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** A description that was briefly present on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Network seems to [[spoiler: '''confirm''' this. It states that Charlemagne has imprisoned Rasputin in a vault in a place called "The Frigid Vale of Mars", and the Guardians will be working with Ana Bray to fight Charlemagne and free Rasputin.]]

* Beyond Light says "normal" Exos are made with a combo of Vex stuff and Darkness. Ada clearly works differently. It's likely the Black Armory figured out how to use Light to make Exos, but for obvious reasons, were only able to use the process on her

* It's a theory that has been circulating for a while now, but Savathun has good reason. [[spoiler: she wants to access the Distributary, the Awoken homeworld where time is diluted, the dstriburtary exists in a Black Hole created by the clash between light and dark]] we knows that the Graviton Lance was found in the Chicago Subway tunnels, a gun that creates Black Holes, perhaps the Graviton Lance is just a taste of the real experiments done in Old Chicago

Cortana's return in [[VideoGame/Halo5Guardians Halo 5]] was....[[BrokenBase controversial]] to say the least. Bungie, what with Halo being their former flagship franchise, would take note of this. And they kept this lesson in mind when killing Cayde and keeping him that way: bringing him back carried to much risk of fan backlash, the safest option, therefore, would be to keep him dead.

Cortana's return in [[VideoGame/Halo5Guardians Halo 5]] was....[[BrokenBase controversial]] to say the least. Bungie, what with Halo being their former flagship franchise, would take note of this. And they kept this lesson in mind when killing Cayde and keeping him that way: bringing him back carried to much risk of fan backlash, the safest option, therefore, the safest option would be to keep him dead.

Admittedly, this one is a stretch. But there's a small chance Cayde allowed himself to be killed. The reason for doing so, I'm not sure-the most 'plausible' explanations I came up with were because he was [[DrivenToSuicide]], or that it was part of some kind of ThanatosGambit. FridgeHorror kicks in when you realize what that means for Sundance...

[[Meta theory: The reason Bungie doesn't want to bring back Cayde is because of Cortana]]

Admittedly, this one is a stretch. But there's a small chance Cayde allowed himself to be killed. The reason for doing so, I'm not sure-the most 'plausible' explanations I came up with were because he was [[DrivenToSuicide]], or that it was part of some kind of ThanatosGambit. FridgeHorror kicks in when you realize what that means for Sundance...

This would be Savathun's magnum opus: an heiress who wasn't cursed with the Hive hunger, yet Hive enough to carry their culture and lead their people in the event that the Guardians found a way to riddle her with bullets (which they did). [[spoiler:If she took a sample of Osiris while their fates were... intertwined...]]

The Cabal have Come for the Traveler, they're also more advanced than we are...what are the chances that Ghaul uses advanced Cabal tech to jump start the Traveler and bring it back to "Life"? pretty high, admittedly. If he succeeds by the time the raid rolls around and we succeed in killing Ghaul/the Cabal? a potential new Golden Age, with reverse engineered advanced Cabal Tech/Weapons at the forefront of our Arsenal, meaning we'll be ready for the next attack. If we fail? Well, we're already following in the footsteps of the Fallen...

[[spoiler: During Taken King,Guardians could find a read a history of the Hive called the Books of Sorrow. One entry discussed how after Oryx killed his sisters Xivu Arath and Savathun so that he could kill his Worm God and gain power directly from the Darkness, he was eventually able to resurrect them by enacting a huge war in Xivu Arath's case, and by convincing his enemies he wished to align with them to backstab Xivu Arath, only to backstab them instead, reviving Savathun through an act of cunning. Since Oryx can be considered the God of Knowledge, perhaps the two Hive Gods will conspire to have Xivu Arath wage such a brutal war against the Last City, the Vanguard will delve deep into Hive knowledge cunningly placed by Savathun until they learn so much Oryx is resurrected.]]

[[spoiler:Emperor Calus will train us in using the Dark without being consumed by it, like he seems to be doing.]]

** Semiconfirmed as the new elemental class "Stasis" in the upcoming Beyond the Light DLC is Darkness-based. Though whether or not [[spoiler: Calus]] grants it to us is still to be determined.

It seemed like he was really affected by the speakers Devotion-Sacrifice-Death speech. Perhaps, believing he had already covered the devotion part, he interpreted it as needing to sacrifice himself and allow himself to be killed in order to fully attain the Light. And in fact, it did actually kind of work if not [[spoiler: for the Traveler waking up and stopping it all together.]]

