Bare Story Basics for ‘Destiny 2’ Heading into ‘Final Form’

Destiny YouTuber MyNameisByf just released his absolutely epic, 10-hour recap of the entire story of Destiny 1 and 2 ahead of the release of the final Light and Darkness expansion on Tuesday. I’ve been there for a few hours and unsurprisingly it’s the kind of high quality work he always does.

I absolutely encourage everyone to check it out, but…it’s certainly a tall order, and we’re now about 72 hours away from release, so I’d understand if you can’t devote 10 of them to a video. That’s why I wanted to write the most basic article about the story here, which I think will prepare you for the finale.

This is No complete time period. Not at all. This is primarily the content of the last year and what I consider to be the most essential elements heading into The Final Shape based on what we know about it from recent events and marketing. So let’s go. Bullets baby!

MAIN STORY

• A long time ago, a race of humans on a distant planet found The Traveller, a large orb that provided them with amazing advancements for their civilization, but as they grew, it was completely silent in terms of leadership.
• They then found the Veil, an item of “darkness” in contrast to the Light of the Traveler. It was structure and calm and a different kind of strength. The race attempted to fuse both the Wanderer and the Veil, which they believed would create a perfect entity. The traveler refused and fled the planet, causing destruction.
• Gathering all of their power, the civilization formed into a single being to pursue the Wanderer, the Witness, whose goal is to finish what the civilization started, to create the Ultimate Form, perfect silence, and the preservation of all life without anything actually being. livelihood.” She pursues the Wanderer endlessly with a black fleet of pyramid ships and finally catches up to him on Earth.
• Using the Veil and our Guardian’s connection to the Traveler, the Witness cut a hole in the Traveler and entered. Until recently, we were unable to track where we sent the new Guardian Crow through the portal using a combination of Veil energy and Wish Dragon magic. Now we follow him and that’s where the events of The Final Shape begin. We are inside the heart of the Traveler. The Witness is currently breaking down as it tries to create the final shape. We, the Guardians, given power by the Wanderer, are tasked with stopping him and saving the entire universe.

STORIES OF SPECIFIC CHARACTERS

• Crow used to be a man named Uldren who killed Cayde-6, our friend and Hunter Vanguard. We killed Uldren in revenge, but he was resurrected by the spirit and became a memory-wiped guardian named Crow. His memories are slowly coming back, but he is still fine. Crow could have been tricked by the wish dragon into wishing he never killed Cayde, which may be why he arrived at the Pale Heart and found Cayde there, who doesn’t know how he got there or why he’s alive. . But Wish Dragon wishes are often monkey paws, so some problems may come. The wish concept is not yet confirmed, but is strongly suggested by recent revelations of the lore.
• The leader of the last city, Commander Zavala, will go with us to the Traveler. Centuries ago, he had a son who was killed by the Fallen in one of the first conflicts with the species. This caused a rift between him and his wife, who separated from him and eventually died of old age, as he was immortal as a Ranger. The latest Final Shape trailer suggests that The Witness is specifically trying to corrupt him. We don’t know exactly how, but I believe it might have something to do with bringing his family back (since I’m not sure what else could tempt him like this).

• The surviving Hive gods are hanging around, but we don’t know what/if they will play a role in The Final Shape story. But just in case, we should know that the trick from the Savathun Hive, now a Guardian, has been resurrected and is currently doing…something…somewhere, and she’s had such a major role in Destiny’s story that it’s hard to believe she won’t show up in one. point. Meanwhile, her sister Xivu Arath is a servant of the Witness, but has recently been rendered fatal by a ritual from Eris Morn, our brooding witch friend.
• Our greatest non-human allies are Mithrax, leader of House Light, a friendly faction of the Fallen who follow the Wanderer and aid our cause. And then there’s Caiatl, the current leader of the Cabal, with whom we have a permanent alliance after Xivu Arath destroyed their home world. She may or may not be in love with Zavala. We know that they will help us in this fight to some extent, as seen in the trailers.
• Xivu Arath’s Hive, the Witness-controlled Taken, and the Vex faction are the main forces of the Witness, but we also learn that he created a new race based on the dead world’s population, the Lubrae, experimenting with light and darkness. They are the Dread and we will be fighting them for the first time in this expansion.

Are these the basics? Again, a very brief overview and not for players who know absolutely nothing about the story, but I hope it helps. See you on Tuesday.

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