‘Destiny 2: Lightfall’ ending, explained
Warning: the following article contains spoilers for Destiny 2: Lightfall.
Destiny 2: Lightfall has finally arrived, and what was supposed to be an Avengers: Infinity War-level event for Bungie’s nearly decade-old shared world shooter has left its fanbase with a fair few more answers than questions, with even the most switched-on lore bugs in the Destiny community left feeling a little short-changed after completing the campaign.
Perhaps it was the palpable hype generated by the epilogue of the Season of the Seraph that sent fan expectations soaring through the roof for the brewing cosmic conflict between the forces of the Last City and the Witness. Or it was all of the trailers alluding to it. At the end of the day, Lightfall’s campaign ended up being more of an isolated story about discovering new power and taking down one of the Witnesses disciplines.
Between the Witnesses arrival in Earth’s orbit at the beginning, and their communion with the Traveler at the end, everything else was focused on the Cloudstriders, Calus, and the Guardian and Osiris’s journey to mastering the new subclass, Strand – which a lot of people aren’t vibing with, given the gravity of the events happening in the Destiny universe.
One looming question in particular which fans were expecting to have addressed mostly surrounded The Veil – what it is, and how exactly it plays into the Witnesses’ endgame. Here’s everything that happened at the end of the campaign, as well as our take on what it all means.
After Rohan predictably sacrifices himself to destroy the Radial Mast and its connection to the Veil, all sides of the conflict on Neomuna fall back to regroup and prepare for a huge final battle. Osiris and the Guardian take to the task of mastering
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