History Characters / DestinyTheGuardians

* [[spoiler:ForcedToFight]]: [[spoiler: Aside from what happens at the end of the main ''Rise of Iron'' campaign, it's starting to come to light that turning up the volume during the fight reveals that she's still alive and either begging for help or apologizing profusely to the player for their current situation.]]

* Foil: To Cayde-6. The Vanguard's most trusted scout, but unlike Cayde, Shiro is no-nonsense and wastes little time joking around. However, Shiro relies heavily on intel, while Cayde's known for his precise intuition.

-->'''Saladin''': "We were touched by the Light. I... I didn't even know someone with the Traveler's gift ''could'' die... until they did"

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Inverted. The Rise of Iron trailer confirms his race as such, and he's effectively the LastOfHisKind in terms of Iron Lords.

* [[spoiler: FinalBoss]]: [[You fight Gheleon, Felwinter, and Jolder (or more accurately, [[BodyHorror the SIVA-mutated remains of them]]) at the end of ''Rise of Iron'''s story campaign.]]

* MachoMasochism[=/=]MiseryBuildsCharacter: A big believer that one needs to endure suffering to understand triumph.

[[folder:Holborn]]
!!Holborn
->''"Well, any servant of the Light is welcome among us. We are Holborn's Host, and I'm Holborn. The City's hand on Mars."''

A Titan who commands Holborn's Host, an elite unit of Guardians who fought at the Twilight Gap and are responsible for searching Mars for any sign of a surviving Warmind.

* AllThereInTheManual: All information about Holborn comes from Grimoire cards and item texts.
* CoolOldGuy: Judging by his dialogue in the "Ghost Fragment: Titan" card and being described as "genial" in the text for Holborn's Host Mark, Holborn is a laid back and friendly Guardian who leads one of the best units of the Vanguard.
* TheGhost: Grimoire cards suggest he is still alive and investigating Mars with his unit, but he has yet to actually appear.
* TheLeader: Of Holborn's Host.
* LongLived: Even for immortal Guardians he is considered old.

[[folder:Shin Malphur]]
!!Shin Malphur

A "renegade" Hunter who was never raised from the dead by a Ghost, but instead inherited a Ghost from his mentor Jaren Ward. A former resident of Palamon.

* BadassNormal: Prior to getting Jaren's ghost, Shin was apparently already quite skilled and joined his mentor in attempting to hunt down Dredgen Yor.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His biological parents were killed by Fallen Dregs. The "father" he refers to in the Grimoire is a Palamon resident who raised him.
* IronicEcho: "Yours, not mine." Jaren Ward's PostMortemOneLiner to the Magistrate of Palamon in reference to his WeaponOfChoice, now echoed by the man facing down Jaren's killer while wielding the same weapon.
* PragmaticHero / ShutUpHannibal: Rather than sit and listen to Dredgen Yor's final evil speech, he whipped out the Golden Gun and shot him dead mid-sentence.
* TakeUpMySword: He wielded The Last Word, which previously belonged to the Guardian Jaren Ward, who was both friend and father figure to the young Shin. When Dredgen Yor killed Jaren, Shin apparently inherited the weapon, along with his Ghost.
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[[folder:Dredgen Yor]]
!!Dredgen Yor
->''"Nothing dies like hope. I cherish it."''

A once-heroic Hunter who gave in to pride and temptation and was corrupted by the Darkness as a result.
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[[folder:Efrideet]]
!!Efriedeet

[[folder:Holborn]]
!!Holborn
->''"Well, any servant of the Light is welcome among us. We are Holborn's Host, and I'm Holborn. The City's hand on Mars."''

A Titan who commands Holborn's Host, an elite unit of Guardians who fought at the Twilight Gap and are responsible for searching Mars for any sign of a surviving Warmind.

* AllThereInTheManual: All information about Holborn comes from Grimoire cards and item texts.
* CoolOldGuy: Judging by his dialogue in the "Ghost Fragment: Titan" card and being described as "genial" in the text for Holborn's Host Mark, Holborn is a laid back and friendly Guardian who leads one of the best units of the Vanguard.
* TheGhost: Grimoire cards suggest he is still alive and investigating Mars with his unit, but he has yet to actually appear.
* TheLeader: Of Holborn's Host.
* LongLived: Even for immortal Guardians he is considered old.

