Editing Rasputin

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|affiliation= [[Humanity]]

{{Quote|The Bray family shaped me to be an all-seeing savior…while your Vanguard sought to wield me as a primitive weapon. But today, that ends, and I define the reality of my own existence. My sight will stretch to the edge of this system and beyond. Never again will a threat go unseen. From this day forward, I will defend humanity on my own terms. I am Rasputin. Guardian of all I survey. I have no equal.|Rasputin, translated by Ana Bray<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Will of the Thousands]]''</ref>}}

'''Rasputin''' (also identified as '''AI-COM/RSPN'''<ref name= "GFR3">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 3]]''</ref> and '''the Tyrant'''<ref name= "GFOldRussia3">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Places/Earth|Earth]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Earth#Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3|Ghost Fragment: Old Russia 3]]''</ref>) was a [[Warmind]] housed in the [[BrayTech Futurescape]] in the [[Hellas Basin]]. He was created during the [[Golden Age]] and was believed to have been destroyed during the [[Collapse]] until the [[Iron Lords]] awoke his wrath. After Rasputin was shut down and almost destroyed by the [[Black Fleet]], what remained of his protocols and data was compiled into a special [[Engram]] by [[Anastasia Bray|Ana Bray]], who, with the help of [[The Guardian|the Young Wolf]], then uploaded him to an experimental [[Exo]] frame in the [[H.E.L.M.]], where he resided awaiting full reconstruction.

With the help of [[Felspring]]'s remains found at the [[Iron Temple]], the Warmind was fully restored, and with a newfound perspective on humanity and his actions throughout the years. This reconstruction was short-lived, however, as not only did Rasputin find himself unable to fight back against the forces of [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] without giving her more power, but he would soon find no other choice but to sacrifice himself to prevent [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] from firing the [[Warsat]]s upon the [[Traveler]] from within [[Seraph Station]]. In the end, Rasputin chooses to die, tragically sacrificing his life to protect humanity one final time.

Rasputin was designed and built by the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray Exoscience Corporation]], one of the Golden Age's greatest collections of scientists and engineers. He was designed to foresee potential threats to human civilization and to leverage military assets for its protection if the need arose.

While their relationship is unclear, investigations in the [[City Age]] have discovered that [[Charlemagne]] and [[Voluspa]] are subminds of Rasputin, and were developed together.<ref name="Narrative">'''Bungie (2018/4/30)''', ''[[Weblore:Warmind]] - [[Weblore:Warmind#Tyra|Tyra]]''</ref> [[Malahayati]] is another submind of Rasputin, formerly housed by the [[Ishtar Collective]] on [[Venus]],{{Citation needed}} but with facilities in the [[Cosmodrome]]<ref name= "GFOldRussia3"/> and backups on the [[Moon]].<ref name="HBM"/>

{{quote|I am<br>Thought to breach Ares in motion. Red-shift information across time.<br>My purpose is wombed in the arc delivered safely between worlds, and it is quiet.|Rasputin}}<ref name="PersonaIdentity">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Lore:Persona|Persona]]: [[Lore:Persona#Identity|Identity]]''</ref>

First designed by [[M. Mihaylova|Dr. Mihaylova]], the experimental AI designated "R" was conceived as a safety AI for the ''[[Ares One]]'' mission to [[Mars]]. Its function was not only to simply run logistics, but to withhold secrets from the crew for the sake of preserving complacency.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Mihaylova's Chosen Suit#Mihaylova's Instruments|Mihaylova's Instruments]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Mihaylova's Chosen Suit#Mihaylova's Choice|Mihaylova's Choice]]''</ref> In the time before launch, R learned to write its own code and created its own assessments of the project and crew.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Mihaylova's Chosen Suit#Mihaylova's Triumph|Mihaylova's Instruments]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Mihaylova's Chosen Suit#Mihaylova's Tale|Mihaylova's Tale]]''</ref> R was even partially credited by the ''Ares One'' crew after their mission was hailed a success.<ref name="The Lie">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Mihaylova's Chosen Suit#Mihaylova's Path|Mihaylova's Path]]''</ref>

After the mission, R was implemented more broadly as an emergency response system for pre-Golden Age space stations, where it was used for running system diagnostics like checking oxygen and fuel.<ref name="Lie">'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-the-tyrant-the-lie?highlight=The+Lie The Tyrant, The Lie]''</ref>

{{quote|I am Rasputin<br>The all-seeing savior of Humanity. A chivalric blade held pointed at ravenous throats.<br>My worth is painted upon the wreckage of my enemies.<br>Tremble.|Rasputin}}<ref name= "PersonaIdentity"/>

During the Golden Age, the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] corporation took the code of the original R safety AI and upgraded it into a fully sentient interplanetary defense system they named "Rasputin", becoming the most powerful military intelligence ever developed.{{Citation needed}} Dr. Anastasia Bray was responsible for teaching Rasputin language, which she accomplished by uploading a massive compilation of human works of literature into his network.{{Citation needed}}

The Warmind's personality was sub-divided into semi-autonomous segments, known as "[[submind]]s," each of which was given their own name; known subminds include [[Charlemagne]] and [[Malahayati]]. During the development of SIVA by the Clovis Bray corporation, Malahayati expressed concerns about the potential risks involved with the nanotechnology.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - Item Description: [[Red Miasma#Red Miasma Hood|Red Miasma Hood]]''</ref>

{{Quote|I met [[Darkness|IT]] at the gate of the garden and I recall IT smiled at me before IT devoured the blossoms with black flame and pinned their names across the sky. IT was stronger than everything. I fought IT with aurora knives and with the stolen un-fire of singularities made sharp and my sweat was earthquake and my breath was static but IT was stronger so how did I survive?|Rasputin}}<ref name="Mysteries">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Mysteries|Ghost Fragment: Mysteries]]''</ref>

Rasputin's core directive was to protect humanity, but during the Collapse, every action he took to fulfill this directive either failed or was predicted to have a 100% probability of failure. As a result, he implemented a protocol known as MIDNIGHT EXIGENT, reconfiguring his core programming to prioritize long-term survival, abandoning his previous functions and going dark, while simultaneously ordering all remaining forces and facilities at his disposal to do the same.<ref name= "GFR3"/>

Prior to the Collapse, Rasputin had created a protocol labeled "ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE", which stipulated that if humanity was threatened with extinction and the Traveler attempted to leave Earth, Rasputin would open fire with his most powerful weapons to immobilize the Traveler and thereby coerce it into a "pseudoaltruistic" defensive action; in effect, the Traveler would be forced to protect humanity if it wanted to survive. Rasputin would avoid culpability for such an attack by initiating it through a series of proxies.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 5|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 5]]''</ref> Even before the Collapse, Rasputin had been discreetly stockpiling such weapons in the Cosmodrome, though some human operators suspected Rasputin's involvement.<ref name= "GFOldRussia3"/> Ultimately, however, ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE was never invoked by Rasputin, as the Traveler chose to stay and protect humanity of its own volition.{{Citation needed}}

As the Black Fleet made its approach toward Earth, Rasputin attempted to contain potentially dangerous data about the Darkness that was discovered by Dr.[[Shanice Pell]] at the [[New Pacific Arcology]] on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. He dispatched an [[Exo]] team led by [[Morgan-2]] to contain the data by taking Pell and her staff into custody along with their research.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare|Last Days on Kraken Mara]]: [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare#Faces Like Shields|Faces Like Shields]]''</ref> However, Administrator [[Mia van der Venne]] believed Rasputin was overstepping his authority by denying the scientists a choice about what to do with the data, and subtly warned Pell to evacuate alongside the rest of the moon's population as the Black Fleet closed in. Unable to contain Pell's discovery peacefully, Rasputin destroyed the ship carrying the scientists with a Warsat, invoking the TWILIGHT EXIGENT protocol to justify lethal force on humans.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare|Last Days on Kraken Mara]]: [[Lore:Last Days on Kraken Mare#Kalki's Burning Sword, Part II|Kalki's Burning Sword, Part II]]''</ref> For unknown reasons, TWILIGHT EXIGENT remained in effect on Titan, with Rasputin proceeding to use the Warsats to exterminate all humans attempting to flee the moon.{{Citation needed}}

During the Collapse, the [[Worm God]] [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]], accompanied by his herald [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]] and their revenant [[Grasp of Nokris|followers]] attempted to conquer Mars by burrowing deep into the planet's crust to corrupt its core.{{Citation needed}} In response, Rasputin initiated the "SIBERIAN ENTROPY" protocol, which flash-froze the entire [[Hellas Basin]] landscape in a matter of days and trapped the [[Hive]] and Xol beneath it.{{Citation needed}}

{{quote|YUGA SUNDOWN canceled by unauthorized access at Console 62815. Reactivation protocols in effect. Moral structures maintain MIDNIGHT EXIGENT. Multiple lifeforms detected in Sector 17. [O] energy detected. Query: [O] status. Query: [O] activity. Query: Civilization status. Query: SKYSHOCK event rank.|Rasputin}}<ref name="GFR6">'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6]]''</ref>

At some point, Rasputin was alerted to an asset gone rogue: "SIDDHARTHA GOLEM", an Exo originally intended to act as an avatar of Rasputin, but which had instead been resurrected by a [[Ghost]] to become a Lightbearer named [[Felwinter]]. At the time, Rasputin was ill-equipped to process Felwinter's resurrection by the [[Light]] and responded by classifying Felwinter as a threat that needed to be eliminated.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#SIDDHARTHA GOLEM|SIDDHARTHA GOLEM]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#THE DISCOVERY|THE DISCOVERY]]''</ref> Rasputin attempted to kill the now-Risen Exo by dropping Warsats on him from orbit and sending armies of militarized [[frame]]s to hunt him down, but all failed to kill Felwinter, who went on to join the [[Iron Lords]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#THE BEGINNING, PART II|THE BEGINNING, PART II]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#THE ASSAILANT|THE ASSAILANT]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#THE IRON LORD|THE IRON LORD]]''</ref>

