Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, September 25, 2016, 07:13 (2980 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I need to go back through the missions and cutscenes. The feeling I have (but can't back up at the moment) is that the Iron Lords had to fight through SIVA to get to Site 6 all because they were trying to stop the uncontrolled spread of SIVA and that Rasputin, who was controlling the SIVA, was fighting them all the way in.

That said, Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6does read more like a defensive action against an unauthorized intrusion to a military facility. The operation that killed the Iron Lords was named PALISADE IMPERATIVE which has very defensive connotations. We also have an in game reference to Felwinter trying to either talk to Rasputin or ask for his help with SIVA.

I think the key is going to be that long cutscene of the murals in the Iron Temple where Saladin explains what happened. I've only seen it once so far but hopefully when I see it again tonight it'll help me try and piece together the entire series of events...

After a good bit of watching cutscenes and reading Grimoire cards I think maybe yeah... This was not an attack by Rasputin and probably even wasn't SIVA running out of control. It seems the Iron Lords first learned of SIVA when Lord Timur had a chance run in with Felwinter. The Iron Lords thought they had discovered a way to reclaim the Golden age... and maybe they had... but given everything I could find it seems much more likely they started poking around in places they shouldn't have and Rasputin defended his secure sites to devastating effect.

Most notably is, as I suspected, the cutscene with Saladin where he talks about what happened. He doesn't say SIVA was running rampant or that Rasputin attacked him and his fellow Iron Lords. He says they sought out SIVA and Rasputin "responded." This fits very closely with Rasputin responding in the aforementioned Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 6.

The only real oddities at this point are that Felwinter, who I believe is an Exo Warlock, had been obsessed with Rasputin for some time and had been transmitting to him for a long period of time without getting a response.

This breach of his facilities by Guardians may also be why Rasputin remains silent even to the present day. I still think he gave up the defense of Humanity and that he attacked the Traveler and that he is ultimately seeking to survive the closure of the universe alone... but in this case perhaps he wasn't actively hostile...