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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Destiny Reddit: Lore: The Twilight Gap... And Everything Else

I found interesting that a guy compiled a litle of Destiny story found in Grimories and items descriptions... maybe it helps some guys to understand it a little more.

 

Authors Note: None of what is below contains story spoilers. All of the information I have acquired is from Grimoire Cards, In-game items, non-quest dialogue, reddit and in some very rare cases, my own imagination (Although I will absolutely inform you if a piece of info is conjecture or not. Consider this first paragraph a tl:dr, but if you want, read on: Oh reader, mine…

This compilation was originally going to be solely on the Twilight Gap, but as I was writing it it became abundantly clear that the Twilight Gap takes on so much more meaning form the events that precede it, and those events before them. And so I made a decision, a Lore post on the most prosperous yet troubling time of the Last City was in order. The Age that we are living through, The City Age.

The City Age began when the Last City was built under the shadow of the Traveler, ending the Dark Age that preceded it. The Tower was built, as a home for the Guardians and a signal to the City’s inhabitants: We will endure.

And endure we have, through disasters like the Faction Wars, the Battles of Six Fronts and the Twilight Gap, the catastrophic effort to retake the moon, Toland the Great’s inevitable madness and the Great Ahamkara Hunt. There have been victories, the original Titans who built the Walls, the legendary crusade of Saint-14, and the destruction of the Black Garden.

Here I will go into detail of the major events thus far in our glorious age of redemption, and I hope you will learn from our past, that you may improve our future.

THE BEGINNING

Before the City Age began, Humanity lived in turmoil. Pockets of survivors from the Collapse lived in small camps, villages or fiefdoms. But all knew of the promise of the City. A great metropolis under the Traveler that would provide Sanctuary for all. The first ever Titan creed was formed in this time, The Iron Lords, brave men and women who led survivors to the sanctuary of the City. The Titans raised the first Wall around the City for protection, and built every wall after that. The great Tower was raised as a beacon for all to see. It was a miracle, that the survivors of the Collapse found their way to our metropolis, and that so much of our Golden Age ways remained.

But it did not come without struggle. Several factions vied for control of the City’s inhabitants within it’s walls, and the Faction Wars began. Buildings were razed, fires were lit and blood was shed. Supporters all fought against each other with destructive intent, until a group of Guardians (Titans and Warlocks, from what I can gather), took it upon themselves to end the conflict. Their success created the Consensus, the political structure of our City today.

The Faction wars saw the dissolution of all Factions but for the Future War Cult, Dead Orbit and Osiris, whilst the New Monarchy formed to watch over the Consensus. The Vanguard was created, charged with keeping the peace both within and outside the City’s walls. More Orders of Titans and Warlocks were formed as well, like the Praxics, and the Chain.

THE BATTLES THAT FOLLOWED

And soon, they would be tested. The first Hunters journeyed into the Cosmodrome, and found the House of Devils waiting for us. The Fallen are not repelled easily, and like a cloud they descended on the City from six directions. The Battle of Six Fronts was upon the City. Four Titan orders - Agema, Firebreak, Gatewatch and Chain - stood against the onslaught, and four orders of Titans remained when it subsided. Much blood was spilled, but the battle of Six Fronts remains a hall-mark in Titan history.

Saint-14, a legendary Exo, urged the city to take a counter-offensive against the Fallen. He wanted to crush them while they were weak, but the Vanguard denied him. Saint-14 did not care. Records speak of his great crusade against the Fallen, and say that he caved in the Devils Kell’s skull with his own. He disappeared soon after. Some say his helmet can still be found in the wilderness, the blood of the Kell splattered on it’s front.

The Six Fronts brought upon a new reality to the Vanguard, there are Guardians who are unprepared for the enemies we face. Thus, the Crucible was formed. An arena that pits the Guardians against each other in enemy environments to prepare them for the hordes of Aliens we face. Legends were born in the Crucible: Thalor, the Invincible Titan; Pahanin, the Hunter, Ikora Rey, the Rebel, and Dredgen Yor and his Rose.

