Destiny 2 Forsaken Cayde 6

No matter where yous look in the Destiny ii community, someone is goofing near Cayde-6'southward death — fifty-fifty if simply to stop from crying.

When Bungie unveiled the Forsaken expansion before this calendar month, the developer announced that the add together-on'south story would go revealed at E3. Thanks to Destiny 2: Forsaken'due south E3 2018 trailer, we know what that story is now: Cayde-vi will die and Prince Uldren will impale him.

For some discerning Destiny lore readers, this reveal makes quite a scrap of sense — especially to those that accept dealt with Prince Uldren'due south attitude problem in the past. But no affair who you lot are, the trailer will inevitably exit you with far more questions than answers. Then we're here to help.

Nosotros're going to explore the trailer and everything else we know about Destiny 2: Forsaken to figure out what the hell is going to happen this September and who is going to exist involved.

Who is Prince Uldren?

Prince Uldren is a character players will recognize from the original Destiny. He first appears when players visit the Queen of the Reef, Mara Sov. Uldren is Mara's blood brother, and kind of a sniveling wiggle.

He demands proof of our accomplishments and sends us on a chase to kill a Vex Gatelord. The final time nosotros really saw him, he was crashing in his transport after being take down past Oryx's Dreadnaught.

Who are all the Fallen behind Uldren in the E3 trailer?

These are the Barons of the Scorn. Essentially, these guys wait to be the ultimate monsters in Forsaken's new faction, leading the charge for all of the Scorn's evil deeds. Uldren has allied himself with them and seemingly helped them bosom out of the Prison house of Elders.

Zavala has been whispering for months that Cayde has been hiding bad guys in the Prison. Bold the Barons were corralled by Cayde, they all have a good reason to want him dead.

Why would Uldren kill Cayde-half-dozen?

This is the big "I don't know" question going into Forsaken, although at that place are some potential answers. The kickoff is the i mentioned above: Uldren has new allies that all detest Cayde for putting them in prison. What better way to make friends than offer them the head of their greatest enemy?

Uldren too doesn't really take a great beloved for Guardians and is kind of a jerk. If he's working for his sister, who knows the motivations. But if he's working on his ain, he could exist trying to merits Awoken power against his sister's volition. A dead Cayde-half dozen is ane less roadblock.

Is Cayde really dead?

Yes, if Bungie is to be believed.

No thing where you go, be it YouTube Live, PC Gamer or the PlayStation Web log, Scott Taylor and Christopher Barrett of Bungie are talking upward Cayde'south very official demise. He will not be coming back and the entirety of Forsaken's story will be well-nigh getting revenge for our favorite Exo.

In the trailer, Uldren shoots Cayde'southward ghost before he kills Cayde, meaning that he will not exist revived by the lite.

Will Cayde come back?

Probably.

Or at the very least, information technology's possible. There are a couple of ways that this could happen.

First, we don't actually know a lot about what happens when Guardians die. Since they're imbued with the low-cal and the Traveler has re-awakened, information technology'south possible that the light of the Guardians could render to the Traveler and hold some kind of sentience.

And so while Cayde's body might be gone, the Traveler could turn him into a Ghost or something. Nosotros know very little about the Traveler, so anything is possible here.

Second, Cayde-six is an Exo, which means he can be rebooted. If you listen around the new belfry, you lot can hear some NPC talking about the Gunsmith, Banshee-44. The 44 here is how many times Banshee has been rebooted, which is why he'due south a footling ... out at that place.

Cayde-half dozen has been rebooted six times already. A reboot isn't always a decease, only it could be in this case. And then information technology's possible that Cayde-6 could "return" at some point equally Cayde-7. Considering that seven has always been Bungie's magic number, this pick seems likely.

Information technology's sci-fi, so there are tons of other means that Cayde-6 could return in Destiny 2. The question then isn't if he'll come dorsum, information technology's should he come up back. The community is going to take a lot of opinions on that one from now until he inevitably makes his triumphant return.

And if Cayde-6 doesn't come up back, balance assured that players volition run into him in every corner of Destiny from now until the end of fourth dimension, just waiting for him to popular out.

Destiny 2 - Cayde-6 giving fingerguns in a cutscene

Who will supplant him in the Vanguard?

This is really the most interesting question that people are asking. The Vanguard will need a new Hunter and nosotros'll need a new flashpoint vendor. Then who is information technology going to be?

Let'southward accept a await at some likely candidates:

Petra Venj: This is probably the least likely pick for a lot of reasons. First, we don't know if Petra is even a Guardian. Second, we don't know if Petra would be a Hunter if she is in fact a Guardian. Both of those likely brand this a very clear no, but who knows with the Traveler back in action. We exercise know that Petra will be in Forsaken equally a prominent NPC, so she will at least exist Vanguard adjacent.

Eris Forenoon: Believe it or not, Eris is actually a Hunter, not a Warlock. This is the best bet we take for a new Hunter Vanguard. The Hunter that replaces Cayde-six needs to exist memorable, and Eris certainly is that. We also know that she isn't expressionless and will likely be making some kind of return soon. The loss of Cayde-6 would be a good reason for Eris to return.

