One of the major criticisms ofDestinyin its first year has been a lack of story.

The criticism is certainly valid.

There are many tales told throughout the City to frighten children.

Lately, those tales have stopped.

Now…the children are frightened anyway.

Perhaps if the Speaker was more talkative, it would be easier to find them…

He asks you if you want to hear the story of the weapon on your back.

Wards protege, Shin Malpur, eventually defeated Dredgen Yor, leaving the corrupted Thorn without a master.

Pahanin the Hunter

Another of the Thorns victims was Pahanin, a Hunter.

Dredgen Yor defeated Pahanin some time after Yor became a champion in the Crucible war games using the Thorn.

Pahanin created it when he became too terrified to travel alone.

Kabr the Titan

Pahanin had good reason to be afraid.

He had witnessed the death of Kabr, a Titan who explored the Vault of Glass.

His work is the reason that fireteams can now pass through the Vault of Glass Raid.

Kabrs work is the reason the shield protects players from also being erased by the Templar.

He asks you about the Vault of Glass, about whether you have seen the Templar and the Aegis.

And then he tells you a story of a different place outside of time.

It grows into tomorrow and yesterday.

The red flowers bloom forever.

Pujari also talks about the formation of the Black Garden and the coming of the Vex.

Some time after the Garden came to be, the Vex entered.

Pujari calls them the gardeners, and they protect the Gardens dark heart.

The Deep Stone Crypt is also mentioned in the Grimoire as a legend recorded by a Ghost.

It tells of a tower the Exos see in their dreams, guarded by everyone they ever met.

Then there are the stories of the strange creatures of the galaxy, extinct or mysterious.

Wise, reptilian beasts slain by humans in an effort as grandiose as it was tragic.

He tells you about heroes of the present and of the past.

She still doesnt understand why the Guardians attacked the Fallen when they did, exposing themselves to the airstrike.

In theHouse of Wolvesexpansion, she can be found in the Vestian Outpost, having received her wish.

Thinking guns and machine minds and places set outside of time all influence your journey.

How can you be sure youre the same person as when you started?

There are more, too: the Twilight Gap isnt just an evocative name for a Crucible map.

Megan Crouse is a staff writer.