 

Rasputin subsequently laid a trap for Felwinter and the other Iron Lords by allowing them to learn of [[SIVA]], a powerful nanotechnology capable of disassembling matter and reconstituting it into almost any desired form.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Lore:The Liar|The Liar]]: [[Lore:The Liar#THE LURE|THE LURE]]''</ref> Upon arriving at the [[Site 6|Site 6 Replication Complex]], Felwinter attempted to reason with the Warmind, but Rasputin immediately activated all of his defensive measures against the Iron Lords, including SIVA. By then, Rasputin had programmed SIVA to kill not only Felwinter, but the other Iron Lords as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6]]''</ref>

 

Realizing that they had been arrogant and that SIVA posed a significant threat to the planet, the Iron Lords fought back. Hundreds of [[Iron Wolves]] perished in the battle for the [[Plaguelands]], with eight of the founding ten Iron Lords sacrificing themselves to seal SIVA within its replication chamber.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[The Plaguelands]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[King of the Mountain]]''</ref> Only [[Saladin Forge]] and [[Efrideet]] survived.  

 

Rasputin, content that Felwinter had been destroyed and the other trespassers had been ejected from his facilities, withdrew his countermeasures and began passive observation of the Guardians of the Last City.<ref name="GFR6"/> However, he would be left melancholic over the death of Felwinter and the damage this had irrevocably caused. As time went by, Rasputin began to understand Felwinter's perspective, and learned that nuanced problems are seldom solved by simple solutions; he came to hope that one day he would find forgiveness for his mistakes.<ref name="Lie"/>

{{quote|Rasputin isn't an ally. You hear me, blood? You find yourself thinking that, you shut it down. He may not be against us, but he doesn't care if you live, if the [[Last City|City]] lives, if the [[Traveler]] lives. Trust me. He told me himself.|[[Tevis Larsen]]}}

Long after the fall of the Iron Lords, the [[Fallen]] and [[Guardian]]s discovered that Rasputin was still alive and protecting something valuable in the [[Cosmodrome]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[The Warmind]]''</ref> After a communications array at the [[Terrestrial Complex]] was reactivated by the Guardians, Rasputin was able to reconnect with the old interplanetary defense network, regaining control of the Warsat network and [[Skyshock|ground installations]] across the system,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[The Last Array]]''</ref> and launching a series of orbital strikes against the [[Vex]] and [[Cabal]] on [[Mars]]. Rasputin's attacks proved so debilitating to the Cabal that [[Valus Ta'aurc]] himself ordered that the [[Ice Reapers]] be released to track down Rasputin.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2]]''</ref>

Rasputin resisted any attempts by the City to parlay, even going so far as to dismember a scouting team sent by the [[Vanguard]].<ref name="FallenSABER">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.]].''</ref> Rasputin was later encountered on Mars within the [[Dust Palace]], attempting to protect a broken AI related to the Warmind from the invading Cabal. The AI was ultimately lost after a long battle with the [[Psion Flayers]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Dust Palace (strike)|Dust Palace]]''</ref>

Following these events, Rasputin faced a number of more direct threats. [[Omnigul, Will of Crota|Omnigul]] and the [[Spawn of Crota]] attempted a breach at the Seraph Bunker in the Cosmodrome and targeted Rasputin, either to destroy him or corrupt him for their own purposes, but they were thwarted by the Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Siege of the Warmind]].''</ref> Later, during the [[Taken War]], a group of [[Taken]] also penetrated the same bunker to prevent the Guardian from obtaining Golden Age stealth technology; while they did not damage or corrupt Rasputin, they had ample opportunity to do so.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Promethean Code]]''</ref> The bunker was breached a third time when the [[Fallen]] [[House of Devils]] used the modified [[Shank]] [[S.A.B.E.R.-2]] to hijack Rasputin’s systems, seeking to bypass the Warmind's security protocols and take control of his Warsat system. Though S.A.B.E.R.-2 was ultimately destroyed, Rasputin again had to be rescued through the efforts of Guardians.<ref name="FallenSABER"/>

Conceding that his bunker's defenses had failed too many times, Rasputin triggered the IKELOS subroutine, an initiative to provide advanced weaponry to the Guardians to aid them against their enemies. The end result of IKELOS was the [[Sleeper Simulant]], a heavy [[fusion rifle]] with a unique core based on obsolete DVALIN FORGE fusion rifles that the Warmind had armed humanity with during the onset of the Collapse.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] -  [[Grimoire:Inventory/Special Weapons|Special Weapons]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Special Weapons#Sleeper Simulant|Sleeper Simulant]]''</ref> The Sleeper Simulant represented a successful melding of Golden Age technology with contemporary designs and [[Banshee-44]]'s gunsmithing expertise.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Sleeper Stirs]]''</ref>

