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Sometime after Ana's death, she was found and revived by the [[Ghost]] [[Jinju]]. Unlike other [[Lightbearer]]s, Ana learned of her past due to the Clovis Bray ID card and other materials that were on her person. She was mentored in how to be a [[Hunter]] by [[Andal Brask]], although Ana was annoyed by his tendency to tell people that their fellow Hunter [[Cayde-6]] was actually Rasputin.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Anastasia Bray idle dialogue: "Did you ever meet Andal? He taught me a lot about being a Hunter. He kept telling people that Cayde was Rasputin though."''</ref> Early in her career as a Guardian, Ana worked with a fireteam called the [[Night Wolves]], but the rest of her team perished.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Anastasia Bray idle dialogue: "We called ourselves the Night Wolves. No relation to the Iron Lords. Then there was only one. Zavala would call me a lone wolf, and I can't say he's wrong."''</ref> | Sometime after Ana's death, she was found and revived by the [[Ghost]] [[Jinju]]. Unlike other [[Lightbearer]]s, Ana learned of her past due to the Clovis Bray ID card and other materials that were on her person. She was mentored in how to be a [[Hunter]] by [[Andal Brask]], although Ana was annoyed by his tendency to tell people that their fellow Hunter [[Cayde-6]] was actually Rasputin.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Anastasia Bray idle dialogue: "Did you ever meet Andal? He taught me a lot about being a Hunter. He kept telling people that Cayde was Rasputin though."''</ref> Early in her career as a Guardian, Ana worked with a fireteam called the [[Night Wolves]], but the rest of her team perished.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Anastasia Bray idle dialogue: "We called ourselves the Night Wolves. No relation to the Iron Lords. Then there was only one. Zavala would call me a lone wolf, and I can't say he's wrong."''</ref> | ||
Several weeks after the Last City was defended against a massive [[Fallen]] assault that came to be known as [[Six Fronts]], Ana participated in a citywide memorial and festival for those who had perished defending the Last City throughout its history. Utilizing [[Solar]] [[Light]] to create lanterns for the revelers to follow along the City's streets, Ana encountered [[Saint-14]] and handed him an unlit lantern while asking if there was anyone he wished to remember. The [[Titan (class)|Titan]] instead asked her what she would do if they one day defeated the [[Darkness]] and there was peace. Ana admitted she was unsure, but then asked him if he ever wondered about his previous thirteen lives and what they had been like. He informed her he was happy with fourteen, and Ana sprinkled seeds on his shoulders to attract pigeons to him and told him she was as well. As she departed, Ana reminded him to walk the memorial row as it got dark, and corrected him when he called her Anastasia when he responded that he would.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Pigeon_and_the_Phoenix#11:_Breathe|11: Breathe]]''</ref> | Several weeks after the Last City was defended against a massive [[Fallen]] assault that came to be known as [[Six Fronts]], Ana participated in a citywide memorial and festival for those who had perished defending the Last City throughout its history. Utilizing [[Solar]] [[Light]] to create lanterns for the revelers to follow along the City's streets, Ana encountered [[Saint-14]] and handed him an unlit lantern while asking if there was anyone he wished to remember. The [[Titan (class)|Titan]] instead asked her what she would do if they one day defeated the [[Darkness]] and there was peace. Ana admitted she was unsure, but then asked him if he ever wondered about his previous thirteen lives and what they had been like. He informed her he was happy with fourteen, and Ana sprinkled seeds on his shoulders to attract pigeons to him and told him she was as well. As she departed, Ana reminded him to walk the memorial row as it got dark, and corrected him when he called her Anastasia when he responded that he would.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Pigeon_and_the_Phoenix#11:_Breathe|The Pigeon and the Phoenix 11: Breathe]]''</ref> | ||
====Battle of Twilight Gap==== | ====Battle of Twilight Gap==== | ||
{{Quote|I still think of the Battle of Twilight Gap. I don’t remember much. There was smoke and ash. I heard [[Shaxx]] shouting, but I just kept firing my gun, over and over.|Ana Bray}} | {{Quote|I still think of the Battle of Twilight Gap. I don’t remember much. There was smoke and ash. I heard [[Shaxx]] shouting, but I just kept firing my gun, over and over.|Ana Bray}} | ||
