Elisabeth Bray: Difference between revisions

|hair=Black {{c|human}}<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/photo-of-ana-and-elsie-bray Photo of Ana and Elsie Bray]</ref>

{{Quote|Piecing together complex systems of causalities is the puzzle that defined me.|Elsie Bray, reflecting on her life as a scientist}}<ref name="Sn0Treads">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard - [[BrayTech_Hunter_Armor#BrayTech_Sn0Treads|BrayTech Sn0Treads]]</ref>

Elsie decided that due to the threat of the Vex she needed to transfer her consciousness to an Exobody in order to avoid being compromised by them. She stormed into Clovis I's laboratory to inform him of her decision, but used her [[Sensorium]] to crash his archival system so he could not record the conversation. She berated her grandfather for his crimes and threatened turning him over to the Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity while mocking his belief in PFHOR, declaring that is should stand for "Paternal Failure Hides Own Remorse". Elsie finished by declaring that he had underestimated the threat of the Vex and used Clovis II as a test subject for his own quest for immortality. Clovis I agreed to her request and instituted a full brain scan, which flawlessly copied Elsie's mind while fatally poisoning her body. Clovis I kept her human form sedated and unconscious for the last fourteen hours of life. Now in a new Exo body,<ref name="MLEU">'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—Elisabeth’s_Upload|Mysterious Logbook - Note - Elisabeth's Upload]]''</ref> which was custom made to match her previous body perfectly,<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Legacy%27s_Lament#Mia-9_Audio_Log|Legacy's Lament: Mia-9 Audio Log]]</ref> Elsie had lost most of her memories in the transfer but began to put her new form through rigorous testing.<ref name="MLEU"/>

With the Vex infection being wiped out on Europa, Elsie turned her attention to reconnecting with the rest of the Bray family on Mars. She first visited her siblings, and Willa was impressed by the Exo body, although she noted that the amnesia was unfortunate but that there was always an expected cost when dealing with Clovis. Elsie was confused when Willa stated that at least she had not torn herself apart, and Willa explained that had happened to their father upon his conversion. Looking at Willa, Elsie began to feel feelings of both love and frustration, which she believed was accurate for her elder sister. Elsie joked that maybe upon Clovis I's conversion losing his memories would make him less like himself, but Willa claimed that he would never go through with it if that were the case. She then showed Elsie her current project, [[SIVA]], and claimed it was her own path to immortality and that had Elsie waited a few more years she could have used it instead. Elsie was disturbed by the nanites, which reminded her of the Vex, and observed that it sounded like using it would make them made out of bugs. Willa then told Elsie that they had made their own plans for BrayTech before Elsie lost her memory, but that those plans would never come to fruition if Clovis I never died.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Warlock)#Legacy's_Oath_Gloves|Legacy's Oath Gloves]]</ref>

Upon reuniting with Ana, her younger sister was excited to see her and immediately hugged her. Thanks to her enhanced Exo senses Elsie could smell Ana's girlfriend's perfume and shampoo vividly and hugged her back as hard as she could, realizing that it was her first hug as an Exo. Ana reassured her she was not upset about Elsie keeping her disease a secret, and Elsie told her that according to their grandfather she had not known until recently about having it. Her sister questioned if she was really sick and noted that Clovis I could have faked it to get Elsie to test out the Exo conversion process and wondered if she had run the tests herself. Elsie reminded her that she could not remember if she had, causing Ana to apologize about forgetting about the amnesia. Ana then declared that they could now do everything they had always wanted to, including climbing Olympus Mons so that Ana could shove her off the top and watch her stick the landing.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Warlock)#Legacy's_Oath_Bond|Legacy's Oath Bond]]</ref>

Elsie's visit with Alton did not go as well as her other sibling reunions. Upon reaching out to shake her brother's hand he instead pinched it and was fascinated that she felt pain. She was forced to duck out of the way when he swung a rod at her head to test her pain reaction, causing Alton to wonder why she would avoid it as it could not possibly damage her body and thus should not have a pain signal. Elsie wondered if this was a test and if Alton measured family relations through pain tolerance, becoming frustrated that she could not remember. She questioned Alton about why he had not been invited to Europa like she and their sisters, causing Alton to claim he was more of administrator and troubleshooter than scientist, mentioning his work on K1. Elsie was dubious, and Alton noted that Clovis I must have mentioned his work there. She revealed to him that while their grandfather had told her of the rest of their family he never mentioned Alton once, a fact which disconcerted her and angered her brother.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Warlock)#Legacy's_Oath_Robes|Legacy's Oath Robes]]</ref>

Elsie's mother Sylvie was horrified upon seeing Elsie as an Exo and blamed Clovis I for her condition. Elsie attempted to reassure her that she would not end up like her father, but found it difficult to find the right words to say as she could only remember her mother as a warm feeling. Unable to calm Sylvie down and stop her from crying, Elsie set herself up in one of the guest bedrooms, noticing throughout the house reminders of her father Clovis II, indicating the deep love Sylvie still had for him even after he was unfaithful and his horrific demise. Upon going to sleep, Elsie dreamed of a tower and murdering everyone she knew, including her family, as she made her way through the prison cells within. Elsie woke up screaming, which caused Sylvie to come and comfort her. Elsie explained her dream, and Sylvie blamed this on Clovis I as well, claiming that he had made her this way and everything he killed all he touched.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Warlock)#Legacy's_Oath_Cowl|Legacy's Oath Cowl]]</ref>