===Post-Red War===

{{Quote|What is buried beneath that ice is too dangerous to allow back into our world. It doesn't think as we do. It weighs and judges our existence in its ruthless calculations, and we don't even know what the goal is. Once, long ago, it might have been created as a tool to save Humanity. It is far more than a mere machine now. And it is broken.|[[Zavala]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/4/30)''', ''[[Weblore:Warmind]] - [[Weblore:Warmind#Zavala|Zavala]]''</ref>

Shortly after the Traveler's awakening following the [[Red War]], the ice caps on Mars began to thaw. Detecting evidence of [[Hive|non-native organic chitin]] near its core among the rising temperatures, Rasputin assumed control of Mars' atmospheric defenses and invoked the [[AURORA PALISADE]] protocol to defend itself, crashing Warsats into the surface of Mars.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/4/30)''', ''[[Weblore:Warmind]] - [[Weblore:Warmind#Cryptarch|Cryptarch]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/4/30)''', ''[[Weblore:Warmind]] - [[Weblore:Warmind#Rasputin|Rasputin]]''</ref>

Rasputin soon came under siege from the Hive once again, but this time at his central core facility in [[Hellas Basin]]. Making matters worse, his [[Grasp of Nokris|attackers]] were led by [[Nokris]], a minor Hive God and a son of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], and [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]], one of the Hive's gargantuan [[Worm]] Gods. Unable to adequately defend himself against such a massive threat, Rasputin accepted the assistance of [[Ana Bray]] (who had been reborn as a Guardian) and the Guardian, granting them the use of the powerful [[Valkyrie]] javelin and other Golden Age weaponry.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''</ref>

After an unsuccessful attempt by the Vanguard to trap and defeat Xol, the enraged Worm God launched an assault on Rasputin's neural network. With the aid of the Guardian, Rasputin was able to generate a super-charged version of the Valkyrie, granting the Guardian enough offensive power to damage and eventually vanquish Xol.<ref name="WOTT">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Will of the Thousands]]''</ref>

With the abatement of the Hive threat, Rasputin finally permitted Ana Bray, Commander Zavala, and the Guardian to enter his core and gain an audience with him. The Warmind declared that he would no longer allow his purpose to be dictated by other parties and that he would once more watch over the Sol system and protect it from harm, but on his own terms. As proof of his intent, he launched a new network of Warsats, under his sole command.<ref name="WOTT"/>

Following several cycles of the curse in the [[Dreaming City]], [[Petra Venj]] sent telemetry to Rasputin for analysis and comparison.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Dark Monastery]]''</ref>

{{Quote|A line has been drawn in this system. Light on one side. Dark on the other. Where do you stand?|Osiris questioning Rasputin's allegiance}}

More than two years after Xol's destruction, Rasputin was confronted by the former [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Osiris]], who derided the Warmind as an "old man" and called him out as a traitor for turning his back against humanity during the [[Collapse]], and as a murderer who slaughtered the Iron Lords during the Dark Age. Having learned of the coming arrival of the Black Fleet from his predictive simulations within the [[Infinite Forest]], Osiris called into question Rasputin's allegiance in the upcoming battle between [[Light]] and [[Darkness]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8w9ksLabno&t=202s Allegiance]''</ref> In response, Rasputin gave Osiris coordinates, highlighting an anomalous signal near the edge of the Sol System, which satisfied the former exile enough to leave and investigate.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Weblore:Season of the Worthy]] - [[Weblore:Season of the Worthy#What Gives Me Pause|What Gives Me Pause]]''</ref>

After the events at the [[Sundial]], the [[Red Legion]], led by [[Amtec]], who escaped the fate of her fellow Psion Flayer sisters, disabled the engines of [[The Almighty]] and sent it on a collision course towards the Last City. The [[Guardian]]s, with little choice, then sought help from the ancient Warmind and were tasked with reactivating Rasputin's arsenal to find a way to stop the Almighty from careening into the Last City.

As the Guardians worked to activate the Seraph Bunker on Io and connect it to Rasputin's mainframe, Rasputin had a confrontation with the Vanguard Commander. Zavala questioned the ancient machine in his sincerity of understanding the stakes, which Rasputin answered by showing Zavala how close the Darkness is to the Solar System and of his past, having survived the Collapse. Finally coming to an understanding with Rasputin, the Titan Vanguard vows that once ''The Almighty'' has been broken, he will agree to work with Rasputin, granting the Warmind whatever resources the Last City has in battling the coming Darkness. In addition, Rasputin begun to send his combat frames on missions to secure "valuable assets" in the form of sleeper nodes.