!!Past Guardians

Many Guardians have perished over the centuries while combating the Darkness, leaving behind artifacts, armor, weapons, and knowledge waiting to utilized by those who follow in their wake. And in some cases, more than just their personal effects may linger...

!!!The Iron Lords

A fireteam of early Guardians who became legendary for their exploits in defending the City. They gave their lives to seal away SIVA, a Golden Age technology which grew beyond control, with Saladin Forge and Efriedeet being the only known survivors. Their memory is honored with the Iron Banner limited time event in the Crucible.

[[folder:In General]]
* BadassCrew: They were considered to be this even by Guardian standards.
* HeroicSacrifice: All of them save for Saladin and Efriedeet died sealing away [=SIVA=].
* TheLeader: Seems to have been split between Radegast, who is described as "first among equals", and Perun, who was described as their "field commander".
* SavageWolves: A [[AnimalMotif motif]] used by the Iron Lords.

[[folder:Felwinter]]
!!Felwinter

A male Warlock. Felwinter's Peak, the former headquarters and memorial to the Iron Lords, is named after him.

* BrutalHonesty: Seems to have been a philosophy of Felwinter's.
-->'''Felwinter's Iron Bond:''' Such knowledge is often deemed offensive. That doesn't make it untrue.

[[folder:Gheleon]]
!!Gheleon

A Hunter.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: Gheleon was noted to be a dour pessimist.

[[folder:Jolder]]
!!Jolder

A female Titan known for her beauty and lack of concern for her own safety. She was a close friend of Lord Saladin.

* AmazonianBeauty: Her beauty isn't just some InformedAttribute; underneath that helmet, she is very easy on the eyes... unless those eyes belong to the enemy. Then she's your worst nightmare.
* TheBerserker: She always rushed head first into combat.
* MoreDakka: Her WeaponOfChoice is the Machine Gun, meaning that the "Jolder's Hammer" weapon is more than just a namesake; it's a thorough dedication to her memory.

[[folder:Perun]]
!!Perun

A female Hunter and the Field Commander of the Iron Lords.

* TheStrategist: Perun, who was the Iron Lords commander in the field, and had a very keen tactical mindset.

[[folder:Radegast]]
!!Radegast

A male Titan who was first in renown amongst the Iron Lords.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Despite Radegast being the namesake for the Iron Banner's Year One rocket launcher, Radegast went into battle wielding a sword.

[[folder:Skorri]]
!!Skorri

A Warlock.

* TheBard: Is described as such, signing songs to lift the Iron Lords' morale.

[[folder:Silimar]]
!!Silimar

A Titan.

* StoneWall: Silimar was a very "defense oriented Titan" who always sought to find a better way to defend oneself.

[[folder:Timur]]
!!Timur

* TheNecromancer: Is described as this.

!!!Eris' Fireteam

The ill-fated comrades of Eris Morn who were gathered together by Eriana-3 following the failed attempt to recapture the Moon with one purpose: infiltrate the Hive's warrens and assassinate the Hive Prince Crota.

[[folder:Eriana-3]]
!!Eriana-3

->''"He killed my friends face to face, one by one, and he relished it. In the name of all those lost I devote myself to his utter destruction."''

A Warlock and survivor of the disastrous attempt to retake the Moon from the Hive, Eriana escaped with a deeply rooted hunger for vengeance. The first to learn of Crota's name and of the dead universe he calls home, she was the leader of Eris's ill-fated fireteam.

* TheAtoner: She is aware that she is crossing some lines in her campaign to destroy Crota. Not that it stops her from doing it.
-->'''Eriana-3:''' If I transgress in your eyes I ask for your forgiveness.
* BadassLongcoat: She appears to have been the previous owner of the ''Heart of the Praxic Fire'' Warlock chest piece.
* CatchPhrase: "My name is Eriana-3, disciple of the Praxic Warlocks, marked by the Cormorant Seal."
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: If the item ''Heart of the Praxic Fire'' applies to her, this is how she went out.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite how ruthless she was in pursuing the Hive, even she found Toland's fascination with them unnerving.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wie Ning. The Grimoire strongly implies that a lot of Eriana's motivation for initiating the raid gone wrong was largely out of a desire to avenge Wei Ning (see the quote on RevengeBeforeReason below).
* ItsPersonal: To a greater degree than Eris, even.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Her torture of a Hive Wizard could be seen as this.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Pulled this on a Wizard during the invasion of the Moon by cutting away pieces of its mind.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Was getting dangerously close to this by the time of her ill-fated mission against Crota, as she began resorting to things like torture and use of Darkness-imbued weapons to get what she wanted.
* NotSoDifferent: While she was interrogating the Wizard, it showed Eriana how it had tortured an Awoken in a similar fashion, saying that Eriana and the Wizard were the same. Eriana didn't take kindly to the comparison.
* PlayingWithFire: She appears to have been a Sunsinger, and was highly enthusiastic about frying the minions of the Darkness.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Killing as many Hive as possible seemed to be her greatest goal in life.
--> '''Eris:''' You would wield a weapon of the night?\\
'''Eriana-3:''' For her—them? I will butcher any who stand in my way with even the darkest blade.
* SanitySlippage: Wei Ning's death clearly caused her mental state to decline quite a bit, causing her to become increasingly violent and ruthless.

