Warning: Spoilers for the conclusion of the Season of the Witch's story to follow.

The conclusion of the latest Destiny 2 story arc, Season of the Witch, had some pretty high stakes going in.

After channeling Hive magic for weeks, Eris Morn resisted succumbing to temptation and permanently becoming the Hive God of Vengeance. Instead, Eris severed the immortality of Xivu Arath, the Hive God of War, and stopped herself from becoming humanity's new worst enemy, despite prophecies of that dark future from Elsie Bray. Meanwhile, the Ghost Immaru resurrected Savathun, the Hive God of Cunning, who is now back and more menacing than ever. But as a show of good faith and in an attempt to foster at least some kind of alliance with the Guardians, Savathun gave up Immaru as a hostage to Eris, pledging to fulfill her end of the bargain she struck with the Vanguard to help Guardians traverse the portal into the Traveler and take on the universe's greatest threat, the Witness. Oh, and Xivu Arath has disappeared thanks to Eris's efforts, which seemingly takes the Witness's greatest lieutenant off the board until after The Final Shape expansion.