Destiny 2 Shadowkeep is just around the corner and will bring new seasons that will cover different themes. While Season 8 is about the Vex, Season 9, according to the latest Bungie ViDoc, will be about fixing the timeline. But what could that mean?
What do we know about Season 9? While Bungie is revealing more details about the first season of Shadowkeep, the Season of the Undying, information about the following Season 9 is still scarce. This is said to be called Season of Dawn, but what it will entail is still unknown.
However, there was a small hint about Season of Dawn in the last ViDoc. In a scene, Luke Smith and Production Director Justin Truman were standing in front of a whiteboard that apparently was supposed to cover individual details of the upcoming seasons of Shadowkeep. For Season of Dawn, Smith noted “Fix the Timeline”.
You can watch the relevant ViDoc again here:
What could “Fix the Timeline” mean? This little phrase has sparked a lot of discussion in the community. After all, there are several questions that remain unanswered:
- Will the curse of the Dreaming City be broken?
- Will the Exo Stranger return, who was last mentioned by Mara Sov?
- Will we perhaps even solve the riddle of the shotgun Perfect Paradox, which we found at the grave of Saint-14? One theory is that our Guardian gave the weapon to Saint-14, which we then received as a paradox at a later point at his corpse.
Some players speculate that “Fix the Timeline” addresses the most obvious issue: the curse of the Dreaming City. Since the first curse week, Guardians have been looking for clues on how the 3-week cycle of the city can be broken.
Recently, the theory emerged that players must reach a power level of 999 to face Dûl Incaru one last time and defeat her once and for all. A power level of 999 could become possible with Shadowkeep and the seasonal artifacts.
One possibility that immediately came to players’ minds with the term “Timeline” is time travel. Season 8 deals with the Vex, who are known to be able to move through space and time with their technology.
Do Guardians gain the ability to travel through time in their confrontation with the Vex and thereby unlock the secrets of the past, perhaps undoing the curse of the Dreaming City?
Why does the timeline need to be repaired? In the Destiny universe, there have been many unresolved questions since Destiny 1 that have not yet found answers in Destiny 2. Some points are repeatedly addressed, such as the Exo Stranger, of whom Mara Sov spoke during an audience simultaneously in the past and future.
Many story threads are added with each DLC, each season without ever finding a real conclusion.
However, this is set to change with the upcoming expansion “Shadowkeep”, as Luke Smith confirmed at this year’s E3. Instead of telling its own story again, Shadowkeep will continue the ongoing narrative of the base game of Destiny 2 and address open questions.
For example, the end of the base game’s campaign, where an energy surge moves through space, is supposed to directly lead into the events of Shadowkeep.
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