War against the Witness

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War against the Witness
Fronts:	Sol System
Outcome:	1ST PHASE Psychic connection between the Lunar Pyramid and the Leviathan is severed Despite this, the Vanguard fails to prevent Calus from ascending to the Witness’s harbinger of the Second Collapse The relics of Nezarec are safely secured by The Guardian, with assistance from House of Light and House of Spider The Witness punishes Eramis for her failure to secure the relics, and begins transforming fallen members of House Salvation into Scorn, including some of her dead council members Additionally, House Salvation is now forced to work under Xivu Arath Osiris is awoken from a coma after Mithrax distilled the relics into a cure Rasputin is temporarily rebuilt Seraph Bunkers and Seraph Station are secured from the assault of Xivu Arath's forces. The Traveler departs the Last City as it attempts to confront the Witness and its fleet head on. House Salvation assaults Seraph Station in one last bid to stop the Vanguard, with Eramis attempting to use Rasputin's Warsat network to destroy the Traveler. Rasputin initates AURORA SACRIFICE in order to prevent Eramis from activating ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE. He succeeds in this, self destructing the entire Warsat network, but at the cost of deleting all his coding. Existence of a civilization on Neptune along with a paracasual artifact linked to the Traveler is confirmed The Coalition and the allies of humanity prepare themselves to face the Witness and its incoming fleet. 2ND PHASE The Witness and its fleet finally reach Earth and begin their assault. The Traveler is subdued by the Witness, and soon it discovers the location of the Veil. Calus, the Witness's newest disciple, is sent to invade Neomuna with his Shadow Legion to secure the Veil. Neomuna turned into active warzone due to the invasion, as all Neomuni are promoted to active defense roles. The Vex of the Sol Collective restart their invasion of city, taking advantage of the turmoil and chaos caused by the Shadow Legion. The Guardian, along with Osiris, reach Neomuna as it becomes under siege from the Shadow Legion's invasion, and ally themselves with the city's Cloud Striders: Nimbus and Rohan. Strand is discovered, and over time The Guardian is able to wield it, along with discovering what The Veil is. The Shadow Legion suffer major losses, first with the Radial Mast being destroyed, and with Calus being slain by The Guardian. The Witness manages to establish a link with The Veil, and it begins the Final Shape by opening a portal over the Traveler The Traveler is left unresponsive, its light becoming harder for Ghosts to find Several attempts are made to enter the portal, all of which end in failure. Nezarec, Final God of Pain is slain shortly afterwards in the Witness's flagship. Captives taken during the Shadow Legion's invasion of Earth are rescued from Shadow Legion outposts. Amanda Holliday is rescued and later killed in a trap after saving captives from a secret Shadow Legion prison in the EDZ. Shadow Legion Flagship is destroyed as an act of retribution. Titan is returned to the Sol System Sloane is rescued, albeit she is now infused partially with Taken energy. Ahsa is discovered and rescued as the Vanguard aids Sloane in strengthening her connection to Ahsa. Ahsa manages to provide vital information to the Vanguard on the Witness and the Final Shape, but also reveals that they must resurrect Savathûn, the Witch Queen in order to find a way through the portal on the Traveler. Xivu Arath's forces are pushed back from Titan. Their attempt to Take Ahsa is thwarted. Lucent Brood's attempts to resurrect Oryx, the Taken King are stopped. The Vanguard reaches an agreement with Immaru as he decides to help them resurrect Savathûn, but only if the deal with Xivu Arath first. Eris Morn transforms herself into a Hive God of Vengeance, and begins manipulating the Sword Logic to have The Guardian bring her tithes. Ongoing
Belligerents The Coalition Vanguard Imperial Cabal House of Light House of Spider Awoken Neomuna Forces of the Darkness Disciples of the Witness Xivu Arath's Horde Wrathborn House of Salvation Scorn Taken Calus's Forces Loyalists Shadow Legion Sol Divisive Other Parties Lucent Brood Sol Collective Precursors Descendants Commanders Commander Zavala Ikora Rey Caiatl Lord Saladin Mithrax Mara Sov Rohan Nimbus The Witness Xivu Arath, God of War Eramis, Kell of Darkness Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness Emperor Calus Nezarec, Final God of Pain Conceptual Mind Savathûn, the Witch Queen Immaru Calixte, System Ward Finality Ioneion, System Control Flow Strength The Traveler Thousands of Guardians Countless Imperial Cabal Troops Ascendant Guards Countless House of Light soldiers Dozens of Corsairs Several Frame units Spider’s Crew and Associates Rasputin Ahsa Pyramid Ships Countless Hive Thousands of Wrathborn Countless Fallen Countless Taken Countless Scorn Countless Loyalists Countless Shadow Legion Troops Countless Vex Nightmares Several Tormentors Countless Hive Thousands of Hive Lightbearers Countless Vex Casualties The Traveler (dormant) Hundreds of Guardians Thousands of Imperial Cabal Troops Unknown amount of House of Light soldiers Several Corsairs Several of Spider’s Associates killed Rasputin Unknown amount of Frames Rohan Amanda Holliday Asher Mir (presumably) Rhulk, Calus, and Nezarec slain Conceptual Mind destroyed Thousands of Hive Hundreds of Wrathborn Thousands of Fallen Thousands of Taken Thousands of Scorn Thousands of Loyalist Thousands of Shadow Legion Troops Thousands of Vex platforms Dozens of Tormentors Savathûn killed Savathûn's council ravaged and destroyed Thousands of Hive Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers and their Ghosts Several Axis Minds and high-ranking Vex units destroyed Thousands of Vex platforms Civilian casualties Unknown amount of civilian deaths and captives

