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===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
{{Quote|Piecing together complex systems of causalities is the puzzle that defined me.|Elsie Bray, reflecting on her life as a scientist}}<ref name="Sn0Treads">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard - [[BrayTech_Hunter_Armor#BrayTech_Sn0Treads|BrayTech Sn0Treads]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Piecing together complex systems of causalities is the puzzle that defined me.|Elsie Bray, reflecting on her life as a scientist}}<ref name="Sn0Treads">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard - [[BrayTech_Hunter_Armor#BrayTech_Sn0Treads|BrayTech Sn0Treads]]''</ref> | ||
Elsie was born to [[Clovis Bray II]] and [[Sylvie Bray]] as part of the powerful [[House Bray]], which was headed by her grandfather [[Clovis Bray I]]. Prior to her birth, Clovis II manipulated her genetics so that she and her sister [[Wilhelmina Bray|Willa]] would receive opposing maternal and paternal allele in an attempt to have a "diversified portfolio" of children.<ref name="MLE11">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_11|Mysterious Logbook - Entry 11]]''</ref> As a child, Clovis I once told her a story about a cyborg woman who visited an oracle possessed by a dark influnce on a misty sea shore. The oracle listened to words from a future that had technology the cyborg needed, that future had a malevolent feeling and no sense of anything human. Out at sea was a tower, and Elsie assumed that the tower was the key to fairy tale, but Clovis I never finished telling it to her. This story would continue to haunt Elsie throughout her life.<ref name="MLEP">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook# | Elsie was born to [[Clovis Bray II]] and [[Sylvie Bray]] as part of the powerful [[House Bray]], which was headed by her grandfather [[Clovis Bray I]]. Prior to her birth, Clovis II manipulated her genetics so that she and her sister [[Wilhelmina Bray|Willa]] would receive opposing maternal and paternal allele in an attempt to have a "diversified portfolio" of children.<ref name="MLE11">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_11|Mysterious Logbook - Entry 11]]''</ref> As a child, Clovis I once told her a story about a cyborg woman who visited an oracle possessed by a dark influnce on a misty sea shore. The oracle listened to words from a future that had technology the cyborg needed, that future had a malevolent feeling and no sense of anything human. Out at sea was a tower, and Elsie assumed that the tower was the key to fairy tale, but Clovis I never finished telling it to her. This story would continue to haunt Elsie throughout her life.<ref name="MLEP">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—Elisabeth's_Plea|Mysterious Logbook - Elisabeth's Plea]]''</ref> | ||
After the birth of her half-sister [[Anastasia Bray|Anastasia]] from an extra-marital affair by Clovis II, Elsie disagreed with her mother Sylvie's decision to lie to Ana about her heritage by claiming she was adopted. Sylvie and the rest of the family saw much of Clovis I in Ana and feared she would follow her grandfather's footsteps.<ref name="BID2P4">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Born_in_Darkness#Born_in_Darkness_Part_2|Born in Darkness Part 2]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/key-to-the-truth-12 Key to the Truth 12]''</ref> At the age of thirteen, Elsie built her first [[Sparrow]] with the help of Ana. She did not know why she wanted to build the Sparrow so badly, only that she could focus on nothing else until she finished it. This Sparrow would later become a production model, as the [[G-335 Anseris Overdrive]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard - [[G-335 Anseris Overdrive]]''</ref> | After the birth of her half-sister [[Anastasia Bray|Anastasia]] from an extra-marital affair by Clovis II, Elsie disagreed with her mother Sylvie's decision to lie to Ana about her heritage by claiming she was adopted. Sylvie and the rest of the family saw much of Clovis I in Ana and feared she would follow her grandfather's footsteps.<ref name="BID2P4">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Born_in_Darkness#Born_in_Darkness_Part_2|Born in Darkness Part 2]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/key-to-the-truth-12 Key to the Truth 12]''</ref> At the age of thirteen, Elsie built her first [[Sparrow]] with the help of Ana. She did not know why she wanted to build the Sparrow so badly, only that she could focus on nothing else until she finished it. This Sparrow would later become a production model, as the [[G-335 Anseris Overdrive]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard - [[G-335 Anseris Overdrive]]''</ref> | ||
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====Conversion==== | ====Conversion==== | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|You're my grandfather. Aren't you?|Elsie, speaking to Clovis I for the first time after becoming an Exo}} | ||
