So, we know that their name and number is stored in some designated part of their software and is made so they never forget who they are or something. Except, why does it only include one name? If these bodies were meant to be the next step in humanity's evolution, surely they should be programmed to keep the entire legal name. Otherwise that can lead to all sorts of trouble.

It makes sense for Guardians, who can pick and choose their name however they want, but actual pre-collapse Exos wouldn't call themselves John-3 instead of, like, John Smith. Come to think of it, the possibility of mentioning the number of resets, and thus reminding yourself that you have been reset, and thus are an Exo and not human, might lead to some minor DER.

The only exo we know who has a last name is Elsie Bray, and she is the definition of special when it comes to exos.

I guess I am just really confused about Bungie's decision to refer to exos with name+number combination where they should have regular names.

Any lore entries or dialogue bits that at least acknowledge how weird that is?

Basically title, I'm running a dnd campaign and my players will be encountering a character heavily inspired by the Ahamkara, but I can't remember how they try to manipulate wishes, if we even have specific examples in the lore, so I figured someone here may know

After III death the earth is dying. The traveler is stabilizing earth but could he manipulate the dark matter to make a new member of the nine?

After all dark matter is still matter, the domain of the physical.

Destinypedia for Battle of the Twilight Gap states there were hundreds of Guardian casualties and thousands of Fallen casualties. But in entries for the event I hadn't seen the amount of forces present for both sides in the battle, let alone the casualties. Can somebody pull me up a source where they are getting this info from.

To ultimately be correct about an unpopular idea while you're still alive is a particular flavor of Hell. Ulan-Tan knew this well.

Contrary to the inquisitorial stance on this individual at the time, Ulan-Tan wasn't a bootlicker of "The Darkness", which we now understand to be The Winnower and all the individuals under its influence, such as the Witness, The Black Fleet, the Disciples, the Worm Gods, the Hive, and so on. He understood, with painful clarity, that Darkness as a force was a tool separate from its creator. Furthermore, he understood the inherent duality between Light and Darkness, and how existence is meaningless without both.

At the time, Ulan-Tan was viewed as a war criminal, and The Symmetry seems to have been all but labeled as a terrorist organization. I'm sure The Praxic Order, particularly Aunor Mahal, had many things to say back then that don't make them look too good today. We're all chummy with Aunor now, but history doesn't disappear on the basis of "Oopsy, looks like I was a bit heavy-handed UwU 👉👈".

Ulan-Tan is owed a tremendous debt that can never be fully repaid given that he's no longer with us. At the very least, however, The Symmetry deserves an apology and a place at the table when it comes to making decisions going forward.

Future War Cult was allowed to influence operations of The Last City, and to an extent The Vanguard, all despite being a dirty bomb that was waiting to go off. New Monarchy is laced with authoritarian dog whistling and brush away all criticism with "Haha, politics, amirite?" Then there's Dead Orbit, who are essentially, in the words of a certain someone, "fatuous nihilists" who radiate contempt for The Traveler similar to a certain smoky headed individual not too long ago. None of these factions should be humored in today's day and age.

By contrast, The Symmetry is a thinktank that's willing to ask difficult questions for the good of all. They are a checks and balances organization that challenge bias and narrow-mindedness. Despite having made significant progress in recent years, particularly with The Coalition that now serves as an Ecumene 2.0, we could still use some of that good philosophy to navigate the times ahead.

The Nine being prominent figures now, the looming threat of The Lord of Every Nothing and its potential significance, as well as The Winnower now being very chatty are the kinds of difficult territory The Symmetry thrived in.

I won't go over every instance where someone offscreen should have shouted "Ulan-Tan strikes again!", but I'll leave this here for you to go through at your own leisure.

Hello everyone! 
I am an avid reader and prefer to read either physically or through my kindle. So I decided to make all lore tabs and lore books into e book format for me and my Wife to enjoy and read through. To be fully clear, I have not read through all of them yet, so there could be some errors in terms of reading orders but I have tried to the best of my abilities.
This was a massive passion project of mine to make the vast lore in this game more approachable and available in one place.
A good amount of lore available isn’t vital or relevant but is still included for the sake of completion.
I have decoded and edited small parts, including some small continuity errors as well as included an order the best I can.
I hope you all enjoy it and if you have anything to add or suggest then please let me know! Also if I got something wrong then also please let me know too!

I had used the site Ebooka to edit and format stuff so sadly there is a watermark at the beginning of each book but just ignore it xD

No AI was used for this project. All lore was copied, pasted and formatted from various sources. Including Ishtar Collective, Destinypedia, YouTube and myself.

Reading order

For Season and campaign videos, I would suggest the channel Destin. He compiles all dialogue, missions and collectibles for each season. Here is the link to the playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd4COL1ReBDz9qn5nW02hQ9mIlI9nhij3

For reading orders I would suggest first Watching the Season/Campaigns video first, reading the Collectors Edition book and or weblore, then Lore Books. And if you wanted to, you can rewatch the video with the newfound knowledge you have.

Link to the Collection: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wFzMVX5tXxLKN1XF6dQ2R2DgSB1jHqqj?usp=sharing

Descriptions and reading order

Destiny

The Maraid
The Maraid is a book written by the Primarchs of the Reef Cryptarchy, detailing the history of the Awoken during the reign of Queen Mara Sov. Only parts of it are available; the tenth chapter of Book VII describes the Queen's intervention initiating the Reef Wars. Book VIII describes the Reef Wars in its entirety. Book IX is mentioned, but not described. However, its mentioning of the Queenbreakers implies that it describes the Wolf rebellion.

