UserWiki:TheTrueSorrowMaker/Biography

Biography

Origins

The origins towards the entity known simply as the True Sorrow Maker or the Emperor as the Abhorrent Brood would know them by is left a mystery. Cryptarchs of the City proclaim him to be the Hive's equivalent to the Greek muse of history, Clio. The Hive would compare the Emperor as an opposition to Anziluu, the Ravenous as he describes what will be while the Emperor describes what once was. The Cabal claim that he may have some relation to the surrogate mother of the Osmium Progeny, Taox and may be the link between her and the OXA Machine. The Fallen believe them to be somewhat related to the old tale of Skira, the Watcher, which may or may not be another name held by the Emperor.

The Emperor has had personal history with members of the Hive Pantheon, most specifically Nokris, Herald of Xol, who based his own teachings and even appearance off of the Emperor. Oryx believed him to be a sycophant or rather a pretender to himself and his rule, as Oryx fed off of curiosity while the Emperor fed off of knowledge. Anziluu believed him to be a threat to the Weave of Fate to the point in which he banished him and his own followers from ever entering into the Realm of Apocrypha as it was the greatest source of knowledge of the past, present and future

Founding the Hill of Sorcery

"From this peak, I shall craft a mighty fortress from which my future regime shall rise from."

— The Emperor

At an unknown point prior to the arrival of the Traveler to Sol, the Emperor and his regime of Hive arrived on the Moon and sought to establish a foothold there. They constructed it into a strategic position on Luna in which it would be on the opposite side of the Moon from which the Hellmouth would later be built. At a later point, Crota sought to destroy the Hill of Sorcery as it stood on his lunar territory. The Emperor denied his conquest by hiding the fortress behind a massive veil that was virtually undetectable and unassailable by any means other than secret pathways that only the Emperor and his own Hive knew of.

However, Crota would learn of one of these pathways and sneak his brood into the Hill of Sorcery, causing a massive war between the two broods. Crota would eventually find and kill the Emperor deep within the tower that sat upon the peak of the Hill of Sorcery. In his last moments, the Emperor would banish Crota and his brood from his fortress behind a lock and key. The Emperor's broods would lay their leader's body to rest within a tomb that sat below his tower.

While the location of the Hill of Sorcery fell into obscurity, forces of the Hidden Swarm would keep records of the location of the Emperor's fortress within the Cauldron.