Destiny has always had a confusing, convoluted story – and so its timeline of events has ever been a vague collection of pieced-together entries by fans doing the best they can with snippets of lore scattered across the game’s various gubbins.
But recent developments have caused Destiny lore nerds to rewrite the past – with one group of fans putting together a useful – and incredibly detailed – timeline of events that offers a more accurate summary of Bungie’s expansive universe.
THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD.
Representing a group of Destiny lore hunters, Redditor ScoobyDeezy published a new and improved timeline fuelled by Destiny 2’s ongoing Season of Dawn. Season of Dawn sees players go back in time to rescue Saint-14 – the game’s most famous Titan – from the past, which gives us a rare look into The City Age, an era that began after the Dark Age when the Last City was founded, but before the current period in which Destiny is set. You find yourself the architect of a time paradox in that you’re the one who gives “young” Saint-14 the shotgun he uses to fight against the Vex in your past before he meets the demise he’s famous for in the present (queue Dr. Emmett Brown whiteboard).
Season of Dawn adds 17: Transient, an entry in the Pidgeon and the Phoenix lore book. This entry mentions a series of events tied to a year: 294, aka the year old Warlock Osiris was exiled from the Last City. It seems crazy to write this down but, up until now, we didn’t really have a firm year for anything in the Destiny universe. But even this firm date, which gives our fan-made timeline an undisputed anchorpoint, prompts further questions. If Osiris was exiled in year 294, what happened in year zero? We don’t know.