So with beyond light Bungie introduced a new mini campaign/extended tutorial called new light. Honestly it's pretty cool, and I kinda wish this is how Destiny 1 originally started. Regardless it got me thinking and eventually I realized Bungie has unwittingly created 3 versions of the main character So let's dive into this? Three seperate yet very similar timelines, with three seperate yet very similar main character, all held together by... We'll get to that So first off we have the [b][i][u]Prime timeline[/u][/i][/b]. In this timeline the Guardian is this demi god ultra powerful warrior who single handily killed the black heart, faught back Crota, captured and killed Skolas, killed Oryx, became an iron lord, became hero of the red war, befriended Osiris, killed a worm god, avenged Cayde six, silenced the moon, and killed the kell of house salvation. You should've realized pretty quickly I'm taking about a D1 vet, someone who's played since the game first launched. However, starting in shadowkeep a new timeline is created. A sub line that I've decided to call [b][i][u]The beta timeline[/u][/i][/b]. In it, the Guardian is a powerfull revived light bearer that got rez'd in this strange rendition of the cosmodrome. Where the house of dusk has formed yet the signs of Siva are no longer present, including the massive chunk bitten out of the wall. The Guardian in this timeline isn't as legendary as his/her/it's [b][i][u]Prime timeline[/u][/i][/b] counter part, however they do go on to become the hero of the red war just the same and proceed to accomplish identical feats from here onwards. All prior accomplishments achieved by the [b][i][u] Prime timeline[/u][/i][/b] Guardian have now been accomplished by multiple different fire-teams of Guardians. We know this is the case because the [b][i][u]beta timeline[/u][/i][/b] Guardian is informed by his/her/it's Ghost about enemy races the prime Guardian would've already been informed about, as well as guardian achievements that the prime Guardian would've been there for Now here's where... The [b][i][u] new light timeline[/u][/i][/b] begins. Here the Guardian is an above average light bearer who was awakened in a similar fashion to the [b][u][u]beta timeline[/u][/u][/b] Guardian, with a paradoxical cosmodrome. However the timeline splits off from one another when the [b][i][u]new light[/u][/i][/b] Guardian meets the spacial anomaly known as Shaw Hawn. Here the Guardian is taught the ropes and sent to the last city, where they get put on a mission with hunter vanguard Cayde six and later on go off to Luna to combat a hive threat. Now I can already hear what you're saying, and yes these are a new pair of shoes. However you're probably also thinking "well this isn't true, canonically the Guardian completed all these achievements regardless of when the player starts the game". And you'd be right! From a canon perspective, however from a campaign perspective each timeline is given vastly different dialogue regarding past information. In one the Guardian killed the black heart, yet in two others multiple guardians banded together to take it down. In one timeline the Guardian met Eris mourn and led a crusade against the Hive, yet in two others they never met before And yet... All are tied together, by one all powerfull force. Something so vastly incomprehensible that I shutter to even think about it. And that thing is... [spoiler]you just never quit do you? Took down Ghaul, woke up the traveler And now half of what I hear down in the city is about how much you and your clan are making a difference People are still waiting on the vanguard to lead the way, and Guardians like you are making it happen! No pressure[/spoiler] Hawthorne... A time altering Eldritch god that KNOWS the timelines have split, and has decided that for a brief moment every week she'll transcend time and space to remind you THE PLAYER that she's well aware of our exploits. Is she responsible for this?! DOES SHE ENJOY TOYING WITH US!? [b]ARE WE NOTHING BUT HER PLAYTHING THROUGHOUT THE EONS!!!!???[/b] Who knows honestly, peace