Guardian's ages (Destiny)
by Postmortem 
, AZ, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 17:23 (3950 days ago)
Do Guardians age? More specifically, when a Guardian dies and is revived, do they come back at the same age they died at, and remain that way eternally? Or do they come back and resume their aging process?
If they don't show visible signs of aging, is this the same for the rest of humanity after their lifespan tripled? Do we all just stay young-looking for all the centuries of our life? Since most of the Guardian presets are pretty young-looking, I'm assuming this is mostly the case.
As a random aside... If a Guardian reaches the end of their "natural" lifespan, would their Ghost not just be able to revive them again? Are Guardians theoretically immortal? (I like to think not, unless their biological age "resets" when they're revived.)
Lots of questions. I know this is stuff we wont technically be able to know without an official answer, but I'm wondering what you guys think. Anyone given this stuff some thought?
Guardian's ages
by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 17:56 (3950 days ago) @ Postmortem
Personally, I make believe that my Guardians were revived at the age they first died at. From there the aging process goes to work. Each additional revive, likewise, brings them to their current age. Not their age of first death.
Guardian's ages
by red robber 
, Crawfish Country, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 22:38 (3950 days ago) @ Postmortem
How are some of us reviving as Exo's or Awoken? If we died on earth back in the day, aren't we all humans?
No. It's made quite clear that isn't the case.
by RaichuKFM , Northeastern Ohio, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 22:54 (3950 days ago) @ red robber
All the time. Plenty of Awoken and Exos lived on Earth during the Collapse, apparently. If there weren't Exos then, how would any exist, anyways? They don't have the capability to make them now, after the Collapse.
Check out the "Titan" Grimoire card
I seem to recall a few references to age and Guardians in that one (they seem to not even know their own true age!)
Check out the "Titan" Grimoire card
I seem to recall a few references to age and Guardians in that one (they seem to not even know their own true age!)
I'm curious as to whether a guardian is really even the original inhabitant of their body, or if the ghost just shoves some other random consciousness into a corpse. Is a guardian actually a different person that's been stored and transferred to a new body?
I also wonder what actual humans living in the city think of all those zombie-guardians up at the tower.
Guardian's ages
by TTL Demag0gue , Within the shadow of the Traveler, Monday, September 29, 2014, 11:20 (3949 days ago) @ Postmortem
Anyone given this stuff some thought?
Yes, as a matter of fact. I've currently got two competing theories:
1) Guardians are revived from the point they died and continue to age from that point forward, until they die and are revived again, continuing the cycle. This would explain why the dead body disappears almost exactly at the same time the Guardian is revived -- its matter is actually being recycled for use with the new one.
2) Guardians are revived from a data template their Ghosts store permanently after they initially bond to their Guardians, and Guardians are rebuilt on a molecular level from that same template each time, effectively resetting their current body's physical age with each death they experience.
I prefer the second explanation over the first, just because I like the idea it represents, but I wouldn't be surprised if the official explanation is actually closer to the first.