[quote]Light shines brightest in the dark. As Guardians, we face insurmountable odds in a universe unkind to brilliance. We fight, not only to survive, but to cut through the shroud of darkness to find truth. Legends and tales are the basis for culture and civilization. Myths and rituals become part of your being and the society we build. Stone may crumble and with it statues, buildings and monuments. Art may fade as the paint is erased by solar rays, and the song of a civilization turn from a ballad into an echo. For all that is built, stories and legends live in the heart we carry and the words we have. Our existence is fleeting, but our legacy lives in those we leave behind. As keepers of language and lore, it is our duty to remember the past and reclaim the greatness tarnished by alien tyranny and the torrents of time. This is but one account, one attempt, to forge and uphold the legends of the civilization we created. It is our sacred duty to let this tapestry unfold until there is no one left to speak its greatness. It is your word that shall carry the story and forge our legends in the stars.[/quote] Greeting Guardians! This has been project we have ben working on sometime. We wanted to bring in a huge collection of lore posts to finally correct all of the common misconceptions we see in lore discussions. So, we put up a recruitment post and got a lot of replies about this. So, here it is, the Master Lore post. With the release of the official Lore tag, we have decided to put this up before it is 100% completed. There will be topics not yet released, but fret not; they will be coming eventually. In the meantime, [u]this post will double as a lore AMA.[/u] Any participants to the post will be allowed to answer questions. [b][u]A note on speculation and theories[/u][/b] As lore keepers and seekers, we do our best to search for validation of the many posts we create. However, there are many holes in the lore that lead us to speculate or jump to assumptions. Any speculation or theories will be listed so. Of course, there are some instances where we can make reasonable assumptions that are more or less inferred rather than said straight out, such as Dredgen Yor killing Jared Ward. Even though there will be theories in here, most of these are ones that the lore community has come to a consensus about being legitimate and/or reasonable. And of course, the more lore Bungie adds, the more we can fill in blanks, and hopefully topics of controversy can finally be come to a single canonical end. [u][b]Fallen[/u][/b] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/206518299/0/0]General post[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/216985674/0/0]Fallen Leadership[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/214813842/0/0]Devil Splicers[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/220315422/0/0]Wrath of the Machine[/url] [b][u]Hive[/u][/b] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/211435727/0/0]General post[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/219645433/0/0]Exalted Hive[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/203322661/0/0]Books of Sorrow[/url](Incomplete) [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/203593648]Crota’s End[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/211123723/0/0]King’s Fall[/url] [u][b]Vex[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/205352067/0/0]General post[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/204975869?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Axis Minds[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/205220551?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Vault of Glass[/url] [b][u]Cabal[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/205805545/0/0]General Post[/url] [b][u]Taken[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1637679/213409283/0/0]General post[/url] [b][u]Exotic Lore[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/220353947/0/0]Class Exclusives[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/170382278/0/0]Red Death[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/170950691/0/0]Zhalo Supercell[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/164942137/0/0]Hereafter[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/173551636?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Weapons of Sorrow[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/221187165/0/0]Thorn and The Last Word[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/222976486/0/0]Gjallarhorn[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/220168521/0/0]The Thunderlords[/url] [b][u]Light and Darkness[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/207122257/0/0]Philosophy[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/171664182?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]The Traveler[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/183462595?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]The Veil[/url] [b][u]Universe[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/219544518/0/0]Timeline (Google Doc)[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/211557926/0/0]The Last City[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/172321339?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Factions[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/211656378/0/0]Six Fronts[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/211656467/0/0]Twilight Gap[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/769615/147191674/0/0]Reef Wars[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/186480835]Eris' failed raid[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/215764896/0/0]SIVA[/url] [u][b]Guardians of note[/u][/b] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1547385/216844351/0/0]The Vanguard[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/203736121?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Rezyl Azzir[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/209795764/0/0]Saint-14[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/212112312/0/0]Osiris[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/204685453]Toland[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/152502353?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]The Iron Lords(outdated)[/url] [u]The Iron Lords(updated version)[/u](Work in Progress) [b][u]Guardian[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/223457824/0/0]Ghosts[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/206452308/0/0]Hunters[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/207541447/0/0]Warlocks[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/769615/149603843/0/0]Titan Orders[/url] [b][u]Other[/b][/u] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/171064865?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Rasputin[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/179307117?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]The Exo Stranger[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/769615/183854591/0/0]The Nine and the Harbingers[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Post/1296685/170958432/0/0]Paracausality of Destiny[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/203377998?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Crucible map lore[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/183625335?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Exo Lore[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/171885380/0/0]Awoken Lore[/url] Is there something we missed or something else you want to see here? Let us know, and we might add it! [b]We've also started work on a new and improved [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/217552619/0/0]Master Theory Post.[/url] In this post, we'll be gathering together and archiving all of the credible lore theories out that even, as well as maybe a conspiracy theory or two, just for fun.[/b] Don’t forget to check out these for more lore awesomeness: [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/115658936?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=1]AnonPig archive[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Topics?tg=%23RuinLore]Ruin Tree archive[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/183288968?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0]Kageoshi archive[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/217384398/0/0]foxburton archive[/url] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/226603797/0/0]Muzzy Archive[/url] [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/4m2x7p/lorg_release_information_and_download_link_inside/]L.ORG Chart[/url] http://www.ishtar-collective.net http://destinytimeline.com http://destinyghoststories.podbean.com [url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWBlk70e-hGKqbPCoETzE0l_4H9QbhOUJ]My name is Byf’s lore series[/url] [b] [/b] [b] [/b] Special thanks to: [spoiler] The Ashen Conflux lore clan Collective of Knowledge lore clan Saint 14 FlamingTacoFury Kageoshi ToothedToe8 Junior luidaiz79 jo2004ey Tolands Son Spooky Place Cyber_219 Cosmo Zachonius Executor Hideo Ramsputin II Fal Chavam Sportsfreak5022 rickylumic 77 arcus bolt maker Creedofdeath94 Sephiroth1793 TheAlphaHydra Eva Analytical Ghost Ruin Tree Jcaf8 MattConrad Shin Malphur Paradox1055 Shattered Mind Ghost of Raps Wild Gringo Dayknight SmartAurum75 carloskill201 A Rising Wind EffectedMink0 The Mute Button foxburton99 Steel Dragon Seth Dickenson Bungie[/spoiler]