Lakshmi-2

Lakshmi-2
Biographical information
Species:	Exo
Gender:	Female
Eye color:	Light aqua blue
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Consensus Future War Cult

"The War Cult has always been an open secret in the Tower, arming and advising those who represent them in the Crucible."

— In-game description

Lakshmi-2 is an Exo who serves as the representative of Future War Cult on the Consensus. She sells a variety of FWC-branded armor, weapons, and emblems intended for use in the Crucible by Guardians who represent the Cult.

Biography

Early Life

Lakshmi was active as early as the Dark Age, before the founding of the City. She was present when the House of Devils burnt London.

A New Golden Age

After the liberation of the Last City from the hands of the Red Legion, Lakshmi returned to the City and attended a meeting of the Consensus, which was now leaderless following the death of the Speaker. Lakshmi asked if there were any bylaws that governed how to choose a new Speaker, but was informed by Zavala that no guidelines existed. Laskshmi and the other Consensus members agreed to work on creating a process to choose a new Speaker while working together in governing the city.

Personality

Lakshmi-2 is talkative enough about war stories and the accomplishments of Future War Cult, but is otherwise tight-lipped about the inner workings of her faction. She views the coming of the Darkness as an inevitable conflict, one that cannot be simply avoided, as Dead Orbit wishes. She is always pondering aloud about the nature of time, fate, and the existence of alternate timelines, particularly ones without war.

Quotes

Destiny

• "What if there were a single timeline untouched by war, would you have any idea how to live in it?"
• "What if there were a better timeline somewhere? What have you done to earn it?"
• "A single light in an infinity of darkness. Like the last signal flare before the walls are overrun."
• "You think I'd let you into the Inner Circle if you stand there long enough? Hahahaha... I might."
• "Even the stars struggle! From the black holes of their bodies, new timelines are born. Born into strife. "
• "So; I can tell by the way you stare at me you've seen her. Haven't you."
• "We keep our mysteries close. Take them from us if you can."
• "Another war story? I could tell you about Tranquility, and the Hive?"
• "Oh I never run out of war stories friends. Have you heard of the Dust Devils?"
• "Don't think I'll give up our secrets just because you stare at me."
• "The Inner Circle has its secrets. Maybe in time."
• "A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden."
• "What if you could learn to love your fate?"
• "Dead Orbit can run to the ends of the universe, but a war will be there waiting for them."
• "War is our fate. Can you learn to love it?"
• "She will find it, Guardian. And when she does, we'll be there."
• "Another war story? Well, I could tell you about the knights that Darkness overrun in Mumbai."
• "You think the Guardians can carry the fight alone? You think you have the right to be weak?"
• "Know the only truth is war Guardian. You'll always be needed."
• "I could tell you another. I could tell you about the siege of Tycho."
• "Paradox is just a word that stupid people use to hide from the truth."
• "I walked during the dark times. A thousand kings rose and fell then."
• "An infinity of timelines. If one timeline in a trillion knows peace, how could you ever hope to find it?"
• "Dead Orbit just misdiagnosed the problem. It's not a matter of distance, but of time."
• "And in each new world, a new birth of time. And as always the seas of war will be there too."
• "Another war story? I was there when the House of Devils burned London."
• "What if on some dreadful night, the Darkness were to come creeping up to you and whisper 'This war, is all there is for you.' "
• "This war has no end, Guardian."
• "What do I think of the New Monarchy? Hahahahahaha... I don't, really."
• "I have the highest respect for the Warlocks."

Destiny 2

• "Future War Cult is selective in recruiting. But you, you will make the cut."
• "Subtle, very subtle."
• "I await your information."
• "Refugees, refugees, refugees. Of course we'll serve them, convert them, bring them into the mysteries, but only the worthy ones."
• "I understand them better than you might think. Long ago, I, too was caught in a brutal war. Future War Cult found me. Now I can do the same for others."
• "We pay well for data."
• "The Tower may fall, the City may fall. Future War Cult shall endure."
• "Anything of note?"
• "And so you return to war. Be well."
• "Do tell."
• "Do you have a story to tell me?"
• "Will you be our sword?"
• "Great things can come out of the competitive spirit. Once, we competed to design the most accurate simulations of the local multiverse. I foresaw a bloody battle which came to pass in one. That was the beginning."
• "The Consensus believes we can steal a march on our enemies by stealing their supplies. This is true, but it also lacks ambition."
• "They speak of ancient treasures, recently unearthed by a landslide and weathering, waiting for claimants. Of course the Consensus wants a cut. But they have promised a share to the finders as well."
• "The only thing you need to know about me is that my predictions were correct. War came. We were vindicated."
• "She has been silent for so long. No one has seen her in years. But I have faith."
• "What do you think you will learn about Future War Cult by standing there?"
• "Loitering won't get you into the Inner Circle, Guardian."
• "You stare and say nothing, Guardian. Are you foolish, I wonder, or truly wise?"
• "In a million other timelines, the city is destroyed by Vex, or Fallen, or Taken, or Hive. What's constant, is the struggle."

Trivia

• Lakshmi-2 is voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo.
• Her name is the same as that of a Hindu goddess.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2