Claney Beamard

*"My name is Claney Beamard. I’m a Guardian from the Tower. I’m here to help you."*-Claney to Celeste when he first found her.

Claney Beamard is an experienced Titan who currently calls the Farm home. He is a natural born Defender, with an extremely strong affinity to Void Light. He is also capable of using the other Titan disciplines, though he did not learn to use Solar Light until the Red War.

## History

### Pre-Collapse

The only thing Claney remembers from his life before the Collapse is that his mother died of a lingering illness.

### Early Career

Claney was resurrected shortly before the Battle of Six Fronts and quickly joined Fireteam Beircheart when it’s leader, Donvan, took the young Titan under his wing.

Fireteam Beircheart was involved in the assault on the Moon that became known as the Great Disaster. Only three members of the fireteam survived the Moon, and one Guardian took his own life shortly after, leaving only Claney an Exo-Titan named Caelan-5 as the only surviving members. These events scared Claney, and he spent the years after living by the Firebreak Protocol, throwing himself recklessly into battle after battle.

Claney took part in the Battle of Twilight Gap. He was helping escort a young Guardian named Silvan back to the Last City when they were shot down and had to survive outside the walls.

### Just Prior to Destiny

After helping two other Guardians defend a settlement under assault from a Fallen force, Claney followed a lone Ghost and witnessed the resurrection of a young woman named Celeste. Claney fought off another Fallen attack, and took the young girl back to the Tower, where he served as her co-guardian and mentor, eventually growing into a father/daughter relationship.

### Destiny 1 Era

#### A Not so Simple Patrol

Claney was investigating a signal on the Moon and discovered a trove of dead Ghosts and armor dating back to the Great Disaster. He was immediately attacked by a Hunter named Jaeger-10 for unknown reasons. Shortly after, he joined two other Guardians, Warlocks Scott-10 and Zillah Arvid, in investigating an Ishtar Collective facility on Venus. They were joined in this venture by Celeste.

While on Venus, Claney and the other Guardians were affected by the Transmission Crisis that spread through the system when the Fallen stole the Golden Age technology known as SIVA. This split the team briefly. When they began to reunite, Jaeger-10 appeared again and attacked Claney.

Around this time, the Iron Temple opened to Guardians, and Claney and the team found their way there. From there, they set about investigating SIVA, and came across Jaeger-10 again. This instigated a series of events that lead to a deadly showdown.

### Destiny 2 Era

#### When the Sun Winds Down

Claney led the newly formed Fireteam Painted Truth on their first mission, heading to Mars to seek a rogue Warlock. During that mission, the Cabal known as the Red Legion assaulted the Last City and caged the Traveler. The fireteam found themselves stranded on Mars without their Light.

Once they found their way back to Earth, the team discovered the City in ruins, then found their way to the Farm. They visited the Shard of the Traveler in hopes of regaining their Light, but did not. The team stayed on the Farm, helping prepare for refugees and patrolling the area for enemies. During this time, Claney began to receive flashes of memory from his old life.

Claney and the team joined the assault to retake the City, battling the Cabal to free their home and the Traveler. When the Traveler was freed, Claney received a vision from it and found himself suddenly able to use Solar Light.

#### Dust to Dust and Memories

Following the events of the Red War, Claney moved permanently to the Farm. After several years, he proposed to Zillah Arvid and she accepted. He tracked down the last surviving member of his original fireteam, Caelan-5, whom he had not seen since The Battle of Twilight Gap to mend fences and ask him to be his best man. Caelan accepted.

Claney and Zillah were wed in a cathedral in the Last City, where they recited vows that they had each written, and then celebrated at the reception before leaving for their honeymoon. That brief time of peace and happiness was not to last as, shortly after returning home, Claney learned that his daughter Celeste and her fireteam had disappeared while investigating Hive activity on the Moon.

### Future Occurrences

In a possible future, Claney seemingly dies while overcharging his Ward of Dawn in a desperate attempt to save his wife and daughter from an overwhelming enemy force. He disappears in a blinding flash of Void Light.

## Quotes

### By Claney

*"I'm trying to teach you to fight so that things out there that are a lot meaner than me won't do a lot worse than give you a few bumps and bruises. You asked me to start training you. What were you expecting?”*
“I don't know. Light stuff? Supers, grenades, blowing stuff up.”

“That all comes later. In the field, Light can fail, guns jam, and ammo depletes. You need to be able to fight if you want to have any chance out there. You need to be a weapon."*- Claney and Celeste during his time training her when she was younger*

*"I don’t think I will ever understand the Hive. Quite frankly, I don’t think I want to. The Fallen, I can understand. I could even sympathize with them a little bit, if they weren’t always trying to shoot me in the face."*- Claney's opening narration in A Not so Simple Patrol

*"There are two more levels here. The walls curves out slightly. I think I could jump down from here, save myself a whole lot of walking.”*
“If you miss, I’m not flying all the way down that hole to revive you.”

“Fair enough."*- Claney and his Ghost Elgan discussing whether he could make a jump down through Hive architecture*

*"We are not Guardians because of the Light. That only makes us Risen. We are Guardians because of the choices we make. We choose to fight for those who do not have the strength to do it for themselves. We choose to oppose those who would see humanity wiped form the universe. We. Choose. So now we make another choice. Whether or not you are still a Guardian. Me? I'm still a Guardian. I will continue to be a Guardian until I die my final death, because there is something in the core of my being that demands that I do everything in my power to protect those around me."*- Claney to Fireteam Painted Truth after losing their Light

### About Claney

*"You know, brother, I heard you were back on your nonsense. Trying to save everybody all the time, acting all noble and heroic. Hmph. I thought you were a whole lot more interesting the other way."*- The Drifter speaking to Claney the first time he played Gambit

## Trivia

* Claney Beamard is the main character of user JSMulligan.
* Claney was resurrected with little in the way of combat skills. A member of his fireteam put the phrase, “Only you can prevent friendly fire,” on his weapons.
* Claney is a talented singer. He used to do it frequently with his original team, but stopped after their deaths. At least publicly.
* Claney lost most of his left leg and wears a mechanical prosthetic.