Ultimate Destiny Lore Game

Weapons

100

In Norse mythology, the god Heimdall, whose job was to protect the rainbow bridge to Asgard is the bearer of this Destiny 1 and 2 exotic, "whose blast can be heard in all worlds".

Gjallarhorn

200

The Lore tab for this Destiny 1 and 2 exotic in Destiny 2 is written similarly to Steve Jobs' announcement of the Apple iPhone at the 2007 Macworld convention including the quote:
"We will be releasing them all at once.
In a single device.
In extremely limited quantities. We call it___."

Hard Light

300

The Grimoire entry for this Destiny 1 and 2 exotic reads: "A reminder that while so few _____ remain, Her Majesty still stands."
It also became an incredibly popular weapon to use as an invader in Gambit.

Queenbreakers' Bow

400

Cayde-6 refers to the legend of the ____ in his memoirs. Shiro-4 would reportedly spin stories about how their deceased companion Lush had not in fact died but joined ____ in his world-saving quests.
The initial lore description is also a reference to the Book of Mark (5:9) in the Bible.

Rat King

500

As is the standard for Veist weapons, this weapon's name is a reference to a venomous animal. The description references the fact that some species web their prey after it has been taken down.

Tarantula

600

The lore tab for this exotic reads begins with:
"UNTAMED. DESTRUCTIVE. AS FORCEFUL AND CHAOTIC AS YMIR HIMSELF.—ADA-1"

Jötunn

700

This weapon's, first appearing in Shadowkeep, flavor text reads:
"The logic is ineluctable: Those who die deserve oblivion."— Kuldax

Blasphemer

800

The Ishtar Collective may have gathered data on this weapon and its function and inner workings as part of their Infinity Initiative in the late Golden Age, leading to the development of Pocket Infinity

Vex Mythoclast

900

This weapon is considered a part of the legendary Weapons of Sorrow. As such, it benefits from Necrotic Grip's increased airborne effectiveness bonus, and deals increased damage against targets hit by Touch of Malice's Charged with Blight perk.

Osteo Striga

1000

This weapon's, debuting in The Season of the Splicer, flavor text reads:
"Home is just over the horizon."

Sojourner's Tale

More Weapons

100

Equipping the Hunter Exotic Oathkeeper with this Destiny 2 exotic causes the window to fire a poison arrow to last indefinitely, instead of a few seconds.

Le Monarque

200

Interestingly, when aiming down sights, the weapon lacks a holographic reticule. Instead, the player needs to rely on the weapon's physical iron sight. It is also adorned with an iconic symbol stamped onto the underside of the shotgun, located on the magazine loading port which historically, is often used to signify royalty.

Perfect Paradox

300

This Destiny 2 exotic appears to be heavily based upon two similar weapons from Destiny, Black Hammer and Black Spindle. All three weapons have the "White Nail" perk, and all are closely connected to the Hive.

Whisper of the Worm

400

During the Quest to build this weapon, a transmission excerpt from Eris states that the Touch of Malice was used as a blueprint for it. She comments that, while the Touch of Malice was "crude, vicious", this weapon is a "thing of beauty".

Ruinous Effigy

500

This Destiny 2 exotic's lore tab starts with:
"CONSTANT PROJECTIONS. UNENDING DESTRUCTION. THE WILL OF EVERY EFFICIENT PARASITE."—SAVATHÛN'S WORM
And also continues with:
"Transparency is not a strong suit of mine. Undoubtedly, this comes as no surprise."
—Mara Sov,

Parasite

600

The lore tab of the weapon states:
"//BOOTUP==FAIL.ERRNXIO
//BOOTUP==FAIL.ERRNXIO
//BOOTUP==FAIL.ERRNXIO
//BOOTUP
//CS-AWS MK17.3
//errno_common==HOME==4E.4F.48.4F.4D.45==ERRNOTRECOVERABLE
//errno_common==SYSTEM==48.41.52.44.57.41.52.45==HWINCOMPATIBLE
//RESTORING
//PROXIMITY==3; Exo MODEL (BRAY_special); POUKA (juvenile); UNKNOWN (!!EXTREME CAUTION!!PARACAUSAL)"

Quicksilver Storm

700

This weapon has a similar appearance to the Dragon's Breath, suggesting that it may be a Crux/Lomar rocket launcher, or at the very least a modified one.
"Think of it as a weaponized temper tantrum."
— Weapon description

The Hothead

800

"A. A ha. A ha ha ha. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"— Weapon description

The Comedian

900

The lore tab for this weapon reads:
"An army meets, and stands, and falls. Three nobles wage their hopeless war."
"In shifting madness, evil crawls. One stands above the battle's roar."

