One of the biggest criticism towards this game, and one that I share, is how capped the lore and story of the game is. True, there´s Grimoire bits and so, but having to read the story of a game [i]outside[/i] the game itself takes away the magic. However, members of the community have done something great: they have let their imagination fly, and they have crafted wonderful stories about the past ans present of this game´s lore. The factions, the races, the enemies... I would like to compile links to them in a single thread, so that people can find them easily and satisfy their geeky needs (no offense intended, this would apply to me too). However, I am faced with a problem: the forums are wide, and those stories have been going in and our during months, making it hard to track them all. So, my fellow Guardians, I ask for your help. If you have stories of your own that you have posted, or you remember good stories you have read by others, please post them in a comment or send the links to me. I will include them in the main thread. This is obviously a Work In Progress thread: it may start small, but I´m hoping it becomes a big thing. [b]HIT THAT UPVOTE[/b] if you liked it- the best way to get this growing is to make it trend, so people can see it and throw ideas in. Let´s do this! [b]Stories about the Guardians and the City[/b] - [url=http://xurl.es/h133f]The Fall: Origins. [/url] A wonderful piece about Rasputin´s reckless actions... and the First Guardian (written by MASSive) - [url=http://xurl.es/mwirp]Lord Shaxx & the purpose of the Crucible. [/url] Is there a reason why we are thrown into battle againstone another?(written by yours truly, JurgenBlitz) - [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/90046975/0/0]The might of a Titan Defender. [/url] The fists of a Titan are like the wrath of the Gods of war (written by Ricochet) - [url=http://xurl.es/js5ed]The Warden´s Pilgrimage, Chapter . [/url] An engaging story about the doubts of a Guardian, and his search for truth(written by Gingermancer) - [url=http://www.bungie.net/eu/Forum/Post/76143681/0/0]Taking the Earth Back. [/url] Reclaiming our planet, one fight at a time (again, written by myself) - [url=http://xurl.es/fg6zr] Bladedancer: A Hunter´s Story. [/url] A great two-part tale about a freshly resurrected Guardian and the Ghost Lucy. Eat your heart out, Dinklebot, because I like Lucy a million times more than I like you (written by CowGenocide) - [url=http://xurl.es/wk8gk] The Search.[/url] Haven´t you wondered where Exos come from? Here is a very plausible origin. (written by Benpc94). - [url=http://xurl.es/3q7lr]The Fire Within: a Warlock´s Story.[/url] A Sunsinger finds himself alone against Omnigul... (written by Olafaloofian) - [url=http://xurl.es/5hgo6]Ghost Fragment: Ambush[/url]. An incredibly intense and emotive piece about the last stand of a Guardian and his Ghost, told through the eye of this "little light". (Written by CHICKENSQUARE). - [url=http://xurl.es/5ew7h]Back to Bo´Ark[/url]. An Exo awakens on Mars, and seeks the truth about his resurrection. (Written by Merauder 777, and hopefully the first of a series) -[url=http://xurl.es/oih4c]Re-Awoken part 1[/url] and [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/91743025/0/0]Part [/url], another two-series bit by Merauder 777.. - [url=http://xurl.es/adizx] Guardian Journal Entry: Despair[/url] I´ve taken the liberty to modify the title, but the piece is shocking. This one could answer the question: are Guardians thankful, or content, with the second chance that fate has given them? (written by ChorrizoTapacio) [b]Sachal: a Destiny Novel[/b] I am making a separate category for this, because I believe it deserves it. A forum user by the name SaviorsBlood, and by the real name of Thomas Lyons, is putting together what I deem to be the very best narrative in the forums so far. An old Fireteam, forcefully disbanded because of the loss of some of it´s members, is put together with new recruits. Follow their adventures as the