveler into [[Court of Savathûn|her Throne World]] by using the powers she borrowed from the Witness. They stop her plans by showing the truth: the Witness tricked the Krill into accepting the Darkness and thus becoming the Hive. After her defeat, the war against the Witness begins and the Guardian confronts [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]], the first [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]] inside [[The Sunken Pyramid]]. '''Season of the Risen''' sees the formation of [[The Coalition]] as a result of signing an armistice with Empress Caiatl, integrating Mithrax's [[House of Light]] into the Last City, and helping the Awoken in freeing the Techeuns from the forces of Xivu Arath, and would have the Guardian work with [[Imperial Optus|Imperial Opti]] to gain intel on the Lucent Brood's plans for the stolen Light. '''Season of the Haunted''' had Eris Morn and the Guardian work to sever Calus's connection to the Lunar Pyramid by first helping various characters confront their traumas. '''Season of Plunder''' saw the Guardian work alongside [[Eido]], Mithrax, Drifter, and Spider to prevent Eramis from acquiring relics containing body parts of [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]], another Disciple of the Witness. '''Season of the Seraph''' had the Guardian bring Rasputin back online in order to gain information on [[Neptune]].