Jack Queen King 3

1000

While it is common for Guardians to use their fallen enemies' souls as weapons, this Destiny 2 exotic is the first known time that a Guardian has used another Guardian's soul as a weapon.

Xenophage

Characters

100

Among the Exos encountered in the series, this character is the only one without a visible moving mouth, possessing LEDs which activate when she speaks instead. However, an excerpt from Destiny: The Official Cookbook implies she is capable of eating and drinking, though it does not depict her doing so or explicitly identify her.

Ada-1

200

This character's role in The Taken King was originally possessed by Uldren Sov in the original story of Destiny. This character's personality is how Sov (known then as "the Crow") would have been portrayed.

Cayde-6

300

This Vex is the second known Taken in destiny to retain at least partial control of its will, after Malok and before Riven, of a Thousand Voices. In the same lore entries that describe the (supposed) first contact between it and The Guardian, the Vex simulation includes a facsimile of Master Rahool decrypting the vessel of Medusa into a Shader, two generic tokens, and a non-descript rare-quality item. This is a reference to the meme "two tokens and a blue" in the Destiny community.

Quria, Blade Transform

400

This ghost, also known by the nickname Pulled Pork, is a very friendly and earnest Ghost who revived Prince Uldren Sov of the Reef as a Lightbearer.

Glint

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!






This character's Ghost is named after the summertime constellation, Ophiuchus, which represents a man holding a serpent. This character was the first Guardian to have a twenty-five match winning streak in the Crucible. 

Ikora Rey

600

This character is encountered many times throughout The Taken King storyline. He is first encountered in the story mission Cayde's Stash. He attacks by firing Darkness Blasts and will summon waves of Taken as well as teleport to evade danger. He also has the ability to summon blight bombs over the Guardian's head. The bomb creates a circle of fire on the ground; get out of the way or you will die.

The Echo of Oryx

700

It was largely believed by fans that this character was the leader or one of the leaders of the House of Dusk after finding many clues relating to him. His reappearance and leadership of the Scorn make the rumors partially true. He is the founder of the House of Dusk but not their leader, though its implied that he is revered by the Fallen for the former reason.

Uldren Sov

800

This character was historically a Kurdish sultan of the 12th century. A replica of this character's battle axe was created by the blacksmith company Sword and the Stone.

Saladin Forge

900

This character is a Scorn Abomination that serves as a subordinate to Sikariis, Plague of the Well and Varkuuriis, Plague of the Well and is found with Itzlii, Herald of the Plague during tier 2 and 3 of week 1 of the Dreaming City curse.

Macuii, Herald of the Plague

1000

This character is currently the only character in Destiny seen to share the same name with another completely separate character, that being. Because of this, he is also one of two Taken Cabal to have a distinctly Hive-like name, the other being Mant Yût, Born of the Hellmouth.

Yächaar, Bound to Sedia (Malfeasance)

Races

100

Prior to their name being officially announced at the 2013 GDC, they were referred to as "evil space zombies". This race and the Taken are the first races to work together within the Destiny series.

The Hive

200

This race was the second enemy faction to make their appearance in Destiny, shown in the Law of the Jungle trailer, being preceded by the Fallen. They are sometimes informally referred to by Guardians as "War Rhinos" or "Space Turtles".

The Cabal

300

This race was designed and built during humanity's Golden Age by the Clovis Bray corporation.

The Exos

400

According to a post on RollingStone, the story of this race was inspired by a little known movie called Gandahar which was about metal men who come from the future and begin turning everything in a paradise world to stone.

