In Destiny 2, a large evacuation took place, but we couldn’t save everyone. Unfortunately, hardly anyone knows the heroic fates.
What happened? In Destiny 2, the encroaching Darkness is no longer a distant sound, but for the first time in 6 years, a direct threat. In Season 11, the dark Pyramid ships have arrived in our solar system. As we have little to counter the mysterious power, we are evacuating the affected planets.
In the lore book “Tribulation and Resistance,” the events of the evacuation are recounted. We read that not all characters made it to the safe walls of the Last City. MyMMO highlights the fate of the heroes who willingly stayed behind and stood up against the Darkness in their own way.
For those who want to know who we could successfully evacuate and what secrets have finally been revealed after years, find the info here:
Asher Mir – Io
You know Asher Mir as the always grumpy scientist on Io with the robotic arm. During Strikes, he enjoys complaining and frequently tells you how dumb you actually are – why do you know so little about Radiolarian lakes?
This is what happened to Asher: What does a mad scientist do when an alien ship appears in the sky? Right, he bombards it with a railgun. But since the Darkness cannot be stopped this way and it seems to be targeting Vex technology on Io, Asher sets out to prevent it.
After a chat with Eris and a brief thought about a farewell letter, Asher heads into the Pyramidion. Like us, he must dodge laser barriers in the Strike, and as he progresses, the Vex corpses pile up. Upon arriving in the boss room, he literally lets the ceiling fall on his head – thus he destroys the Pyramidion and heroically buries himself.
Sloan – Titan
The Vanguard Commander oversees the moon Titan and is our contact for all matters there. Sloan is a close confidant of Zavala and a stoic, duty-bound Titan like out of a storybook.
This is what happened to Sloan: When the Pyramid ships prepare to attack Titan and the Hive go insane, Sloan decides to wave goodbye to the last evacuation ship as it departs. She then puts on a kind of combat suit from the Golden Age.
Like a Viking filled with battle lust, laughing and shouting, she plunges into Titan fashion alone against the two hostile forces. We do not read that she actually dies in this endeavor. It is mentioned, however, that the suit suppresses her Light – Guardians can only be resurrected through the Light of the Traveler.
Brother Vance – Mercury
Brother Vance is probably the biggest fan of Warlock legend Osiris. The blind cultist has settled on Mercury and studies the timelines of the Infinite Forest, but only theoretically. He was stripped of the supervision of Osiris’s Trials because he seemingly lost his mind.
This is what happened to Vance: When the Darkness threatens to engulf Mercury, Vance decides to turn theory into practice. He enters the Infinite Forest and wants to emulate Osiris – Vance now clearly hears the fateful melody that drove him insane.
In the infinite timelines or parallel dimensions or simulations (again, no one understands Vex technology), he suddenly encounters himself. Both go for each other’s throat, and the alternate, still seeing, Brother Vance gets his eyes gouged out. It is not entirely clear what the cold-blooded murder means.
Why are the supposedly “dead” still hanging around with me?
This is the problem: If you now visit one of the locations, you will be surprised to find that Asher, Vance, and Sloan are still lively exactly where they have been for years. This is partly due to the fact that the story of Destiny 2 does not align with the timeline of our real world.
Due to the delay of Beyond Light by a good two months, the quest does not quite fit chronologically into the season. In our game world, the Pyramid ships have not yet begun their attack. They remain motionless in the air. However, in the story of the game, the world is in the midst of an attack. This will probably change shortly before Season 12, possibly with a live event.
This is the bigger problem: Most Guardians do not grasp all the fates and the significance of the arrival of the Darkness.
- When playing with a full fireteam and chatting or
- simply having no desire to read the lore books, one learns nothing about the story.
Short clips would be very desirable here. Especially since Bungie repeatedly shows how beautifully they can stage cutscenes. Only hearing about Zavala’s fate in passing at the end of the quest does not do justice to this.
How cool would it be to watch the grumbling Asher tear the core out of a Minotaur with his Vex arm and then have to destroy what he has been deciphering for years at the cost of his life.
All of this is found – admittedly very well-written – in the lore texts. But this way, the story and the feeling that something is truly changing would reach many more players.
What do you think, are the 3 characters really all done for or will we see them again in the future? Are you also annoyed that the story reads beautifully but needs to be brought closer to players in other ways?
Who knows, maybe Destiny 2 will surprise us with a cool video shortly before Beyond Light launches with the new Stasis subclasses.
