No they fled the Darkness carving its way through Humanity's Empire to get at the Traveler in the Sol System over Earth.
They didn't leave Earth. They fled the dying empire as humans and arrived on Earth looking for sanctuary as Awoken.
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They became Awoken in deep space, hence the Reef.
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The Reef is only one such place gathered by the Awoken.
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Source?
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Dark Age Ghost Fragment. "From the deep black came the Awoken, their eyes haunted." ... "It was a time of vast suffering and terrible evil. But there was one hope: the promise of a refuge beneath the Traveler."
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It just says the deep black, it doesn't say anything about multiple places.
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It is referencing that the Awoken returned to Earth from Deep Space seeking the rumored refuge which is the Last City constructed beneath the Traveler. It is likely that not every Awoken returned to Earth or could even make it that far and was forced to settle elsewhere.
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Still doesn't change the fact that they became Awoken after leaving Earth and traveling to deep space. There shouldn't be Awoken Guardians resurrected on Earth, as the Guardians we play as died [i]on Earth[/i] during the Golden Age or Collapse.