I was so happy when you became a star-pilot. I thought you'd see our great Cabal in all its glory and variety, and understand the joy of peace! But when you returned to Torobatl, you would hide away with Umun, whispering about threats that gathered on our frontier... You sat on my throne with the signal in your fist. And when I reached out to beg, you crushed the bone in your gauntlet. "Father," you said, "I will not be weak." I say this to you, oh champion mine, and I say it from my heart: there are those who would bargain away their souls just to live a little longer. I am not them. Life must be worth living. Life must be lovely and delicious and enviably sweet! Nothing has ever lived that will not die, so what matters is how we use our time.

He has refused the title Emperor, although some of his soldiers call him so. He says there will be no more emperors. I am the last emperor, the epitome of the true Cabal. I could have forgiven the traitors, for I am an emperor of limitless cheer. I swear on my own silk and treasure that although my betrayers were as close to me as my own daughter, still I would have forgiven them - had they not also betrayed my people. ON THE ICY SURFACE OF EUROPA, THE FALLEN RALLY UNDER A NEW LEADER. ARMED WITH ONLY MEAGRE SUPPLIES AND A DARK GIFT FROM A STRANGER, YOU SET OUT TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES OF THIS FROZEN MOON: POWERS OF DARKNESS, AN ANCIENT CRYPT, AND A TALE OF MADNESS AND OBSESSION FROM THE GOLDEN AGE." When everything has been taken from you, nothing remains to you. And when you roar into nothing, nothing sometimes answers.

Enter Episodes

Bungie announced Destiny 2's next major expansion, The Final Shape, will launch on February 27 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The new expansion will bring a new story campaign, a new raid, tons of gameplay changes, and more. The Final Shape will also shift to a new episodic format for seasonal post-launch content updates.

Pssst! There are messages of hope and wisdom that can be found within the tower and items with thorough inspection!) A replica of the Destiny 1 Tower with LED features like lights and sound to give it the nostalgia from the first game Only in flight is she ever happy. Only when she's happy can she be reached. I could never reach her. Perhaps you will. Bring me the end of my enemies, and prove yourself worthy of the prize Ghaul will never claim. True power. True purpose. These things I offer you, and weapons, and knowledge, and glory. I have pulverized moons into beautiful rings of ruin! I have snuffed out stars to improve the harmony of the constellations! Think of the monuments I can make for you.

Centuries after we destroyed the Psions' clairvoyant OXA Machine, word reached me that it had been rebuilt on the moon of Brand. The Evocate-General sent her ships to bomb the moon. In my imperial forgiveness, I stopped her ships. I asked myself: who but a true genius could reconstruct the OXA? Who but a Psion who craved the OXA's power to see the unseen? Surely we could use that mind! With the launch of Season of the Witch, three Timeline Reflections missions are available, including Cayde-6’s final showdown with the Scorn from Destiny 2: Forsaken, the debut of Stasis from Destiny 2: Beyond Light, and the introduction of the Lucent Hive from Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. These missions are available to all players at no additional charge.

Alongside the adventure and action in Season of the Witch, the Destiny 2 development team is launching several new quality-of-life features to the game, designed to improve the experience of Guardians across the game. Among these key features is Timeline Reflections. These short playable missions, accessible through the Timeline feature in the Director, offer brief narrative introductions and summaries of key narrative events from Destiny 2 and are intended to help new players catch up with the ongoing story and to allow experienced players to relive and enjoy moments from the past.In Destiny 2: The Final Shape, Guardians will confront oblivion in the form of their ultimate adversary –The Witness – alongside their iconic Vanguard companions: Ikora Rey, Commander Zavala, and the mysteriously returned Cayde-6. Players will embark on a perilous journey of remembrance and discovery into the heart of the Traveler, rally the Vanguard, and end the War of Light and Darkness. The story of this final confrontation will be told throughout the course of The Final Shape’s campaign, as well as in the new raid that will launch in March 2024. Now I offer my gifts and delectations to you, young celebrant! Together we might restore laughter and great excess to the golden halls of Torobatl and all the stars beyond! She can sense the hostility and focus of an assassin. Somehow you must reach her undetected. Approach her in joy and trust, as I once did. Then you have hope. In the wake of Savathûn's return, Ikora and The Hidden have launched an investigation into what happened and why. Desperate for answers, The Hidden turn to you for help, providing you with a few mysterious artifacts and a strange device that can tap into the powers of the darkness.