so i’m completely new to destiny and have so many questions about the lore. as with all videogames i like to delve deep into their history and story, but wow destiny has a lot! aside from the basic knowledge of “the traveler came, created the ghosts, they resurrected some dead dudes, which then became guardians” how does all the light stuff work? why cant ghosts of other guardians resurrect a different guardian? did the traveler also chose its own speaker? is the speaker for the traveler a guardian? is the light more than just a source of power for the guardians? do cats exist?
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Welcome to the community! 1. We don't know exactly how the light works but essentially it's a paracausal power within the galaxy that can create countless things. The Light is also the name of an entity often referred to as the Gardner, but that's a story for another day 2. When a Ghost revives their Guardian for the first time they are bound to that Guardian and no one else. The bond between a Guardian and it's Ghost is the topic of much interest 3. The traveler doesn't choose it's speaker, rather every once and awhile a human is born that can "communicate" with the traveler through dreams and thoughts (and are often a magnet for random ghost's). I recommend reading the constellations lore book for further information 4. No actually, they're regular people however there's nothing preventing a Guardian from being a speaker 5. Technically? The light can do a lot of stuff, its essentially space magic that can do almost whatever you want it to 6. Yes, many. You can find one in the tower near Hawthorne