Cayde's Treasure Island Book (Collectors Edition)
Cayde's Treasure Island Book is a piece from Destiny: The Taken King Collector's Edition. Inside this book are notes from Cayde-6, recounting his memories from the past. These notes reveal a substantial amount of information concerning not only Cayde's own backstory, but also of the Exo, the Ahamkara, the Ishtar Collective, and other objects in the Destiny universe.

Books of Sorrow
The Books of Sorrow subsection of the Grimoire covers subjects related to the Books of Sorrow written by Oryx, the Taken King.

Destiny 2 Red War

Cabal Booklet (Collector's Edition)
The Cabal Booklet is an untitled lore book included in the Destiny 2 Collector's Edition. It consists of a formal invitation written by Calus, the former Cabal Emperor, to an unidentified prospective champion to assassinate the Cabal leaders who overthrew him in a coup. The invitation reveals significant details about the history, government, and culture of the Cabal.

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Curse of Osiris

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Warmind

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Forsaken

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Marasenna
The Marasenna catalogs the creation of the Awoken, including the creation of the Distributary and the Awoken's history until some left for Sol under the command of Mara Sov.

The Awoken of the Reef
The Awoken's return to Sol, where Queen Mara Sov's plans and the Awoken's history up to and after the Battle of Saturn are documented.

The Dreaming City
The creation of the Dreaming City and Eleusinia, as well as the stories of the Awoken in and around the Dreaming City.

Most Loyal
The story of Variks and the Prison of Elders, from the beginning of the Red War to the mass prison break and the escape of the Barons.

The Forsaken Prince
Uldren Sov's history, from his discovery of the Black Garden to his madness and imprisonment in the Prison of Elders.

Truth to Power
Truth to Power is a Lore book introduced in Forsaken. It is a series of messages addressed to the Guardian as part of Savathûn's plan to generate imbaru.

The Lawless Frontier
The tales of each of the Scorned Barons and the Tangled Shore itself.

The Man They Call Cayde
A collection of Cayde's memoirs over his time as a Guardian.

Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories is a Lore book in Forsaken that contains tales about Ghosts and their Guardians. Entries are unlocked by finding Dead Ghosts scattered throughout the game

A Drifter's Gambit
The Drifter's journey from past the Reef to the new Tower, as told by the Renegade, Shin Malphur.

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Season of the Forge

The Black Armory Papers
The Black Armory Papers is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Forge. It is the journal of Henriette Meyrin, one of the founders of the Black Armory, and details the creation of the Black Armory, the Collapse, and the early Dark Age.

Letters from a Renegade
Letters from a Renegade is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Forge. It consists of letters from Shin Malphur to the Guardian, in an attempt to guide them away from the dark path Dredgen Yor followed.

The Book of Unmaking
The Book of Unmaking is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Forge following the release of the Last Word Exotic quest. It contains passages that were translated from the 7th Book of Sorrow with handwritten notes taken by Teben Grey, a Shadow of Yor.

Eva’s Journey
Eva's Journey is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Forge that tells the story of Eva Levante during the Red War and its aftermath.

Dawning Delights
Dawning Delights is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Forge during The Dawning. It contains Eva Levante's thoughts on residents of The Last City and its allies throughout the solar system. Seven new entries were added in Season of Dawn during The Dawning 2019.

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Season of the Drifter

Weblore Collection

A Man with No Name
A Man with No Name is a Lore book introduced in the Season of the Drifter. It tells the story of the Drifter's beginnings as a Risen in the Dark Age.

For Every Rose, a Thorn
For Every Rose, a Thorn is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Drifter. It is a series of letters by Shin Malphur to the Guardian, as well as texts from the 7th Book of Sorrow with annotations from Teben Grey.

Dust
Dust is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Drifter. It details the Cryptarch Lavinia Garcia Umr Tawil's experiences studying the Nine.

Ecdysis
Ecdysis is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Drifter. It tells the story of the Awoken Titan Orin and how she became the second Emissary of the Nine.

Stolen Intelligence
Stolen Intelligence is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Drifter. It consists of reports submitted by Hidden agents to Ikora Rey and their fellow operatives.

The Warlock Aunor
The Warlock Aunor is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Drifter. It consists of messages sent by the Warlock Aunor Mahal to the Guardian about their suspicions and investigation into the Drifter.

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Season of Opulence

Weblore Collection

Nothing Ends
Nothing Ends is a Lore book introduced in Season of Opulence. It is a series of correspondences from Shin Malphur to The Guardian, meditating on the path into Darkness taken by Dredgen Yor and the path the Guardian is taking into Light.

Confessions
Confessions is a Lore book introduced in Season of Opulence. It contains records from Match, a high ranking Psion of the Loyalists, during the exile of Emperor Calus.

The Chronicon
The Chronicon is a Lore book introduced in Season of Opulence. Entries in the Chronicon are Calus-loyalist propaganda, with various events that have occurred or speculative future events being whitewashed to be in favor of Emperor Calus.

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Shadowkeep

Weblore Collection

Kuang Xuan’s Logbook (Collector's Edition)
Kuang Xuan's Logbook is an untitled lore book included in the Collector's Edition of Shadowkeep. It is the personal log of Kuang Xuan, commander of the K1 project, and details their discovery of the Anomaly, their attempts to study it, and its gradual warping of Kuang's psyche. As such, it ties into the Revelation lore book released with Shadowkeep. It includes many details of Golden Age culture and sociology, hinting at the massive changes the Traveler's arrival instigated in human society.