members of the Fireteam clash against each other... and draw closer. (The story is still going on, as far as I know!) - [url=http://xurl.es/9f3dk]The Sachal Collection[/url] - [url=http://xurl.es/91l7e]The Chronicles of Alec Blackwater[/url]. Another multi-part series that actually reflects a theory of mine about the Exo: What if... the Exo are mechanical recipients for the minds of men and women who died, and thus, not artificial intelligences but actual minds sealed within metal? (Written by Hobbes92) I´m opening a subsection for [b]CentauriAlpha67[/b], one of our most prolific writers. Intead of placing the links to his stories, I am redirectiong you guys to [url=http://xurl.es/k5612]his own appendix thread[/url] , where tyou will find amazing pieces shuch as [b]The True Story of Toland the Shattered[/b] (where you will see why Toland was banished from the city), [b]Light and Fire[/b] (an epic retelling of the incursion of Eris and her Fireteam into the Hellmouth), [b]The Battle of Twilight Gap[/b] (the heroes of the Vanguard face off against the Fallen Houses), [b]The Angel of Astana[/b] (honoring some of the forgotten heroes of the post-collapse days) and my personal favorite, [b]The Unknown Story of Saint-14[/b]. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! [b]Stories about the dangers of the Darkness and other foes[/b] - [url=http://xurl.es/s1uno]O Templars Mine. [/url] One of my personal favorites, showing the power of persuation of the Ahamkara (written by Ouroboros4) - [url=http://xurl.es/5scx0]The Book Of Glass[/url] . A new series by CHICKENSQUARE, in which a guardian decides to take on the same quest that Kabr fought, forever carving his legend: descending into the Vault... alone. Or is he? - [url=http://xurl.es/vybzc]Now I am free... there is no light in me. [/url] A short but intriguing piece about a mysterious cube of light... and the power inside of it. (written by Taktix) - [url=http://xurl.es/qdva5]The Rose Wilts: Thorn and The Last Word[/url] . Follow Dredgen Yor through his last moments of sanity. (written by Maxx030994) - [url=http://xurl.es/6t8hm]Winter is Gone: Last Words of Draksys, Kell of Winter[/url]. Before his demise, Draksys had time to record one last message for the other Fallen. (another piece by me). - [url=http://xurl.es/idhd1]The Ascension[/url] . A saga I´ve just stumbled upon, where one of Crota´s most fierce general, one of his own sons, is shocked when he discovers something new inside of him.... Light. (written by Onyx076) Exit is writing a great series about the escape from the Prison of Elders, as seen through the eyes of several Fallen from the House of Winter, an Awoken and an Exo. - [url=http://xurl.es/q5lin]The Prison of Elders[/url] Another series: an acclaimed three-part story about the perils of a mind plagued with doubt, as a Guardian questions his entire crusade after destroying the Black Granden´s heart.This is [b]The Realization of a Guardian[/b], by MindSculptor - [url=http://xurl.es/uktfe]Part 1: The Darkness[/url]. - [url=http://xurl.es/astns]Part 2: The Vex[/url]. - [url=http://www.bungie.net]Part 3: Jachrayhuin[/url]. [b]Lols and parodies[/b] - [url=http://xurl.es/gq3zr] Shaxx & the real reason why we´re sent to the Crucible.[/url] He watches our fights... and lulz at them! (another of mine) - [url=http://xurl.es/vcyox]Greg, the Homeless Dreg.[/url] Discover the heartbreaking tale of this little alien hobo. (written by Dizcostu007) - [url=http://xurl.es/756cz]The Destiny Fitness Program[/url] Grinding for gears while grinding those muscles? It´s possible, Guardian! (another of mine) - [url=http://xurl.es/zoqby]The Purple Mystery: a Conspiracy to get our Legendaries[/url]. This just in! We now know why Rahool kept giving everyone blues for legendary engrams... (another of mine- yes, I like writing comedy) - [url=http://xurl.es/8nxl7]A Message from the Vanguard: This stops NOW![/url] You think you are safe inside your Ward of Dawn... and then THIS happens!! [url=http://www.bungie.net]link[/url]