While Ana defended the City with the same valor as her comrades, she never felt that the City was her home. On top that, Ana had an unyielding desire to learn more about Clovis Bray, Rasputin, and by extension, her past life. Because her search for knowledge was deemed personal, she and Commander [[Zavala]] would often argue about her quest, since Guardians learning about their past is a taboo. One day while in the plaza of the [[Tower]], Ana was confronted by Zavala about her research, but their argument was interrupted by Andal, who informed them that the Fallen were launching an [[Battle of the Twilight Gap|assault]] on the Last City from [[Twilight Gap]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/6/22)''', ''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)]]'', ''[https://comics.bungie.net/en/5/warmind-3 Chapter 3]'', ''Page 1''</ref> Ana was placed in a Fireteam under the command of Lord [[Shaxx]] for the battle alongside [[Liu Feng]], [[Nkechi-32]], [[Idil Abdi]], and [[Truce]]. As the Fallen threatened to overwhelm the City's walls, all Guardians were ordered to fall back by Lord [[Saladin Forge]], who declared the City lost. However, Shaxx refused to accept this and rallied Ana and the rest of the fireteam to ignore the order and hold the wall, with Ana providing covering fire for her fellow Guardians. They held the Wall long enough for the rest of the Vanguard to regroup and launch a counterattack which drove the Fallen back into Twilight Gap.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]] | While Ana defended the City with the same valor as her comrades, she never felt that the City was her home. On top that, Ana had an unyielding desire to learn more about Clovis Bray, Rasputin, and by extension, her past life. Because her search for knowledge was deemed personal, she and Commander [[Zavala]] would often argue about her quest, since Guardians learning about their past is a taboo. One day while in the plaza of the [[Tower]], Ana was confronted by Zavala about her research, but their argument was interrupted by Andal, who informed them that the Fallen were launching an [[Battle of the Twilight Gap|assault]] on the Last City from [[Twilight Gap]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/6/22)''', ''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)]]'', ''[https://comics.bungie.net/en/5/warmind-3 Chapter 3]'', ''Page 1''</ref> Ana was placed in a Fireteam under the command of Lord [[Shaxx]] for the battle alongside [[Liu Feng]], [[Nkechi-32]], [[Idil Abdi]], and [[Truce]]. As the Fallen threatened to overwhelm the City's walls, all Guardians were ordered to fall back by Lord [[Saladin Forge]], who declared the City lost. However, Shaxx refused to accept this and rallied Ana and the rest of the fireteam to ignore the order and hold the wall, with Ana providing covering fire for her fellow Guardians. They held the Wall long enough for the rest of the Vanguard to regroup and launch a counterattack which drove the Fallen back into Twilight Gap.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], Activision Blizzard, [[The Mountaintop]]''</ref> | ||
Pursuing the Fallen into the Gap itself, the Guardians and Fallen entered into a days long stalemate. By the third night Ana was faltering and began to feel as if the sun would ever rise over the Gap again, but managed to persevere through the night.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | Pursuing the Fallen into the Gap itself, the Guardians and Fallen entered into a days long stalemate. By the third night Ana was faltering and began to feel as if the sun would ever rise over the Gap again, but managed to persevere through the night.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [[Holdfast_Armor_(Hunter)#Holdfast_Vest|Holdfast Vest]]''</ref> Ana found herself fighting side-by-side with Zavala and [[Sloane]] near the City's gun emplacements within the Gap. As they fought Ana thought about how she could convince Zavala that Rasputin could help the City and prevent slaughters like this battle and Six Fronts from happening again. After dispatching several [[Vandal]]s with her [[Golden Gun]] and throwing knife, Ana turned to Zavala to continue their conversation from before, but Jinju warned her that a [[Captain]] was behind her. The Captain wounded Jinju with a swipe of its blade, and Ana realized that this was her chance to fake her death and gain the freedom she needed from the Vanguard to pursue her past and find information that could help save humanity. She allowed the Captain to knock her off the cliffside, leaving Zavala and the rest of her comrades to assume that she perished from the fall.