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===The Golden Age=== | ===The Golden Age=== | ||
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*'''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> | *'''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> spurring the colonization of the [[Solar System]].<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> The [[Golden Age]], a centuries-long era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.<ref name="destiny story"/> | ||
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*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> | *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 | *'''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> which sacrifices itself to stop the Darkness.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref> With 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, some 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=== | ||
*In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the [[Dark Age]].<ref name = " | *In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the [[Dark Age]]. It is a time of vast suffering and terrible evil.<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> | ||
*Those humans who fled into space during the Collapse return, transformed into the [[Awoken]]. Many take up residence in the [[Reef]].<Ref name = "AwokenGrimoire"/> | |||
* | *The Exo reappear, but their memories have been irreparably damaged.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
* | *Ghosts travel among the refugee columns, seeking the first [[Guardian]]s.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
*Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.<ref name = "DarkAge" | *Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
===The City Age=== | ===The City Age=== | ||
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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 | *'''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 build a [[City]] beneath its protective aura.<ref name="city">[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/destiny#page=story&panel=story-The-City '''Bungie.net''': ''The City'']</ref><ref name="pathways">[http://www.bungie.net/7_Pathways-Out-Of-Darkness/en-us/News/News?aid=10241 '''Bungie.net''': ''Pathways out of Darkness'']</ref> The [[Titan]]s construct and defend the City's walls.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Destiny#page=guardians&panel=guardians-Titan '''Bungie.net''': ''Destiny: Titan'']</ref> The [[City Age]] begins.<ref name = "GrimoireTheCity">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places#The_City_Age|The City Age]]</ref> | ||
*'''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 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.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2a5rkf/gjallarhorn_crafted_by_feizel_crux_as_a_gift_to/ '''Reddit''': Gjallarhorn Art Book Preview]</ref> | |||
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*'''The events of ''[[Destiny]]''''' - | *'''The events of ''[[Destiny]]''''' - Seven centuries from the present day,<ref name="ign 11272012"/> 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.<ref name = jasonjones>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 '''Gameinformer''': ''Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview'']</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||