Des2ny is Canon (Story Spoilers) (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, September 10, 2017, 09:41 (2655 days ago) @ grantixtechno

I agree with a lot of what you've put down here. But I want to add on to your Setups and Non-Payoffs section.

Not only are we setup for Ikora's death through her musings, but we're setup, in my opinion, for Ghaul's redemption.

Granted, there's not enough material in the story between Ghaul and Consul to highlight a redemptive or transitional arc for the character. But, I felt, that it very much started to set up for Consul to be the greater threat, a puppet-master behind the curtain. Ghaul wanted to be chosen, not take the Light. I thought maybe Ghaul would refuse Consul's plan, but Consul would usurp his power over the Red Legion, and try to "take care of" Ghaul, and perhaps Ghaul would fight back, and maybe sacrifice himself to protect the Traveler from having it's Light taken, as he is interested in being Chosen. (Though, in all of this, it was our character who was Chosen....) Plus, Ghaul is in a white get-up. It seemed so telegraphed to me. But I guess not. Just another lousy boss who was a lousy villain.

I'm not as hard on Gaul as you. I think they idea of someone who all his life had to fight to prove himself worthy, yet be forced watch a race he sees as undeserving of the light is a good motivation and backstory. It's just that he spent the whole came chatting with the speaker.

I think that could have worked, had they made Gaul a servant of the Emperor, much like the Arbiter was the servant of the prophets. But I am also completely fine with Gaul being the total bad guy. There would have had to be a lot more setup for your idea to work, but it definitely could have if done right.

I was initially surprised that he died in the story. I thought for sure when he turned into that huge spirit, that that was the raid boss we'd have to destroy. On one hand, it would have been satisfying to take that down. But on the other, we did that with Oryx so the surprise was kind of nice.