[[folder:Toland]]
!!Toland the Shattered

-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Hogan

->''"I am so terribly curious to know."''

Once an esteemed Warlock, Toland somehow communed with the Darkness, causing him to completely lose his mind and create the Bad Juju rifle. Being an expert on the Hive, he was recruited by Eriana-3 and Eris Morn for their ill-fated assault on the Hellmouth, and presumably died there.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: He was very fascinated by the Deathsong of Ir Yût, and joined the fireteam in the hopes of learning more about it.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: He's not dead like everyone believes. He's actually stuck in a Hive Ascendant realm thanks to Ir Yut and is trying to communicate with your Guardian.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He clearly wasn't all there mentally, but was very intelligent and skilled at his job.
* GibberingGenius: It's clear he understood ''something'' about the Darkness and its place in the universe, but the way he went about explaining it is... less than coherent.
* HearingVoices: He heard ''the Darkness'' speaking to him. That couldn't have been good for his mind.
-->'''Eris:''' And how do you know this?\\
'''Toland:''' It was told to me.\\
'''Eris:''' By the Speaker?\\
'''Toland:''' By the Darkness itself.
* IgnoredExpert: He tried to warn the Vanguard not to send the army to retake the Moon.
* KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge: He knew the Hive better than anyone. [[GoMadFromTheRevelation This may have been a bad thing]]. After all, the Tower doesn't exile Guardians for no reason...
* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler: Attempted at least. He's trying to contact your Guardian from the Ascendant realm he's stuck in and help them out, but they can't hear his communications.]]
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow[=/=]GoMadFromTheRevelation: It's implied that this happened to him.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Toland's journal is treated as this. After getting the schematics for Bad Juju, Banshee-44 gives it to Ikora Rey for "containment".
* UncertainDoom: Eris was the only person to return from the Hellmouth, so Toland is ''probably'' dead. The thing is, his ultimate fate is never mentioned or even implied, as opposed to the rest of Eris's fireteam. [[spoiler: According to a new Grimoire, he actually is more or less alive, but is stuck in a AndIMustScream type situation thanks to Ir Yut.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Bad Juju, an Exotic Pulse Rifle that has some Hive magic in it.
* YoureInsane: According to the Grimoire cards, his teammates believed he was.
-->'''Omar:''' He's mad.\\
'''Toland:''' [[InsultBackfire Perhaps]].

[[folder:Omar Agah]]
!!Omar Agah

A Hunter who was recruited by Eris Morn into Eriana-3's fireteam.

* DeadpanSnarker: Like many Hunters.
-->'''Vell:''' Sounds like my kind of fight.\\
'''Omar:''' What isn't?
* FlayingAlive: According to Eris, he was killed by the Heart of Crota flaying not his skin, but his very Light. She says it was one of the worst things she saw in the Hellmouth. And that's saying a lot.
* YoureInsane: Outright accuses Toland of being mad at one point. [[InsultBackfire Toland agrees that he may be right.]]

[[folder:Sai Mota]]
!!Sai Mota

A Hunter who was recruited into Eriana-3's fireteam.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: Was killed doing a charge on Omnigul.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: During the raid gone wrong, she was reduced to using ''Hive bones'' as substitutes for knives.
* KnifeNut: All Hunters use knives, but the nut part comes in when she says that she was ''eager'' to use her knives on the Hive.
* TheQuietOne: Eriana-3 noted that she didn't say much, but when she did, it spoke volumes.
* YouDontWantToKnow: She ended up deciding that she would rather not know how Toland learned so much about the Darkness and the Hive.

