Humanity is on the brink of extinction in the future. An object called The Traveler that possess great knowledge and technology came shortly after the present day and humanity was in their golden age expanding throughout the solar system. The golden age lasted for hundreds of years. Until The Traveler's greatest enemy called The Darkness came to the solar system and wiped out most of humanity. The Traveller has been silent ever since. They built a city under the The Traveler as a last ditch resort to save the human race. The ones who guard the city are called Guardians who possess powers gifted from The Traveler. Many Alien races have come as 'minions' of the darkness .and they will stop at nothing. If you fail, humanity will be destroyed.
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After Nolan North took over as Ghost, he later also voiced Cayde-6 following Nathan Fillion's departure from the role, recording an entire set of cutscenes, including Cayde's own death scene, in a near-flawless impression of Fillion's original performance.
Xur repeatedly tells Guardians that his will belongs to the Nine and that he can't fully explain their purpose. A Grimoire card in the original game lays out several competing, unconfirmed theories about who or what the Nine actually are, leaving their true nature intentionally ambiguous.
