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|notable= Capable of transtemporal warping <br> Former bearer of [[The Stranger's Rifle]]/[[No Time To Explain]]
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{{Article Quote|We don't have much time.}}
{{Article Quote|We don't have much time.<ref name="Call">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[A Stranger's Call]]''</ref>}}
The '''Exo Stranger''' is an [[Exo]] that roams the wild. Her purpose and intentions are unknown, but she appears to be interested in the player's activities and keeps tabs on them when they venture outside of the [[City]]. She is first seen watching as the player escapes from the [[Cosmodrome]].<ref name = "Beta">'''Bungie (2014-7-17)''', ''Destiny: Beta PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref>. During the [[The Dark Beyond|sixth Story Mission]], she is spotted by the player, looking down at them from the rocks that line the edge of the gorge where they are attempting to gain entrance to the [[Temple of Crota]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=soPwfDJlHCk#t=469 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Beta Moon Gameplay! The Dark Beyond Story Mission'']</ref> When the player is about to enter the [[Chamber of Night]] to save the [[Traveler]] from a [[Hive]] ritual, she is able to send a transmission to them telling them they need to see her on  [[Venus]]. There, she delivers a mysterious warning to the player.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLw2gyMFmq40oO00fgBLOsytpbUkNaNypj&v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=player_detailpage ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref> She is the one who warns them about the imminent [[Vex]] threat, and that the only way to heal the [[Traveler]] is to destroy the heart in the [[Black Garden]].
The '''Exo Stranger''' is an [[Exo]] that roams the wild without a [[Ghost]].<ref name="Stranger"/> Her purpose and intentions are unknown,<ref name="Stranger"/> but she appears to be interested in the player's activities and keeps tabs on them when they venture outside of the [[City]].<ref name="Stranger">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#The_Exo_Stranger|The Exo Stranger]]''</ref>


The Stranger appears to be working for an unknown faction who know more about the war against the [[Darkness]] than the [[Guardian]]s do. She possesses much technology that even the [[Ghost]]s don't fully understand; she is capable of appearing and disappearing out of reality, and her [[The Stranger's Rifle|rifle]] has parts that "shouldn't yet exist." <ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
==Overview==
{{Quote|I've followed this Light as far back as it goes.|RECORD 472 - BRIDGE - 2.1<ref name="Exo 2"/>}}
The Stranger appears to be working for an unknown faction who know more about the war against the [[Darkness]] than [[Guardian]]s do.<ref name="Call"/> She possesses much technology that even Ghosts don't fully understand; she is capable of appearing and disappearing out of reality,<ref name="Stranger"/><ref name="Call"/><ref name="Garden">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Black Garden]]''</ref> and her [[The Stranger's Rifle|weapon]] has parts that "shouldn't yet exist."<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [[The Stranger's Rifle]]''</ref> Those who have seen her are divided on who she is: some claim she is the remains of a forgotten Exo squadron fighting a long ago war while others believe her intervention has saved their lives. A few believe she is a hallucination caused by exposure to Vex technologies.<ref name="Stranger"/>
 
At an unknown time she encountered [[Rasputin]], who recognized her but did not understand her purpose; and thus asks her how he could imitate her.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref> This meeting may have occurred during one her numerous reappearances to stave off an unknown future, as in another point in time—or times—she observes the [[Traveler]] and the [[Last City]] falling to numerous unknown enemies, and among the dead sees herself appearing occasionally.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger|Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger]]''</ref>
 