[[folder:Vell Tarlowe]]
!!Vell Tarlowe

The lone Titan Eriana-3 and Eris Morn recruited into their fireteam. Tarlowe was a member of the Pilgrim's Guard, the oldest known Titan Order which is dedicated to protecting refugees travelling to the Last City.

* BloodKnight: Some of his dialogue indicates this.
* GenreSavvy: He realizes that the Blades of Crota are more than just Knights.
* LastStand: The description for a Titan mark Eris sells indicates that he was killed fighting a the spawn of Verok and Alak-Hul.
* {{Revenge}}: While the rest of the fireteam was gunning for Crota, Vell was gunning for Sardon and the Swarm Princes.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He was the strongest Guardian Eris had ever met. Then she met the player Guardian.

!!!Kabr's Fireteam

A team of four Guardians who infiltrated the Vault of Glass on Venus, at which point things got... strange.

[[folder:Kabr]]
!!Kabr, the Legionless

->''"No one can open the Vault alone. I opened the Vault. There was no one with me but I was not alone."''

A Titan and the first Guardian to enter the Vault of Glass. [[RetGone Maybe]]. He destroyed his own mind trying to fight the Vex alone, and ultimately disappeared. His legacy, however, still lingers.

* Badass: Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Kabr's entry into the Vault of Glass, his mere survival inside it proves he was much stronger than Guardians of prior generations.
* MadOracle: No thanks to the Vex.
--> I have destroyed myself to do this. They have taken my Ghost. They are in my blood and brain. But now there is hope.
* OneManArmy: Subverted - though he's a Titan, that doesn't mean he entered the Vault and fought through everything there alone.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long gone by the time you enter the Vault yourself.
* RetGone: It's heavily implied that this happened to the rest of his squad who accompanied him into the Vault. It's also implied that the mental conflict between knowing he entered alone and remembering that there were others with him is what drove him insane. It might have also happened to him, considering his disappearance.
-->'''Kabr:''' Now it is done. If I speak again, I am not Kabr.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: [[SanitySlippage unfortunately]].
* UltimateBlacksmith: He's the one who created the Aegis, forging it out of his own Light and the Vex themselves. It's ultimately the one thing that lets you pass through the Vault of Glass and destroy Atheon.

[[folder:Pahanin]]
!!Pahanin

->''"The black gloves are tough, menacing, and - I swear - make you unbeatable at Go."''

A Hunter who created Super Good Advice, and became terrified of being alone after what happened to Kabr. A collection of his strange ramblings was assembled and dubbed "The Pahanin Errata".

* CloudCuckooLander: Though not to the extent of Toland, if his quote for the Octopus Cloak is anything to go by:
-->'''Pahanin:''' If human extinction seems imminent, try to relax. You're just giving cephalopods a shot.
* HatesBeingAlone: Created a sentient, ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation allegedly]]) talking weapon due to his terror at being alone. Implicitly, this was because he knew Kabr and something about his Fall left Pahanin paranoid.
* SanitySlippage: Implied to have happened after the Fall of Kabr - compare his quote for CloudCuckooLander with the quote below. He seems visibly traumatized by ''something''...
-->'''Pahanin:''' His name was Kabr. He wasn’t my friend but I knew and respected him as a Guardian and a good man. He fought the Vex alone. This destroyed him. In the time before he vanished he said things that I think should be remembered. These are some of them: “In the Vault time frays and a needle moves through it. The needle is the will of Atheon. I do not know the name of the shape that comes after the needle. No one can open the Vault alone. I opened the Vault. There was no one with me but I was not alone. You will meet the Templar in a place that is a time before or after stars. The stars will move around you and mark you and sing to you. They will decide if you are real. I drank of them. It tasted like the sea.” That is all I can remember.
* WeaponOfChoice: Super Good Advice, his customized [[MoreDakka bullethose]] of an HMG. In a weird way, it reflects his probable mindset, talking to assuage his fears of being alone, spraying out a lot of bullets at high fire rate at a moment's notice, making it a great weapon to have when panicking.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Murdered by Dredgen Yor using Thorn.