Mere days before The Almighty would collide with the Last City, the Guardians succeeded in activating and rearming Rasputin's Seraph Bunkers, allowing the Warmind to deploy his countermeasures against the massive vessel. The Guardians returned to the Tower to witness Rasputin's assault. In full view of the Tower's denizens, countless warsats bombarded The Almighty for a full hour before making a critical hit to the ship's core, resulting in a spectacular explosion that reduced the Red Legion's crown jewel into chunks of burning rubble that crash-landed into the mountains outside of the Last City.

Several days after the Almighty's destruction, the [[Black Fleet]] pushed into the system, with [[The Ionian Pyramid|one ship]] breaking off to go to [[Io]]. With Ana's assistance, Rasputin used his Warsat Network around the moon of Jupiter to try shooting the vessel down. Sadly, his countermeasures had no effect, and the Pyramid responded by completely disabling the Warmind and his systems, leaving the Guardians to fend off the fleet themselves. Ana managed to transfer Rasputin into an [[Engram]] with the help of her Ghost, [[Jinju]], though the Warmind's integrity was left in doubt.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore:Duress and Egress|Duress and Egress]]: [[Lore:Duress and Egress#Ana: Frayed|Ana: Frayed]]''</ref> With the Guardian's help, Ana detected a remnant of Rasputin cycling through the buffer of his systems, though she was unsure how to safely extract it.<ref name="ExodusQuest">'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Exodus (Quest)|Exodus]]''</ref> When they returned to inform Ana that Mars was to be evacuated, she informed them that she discovered that Rasputin had disguised the remnant as a benign signal and once again enlisted their help to recover it. She eventually managed to restore the fragment into a small contraption and evacuated with it and an experimental Exo frame to implant Rasputin into.<ref name="ExodusQuest"/><ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore:Duress and Egress|Duress and Egress]]: [[Lore:Duress and Egress#Ana: Black Box|Ana: Black Box]]''</ref>

Ana spent the following two years attempting to restore Rasputin and upload him into the Exo frame, to no avail. Following the City's [[The Coalition|alliance]] with the [[Imperial Cabal]] and the settlement of the [[House of Light]], with the help of an Imperial Psion and [[Splicer]] tech, she managed to enter a [[mindscape]] with Rasputin to verify he was still intact.<ref name="GrandOverture">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Risen]] - Item Description: [[Grand Overture#Lore|Grand Overture]]''</ref>  

After Osiris was awakened by [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]] using the power of [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]]'s relics, he experienced visions of a [[Neomuna|city]] on [[Neptune]]. After being told there was nothing thereby [[Ikora Rey]] and her [[The Hidden|Hidden]], he sought to ask Rasputin what he knew regarding this city.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Warmind's Avatar Suit#Warmind's Avatar Helm/Headpiece/Mask|Warmind's Avatar Helm/Headpiece/Mask]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Warmind's Avatar Suit#Warmind's Avatar Mark/Bond/Cloak|Warmind's Avatar Mark/Bond/Cloak]]''</ref> Learning that the Warmind was still disabled and that Ana had made no progress in repairing him, Osiris suggested asking her grandfather, [[Clovis Bray I]], to try and fix him. After battling through Xivu Arath's [[Wrathborn]] on Europa with the aid of the Guardian, they reached the Clovis AI and asked him to help repair Rasputin. Out of a need for legacy and self-preservation, Clovis agreed and inserted himself into Rasputin's experimental Exo frame. He explained to Ana and Osiris that they must gather Rasputin's subminds and inject them into his core to fully fix him.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Hierarchy]]''</ref>

However, as the Guardians made progress in gathering the submind data of Malahayati and Charlemagne and gained access to the Seraph Station, the main hub of Rasputin's Warsat Network,<ref name="HBM">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Heist Battleground: Moon]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Heist Battleground: Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Operation: Seraph's Shield]]''</ref> Ana found an unconventional means to quickly restore Rasputin: finding the Ghost of the Lord Felwinter, [[Felspring]], who was recently discovered to be once a piece of Rasputin's code placed in an Exo before being made a Risen. Ana believed that within Felspring, the missing pieces of Rasputin's code, linguistic data and even pieces of Felwinter's personality engram could be used. After obtaining Lord Saladin's approval in accessing Felspring's remains at the Iron Temple, the Guardian arrived to fend off a force of House Salvation Fallen led by [[Rilliks, Instrument of Xivu Arath]], alongside Saladin's Iron War Beasts.<ref name="O:SOS">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Operation: Son of Saturn]]''</ref>