She became interested in [[the Guardian]] after going to the [[Moon]] numerous times, expecting the [[Vex]] and the [[Black Heart]] but instead encountering the [[Hive]], an enemy who has much in common "with the machines than [ordinary] enemies alone."<ref name="Exo 2">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger_2|Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger 2]]''</ref> She concludes that the Moon was their "[[Oversoul Throne|black heart]]", and that it led to the same end she wished to stop.<ref name="Exo 2"/> After witnessing an unknown [[Fireteam]] of Guardians stopping [[Chamber of Night (mission)|the ritual]] in the [[Chamber of Night]], calling it an "extraction", she went back in time to the rediscovery of the Hive, finding another Guardian, whose [[Ghost]] mentioned [[Venus]].<ref name="Exo 2"/> Believing this particular Guardian to be "the one", she went backwards in time again, following the Ghost to the [[Cosmodrome]], intent on watching for her own purposes.<ref name="Exo 2"/> This purpose is apparently that they have succeeded where others have failed,<ref name="Exo 2"/> which may be stopping the Black Garden and the Heart.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/><ref name="Call"/> This is later borne out as being true,<ref name="Garden"/> and she presents them with her personal weapon to aid them in the coming fight before vanishing.<ref name="Garden"/>
 
==History==
{{Quote|It's not every day you get a transmission from a mysterious Exo who claims to know us and wants us to go to Venus and…things are getting weird, aren't they?|Ghost<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/a-strangers-call A Stranger's Call]''</ref>}}
The Stranger is first seen watching as the player escapes from the Cosmodrome.<ref name = "Beta">'''Bungie (2014/7/17)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Beta PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> On the Moon<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Dark Beyond]]''</ref> she is spotted again by the player, looking down at them from the rocks that line the edge of the gorge where they are attempting to gain entrance to the [[Temple of Crota]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=soPwfDJlHCk#t=469 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Beta Moon Gameplay! The Dark Beyond Story Mission'']</ref> When the player is about to enter the Chamber of Night to save the Traveler from a Hive ritual, she is able to send a transmission to them telling them they need to see her on Venus.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]''</ref> There, she delivers a mysterious warning to the player.<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLw2gyMFmq40oO00fgBLOsytpbUkNaNypj&v=LIxxsw7TNd4&feature=player_detailpage ''Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer'']</ref><ref name="Call"/> She is the one who warns them about the imminent [[Vex]] threat, and that the only way to heal the [[Traveler]] is to destroy the heart in the [[Black Garden]].<ref name="Call"/>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
 
The Stranger appears in the following missions during cutscenes:
The stranger appears in the following missions:
*"[[A Guardian Rises]]"  
*"[[A Guardian Rises]]"
*"[[The Dark Beyond]]"
*"[[The Dark Beyond]]"
*"[[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]"  
*"[[A Stranger's Call]]"
*"[[A Stranger's Call]]"
*"[[The Black Garden]]" ''(Final Cutscene)''
*"[[The Black Garden]]"


In the missions [[A Stranger's Call]], she was talking to someone. The identity of that person or persons has yet to be revealed. Additionally, according to the flavor text of the last quest step in the "Not Forged From the Light" quest, [[Praedyth]] or his Ghost may have seen her at some point. This is implied to have been a recurring occurrence. While she is completely absent in the Taken King campaign, she plays a pivotal role in investigating the odd fate of Praedyth and the effects [[Oryx]] brought to the Vex. Eventually her rifle, not worn but enhanced by time itself, surfaces in the hands of the [[Future War Cult]] researchers as [[No Time to Explain]], who give it to the Guardian. With contradictory clues on the rifle's origin, the truth behind it may never be known.
In the mission [[A Stranger's Call]], she was talking to an unknown person or group of persons, whose identity has yet to be revealed. Additionally, according to the flavor text of the last quest step in the "Not Forged From the Light" quest, [[Praedyth]] or his Ghost may have seen her at some point. This is implied to have been a recurring occurrence.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/classified-30 Talk to Lakshmi-2]''</ref> While she is completely absent in the Taken King campaign, she plays a pivotal role in investigating the odd fate of Praedyth and the effects [[Oryx]] brought to the Vex. Eventually her rifle, not worn but enhanced by time itself, surfaces in the hands of the [[Future War Cult]] researchers as [[No Time to Explain]], who give it to the Guardian. With contradictory clues on the rifle's origin, the truth behind it may never be known.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Inventory/Primary_Weapons#No_Time_To_Explain|No Time To Explain]]''</ref>


