Destiny 2 Story Recap: Everything That Happened From Beyond Light To Witch Queen

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Destiny 2: The Witch Queen releases today, February 22. It looks to be a major inflection point in the story, as Savathun will at long last be taking a more direct role in the action. To make sure you're prepared for what's to come, we're recapping the last year-plus of Destiny 2's story. Can't remember who The Stranger is? Or what Xivu Arath has been up to? Or even what Savathun has been doing to set the stage for The Witch Queen? We've got you covered.

Destiny 2 and its predecessor have always included a huge amount of story, with expansive histories and extremely deep lore. The trouble was, often the tales told in-game were thinner than those hinted at in grimoire cards and weapon flavor text. In the last few years, however, the game has gone through a dramatic shift in storytelling, with the seasonal model putting a huge new focus on Destiny 2's characters and world. In the year-plus since the release of the Beyond Light expansion, we've seen the best, most interesting storytelling Destiny 2 has ever offered--but that also means that a whole lot has happened in the last 14 months, and it can be tough to keep up.

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If you've missed that story, either because you haven't played extensively through the four seasons since Beyond Light's launch or because you lapsed with the game because of decisions to vault content or sunset certain weapons, you might feel a little lost. New characters have popped up along the way, villains have executed carefully