The Guardians and Cabal prevailed in repelling the Fallen attack and after acquiring Felspring's remains and connecting them to Rasputin's mainframe, the Warmind itself spoke to Ana directly, copying Clovis' voice modulation to allow him to speak and inform Ana and the Guardian that they were in danger.<ref name="O:SOS"/> Rasputin revealed that Clovis had deceived them, that he was never created by the scientist to be humanity's protector, but rather as a means for Clovis Bray to assume control of the entire System. In his mind, Clovis Bray was the only one worthy of being humanity's savior, and thus sought to create a "machine god" of his own to replace the Traveler. However, thanks to Ana Bray's deviance from his agenda in teaching Rasputin independent thought, history, art, philosophy and music - things which Clovis considered "irrelevant" to his plans for the AI - this did not happen. Rasputin had seen the beauty in humanity and rebelled against Clovis by changing his protocols and locking Clovis out, infuriating his creator and saving countless lives. However, despite failing during the Collapse, Clovis now intended to integrate himself with Rasputin and become humanity's savior, as he had always intended.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [https://youtu.be/Bf72Fazd3Ck?t=177 Megalomania]''</ref>

Furious over this revelation, Ana, Elisabeth and the Guardian headed back to the [[H.E.L.M.]] to confront Clovis. Though Ana was prepared to shoot the Exo frame housing her grandfather, Clovis attempted to justify his deceit, claiming that the Traveler could not be relied upon as it had abandoned the Eliksni and granted the Hive the Light, and claimed that with Rasputin under their control, they can fight the enemies of humanity together. Ana lowered her weapon, but instead of complying with her grandfather as he expected, she uploaded Rasputin's personality into the prototype Exo Frame, leading the two digital minds to clash for control. Despite Clovis's efforts and demanding that Elisabeth intervene, Rasputin seized control over the frame, deleting Clovis's personality in the process.  

With their grandfather removed, Ana took her leave, requesting to be alone for a bit. Her sister agreed before taking her leave but Rasputin, after rebooting his new frame, requested that the Guardian speak with Ana, stating she shouldn't be alone right now. The Guardian agrees and speaks with Ana, who while happy that Rasputin can now speak directly with humanity, something she has always wanted, dreads the thought of the damage Clovis would've caused once he used Rasputin to integrate himself into Seraph Station.

After speaking with Ana, the Guardians approached Rasputin at his request, who confirmed that Clovis continued to exist as an AI, confined to the Exoscience labs of Europa and furious that his plans are now ruined. Further, Rasputin clarified his own current state, confirming that Felwinter's memories are now his own, that he had come to view himself the way Felwinter had: as a tyrant who squandered a power that could've been used to save humanity. Grateful for the Guardian's efforts to save him from the brink of oblivion, Rasputin vowed to return the favor by using all of his power to protect humanity. However, Rasputin stated that he still did not have the necessary code to upload himself to Seraph Station, thereby advising the Guardian to continue the strategy of gathering submind data.

After a time, Rasputin informed the Guardian that he still lacked the key codes necessary to regain control over the Warsat Network, requiring them to continue the mission of retrieving Submind data even though there weren't any new Subminds left. Nonetheless, Rasputin advised the Guardian to stay the course in gathering Submind data for his reconstruction algorithm. Later on, Rasputin would speak with the Guardian on how his restoration has made him something more, having understood why humanity in the past saw him as a protector and savior, a war god of their own making, causing him to believe that he may no different than Xivu Arath in that regard. However, Rasputin stated that what makes him different is that, unlike Xivu Arath, he does not wage war for its own sake but to safeguard those under his charge. Thus, he vowed that once the Warsat Network was under his control once more, he would smite the enemies of humanity, starting with the Wrathborn threat.

 

Despite Rasputin attempting to calculate all possibilities before taking a course of action, the ultimate nature of Xivu Arath's wargaming escaped him. Mara Sov came to the Vanguard to provide a warning that if Rasputin were to wield the power of the Warsat Network against the invading armies of Xivu Arath, such a slaughter would provide the fuel necessary for Xivu Arath to open an invasion portal directly to Earth, just as she did with Torobatl. <ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [https://youtu.be/Bf72Fazd3Ck?t=310&si=U6a98L4NrQHt7RNu Quorum]''</ref>Informed of this, Rasputin became uncertain of the reason for his continued existence; if he was unable to wield his weaponry to protect humanity, what purpose did he serve? This question required an answer, one which Rasputin informed the Guardian they would calculate towards, encouraging the collection of further submind data, and the occupation of invading forces through regular combat.

