⚔️ Faction Rebirth Saga – Why It Makes More Sense Than a Star Wars-Style Renegade ✦ TL;DR: Instead of taking a Star Wars-inspired direction, Bungie could have revived the classic Destiny factions — New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, and Future War Cult — as rogue powers shaping a new trilogy. Each faction aligns with a different alien race (Cabal, Hive, Vex) and represents humanity’s flaws: control, despair, and obsession. This would turn Renegade into a true Destiny story built on its own lore instead of borrowing another galaxy’s ideas. 🟥 NEW MONARCHY – “The Crimson Dominion” New Monarchy secretly survives after their fall from the Last City. Executor Hideo allies with Caiatl’s Cabal, embedding human officers within her empire. His goal is to build a human-led Cabal dominion ruled by “The True Law.” The Renegade war becomes his plan to bring order through control and military strength. ⚫ DEAD ORBIT – “The Exodus Fleet” After Hideo’s uprising, faith in the Vanguard collapses. Dead Orbit sees their moment and leads humanity’s escape beyond the Solar System. In deep space they encounter Hive warships and Taken corruption. Desperation twists into fanaticism as their ships become drifting Hive-infested fleets. Their old creed, “Abandon Earth,” becomes literal and tragic. 🔵 FUTURE WAR CULT – “The Paradox” Rogue FWC scientists resurrect Lakshmi-2 as a digital consciousness using Psion and Vex technology. The experiment fractures time, merging futures into the present. FWC evolves into a post-human technocult called The Paradox, devoted to ending the timeline itself. Their creed: “We’ve seen every ending. Now we choose one.” 🌌 THE FRACTURED TRINITY – THREE-SEASON ARC Faction | Dark Ally | Core Sin | Expansion New Monarchy | Cabal | Control | Renegade Dead Orbit | Hive / Taken | Despair | Exodus Future War Cult | Vex / Psion | Obsession | Paradox Each faction becomes a reflection of humanity’s greatest flaws, creating a trilogy that connects Destiny’s past with its future. ✦ WHY THIS MAKES MORE SENSE – Builds on Destiny’s existing universe instead of copying another. – Revives legacy factions with new purpose and darker evolution. – Creates a true internal conflict: Guardians vs. corrupted ideology. – Gives Renegade real narrative weight — rebellion, betrayal, and belief. 💠 FINAL THOUGHT Destiny doesn’t need lightsabers or desert planets to feel epic. It needs to rediscover the factions, beliefs, and fractures that once defined the Last City. Their return as corrupted forces would finally test what it truly means to be a Guardian.