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===Speaker's Understanding=== | ===Speaker's Understanding=== | ||
[[File:Speaker.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Speaker]] | [[File:Speaker.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Speaker]] | ||
The [[Speaker]] views the Light to live in all places and all things. He says you can block it and even try to [[Traveler Cage|trap it]], but the Light will always find its way. He states that Guardians are called to do what the Traveler cannot and that ordinary citizens now view the Guardians as | The [[Speaker]] views the Light to live in all places and all things. He says you can block it and even try to [[Traveler Cage|trap it]], but the Light will always find its way. He states that Guardians are called to do what the Traveler cannot and that ordinary citizens now view the Guardians as it's saviours over the Traveler. Viewing the Traveler to been apart of their past, but present is shaped by the Light and will be their future. | ||
===Toland's Understanding=== | ===Toland's Understanding=== | ||
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===Shard of the Traveler=== | ===Shard of the Traveler=== | ||
The [[Shard of the Traveler]] is a pure fragment of the Traveler located in the middle of the [[European Dead Zone]]. Due the corrupted energy emanating from the Shard, it is the source of the corruption growing around the [[Blackened Forest]]. The Shard plays a instrumental role in helping the [[Guardian]]s regain their Light during the [[Story Mission]] [[Spark]]. When entering close proximity of the Shard, [[The Ghost|Ghost]] claims that he | The [[Shard of the Traveler]] is a pure fragment of the Traveler located in the middle of the [[European Dead Zone]]. Due the corrupted energy emanating from the Shard, it is the source of the corruption growing around the [[Blackened Forest]]. The Shard plays a instrumental role in helping the [[Guardian]]s regain their Light during the [[Story Mission]] [[Spark]]. When entering close proximity of the Shard, [[The Ghost|Ghost]] claims that he hasn't been this close to the Traveler's Light since his inception.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/spark Spark]''</ref> The [[Hive]] also obtain a shard of the Traveler and conduct a ritual to drain its Light, which was interrupted by [[the Guardian]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/3/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of the Night]]''</ref> | ||
==Influences== | ==Influences== | ||
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===Fallen=== | ===Fallen=== | ||
The [[Fallen]] civilization once hosted the Traveler, which they named the Great Machine.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Mystery: Vault of Glass]]''</ref> However, it left their system around the time of a catastrophic event only known as the [[Whirlwind]].<ref name = "GI">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-anyway.aspx?PostPageIndex=2" '''Gameinformer''': | The [[Fallen]] civilization once hosted the Traveler, which they named the Great Machine.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Mystery: Vault of Glass]]''</ref> However, it left their system around the time of a catastrophic event only known as the [[Whirlwind]].<ref name = "GI">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-anyway.aspx?PostPageIndex=2" '''Gameinformer''': What's Going On In Destiny's Story, Anyway?]</ref> The Eliksni also held their [[Prime Servitor]]s to great esteem and worshipped them as god as they were sources of Life and Light.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/the-wolves-of-mars Wolves of Mars]''</ref> In a desperate bid to reclaim the Great Machine, they used their Primes to chart interstellar flight and followed the Light throughout the vast cosmos.<ref name= "Variks"/><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref> | ||
Arriving in the Sol System, they began conflicts with [[Humanity]] to claim the Traveler for themselves, in an effort to prevent the destruction of their race.<ref name= "Variks">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Variks, The Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> While captured [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] tells [[Variks, the Loyal]] to have seen a "Light-Snuffer" and "Dark-binder", referring to [[Oryx, the Taken King]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/queens-ransom Queens Ransom]''</ref> When Skolas dies at the hands of the Guardians, Variks wonders if their own [[Chelchis, Kell of Stone|Eliksni heroes]] were bestowed with Light.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/skolas-defeated Skolas Defeated]''</ref> | Arriving in the Sol System, they began conflicts with [[Humanity]] to claim the Traveler for themselves, in an effort to prevent the destruction of their race.<ref name= "Variks">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Variks, The Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> While captured [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] tells [[Variks, the Loyal]] to have seen a "Light-Snuffer" and "Dark-binder", referring to [[Oryx, the Taken King]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/queens-ransom Queens Ransom]''</ref> When Skolas dies at the hands of the Guardians, Variks wonders if their own [[Chelchis, Kell of Stone|Eliksni heroes]] were bestowed with Light.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/skolas-defeated Skolas Defeated]''</ref> | ||
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===Cabal=== | ===Cabal=== | ||
[[Dominus Ghaul]], emperor of the Cabal, traveled to the [[Solar System]] with his elite the [[Red Legion]] with the goal of claiming the Traveler and its Light for himself. By attacking the City, Ghaul sought to show the Traveler the error of its ways for choosing [[Humanity]] over the Cabal and aimed to establish a new order of Guardians from within the ranks of his own species.<ref name="Adieu"/><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABc0fmZQ6E '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – “Gameplay Premiere Livestream (US)"'']</ref><ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/destiny-2-tackles-the-originals-storytelling-problems/ '''Engadget''' - '''Destiny | [[Dominus Ghaul]], emperor of the Cabal, traveled to the [[Solar System]] with his elite the [[Red Legion]] with the goal of claiming the Traveler and its Light for himself. By attacking the City, Ghaul sought to show the Traveler the error of its ways for choosing [[Humanity]] over the Cabal and aimed to establish a new order of Guardians from within the ranks of his own species.<ref name="Adieu"/><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABc0fmZQ6E '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – “Gameplay Premiere Livestream (US)"'']</ref><ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/destiny-2-tackles-the-originals-storytelling-problems/ '''Engadget''' - '''Destiny 2' tackles the original's biggest problem: storytelling'']</ref> | ||
After interrogating [[The Speaker]], Ghaul began to accept that to earn the Traveler's favor he would need to learn devotion and self-sacrifice.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/fury Fury]''</ref> The Consul, in contrast, only viewed it as an advanced machine, and advised Ghaul to seize its Light by force. When [[The Consul]] refers to the Traveler as "this great machine", it provides insight that the Fallen were indeed referring to the Traveler, as the he notes that other civilizations were precise in their naming.<ref name="Adieu">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/adieu Adieu]''</ref> Ghaul disagreed with the Consul's approach which eventually lead to the death of the Speaker and Consul. Having no choice Ghaul took his warship to the center of the Traveler Cage device to drain the Light by force.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/1au 1 AU]''</ref> | After interrogating [[The Speaker]], Ghaul began to accept that to earn the Traveler's favor he would need to learn devotion and self-sacrifice.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/fury Fury]''</ref> The Consul, in contrast, only viewed it as an advanced machine, and advised Ghaul to seize its Light by force. When [[The Consul]] refers to the Traveler as "this great machine", it provides insight that the Fallen were indeed referring to the Traveler, as the he notes that other civilizations were precise in their naming.<ref name="Adieu">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/adieu Adieu]''</ref> Ghaul disagreed with the Consul's approach which eventually lead to the death of the Speaker and Consul. Having no choice Ghaul took his warship to the center of the Traveler Cage device to drain the Light by force.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/1au 1 AU]''</ref> | ||