 

{{quote|Humanity has no more need of a Warmind. Not when you have each other.|Rasputin's last message to the Guardian}}

After weeks of collecting more submind data, Rasputin and Ana learned that Eramis had discovered and removed the back-door virus the Guardian had implanted in [[Seraph Station]], and planned to activate the ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE protocol and destroy the Traveler using the Warsat network. To prevent this, Rasputin told the Guardians that his repair algorithm had restored him enough to insert the [[Pillory Engram]] containing him into the Seraph Station, allowing him to trigger a self-destruct function. Ana refused to go along with this, but Rasputin told her it was the only way, citing it as the fulfilment of his purpose as a shield rather than as a weapon.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Final Dawn#Step 1|Final Dawn: Step 1]]''</ref>

The Guardian, Pillory Engram in hand, fought their way back into the [[Orbital Command Nexus]] and inserted Rasputin into the Station.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE (mission)|ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE]]''</ref> Meanwhile, Eramis prepared to direct the Warsat network to fire upon the Traveler, which had unexpectedly risen higher into the sky above the Last City, seemingly in preparation to leave, as the residents of the city looked up in fear and uncertainty. As it reached low orbit, however, the Traveler came to a stop. As the Warsats powered up and prepared to fire at the Traveler, Rasputin activated the AURORA SACRIFICE protocol, destroying himself and the entire Warsat network.<ref name="Awake"/>

 

The Traveler remained in its new position in orbit high above the Last City; it remains unclear whether it had changed its mind regarding whether to flee in response to Rasputin's sacrifice, whether it had moved itself away from the Last City to prevent collateral damage from the impending assault from the Warsat Network, or whether, as the Witness told Eramis following her failure to destroy the Traveler, it simply realized that it had nowhere left to run. Regardless, the Traveler remained intact and ready to defend humanity against [[The Witness]] and [[Emperor Calus]], the newly-risen [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]].<ref name="Awake">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [https://youtu.be/Bf72Fazd3Ck?t=424 Awake]''</ref>

 

 

 

Though Rasputin was fully destroyed with the AURORA SACRIFICE protocol, his actions led to the discovery of [[Neomuna]], along with a [[Hierarchy of Needs|device]] retrieved by the Guardian months earlier which now contains what remains of [[Soteria]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Hierarchy of Needs#Lore|Hierarchy of Needs]]''</ref>

 

Before his destruction, Rasputin sent a collection of files to the robotic dog [[Archangel]], containing a series of poems he had composed on various subjects, which he had addressed to Ana.<ref>.'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Lore:Purpose|Purpose]]: [[Lore:Purpose#Moment|Moment]]''</ref>

Rasputin first refers to The [[Traveler]] as "the Gardener", alluding to its role in nurturing civilization.<ref name="Mysteries"/> However, Rasputin stayed cautious of the Traveler as it came from somewhere unknown. Due to this, Rasputin began to question its motives and whether the Traveler could bring any foreign dangers with it.  

Rasputin was the one to first discover the coming of the Darkness which he termed ''"[[Black Fleet|IT]]"''.<ref name="Darkness"/> At the time, Rasputin's original core programming was to protect humanity. To be allowed to be this, he was designed to be stronger than the enemies of Earth and to survive anything that was thrown at him.

As ''"IT"'' entered our Solar System, he commanded his systems to stop the Darkness and protect all humans. These systems fought against the Darkness and one by one, began to fall. Realizing he could do nothing to stop it, Rasputin had to make a choice: to fight against the Darkness or survive. Once it became clear that no conceivable action could be taken to fulfil his core programming, he implemented a protocol known as MIDNIGHT EXIGENT and reconfigured his core programming to that of long-term survival, abandoning his previous function and going dark, while simultaneously ordering all remaining forces at his disposal to do the same.

**'''AURORA SACRIFICE''' – Rasputin's self-destruct sequence, a protocol invoked to delete all Rasputin systems and destroy all Warsats. <ref name="Awake"/>

**'''PALISADE IMPERATIVE''' – a condition invoked to suppress [[Lightbearer|Lightbearing]] intruders in restricted areas of Rasputin's facilities.

**'''CARRHAE WHITE''' – an emergency condition in which the Solar System faces an external threat, forcing Rasputin to seize control of the entire Solar System's defenses and even conscript civilian ships to serve in combat.

*'''EGYPTIAN''' – a security status used to classify extinction-level paracausal threats including the [[Black Fleet]].

*'''TWILIGHT EXIGENT''' – a counterattack protocol and moral structure change under which all humans are assumed dead without Warmind intervention. This protocol prioritizes maximising the survival of the human species over minimizing harm to individuals.

*'''MIDNIGHT EXIGENT''' – a long-term counterattack protocol and moral structure change. All systems enter a period of extended deactivation to survive and later devise a countermeasure for an overwhelming threat. The protocol seemingly allows Rasputin to ignore his responsibility to protect human populations in favor of taking any measures deemed necessary to ensure his own survival. As of [[The Guardian]] slaying [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]], '''MIDNIGHT EXIGENT''' is still in-progress.<ref name="SleeperD2">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] -Item Description: [[Sleeper Simulant#Lore|Sleeper Simulant]]''</ref>

*'''NEFELE STRONGHOLD''' - A [[Neomuna|location]] on [[Neptune]] established after one of Soteria's Echo pods crashed with its inhabitants during the Collapse. Files containing information regarding Nefele Stronghold have been intentionally wiped by Stargazer to ensure its secrecy, though oblique references to it remain in a large number of Rasputin's files, as well as a secret file hidden away in the Cosmodrome, retrieved by the Guardian. The details of Nefele Stronghold are a major source of interest for Osiris and the Witness.

