[u]Off Topic:[/u] Link up top is some thoughts on [b]"the Darkness".[/b] [b]Magic v Science[/b] [url]http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/76002896/0/0/1[/url] on [b]"The Collapse/Rasputin"[/b]: [url]http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/73449419/0/0[/url] on [b]The first War[/b]: [url]http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/76624813[/url] on [b] The "Epic" Fails of Pve[/b] [url]http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/74697603/0/0[/url] (no lore) [url]https://twitter.com/espresso2k12[/url] (hit me up if you know stuff i dont, one thing good that came of the lack of story is the debates^^) On topic^^: some info from a few different cards, Synopsis: So as far as I can gather, humanity had a "device" which enabled them to see the future or futures. Golden age probably and they knew something way off and bound to cause a problem (darkness most likely). This prompted the creation / use of this Device. In 11 of the observed futures, the darkness won (more poetically phrased in the cards^^). 1 or 2 futures where fine, but for the most part things looked grim. Problem was humans weren't able to cope with the visions the "device" gave them, depending on their nature and severity. Some survived, but most died and the program was abandoned until The Future war Cult was Founded By survivors, haunted by what ever they saw. They Created the Exo, in order to gain more information through this "device" and in turn prevent the darkness ending life on earth. Human minds were to frail and struggled with what they saw. The Exo however could handle it. They were created for it. The vex are synthetics and are able to mess with time, so the exo should be at least able to observe time and not go insane. Even if they'd go insane, exo can reset their memories. Don't know what came first tho. The Problem or the device. The Future war cult beliefs war is the future because they saw [u]a lot[/u] of futures at one point. This all happened pre-collapse. i think. [u][b]*(see post 2)[/b][/u]