Destiny: The Taken King. Like The Lion King, but with less regicide.

Destiny is a video game made by Bungie and published by Activision. In it, players take on the role of a Guardian, one of the last defenders of Earth against unspeakable horrors.

Long ago, the Traveler came to our Solar System. It ushered in a new golden age for humanity, and our species colonized new worlds and pushed the bounds of science. That is until, the Darkness came. An unknown entity or force destroyed the AI defenses guarding the Solar System and nearly wiped out humanity. Only the Traveler sacrificing itself saved us from certain doom.

Years later, Ghosts, sparks of the travelers light, roam the wastes looking for dead to make into Guardians. Warriors who transcend death, they harness the power of the Traveler to push back the Darkness and reclaim what is rightfully ours.

Humanity is:

Humans-boring ole vanilla humans. AKA what you are today. Go look in a mirror. Boom, that's a human. The majority of Humanity live in The Last City, protected by the Traveler.

Awoken-Humans who tried to flee the Darkness during the Collapse. Trapped in a system of space wrecks between Mars and Jupiter know as the Reef, their prolonged exposure to the Darkness has changed them. Believing themselves to be beyond the dichotomy of Light and Dark, most live under the rule of the mysterious and isolationist Queen. However, some Awoken choose to go join the Guardians of the Tower. Those that do are not welcomed back.

Exo-Robots! Evidence points to a possible past where humans became the Exo to live longer. However, no exo has a solid memory of their origin. They are also blessed with sweet dance moves. Just don't ask them to do the robot, it ain't cool.

Our Enemies:

The Darkness: In typical Bungie fashion, the big bad is a capital Adjective of mysterious origin. Not much is directly known of the Darkness, but it caused the Collapse and seems to use our new Neighbors as puppets to fight the Traveler and those that stand with it.

The Fallen: A race of four armed pirates. Once they were a great civilization, then all they had was destroyed. They set up camps in old ruins on Earth, the Moon, and Venus in addition to stalking the void in their Ketches. Some members of this race serve the Queen.

The Hive: A race of Darkness worshiping beings who have set up base on the Moon. Recently, they have begun an invasion of Earth. They hate the Light and those that serve it with a religious fervor, and will not rest until it is extinguished.

The Vex: A race of time traveling beings. Cold, calculating, and unknowable, their motives are a mystery to all. They appear out of ruins as old as the Solar System on Venus and Mars.

The Cabal: A militaristic race from an empire that spans multiple star systems. Currently they occupy Mars, fighting a war of attrition against the Vex. Against all odds, they appear to be winning.

The Taken: The new kids on to block, they appear to compose of beings who have been "taken" by Oryx, the Father of Crota. Oh, and he's kinda mad you killed his son.

Other important people:

Rasputin-Don't ask me why the Russian's decided to name a AI built to wage war Rasputin. Considering how Rasputin 1.0 worked out, I would of said it was a bad idea. However, he now exists as the last Warmind. Built to defend Earth, his (?) actions during and after to collapse are currently unknown. But now he has asked for your help, and could prove to be a powerful ally.

Xur-An agent of the Nine, Xur shows up every weekend to sell exotic weapons and armor to the Guardians. No one knows what he does with the coins.

The Nine- Beings who exist beyond the Asteroid Belt, they act through their agent Xur. Very little is known about them.

Expansions:

The Dark Below-Eris, a former Guardian, has returned to the tower to warn that Crota has returned and is on the war march. Previous attempts to stop him caused the deaths of thousands of Guardians. This time you get six. Good luck.

Features new maps, weapons, missions, and a new raid.

Prison of Elders-The Queen has called upon the Guardians for assistance. Skolas has broken out from the Nine's prison and now lead's the House of Wolves on a campaign to unite the Fallen Houses and destroy the Traveler once and for all. It's up to you to stop him. Oh, and the Queen will pay you well.

Features new maps, weapons, missions, and a new three person coop arena where you fight against the Queen's prisoners for a chance of exotic loot.

The Taken King: Oryx, the Taken King has arrived in our system in his Dreadnought. In orbit around Jupiter, he plans to wage war against the Guardians and their allies to avenge his son.

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