What If Destiny 2s Vanguard Loses?
Destiny 2 Bungie  The stakes have been set for the coming conflict in Destiny 2s Season of the Splicer. The Vanguard, under pressure from Lakshmi and her populist uprising, anger likely fueled by Savathun herself, must fend off a multi-pronged attack with the Eliksni caught in the middle. In Destiny in the past, it often feels like the point of seasons are forgone conclusions. Were going to stop it. No way. Destiny seems to be shifting in the way it tells its stories, making us expect the unexpected the further time goes on, and in this case, let me present two scenarios to you, and you tell me which would be more interesting heading into next season and The Witch Queen. Destiny 2 Bungie  1) We band together with Zavala, Ikora, Saint and Mithrax to stop Lakshmi and her scheming. She flees the city with Dead Orbit. We kill Quria and lift the Endless Night. The Tower celebrates being Blight-free. We unmask Osiris as Savathun like hes a Scooby Doo villain and she scurries away to fight another day. Or  2) Lakshmi-2s coupsucceeds. Zavala turns to Osiris for help when the crowds come for him, but he goes full Petyr Baelish and cages Zavalas light with the same device he had the Psions use last season. Crow is torn, but sides with his mentor, Osiris, believing this is whats best for the city. Mithrax and the Eliksni are expelled from the city after Lakshmi is crowned queen. She takes credit for defeating Quria (captured by us, of course), lifting the Endless Night, and the people praise her for her strong leadership. Savathun, through Osiris pulling the strings in the shadows, now has full control of the Last City, and everyone remaining loyal to the Vanguard is forced to regroup with Ikora in the Dreaming City, where Mara Sov has just returned  To quote Mithrax quoting humanity, it is always darkest before the dawn, and I just wonder if this is as dark as were going to get before The Witch Queen, or if things are going to be taken to an entirely new level. The Vanguard has run the city with Zavala in power for as long as Destiny has existed, minus the time spent away during the Red War. To me, Lakshmi-2 actually succeeding in her coup attempt is a lot more interesting than us stopping it. And then we have a full, lengthy season and an upcoming expansion to untangle Savathuns schemes. Destiny 2 Bungie  Like I suppose it could work either way, but nobody seems to understand whats coming. We, the players, may suspect Osiris is probably Savathun and manipulating all of this, but everyone else trusts him. Ikora has given him full operational control of everything. Hes Zavalas advisor and appointed his personal bodyguard. And yet we almost certainly know hes a force behind Lakshmis coup attempt too, her contact who can ensure a peaceful transition of power. The pieces are in place, and we can only see them because were on the outside, looking in. Our Guardian doesnt have a clue. The Vanguard clearly doesnt have a clue. The only character I could see actually stopping this is Mithrax, perhaps, but maybe not even him. I sort of want this to play out this way. I want us to lose. I want to have to claw back control and to see everything unsettled and ruined for a while. To me, thats the more interesting story. Well see what Bungie thinks soon enough. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series, and The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook.