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'''Sol, A History''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Lightfall]]''. Entries are unlocked upon reaching Guardian Rank 6 for the first time. | '''Sol, A History''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Lightfall]]''. Entries are unlocked upon reaching Guardian Rank 6 for the first time. It explains the main events that make up the setting of the ''[[Destiny (franchise)|Destiny]]'' universe. | ||
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==I. The Golden Age== | ==I. The Golden Age== | ||
[[The Traveler]] changed everything. It reshaped our [[Sol System|solar system]] as decisively as it shattered our scientific and philosophical frameworks. To our ancestors it must have been a hammer blow-a glimpse beyond the horizon of expected possibility. | [[The Traveler]] changed everything. It reshaped our [[Sol System|solar system]] as decisively as it shattered our scientific and philosophical frameworks. To our ancestors it must have been a hammer blow-a glimpse beyond the horizon of expected possibility. | ||
The Traveler kindled the [[Golden Age]]. But we built. We remember this with pride, even after so much else has been lost. | The Traveler kindled the [[Golden Age]]. But we built. We remember this with pride, even after so much else has been lost. | ||
Today, | Today, [[Cryptarch]]s and scholars work to distil the legends of the Golden Age into truth. We know now that [[Human]]s lived longer, flew further, and learned faster. We know that countless ancient diseases and hatreds were extinguished forever. Human aspiration movements, and even new forms of life. | ||
The Golden Age was not without challenges. But humanity and its machine children tackled these problems with pride, vigor, and a contagious sense of pluralist compassion. | The Golden Age was not without challenges. But humanity and its machine children tackled these problems with pride, vigor, and a contagious sense of pluralist compassion. | ||
==II. The Collapse and The Dark Age== | ==II. The Collapse and The Dark Age== | ||
The Golden Age burned bright-and the night that overtook us after the [[Collapse]] was swift and total. | The Golden Age burned bright-and the night that overtook us after the [[Collapse]] was swift and total. | ||
Incalculable waves of destruction ripped through Sol, decimating populations all around the system. If the stories are to be believed, this event marks the arrival of [[The Witness|the Witness]] and its [[Black Fleet|forces]] in their first attack on the Traveler. That day, the Traveler saved us from certain extinction. | Incalculable waves of destruction ripped through Sol, decimating populations all around the system. If the stories are to be believed, this event marks the arrival of [[The Witness|the Witness]] and its [[Black Fleet|forces]] in their first attack on the Traveler. That day, the Traveler saved us from certain extinction. | ||
The tally of suffering may be beyond comprehension. But in the following decades, the [[The Last City|City]] lifted itself from the ash, gathering survivors. Guardians rose to challenge alien hordes. The Dark Age swallowed so much of our history… but hope never died. | The tally of suffering may be beyond comprehension. But in the following decades, the [[The Last City|City]] lifted itself from the ash, gathering survivors. Guardians rose to challenge alien hordes. [[The Dark Age]] swallowed so much of our history… but hope never died. | ||
==III. The City Age== | ==III. The City Age== | ||
The Last City did not rise without struggle. [[Lightbearer]]s, styling themselves as [[Warlord]]s, and wilderness fiefdoms clung to power. Starvation, disease, and anarchy menaced. But this struggle brought about the rise of the [[Guardian]]s and the formation of the [[Vanguard]]. The organization fought tirelessly to return some semblance of order to the people remaining on Earth | |||
The Last City did not rise without | |||
As the City learned to walk again, it found a world overrun by alien menace. It faced disaster and defeat in the [[Taken War]] and the [[Red War]], outlasted multiple invasions, and was plunged into an [[Endless Night]]. If not for the work and sacrifice of the Vanguard, we would have lost it many times over. | As the City learned to walk again, it found a world overrun by alien menace. It faced disaster and defeat in the [[Taken War]] and the [[Red War]], outlasted multiple invasions, and was plunged into an [[Endless Night]]. If not for the work and sacrifice of the Vanguard, we would have lost it many times over. | ||
The Last City is both a reminder of all that remains of [[Earth]]’s civilization, and a commitment to our future. Repairs may come in small bursts, progress may feel slow, but humanity is nothing if not resilient. | The Last City is both a reminder of all that remains of [[Earth]]’s civilization, and a commitment to our future. Repairs may come in small bursts, progress may feel slow, but humanity is nothing if not resilient. | ||
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