[[folder:Praedyth]]
!!Praedyth

A Warlock who became trapped within the Vault of Glass after a disastrous expedition. He took the opportunity to tap into the Vex network and learn as much as he could about them, experiencing a near-infinite number of their simulated timelines. The Vex attempted to erase his existence, but his name lived on in the periphery of history (like written notes in the margins of a textbook, or the name of a weapon).

* BloodKnight: Apparently, he was a member of the Future War Cult.
* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:Praedyth is in fact long dead by the time you descend into the Vault investigating a signal from him. However, while you fail to save his life, you manage to confirm his existence, ultimately meaning that the Vex's attempt to rewrite reality is a failure]].
** [[spoiler:If his speaking to the player(s) during a special version of Paradox is anything to go by, he may be in the same situation as Toland, albeit inflicted by the Gorgons or the Oracles and not by the Deathsingers.]]
* RetGone: The Vex tried to do this to him. [[spoiler:They failed, as you're sent on a mission to rescue him after the Taken breach the Vault, and end up finding his corpse. That ends up cluing Ikora in to his existence, and his legend is re-recorded in the Vanguard's archives. He also speaks with the player's Guardian in a special version of that same mission]].
** It is hinted that the only reason the Vex continued to allow his existence was because [[spoiler:they needed him to summon the Guardians that would thwart the Taken assault on the Vault of Glass]].
* SpiritAdviser: [[spoiler:He speaks directly to the player during a special encounter in the Paradox mission, which is only available when that mission is the Daily Story mission.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Praedyth's Timepiece, a Pulse Rifle, and Praedyth's Revenge, a Sniper Rifle, both of which are now rewards in the Vault of Glass.

!!!Other Past Guardians

[[folder:Osiris]]
!!Osiris
-->'''Voiced by:''' R. Hamilton Wright

->''"Perhaps what drives a Warlock to madness is truth."''

A renowned Warlock and former Vanguard Commander who became an expert on both the Hive and the Vex, with the ultimate goal of understanding the Darkness itself. His quest for knowledge led to a cult of personality developing around him, with many other Guardians choosing to follow his ideals rather than the ideals of the Tower. This ideological division led to his exile and ultimate disappearance. He is still remembered by the Disciples of Osiris, who seek Guardians to compete in the Trials of Osiris.

* AncientEgypt: Besides his name being the same as the [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian God of the Dead]], this is a definite theme with the armor available in the Trials of Osiris, with the Warlock hood being modeled on Anubis, the Titan helm being modeled on Horus and the Hunter helmet on Ra.
* TheExile: He was exiled for "coming too close to understanding the Vex". A lot of the Trials of Osiris gear has a "Noun of the Exile" ThemeNaming. Apparently, the Disciples of Osiris are still a little pissed off with the Speaker over it.
* TheExtremistHasAPoint: After his exile various events he predicted came true, causing the Speaker to seriously regret exiling him.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Implied to be why he was exiled, though it doesn't appear to have been to the extent of Toland's madness.
** His Grimoire Card indicates he was starting to ask a lot of uncomfortable questions about the relationship between Guardians and Ghosts and the Traveler, and that his madness may have stemmed from coming too close to the truth.
* NeverFoundTheBody: The Speaker has sent out dozens of Ghosts looking for any sign of Osiris. The Ghosts come back saying alternately that he's dead, that he's managed to penetrate the Vex conflux network, etc. No one has any idea if he's alive. [[spoiler: A Grimoire card shows that not only is he alive, but Eris is in contact with him]].
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: How the Speaker used to view him. The Disciples maintain that it's [[EvilMentor the other way around]]. The Speaker is beginning to worry that they may be right. [[spoiler:Although given that he's working with [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Eris Morn]] and [[AmbiguouslyEvil Mara Sov]] to manipulate the Guardians into taking the fight to the Hive, maybe the Speaker was on to something]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His Grimoire card implies that he was the one who inspired Kabr's disastrous expedition into the Vault of Glass, and may have inspired ''others'' to do the same. This was before the Speaker and the Vanguard knew what the Vex were working on in there.

[[folder:Jaren Ward]]
!!Jaren Ward

->''"Yours. Not mine."''

A lone Hunter who wandered into the town of Palamon and changed it forever.