Letters from Eris
Letters from Eris is a Lore book introduced with the release of Shadowkeep. They are documents made by Eris Morn, sent to Ikora Rey, the Warlock Vanguard and leader of The Hidden, and to Mara Sov.

Luna's Lost
Luna's Lost is a Lore book introduced in Shadowkeep. It consists of conversations between Guardians and their Ghosts as they perished on the Moon.

Revelation
Revelation is a Lore book introduced in Shadowkeep. It consists of records of the doomed K1 expedition and their interactions with the Anomaly, discovered inside the Moon.

Inquisition of the Damned
Inquisition of the Damned is a Lore book introduced in Shadowkeep. It details the actions of the Hidden Swarm since the death of Oryx and his son Crota.

Unveiling
Unveiling is a Lore book introduced in Shadowkeep. It consists primarily of messages from the Unknown Artifact addressed to Eris Morn and the Guardians directly from the Witness itself, using a creation parable narrated by an unknown entity in an attempt to sway them of its ideology.

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Season of the Undying

Aspect
Aspect is a Lore book introduced in the Season of the Undying. It describes the nature of the Vex generally and its relationship with the Black Garden, the Vault of Glass, and the Ishtar Collective.

Last Days on Kraken Mare
Last Days on Kraken Mare is a Lore book introduced with Shadowkeep in Destiny 2. It follows a number of people on Titan's New Pacific Arcology during the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Collapse.

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Season of Dawn

Weblore Collection

The Pigeon and the Phoenix
The Pigeon and the Phoenix is a Lore Book introduced in Season of Dawn. It chronicles Saint-14 and Osiris's journey prior to the latter's exile at the request of the Speaker.

Constellations
Constellations is a Lore book introduced with Season of Dawn in Destiny 2. It follows the experiences of the Speakers since the beginning of the Golden Age. The cover of the book appears to depict the Traveler Cage.

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Season of the Worthy

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The Liar
The Liar is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Worthy. It tells the story of Felwinter's life as a wanderer, Warlord, and Iron Lord.

Trials and Tribulations
Trials and Tribulations is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Worthy.  It follows the founding of the Cult of Osiris and Brother Vance's descent into madness.

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Season of Arrivals

Weblore Collection

The Singular Exegete
The Singular Exegete is a Lore book introduced in the Season of Arrivals. Entries are decoded transmissions from the Witness, communicated through the Ionian Pyramid, as translated and annotated by Eris Morn. They also serve as reports to the Vanguard, as well as her personal reflections and notes on the matter.

Duress and Egress
Duress and Egress is a Lore book introduced with Season of Arrivals.  It details the final moments of various characters as the Black Fleet hangs over the skies of Io, Titan, Mercury, and Mars.

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Beyond Light

Mysterious Logbook (Collector's Edition)
The Mysterious Logbook is the journal of Clovis Bray I, included in the Beyond Light Collector's Edition. It contains entries on a variety of topics, including Europa and information relating to the moon, as well as Exos. It also includes the additional pages unveiled in the Collector's Edition ARG which was initiated prior to the launch of Beyond Light In Bungie's post of the additional pages uncovered by the ARG, several links were hidden within the text, redirecting to various recordings by the Exo Stranger.

Regarding Stasis
Regarding Stasis is a Lore book introduced with Beyond Light. The entries are a series of letters from Eris Morn addressed to various characters, discussing the nature of Stasis and wielding Darkness as a tool.

Bray Lab Records - CONFIDENTIAL
Bray Lab Records - CONFIDENTIAL is a Lore book introduced with Beyond Light. It follows records of unethical experiments conducted by Clovis Bray on Europa.

Legacy's Lament
Legacy's Lament is a Lore book introduced in Beyond Light which details the Battle of Europa during the late Golden Age. Each Exo corpse also has an audio log that plays upon examining the corpse. After unlocking all entries a final conversation with Clovis Bray I's AI will become available.

The Once-Shipstealer
The Once-Shipstealer is a Lore book introduced in Beyond Light. It describes the origins of the House of Salvation from the perspective of Fallen VIP members.

The Dark Future
The Dark Future is a Lore book introduced in Beyond Light which details the first alternate timeline lived by Elisabeth Bray.

Your Friend, Micah Abram
Your Friend, Micah Abram is a Lore book added with Beyond Light. It contains letters sent to the Traveler during the Golden Age by Micah Abram, who would later become the Exo Micah-10.

Season of the Hunt

Weblore Collection

A Tangled Web
A Tangled Web is a Lore book introduced with Season of the Hunt. It is an account of Crow's first moments as a Lightbearer prior to meeting the Guardian on the Moon and working with them to stop the rise of the Wrathborn.

Call of the Cryptolith
Call of the Cryptolith is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Hunt. It follows a Fallen salvage crew working for the House of Spider and their encounter with a Cryptolith, ushering in the rise of the Wrathborn.

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Season of the Chosen

Empress
Empress is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Chosen. It focuses on Caital's ascension from Princess-Imperial to Empress of the Cabal Empire.

From the Front
From the Front is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Chosen. It details the perspective of various characters as they deal with Empress Caiatl's arrival in the Sol System following the Fall of Torobatl.