The Vex

500

According to the Drifter, this race has an aversion to methane, which makes it particularly difficult for them to operate on Titan.

The Taken

600

The name of this race comes from the Sanskrit term for attachment to one's ego. It is implied in several lore entries that are aware of Destiny being a video game. 

The Ahamkara

700

This race is the first of a certain other race's faction in the Destiny series that does not possess its own Servitors of any kind, likely as a result of their hatred for this other race's old traditions and beliefs.

The Scorn  

800

Forces of this race formed the bulk of the Last City's forces during the conflict with the resurgent Hidden Swarm on Luna.

Frames

900

Dregs from the House of Salvation appear in the ranks of this race during the Coup de Grâce mission, indicating their corruption by the Cryptoliths. Similar to how some among the Hive would beg to be Taken, some of Xivu's Hive would offer themselves to become one of this race.

The Wrathborn

1000

After the Traveler visited and then departed this race's planet, this race became divided into two groups, The Regime who worshiped the Traveler and the Wanderers who rejected it and traveled the Wildlands of their home world.

The Lubraeans

Factions

100

The name and logo of this faction may refer to the Traveler hovering above Earth.

Dead Orbit

200

This faction rose from the chaos of the Faction Wars with a simple, inclusive guiding tenet: "Together we will rise".

The New Monarchy

300

Archaeological findings indicate that this faction has existed as early as the late Golden Age. It was founded by Dr. Maya Sundaresh and her team in Lhasa, as a result of their experiments on a Vex-inspired mind-forking device used to look into the future.

Future War Cult

400

This faction, also known as the Followers of Osiris, is a religious group composed of the non-Guardian disciples of the exiled Warlock Osiris.

The Cult of Osiris

500

The House of ____ was one of many cults that formed upon the arrival of the Traveler in the Solar System. Due to differences of opinion over the Traveler, the cults ended up fighting, with this faction emerging victorious. The cult endorsed the mission of Ares One to travel to Mars and interact with the Traveler and prayed for the success of their mission.

The House of Eternal Travel

600

This faction's purpose is very similar to that of Rasputin's DVALIN FORGE subroutine. Both Rasputin and this faction's founders realized that humanity's demilitarization during the Golden Age posed a danger should enemies arrive from outside the system. In order to prevent this, both parties secretly began producing weapons for humanity to use if they were to be attacked.

The Black Armory

700

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!






This is the first faction of undead beings seen in the Destiny series, the second being the Grasp of Nokris and the third being the Scorn.

Guardians

800

The House of _____ was one of the oldest Fallen Houses, dedicated to the return of traditional Eliksni society.

The House of Judgment

900

The House of ____ was a powerful family during the Golden Age that helped found the Black Armory.

The House of Meyrin

1000

A Hunter cloak called "Cult/Trinary Star" bears the description "The mark of the Trinary Star, the hidden cult who curse the Traveler's light". It is possible that this faction and Trinary Star are the same group given the similarities of their beliefs, and the slight difference in names stems from a developer oversight.

Binary Star Cult

Enemy Factions

100

This faction is an elite Cabal Legion once led by Dominus Ghaul.

The Red Legion

200

This faction is a Fallen House, distinguishable by their red cloaks. They were for the longest time the City's most pervasive foe, surpassing the Hive, until the Red Legion's invasion.

The House of Devils

300

This faction is one of the major Fallen houses, distinguishable by their three-pointed yellow cloaks. Among the Eliksni, they are unique, secretive, and dangerous. Their power is only matched by their cleverness. They hide in the shadows, waiting, and plotting the downfall of the Last City and reclamation of the Traveler.

The House of Kings

400

This faction was a House of the Fallen, distinguishable by their blue armors and tattered dark gray fur cloaks.

The House of Wolves

500

This faction had a unique faction insignia distinct from the general Hive in-game. The symbol resembled the central "eye" of Xol, Will of the Thousands. Another symbol of this faction bore the head shape and eyes of Nokris.

The Grasp of Nokris

600

This faction is an armada of massive Darkness-aligned tetrahedral vessels, known as Pyramids. It is commanded by, or at least plays host to, an entity known as the Witness and their followers, the Disciples.