* {{Badass}}: It takes a certain kind of man to calmly stare down nine gunmen and make them put their weapons down through sheer intimidation.
* AFatherToHisMen: It's implied that he saw Shin and the other members of his group as his own kids.
* TheGunslinger: Like all Hunters.
* PostMortemOneLiner:
-->'''Magistrate Loken''': Those gonna be your last words then, boy?\\
''[Jaren shoots Loken]''\\
'''Jaren''': Yours. Not mine.
* VigilanteMan: Shoots dead the tyrannical Magistrate Loken, freeing Palamon from his influence.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Last Word, a HandCannon with a striking resemblance to the archetypal Wild Western revolver.

[[folder:Shin Malphur]]
!!Shin Malphur

A "renegade" Hunter who was never raised from the dead by a Ghost, but instead inherited a Ghost from his mentor Jaren Ward. A former resident of Palamon.

* BadassNormal: Prior to getting Jaren's ghost, Shin was apparently already quite skilled and joined his mentor in attempting to hunt down Dredgen Yor.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His biological parents were killed by Fallen Dregs. The "father" he refers to in the Grimoire is a Palamon resident who raised him.
* IronicEcho: "Yours, not mine." Jaren Ward's PostMortemOneLiner to the Magistrate of Palamon in reference to his WeaponOfChoice, now echoed by the man facing down Jaren's killer while wielding the same weapon.
* PragmaticHero / ShutUpHannibal: Rather than sit and listen to Dredgen Yor's final evil speech, he whipped out the Golden Gun and shot him dead mid-sentence.
* TakeUpMySword: He wielded The Last Word, which previously belonged to the Guardian Jaren Ward, who was both friend and father figure to the young Shin. When Dredgen Yor killed Jaren, Shin apparently inherited the weapon, along with his Ghost.

[[folder:Dredgen Yor]]
!!Dredgen Yor
->''"Nothing dies like hope. I cherish it."''

A once-heroic Hunter who gave in to pride and temptation and was corrupted by the Darkness as a result.

* BullyingADragon: In Thorn 2, he's the Dragon being [[WhatAnIdiot bullied by a bunch of bandits]] [[MuggingTheMonster trying to steal Thorn from him.]]
* DeathSeeker: Is strongly implied to have become this by the time of his death at Malphur's hand. [[spoiler: After his death, Shin discovered that Yor hadn't even tried to reach his weapon during their confrontation, suggesting that he committed SuicideByCop.]]
* TheDreaded: His name is still remembered with disgust and shame.
* FallenHero: He was once a heroic man, brimming with Light. Then he fell to the darkness, let his revolver become Thorn, massacred Palamon, and was shot dead by Shin Malphur.
-->'''Dredgen:''' Same meat. Same bone. But so very different.
* MoralityPet: His Ghost, whom Yor considered his best and last friend, served as his conscience, and tried to bring back toward the light. When it became apparent that he couldn't, Yor decided to "free" his Ghost from having to stay with him.
** KickTheMoralityPet: Yor also threatened to kill his Ghost if he didn't leave, and it's not clear if he did.
* ThatManIsDead: He gave up his original name when he became Dredgen Yor.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Before his fall, he'd already been hearing the Darkness whispering in his ear for some time. His last thought before becoming Yor was a hope that he'd be remembered for what he used to be, instead of what he'd become.
* WeaponOfChoice: Thorn, a HandCannon corrupted by the Darkness and Hive magic, the spiritual opposite to The Last Word.
* WhatTheHellHero: Pretty much the entire conversation in "Thorn 3", initiated by his Ghost.
* WickedCultured: A fan-dubbed audio grimoire (accessible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7QVzdQIVwU here]]) gives him a soft, genteel southern accent. It works surprisingly well, and is a [[DissonantSerenity chilling contrast]] to his cold-blooded murder.
-->'''Dredgen Yor:''' ''"Your mouth just got your friends dead. This is what happens when you bore me. [[ImpliedDeathThreat And right now, I'm so very bored.]]"''
** He is also aware that his name means "Eternal Abyss" in a forgotten language.
* YouMonster: Pretty much what has been told to him by his own Ghost, and possibly Jaren Ward's.

[[folder:Saint-14]]
!!Saint-14

An Exo Titan and early Guardian who led a crusade against the Fallen. Original owner of the Helm of Saint-14.

