If you don’t know something is implemented... (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Saturday, October 21, 2017, 08:17 (2392 days ago) @ Pyromancy

The main campaign of Destiny 2 is the continuation of a Destiny 1 plot thread we last saw in the mission Outbound Signal.

Honestly, I think this fact has flown under the radar of many people. Especially since there has been quite a bit of content released after The Taken King that did basically nothing to continue the foreshadow of an impending doom, at the hands of the Cabal.

The first DLC, Curse of Osiris, is heavily rumored to focus on Mercury and the Vex, another group that hadn’t been in the spotlight yet. The DLC after that is rumored to focus on Rasputin who got some minor screen time but who’s actions and motives have still only been on the edges. Soon, Rasputin too might get his time in the spotlight.

Is there any new info for these DLC's besides just the expansion pass promotional icons, which were simply an "Eye of Osiris" image and the Warmind/"Rasputin symbol"? Are the rumors growing and embellishing as time goes on, like "the telephone game"?

There are several hints throughout Destiny 1’s Grimoire and Destiny 2’s Strikes and Adventures that Osiris is highly linked to the Vex. Specifically:

- Osiris which mentions the Vex quite a bit. I just now noticed that it also mentions that the Vex can’t simulate Guardians. That’s an idea I though came with Destiny 2, but nope, it was introduced in House of Wolves. Cool!
- In the Pyramidion Strike, Ikora sometimes mentions that she thinks she heard Osiris.
- In one of the final Adventures on Nessus, the one where you try and link your Ghost to the Vex network, you find that Osiris was also in the network. I don’t remember the exact words at the moment, but he even sent your Ghost a nice friendly little message.
- The Trials of Osiris Cult had their Lighthouse based on Mercury, a fully Vexified planet.
- I don’t have an exact quote yet (because print magazines and or time travel shenanigans) but Luke said recently (in the December 2017 EDGE article) that there are big hints in that post-credit scene -- specifically that although the payoff of the black pyramids being awakened won't be paid off for years, the fact that Mercury was the first area to be shown as being impacted by the Traveler's light expansion was a very intentional setup of the first expansion.
- Then there’s the official listing for Curse of Osiris that reads:

Destiny 2 Expansion I: Curse of Osiris continues your Guardian’s journey with all-new story missions and adventures set in a new destination, Mercury. Journey through time and space to learn the secrets of Osiris, avert a dark future, and rebuild the ties between the legendary Warlock and his greatest student - Ikora.

I don’t do telephone games. :)

We also saw some movement in the Taken’s thread with very strong hints that Savathûn and perhaps Xivu Arath have at least taken over leadership of the Taken, or maybe Savathûn has figured out Oryx’s power to Take, which would be a major shakeup in therms of who holds power within the Hive. The idea that the Hive in our system are attempting to summon Savathûn is also somewhat present.

I don't remember any specific hints about Xivu Arath at all, much less taking over leadership of the Taken.
I'll be glad to replay a mission if possible, or re-visit an adventure or two.

I’d need to go back through all the missions. Obviously is mentioned. Her name is all over the place. But I seem to recall a more minor reference to Oryx’s other sister... Sorry I can’t be more specific.

The voice actor for Prince Uldren walked the red carpet at the Destiny 2 launch event and hung out with Bungie at their big Destiny 2 launch party. I’d almost guarantee we’ll hear from Prince Uldren again at some point down the line, and if we do it will almost certainly be in regards for the search for Queen Mara Sov and his obtaining control of the House of Kings.

I hadn't heard about this, and I don't think that this info is widely known. Do you have any additional notes for this?

Not a ton. I looked up each of the voice actors on social media right as Destiny 2 launched. Mara Sov and Prince Uldren’s were very excited. Prince Uldren’s had photos of him on the D2 red carpet and at the Bungie D2 launch party. A little earlier he also noted that he did some motion capture for Zavala’s cutscene on Titan.

Worst case, Bungie included new material about Prince Uldren taking control of the House of Kings in the Age of Triumph then followed that up with sly references to that happening in D2 but only brought the voice actor to do motion capture for... a different character?

Realistically, it’s likely he reprised his role as Prince Uldren, we just haven’t seen it yet.