The Monument of Triumph update closed out one of the biggest stretches of Destiny 2 storytelling in years, and it did not leave a single major character standing where they started. Some got their happy ending, some walked away from everything they wanted, and a few quietly set up the next chapter of the saga. Here is where everyone landed when the dust settled.
Special shoutout to Reddit user 1uam9bi for puting this list together.
What Happened to All the Major Characters at the End?
Zavala Retires and Ikora Takes Over the Vanguard
After years of holding the line, Zavala has finally stepped down as Vanguard Commander. Ikora Rey takes his place, which feels less like a shake-up and more like a long-overdue handoff. The Last City is in capable hands, even if losing Zavala at the top of the Tower is going to take some getting used to.
Crow, for his part, is buried in Vanguard duties and cannot break away when Mara needs him most. He has not left her hanging, though. He has promised to find someone who can step in where he cannot.
Mara Sov’s Search for Sjur Eido
Mara Sov is preparing to return to Eleusinia, and her reasons are deeply personal. She is going back to look for Sjur Eido, and she now knows the truth she had been missing for a long time. The Nine had a hand in Sjur’s death. That knowledge reframes everything for her, and it gives her search a renewed sense of purpose.
And this is where Xur enters the picture, and the scene is one of the quietest gut punches of the whole update. He offers Mara an end to her search, a resolution to the one thing she wants more than anything. The catch is steep. She would have to abandon the Last City to get it. Mara refuses, and her reasoning is razor sharp. If Sjur were truly lost forever, the offer would never have been made in the first place. The deal itself is proof that hope is not gone.
Riven’s Eggs and the Dreaming City Curse
There is real movement on the Dreaming City front, too. Riven’s eggs have begun to hatch, and Mara believes they hold the answer everyone has been chasing for years. In her eyes, those hatchlings could be the key to finally breaking the curse that has haunted the Dreaming City. It is the closest thing to good news that the cursed corner of the system has had in a very long time.
Clovis Bray Wants Ana to Build Him a Body
Clovis Bray has made an unlikely friend in Fenchurch Everis, and that friendship has given him a new ambition. He wants Ana to build him a body so he can lead negotiations between humanity and the Nine. Whether you trust Clovis with that kind of role is a different question entirely, but the man is clearly not content to stay a disembodied voice forever.
Xivu Arath Returns to the High War
The Hive arc took a turn that should worry everyone. Toland has thrown in with Xivu Arath and is teaching her how to wield the Dreadnaught, which is exactly as bad as it sounds. With that knowledge, Xivu Arath has navigated her way back to the High War and started the slow, grinding work of rebuilding her shattered throne.
She is not back to full power yet, and that window is everything. Eris Morn intends to use it. Eris plans to resume her pursuit of the War God and stop her before she can fully recover. Drifter and Blue are staying right by her side for the chase. Luzaku, meanwhile, has begun a pilgrimage to Torobatl, convinced that is where she will witness Xivu Arath’s defeat and the start of a new peace.
The Nine Are Not the Same Anymore
The Nine went through some of the strangest changes of all. III, or whatever is left of them, has become linked to the Traveler in the same way a Guardian is bound to their Ghost. IV delivers a chilling warning that the Vex are on the verge of ascending to another layer of existence, a place where they would become truly unstoppable.
VI, the Alchemist, has cut ties with Bael after his repeated failures. And IX, in a rare moment of candor, admits he underestimated us. Rather than being upset about it, he sounds almost thrilled that the Nine’s prophecy has been completely upended.
Bael Hides in Plain Sight
Bael has slipped back into the Last City, hiding in plain sight while he plots his next move. His Dredgens are causing problems out in the wider system, too. Shin Malphur is still hunting them across the system, but he is baffled by how brutal they have become under Bael’s leadership. Something has clearly shifted in that crew. On top of that, the Resonant Knife survives and has pledged itself to the Lord of Every Nothing.
Savathun Walks Away From Her Oldest Grudge
And this might be the most surprising arc of the entire update. Taox is presumably still alive, tucked away on a simulated version of Fundament inside the Vex network. Bael tries to use that as leverage, offering Savathun the location of Taox in exchange for the Conductor’s death.
Savathun says no. After lifetimes of chasing Taox, she finally overcomes her hatred, turns down the deal, and abandons the High Coven for parts unknown. Especially for a character defined by her schemes and her grudges, walking away is the most shocking thing she could have done.
The Conductor Severs Herself From the Vex
The Conductor’s story ends in grief. .87 Maya and .50 Chioma tracked her down and finally got through to her with a truth she had been refusing to accept. She has already killed her Chioma. There is no version of events where she gets her back.
Wracked by that realization, the Conductor commands herself to abandon the Echo and severs herself from the Vex network entirely, much to Ikora’s complete disbelief. It is a devastating end for one of the update’s most tragic figures.
Osiris and Saint Are Running Out of Time
On a gentler note, Osiris has been writing a memoir alongside Geppetto. He is afraid that time will soon take him away from Saint-XIV, and that fear hangs over everything he writes. Even so, he is grateful for what he has, content that the two of them will spend the rest of his life together. It is a bittersweet beat for one of Destiny’s most beloved couples.
Where Everyone Else Landed
Plenty of other characters got their moment to breathe. Shiro-4 has returned to the Last City after a close encounter with something Dark far beyond the light of Sol. Eido is going steady with Riliks and has introduced him to Mithrax. Efrideet’s pacifist colony is thriving, and she is still in contact with Saladin.
Astraea has reached Neptune and reunited with her sister Soteria. And in one of the wildest long game reveals, Lodi will master his quantum abilities in 30 trillion years, then use that power to reunite with his family at the very end of existence. That is patience on a cosmic scale.
The Ghosts Put On a Show
The Ghost Community Theater wrapped a new play about the legendary King of Chicago and Fool, his faithful Ghost. Ghost, Glint, and Geppetto took the windfall from that production and put it toward a Valkyrie-O5X for Failsafe, finally giving her the freedom to roam the universe on her own terms. It is a sweet, quiet send-off in the middle of all the chaos.
The Story Continues
A few threads were left deliberately open. It awaits you at the Shard. And as the update reminds us before the screen fades, the story continues. Whatever comes next, the board has been completely reset, with new leaders in the Tower, old gods rebuilding their thrones, and the Vex inching toward something no one is ready for.
All in all, it’s a great send-off for everyone.
