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[[File:Destiny The Last City.png|right|thumb|350px|The Last City, in the shadow of the Traveler]] | [[File:Destiny The Last City.png|right|thumb|350px|The Last City, in the shadow of the Traveler]] | ||
{{Quote|From across the ruined earth they came, seeking shelter from the storm.|[[Grimoire]] description}} | {{Quote|From across the ruined earth they came, seeking shelter from the storm.|[[Grimoire]] description}} | ||
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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
{{Quote|This isn't about the Traveler. This is about what happens when people come together without anyone to really lead them.|[[Tallulah Fairwind]] during the [[Faction Wars]]}} | |||
The City is inhabited by [[Human]]s, [[Awoken]] and [[Exo]]s, who have cooperated with each other in the time following the [[Collapse]], in order to build the City and its defenses.<ref name="city"/> Due to no centralised government or leadership, the City became embroiled in a bitter [[faction]] war, until the Guardians stepped in and put a stop to the violence. Since this time, the City has been ruled by a [[Consensus]] of the factions, with the [[Speaker]] as its head and the [[Vanguard]] in an advisory position.<ref name="GF">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/City_Factions#Factions|Factions]]''</ref> | The City is inhabited by [[Human]]s, [[Awoken]] and [[Exo]]s, who have cooperated with each other in the time following the [[Collapse]], in order to build the City and its defenses.<ref name="city"/> Due to no centralised government or leadership, the City became embroiled in a bitter [[faction]] war, until the Guardians stepped in and put a stop to the violence. Since this time, the City has been ruled by a [[Consensus]] of the factions, with the [[Speaker]] as its head and the [[Vanguard]] in an advisory position.<ref name="GF">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/City_Factions#Factions|Factions]]''</ref> | ||
During the [[Red War]], [[Dominus Ghaul]]'s occupation of the City disrupted its governance. Although the Vanguard and Consensus survived, the [[Speaker]] was presumed dead following the City's liberation, and it is unclear who, if anyone, will fill his role. | During the [[Red War]], [[Dominus Ghaul]]'s occupation of the City disrupted its governance. Although the Vanguard and Consensus survived, the [[Speaker]] was presumed dead following the City's liberation, and it is unclear who, if anyone, will fill his role. Another seat in the Consensus has been emptied during the events of ''[[Forsaken]]'', with Prince [[Uldren Sov]] murdering the Hunter Vanguard [[Cayde-6]] and leaving none to take up the mantle. | ||
As of the events of [[Season of the Splicer]], with one Consensus faction leader dead and the remaining two having been banished from the City, the sole governors of the Last City are the Vanguard leaders Ikora Rey and Commander Zavala. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===The Beginnings=== | |||
[[File:HQyeD3R.jpg|700px|thumb|The City's skyline.]] | [[File:HQyeD3R.jpg|700px|thumb|The City's skyline.]] | ||
{{Quote|The City is the last populated city on Earth and the last bastion for mankind and civilization. The City was built long after The Traveler gave its life to push back the Darkness, a small settlement slowly began to build where the Traveler hovers, where it slumbers. Mankind came together to build The City underneath the Traveler because it provide protection from the horde of the darkness.|Website description}} | {{Quote|The City is the last populated city on Earth and the last bastion for mankind and civilization. The City was built long after The Traveler gave its life to push back the Darkness, a small settlement slowly began to build where the Traveler hovers, where it slumbers. Mankind came together to build The City underneath the Traveler because it provide protection from the horde of the darkness.|Website description}} | ||
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At some point during the City's existence, the various factions and groups in the city fought one another for dominance in a conflict that nearly tore the city apart. However, the conflict was eventually ended when the Guardians intervened and stopped the fighting. The end of the Faction Wars saw the creation of the [[Consensus]]; a government consisting of representatives from the major factions, the [[Vanguard]], and the Speaker serving as the city's leader. | At some point during the City's existence, the various factions and groups in the city fought one another for dominance in a conflict that nearly tore the city apart. However, the conflict was eventually ended when the Guardians intervened and stopped the fighting. The end of the Faction Wars saw the creation of the [[Consensus]]; a government consisting of representatives from the major factions, the [[Vanguard]], and the Speaker serving as the city's leader. | ||