The Black Fleet

700

This faction are apparitions of Darkness created by the Lunar Pyramid for psychological warfare; manifested as past figures and enemies to exploit the trauma and worst fears of Guardians and other beings.

Nightmares

800

This faction is a Hive sect who act as the direct servants of Oryx, the Taken King. They are distinguishable by their grey and purple coloring.

The Blood of Oryx

900

This faction is a Vex programming collective found in the Arcadian Valley on Nessus, Echo Mesa on Io, the Fields of Glass on Mercury, and on Europa. These Vex have bronze frames with a seafoam patina, with some such as Storm Minotaurs and Axis Minds having a more pronounced patina.

The Sol Collective

1000

This faction is a Vex collective located in the Black Garden that are the faithful protectors and worshipers of the Black Heart residing within it.

The Sol Divisive

Solar System

100

This planet is the first planet in the Sol System and the closest to the Sun. It is a Vex Machine World.

Mercury

200

This planet is the second planet in the Sol System, and the largest terrestrial planet apart from Earth.

Venus

300

This planet is the fourth planet in the Sol System, and the third largest terrestrial planet.

Mars

400

This planet is the sixth planet in the Sol System, and the second largest gas giant behind Jupiter. When the Traveler passed this planet, it burrowed inside the gas giant. It is also a living consciousness, and one of the Nine.

Saturn

500

This planet is a Centaur minor planet with an irregular orbit. At perihelion, it is closer to the Sun than Uranus; at aphelion, it moves into the Kuiper belt. It is a place where light is scarce.

Nessus

600

This planet (also called Jupiter II) is one of the Galilean moons in orbit of the planet Jupiter. Vex influence is known to be present on the icy moon. It is also the location of the Deep Stone Crypt, and the resting point of a Pyramid that entered the Solar System during the Golden Age.

Europa

700

An ancient, eldritch alternate dimension intrinsically tied to the Darkness and ruled over by entities empowered by the Sword Logic, such as the Hive, Scorn, and Worm Gods.

Ascendant Plane

800

This planet is one of two asteroid moons orbiting Mars. The Cabal used it as a beachhead for their invasion and occupation of Mars when they arrived in the Sol System.

Phobos

900

This planet is the second largest moon of Jupiter in the Sol System. It is mentioned by a Guardian to possess a small Hive presence. The structure of the Moon is filled with tunnels that were burrowed by the Hive.

Callisto

1000

This planet is a moon of Saturn. There were supposedly Crystal Orchards on the moon that were found by Fireteam Pergamon. However, Pergamon's last transmission requesting backup was cutoff before they could broadcast coordinates for the orchards. Crystals reportedly from the orchards later surfaced in The Last City and eventually ended up in the possession of the Warlock Wen Jie.

Dione

Timeline

100

In what age where the Vex discovered?

The Golden Age

200

In what age did the Fallen arrive?

The Dark Age

300

In what era of the Dark Age, ie. Early, Mid, or Late, did the Sunbreakers form?

Late Dark Age

400

In what age was the first Hive presence? 

The City Age

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!




Who were the three original Iron Lords?

Lord Radegast, Lord Saladin Forge, and Lady Jolder

600

What House was responsible for the destruction of London?

The House of Devils

700

What Warlord changes sides, out of a desire for peace and security, and gives his mountain to the Iron Lords, who rename it the as the Iron Temple?

Exo Warlord Felwinter (Lord Fewlinter)

800

During The Battle of Six Fronts, according to various item flavor texts, this Titan may have been one of the Firebreak commanders renowned for reclaiming five miles of territory during Six Fronts.

 Radegast

900

After the Faction Wars, the City's government was divided into three factions, and they now use civil channels to gain power and influence rather than fighting one another. What are these three factions?

Consensus, the Speaker, and the Vanguard

1000

After The Battle of Burning Lake, though the Guardians successfully repel the invasion, this character attempts to dissuade the Consensus from ordering a counterattack, arguing that the Hive's power needed to be understood before a proper offensive could be launched.

Lord Shaxx