Destiny 2 is on the verge of a huge \u2018Civil War\u2019 plot twist in Beyond Light Bungie[jwplayer EjYwZLIC]Bungie is planning to turn the world of Destiny 2 on its head as the title\u2019s fourth year begins in Beyond Light, new datamined leaks have suggested, with the space opera set to draw on Marvel\u2019s \u2018Captain America: Civil War\u2019 for its next major storyline heading into Year 4. The \u201cCivil War\u201d storyline is a tried and true plot twist for any major franchise, and after seven years \u2014 and four in Destiny 2 \u2014 it looks like Bungie is finally on the verge of turning its iconic characters against each other in Beyond Light. Pop-culture has seen its fair share of ally-vs-ally action in recent years. In 2016, Marvel pitted Captain America against Iron Man. In the same year, DC dished out a similar storyline in the divisive \u2018Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice\u2019. Now it\u2019s Bungie\u2019s turn, according to a handful of datamined audio leaks, as well as lore from the title\u2019s original campaign. If the theories are correct, Vanguard leader Zavala is on his way to the dark side heading into Year 4. Pretty crazy, right? Zavala has always been the straight-edge commander of the Last City. In all seven years, the Guardians have fought alongside him, the Awoken Titan has acted as the voice of reason, and a bastion of hope. The evidence does seem pretty strong, however. The crux of it comes from the lore of exotic sidearm The Traveler\u2019s Chosen. The gun\u2019s lore is a speech from long-teased Destiny 2 villain Savathun, speaking through the mysterious Ahamkara Skull hanging near Shaxx. The most important slice is as follows: \u201cAgain, I press against the sockets. The net creaks softly with my eagerness. Someone approaches and he turns his back to his Traveler. There is an exchange, obscured by the rubicund thrash.\u201d \u201cHe is given reports. Hope bleeds from him,\u201d it continues. \u201cHe gives the messenger a token of his faith. They accept it without understanding its meaning. He watches as they leave. There is a hollow place in his center. It is beautiful.\u201d Now, there\u2019s a lot of clues here that the character with a \u201chollow place in his center\u201d is indeed Zavala. He\u2019s the only Vanguard vendor who turns around to greet Guardians. He hands out a fair whack of \u201ctokens of his faith\u201d too. There\u2019s also the datamined \u2018Camouflage\u2019 entry, which mentions a new threat \u201ccloser than you know\u201d. The entry warns someone in the Last City is \u201chiding the truth.\u201d Zavala is in line with the skull too. It would give Savathun the perfect chance to \u201cpush\u201d him \u2014 as the final part of the entry reads \u2014 and build that \u201csweet, soft rot.\u201d It also can\u2019t be Shaxx, who is also standing close; the entry mentions \u201cthe rubicund thrash\u201d obscuring the view. Rubicund means \u201cruddy\/reddish,\u201d and thrash can mean \u201cloud or lavish\u201d. Certainly sounds like Shaxx to me! Then there\u2019s the game development evidence to pair this with too. Lance Reddick, who has been the voice of Zavala since 2014, has been back in the studio. While this is no surprise in itself, his description of the storyline \u2014 \u201cwild\u201d \u2014 has been perking up more than a few Guardians\u2019 ears. \u201cIt\u2019s Zavala here, coming at you\u2026 doing another Destiny session. It\u2019s wild. It\u2019s wild! Eyes up Guardian, eyes up,\u201d the 57-year-old star said from the recording booth. Eyes up, Guardian. #Destiny2 @DestinyTheGame pic.twitter.com\/mNyIbGjkcQ \u2014 Lance Reddick (@lancereddick) June 25, 2020 Zavala as the antagonist of Beyond Light would certainly be a gut punch. Guardians already lost original Vanguard larrikin Cayde-6 back in \u2018Forsaken.\u2019 Zavala stands as one of only a few characters still around from the original Destiny release too \u2014 Shaxx and Ikora Rey are two more. Plot-wise, however, this storyline is something Destiny has been crying out for. There\u2019s only so many \u201cgo here, fight big bad guy\u201d plots Bungie can run through after seven years, and the \u201cCivil War\u201d storyline is a big change of pace. This possibility also plays heavily into the rumors Bungie will finally be adding World of Warcraft style factions in Year 4. Destiny has always lacked that proper \u201cus vs them\u201d mentality, where you pledge yourself fully to one faction in-game. The time of every single Guardian being on the same side may be coming to an end though, as Bungie slowly drops hints Year 4\u2019s Beyond Light may truly ask players to, once and for all, pick sides between the Light, and the mysterious Darkness on the edge of the galaxy. To have that major shift led by one of the original heroes of the franchise, Zavala, would just be that much more of a \u201cwow\u201d moment for the series too. The question is, is Bungie brave enough to pull the trigger? We\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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