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/6/22)''', ''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)]]'', ''[https://comics.bungie.net/en/5/warmind-3 Chapter 3]'', ''Page 2-4''</ref> The legacy of Ana's actions at Twilight Gap lingered for decades in pools of Light she left behind, along with a bracelet she lost during the fighting. The bracelet was later recovered by a [[The Guardian|Guardian]] investigating a time ripple on behalf of the [[Future War Cult]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Shadows at Twilight]]''</ref> A cloak called [[Strength of the Pack]] was designed in her honor and sold by the [[Speaker]] to Hunters.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [[Strength of the Pack]]''</ref> | ||
===Search for the Warmind=== | ===Search for the Warmind=== | ||
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[[File:Rasputinshutdown.gif|thumb|right|300px|Rasputin shuts down.]] | [[File:Rasputinshutdown.gif|thumb|right|300px|Rasputin shuts down.]] | ||
{{Quote|I froze. We still don't even know what—if we saved anything."<br>"It's not so easy to act in the face of defeat. The prospect of a future is something we have to keep in mind."<br>"Nothing we do is supposed to be easy. Isn't that the point? This was a stress test, and I buckled.|Ana and Zavala discuss the defeat of Rasputin at the hands of the Pyramids}} | {{Quote|I froze. We still don't even know what—if we saved anything."<br>"It's not so easy to act in the face of defeat. The prospect of a future is something we have to keep in mind."<br>"Nothing we do is supposed to be easy. Isn't that the point? This was a stress test, and I buckled.|Ana and Zavala discuss the defeat of Rasputin at the hands of the Pyramids}} | ||
As the [[Pyramids]] move closer to Io, Ana activates the warsats near the moon to destroy the Pyramid. At first it's hologram disappears, but is brought back in as it sends out a shockwave that disables Rasputin, much to Ana's distraught and fear.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | As the [[Pyramids]] move closer to Io, Ana activates the warsats near the moon to destroy the Pyramid. At first it's hologram disappears, but is brought back in as it sends out a shockwave that disables Rasputin, much to Ana's distraught and fear.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Missions]]: [[A Shadow Overhead]]''</ref> As she stood in horror within the darkened room, Ana was assailed by doubt and terror at how easily the Pyramids had defeated Rasputin and could not even answer Zavala as he worriedly asked what had happened over the comms. She then saw Jinju quickly tying tethers of Light between Rasputin's consoles and was stunned as her Ghost declared that she had saved most of Rasputin, but was straining to hold onto him and requested the Pillory Engram. Ana protested that it was not ready and that it could drive Rasputin insane, but Jinju's tethers began snapping and she noted it was either this or nothing. Hurrying, Ana opened the secret compartment where she kept the engram and held it in front of Jinju, who released the data she had saved into it. Ana questioned if it had worked, and Jinju stated she had saved as much as she could as Warsats began impacting the Martian surface outside the facility, unable to remain in orbit without the guiding hand of the Warmind.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Ana:_Frayed|Duress and Egress - Ana: Frayed]]''</ref> | ||
The Young Wolf eventually arrived on Mars to offer Ana assistance in the wake of the attack on Rasputin and the arrival of a Pyramid on Mars. She showed her friend one of her monitors that displayed harmonic oscillations prior to Rasputin being disabled by the Darkness, causing her to wonder if the Warmind initiated an emergency upload. However, her monitors suddenly emitted a loud scream of Hive interference, causing the computers to reboot. Angered by the interruption, Ana's Light flared and her hands burned the keypad. Turning to the Young Wolf, she asked for their support and smiled as they drew their weapon.