* AliensAreBastards: He believed that the Darkness was an armada of invading aliens who were rejected by the Traveler for their sins.
* CoolHelmet: The Helm of Saint-14. The unique perk blinds enemies who walk into a Titan's Ward of Dawn.
* FantasticRacism: Even by the standards of other Guardians, he ''really'' hated the Fallen and started a crusade against them. This even extended to all alien life, as he believed the Darkness to be a bunch of aliens rejected by the Traveler for being decadent.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: His recommendation is what convinced the Speaker to appoint Osiris as Vanguard Commander. This may have been a poor choice.
* UseYourHead: Reportedly caved in Solkis, Kell of the House of Devils, skull by head butting it.

[[folder:Wei Ning]]
!!Wei Ning
->''"Yes, we've achieved the objective. And the next. And the... were we supposed to stop attacking?"''

A powerful Titan with a particular enthusiasm for melee combat. Wei Ning participated in the ill-fated battle to retake the Moon from the Hive, and was personally slain by Crota for it. Her death drove her close friend Eriana-3 into a revenge-fueled bloodlust.

* ActionGirl: One of the premier examples of this in ''Destiny'' lore.
* AttackAttackAttack: As the above quote indicates, "stop attacking" never occurs to her.
* BareFistedMonk: ''Very'' fond of punching her enemies. She apparently named her right fist "The Last and Surest Argument".
-->'''Pahanin Errata:''' So I ask Wei Ning: what about the Darkness itself? What then? And she says: "I'll punch it too."
* BearHug: Her hugs were exceptionally dangerous, based on the [[http://www.destinydb.com/items/1560323455-spearhead-type-0 description of her signature chest armor]].
* BloodKnight: Oh yes.
-->'''Spearhead Type 0 Leg Armour:''' ''"Evade the Cabal counterattack? My friend, they're finally sending us something worth killing."''
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eriana-3. The Grimoire strongly implies that a lot of Eriana's motivation for initiating the raid gone wrong was largely out of a desire to avenge Wei Ning.
* InterserviceRivalry: She really likes to put down Warlocks...especially Pujari, but Eriana may be an exception.
-->'''Spearhead Type 0 (Helmet)''': PUJARI-WEI RATIO: colloquial. Amount of time Warlocks spend planning battles versus time Titans spend winning them.

[[folder:Pujari]]
!!Pujari

A Thanatonaut who kills himself regularly to record the experience. He has encountered the Black Garden in a vision, some time before your Guardian goes there in person.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He is only mentioned in a Grimoire card, and a few pieces of gear, therefore he does not make an appearance. However, his name seems to imply an Indian ancestry.
* BadassBookworm: The helmet of the Spearhead Type 0 implies that he's a Warlock.
-->'''Spearhead Type 0 (Helmet)''': PUJARI-WEI RATIO: colloquial. Amount of time Warlocks spend planning battles versus time Titans spend winning them.
** He is apparently enough of a {{BadAss}} that when asked about the nature of [[BigBad the Darkness]], his theory that it is the actualization of all evil has quite a following.
* BoldExplorer: Thanatonauts combine this with the job of {{Seers}}.
* DeathSeeker: As a Thanatonaut, he's one of the Guardians that regularly kill themselves to record the experience and his visions.
* MeaningfulName: His name is the title of a Hindu priest that manages the temple.
* ShutUpHannibal: Has this moment after the YouMonster moment with the flower shaped like a Ghost. His exact words are:
--> "The Traveler is life, I said. You are a creature of Darkness. You seek to deceive me."
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: When he visited the Black Garden, he cut his hand on a thorn. That cut had not healed since he left the Black Garden.
* YouMonster: His vision in the Black Garden includes an encounter with a flower shaped like a Ghost.
--> '''Ghost''': You are a dead thing made by a dead power in the shape of the dead. All you will ever do is kill. You do not belong here. This is a place of life.

[[folder:Gallida Tuyet]]
!!Gallida Tuyet

A famed Warlock who commanded a fireteam of six Guardians. While researching Vex weaponry on Venus, she and her entire fireteam died under mysterious circumstances.

* AceCustom: Wielded a sidearm custom built for her by Banshee-44.
* BadassBookworm: As per the norm with Warlocks, with Tuyet's specific focus being researching weapon technology.
* NeverFoundTheBody: All that was found of Fireteam Tuyet were a few dead Ghosts, some Vex technology they recovered, weapon plans that the Warlocks used to develop the Pocket Infinity, and Tuyet's weapon snapped in half.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died sometime before the game begins.