===Quotes===
===Quotes===
*''"Well fought… Many Guardians fell… … Strong ones… … But you made it here… … ''Don't'' let them find you…"''<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/>
*''"Well fought… Many Guardians fell… … Strong ones… … But you made it here… … ''Don't'' let them find you…"''<ref name = "Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer"/>
*''"I wasn't talking to you, little Light" (speaking to the player's [[Ghost]])'' <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PqBAw4weveY#t=139 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Limited Edition Unboxings (Including Digital Guardian and Ghost) - IGN First'']</ref>
*''"I wasn't talking to you, little Light"'' (speaking to the player's Ghost) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PqBAw4weveY#t=139 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny Limited Edition Unboxings (Including Digital Guardian and Ghost) - IGN First'']</ref>
*''"I believe where our paths cross, ground... could break."''
*''"I believe where our paths cross, ground... could break."''
*''"It doesn't matter who you were, only what you will become."''
*''"It doesn't matter who you were, only what you will become."''
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*The Stranger appeared in the original storyline of ''[[Destiny]]''. In this version, she was the assistant of [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Messy">[http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731 '''Kotaku''' - ''The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny'']</ref>
*The Stranger appeared in the original storyline of ''[[Destiny]]''. In this version, she was the assistant of [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Messy">[http://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731 '''Kotaku''' - ''The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny'']</ref>
*The Stranger's line "''I don't even have time explain...''" has become a meme in the Destiny community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story.
*The Stranger's line "''I don't even have time explain...''" has become a meme in the Destiny community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story.
*It is [[Grimoire/Allies/Rasputin#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|implied]] [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Exo_Stranger|in]] the Grimoire that [[Rasputin]] and the Exo Stranger may have met at some point.


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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Exo Stranger
Grimoire The Exo Stranger.jpg
Biographical information

Species:

Exo

Gender:

Female

Eye color:

Blue-white

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Unknown

Class:

Non Guardian

Notable info:

Capable of transtemporal warping
Former bearer of The Stranger's Rifle/No Time To Explain

 

Template:Article Quote The Exo Stranger is an Exo that roams the wild without a Ghost.[1] Her purpose and intentions are unknown,[1] but she appears to be interested in the player's activities and keeps tabs on them when they venture outside of the City.[1]

Overview

"I've followed this Light as far back as it goes."
— RECORD 472 - BRIDGE - 2.1[2]

The Stranger appears to be working for an unknown faction who know more about the war against the Darkness than Guardians do.[3] She possesses much technology that even Ghosts don't fully understand; she is capable of appearing and disappearing out of reality,[1][3][4] and her weapon has parts that "shouldn't yet exist."[5] Those who have seen her are divided on who she is: some claim she is the remains of a forgotten Exo squadron fighting a long ago war while others believe her intervention has saved their lives. A few believe she is a hallucination caused by exposure to Vex technologies.[1]

At an unknown time she encountered Rasputin, who recognized her but did not understand her purpose; and thus asks her how he could imitate her.[6] This meeting may have occurred during one her numerous reappearances to stave off an unknown future, as in another point in time—or times—she observes the Traveler and the Last City falling to numerous unknown enemies, and among the dead sees herself appearing occasionally.[7]

She became interested in the Guardian after going to the Moon numerous times, expecting the Vex and the Black Heart but instead encountering the Hive, an enemy who has much in common "with the machines than [ordinary] enemies alone."[2] She concludes that the Moon was their "black heart", and that it led to the same end she wished to stop.[2] After witnessing an unknown Fireteam of Guardians stopping the ritual in the Chamber of Night, calling it an "extraction", she went back in time to the rediscovery of the Hive, finding another Guardian, whose Ghost mentioned Venus.[2] Believing this particular Guardian to be "the one", she went backwards in time again, following the Ghost to the Cosmodrome, intent on watching for her own purposes.[2] This purpose is apparently that they have succeeded where others have failed,[2] which may be stopping the Black Garden and the Heart.[8][3] This is later borne out as being true,[4] and she presents them with her personal weapon to aid them in the coming fight before vanishing.[4]

