Upon opening the Vault, Steele is immediately killed by The Destroyer an ancient alien that was housed inside the Vault. The Vault Hunters fight through Lance and Guardians alike to reach The Vault just before Steele opens it. Upon saving Tannis and reactivating the Echo network, Tannis sends the Vault Hunters after Steele who is attempting to open the Vault. Steele disables the Echo network and the Vault Hunters set out to the Crimson Enclave, a Crimson Lance base to rescue Tannis.

Upon killing the bandit boss Flint who is believed to have the final Vault Key piece, it is revealed that Tannis had the final piece all along and was working with the Crimson Lance all along. Tannis directs the Vault hunters to the next three pieces of the Vault Key, during which they encounter the Crimson Lance. The Vault Hunters travel to the city of New Haven, one of the largest surviving civilizations on the planet and learn about the location of Patricia Tannis. At the same time, Commandant Steele, acting Crimson Lance Commander on Pandora declares rule over the planet and demands any Eridian artifacts be turned over to the Crimson Lance. Having killed Sledge, the Vault Hunters retrieve an Eridian artifact which is revealed to be part of the Vault Key. Led by a mysterious ”Angel”, the Vault Hunters slowly begin clearing out local bandit populations until they encounter a bandit boss known as Sledge. With the moon under the control of a crazed military legion and Pandora, a lawless frontier, all seemed to be lost for the system, until.įour Vault Hunters Roland, Mordecai, Brick and Lilith arrive at the small town of Firestone. They fled the Pandora system shortly after. The destruction of their mining facilities and the mutiny commited by Zarpadon forced Dahl to abandon Elpis. The moon burst, opening great chasms and lava flows. Extensive mining efforts by Dahl on the surface led to what is known as 'The Crackening'. The military force became known as the Lost Legion and swore to protect the Vault. Dahl’s military force, led by Colonel Zarpadon denounced their ties to Dahl following Zarpadon’s encounter with a Vault on the moon. Meanwhile, on Elpis, the situation was not much better. The key was stolen by bandits and spread across Pandora. Atlas abandons their the top-secret Gortys Project, which hopes to control the mysterious Vault of the Traveler, and locks away various pieces of the project across their facilities all over Pandora.Īt the same time, Patricia Tannis, who was employed by Dahl, had uncovered fragments of a Vault Key, confirming the suspicion that a Vault was present on Pandora.

The planet became a lawless frontier nearly overnight, with Dahl abandoning their facilities and letting loose the criminals they had employed as workers. Those who couldn't leave took up shelter. When the summer rolled around and the local fauna came out of hibernation, a nearly planet-wide exodus occurred. Little did the inhabitants of Pandora know, they had settled during the planet's seven year winter. Research facilities, mining stations and trade posts spring up overnight. Dahl expands it's operations to Pandora and her moon, Elpis, while Atlas extends its rule over Pandora with its elite military unit known as the Crimson Lance. Rumors of the Vault, filled with Eridian weaponry spreads like wildfire, fueling a universe-wide 'gold rush' in search of new Vaults.Ĭorporations, like Dahl and Atlas (the later of which has risen to immense power thanks to their discovery of alien weaponry in the first Vault), settle new and exotic worlds, one of which is Pandora. A small company known as Atlas encounters one such Eridian Vault on the planet of Promethea. Few Eridians remain in the galaxy, and those that are constructed The Guardians to protect the last remnants of their society.įast forward millions of years to modern times. The race was largely destroyed long, long ago, albeit, after they had managed to create and store their technology in treasure troves known as Vaults.

Their technological advancements far exceed anything the modern universe has been able to create thus far. Long ago, an ancient alien race known as the Eridians inhabited the universe. Mainly because I am bored, but I hope we can edit this and add to it to try and make this the best guide to the series’ story.īe warned there are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Borderlands, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Borderlands 2, Tales From the Borderlands and the future of the series. Hi all, I've decided to compile the complete story of Borderlands thus far.

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