Dredgen spent time studying the Darkness, too much time, and he became corrupted. His Light became Dark, his ghost became a wraith. Dredgen murdered Thalor and Pahanin, but was killed in the famous showdown at Dwindler’s Ridge, by a renegade Hunter, Shin Malphur, with the Last Word.

The Vanguard stared at the sky and saw the Moon, and they fought to retake it. Guardians were sent, and places of the moon were taken back from the Hive: The Anomaly and Mare Cognitum to a name a few. But it would not last long, Crota saw the guardians and reigned his fire down upon them, pushing the Guardians away from our Satellite. But at a cost, The Praxic Order of Warlocks are now famous for Crota’s defeat. The Moon would, however, once again fall back into the dark hands of the Hive.

THE TWILIGHT GAP

The third major battle to take place around the city, the Battle of the Twilight Gap marked a moment of significant change in Guardian, and Consensus, behaviour and objectives. The Battle of the Twilight Gap (Often referred to as “the Gap”) saw the Fallen houses unite and siege the walls of the City, where they were fended off by all available Guardians.

Ana Bray, a hunter and descendant of the famous Clovis Bray, was present at the Battle. It is unlike hunters to stay within the City for long (They itch for the chance to delve beyond our walls), and I find it very likely that Ana and her fire-team were the ones to first report the incoming invasion.

The Battle saw the cities gun positions duel with hundreds of Walker Tanks, Titans kill Fallen upon the walls and the Fallen kill Titans upon the walls. The Warlocks combined their magics to try and break the Fallen. The City's Guardians were weary after their defeats at Six Fronts and at the hands of Crotas armies, and were unprepared for this attack, and so many of the Guardians who gave their lives defending the City were newly revived, with minimal training.

The defence was led by Lord Saladin Forge, the creator of the Iron Banner, and his proteges: Zavala and Shaxx. The battle was brutal, and eventually parts of the city were overrun by the combined might of the Fallen. Zavala and Saladin gave the order for their Titans to hold their ground, as that is always the final order amongst Titans.

Shaxx, however, seized the opportunity and lead a counter-attack against the Fallen who had managed to creep inside the walls. Shaxx fought with his squadron of Battle Frames eventually and drove the Fallen out to retreat back to whatever hole they had crawled from. Shaxx's disobedience will forever strain his relationship with his former mentor: Saladin.

The Gap ushered change amongst the City. Great sections of it remain deserted, fortified in the event of a similar horror. The armour of the dead Guardians (mostly Titans) was used to create a line of Heavy Weapons: The Gjallahorns, gifted to the survivors for their bravery. The Vanguard called for a new commander: Zavala, who to this day leads the Vanguard in the cities efforts to reclaim our golden age. Lord Shaxx feared that the Guardians would not be able to withstand another attack, and so he and his last remaining battle frame: Arcite 99-40, became mentors of the Crucible, training future Guardians for the horrors he had faced.

The Speaker urged the Vanguard to pre-emptively strike against the Fallen, and other enemies, before they could strike against us. A gun position that was overrun by Fallen was retaken and used as a Crucible training field: but doubles as a Guardian outpost. Should the Fallen ever attack again, we will be prepared.

Thanks for reading, if you made it all the way down. All discussion is appreciated, I often learn more from reddit than anything I can gain form the grimoire, so please post your theories and conspiracies and let me hear them!

I really want a live-action short of Shaxx fighting alongside his battle-frames to push the Fallen back from the cities limits, I think that'd be the coolest thing ever.

So, what's next?

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2jvfcq/lore_the_twilight_gap_and_everything_else/

 

Have a nice read.



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Uhuh so we are to read forums to get any story out of a game.

A new low gaming, a new low.



Aphelion said:
Uhuh so we are to read forums to get any story out of a game.

A new low gaming, a new low.

Hummm... it is more like read Grimories and item descriptions.

But I get what you are saying.