Besides the Faction Wars, the City had been involved in two major conflicts during it's earlier years. The first being the [[Battle of Six Fronts]], when four [[Titan]] orders defended the Last City's walls against six | Besides the Faction Wars, the City had been involved in two major conflicts during it's earlier years. The first being the [[Battle of Six Fronts]], when four [[Titan]] orders defended the Last City's walls against six enemy approaches. The second and far more devastating conflict was the [[Battle of Twilight Gap]], where the full might of the [[Fallen]] Houses descended upon the City with the goal of retaking the [[Traveler]], but were eventually defeated by the Guardians after [[Fallen]] reinforcements from the [[House of Wolves]] failed to arrive due to the Queen of the [[Reef]], [[Mara Sov]]'s intervention.<ref name="TCA"/> | ||
===The Taken War=== | |||
[[File:KingsFallArt.jpg|350px|thumb|A Guardian raid team challenges Oryx, The Taken King.]] | |||
{{Quote|Our first priority must be to protect the City. Our Guardian got a good look on Phobos. Whatever it was, it turned Cabal against Cabal, wiped out their base in minutes."<br>"Until we understand what we're dealing with–|Zavala and Ikora discussing the [[Battle of Saturn]]}} | |||
In recent years, the Guardians of the Last City began to reach out and take a more active role in pushing back the hordes of alien invaders threatening the [[Sol system]]. They [[Vanguard]] engaged in a war of resistance against [[Oryx, the Taken King]], in response to his arrival in the system, and deployment of [[Taken]] troops to multiple planets, including [[Earth]]. This conflict would later be known as the [[Taken War]]. Fortunately, the Guardians were able to push Oryx and his Taken back, culminating in a raid that breached Oryx's [[Ascendant Realm]] on the [[Dreadnaught]]. This raid resulted in the deaths of Oryx's most powerful servants and the Taken King himself. However, these actions did not bring the war to an end, as the [[vanguard]] continued to fight against the lingering Hive and Taken presence in the System.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The_Taken_King#The_Taken_War:_Mars|The Taken War: Mars]]''</ref> | In recent years, the Guardians of the Last City began to reach out and take a more active role in pushing back the hordes of alien invaders threatening the [[Sol system]]. They [[Vanguard]] engaged in a war of resistance against [[Oryx, the Taken King]], in response to his arrival in the system, and deployment of [[Taken]] troops to multiple planets, including [[Earth]]. This conflict would later be known as the [[Taken War]]. Fortunately, the Guardians were able to push Oryx and his Taken back, culminating in a raid that breached Oryx's [[Ascendant Realm]] on the [[Dreadnaught]]. This raid resulted in the deaths of Oryx's most powerful servants and the Taken King himself. However, these actions did not bring the war to an end, as the [[vanguard]] continued to fight against the lingering Hive and Taken presence in the System.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The_Taken_King#The_Taken_War:_Mars|The Taken War: Mars]]''</ref> | ||
===[[Transmission Crisis]] and SIVA's Reawakening=== | |||
{{Quote|So what you're telling me is that an unknown substance or virus or curse is spreading among our Guardians." [...]<br>"For what it's worth, our Guardians aren't worried. It's a carnival out there."<br>"But you and I know—"<br>"We do.|Ikora Rey and Shun Li}} | |||
When the [[Owl Sector]], a civilian scientific organization working alongside the Vanguard, found a strange mite had been infecting the Guardians' armor and replicating at an incredible rate, the Last City was put under quarantine restrictions. The civilians worked together with the Vanguard and Ikora Rey's [[The Hidden|Hidden]] to contain the outbreak, going as far as to reach out to the Reef's [[Techeun]]s for help and researching old Golden Age data logs concerning [[SIVA]] in hopes of finding a way to stop the epidemic. The cure was eventually developed thanks to the Owl Sector's liaison to the Vanguard [[Shun Li]] falling ill and serving as a test subject--though not without hazard to his life. It was later discovered the outbreak had been caused by the [[Devil Splicers]] meddling with SIVA they had discovered in the [[Plaguelands]]. | |||
