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===The Golden Age=== | ===The Golden Age=== | ||
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*'''The present day''' - The [[Traveler]] is discovered on [[Mars]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> It imparts its vast knowledge to [[human]]ity<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> | *'''The present day''' - The [[Traveler]] is discovered on [[Mars]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=youtu.be '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> It imparts its vast knowledge to [[human]]ity,<ref name = "Journey">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Gameinformer''': ''A Player's Journey'']</ref> spurring the colonization of the [[Solar System]].<ref name="destiny story">[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' ''Destiny Story'']</ref> The [[Golden Age]], a centuries-long era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.<ref name="destiny story"/> | ||
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*The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.<ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref> | *The first [[Exo]] are built to aid and protect humans.<ref> [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref> | ||
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*'''The [[Collapse]]''' - The [[Darkness]], the ancient enemy of the Traveler, arrives in the | *'''The [[Collapse]]''' - The [[Darkness]], 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 intervention of the Traveler,<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> which sacrifices itself to stop the Darkness.<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: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Guardian#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: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Guardian#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref> | |||
===The Dark Age=== | ===The Dark Age=== | ||
*In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the [[Dark Age]].<ref name = " | *In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the [[Dark Age]]. It is a time of vast suffering and terrible evil.<ref name = "DarkAge">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Dark_Age|Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age]]''</ref> | ||
*Those humans who fled into space during the Collapse return, transformed into the [[Awoken]]. Many take up residence in the [[Reef]].<Ref name = "AwokenGrimoire"/> | |||
* | *The Exo reappear, but their memories have been irreparably damaged.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
* | *Ghosts travel among the refugee columns, seeking the first [[Guardian]]s.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
*Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.<ref name = "DarkAge" | *Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.<ref name = "DarkAge"/> | ||
===The City Age=== | ===The City Age=== | ||
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*'''The City is founded''' - Survivors of the Collapse, human, Awoken, and Exo, travel from far and wide to the site of the inactive Traveler, and | *'''The City is founded''' - Survivors of the Collapse, human, Awoken, and Exo, travel from far and wide to the site of the inactive Traveler, and build a [[City]] beneath its protective aura.<ref name="city">[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/destiny#page=story&panel=story-The-City '''Bungie.net''': ''The City'']</ref><ref name="pathways">[http://www.bungie.net/7_Pathways-Out-Of-Darkness/en-us/News/News?aid=10241 '''Bungie.net''': ''Pathways out of Darkness'']</ref> The [[Titan]]s construct and defend the City's walls.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Destiny#page=guardians&panel=guardians-Titan '''Bungie.net''': ''Destiny: Titan'']</ref> The [[City Age]] begins.<ref name = "GrimoireTheCity">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places#The_City_Age|The City Age]]</ref> | ||
*'''The Battle of Twilight Gap''' - Sometime after the City has been established, the [[Forces of the City]] fight a fierce battle outside its walls in the valley of [[Twilight Gap]] against an onslaught of the armies of the Darkness. | |||
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*'''The Battle of Twilight Gap''' - Sometime after the City has been established, the [[Forces of the City]] fight a fierce battle outside its walls in the valley of [[Twilight Gap]] against an onslaught of the armies of the Darkness.<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2a5rkf/gjallarhorn_crafted_by_feizel_crux_as_a_gift_to/ '''Reddit''': Gjallarhorn Art Book Preview]</ref> | |||
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*'''The events of ''[[Destiny]]''''' - | *'''The events of ''[[Destiny]]''''' - Seven centuries from the present day,<ref name="ign 11272012"/> a Ghost revives a long-dead Guardian outside the [[Cosmodrome]] in [[Old Russia]]. The [[Speaker]] tasks this Guardian with finding the means to restore the Traveler before the Darkness returns and destroys the City once and for all.<ref name = jasonjones>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 '''Gameinformer''': ''Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview'']</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:56, July 31, 2014
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Timeline
The Golden Age
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- The present day - The Traveler is discovered on Mars.[1] It imparts its vast knowledge to humanity,[2] spurring the colonization of the Solar System.[3] The Golden Age, a centuries-long era of widespread prosperity and technological miracles, begins.[3]
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- The Collapse - The Darkness, 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 intervention of the Traveler,[5] which sacrifices itself to stop the Darkness.[6] With its last breath, the Traveler creates the Ghosts, to seek out those who can wield its light as a weapon.[7]
- At some point during the Collapse, some humans seeking refuge from the Darkness flee into deep space.[8]
The Dark Age
- In the aftermath of the Collapse comes the Dark Age. It is a time of vast suffering and terrible evil.[9]
- Those humans who fled into space during the Collapse return, transformed into the Awoken. Many take up residence in the Reef.[8]
- The Exo reappear, but their memories have been irreparably damaged.[9]
- Rumors circulate of a haven beneath the Traveler.[9]
The City Age
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- The City is founded - Survivors of the Collapse, human, Awoken, and Exo, travel from far and wide to the site of the inactive Traveler, and build a City beneath its protective aura.[10][11] The Titans construct and defend the City's walls.[12] The City Age begins.[13]
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- The Battle of Twilight Gap - Sometime after the City has been established, the Forces of the City fight a fierce battle outside its walls in the valley of Twilight Gap against an onslaught of the armies of the Darkness.[14]
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- The events of Destiny - Seven centuries from the present day,[5] a Ghost revives a long-dead Guardian outside the Cosmodrome in Old Russia. The Speaker tasks this Guardian with finding the means to restore the Traveler before the Darkness returns and destroys the City once and for all.[15]
References
- ^ YouTube - Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer
- ^ Gameinformer: A Player's Journey
- ^ a b Bungie Destiny Story
- ^ The Guardian: how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters
- ^ a b IGN: Bungie's Destiny Story Details, Concept Art Leaked
- ^ Game Informer January 2014, page 52
- ^ Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghosts
- ^ a b Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Awoken
- ^ a b c d Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age
- ^ Bungie.net: The City
- ^ Bungie.net: Pathways out of Darkness
- ^ Bungie.net: Destiny: Titan
- ^ Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: The City Age
- ^ Reddit: Gjallarhorn Art Book Preview
- ^ Gameinformer: Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview
