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The Exos are a race that was created by the Clovis Bray corporation during the Golden Age for a long forgotten conflict, perhaps against the Vex. During the Golden Age, they were led in part by the Warmind Rasputin, but after the Collapse and Exos went through more and more reboots, they eventually forgot their original purpose and joined alongside humanity and the awoken in the rebuilding of society, with some even being reforged in the Traveler’s Light.
They possess all the humanly functions typical humans have, they can eat and drink, although they do not need to, they have unique personalities and consciousness, and were even created with the ability to have sexual intercourse with each other and other human beings if they so desired. Exos even go through a sort of “death” process called “rebooting,” where most of their memories are wiped and they are sort of reset. The number attached to the end of an Exo’s name indicated how many times they have gone through this rebooting process, so Cayde-6 has been rebooted 6 times and Banshee-44 44 times. (Even though new documents and transcripts recovered from the Hellas Basin indicate they should only be rebooted about 20 times)
There is one thing that does set them apart, however, and that is the Deepstone Crypt. The Deepstone Crypt is the subroutine that first seeded the Exo’s consciousness, and is described by many as the birthplace of the Exos. On occasion, the Exos visit the Deepstone Crypt in their dreams, and their experiences at this mysterious location vary greatly. In their dreams, a tower rests on black planes, and the Exos must somehow reach and climb the tower for whatever reason. Some Exos reach the tower in peace, but others have to fight an army of every person they have ever seen in their current life and their lives from their past reboots. It is unknown what the Exos see when they reach the tower, however, as if they even remember it at all after waking they seldom wish to speak about it.
Some notable exos include Cayde-6, current Hunter Vanguard, Banshee-44, Tower Gunsmith, Saint-14, legendary Titan and the Speaker’s “son,” and the Exo Stranger, who may in fact be Elise Bray.