The Last City and the Vanguard did not initially take an active role during the events of the [[SIVA Crisis]], the conflict instead being handled directly by [[Lord Saladin]] of the [[Iron Lords]], [[Shiro-4]], and the [[Guardian]]. Forces of the City did however later intervene when a Fallen plot to destroy the [[Bannerfall]] tower and leave the City vulnerable was discovered. With the [[Vanguard]]'s help, the [[Guardian]] was able to drive out the Fallen, thereby securing the tower and by extension, the entire city's Wall.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Symbol of Honor]]''</ref> Near the end of the SIVA Crisis, the Vanguard and the City's forces became involved in a number of operations against old adversaries who had suddenly reappeared, such as [[Taniks]], [[Omnigul]] and [[Sekrion, Subverted Mind]]. Overseen by Ikora Rey and "supported" by [[Cayde-6]], the Guardians were able to destroy [[Taniks Perfected]] after he was resurrected by the Devil Splicers using SIVA, as well as prevent remaining Taken forces from controlling the repaired Vex Nexus Mind and slaying Omnigul before she could resume serving her now dead master.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Nexus: Revisited]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Will of Crota: Revisited]]''</ref> | |||
===The Red War=== | |||
[[File:Red War Last City.jpg|350px|thumb|The City burning at the onset of the Red War.]] | |||
Two years after the [[Taken War]], the [[Cabal Empire]] launched a major invasion of Earth, headed by the commander of the [[Red Legion]] and emperor of the Cabal Empire, [[Dominus Ghaul]]. The Red Legion launched a massive surprise attack on the Last City, completely devastating the last bastion of [[Humanity]] and the [[Tower]]. During the inital attack, a [[Traveler Cage|massive cage]] of Cabal design was attached to the [[Traveler]], which constricted its power and allowed the Commander of the Legion, [[Dominus Ghaul]], to extract and use its [[Light]] for himself. This left Guardians cut off from the [[Light]], thus severely crippling their ability to fight back against the invaders. Many inhabitants of the City were killed during the invasion, and its subsequent occupation. <ref name="Last Call">[http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/28/15095770/destiny-2-first-teaser-trailer-video-bungie-cayde-6 '''Polygon''' - ''Watch the first teaser for Destiny 2'']</ref><ref name="Rally the Troops">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLAJVmggt0 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – “Rally the Troops” Worldwide Reveal Trailer'']</ref> | Two years after the [[Taken War]], the [[Cabal Empire]] launched a major invasion of Earth, headed by the commander of the [[Red Legion]] and emperor of the Cabal Empire, [[Dominus Ghaul]]. The Red Legion launched a massive surprise attack on the Last City, completely devastating the last bastion of [[Humanity]] and the [[Tower]]. During the inital attack, a [[Traveler Cage|massive cage]] of Cabal design was attached to the [[Traveler]], which constricted its power and allowed the Commander of the Legion, [[Dominus Ghaul]], to extract and use its [[Light]] for himself. This left Guardians cut off from the [[Light]], thus severely crippling their ability to fight back against the invaders. Many inhabitants of the City were killed during the invasion, and its subsequent occupation. <ref name="Last Call">[http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/28/15095770/destiny-2-first-teaser-trailer-video-bungie-cayde-6 '''Polygon''' - ''Watch the first teaser for Destiny 2'']</ref><ref name="Rally the Troops">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLAJVmggt0 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – “Rally the Troops” Worldwide Reveal Trailer'']</ref> | ||
Several weeks after the [[Red Legion|Red Legion's]] occupation of the City began, a [[Vanguard]] counter-offensive led by [[Zavala|Commander Zavala]], [[Cayde-6]], and [[Ikora Rey]] liberated the city. During the final battle within the City, the leader of the Red Legion, [[Ghaul]], was killed and the stolen [[light]] was reclaimed by the [[Traveler]], which had awoken for the first time since the [[Collapse]]. [[The Speaker]] was believed to have been killed during the occupation. As the [[Tower]] had been destroyed in the battle, the Vanguard and many other vendors were forced to [[Tower (Destiny 2)|relocate]] until the old Tower could be renovated. Strikes against priority targets continued to be directed and authorized from this new position.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chosen]]''</ref> | Several weeks after the [[Red Legion|Red Legion's]] occupation of the City began, a [[Vanguard]] counter-offensive led by [[Zavala|Commander Zavala]], [[Cayde-6]], and [[Ikora Rey]] liberated the city. During the final battle within the City, the leader of the Red Legion, [[Ghaul]], was killed and the stolen [[light]] was reclaimed by the [[Traveler]], which had awoken for the first time since the [[Collapse]]. [[The Speaker]] was believed to have been killed during the occupation. As the [[Tower]] had been destroyed in the battle, the Vanguard and many other vendors were forced to [[Tower (Destiny 2)|relocate]] until the old Tower could be renovated. Strikes against priority targets continued to be directed and authorized from this new position.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chosen]]''</ref> | ||
