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1/19/2021 7:40:04 AM
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The Ending of Destiny’s Story
Hello everybody,
I thought it would be an interesting discussion to present all the possibilities of what will be the conclusion of this long journey. With Lightfall being the last known (as of now) release for Destiny, I would like to speculate what we can expect to see and where we are heading.
Firstly, let’s take a look at the significance of the original storyline of Destiny. There’s a giant white orb known as the Traveler which saved humanity from the Darkness during its darkest moments. We are sent out to be it’s protectors who are called Guardians. However, what if the story is much deeper than that? What if the stories you’ve heard of the Traveler aren’t true? Instead of the Traveler being our savior, it was the cause of the Collapse? Maybe the Traveler and the Darkness aren’t enemies but instead, working together? Perhaps there’s some significance to the absence of the Speaker. There’s many avenues the story can go down and I’m inclined to believe that the story is much deeper than what it may seem on face value. I’d love to hear your thoughts on what Lightfall could mean for the story of Destiny.
Thanks for reading!
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Savathun has been defeated with the aid of the newly acquired dark-power ‘necrosis’, and just as peace is within reach a new danger appears. In Lightfall, the emerging threat is our own growing reliance on darkness. When darkness tempts us with a third power, the long forgotten nanotechnology of SIVA, this triggers a series of events in which the Traveller gives into the darkness and for the first time is itself corrupted. Now a huge black sphere looms menacingly on the horizon and our light powers vanish. The ‘Dark Traveller’ is our new location (think black mechanical cogs, green necrosis stream, icy stasis crystals and tangles of red SIVA). As one of the few guardians whose ghost mysteriously retained some light we are called upon by the now vulnerable vanguard to journey into the dark traveller to uncover its mysteries. And so begins a series of missions in which we fight alongside our favourite NPC’s from the series (think hiding in Saint14s bubble, or Osiris bursting a well to assist us) which results in the permanent deaths of Ikora and Zavala. As our feelings of isolation grow, we desperately acquire new SIVA abilities. Our final mission ends with SIVA turning on us and killing us - all hope is lost. And then opens a second secret location - our own light-version of the ascendant realm. Within the light-realm we are reunited with Cayde, Zavala and Ikora and regain all our abilities! To complete the missions requires a combination of light and dark powers to demonstrate balance, and through our sacrifice the Traveller’s light is restored. The ultimate discovery is that the Traveller was never an external influence but a representation of our own internal struggles. The morals of its story are that by having good allies and not succumbing to our fears is what gives our lives hope and light. For the sake of completing following seasons, our ghost can then revive us...but the D2 story ends with us returning permanently to our friends in the light-realm (our very own Golden Age) and as our ghost travels through our favourite Destiny locations it laments our loss before reviving a new guardian so that the story goes full circle.