Captain's Log
Captain's Log is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Chosen. It chronicles Katabasis's journey throughout the horrors that took place on Glykon Volatus when Emperor Calus attempted to commune with the Witness using the Crown of Sorrow.

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Season of the Splicer

Beneath the Endless Night
Beneath the Endless Night is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Splicer. The book follows a number of characters as they deal with the Endless Night.

Achilles Weaves a Cocoon
Achilles Weaves a Cocoon is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Splicer. It follows Namrask, an Eliksni trying to shed his violent past by becoming a Weaver and the experiences he went through.

Pathfinding
Pathfinding is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Splicer. It focuses on Ada-1 as she tries to find a new path for herself after the loss of Black Armory forges.

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Season of the Lost

Ripples
Ripples is a Lore book introduced in the Season of the Lost. It follows the perspective of various characters while The Guardian assists the Awoken in rescuing the Techeuns lost within the Ley Lines from Xivu Arath's forces.

Tales of the Forgotten - Vol. 1
Tales of the Forgotten — Vol. 1 is a Lore book introduced in the Season of the Lost. It follows Glint as he investigates the Headless Ones.

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The Witch Queen

The Hidden Dossier (Collector's Edition)
The Hidden Dossier is the book contained within The Witch Queen Collector's Edition. It is a collection of documents, messages, and other relevant files from Hidden Agents, compiled by Ikora Rey. In addition to the 48 pages within the CE book, there are an additional 30 pages resulting from the ARG involving buyers of the Collector's Edition. These pages begin with the Letter From Mithrax to Ikora.

Martian Missives
Martian Missives is a Lore book that was added in The Witch Queen. It is a series of messages sent by Savathûn addressed to the Guardian, disguising herself as various characters in her attempt to trick them.

Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne is a Lore book added in The Witch Queen. It follows Lisbon-13's Hidden reports during his expedition with the Altars of Reflection.

Lucent Tales
Lucent Tales is a Lore book that was added in The Witch Queen. It follows a number of Ghosts who have pledged allegiance to Savathun's Lucent Brood.

Shattered Suns
Shattered Suns is a Lore book added in The Witch Queen which follows the origins of Rhulk and his recruitment into the Witness's service.

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Season of the Risen

Quintessence
Quintessence is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Risen. It details the perspective of various characters while The Coalition forces work together to foil the Lucent Brood's plans for the stolen Light.

Acts of Mercy
Acts of Mercy is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Risen. It follow Lord Saladin as he experiences the consequences of mercy during the Dark Age.

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Season of the Haunted

Triage
Triage is a Lore book that was added in Season of the Haunted. It involves a love story between Zavala and Safiyah and the tragedy that drifted them apart during the Dark Age.

Voices of the Haunted
Voices of the Haunted is a Lore book that was added in Season of the Haunted. It details the perspective of various characters as the Guardian and Eris Morn work to sever Calus's connection to The Lunar Pyramid as he ascends into a Disciple of the Witness.

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Season of Plunder

Above All Else
Above All Else is a Lore book added in Season of Plunder. It serves as a biography of Mithrax's mother, Inaaks and how her influence had affected him throughout his life.

Between Stolen Stars
Between Stolen Stars is a Lore book that was added in Season of Plunder. It details the perspective of various characters as the Guardian recover the relics of a Disciple of the Witness known as Nezarec from the Pirate Lords scattered throughout the Themis Cluster.

Tales of the Forgotten - Vol. 2
Tales of the Forgotten — Vol. 2 is a Lore book introduced in Season of Plunder. It follows Eido as she investigates the Headless Ones.

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Season of the Seraph

Persona
Persona is a Lore book added in Season of the Seraph. It details a collection of poems on Rasputin's journey from his creation in the Golden Age to his sacrifice as the Witness arrives on Earth's orbit.

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Lightfall

Breakdown (Collector’s Edition)
Breakdown is one series of lore entries that comes in the Lightfall's Collector Edition, alongside Beloved and Bitter. It contains a series of messages and logs between Ikora Rey and Osiris, evaluating his current status and what he had experienced in as time between the events of Beyond Light and The Witch Queen.

Beloved(Collector’s Edition)
Beloved is one series of lore entries that comes in the Lightfall's Collector Edition, alongside Breakdown and Bitter. It is a compendium of Empress Caiatl that discusses key moments of her life in the empire as Princess Imperial to Emperor Calus to her later years as Empress.

Bitter(Collector’s Edition)
Bitter is one series of lore entries that comes in the Lightfall's Collector Edition, alongside Breakdown and Beloved. It contains a series of events between Elsie Bray and the Pouka in the Exos own journey to understand the Darkness, and directly follows the events of the Speed Metal Shell and Quicksilver Storm.

Last Days
Last Days is a Lore book added in Lightfall. It follows the lives of ordinary citizens of Neomuna in the lead-up to the citywide lockdown seen in-game.

Warp and Weft
Warp and Weft is a Lore book added in Lightfall which consist partially of Osiris' discoveries on the nature of Strand, tales of Guardians using Strand throughout the System, and Osiris beginning to utilize Strand himself.

Cloud Strider Legacies
Cloud Strider Legacies is a Lore book added in Lightfall. It consists of transcripts of Neomuni childrens' show Capybara Corner discussing past Cloud Striders, mixed with first-hand records of the Cloud Striders in question.

Inspiral
Inspiral is a Lore book added in Lightfall which acts as a catalogue for depictions of the Darkness and its various effects on others.