During the events of [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], the city was breached by the [[Kell's Scourge]], a brand new, anarchist faction of [[Fallen]] terrorists who sought to steal and harness [[Black Armory]] technology to rise against all Fallen orders. Their attack was the largest Fallen offensive on the | ===Scourge of the Past=== | ||
[[File:Insurrection Prime Raid.jpg|350px|thumb|Insurrection Prime invading the Last City.]] | |||
{{Quote|Siviks was after much more than simply stealing and abusing our forge. His gaze has turned to our most prized possession: a vault, filled with the finest wares the Black Armory has to offer. Our very soul resides in that vault.|Ada-1}} | |||
During the events of [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], the city was breached by the [[Kell's Scourge]], a brand new, anarchist faction of [[Fallen]] terrorists who sought to steal and harness [[Black Armory]] technology to rise against all Fallen orders. Their attack was the largest Fallen offensive on the City since the [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]], and required a full team of six [[Guardian]]s to [[Scourge of the Past|raid]] their lair. The attack was neutralized when the Guardians confronted the source of the attack, [[Insurrection Prime, Kell's Scourge]], who battled the Guardians with a massive war-mech, eventually being brought down by the combined efforts of the Guardian raid team. | |||
===The Almighty Crisis=== | |||
[[File:File:Almighty-Earth.jpg|350px|thumb|''The Almighty'' approaching Earth.]] | |||
{{Quote|Two years ago the Warmind Rasputin helped humanity defeat the Hive on the Martian frontier. On that day it swore to protect us. Now… it may be the only thing that can.|Commander Zavala}} | |||
Some time after the [[Red Legion]]'s defeat at the [[The Sundial]] and return of legendary titan, [[Saint-14]], the [[Psion Flayer]] [[Amtec]], in a final desperate act, commandeered ''[[The Almighty]]'' and sent it on a collision course with Earth, hoping to annihilate The Last City. Thankfully, [[Commander Zavala]] and [[Anastasia Bray]], with the help of [[Rasputin]] and the [[Guardian]], were able to reactivate the Warmind's [[Seraph Bunker|Seraph countermeasures]]. Mere days before the Almighty's collision with the City, [[Warsat]]s bombarded the ship until it finally exploded in low orbit. Debris from the Almighty's core crashed along the side of a mountain near the city, unleashing a massive shockwave that inflicted minor damage to the [[Tower (Destiny 2)|New Tower]]. Ultimately, however, the Last City survived Amtec's plot. | Some time after the [[Red Legion]]'s defeat at the [[The Sundial]] and return of legendary titan, [[Saint-14]], the [[Psion Flayer]] [[Amtec]], in a final desperate act, commandeered ''[[The Almighty]]'' and sent it on a collision course with Earth, hoping to annihilate The Last City. Thankfully, [[Commander Zavala]] and [[Anastasia Bray]], with the help of [[Rasputin]] and the [[Guardian]], were able to reactivate the Warmind's [[Seraph Bunker|Seraph countermeasures]]. Mere days before the Almighty's collision with the City, [[Warsat]]s bombarded the ship until it finally exploded in low orbit. Debris from the Almighty's core crashed along the side of a mountain near the city, unleashing a massive shockwave that inflicted minor damage to the [[Tower (Destiny 2)|New Tower]]. Ultimately, however, the Last City survived Amtec's plot. | ||
Unfortunately, this victory against the [[Cabal]] would prove short-lived as the Last City received reports of Pyramid-shaped vessels appearing over planets throughout the [[Sol System]] soon after. The Guardians, the [[Vanguard]], and Last City officials soon confirm their worst fears: the [[Darkness]] had returned. Worse, [[Rasputin]] | ===The Darkness's Arrival=== | ||
[[File:TravelerHealing.jpg|350px|thumb|The Traveler healing itself.]] | |||
{{Quote|Guardian, siege preparations are… they're ongoing. [...] The Tower's resources are stretched thin. I trust you'll maintain our front against the Pyramids.|Commander Zavala to the Guardian}} | |||
Unfortunately, this victory against the [[Cabal]] would prove short-lived as the Last City received reports of Pyramid-shaped vessels appearing over planets throughout the [[Sol System]] soon after. The Guardians, the [[Vanguard]], and Last City officials soon confirm their worst fears: the [[Darkness]] had returned. Worse, [[Rasputin]] was silenced by the Darkness when it and [[Ana Bray]] attempted to fight back against this new threat with the Warmind's Warsat network, only to fail. As the Guardians worked with [[Eris Morn]] to discern the Darkness's intentions in the messages the Pyramid's send on [[Io]], Zavala gathered the main City factions to formulate a plan should the Darkness turn hostile. Despite some initial squabbling, Zavala was able to reach a compromise with the factions, gaining their support in the establishment of [[Project Stronghold]], the plan to fortify the Last City's defenses. Ikora Rey was put in charge of leading the City's siege preparations. | |||