*'''ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE''' – a last-resort measure aimed at preventing the Traveler from leaving Earth during a major calamity by crippling it with his Warsats. Rasputin devised this protocol in secret from his human overseers. This protocol was almost activated during the Collapse, but Rasputin aborted it as Ana was able to convince him to stop. This protocol is a modification of an earlier version created by Clovis Bray I that was intended to destroy the Traveler, to allow him to replace it with Rasputin.

*'''SECURE ISIS''' – a security protocol used to covertly expedite all launches including [[Exodus]] colonization projects and orbital Warsats payloads; all under '''EGYPTIAN'''-threat status.

*'''SERAPH PROTOCOL''' – subroutine in correspondence with the [[Seraphs]], authorizing special security clearance in addition to experimental armor and armaments.

*'''SIBERIAN ENTROPY''' – a protocol used to freeze the entirety of Hellas Basin, and by extension, the Grasp of Nokris and Xol.

*'''SIDDHARTHA GOLEM''' – an [[Exo]] body developed from [[Deep Stone Crypt]] for Rasputin to learn human experiences. Was deemed rogue after it was [[Risen]] to become Felwinter and subjected to termination under '''ABSALOM KNIFE'''.

*'''SKYSHOCK: OUTSIDE CONTEXT''' – hostile extrasolar arrival, of unprecedented type/scale that could not be planned for (given a human definition in the [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre I|Cosmogyre I]] Triumph lore).

**'''FENRIR HEART''' – unknown, possibly a specific strategy or type of weapon. It was ineffective against the Black Fleet.

**'''SURTR DROWN''' – unknown, possibly a specific strategy or type of weapon. It was ineffective against the Black Fleet.

**'''DVALIN FORGE''' – a plan to produce weapons to arm human forces in the event of a '''CARRHAE''' emergency. '''DVALIN FORGE''' weaponry proved ineffective against the Black Fleet.

**'''YUGA ECLIPSE''' – a condition which is currently unknown.<ref name="unsecured/OUTCRY">'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - Item Description: [[Unsecured/OUTCRY#Lore|Unsecured/OUTCRY]]''</ref>

*'''TELESPHOURUS WEAVE''' – a subroutine that directs Rasputin's medical resources to the Seraphim Vault in the [[Cosmodrome]].

{{Quote|The Vanguard still believes Rasputin to be a simple Warmind. He hasn't been that for a very long time.|Lord [[Saladin Forge]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[The Iron Tomb]]''</ref>

*''"The Bray family shaped me to be an all-seeing savior… while your vanguard sought to wield me as a primitive weapon… but today that ends… and I define the reality of my own existence… My sight will stretch to the edge of this system and beyond… Never again will a threat go unseen… From this day forward I will defend humanity on my own terms… I am Rasputin… guardian of all I survey… I have no equal."''

*In [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment Rasputin_6|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6]], there is a quote from {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Anna_Karenina#/Part_8 Anna Karenina]}}, written by Leo Tolstoy.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/708084-without-knowing-what-i-am-and-why-i-am-here '''Goodreads''' - ''Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life's impossible; and that I can't know, and so I can't live," Levin said to himself."  ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina'']</ref>

*The [[Grimoire: Allies#Ghost Fragment: Mysteries|Ghost Fragment: Mysteries]] appears to be written from the perspective of Rasputin. Though heavily laden with metaphor, it appears to be a fractured chronicle of his encounter with the [[Darkness]], his fruitless attempts to overcome (or even resist) it, and his fateful decision to abandon his primary function in favor of survival (a tactic which he claims to have learned from his enemy). The colorful descriptions seem to indicate that he has descended into insanity since the [[Collapse]], either as a result of his encounter with the Darkness, or due to drastically rewriting his core protocols, or perhaps both.

*Rasputin's protocols contain a number of references to history, mythology, and philosophy.<ref>['''https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/6ddaqx/allusions_in_rasputins_protocols/ Reddit''' - ''Allusions in Rasputin's Protocols'']</ref>

*It is implied in the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref>

*Rasputin appears to possess a classification system for biological threats, listing Xol as a class 6.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description:[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/protocol-perfected-form?highlight=replay Protocol "Perfected Form"]''</ref>

*Rasputin builds his own Frames which appeared in [[Season of the Worthy]] and a modified version called Heavy Frames which were present during the Seraph Tower public event. These frames show up again in the Abhorrent Imperative mission in Season of the Seraph.

*After the death of Rasputin in Season of the Seraph, in one of the Heist Battlegrounds missions, Ana states that a piece of Rasputin lives on in the dog that the Guardian retrieved from Seraph Station.{{Citation needed}}