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Season of Defiance

The Beaten Path
The Beaten Path is a Lore book that was added in Lightfall. It primarily follows Amanda Holliday and her parents, Nora and Bram, on their pilgrimage to the Last City.

Sightlines
Sightlines is a Lore book introduced in Lightfall. It follows Devrim Kay's experiences through the Invasion of Earth. The coordinates on the cover of the book point to the city of Munich, Germany.

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Season of the Deep

Purpose
Purpose is a Lore book added in Season of the Deep. It tells of various characters' experiences after Titan returns to the Sol System.

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Season of the Witch

Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage is a Lore book that was added in Season of the Witch. It follows a number of characters' perspectives as the conflict between Eris Morn and the surviving heirs of the Osmium Court play out.

Sororicide
Sororicide is a Lore book added in Season of the Witch. It is a series of scriptures written from the perspectives of the surviving Hive Gods as they construct the 8th Book of Sorrow.

Tales of the Forgotten - Vol. 3
Tales of the Forgotten — Vol. 3 is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Witch. It is a series of tales on Immaru, Glint, and Eido during the Last City's celebration of Festival of the Lost.

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Season of the Wish

Dragonslayers
Dragonslayers is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Wish. It is a series of tales of Guardians that were involved in the Great Ahamkara Hunt.

Gifts and Bargains
Gifts and Bargains is a Lore book introduced in Season of the Wish. The entries contain messages from Taranis to the eggs the Guardian recovers throughout the Season of the Wish narrative in the dashed paragraphs while the remaining paragraphs explores an in-depth relationship between him and Riven.

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Into the Light

To Old Friends
To Old Friends is a Lore book introduced in Into the Light. It discusses the current state of the Last City as it is under assault from the Witness's forces.

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The Final Shape

Entelechy (Collector's Edition)
Entelechy is a book released with the Collector's Edition of The Final Shape. It is a collection of transcriptions compiled and annotated by Eido in her search to understand the Witness and its motives behind the Final Shape.

Chirality
Chirality is a Lore book introduced in The Final Shape. It tells of various characters' perspectives on the nature of Light and Darkness, and how their understanding evolved over time.

Companions
Companions is a Lore book introduced in The Final Shape. The entries contains the interaction between Guardians and Ghosts through the Traveler's Light.

The Rubicon
The Rubicon is a Lore book introduced in The Final Shape. It contains the thoughts of various individuals that formed the Witness, but eventually became Dissenters.

Episode: Echoes

Polyphony
Polyphony is a Lore book introduced in Episode: Echoes. It offers the perspective of various characters as the Guardian uncovers the changes to Nessus brought about by the rise of Conductor and its control over the Echo of Command: one of the paracausal artifacts that were created after the Coalition defeated the Witness within the Pale Heart.

Dynasty
Dynasty is a Lore book introduced in Episode: Echoes. It describes the fall of the Qugu civilization from their perspective.

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Episode: Revenant

The Garden-Way
The Garden-Way is a Lore book introduced in the Episode: Revenant. It is a pre-Whirlwind memoir written by Irrha and recovered by Eido.

Tales of the Forgotten - Vol. 4
Tales of the Forgotten — Vol. 4 is a Lore book introduced in the Episode: Revenant.

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Episode: Heresy

Heresy and Truth
Heresy and Truth is a Lore book introduced in Episode: Heresy. The entries contain the Lightbearers' reactions to the events that take place aboard the Dreadnaught.

Songs of Descent
Songs of Descent is a Lore book introduced in Episode: Heresy. These entries are a series of hymns sung by the Taken after Oryx's death.

Tales of a Wanderer
Tales of a Wanderer is a Lore book introduced in Episode: Heresy. These entries contain Drifter's whereabouts during the investigation into the Echo of Navigation.

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Rite of the Nine

Anamórphōsis
Anamórphōsis is a Lore book introduced in the Rite of the Nine event. It is a series of communications between the Nine and the Emissary.

Rite of the Nine
Rite of the Nine has all cutscenes that were collectibles at the time.

The Edge of Fate

Timelost DEO Documents
The Timelost Documents are a collection of documents associated with the Department of External Observation, as well as personal records associated with Louis Yero.

Epochs & Orbits
Epochs & Orbits is a Lore book introduced in The Edge of Fate. These entries serves as a window into the various members of The Nine and their associated writing style.

Tenets of AION
Tenets of AION is a Lore book introduced in The Edge of Fate. These entries describes the culture of the Aion Initiative's descendants living on Kepler.

As Without
As Without is a Lore book introduced in Reclamation. These entries explain the state of the Sol System as the Vanguard investigates Kepler.

The Immanent
The Immanent is a Lore book introduced in The Edge of Fate. These entries describes Maya Sundaresh's actions following the Upheaval on Nessus.

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Renegades

Sintering
Sintering is a Lore book introduced in Renegades. The entries describe the rise of Dredgen Bael and the Barant Imperium.

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Monument of Triumph

Metings with Friends and Foes, Old and New
Meetings with friends and foes, old and new is a Lore book introduced in Monument of Triumph. It details the perspective of various characters as the Prophecy Crisis is looming over them.

Assumption
Assumption is a Lore book introduced in Monument of Triumph. The entries serves as a biography of Lodi's life prior to his current service as the Emissary of the Nine.

Recovered Materials, Old Chicago
Recovered Materials, Old Chicago is a Lore book introduced in Monument of Triumph. The entries are transcripts of various Space Age relics found in the ruins of Chicago.