Elsie decided that due to the threat of the Vex she needed to transfer her consciousness to an Exobody in order to avoid being compromised by them. She stormed into Clovis I's laboratory to inform him of her decision, but used her [[Sensorium]] to crash his archival system so he could not record the conversation. She berated her grandfather for his crimes and threatened turning him over to the Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity while mocking his belief in PFHOR, declaring that is should stand for "Paternal Failure Hides Own Remorse". Elsie finished by declaring that he had underestimated the threat of the Vex and used Clovis II as a test subject for his own quest for immortality. Clovis I agreed to her request and instituted a full brain scan, which flawlessly copied Elsie's mind while fatally poisoning her body. Clovis I kept her human form sedated and unconscious for the last fourteen hours of life. Now in a new Exo body,<ref name="MLEU">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook# | Elsie decided that due to the threat of the Vex she needed to transfer her consciousness to an Exobody in order to avoid being compromised by them. She stormed into Clovis I's laboratory to inform him of her decision, but used her [[Sensorium]] to crash his archival system so he could not record the conversation. She berated her grandfather for his crimes and threatened turning him over to the Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity while mocking his belief in PFHOR, declaring that is should stand for "Paternal Failure Hides Own Remorse". Elsie finished by declaring that he had underestimated the threat of the Vex and used Clovis II as a test subject for his own quest for immortality. Clovis I agreed to her request and instituted a full brain scan, which flawlessly copied Elsie's mind while fatally poisoning her body. Clovis I kept her human form sedated and unconscious for the last fourteen hours of life. Now in a new Exo body,<ref name="MLEU">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—Elisabeth's_Upload|Mysterious Logbook - Note - Elisabeth's Upload]]''</ref> which was custom made to match her previous body perfectly,<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Legacy%27s_Lament#Mia-9_Audio_Log|Legacy's Lament: Mia-9 Audio Log]]''</ref> Elsie had lost most of her memories in the transfer but began to put her new form through rigorous testing.<ref name="MLEU"/> | ||
Not long after her upload, Elsie received a distress signal from Clovis I, who had been undergoing organ transplant surgery by his medical [[Frame]]s to combat his own impeding demise. She discovered that the Frames and other automated systems in his lab had been infected by the Vex and were attempting to coerce him into aiding their bid to take over Europa. Using her enhanced Exo speed and strength, Elsie destroyed the corrupted Frames and brought in uninfected ones to finish the surgery and save Clovis I's life. As he awoke, Elsie looked at him in wonder and recognized him as her grandfather, despite her memory loss.<ref>'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_12|Mysterious Logbook - ENTRY 12]]''</ref> | Not long after her upload, Elsie received a distress signal from Clovis I, who had been undergoing organ transplant surgery by his medical [[Frame]]s to combat his own impeding demise. She discovered that the Frames and other automated systems in his lab had been infected by the Vex and were attempting to coerce him into aiding their bid to take over Europa. Using her enhanced Exo speed and strength, Elsie destroyed the corrupted Frames and brought in uninfected ones to finish the surgery and save Clovis I's life. As he awoke, Elsie looked at him in wonder and recognized him as her grandfather, despite her memory loss.<ref>'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_12|Mysterious Logbook - ENTRY 12]]''</ref> | ||
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====Confronting Clovis I==== | ====Confronting Clovis I==== | ||
{{Quote|But | {{Quote|But there's something worse than the Vex involved, isn't there? The secret you've been keeping from me. The breakthrough that you were promised after your visit to the K1 anomaly.|Elsie, in her warning to Clovis I that she would destroy the Vex and discover his secrets}} | ||
