History Recap / Destiny2SeasonOfTheWitch

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The final cutscene shows us that Savathun's right wing holds the pattern for the fabled 15th wish on the Wall of Wishes, signifying that the key to penetrating the Witness' portal will rest upon the power of an Ahamkara.]]

* MusicalSpoiler: Riven's RecurringRiff in the Dreaming City's theme plays in the Imbaru Engine right before the chambers reveal its last secret is one of her eggs.

* TheFInalTemptation: Eris reveals that, after absorbing Savathun's powers and becoming the most powerful Hive alive, she was subjected to this by the Deep, offered the fullest powers of the Sword-Logic and an endless bounty of death. She refuses it.

* CharacterDevelopment: The lore for the Season Pass Exotic sparrow, ''Acromantis'', has a conversation between Caiatl and Ikora about the plan to raise Savathun from death. While Ikora is worried about Caiatl's reaction to the plan, the Empress admits that she has come to realize Light and Darkness are beyond her ability to control, and if Eris' plan is the only way to defeat the Witness.l, her legions will not oppose it. Of course, it helps that said plan will take down Xivu Arath, the one who conquered Torobatl.

-->'''Eris Morn''': '''''"I am your ruin."'''''

* BadassBoast: Savathun attempts to charm Eris upon being revived again. Eris' response before killing her?
->'''''"I am your ruin."'''''

* TheBusCameBack: After trying to resurrect Oryx in Ghosts of the Deep, the Lucent Brood return in full as a major antagonist for this season.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Immaru ''panics in shock'' when Xivu-Arath sends her forces to the High Coven, including ''[[RedBaron The Leviathan-Eater]]'', as that was ''not'' in Savathun's plans.

* TakesOneToKillOne: Eris takes on the power of a Hive God in order to split the war tributes that would empower Xivu Arath. This was seen as the only way to move forward because a massive war campaign against her was not viable and likely to fail.

* TheReveal: Week 4 reveals that Ahsa secretly bonded with Eris to help her bare the strain of the tithes she receives. Sloane, after being possessed by Ahsa, also reveals that this effort is taxing on said Leviathan, and that if Eris indulges in this power for too long, not only will she remain a Hive God, but Ahsa will also be twisted, with the implication that she will become a new Worm God.

* TheSocialDarwinist: The underlying principle the Hive have abided by is something they called Sword Logic, the strongest will always rise up and prove themselves stronger. If they are defeated then they were weak. After ascending to godhood Savathun recognized the primary flaw with Sword Logic [[SwordOfDamocles being the eternal threat of finding an enemy that is stronger]], which made her seek to TakeAThirdOption. Eris in this season reveals a related flaw, as the Hive Gods clung to Sword Logic out of fear and allowed their pact with the worm gods as an eternal holding option rather than a means to an end. She rewrites the philosophy of Sword Logic as meaning "prove your right to exist," a cutscene shows Eris' backstory where she lost her fireteam and her light, fighting her way out of the Hellmouth by mastering Hive magic. By devising a way to become a Hive god she is in a position to fulfill Sword Logic not from fear but through vengeance and retribution, avenging her fireteam and protecting Earth.

* DidntSeeThstComing: Immaru ''panics in shock'' when Xivu-Arath sends her forces to the High Coven, including ''[[RedBaron The Leviathan-Eater]]'', as that was ''not'' in Savathun's plans.

** Immaru throws one at the Guardians at the start of Week 4, pointing out that if they hadn't killed Savathun, she would have been able to pull the Traveler into her Throne World and leave if forever beyond the Witness' reach. It falls flat for two reasons. First, if Savathun had succeeded, mankind would have been left defenseless against the Black Fleet ([[MisanthropeSupreme which Immaru was probably counting on]]). Second, Week 3 had Xivu Arath's forces raid the Hugh Coven to try and steal Savathun's sacrifices, implying the Witness would have eventually found a way in as well, making Savathun's solution temporary at best.

* WhatTheHellHero: Elsie is ''pissed'' that Ikora and the Young Wolf are complacent in the events of the season at all, as Eris turning into a Hive God is one of the Dark Future's pivotal events. It falls on deaf ears, however, as the Dark Future has been averted on several counts already and it would ultimately be ''more'' dangerous in the long run if she were allowed to throttle the operation now.

* TheReveal: Week 4 reveals that Ahsa secretly bonded with Eris to help her bare the strain of the tithes she receives. Sloane, after being possessed by Ahsa, also reveals that this effort is taxing on sais Leviathan, and that if Eris indulges in this power for too long, not only will she remain a Hive God, but Ahsa will also be twisted, with the implication that she will become a new Work God.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Savathun calls her siblings out as these, because in spite of their proclaiming their power in the Sword Logic, they're really not actually adherent to it as much as they admit.

** The very concept of the Sword Logic, or at least its central belief of "if you die then you had no right to exist anyway", is becoming more and more deconstructed in this season. Not even the Hive God of War herself truly believes it, as she's still in a VillainousBreakdown after Oryx's death and the Guardians' refusal to take his place. Savathun bluntly calls her on this hypocrisy, which Xivu [[IgnoredEpiphany ignores]]. The very fact that Eris can hijack the Sword Logic and rewrite it to her own ends reveals it to be a fundamentally broken system that cannot sustain itself long-term when an outside factor (ie, the Guardians) not only don't play along, but actively steal it for their own.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Xivu Arath is delighted to see Eris taking up the mantle of Hive god. In her eyes, this means she has a new baby sister in her life to fill the hole left by Oryx's death.