HADES was tasked with restarting Earth's extinction in the event that Project Zero Dawn didn't succeed. This resulted in the tribal society that Aloy occupied.Īs Project Zero Dawn fell apart, an unidentified signal caused HADES, one of GAIA's subsystems, to take control of her functions. The plan was initially a success until Theodore Faro, the company's founder, sabotaged the system that would've taught the clones lessons for society to thrive due to his want to hide his involvement in humanity's extinction. GAIA was to then deactivate all the machines and repopulate Earth with clones using stored DNA of past humans. It's revealed that Project Zero Dawn's plan was to let humanity go extinct. With Sylens' help, Aloy travels to an Orbital Launch Base, the area that Project Zero Dawn was to be completed. It's apparent, however, that something disrupted the plan. This system was to be controlled by GAIA, an AI that would've overseen both the deactivation of the machines and Earth's restoration. Sobeck started Project Zero Dawn, a plan to shut down the FARO robots and for human life to start anew. Aloy discovers that this company caused the destruction of the Old World after they lost control of their military machines, FARO robots. In her journey, she meets Sylens, a helpful but mysterious figure who guides her as she reaches the ruins of Faro Automated Solutions. She leaves the land of the Nora to unravel the conspiracy against her. She discovers that the Eclipse were targeting her due to her resemblance to a scientist from the Old World, Dr. Aloy is almost killed by Helis, until Rost sacrifices himself for her. They are heavily outmatched due to the Eclipse's ability to control machines. Right as she wins the competition, the Nora are ambushed by a group called the Eclipse, lead by Helis. Main Plot Summary The ProvingĪloy enters The Proving, eager to find out who her mother was, and faces a bittersweet goodbye with her father figure, Rost.
But winning The Proving is only the beginning of her journey. She is aided by her Focus, a small device that grants her access to an augmented reality, letting her see weak spots of machines and hidden areas in the world.Įager to prove herself to the tribe that cast her out, and to uncover the past that's been hidden from her, she trains her whole life to prepare for The Proving - a competition that lets the winners become Nora Braves. Despite a difficult upbringing, she learns how to survive in the world, and becomes a skilled hunter of machines. In Horizon Zero Dawn, you play as Aloy, an outcast from the Nora tribe who is raised by Rost, a fellow outcast.