As the enemy circled in on the Last City, the Traveler reformed itself healing its Red War wounds in a splendid show of power, releasing a burst of Light to chase off the encroaching Darkness. Sadly, it was not enough to keep the Pyramids from taking Io, [[Mars]], [[Mercury]] and [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and leaving only mysterious singularities in their place. Deputy Commander [[Sloane]], Brother [[Vance]] and [[Asher Mir]] were unaccounted for, having refused to evacuate from the assailed planets. With the Darkness calling Guardians to [[Europa]], the Vanguard turned its eye toward the icy moon and focused all resources on stopping [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]], Kell of a new Fallen house, from striking against the Traveler. | |||
===[[Clash of the Chosen]]=== | |||
[[File:Caiatl Meets with Zavala and Osiris.jpg|350px|Empress Caiatl meets with Zavala and Osiris.]] | |||
{{Quote|I propose an alliance."<br>"Cabal don't ally. They conquer. She betrayed her father to Ghaul. Don't think she won't put a gilded knife in your back too.|Empress Caiatl and Savathûn in Osiris's disguise}} | |||
Forced to flee their home [[Torobatl]] destroyed by Hive under the lead of [[Xivu Arath, God of War]], a massive Cabal fleet entered the Solar System and formed a base on Nessus. Empress [[Caiatl]] called Zavala and Osiris to discuss an alliance with them, offering her aid in battling both the Hive and the Pyramids if the City's leaders bowed to her and joined the Cabal Empire. When Zavala refused, a conflict broke out, with multiple champions seeking to prove themselves worthy of joining Caiatl's war council striking against vital targets like the [[Cosmodrome]] or the [[Deep Stone Crypt]]. Guardian forces battled them for weeks, and when a fireteam of three defeated [[Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl]] in ritual combat, the Empress was forced to sign a peace treaty on Zavala's conditions. | |||
A short time after, a [[Vex]] simulation began to | ===The [[Endless Night]]=== | ||
[[File:Endlessnight2.png|350px|The Last City shrouded by the Vex simulation.]] | |||
{{Quote|We are governed by a consensus. A democracy where the people have a say over what happens in their city. Or so we thought. But did you agree to shelter a mob of dangerous Fallen? The same Fallen that spent a century stealing from us, besieging our city, and destroying our families? Did you agree to suddenly forgive and forget? No. Ikora Rey decided, without the people's consent, to allow House Light inside our walls. These are not the actions of a democratic leader.|Lakshmi-2 broadcasting on an open channel to the City's people.}} | |||
A short time after, a [[Vex]] simulation began to affect the City, causing massive strains on the power grid among other issues. During this time, the Vanguard chose to give shelter to the Eliksni of [[House of Light|House Light]], while their leader, [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]] assisted the Guardians in bringing the [[Endless Night]] to an end. [[Lakshmi-2]], leader of the [[Future War Cult]], publicly criticized the Vanguard's choice to grant the Eliksni asylum within the City, claiming they could not be trusted. Though Ikora Rey condemned her words, many citizens agreed with Lakshmi's sentiment, feeling unsafe and resentful about living side by side with the people who not that long ago had been the main threat to the City's very existence. With the help of Osiris (secretly [[Savathûn]]), Lakshmi-2 launched an attack on the [[Eliksni Quarter]], using Vex portal technology. This resulted in a Vex incursion into the city, which was soon thwarted by the Vanguard with help from [[Saint-14]] and [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]]. Shortly after the attack, and the death of Lakshmi-2 at the hands of the Vex, the factions ([[Dead Orbit]], [[Future War Cult]], and [[New Monarchy]]) fled the City. At this time, the [[Vanguard]] has complete control over the City's government. | |||
==Districts== | ==Districts== | ||
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File:Destiny-art11.jpg|An outer wall of the City. | File:Destiny-art11.jpg|An outer wall of the City. | ||
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File: | File:TheLastCity.jpg|The Last City during the Red War. | ||
Last City destroyed.jpg | Last City destroyed.jpg | ||
Jesse-van-dijk-m-040.jpg|Concept art of the City during the Cabal assault. | Jesse-van-dijk-m-040.jpg|Concept art of the City during the Cabal assault. | ||