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But out of it, the [[Awoken]] emerged, and the [[Exo]] appeared from the ruins with their memories broken. Furthermore, the [[Ghost]]s had begun looking for their [[Guardian]]s, and rumours circulated of the haven beneath the [[Traveler]] that would one day become the [[Last City]].<ref name="DarkAge">'''Bungie (2014//6/12)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#The_Dark_Age|The Dark Age]]''</ref> | But out of it, the [[Awoken]] emerged, and the [[Exo]] appeared from the ruins with their memories broken. Furthermore, the [[Ghost]]s had begun looking for their [[Guardian]]s, and rumours circulated of the haven beneath the [[Traveler]] that would one day become the [[Last City]].<ref name="DarkAge">'''Bungie (2014//6/12)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#The_Dark_Age|The Dark Age]]''</ref> | ||
However, some of the earliest Guardians chose not to protect the world, but subjugate it. Taking over various parts of the planet, Guardians became [[warlords]] and injustice reigned. Eventually, Guardians with integrity chose to stand up to their warlord brethren in groups such as the [[Iron Lords]] or the [[Pilgrim Guard]].<ref name = " | However, some of the earliest Guardians chose not to protect the world, but subjugate it. Taking over various parts of the planet, Guardians became [[warlords]] and injustice reigned. Eventually, Guardians with integrity chose to stand up to their warlord brethren in groups such as the [[Iron Lords]] or the [[Pilgrim Guard]].<ref name = "What's Going On In Destiny's Story – 2016 Edition">'''Gameinformer, [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-2016-edition.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 What's Going On In Destiny's Story – 2016 Edition]'''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ecdysis#War_Hammer|Ecdysis]]''</ref> Eventually, more and more noble Guardians joined the cause until an army hundreds strong was formed and the oppressive warlords were deposed.<ref name = "What's Going On In Destiny's Story – 2016 Edition">'''Gameinformer, [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/08/24/what-s-going-on-in-destiny-s-story-2016-edition.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 What's Going On In Destiny's Story – 2016 Edition]'''</ref> | ||
Elsewhere in the Solar System the Cabal established a beachhead on [[Phobos]] for initiating the invasion of Mars. During the invasion the Cabal encountered the native Vex programing the [[Virgo Prohibition]], and began a massive war of attrition following their nearly uncontested conquest of [[Mars]]. The Vex fought to protect the entrance to their "birthplace", the [[Black Garden]], from the ever expanding Cabal [[Exclusion Zone]], but apparently failed to halt the Cabal advance. This war was fought with little outside interference, the City busy with her own problems.<ref name="Virgo"/><ref name="Shield"/> | Elsewhere in the Solar System the Cabal established a beachhead on [[Phobos]] for initiating the invasion of Mars. During the invasion the Cabal encountered the native Vex programing the [[Virgo Prohibition]], and began a massive war of attrition following their nearly uncontested conquest of [[Mars]]. The Vex fought to protect the entrance to their "birthplace", the [[Black Garden]], from the ever expanding Cabal [[Exclusion Zone]], but apparently failed to halt the Cabal advance. This war was fought with little outside interference, the City busy with her own problems.<ref name="Virgo"/><ref name="Shield"/> | ||
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*A pilot designated SABER GREEN communicates with ICE MINARET. Civilian launches are not scrubbed, threatening fleeing civilians, to preserve secrecy. They are carrying an antimatter payload of one annihilation-pumped caedometric weapon codenamed RIGOR, and two other unknown devices codenamed SKYSHOCK and APEX. ICE MINARET remarks that they both know where the order came from.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia]]''</ref> | *A pilot designated SABER GREEN communicates with ICE MINARET. Civilian launches are not scrubbed, threatening fleeing civilians, to preserve secrecy. They are carrying an antimatter payload of one annihilation-pumped caedometric weapon codenamed RIGOR, and two other unknown devices codenamed SKYSHOCK and APEX. ICE MINARET remarks that they both know where the order came from.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost_Fragment:_Old_Russia|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia]]''</ref> | ||
*Rasputin attempts to defeat the Darkness using all available weapons, but to no avail. In a last ditch attempt to stop the impending doom, Rasputin enacts ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE, and prepares to fire upon the Traveler with his most powerful weapons, thereby coercing it into a "pseudoaltrusitic" defensive action, should it attempt to leave.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_5|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 5]]''</ref> The Traveler, for reasons unknown, chooses to stay and fight.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Traveler#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Traveler_2|Ghost Fragment: The Traveler 2]]''</ref> | *Rasputin attempts to defeat the Darkness using all available weapons, but to no avail. In a last ditch attempt to stop the impending doom, Rasputin enacts ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE, and prepares to fire upon the Traveler with his most powerful weapons, thereby coercing it into a "pseudoaltrusitic" defensive action, should it attempt to leave. However, this attempt failed—It was later discovered that the Traveler jettisoned part of itself in it's effort to protect humanity. <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_5|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 5]]''</ref> The Traveler, for reasons unknown, chooses to stay and fight.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Traveler#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Traveler_2|Ghost Fragment: The Traveler 2]]''</ref> | ||
*As all countermeasures fail to affect the entity and defeat becomes a certainty, Rasputin decides to enact YUGA SUNDOWN, and shuts down to protect itself, leaving billions of people to perish.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_3|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Mysteries|Ghost Fragment: Mysteries]]''</ref> | *As all countermeasures fail to affect the entity and defeat becomes a certainty, Rasputin decides to enact YUGA SUNDOWN, and shuts down to protect itself, leaving billions of people to perish.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_3|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Mysteries|Ghost Fragment: Mysteries]]''</ref> | ||
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*A massive spacecraft bearing a [[sigil]] of Golden Age Earth on its prow crashes on an unidentified battle-scarred world where over two dozen Exo soldiers fight a titanic battle with the Vex.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Mystery:_Vault_of_Glass_2|Mystery: Vault of Glass 3]]''</ref> | *A massive spacecraft bearing a [[sigil]] of Golden Age Earth on its prow crashes on an unidentified battle-scarred world where over two dozen Exo soldiers fight a titanic battle with the Vex.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Mystery:_Vault_of_Glass_2|Mystery: Vault of Glass 3]]''</ref> | ||
*'''The [[Collapse]]''' | *'''The [[Collapse]]'''—[[the Witness]], 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 sacrifice of the Traveler and [[Savathûn,_the_Witch_Queen#The_Collapse |the interference of Savathûn, the Witch Queen]].<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><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, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Ghost#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, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</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, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref> | ||
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*The first [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s pledge to defend the refugees gathering to the Traveler, forming the [[Pilgrim Guard]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Mark of the Pilgrim Guard]]''</ref> | *The first [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s pledge to defend the refugees gathering to the Traveler, forming the [[Pilgrim Guard]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/14)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Mark of the Pilgrim Guard]]''</ref> | ||
*Reports are made of a [[Centurion|Cabal commander]], [[Bracus Tho'ourg]], who secured the [[Buried City]] on Mars with merely a fraction of the | *Reports are made of a [[Centurion|Cabal commander]], [[Bracus Tho'ourg]], who secured the [[Buried City]] on Mars with merely a fraction of the planet's Cabal forces. The first Guardians who faced him died at some point between here and the City Age.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal_Command#Bracus_Tho.27ourg|Bracus Tho'ourg]]''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{ | *''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' | *''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
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