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The '''''Light and Darkness Saga''''' is the first saga of the ''[[Destiny (franchise)|Destiny Universe]]'', which contains all content packs starting from [[Destiny]] and concluding with [[The Final Shape]] and the raid that accompanies it. <ref>https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50124</ref>

The ''Light and Darkness Saga'' is about [[The Traveler]] and its battle against a collective consciousness of [[Darkness]] known as [[The Witness]], fleeing across the galaxy to find powerful heralds of its [[Light|power]] to combat opposing forces.

Also referred to as ''A Guardian Rises'', the initial campaign of Destiny follows a newly risen [[The Guardian|Guardian]]'s journey throughout the [[Sol System]] to investigate 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 [[Fallen]], 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]].

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.

[[Osiris]], the infamous [[Warlock]] who was exiled, discovers a sinister plot by the Vex after the Traveler's reawakening following the death of Dominus Ghaul. He calls upon the Guardian to explore the [[Infinite Forest]] and confront the [[Panoptes, Infinite Mind|Vex Mind]] that wishes to threaten the world.

While attempting to contain a prison break in the [[Prison of Elders]], the [[Scorn]], a race of Fallen 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 Fallen 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 by 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 Queen Mara Sov, who orders them to [[Last Wish|slay]] Riven. '''Season of the Forge''' had a mysterious Exo named [[Ada-1]] task the Guardian with stopping a Fallen [[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, Lost to None|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 [[The Nine|IX]]. '''Season of Opulence''' had former Cabal [[Emperor Calus]] invite the Guardian to participate for glory in the Menagerie inside his ship, the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]].

The [[Nightmare]]s have been unleashed all across the Moon's surface by Eris Morn, who had uncovered a [[The Lunar Pyramid|dark secret]] underneath. The Guardian work with Eris Morn to banish the Nightmares and enter the Lunar Pyramid. While exploring the Pyramid, a Voice in the Darkness contacts the Guardian's Ghost and informs them of their salvation. '''Season of the Undying''' saw the Guardian work with [[Ikora Rey]], the Warlock Vanguard, to push back the [[Sol Divisive]] invasion on the Moon led by [[The Undying Mind]]. '''Season of Dawn''' had Osiris task the Guardian with stopping the [[Psion Flayer]]s from undoing the Last City's victory in the Red War and rescuing a legendary Titan named [[Saint-14]]. '''Season of the Worthy''' saw the Guardian convince Rasputin to arm the [[Warsat]]s on the Almighty before it could reach the Last City and prepare for the arrival of the [[Black Fleet]] in the Sol System. '''Season of Arrivals''' has the Guardian work with Drifter and Eris Morn to clear the interference and decrypt messages from [[The Ionian Pyramid]], with a Voice telling them to seek out power on [[Europa]] before the disappearance of [[Io]], [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], [[Mercury]], and [[Mars]].

[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]], the leader of a new Fallen [[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, Kell of Light|Mithrax]]'s assistance in shutting down a Vex simulation that would threaten the Last City. '''Season of the Lost''' had Mara Sov task the Guardian with freeing the [[Techeun]]s lost within the [[Ley Line]]s from [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]]'s forces in order for the exorcism to remove [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]'s worm to commence.

The Witness's forces arrive on Earth's orbit and it discovers [[The Veil]] is hidden in a [[Neomuna|city]] on Neptune after making contact with the Traveler. The Guardian was able to help the [[Cloud Strider]]s [[Rohan]] and [[Nimbus]] repel a siege orchestrated by the [[Shadow Legion]] and its leader, the newly-risen Disciple of the Witness, Calus. They would also learn the power of Strand in the process. Despite Calus's defeat, the Witness was able to begin the [[Final Shape]] by using the Guardian's Ghost to connect the Veil to the Traveler. They would soon learn from [[Soteria]]'s submind that an "[[Ahsa|enemy of the Witness]]" is hiding on Titan. '''Season of Defiance''' saw the Coalition forces work together to rescue prisoners captured by the Shadow Legion throughout Earth. '''Season of the Deep''' sees the Guardian assist Deputy Commander [[Sloane]] in forming a psychic connection with Ahsa so she can provide information regarding the Witness to the Vanguard and its allies. '''Season of the Witch''' has the Guardian help [[Immaru]] eliminate Xivu Arath before he can resurrect Savathûn, and the Vanguard get the instructions needed to follow the Witness inside the portal to the Traveler's Pale Heart.