Everything you better know about Destiny’s many villains before Rise of Iron arrives!
On Sept. 20, the nextDestinyexpansion brings players back to the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness where it all began.
The latest trailer unveiled a new group of Fallen with robot legs and wicked-looking knives known as splicers.
They belong to the Fallen House of Devils and are unlike any faction of bad guys youve encountered before.
The Fallen inRise of Ironhave a different kind of leader.
The machine plague almost completely wiped out the Iron Lords, the ten legendary Guardians who first contained SIVA.
Meanwhile, other enemy species jockey for power or establish their own strongholds elsewhere in theDestinyuniverse.
Unlike humanity, the Traveler never gifted them the Light.
Reduced to galactic scavengers, they compete with the Guardians for the Solar System.
Weve already fought the House of Wolves, formerly associated with the Awoken Queen of the Reef.
The House of Devils patrols Old Russia, and are the first enemies encountered in the game.
The House of Exile lives on the moon, and are outside the normal house structure.
Theres also another faction on the moon, the vicious House of Kings.
These undead arthropod aliens starred in two out of three Raids and two expansions.
Crota began to transform the Moon, using Hive magic to ensure his own immortality.
However, the Guardians found a way to break through and kill Crota nonetheless.
These events were the crux of the missions inThe Dark Below, and lead directly intoThe Taken King.
You fight Oryx twice on his massive Hive spaceshipDreadnaughtbefore vanquishing him for good.
She might be on her way to the Hive throne herself.
(During the Golden Age, humans colonized Venus and installed a scientific research settlement.
The academy was a school located in a region called the Ishtar Sink.)
However, by the timeDestinybegins, the Vex have taken over and the Academy is in ruins.
The Vex hold territory on other planets, too.
They are the main villains in the games first raid, also called the Vault of Glass.
This alien race is split into groups called collectives, each assigned different locations and goals.
Other factions include the Aphix Invasive in the Vault of Glass and the Virgo Prohibition on Mars.
But we havent heard a word from her since the vanilla campaign ended.
The Cabal forces are most prevalent on Mars, where they fight both the Vex and the Guardians.
Even though theyve been exiled, Cabal warriors still defend their empire.
Taaun had another reason for going to the Dreadnaught, though.
Megan Crouse is a staff writer.