History

"It's not every day you get a transmission from a mysterious Exo who claims to know us and wants us to go to Venus and…things are getting weird, aren't they?"
— Ghost[9]

The Stranger is first seen watching as the player escapes from the Cosmodrome.[10] On the Moon[11] she is spotted again by the player, looking down at them from the rocks that line the edge of the gorge where they are attempting to gain entrance to the Temple of Crota.[12] When the player is about to enter the Chamber of Night to save the Traveler from a Hive ritual, she is able to send a transmission to them telling them they need to see her on Venus.[13] There, she delivers a mysterious warning to the player.[8][3] She is the one who warns them about the imminent Vex threat, and that the only way to heal the Traveler is to destroy the heart in the Black Garden.[3]

Gameplay

The Stranger appears in the following missions during cutscenes:

In the mission A Stranger's Call, she was talking to an unknown person or group of persons, whose identity has yet to be revealed. Additionally, according to the flavor text of the last quest step in the "Not Forged From the Light" quest, Praedyth or his Ghost may have seen her at some point. This is implied to have been a recurring occurrence.[14] While she is completely absent in the Taken King campaign, she plays a pivotal role in investigating the odd fate of Praedyth and the effects Oryx brought to the Vex. Eventually her rifle, not worn but enhanced by time itself, surfaces in the hands of the Future War Cult researchers as No Time to Explain, who give it to the Guardian. With contradictory clues on the rifle's origin, the truth behind it may never be known.[15]

Quotes

  • "Well fought… Many Guardians fell… … Strong ones… … But you made it here… … Don't let them find you…"[8]
  • "I wasn't talking to you, little Light" (speaking to the player's Ghost) [16]
  • "I believe where our paths cross, ground... could break."
  • "It doesn't matter who you were, only what you will become."
  • "Ah yes. The Awoken. Out there, wavering between the Light and the Dark. A side should always be taken, little Light... Even if it's the wrong side."
  • "I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."

Trivia

  • The Exo Stranger is voiced by Lauren Cohan.
  • The Stranger appeared in the original storyline of Destiny. In this version, she was the assistant of Osiris.[17]
  • The Stranger's line "I don't even have time explain..." has become a meme in the Destiny community as a symbol of the base game's lack of coherent story.

Gallery

  • The Exo Stranger in the Ishtar Academy

    The Exo Stranger in the Ishtar Academy

  • The Exo Stranger, watching the Player's ship depart.

    The Exo Stranger, watching the Player's ship depart.

  • The Exo Stranger, looking down at the Player from the rocks near the edge of the Hellmouth.

    The Exo Stranger, looking down at the Player from the rocks near the edge of the Hellmouth.

  • ExoStranger.jpg

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: The Exo Stranger
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger 2
  3. ^ a b c d e Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Call
  4. ^ a b c Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, The Black Garden
  5. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, The Stranger's Rifle
  6. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4
  7. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Exo Stranger
  8. ^ a b c Destiny: Official E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer
  9. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, A Stranger's Call
  10. ^ Bungie (2014/7/17), Destiny: Beta PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.
  11. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, The Dark Beyond
  12. ^ YouTube - Destiny Beta Moon Gameplay! The Dark Beyond Story Mission
  13. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Chamber of Night
  14. ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, Talk to Lakshmi-2
  15. ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: No Time To Explain
  16. ^ YouTube - Destiny Limited Edition Unboxings (Including Digital Guardian and Ghost) - IGN First
  17. ^ Kotaku - The Messy, True Story Behind The Making Of Destiny
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