As Elsie's visit continued, she spoke with Clovis I and was caught off guard when he asked her about the tower and the dead people she saw in her dreams. Elsie was horrified to realize that he knew about them, which indicated that the other Exos were having the same dream. Clovis I attempted to write it off as from the trauma of conversion, but Elsie berated him for not being concerned about an unknown shared cognitive artifact and the implications it carried. She questioned why he had not warned her and asked what else hew was keeping from her about the Exo creation process.<ref>'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_14|Mysterious Logbook - Entry 14]]''</ref> Elsie set off to investigate further, remembering how Clovis had questioned her about Maya Sunderesh before. She tracked down Maya and learned from her that the Maya whom Clovis I had met was in fact a Vex parasite that had infected him on the trip through the Glassway. Maya warned that the Vex would stop at nothing to infest every possible reality and timeline with themselves.<ref name="MLEP"/> | As Elsie's visit continued, she spoke with Clovis I and was caught off guard when he asked her about the tower and the dead people she saw in her dreams. Elsie was horrified to realize that he knew about them, which indicated that the other Exos were having the same dream. Clovis I attempted to write it off as from the trauma of conversion, but Elsie berated him for not being concerned about an unknown shared cognitive artifact and the implications it carried. She questioned why he had not warned her and asked what else hew was keeping from her about the Exo creation process.<ref>'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#ENTRY_14|Mysterious Logbook - Entry 14]]''</ref> Elsie set off to investigate further, remembering how Clovis had questioned her about Maya Sunderesh before. She tracked down Maya and learned from her that the Maya whom Clovis I had met was in fact a Vex parasite that had infected him on the trip through the Glassway. Maya warned that the Vex would stop at nothing to infest every possible reality and timeline with themselves.<ref name="MLEP"/> | ||
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====The Path to the Black Garden==== | ====The Path to the Black Garden==== | ||
[[File:Elsie Venus 1.jpg|350px|thumb|Elsie meeting the Guardian on Venus.]] | [[File:Elsie Venus 1.jpg|350px|thumb|Elsie meeting the Guardian on Venus.]] | ||
{{quote|I don't even have time to explain why I | {{quote|I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain.|Elsie, in a massive understatement to the Guardian and their Ghost}}<ref name="Call">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Stranger's Call]]''</ref> | ||
Elsie made contact with the Guardian as they prepared to enter the Temple of Crota and descend into the Chamber of Night to save the Traveler from a Hive ritual. She remarked that they were interesting and had promise and admired their bravery, but commented that there were other threats which existed that they would not believed. Elsie requested that they come find her if they lived and transmitted a set of meeting coordinates within the ruins of the [[Ishtar Collective]] on Venus.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]''</ref> | Elsie made contact with the Guardian as they prepared to enter the Temple of Crota and descend into the Chamber of Night to save the Traveler from a Hive ritual. She remarked that they were interesting and had promise and admired their bravery, but commented that there were other threats which existed that they would not believed. Elsie requested that they come find her if they lived and transmitted a set of meeting coordinates within the ruins of the [[Ishtar Collective]] on Venus.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]''</ref> | ||
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*Elsie's line "''I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain''" became a meme in the ''Destiny'' community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story. | *Elsie's line "''I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain''" became a meme in the ''Destiny'' community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story. | ||
*Between her first appearance in the original ''Destiny'' campaign and her reappearance in ''Beyond Light'', Elsie was physically absent for six years. | *Between her first appearance in the original ''Destiny'' campaign and her reappearance in ''Beyond Light'', Elsie was physically absent for six years. | ||
*Elsie is also accompanied by an unusual companion which is similar to a Ghost but is not one, as confirmed by ''Destiny'' | *Elsie is also accompanied by an unusual companion which is similar to a Ghost but is not one, as confirmed by ''Destiny'''s game director Luke Smith. | ||
*Elsie's body is notably taller and more curvaceous than the standard female Exo model. A dead Exo on Europa claims that these are based on her human form's measurements. | *Elsie's body is notably taller and more curvaceous than the standard female Exo model. A dead Exo on Europa claims that these are based on her human form's measurements. | ||
*The childhood photo of Ana and Elsie which the player obtains as a Triumph reward in ''Beyond Light'' shows a pre-Exo Elsie as having dark skin and brown-black hair. | *The childhood photo of Ana and Elsie which the player obtains as a Triumph reward in ''Beyond Light'' shows a pre-Exo Elsie as having dark skin and brown-black hair. | ||