'Destiny: Rise of Iron' opens with a fight against a familiar foe
Destiny: Rise of Iron opens with your Guardian scaling a snowy mountain as you fight to re-take Felwinter's Peak, the new social space and site of the Iron Temple, from the Fallen. You're there on Lord Saladin's orders.
Felwinter. Iron Temple. Saladin. To Destiny fans, these are long-familiar names that Rise of Iron promises to flesh out. The add-on explores the backstory that informs the game's monthly Iron Banner tournaments, and the Iron Lords they're named for.
The story eventually ranges out beyond Felwinter's Peak and into the Plaguelands, a zone on Earth that's been contaminated by a techno-virus called SIVA. The Fallen have been infecting themselves intentionally to harness SIVA's power, unaware of the threat the nanotech virus poses.
You don't see the Plaguelands until after "King of the Mountain," but the mission ends with a showdown against a familiar foe. Sepiks Prime, the giant Servitor orb that served as the boss of Destiny's very first Strike mssion, is back with a new look and a new name: Sepiks Perfected.
Destiny: Rise of Iron comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Sept. 20. Check out a full playthrough of "King of the Mountain" up top.
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