** Jossed, unless there's something in ''Forsaken'' that [[spoiler: immediately precedes Cayde's death]].

[[spoiler: If you think about it, Eris never went into detail about how she escaped Crota's Ascendant Realm. Maybe Savathun captured her, and eventually tortured her enough to turn her traitor against the guardians, promising Eris revenge against Crota in return. This is supported by the fact that when Oryx first appears, she has so much knowledge regarding the Taken and how to beat Oryx. Also, a the end of Taken King Eris takes...something from Oryx's sword, claiming it to be for "her queen". And who is Savathun? The Witch-QUEEN of the Hive.]]

[[WMG: The Post-Credits Cutscene and Future Expansions]]

** Jossed. Season of Arrivals did and does not (directly) focus on anything ''Forsaken''-related.

Everyone in the know realizes that [[spoiler:The Witness ''infesting'' The Traveller]] is going to end horribly, and the apocalypse in 2024's expansion begins with what is effectively Red War II, including the part where most Ghosts are unable to resurrect their partners for good - most notably ''Zavala''.

[[DiedDuringProduction Sadly, Zavala's voice actor (Lance Reddick) died in March, 2023]]. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Rather than replace him, Bungie might decide to capitalize on the in-universe story's cliffhanger crisis to]]
[[DroppedABridgeOnHim drop the bridge]].

[[WMG: Next year's expansion]]
[[DiedDuringProduction Sadly, Zavala's voice actor (Lance Reddick) died in March, 2023]]. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Rather than replace him, Bungie might decide to capitalize on the in-universe story's cliffhanger crisis to ]] [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drop the bridge]].
Everyone in the know realizes that [[spoiler:The Witness ''infesting'' The Traveller]] is going to end horribly, and the apocalypse begins with what is effectively Red War II, including the part where most Ghosts are unable to resurrect their partners for good - most notably ''Zavala''.

Not only am I certain they'd do this, I imagine they'd have done it before with other prominent Guardians-such as Andal Brask. As such, Cayde would've seen first hand FWC opportunistically peddling dead guardians as martyrs, and he likely decided that, whenever he died, he didn't want his death to be used for political gain. It's telling that Cayde only gets a statue in honor in Lightfall-after FWC is long gone.

Think back to FWC and their FantasticRacism during the House of Light/Endless Night storyline. They'd probably be spewing all kind of hateful propaganda and misinformation to slander the Eliksni-and as history shows, one of the more effective tactics in propaganda is to create an InspirationalMartyr-say, a certain popular Hunter Vanguard who was murdered by the Elksni. So they exalt Cayde, hailing him as a hero who died heroically defending the Last City and humanity from the Fallen hordes, only to be brutally and savagely murdered by them.

* More of a headcanon than an actual WMG, but I imagine that'd there'd be plenty of conspiracy theorists in the Last City postulating about the 'truth' of Cayde's murder and who was really behind it-ranging from plausible suspects (Savathun) to the outlandish (like say, for example, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Colonel]]. After all, the deaths of high profile figures tend to invite conspiracy theories in real life. I doubt the Last City is any different in that regard.

* It is worth mentioning that neither is particularly likely given Bungie's own statement that The Final Shape is merely the end of the Light and Dark saga, with Destiny continuing on beyond that.

* Option 2: Seeds. The guardian chooses to embrace the hope of light, knowing they must betray everyone they've ever known so that the future is filled with endless possibility. They overload the Traveler and the Witness at the same time, transforming the Witness' execution of the Traveler into a twisted reincarnation of a dying universe. Zavala screams in rage and betrayal as the Enlightened Darkness is used to consume the Last City, followed by the solar system, and finally the universe, mulching them all and then exploding into the seeds of new forms of reality. From this mass sacrifice of unprecedented proportions, new universes are born - filled with endless suffering, and endless hope.

* Everything points towards Nezarec being the boss of the Root of Nightmares raid, but there is also radio chatter on Neomuna that tries to relate Nezarec to the Psions, being described as having "psionic powers", and his helmet, Nezarec's Sin, looks awfully similar to a Psion helmet. This would also explain why there is a conclave of Psions that directly worship the Darkness independent of Calus' shadow legion: Because of Nezarec.

[[WMG: ''Season of the Deep'' will involve Xivu Arath finally showing up in person]].]]
* Jossed. It's called Season of Defiance

* More of a headcanon than an actual WMG, but I imagine that'd there'd be plenty of conspiracy theorists in the Last City postulating about the 'truth' of Cayde's murder and who was really behind it-ranging from plausible suspects (Savathun) to the outlandish (like say, for example, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Colonel]]. After all, the deaths of high profile figures tend to invite conspiracy theories in real life. I doubt the Last City is any different in that regard.

[[WMG: ''Season of the Deep'' will involve Xivu Ararth finally showing up in person]].]]

[[WMG: ''Season of the Deep'' will involve Xivu Ararth finally showing up in person]].]]