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Despite their lack of memory, the Guardian, at the request of the Speaker, joined the fight against the foes of the City. In their exploits they met a [[Exo Stranger|mysterious stranger]] who put them on the path to stop the Vex, <ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> eventually resulting in an alliance with the [[Reef]] - something that would later prove invaluable to quelling the [[Wolf Rebellion]]. <ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> At the call of [[Eris Morn]], they helped end the resurgence of [[Crota]]'s forces and slew the God-Prince personally, <ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> attracting the wrath of his [[Oryx|father]] but also putting an end to him as well. <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> Later, during the [[SIVA Crisis]], they helped [[Lord Saladin]] stop a [[SIVA|techno-plague]] ravaging Earth from [[Wrath of the Machine|gaining sentience]] <ref>'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> and were responsible for the deaths of various threats left over from the [[Taken War]].

At the start of ''[[Destiny 2]]'', the Guardian returned to the [[Last City]] only to immediately face its invasion by the [[Red Legion]]. After confronting [[Dominus Ghaul]], however, the Guardian was severely crippled due to being stripped of the Light and forced to retreat in defeat. After much sacrifice and determination, the Guardians succeeded in liberating their home, driving the Red Legion away, and awaken [[the Traveler]] from its centuries of slumber, restoring their Light and destroying Ghaul forever. Despite this momentous victory, various figures of the Red Legion would attempt to carry on the [[Red War]], either for their own purposes or to finish what Ghaul had started in destroying the Guardians. Despite these new foes, the Guardians maintained their strength and determination, while also contending with major threats besides the Red Legion.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''

On a mission during the [[Taken War]], Ghost guesses that prior to their resurrection, the Guardian may have once been a refugee seeking to escape during the [[Collapse]] and had somehow fallen by [[The Wall]], resulting in their death. <ref>'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard [[Cayde's Stash]]''</ref>

Centuries after the Collapse, the Guardian was found and resurrected by a lone [[Ghost (Little Light)|Ghost]] searching the [[Cosmodrome]], but before Ghost could explain what had happened, he was interrupted by the roars of a [[Fallen]] [[Captain]] who had been tracking him. Ghost then led the Guardian into The Wall and helped them find their first weapon—a battered, ancient [[Khvostov 7G-02]]. After foraging for more gear, the Guardian kills a Fallen [[House of Devils|Devil]] [[Captain]] named [[Rahn]], and escapes in an [[Arcadia]]-class [[jumpship]] revived by Ghost just as [[Riksis]] emerges. As the Guardian departs, the Fallen vainly attempt to shoot it down, and a [[Exo Stranger|mysterious stranger]] looks on as the Guardian departs.

After flying through a storm over many leagues of land, the Guardian arrives at [[The City]], a place Ghost describes as the "last safe city on [[Earth]]" and "the only place The Traveler can still protect".<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Guardian Rises]]''</ref>

The Guardian gets acquainted with the various [[Tower]] residents including the three [[Vanguard]] leaders, the [[Gunsmith]], [[Master Rahool]] and the [[Xander 99-40|Bounty Tracker]], as well as the [[Postmaster]] and the Tower [[Shipwright]] who helps repair their ship. Along the way they visit other Tower residents of lesser importance, including the three [[Faction]] leaders and [[Tess Everis]].

Afterward the Guardian returns to the Cosmodrome to find a [[Warp Drive]]. They locate a downed Guardian's ship and learn the location of where an existing drive might be found. After battling and killing Riksis, they acquire the drive and return to the Tower to have it installed. Later that night as the Guardian looks up at the Traveler, they meet with the [[Speaker]], who had been with the City since its foundation.<ref>[https://youtu.be/FRtKM64cKdM?t=1m4s '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 - Zavala Cinematic Story Trailer'']</ref> The Speaker answers some the Guardian's unasked questions, namely what the Ghosts are, and a brief summary of the Traveler's history with [[humanity]]. He then confides in the Guardian his deepest fears: that the [[Darkness]] is returning and humanity won't be able to survive it this time.

The Guardian asks what they can do to help, and the Speaker encourages them to join those already fighting to defend Earth until a cure for the Traveler could be found; adding wryly that he hoped Ghost chose his Guardian prudently, to which the robot reaffirms emphatically it did.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Restoration]]''</ref>

Returning to the Cosmodrome at the request of the Speaker, the Guardian heads to the old [[Skywatch]]—a complex that once maintained communications with Earth's former colonies—and find the Fallen in an uproar. Pressing deeper into the [[Lunar Complex]], the Guardian discovers another enemy: the [[Hive]]. After eliminating all of the Hive enemies they encounter including a [[Wizard]] named [[Gotra]], Ghost recalls the Hive have not been seen on Earth for centuries, surmising that their presence here may herald another invasion.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Dark Within]]''</ref>

Shortly thereafter the Vanguard reports an upsurge in Fallen activity all over the Cosmodrome. Connecting to the vehicle grid, the Guardian makes their way to the [[Forgotten Shore]] via their [[Sparrow]] and find a Fallen amplifier. After searching out a second one, Ghost discovers both are linked to the Skywatch as they make their way to the next. Finding a Fallen encampment inside the [[Terrestrial Complex]], they defeat the aliens and hack into one of their machines. In doing so, Ghost encounters resistance from an unknown entity and investigates further while the Guardian defends him against Fallen forces.  

After Ghost retrieves the necessary data they destroy the machine. Ghost reports the existence of an ancient [[Warmind]], [[Rasputin]], who somehow survived the Collapse and is defending something later revealed to be the [[Planetary Defense Network|Terrestrial Array]] in the Cosmodrome.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Warmind]]''</ref>

In an effort to raise this Array, the Guardian finds a lost [[Dead Orbit]] team and extracts the codes from their dead Ghosts. Beating off the Hive, who have established a large presence there and are in conflict with the local Fallen, the Guardian enters the Terrestrial Complex once more. Sensing the increased presence of Darkness, Ghost quickly gets to work opening up the Array just as Hive [[Tombships]] arrive.  

As the Guardians battles the oncoming Hive, including a [[Knight#Types|Hallowed Knight]], a satellite dish awakens in the distance and pivots skyward. Once the battle is over, Ghost reports that Rasputin took control of the array and is expanding his reach throughout constructs across the solar system.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Last Array]]''</ref>

Shortly thereafter, at the request of [[Commander Zavala]], the Guardian partakes in a [[Strike]] to eliminate [[Sepiks Prime]], [[Prime Servitor]] of the House of Devils. Locating the Lair beneath a [[The Devils' Lair (location)|colony ship]] the Guardian kills a [[Baron]] named [[Naksis]] and destroy a [[Fallen Walker]] barring their way, and battle Sepiks. After a fierce battle the machine is destroyed, ending the Devils' threat.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Devils' Lair (strike)]]''</ref>