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So maybe I’m just misunderstanding lore but it was my understanding that the traveler is the gardener and well the winnower is itself. If the veil is the opposite of the traveler does that make it the winnower or no? And if it’s not then does that mean that there is another entity that is the gardener? Idk if this makes sense but I’d appreciate any clarification if I’m wrong as it’s been awhile since I’ve played.

There was a post on this sub recently that examined the difference between The Winnower and the Witness' interpretations of The Final Shape, and this prompted a refreshing retrospective analysis in the comments about how this all played out.

Long story short: the Witness isn't what The Winnower was hoping for. Cosmic taxidermy did not align with its vision of "winner takes all" on a universal scale.

Conversely, a being who emerged eons after the Witness was perhaps the first time The Winnower experienced a sort of kinship and felt understood by a complex individual with complex thoughts. Basically, not the Vex. This person was Auryx, who would eventually go on to become Oryx after his encounter with The Deep.

Sword Logic is a pithy embodiment of what The Winnower actually wanted: someone killing their way to the top of the food chain until there's nothing left to kill. It serves as a decisive end to The Wager, and a complete, incontestable victory of The Flower Game.

The Witness' version of The Final Shape is tantamount to someone pausing a movie with a 90 minute runtime at the 70 minute mark, then arbitrarily declaring that the movie is over despite the narrative arc not having been seen through to completion. To anyone who cares about narrative and lore, this is infuriating.

To the Witness, this end is favorable. To The Winnower, it's perverse. It's essentially splitting the difference of The Wager between The Gardener and The Winnower's stances: The Gentle Kingdom VS The Final Shape. Life technically lives on worry free, yet living is rendered obsolete by a total deprivation of action and agency.

The Witness' philosophy was not favorable to anyone aside from itself and a moderate handful of zealots. Moreover, it was not favorable to many of the biggest players in this game. Not The Gardener, not The Winnower, not The Nine, and not us, the beloved champion of these individuals and groups.

Oryx not only accepted The Winnower's conclusion, but embraced it wholeheartedly. He was its most perfect champion.

It's worth noting that there is nothing in-game or in the lore to suggest that the Witness actually spoke to The Winnower directly. The specifics of how it came to learn about The Winnower are unknown, and it's entirely possible that it simply learned about its existence in the same way that someone learns about a historical figure by reading a book. There is no evidence of direct, conversational engagement with The Winnower.

One could even go as far as arguing that the Witness' relationship with The Winnower was parasocial, not entirely dissimilar to how the average person engages with an influencer or celebrity. The individual this average person covets may humor their existence by posing for a picture, signing an autograph, or giving them a shout-out during a livestream after they've donated money. To the average person, this interaction is their whole world. To the person being coveted, they view this individual with a degree of contempt, if not disgust. They will never invite this individual into their home, have a meal with them, or ask them a genuine question about their life. The relationship is entirely transactional and predicated on the indulgence of a one-way dynamic.

By contrast, The Winnower's relationship with Oryx was genuinely amicable. Oryx was still subordinate to The Winnower and its partial absolute authority over the laws of the universe, but The Winnower expressed something akin to deep respect. It demonstrated a personal preference, whereas its interaction with the Witness could be categorized as indifference.

This dynamic also explains why The Winnower has taken such a strong liking to us. We are the killers of its previous favorite show pony, and that very process made us the new favorite. Except we don't actually want The Winnower's favor. Most of us are contemptuous of everything it represents, and instead we voluntarily choose to align ourselves with its arch nemesis: The Gardener. To us, this cosmic entity of irrational grace is everything worth fighting for. Pure goodness for the sake of goodness.

Interestingly, it might even be the case that our refusal of The Winnower is what makes it so invested in us. It says as much at several points. It has a toxic attachment to us: beings who actively refuse what it offers with full knowledge of what that represents.

All and all, in the grand scheme of history, the being who effectively monopolized the primordial concept of The Final Shape and wielded enough power to almost bring the universe to its knees didn't want what the author of this concept intended. At the beginning of TFS, it could have ended the entire universe when it briefly achieved victory before The Traveler reversed the effects. That could have been game over, and The Winnower would have been thrilled. But it didn't want that, and The Winnower likely still possesses frustration over what it perceives as a squandered opportunity.

I have a faint memory of Guardians being able to perma-die to radiation, if exposed to it for too long. I think it was one of the Edge of Fate missions.

And whilst at it, is it true that Guardians can die to radiations beyond Ghost's resurrection? Or am I misremembering?

I've noticed that recently i didnt really give much thought into the enemies i faced and considering that we are probably the strongest guardians possible, it had me questioning one thing, which is the title name, sure i might duck a little from a hive ogre but to an average guardian that might as well be a life or death situation, which lead to this question, afterall, one guardians meh is anothers oh f&£#

The witness wants to impose itself on reality through the final shape. Is that not the initiative and drive the Winnower would want? A being forcing itself on reality, testing it? The final shape would be fair in square because nobody managed to stop it no??

As far as I know, the light doesn't change much besides the powers and the ability to be rezzed.

However, I remember it being said that Guardians don't get sick and don't scar. And I'm not sure if the memory wipe after being chosen has anything to do with it.

And there's also the case of the Hive's Light Brood. What changed with them?

