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{{Character infobox
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|species= [[Exo]]
|gender= Female
|name= Exo Stranger
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|class= Non-Lightbearer
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|notable= Capable of transtemporal warping <br> Former bearer of [[The Stranger's Rifle]]/[[No Time To Explain]]
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{{Article Quote|I don’t even have time to explain why I don’t have time to explain.<ref name="Call">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Stranger's Call]]''</ref>}}
The '''Exo Stranger''' is an [[Exo]] that roams the wild without a [[Ghost]], but hailed from a future that the [[Darkness]] won.<ref name="Stranger"/> Her purpose and intentions were unknown, but she appears to be interested in the player's activities and keeps tabs on them when they venture outside of the [[City]]. <ref name="Stranger">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#The_Exo_Stranger|The Exo Stranger]]''</ref>
 
==Biography==
===A Strange Visitor===
{{Quote|I've followed this Light as far back as it goes.|RECORD 472 - BRIDGE - 2.1<ref name="Exo 2"/>}}
 
At an unknown time she encountered [[Rasputin]], who recognized her but did not understand her purpose; and thus asks her how he could imitate her.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref> This meeting may have occurred during one her numerous reappearances to stave off an unknown future, as in another point in time—or times—she observes the [[Traveler]] and the [[Last City]] falling to numerous unknown enemies, and among the dead sees herself appearing occasionally.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger|Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger]]''</ref>
 
===A Strange Observer===
The Stranger 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"/>
 
===The 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>}}
 
She 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===
{{quote|Inside us all is the strength to control Darkness. Now is our chance to seize it. We can all use it for good, to save humanity. I wield it now with intent to stop our enemies whether light cannot.|Exo Stranger character spotlight}}
 
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.
 
==Personality and Traits==
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"/>
 
==Gameplay==
The Stranger appears in the following missions during cutscenes:
*"[[A Guardian Rises]]"
*"[[The Dark Beyond]]"
*"[[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]"
*"[[A Stranger's Call]]"
*"[[The Black Garden]]"
 
In the mission [[A Stranger's Call]], she was talking to an unknown person or group of persons, whose identity has yet to be revealed. Additionally, according to the flavor text of the last quest step in the "Not Forged From the Light" quest, [[Praedyth]] or his Ghost may have seen her at some point. This is implied to have been a recurring occurrence.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/classified-30 Talk to Lakshmi-2]''</ref> While she is completely absent in the Taken King campaign, she plays a pivotal role in investigating the odd fate of Praedyth and the effects [[Oryx]] brought to the Vex. Eventually her rifle, not worn but enhanced by time itself, surfaces in the hands of the [[Future War Cult]] researchers as [[No Time to Explain]], who give it to the Guardian. With contradictory clues on the rifle's origin, the truth behind it may never be known.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Primary_Weapons#No_Time_To_Explain|No Time To Explain]]''</ref>
 
==Quotes==
*''"Well fought… Many Guardians fell… … Strong ones… … But you made it here… … ''Don't'' let them find you…"''<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/>
*''"I wasn't talking to you, little Light"'' (speaking to the player's Ghost) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PqBAw4weveY#t=139 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Limited Edition Unboxings (Including Digital Guardian and Ghost) - IGN First'']</ref>
*''"I believe where our paths cross, ground... could break."''
*''"It doesn't matter who you were, only what you will become."''
*''"Ah yes. The Awoken. Out there, wavering between the Light and the Dark. A side should always be taken, little Light... Even if it's the wrong side."''
*''"I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."''
*''"It's a day for pretty speeches and medals. But we know the real fight takes place out there. There's so much more, Guardian. I've seen terrible things born out in the Darkness. Every moment brings them closer. All ends and beginnings... Our fight is far from over."''
*''"This....is what I brought you here to see"''
 
==Trivia==
*The Exo Stranger is voiced by [[wikipedia:Lauren Cohan|Lauren Cohan]].
*The Stranger appeared in the original storyline of ''[[Destiny]]''. In this version, she was the assistant of [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Messy">[http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731 '''Kotaku''' - ''The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny'']</ref>
**Interestingly, both have been known to refer to ghosts as "little light."
*The Stranger's line "''I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain''" has become a meme in the Destiny community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story.
*Information released in and around [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] hint the stranger's original identity to be [[Elsie Bray]], adoptive sister to [[Ana Bray]]. {{Citation needed}}
*She will play a large role in the campaign of [[Beyond Light]].
**Between her first appearance in the original Destiny game to her reappearance in Beyond Light, the Exo Stranger had been physically absent for six years.
*The Exo Stranger is also accompanied by an unusual companion, similar to that of a [[Ghost]], although not a ghost, as confirmed by Destiny’s game director Luke Smith.
*The Stranger has only ever appeared five times in the flesh since day one of Destiny.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:The-stranger.jpg|The Exo Stranger in the [[Ishtar Academy]]
File:ExoStranger2.jpg|The Exo Stranger, watching the Player's ship depart.
File:ExoStranger3.jpg|The Exo Stranger, looking down at the Player from the rocks near the edge of the [[Hellmouth]].
File:ExoStranger.jpg|
File:Stranger BeyondLight.jpg|The Exo Stranger in the Beyond Light trailer
</gallery>
 
== List of appearances ==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Beyond Light]]''
 
== References ==
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