The War against the Witness is an ongoing conflict being fought all across Sol between Humanity and its allies and the forces of Darkness led by the Witness, with other parties being involved as well. After dealing with the threat Savathûn, the Witch Queen and her brood posed on Sol, the Vanguard began to shift their attention to prepare for the Witness's arrival. The Vanguard and its allies would take on the threaten imposed by Calus's return and plans to become a disciple, would task The Guardian with securing the relics of Nezarec, and they would aid Ana Bray and Osiris with rebuilding Rasputin in order to both have a means of defense against the Witness and also help Osiris confirm his visions were true.

Shortly after the the final assault on Seraph Station the Witness would arrive with its fleet, along with its newest disciple: Calus. Despite their best efforts, the Witness managed to establish a link with The Veil after hijacking The Guardian's Ghost and thus begun the Final Shape. While The Guardian aided in prison break operations across Earth, the Vanguard would repeatedly try to find a way through the portal, all attempts ending in failure. After the reemergence of Titan, the Vanguard would discover that Sloane had survived the disappearance, although she was no partially infused with Taken energy. The Vanguard also discovered that Sloane had befriended Ahsa, a proto-worm that had fled to Titan after the Witness caused her species to slaughter itself in the name of the Sword Logic. After strengthening their psychic connection, Ahsa would reveal to Sloane, and the rest of the Vanguard, about the origins of the Witness and the Final Shape, and that the key to getting through the portal was held by none other than Savathûn herself. After some reluctance, The Vanguard reached an agreement with Immaru, Savathûn's Ghost, in which he would help them bring back Savathûn, under one condition: they deal with her sister, Xivu Arath, first.

Prelude

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History

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Forces of the Conflict

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The Coalition

• Vanguard
• Imperial Cabal
• House of Light
• House of Spider
• Awoken
• Neomuna

Forces of Darkness

• Disciples of the Witness
• Xivu Arath's Horde
• House of Salvation
• Scorn
• Taken
• Loyalists
• Shadow Legion
• Sol Divisive

Savathûn's Forces

• Lucent Brood

Vex

• Sol Collective
• Precursors
• Descendants

List of appearances

• Destiny 2
  • Season of the Haunted (First appearance)
  • Season of Plunder
  • Season of the Seraph
  • Lightfall
  • Season of Defiance
  • Season of the Deep
  • Season of the Witch