'''Shaxx:''' (Upon a 10-kill streak) '''''FIGHT FOREVER, GUARDIAN!!!! HAHA!!'''

** The First Pillar is dedicated to achieving important strategic victories over the minions of the Darkness, [[DeathOrGlory but often at the cost of their lives]]. They also [[DueToTheDead maintain an eternal flame]] from those Titans who died in service.
** The Firebreak Order is an Order that believes in taking the fight to the Darkness. People think they are mindless berserkers, but that's wrong--they put a lot of thought into where they direct their aggression.

* OoCIsSeriousBusiness: Ikora comments on him storming by as glowing tech mites began infecting Guardians (as part of the [[AlternateRealityGame Owl Sector]]), demanding to know what the mites are. The first thing she notes is that he is really on edge.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Guardians are humanity's greatest warriors and last hope of survival. [[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/cabal/ghost-fragment-cabal-4 Cabal field reports]] also show that they enjoy dancing and doing stunts on their Sparrows after combat.

A "renegade" Hunter who was never raised from the dead by a Ghost, but instead seems to have taken on the mantle of Guardian independently. A former resident of Palamon.

* BadassNormal: Let's restate the synopsis - never raised from the dead, took on the mantle of Guardian anyway, and ''killed a Guardian corrupted by the Darkness''. Damn.

* TheUnchosenOne: He wasn't raised from the dead and has no Ghost. Yet he still fights against the forces of the Darkness and calls himself a Guardian.

[[folder:Holborn]]
!!Holborn
->''"Well, any servant of the Light is welcome among us. We are Holborn's Host, and I'm Holborn. The City's hand on Mars."''

A Titan who commands Holborn's Host, an elite unit of Guardians who fought at the Twilight Gap and are responsible for searching Mars for any sign of a surviving Warmind.

* AllThereInTheManual: All information about Holborn comes from Grimoire cards and item texts.
* CoolOldGuy: Judging by his dialogue in the "Ghost Fragment: Titan" card and being described as "genial" in the text for Holborn's Host Mark, Holborn is a laid back and friendly Guardian who leads one of the best units of the Vanguard.
* TheGhost: Grimoire cards suggest he is still alive and investigating Mars with his unit, but he has yet to actually appear.
* TheLeader: Of Holborn's Host.
* LongLived: Even for immortal Guardians he is considered old.

[[folder:Gallida Tuyet]]
!!Gallida Tuyet

A famed Warlock who commanded a fireteam of six Guardians. While researching Vex weaponry on Venus, she and her entire fireteam died under mysterious circumstances.
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* AceCustom: Wielded a sidearm custom built for her by Banshee-44.
* BadassBookworm: As per the norm with Warlocks, with Tuyet's specific focus being researching weapon technology.
* NeverFoundTheBody: All that was found of Fireteam Tuyet were a few dead Ghosts, some Vex technology they recovered, weapon plans that the Warlocks used to develop the Pocket Infinity, and Tuyet's weapon snapped in half.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died sometime before the game begins.
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--> '''Spearhead Type 0 (Helmet)''': PUJARI-WEI RATIO: colloquial. Amount of time Warlocks spend planning battles versus time Titans spend winning them.

--> '''Spearhead Type 0 (Helmet)''': PUJARI-WEI RATIO: colloquial. Amount of time Warlocks spend planning battles versus time Titans spend winning them.

An Exo who loves the open frontier, the loss of a bet has resulted in him being stuck behind the Vanguard table in the Tower, where he coordinates the intelligence efforts of City agents in the field and outfits Hunters who visit him.

* TheBerserker: He always rushed head first into combat.

* JadeColorGlasses: Gheleon was noted to be a dour pessimist.

* JadeGolorGlasses: Gheleon was noted to be a dour pessimist.

A Titan who was Vanguard Commander during the Battle of the Twilight Gap, Saladin Forge is the last of the Iron Lords, a legendary fireteam from the early days of the City. Once the mentor Commander Zavala, his successor in the Vanguard, and Lord Shaxx, Saladin is now the handler of the Iron Banner, a Crucible event held to honor his fallen comrades. He appears during the Iron Banner limited time events.

* BadassCape: Gets to wear one in ''Rise of Iron''. Why does he get to buck tradition and wear a cape while being a Titan? [[RuleOfCool Bungie says he's just that]] {{Badass}}.

The lone Titan Eriana-3 and Eris Morn recruited into their fireteam.