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | The Young Wolf eventually arrived on Mars to offer Ana assistance in the wake of the attack on Rasputin and the arrival of a Pyramid on Mars. She showed her friend one of her monitors that displayed harmonic oscillations prior to Rasputin being disabled by the Darkness, causing her to wonder if the Warmind initiated an emergency upload. However, her monitors suddenly emitted a loud scream of Hive interference, causing the computers to reboot. Angered by the interruption, Ana's Light flared and her hands burned the keypad. Turning to the Young Wolf, she asked for their support and smiled as they drew their weapon.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Exodus_(Quest)#Preparation:_Mars|Exodus (Quest) - Preparation: Mars]]''</ref> After the Young Wolf disrupted Hive operations and returned, Ana informed them that Rasputin was cleverer than the Darkness believed and had cycled part of himself through a buffer, although she was unsure how to safely extract him. As she studied a piece of the Warmind's shattered shell, Cabal drop pods began hitting the ground outside of the building. Weary of the continued distractions, Ana asked for the Young Wolf to keep their enemies occupied and give her time to figure out how to safely extract Rasputin's data.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Exodus_(Quest)#Shades_of_Red|Exodus (Quest) - Shades of Red]]''</ref> | ||
Shortly after the Young Wolf's visit, Ana travelled to the Last City and visited Zavala. As the Commander poured them drinks in his office, Ana dejectedly stated that she could not believe they had lost. Zavala countered they had not lost yet and encouraged her to think of the future, but Ana noted that she was not even sure if she had managed to save any of Rasputin and had failed in the City's moment of greatest peril despite Zavala's trust in her and Rasputin. She was not reassured by Zavala's statement that the Last City would be rubble without her previous victories and that she was still responsible for ensuring Rasputin's survival. When he noted that the loss of [[Cayde-6]] and his viewpoint as Hunter Vanguard had caused his own doubts but that he had now come to see Cayde's viewpoint was just one of many possibilities that guided the City, Ana quickly protested that she did not want his still vacant position on the Vanguard but the Commander reassured her he was not offering unless she was the true murderer of Cayde. She questioned if he would forgive her if she was, and he smiled when stated that killing Cayde would be understandable. As their exchange began to lighten her mood, Ana questioned what had happened to Cayde's pet chicken, the [[Colonel]]. Zavala informed her that [[Saint-14]] had adopted it and appointed it lord of the pigeons, which finally caused Ana herself to smile, and Zavala encouraged her to have her drink before they were summoned by the Colonel to attack the Pyramids.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | Shortly after the Young Wolf's visit, Ana travelled to the Last City and visited Zavala. As the Commander poured them drinks in his office, Ana dejectedly stated that she could not believe they had lost. Zavala countered they had not lost yet and encouraged her to think of the future, but Ana noted that she was not even sure if she had managed to save any of Rasputin and had failed in the City's moment of greatest peril despite Zavala's trust in her and Rasputin. She was not reassured by Zavala's statement that the Last City would be rubble without her previous victories and that she was still responsible for ensuring Rasputin's survival. When he noted that the loss of [[Cayde-6]] and his viewpoint as Hunter Vanguard had caused his own doubts but that he had now come to see Cayde's viewpoint was just one of many possibilities that guided the City, Ana quickly protested that she did not want his still vacant position on the Vanguard but the Commander reassured her he was not offering unless she was the true murderer of Cayde. She questioned if he would forgive her if she was, and he smiled when stated that killing Cayde would be understandable. As their exchange began to lighten her mood, Ana questioned what had happened to Cayde's pet chicken, the [[Colonel]]. Zavala informed her that [[Saint-14]] had adopted it and appointed it lord of the pigeons, which finally caused Ana herself to smile, and Zavala encouraged her to have her drink before they were summoned by the Colonel to attack the Pyramids.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Ana:_Physics|Duress and Egress - Ana: Physics]]''</ref> | ||
====Evacuation of Mars==== | ====Evacuation of Mars==== | ||
