Story Recap
We defended the moon and fought back against our own nightmares, then we dove into the Black Garden striking at a heart of the Vex war machine. In doing so we emboldened the Vex. In response an old foe "The Undying Mind" re-established itself within the Vex Network making thousands of copies across respective timelines with a goal of sealing entry to the enigmatic Black Garden.
With the Help of Ikora Rey and Zavala we constructed a Portal and dragged each and ever copy of The Undying Mind into our reality and slayed them. Our actions were not without consequences. By defeating the Undying Mind we alerted Osiris to the fact that our actions can speed up the approaching darkness.
In addition our defeat of the Undying mind sent fractures through time creating a focal point of broken time on Mercury around a device constructed by Osiris in failed attempts to rescue his long dead friend. The Device known as "The sundial" became the focus of a Cabal attack led by 4 Psion sisters who hoped to rewrite the failings of the Red War.
We ventured into the corridors of time and due to a unique temporal locator managed to rescue Saint-14 from his intended death, we also got a glimpse at our potential grave and with our new found assistance managed to beat back the Psion sisters and seal shut the wounds of times. In the following months guardians came together to aid Osiris in the construction of a new lighthouse, a beacon for guardians to come and test themselves in the most demanding of combat the Trials of Osiris.
Elsewhere Osiris became aware of a dark future and has demanded that the Warmind Rasputin declare where it's allegiance lay.
The Cabal had one last trick up their sleeves, A Psion Flayer set the planet destroying super weapon The Almighty on a collision course with earth, With the help of Ana Bray we sought the aid of the Warmind Rapsutin, We unearthed his hidden bunkers, rebuilt his defences, armed his weapons and found out about his dark past.
Finally the time had come and The Almighty was close to it's final collision, Guardians gathered en masse in the tower to watch as Rasputin unleashed his mighty arsenal and blasted The Almighty with a shocking display of power. A huge section of it came crashing into the mountains behind us and outside of some superficial damage we survived.
Our efforts to enhance Rasputin also presented us with the opportunity to expand our surveillance of the universe, Rasputins newly powered scanners monitored an incoming fleet of unknown origin, Fragments of the vanquished Almighty burn in the sky, Mysterious Pyramid ships reveal themselves throughout the system. An obscured message emerges from the darkness. Is it a greeting, a threat, or something else altogether? Eris and Zavala call upon us to find out...
The Pyramid ships are approaching, and you must venture wherever answers lie. Enter the realm of the IX – a dimension where the rules of your world no longer exist. Face hordes of Taken and manipulate reality to solve intricate puzzles. What was once above is now below. And what was once Light is now Dark.
The Future
Bungie revealed this season an hour before it went live so that's why the OT is late. Aside from that they also announced the next 3 years of Destiny 2
There's an absolute mountain of info to go with these pretty pictures and I'm not going to bloat this OT with it, Safe to say right now is a very exciting time for the Destiny community.
I highly recommend checking out Bungie's blog post on everything coming in the next few years and the stream linked Below.
Building a Viable Future in Destiny 2
Community
Group Finding
D2 PC LFG Discord (PC) https://discordapp.com/invite/d2pclfg
DestinyLFG (All Platforms) http://www.destinylfg.net/
The 100 (All Platforms) https://www.the100.io/
Bungie Fireteam Search https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2/FireteamSearch
Community Sites and Tools
Braytech.org https://braytech.org/
Destiny Item Manager https://destinyitemmanager.com/
Destiny Sets (Gear and Weapon Checklist) https://destinysets.com/
Destiny Tracker (PvP/PvE Stats) https://destinytracker.com/
light.gg (Full database scraper/Stat Tracker) https://light.gg/
Ishtar Collective (Lore Collectors) https://www.ishtar-collective.net/
/r/DestinyTheGame https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/
Destiny Roundup https://destinyroundup.com/
Destiny Daily https://www.destiny-daily.com/
Gaurdian.gg https://guardian.gg/2
DestinyEra also has a active private discord with LFG channels for all platforms and a lovely community. We are welcoming and easy going. If you want to join you can DM Ruthless requesting an invite.
The DestinyEra Discord is also home to a channel dedicated to Sherpas willing to guide new players on their first foray into the Raids and Raid Lairs of Destiny 2 and Forsaken
The End
I'd like to say a HUGE thanks to the following members for their contributions to the OT, DestinyEra as a community or both. In no particular order
Ruthless
EmptySpace
Strakt - This guy has been amazing with new news threads seriously
JohnOfMars
ImperatorPat
Season of Arrivals is still very much an unknown in many ways and I'd like to drop in a quick Sorry about the late OT, I'll blow your socks off with Beyond lights :) Normally I end an OT with a bit of a general retrospective but if I'm going to be doing Seasonal OT's I'll forgo that. As always on behalf of myself and DestinyEra I would like to say that we know Destiny is far from a perfect and while public opinion seems to be positive for it it does still carry some level of ire from a subset of posters, obviously everyone and all opinions are welcome but If possible I'd like to suggest posters prior to posting just think to them selves "does this comment add anything to a discussion or will it just derail a thread"
From all of DestinyEra "Per Audacia ad astra"
