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In later lore, the Guardian Orin confronts Xur while investigating the Nine, crushing his throat and striking him with a war hammer hard enough to warp his spine permanently. It's why Xur has always stood in that distinctive hunched posture and spoken in his strained voice.
The legendary exotic rocket launcher Gjallarhorn was sold by Xur only three times across the game's entire history, twice in Destiny 1's first year. Many players missed or ignored the very first sale simply because they didn't yet realise how good it was or didn't have enough Strange Coins.
One piece of Destiny promotional material implied Ghosts already existed during humanity's Golden Age, which contradicts nearly every other in-game source stating the Traveler created Ghosts only after the Collapse. Fans generally treat it as an oversight rather than confirmed lore.
Years before Destiny released, an advertising billboard reading 'Destiny Awaits' appeared in Bungie's Halo 3: ODST, complete with an image of Earth and what looks like the Traveler hovering above it, an early, subtle tease of the studio's next project.
