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'''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.
'''Destinypedia: Timeline''' is a 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.


==Timeline==
==Timeline==
===The Golden Age===
===The Golden Age===
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*'''The present day''' - The [[Traveler]] is discovered on [[Mars]]. It imparts its vast knowledge to [[human|humanity]] and aids in the terraformation of [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], and [[Mars]], ushering in a great [[Golden Age]] that lasts for several centuries.
*'''The present day''' - The [[Traveler]] is discovered on [[Mars]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> It imparts its vast knowledge to [[human]]ity<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> and colonization of the Solar system begins.<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref>
*The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.
 
*The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.<ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref>
 
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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. Humanity is saved only through the intervention of the Traveler,<ref name="ign 11272012">[http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/destiny-story-details-concept-art-leaked '''IGN''': ''Bungie's Destiny Story Details, Concept Art Leaked'']</ref> sacrificing itself to stop the Darkness.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> In its last breath, the Traveler creates the [[Ghost]]s, to seek out those who can wield its [[light]] as a weapon.<ref name = "GrimoireGhosts">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Guardian#Ghosts|Ghosts]]''</ref>
**At some point during the Collapse, humans seeking refuge from the Darkness flee into deep space.<ref name = "AwokenGrimoire">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Guardian#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref>


===The Dark Age===
===The Dark Age===
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*In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the [[Dark Age]].<ref name = "GrimoireTheCity">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places#The_City_Age|The City Age]]</ref> It is a time of vast suffering and terrible evil.<ref name = "DarkAge"/>
*'''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 [[Ghost]]s who are tasked with seeking out and reviving dead [[Guardian]]s 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]].
The Dark Age was a time of vast suffering and terrible evil. But out of it, the [[Awoken]] emerged, and the [[Exo]] appeared from the ruins with their memories broken.  
*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".
 
*Those who fled into space during the [[Collapse]] return as the [[Awoken]].<Ref name = "AwokenGrimoire"/>
 
*The Exo reappear, their memories broken.<ref name = "DarkAge"/>
 
*Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.<ref name = "DarkAge">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Dark_Age|Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age]]''</ref>


===The City Age===
===The City Age===
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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.
*'''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.
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