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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===A Stranger Appears=== | |||
{{Quote|It's not every day you get a transmission from a mysterious Exo who claims to know us and wants us to go to Venus and…things are getting weird, aren't they?|Ghost<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/a-strangers-call A Stranger's Call]''</ref>}} | |||
The Stranger is first seen watching as the player escapes from the Cosmodrome.<ref name = "Beta">'''Bungie (2014/7/17)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Beta PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> On the Moon<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Dark Beyond]]''</ref> she is spotted again by the player, looking down at them from the rocks that line the edge of the gorge where they are attempting to gain entrance to the [[Temple of Crota]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=soPwfDJlHCk#t=469 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Beta Moon Gameplay! The Dark Beyond Story Mission'']</ref> When the player is about to enter the Chamber of Night to save the Traveler from a Hive ritual, she is able to send a transmission to them telling them they need to see her on Venus.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]''</ref> There, she delivers a mysterious warning to the player.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLw2gyMFmq40oO00fgBLOsytpbUkNaNypj&v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=player_detailpage ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref><ref name="Call"/> She is the one who warns them about the imminent [[Vex]] threat, and that the only way to heal the [[Traveler]] is to destroy the heart in the [[Black Garden]].<ref name="Call"/> | |||
===Beyond Light=== | |||
Six years after her last appearance, the Stranger reemerged on [[Europa]] shortly after a [[Pyramid (Europa)|Pyramid]] had arrived there, along with [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] and her [[House of Salvation]]. She allied with [[The Drifter (character)|The Drifter]] and [[Eris Morn]] after the two were also drawn to the moon. | |||
{{Quote|I've followed this Light as far back as it goes.|RECORD 472 - BRIDGE - 2.1<ref name="Exo 2"/>}} | {{Quote|I've followed this Light as far back as it goes.|RECORD 472 - BRIDGE - 2.1<ref name="Exo 2"/>}} | ||
The Stranger appears to be working for an unknown faction who know more about the war against the [[Darkness]] than [[Guardian]]s do.<ref name="Call"/> She possesses much technology that even Ghosts don't fully understand; she is capable of appearing and disappearing out of reality,<ref name="Stranger"/><ref name="Call"/><ref name="Garden">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Black Garden]]''</ref> and her [[The Stranger's Rifle|weapon]] has parts that "shouldn't yet exist."<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [[The Stranger's Rifle]]''</ref> Those who have seen her are divided on who she is: some claim she is the remains of a forgotten Exo squadron fighting a long ago war while others believe her intervention has saved their lives. A few believe she is a hallucination caused by exposure to Vex technologies.<ref name="Stranger"/> | The Stranger appears to be working for an unknown faction who know more about the war against the [[Darkness]] than [[Guardian]]s do.<ref name="Call"/> She possesses much technology that even Ghosts don't fully understand; she is capable of appearing and disappearing out of reality,<ref name="Stranger"/><ref name="Call"/><ref name="Garden">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Black Garden]]''</ref> and her [[The Stranger's Rifle|weapon]] has parts that "shouldn't yet exist."<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [[The Stranger's Rifle]]''</ref> Those who have seen her are divided on who she is: some claim she is the remains of a forgotten Exo squadron fighting a long ago war while others believe her intervention has saved their lives. A few believe she is a hallucination caused by exposure to Vex technologies.<ref name="Stranger"/> | ||
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She became interested in [[the Guardian]] after going to the [[Moon]] numerous times, expecting the [[Vex]] and the [[Black Heart]] but instead encountering the [[Hive]], an enemy who has much in common "with the machines than [ordinary] enemies alone."<ref name="Exo 2">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger_2|Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger 2]]''</ref> She concludes that the Moon was their "[[Oversoul Throne|black heart]]", and that it led to the same end she wished to stop.<ref name="Exo 2"/> After witnessing an unknown [[Fireteam]] of Guardians stopping [[Chamber of Night (mission)|the ritual]] in the [[Chamber of Night]], calling it an "extraction", she went back in time to the rediscovery of the Hive, finding another Guardian, whose [[Ghost (Little Light)|Ghost]] mentioned [[Venus]].<ref name="Exo 2"/> Believing this particular Guardian to be "the one", she went backwards in time again, following the Ghost to the [[Cosmodrome]], intent on watching for her own purposes.<ref name="Exo 2"/> This purpose is apparently that they have succeeded where others have failed,<ref name="Exo 2"/> which may be stopping the Black Garden and the Heart.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/><ref name="Call"/> This is later borne out as being true,<ref name="Garden"/> and she presents them with her personal weapon to aid them in the coming fight before vanishing.<ref name="Garden"/> | She became interested in [[the Guardian]] after going to the [[Moon]] numerous times, expecting the [[Vex]] and the [[Black Heart]] but instead encountering the [[Hive]], an enemy who has much in common "with the machines than [ordinary] enemies alone."<ref name="Exo 2">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger_2|Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger 2]]''</ref> She concludes that the Moon was their "[[Oversoul Throne|black heart]]", and that it led to the same end she wished to stop.<ref name="Exo 2"/> After witnessing an unknown [[Fireteam]] of Guardians stopping [[Chamber of Night (mission)|the ritual]] in the [[Chamber of Night]], calling it an "extraction", she went back in time to the rediscovery of the Hive, finding another Guardian, whose [[Ghost (Little Light)|Ghost]] mentioned [[Venus]].<ref name="Exo 2"/> Believing this particular Guardian to be "the one", she went backwards in time again, following the Ghost to the [[Cosmodrome]], intent on watching for her own purposes.<ref name="Exo 2"/> This purpose is apparently that they have succeeded where others have failed,<ref name="Exo 2"/> which may be stopping the Black Garden and the Heart.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/><ref name="Call"/> This is later borne out as being true,<ref name="Garden"/> and she presents them with her personal weapon to aid them in the coming fight before vanishing.<ref name="Garden"/> | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||