Ana Bray: Ana is a new grapheme in Destiny 2, merely nosotros've known near her for a long time. She has her own comic and was a legendary Gunslinger back in the twenty-four hour period. The problem is that Zavala really doesn't care for her much, every bit we all got to see in Warmind. Zavala is in charge of the Vanguard, and for all of his middle-rolling with Cayde, they trust each other. Zavala — and Ikora by extension — conspicuously don't trust Ana much at the moment. Something big would have to alter before she got a Fireteam invite.

Hawthorne: Look, we know Hawthorne isn't a Guardian, but that doesn't mean she won't get picked upwardly. Her whole purpose in Destiny 2 is to role as a normal person who is just as badass as you are. Exercise they exercise a great job with her character in D2? Admittedly not, but that doesn't hateful that the Vanguard hasn't noticed her actions. While she doesn't have a course, she'south closest to being a Hunter. And like we've said a dozen times, who knows what'southward possible now that the Traveler is awake.

The Exo Stranger: Aha, bet you didn't expect this one, did y'all? Well, aside from Eris, it is actually the all-time possible choice to supervene upon Cayde-6. The Exo Stranger from Destiny became somewhat of a meme for her "no fourth dimension to explain" bit. Merely reference of her has recently resurfaced in Warmind. She is currently believed — and by believed we mean "people are basically positive" — to be Elsie Bray, the sister of Ana. That gives her a connectedness and a practiced in to return in Forsaken.

The Exo Stranger is a Hunter, which fits the first and almost of import criteria. Just she does also have something the other candidates don't: She's an Exo. In case you haven't noticed, the Destiny Vanguard is made up of each of the three playable races in Destiny.

Zavala is a Awoken Titan, Ikora is human Warlock, and Cayde-six is a Exo Hunter. When we lose Cayde-half dozen, we also lose any Exo representation on the Vanguard fireteam. The Exo Stranger is the only real Guardian who can replace Cayde every bit both a Hunter and a representative of ane of the iii races.

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Who are our allies?

Well, taking a look at the higher up listing is a expert place to start. However, simply because we currently think Petra is on our side doesn't mean she is. Simply that brings us to our get-go question about allies. We aren't going to talk almost any of the tower NPCs here, including Lord Saladin and the faction rep folks, because they're plainly on our side.

Mara Sov, Petra Venj, and the Awoken: OK, and then Uldren killed Cayde-half-dozen, but what does that mean about his sister and his people? Later the war with Oryx, a lot of the Reef's forces were extinguished and the Queen went missing (she's definitely nonetheless live, by the way). Petra took over running the Reef in her absenteeism as Mara'due south brother Uldren was also missing.

We tin presume that Mara will show back upwards hither and we know Petra is coming dorsum. Uldren is patently non a skilful guy in this expansion, but we don't know nearly his sister and her right-hand mercenary. Petra was always a good friend in Destiny, and in that location wasn't anything specially malicious well-nigh the Queen — bated from existence a little strange, which certainly isn't a crime in Destiny.

Currently, we recall that the Queen and Petra will be with us and that Uldren is acting as a rogue agent here. But we could always exist surprised.

Variks: Variks is a scrap hard to identify. We oasis't seen or heard from him since Destiny, and he was e'er a bit odd — even for a Fallen-turned-Guardian-marry. Information technology wouldn't be surprising either way if Variks decided to beguile us or help usa. We did see some House of Judgment (Variks' house) banners in the EDZ early on in Destiny two, merely who knows what that means.

In an interview with Heavy, Bungie confirmed that we would hear what Variks is up to. However, the programmer kept things mysterious, saying that it will come in a course nosotros don't expect. That could mean almost annihilation, and so nosotros'll demand to await until September.

Ana Bray and Rasputin: This is another specially tricky one to effigy out. Information technology's safety to say that Ana will exist with us, simply who knows most Rasputin. Hither'south the matter with Warminds: They're unpredictable considering they have a heed of their own.

While very powerful, Zavala didn't desire to utilize Rasputin out of fear of what he could exist capable of. With Rasputin'southward help, we killed a god like information technology was nothing. Rasputin could cull to help united states again or he could do nothing. Or he could brand matters worse.

Osiris and Sagira: We went to Mercury and saved Osiris' ass from the Vex. Now that he's free to move nigh the world again and has a good thought of what's going on, it's very possible that Ikora could enlist his help. However, Osiris has a ... poor human relationship with the Vanguard. If he chooses to help us, information technology volition likely exist in a very express chapters.

Fallen: In the trailer for Forsaken, we encounter a Fallen Kell speaking English to someone. We tin can probably assume that this Fallen is speaking to the player character. Information technology seems possible that the Fallen could be lining upwardly to help us, especially because that the Contemptuousness are essentially zombified Fallen.

Calus: This ane is pretty interesting. We have spent the past year helping Calus run errands on his ship. He already talks about how much he likes united states of america, just at present he owes the states. Despite being a deposed emperor, Calus has a lot of ability at his fingertips. Not only does he have an fleet of robotic versions of himself to sick on the Scorn, he also has a Cabal army and a send that eats planets.

We've made a powerful friend in Calus, the question is whether or not he'll actually assist us.

Destiny ii: Forsaken will release on Sept. 4 for PlayStation iv, Windows PC and Xbox One.