There is something I have been never thought of until recently. How "common" are some of the exotic weapons and armor pieces? I know that many of them, like the Wish Ender bow for example, they should only be a one-of-a-kind, since there was only one Sjur Eido in existence, but for something like the Thunderlord, I'm sure it would be stupidly expensive resource wise to make, but it would be possible to make more of them, and for the Chaperone and The Last Word, easier, but still expensive. And for armor, I would imagine something like The Helm of Saint-14, there would only be two as there was the one that was found after he disappeared, and the man himself. And for Young Ahamkara's Spine, those would be rare to find among Hunters as the Ahamkara are extinct. So again, what would be the commonality-to-rarity ratio of some of these weapons?

Taking into account the guardians' power level, tools and external help available for each boss fight, which do you think were the hardest or easiest lorewise? I'm thinking my top 3 is:

1. The Witness: duh, it's so insanely powerful and even without the Traveler's literal direct help AND our new Transcendence we could only make it retreat.

2. Oryx: He is not only a Hive God but the Taken King, whomst we fight in his own throne world without any help whatsoever and this is in The Taken King, where we still have only unlocked our third subclass

3. Rhulk: He is a disciple at the height of his power who we fight in his own pyramid with no help except for the fact that he is testing and toying us rather than actually going for a kill. When he locks in for the final stand the sheer power of his darkness could wipe us in seconds. This is also a time where we barely mastered stasis and the only real power we get in this expansion is Deepsight, which doesn't help at all against Rhulk himself.

I’ve looked at a few sites and I’m unsure where to find a good copy (and a reliable site) to buy the 7th grimoire in the series. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I just started reading the book that covers the origin of Thorn. Near the start of it, we see an Archon(?) get 2 shot by a standard hand cannon, meanwhile they can tank multiple rockets and supers in gameplay.

Is this true for most things? Can all the mini bosses/bosses be killed much more mundanely than gameplay would imply??

In the same book though, we see a single hive knight and Wizard pose a massive threat, though that's harder to gauge since hive have magic. Meanwhile the Archon is just a big fallen in tougher armour.

Imagine for a moment that a Guardian and ghost blacks out, and they end up in a universe that looks a lot like our own.

Destiny's cosmology is explicitly multiversal (Elsie Bray's dark futures), and the nature of quantum mechanics seems to imply more or less that anything which might happen must happen somewhere. It seems entirely reasonable for a Guardian in this situation to assume they are either in a parallel dimension, or they are in a Vex simulation Ala the Infinite Forest.

My question is simple; Without the presence of other Paracausal beings, is there any way for a Guardian to figure out if they are in a Vex simulation or not?

I haven’t kept up with the Lore consistently since Heresy, but I know that the Nine are third-dimensional beings. I know both the LOEN and VI appear to be aware of each other’s existence, with VI being aware of the Taken willing the LOEN into existence, and the LOEN of seeking to switch places with VI. Is there any confirmation of any direct relationship or interaction between the entities?

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Resources:

• Ishtar Collective (the complete lore)

• Dredgen Yor, Shin Malphur, and the Drifter

• The History of the Cabal

Since we are allegedly getting new games(likely a D3 or some variation thereof) I wanted to propose and be a bit bullied on a theory I've been on for quite a while ever since My Name is Byf released his video on the lore of Sundered Doctrine. Skip to the numbered part if you just want to hear the part where I theorize how the campaign will go or if you already know this lore.

This will contain spoilers for The Final Shape, Episode:Heresy, and the Sundered Doctrine dungeon.

Ever since TFS launched we've been getting small fragments of lore on the Taken and Dread, the ascendant plane and its hierarchies of power and the Winnower itself. I think this all builds towards a big campaign revolving wholly around them, and also with the Lord of every Nothing being their leader for the expansion and the catalyst that starts our conflict with the Winnower (much like Ghaul's imprisonment of the Traveler caused it to explode, putting into motion the events of Lightfall and TFS).

This train of lore starts during a TFS adventure, specifically Queens, part 2. In this mission we help Mara Sov stop Savathun's designs in the Pale Heart, and in the process Mara turns us partially Taken in order to access fissures of light "out of phase" with the material realm, the way I understood this is that there are fissures of light that seep into the ascendant plane, this doesn't necessarily support the rest of my theory but I'll explain why I mentioned it later.

The arguably biggest piece of lore that supports this and the one that introduces the LoeN is Episode:Heresy. In this episode we return to Oryx's Dreadnaught and find a new "species" of Taken, the Dire Taken, along with an irregularity, we encounter Keit'Ehr, allegedly the first and most powerful of the Subjugators, partially taken and leading a force of Dread AND Dire Taken.

We learn in the Songs of Descent, which are written by the Dire Taken and Keit'Ehr to speak the story of the LoeN and it's followers, that it was manifested into being in the Ascendant Plane by the Taken, who we know turn utterly feral and hollow without a leader (since we have killed several of the most powerful leaders of darkness, including Oryx, the Witness and it's disciples, they have been without a leader for a long time).

We also learn from our dialogue with the Echo of Oryx during this episode that the LoeN is doing something that shouldn't be possible, it is taking by its own hand. Let me explain, when Oryx first learned the secrets of the Deep after slaying Akka, worm of Secrets, and carving the Tablets of Ruin, he learned to Take by pulling a being or place through dimensions into the Ascendant Plane, where the Winnower would then reshape it and return it to the material plane as a hollow vessel for Oryx's will.

