During the latest Destiny 2 live event that took place on November 9, 2020 at 9:50 PM ET (the day before the Beyond Light expansion), players were able to watch as the Traveler, the mysterious sphere that gives the Guardians their Light and power, healed the damage that it took during the events of the original Red War campaign when the game launched. The Traveler appeared to regenerate itself by drawing in energy from all around it, brightening the skies as it healed. The character Eris Morn commented that the Traveler healing itself would not result in the end of the conflict between itself and the Darkness “Pyramids” that have been threatening the universe; it will merely cause the conflict to escalate.
Following this, all players were shown a cutscene in which the Darkness seemingly took over the planets of Mars, Mercury, Io, and Titan (the planets that are being removed when Beyond Light goes live), but then was stopped from…