Simply put, you are wrong. (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, May 28, 2015, 15:22 (3466 days ago) @ Kahzgul
edited by Ragashingo, Thursday, May 28, 2015, 15:32

But I don't count the grimoire cards as "backstory" in the game because they are not actually a part of the game. I know I'm in the minority here, but things like the Halo books I don't count as part of the Halo games (though they are in the Halo universe and are part of the cannon), and the grimoire cards are similar to me. Someone wrote some good stuff there, but none of it is actually in the game, despite being unlocked through gameplay.

But stuff in the Grimorie directly affects events in the game. The City still exists because The Queen of the Reef choose to intervene. Skolas, who appears in game, is introduced in the Grimorie. And that's just two recent examples. Rasputin, Clovis Bray, the Ishtar Academy, the loss of the Moon to Crota, etc, etc, ETC... are all filled in through the Grimorie. Bungie did a good job of revealing the past of our various HoW allies as well.

Frankly, you're being both stubborn and pigheaded. The information in the Grimorie is backstory by any reasonable definition, and that's not subject to "opinion" unless you wish to completely redefine words. To claim it isn't backstory only puts you in the minority because in puts you in the wrong.

For reference:

Wikipedia:

A backstory, background story, back-story or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot. It is a literary device of a narrative history all chronologically earlier than the narrative of primary interest.

It is the history of characters and other elements that underlie the situation existing at the main narrative's start.

Dictionary.com:

a narrative providing a history or background context, especially for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series.

Merriam Webster:

a story that tells what led up to the main story or plot

New Oxford American Dictionary:

a history or background created for a fictional character in a motion picture or television program.