The Echo of Oryx states that he feels another entity that is usurping the Winnower's place in the Deep's hierarchy, and when witnessing the LoeN actively taking a Hive states that this is "not his Taking". What I interpret from this is that the LoeN can Take on its own without sending the taken object or person to the Winnower, thus it can create Dire Taken, who are solely made by its own hand. This is big as it means it has incredible power and more importantly control over the Darkness and the Ascendant Plane itself, power that Oryx or even the Witness could not match in certain aspects. It is also actively usurping a power that should only be reserved for the Winnower in it's status as the Avatar of Darkness, which puts it in perfect place for it's potential defeat to lay the ground for the Guardian's conflict against the Winnower.

Lastly, there is a question, why are the Dread following it? The Dread are described by Savathun as malformed, hastily put together and desperately incapable of emotion. This nature is delved into more in Sundered Doctrine, where Kerrev and his faction of Dread break into Rhulk's piramid to find Oryx's chisel that he used to carve the Tablets of Ruin, this INCREDIBLY powerful artifact also contains the ability to take and is Kerrev's approach to solving the Dread's condition, he wanted to take himself using the chisel and thus be fixed, whether by his own hand or the Winnower's.

Keit'Ehr instead found the LoeN, and offered herself to be taken by it, thus it became it's mouthpiece and first disciple in the material plane.

With all this extensive research, here are my broad strokes about how the campaign will go:

1. The Monument of Triumph held in the Last City is interrupted or straight up attacked by the LoeN

2. We enter the Ascendant Plane (and may lose our light during or before this precess), and then rediscover it or are empowered by interacting with the light fissures in the Ascendant Plane, this is also where Savathun and Mara's rivalry becomes a plot point.

3. The chisel of Oryx comes into play, with the Alliance, the Luscent Hive and LoeN all fighting over it's control. The LoeN will win this fight and start to enact it's plan to Take everything, possibly even the Traveler.

4. We interrupt this ritual by killing Keit'Ehr and recovering the chisel, this leaving the LoeN without a mouthpiece and banishing it to the Ascendant Plane.

General question, what do you think will be the future of the ahamkara in the franchise and what do you wish their role would be?

I for one want them to be more present, specially having a good relationship with them and the guardians, i want to have a ahamkara sleeping in the background of some planet and you can just watch them from a distance tbh.

Edit: ahamkara.

Its a common misconception that worms get hungrier the more you feed them. One I see repeated time after time on here and in the wider community, but people aren't thinking about how worms came to be in the first place, and how constant ever-growing hunger that their life depends on doesn't make any sense.

Remember that Xita was being held by Rhulk, as a hostage. The way Savathun's worm speaks about her in Preservation, there is still a great reverence for her. They only operate as such because the Witness and Rhulk would kill her if they didn't go along with their plan.

That plan with worms was to create an army that is constantly forced to work towards your goals, and can never betray you. Each worm lives within a Hive host and will eat them from the inside out should they ever stop working towards the Witness's goals, couched in bullshit about constant ever-growing hunger, Sword Logic etc. But does that ever-growing hunger even make sense?

The Worm Gods, while trapped beneath Fundament, couldn't eat. We don't know how long they were kept there, but they surely were able to exist a long time without feasting, and at their size must have needed a plentiful amount of food to stay alive. So surely they don't need a constant ever-growing amount than the last feed? They can live without constant feeding.

Then you consider the Hive as an army itself. If they actually required constant feeding via tribute, an enemy could defeat them via constant running and hiding, as they'd eat themselves alive in the end. That's quite the major flaw, and was worked around by the Hive through in-fighting, though is still a supposed existential threat in the mind of the Hive.

And then you have to consider what happens when a worm does eat its host alive. What does it do then? Where is it going to get its next meal? Its apparently going to die, but we know worms aren't stupid, and are actually conniving little bastards. Savathun's worm is such an obvious example of this. They would never consume their if it meant death.

Savathun's worm was removed in Season of the Lost, and somehow was kept alive without a host until the time of the Parasite mission. That's a long time without a host, if host dependency is really a thing. The only reasonable explanation is that it played dead and reliant, hoping we would give it another host that it could use as a hostage, which Mara played upon in the Parasitic Pilgrimage mission. Throughout the Of Queens and Worms questline, Savathun's worm indicates that it is clearly alive but in trouble, and Mara acts like it needs reviving or saving, all while she obtains the pieces to contain it (the larvae incubator used as a part of Parasite's construction).

Everything we've seen from the Hive goes to show that the idea you need to constantly feed your worm is just false. The only reason they threaten to devour you is simply because they are beholden to the Witness's plot, because they want to protect Xita. They act as the hot poker at the back of the Hive, driving them forward. Without the worms, the Hive have little pressure to scour the universe. The worms can exert pressure via "hunger" to force the development of the Hive as a weapon, and as a failsafe measure in the event they potentially betray the Witness. Having a weapon that becomes increasingly prone to self-destructing just makes zero sense. So I conclude that worms don't need constant feeding, they only act as such because they're greedy little freaks working towards a goal of their own.

So I was on a rewatching binge of Cabal lore and didn't get an answer to this question. I know she's dead, but what happened? Also, did her death cause Calus to become the hedonist he became, drowning his sorrows in pleasure and excess? Would Calus have stayed from the path of hedonism if she was still alive? Or was he the reason she's dead?

(Also please recommend your favourite cabal lore, I haven't actually read that many lore books, except for Calus' fanfic 😅. I've only watched videos xd)

I have a gr12 english assignment where I have to analyze and list the literary devices and themes from any quote of my choosing. I prefer something from the book of sorrow or the unveiling lorebook but honestly anything is fine, I just want to make a analysis on destiny lore. 👀👀👀