Divinity. The Exotic Trace Rifle from Garden of Salvation. Only obtainable by charging a decryption key with Sol Divisive parts and Nightmare Essence, and breaking through several layers of Vex Security Protocol. Awarded at an Alter of Darkness and capable of bestowing Judgment on those its sights are set upon… and that’s about everything we know of the Weapon. Seriously, there’s a noticeable lack of background on this gun. As a Raid Exotic with a Quest to get it, you’d think you’d learn exactly what the gun was along the way, or if anything, it’d be explained in the Lore Tab of the weapon itself, but not Divinity. It wasn’t a gift from a Wish Dragon or a Cabal Emperor, it isn’t made from the Essence of a Hive God, wasn’t crafted out of a old tech and fallen desperation, and it certainly wasn’t forged by Kabr the Legionless (or was it?). It was just… found. I wouldn’t say by accident, but it wasn’t exactly the top priority of the fireteam that uncovered the thing. So what exactly is it? Looking over the facts, there’s a few possibilities of what it could be, but no guarantees. Figuring out what the Divinity is, we should probably take a look at how it was found. Originally, Divinity was picked up in the Black Garden by the Kentarch 3, a fireteam that consisted of the Titan; Yardarm-4, the Warlock; Rekkana, and of course, the Hunter; Lisbon-13. However, they weren’t there in search of the Divinity, that was more or less a side goal tacked on to their main objective once they’d actually entered the Garden. What they were really after was the secrets of the Black Garden’s origin, which was withheld within the “Tree”, likely referring to the final Arena in the Raid. They were sent here by someone referred to as the Senior Sybil, one of the Higher-ups in Rekkana’s coven, the Cryptochrons. This is where things get a little… illicit. You see, the Cryptochrons were disbanded and banished from the City, meaning any activity under that coven was strictly disallowed by the Vanguard, to the point where fireteams would be sent out to… do something. It isn’t very clear if a Vanguard fireteam would just put a stop to the Cryptochron’s current operation or if they’d engage in a full on fire-fight, actually attempt to kill the guilty parties. In all likelihood, it’d probably be an Aunor situation, where they’d take their Ghost hostage until they could be tried in the City (As a side note, I find it weird that the Vanguard feel they have the right to step in on Guardian affairs outside the City like this. I get the Cryptochrons messing around with the Black Garden is a reasonable enough justification to intervene, but its weird to think that the Vanguard don’t allow the Cryptochrons to exist anywhere within the system, City or not.) Anyway, the Cryptochrons were likely banished from the City for the same/similar reason as Osiris was. I think this because the Cryptochrons have something called the Oneiromantic Circle, which is either a device that lets their members predict the future/view the past or its their council of clairvoyants who see glimpses of the past and future through their dreams. Its likely that these predictions received the same reception as Osiris’s predictions did with the populous of the City. Learning from last time, the Vanguard likely nipped this in the bud before it could get a cult following behind it and banished their members. After the Cryptochrons left the City, their order seemed to remain somewhat operational by sending out individual members to join different fireteams, making them appear like regular Guardians to the Vanguard. It seems that they were sent after specific Guardians, using the Oneiromantic Circle to find certain Guardians their agents could easily manipulate. We see this with Rekkana's relationship with Lisbon-13, in which she knew everything about him and his past, even before he was a Guardian, from the information the Oneiromantic Circle gave her. Used this, Rekkana gained Lisbon-13’s trust, making it appear as if she saw past his loner facade to see who he really was, when in actuality, she was told who he really was. With this level of manipulation, the Cryptochrons could make very strong bonds with normal Guardians and camouflage themselves within their fireteams, allowing them to conduct Cryptocron operations without having to worry about the Vanguard 24/7. So, Kentarch 3 was sent on a mission by the Cryptocron to uncover the origins of the Black Garden. While there, Rekkana conversed with the Senior Sybil, being informed of an intertwining prediction located at the Tree. A divinity that the Vex worshipped. Beyond this, its a little vague. Its supposedly a relic, but also a weapon, but not a weapon that they Vex use. Its was at the Tree, likely by the Alter with the Veiled statue, which means that its likely somehow involved with the Vex efforts with reestablish a priesthood with the Darkness. And of all things the Vex would worship to reconnect to the Darkness, it seems weird that it’d be a Trace Rifle. Right? That’s not just me? Personally, I think a knife would make more sense thematically. Maybe a Trace Rifle is the Vex equivalent of Oryx’s Blade-Bridge theory, since it does somewhat connect the wielder to victim via the particle beam, although again, it seems weird that it isn’t designed for the Vex to use, rather a Guardian’s weapon. Perhaps the decryption core charged throughout the quest put it back together with a more Guardian-oriented design, but then that begs the question of how it got encrypted in the first place? Lisbon-13 is last seen with Divinity fighting with Rekkana and Yardarm-4 near the gate they’d crashed at, which was kilometers away from the Tree. An even stranger factor to consider about this encounter was that no bodies were found, the only known traces of the Kentarch 3 left within the Black Garden were the fragments of two Ghost and their signs of in-fighting. The three of them had encountered the Darkness while in the Garden, and for some reason, struck a deal with it, becoming the first known Darkness Guardians. It didn’t last very long, as one could assume. Lisbon-13, being the stubborn badass he was, realized they’d made a mistake and decided that what happens in the Garden stays in the Garden, and some way or another, ended up fighting with his fireteam as they attempted leave for the City. It seems he ran circles around the Titan and Warlock, as any good Hunter would, but was eventually forced into a head on confrontation with the two. The last bit we have on this event puts Lisbon-13 aiming the Divinity at Rekkana, and Rekkana about to unleash some new powerful attack on him. And Yardarm-4 was busy getting a grenade thrown at him. The this section of the lore ends before the fight concludes, but we pick back up in the Ship Lore Tab, post battle, as the Vanguard try to make heads or tails of the scene. Pt2- https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/254835026?sort=0&page=0