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Since we are on the verge of Heresy’s arrival, let’s take a complete recap of the Light and Darkness Saga of Destiny 2 before the new episode.
Destiny’s decade-long saga of Light and Darkness concludes with The Final Shape expansion. Launched in 2024, the expansion expands the mysteries for the future content of Destiny 2. Bungie narrates the current plot through Destiny 2’s episodes—starting with Echoes, which replaced the previous seasonal format. As the current episode, Revenant, concludes on February 4, 2025, it marks the beginning of a new episode called Heresy.
Before stepping into Heresy, let’s have a quick recap of the complete plot of Destiny 2’s first saga, the Light and Darkness. The saga chronicles the Guardian’s fight to protect humanity in an endless battle between the Traveler’s Light and the mysterious force known as the Darkness, commanded by a being of unimaginable power, Voice in the Darkness or the Witness.
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The Complete Recap of Destiny 2 Light and Darkness Saga
Destiny 1 Recap:
The Guardian is resurrected and embarks on a mission throughout the Sol System to protect humanity, attempting to uncover the Traveler’s inability to heal. They battle against various threats, including the Fallen, Hive, Vex, and Cabal, ultimately destroying the Heart at the Black Garden, which had prevented the Traveler from healing.
The Guardian then stops Crota’s return, prevents the House of Wolves’ rebellion, and defeats Oryx, the Taken King, with the help of allies. Later, the Guardian is called upon by Lord Saladin to eliminate the SIVA corruption threatening the world.
The Red War
Dominus Ghaul and the Cabal’s Red Legion attack the Last City, capturing the Traveler, a mysterious paracausal entity, and taking away the Guardians’ Light. The Guardian then defeats Ghaul and frees the Traveler by regaining their power and reuniting the Vanguard. However, the victory comes with a huge cost of attracting the attention of Darkness, setting the stage for greater battles ahead.
Curse of Osiris and Warmind
Osiris, an exiled Warlock uncovers a dangerous Vex plot, leading the Guardian to battle Panoptes in the Infinite Forest. Later, the icecaps near Hellas Basin melted due to the arrival of Hive at the surface after Traveler’s awakening. The Guardian, alongside Ana Bray and Rasputin, fights to eliminate Xol, a Hive Worm God.
Forsaken and Shadowkeep
Scorn, a horde of undead brought back with Dark Ether, murders the Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 during a prison riot. The Guardian allies with Petra Venj and The Spider to eliminate the Scorn, track down Uldren, and ultimately confront the true manipulator, Riven. The Dreaming City is opened, but it falls into a time-looped curse.
Meanwhile, The Guardian helps Eris contain the Nightmares unleashed all across the Moon’s surface and discovers a greater force in the Lunar Pyramid. The ominous Pyramid ships, known as the Black Fleet arrives, signaling the return of the Witness.
Beyond Light
The Fallen leader Eramis unlocks the power of Stasis, a Darkness-fueled ability, and tries to use it against humanity. With help from the Exo Stranger, the Guardian masters Stasis and stops Eramis. As the war expands, new allies emerge, including Uldren Sov, reborn as Crow, and Empress Caiatl, the leader of the Cabal.
The Witch Queen
Savathûn, the Witch Queen, deceives the universe and steals the Light, creating an army of Hive warriors, using her borrowed power from The Witness. The Guardian discovers the shocking truth that the Traveler gave her the Light willingly. The Guardian and their allies form the Coalition, a united alliance against the Darkness, preparing for their inevitable battle against The Witness.
Lightfall
The Witness makes its move, aiming to bring about the ultimate Final Shape, a potential end-state of the universe fuelled by Darkness. The Guardian fights alongside the Cloud Striders (Rohan and Nimbus), defeats the reborn Nezarec, and harnesses the power of Strand. Despite their efforts, the Witness succeeds in opening a portal inside the Traveler.
The Final Shape
The Guardian enters the Pale Heart of the Traveler with the help of the Vanguard and allies. After reuniting with Cayde-6 and Crow, they learn more about the Witness and its dissenters. The Coalition utilizes the power of Prismatic, a fusion between light and darkness, to destroy the dissenter’s statue in the darkness realm. With the power of Light and Darkness combined, the Guardian and their allies defeat the Witness ultimately and end the war. Albeit bringing an end to the war between Light and Darkness, this creates paracausal artifacts called Echoes.
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