{{Quote|Let Zavala know I'll bring Rasputin to the Tower. Whatever happens next, we'll face it together.|Ana commits to evacuating Mars and returning to the Tower}} | {{Quote|Let Zavala know I'll bring Rasputin to the Tower. Whatever happens next, we'll face it together.|Ana commits to evacuating Mars and returning to the Tower}} | ||
After returned to Mars, Ana spent several weeks working on finding Rasputin. She was glad when Zavala sent the Young Wolf to finish aiding her in preparation for the evacuation of Mars to the Tower. She explained that she had discovered Rasputin had sent part of himself disguised along comm relays as something benign and asked them to investigate. Ana also requested that they aid the Vanguard by disrupting Hive rituals that were aimed at strengthening [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] while also engaging [[Escalation Protocol]] to draw in and kill as many Hive as possible.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | After returned to Mars, Ana spent several weeks working on finding Rasputin. She was glad when Zavala sent the Young Wolf to finish aiding her in preparation for the evacuation of Mars to the Tower. She explained that she had discovered Rasputin had sent part of himself disguised along comm relays as something benign and asked them to investigate. Ana also requested that they aid the Vanguard by disrupting Hive rituals that were aimed at strengthening [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] while also engaging [[Escalation Protocol]] to draw in and kill as many Hive as possible.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Exodus_(Quest)#Evacuation:_Mars|Exodus (Quest) - Evacuation: Mars]]''</ref> The Young Wolf successfully halted the Hive rituals and recovered more of Rasputin. When they returned, Ana informs them she had been performing "brain surgery" with a smoldering iron before showing them a small viewscreen. She admitted it was less of the Warmind than she had hoped, a mere fraction of a percent, but it was still him. Ana then activated the device and asked if Rasputin was in there, which caused the viewscreen to flicker orange. Relieved and smiling, Ana asked the Young Wolf to return to Zavala and let him know that she and Rasputin would be evacuating Mars to join the Vanguard at the Tower so they could face the Darkness together.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Exodus_(Quest)#Force_Reboot|Exodus (Quest) - Force Reboot]]''</ref> | ||
As Ana watched the Young Wolf depart for the final time, she reflected on how they had become a trusted confidant who had believed in her when no one else had. Thinking back on Zavala's words to her in his office, Ana knew the bond between the Guardians was more powerful than any Warmind weapon and was the hope for the future that they had to build on and that she had plenty of experience in rebuilding things from a destroyed past. As she finished packing as much technology into a freighter as it could carry, Ana glanced out across the now quiet Martian surface, with the remaining Cabal having evacuated, the Hive defeated, and Rasputin's weapons inactive. Jinju reported to her that their jumpship, loaded with an experimental Exo chassis for Rasputin, was ready to depart after final system check, and Ana prepared to leave behind her past on Mars and join Zavala and the rest of the Vanguard in the Tower to fight for humanities' future against the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] | As Ana watched the Young Wolf depart for the final time, she reflected on how they had become a trusted confidant who had believed in her when no one else had. Thinking back on Zavala's words to her in his office, Ana knew the bond between the Guardians was more powerful than any Warmind weapon and was the hope for the future that they had to build on and that she had plenty of experience in rebuilding things from a destroyed past. As she finished packing as much technology into a freighter as it could carry, Ana glanced out across the now quiet Martian surface, with the remaining Cabal having evacuated, the Hive defeated, and Rasputin's weapons inactive. Jinju reported to her that their jumpship, loaded with an experimental Exo chassis for Rasputin, was ready to depart after final system check, and Ana prepared to leave behind her past on Mars and join Zavala and the rest of the Vanguard in the Tower to fight for humanities' future against the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Ana:_Black_Box|Duress and Egress - Ana: Black Box]]''</ref> | ||
===Reunion on Europa=== | ===Reunion on Europa=== | ||