Elsie's last visit was to her grandmother [[Lusia Lin|Lusia]], whom she had difficulty tracking down due to her going back to her maiden name. She eventually found her in Suriname in South America on [[Earth]]. During her visit they went to a nearby river to pull in a fishing net, which became stuck underwater. Elsie stripped out of her clothes and dived in to untangle the net, but found it ruined. She instead used her speed and strength to catch a fearsome wolf fish. As she emerged from the water, several locals pointed at her and yelled out, causing Lusia to dismiss them as perverts. Elsie noted that they might be more interested in the fact she was a robot, and was caught off-guard when Lusia argued that she was not and it was a body and a person through basic transhuman hermeneutics. Lusia laughed and wondered if Clovis I had told her Lusia was stupid. With a newfound appreciation for her grandmother's intellect, Elsie asked why she came to Suriname. She told her that it was a nature preserve and home, causing Ellie to question who she was preserving it from. Her grandmother told her she was protecting it from Clovis I and warned her that he always lied. She then noted that Clovis II had been a test run for her conversion, and that she was a test run for Clovis I's, and that he would only do that if he was afraid and that therefore she should be as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Warlock)#Legacy's_Oath_Boots|Legacy's Oath Boots]]</ref>

Upon arriving at Europa, Elsie boarded [[Bray Station]] and sabotaged its defenses before transmatting to the surface with weapons to fight to the Glassway and reach 2082 Volantis. She was contacted by Clovis I, who pleaded with her to stop her plan and that she would be committing genocide not against the Vex, but humanity by denying them immortality as Exos. She ignored his pleading as he continued to note that he could still save her father and sisters and begged her not to make him stop her, as she had always been his favorite. None of his pleadings moved Elsie, who remained committed to ending the threat of the Vex, causing Clovis to activate his ship ''[[Hannu II]]'''s weapons and strike her down from orbit. Elsie was killed and her paracausal weapon was destroyed by the attack.<ref>'''Bungie''' - ''[[Mysterious_Logbook#//TACTICAL_LOG_—_HUMAN_READABLE|Mysterious Logbook - //TACTICAL LOG - HUMAN READABLE]]''</ref>

Elsie survived in hiding through the arrival of the [[Darkness]] and the [[Collapse]] of human civilization. Living through centuries of conflict and war, Elsie eventually allied with the survivors of humanity in [[The Last City]] and was reunited with Ana. Elsie also harnessed the power of [[Stasis]] after the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet|arrival]] of the [[Black Fleet]] in the system. She also met and befriended [[Queen]] [[Mara Sov]] of the [[Awoken]]. During her time with Mara she urged her to pick a side, even if it was the wrong one.<ref name="DF7">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_7:_Commandeered|The Dark Future - Chapter 7: Commandeered]]</ref> However, the Last City eventually fell to [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] in an event known as the Bombardment, scattering what remained of humanity. After one last meeting with her sister that did not end well, Elsie went into hiding once more, surviving alone for more than a hundred years.<ref name="DF1">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_1:_The_Family_Line|The Dark Future - Chapter 1: The Family Line]]</ref>

Together the two sisters traveled to Europa and located the damaged entrance to the Deep Stone Crypt. Elsie recalled the siege there by [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]], who had spread the Darkness all across the moon, and cautioned Ana about the potential dangers within. Dropping down the elevator shaft, they landed to discover the Deep Stone Crypt still had power. Elsie was unnerved by Ana's fascination with the Crypt and her positive comments about their grandfather, whom Elsie blamed for the his role in the fall of humanity. After passing through the room housing [[Clarity Control]], they were eventually greeted by the smell of decay in the Exo production room. They discovered the corpse of [[The Drifter (character)|the Drifter]] within. Elsie wondered why he had been there and what happened to him, feeling a small bit of pity for the rogue [[Lightbearer]], but Ana stated that he had not deserved another chance. Activating the creation mechanisms, the two waited for Rasputin's body to built. Ana questioned if she ever thought about doing things differently, but Elsie lied that she did not. Her sister noted how much suffering Clovis I had caused and his role in bringing the Darkness, and admitted that she had been to the Crypt before and found the remnants of his journal before when Elsie asked how she knew that. Ana suggested that for all his faults their grandfather loved them and did some good, but Elsie rejected that notion and reminded Ana that she was there and saw all he did. After a long period of silence Rasputin's new body emerged, successfully uploaded and ready to aid them.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_2:_Itinerant_Mendicant|The Dark Future - Chapter 2: Itinerant Mendicant]]</ref>

With Rasputin restored, Elsie and Ana set off for the ruins of the Last City in the hope of finding [[Ikora Rey]]. Elsie was distracted by the fate of the Drifter, and wondered if that is what her fate might have been if Ana had not found her. As they explored the ruins, Elsie questioned how close Ana was to the [[Vanguard]], and Ana claimed that they had trusted her. Their discussion turned to their family, and Ana pleaded with Elsie to tell her what they had been like. Elsie did not wish to discuss the past and claimed that she only remembered what Clovis I had wanted her too, but their argument was interrupted when someone cocked a weapon behind them and demanded they leave. They turned and saw [[Zavala]], the former Commander of the Vanguard, now stripped of his Light and missing a leg. Elsie was saddened to see the once-mighty warrior reduced to such a state. She noted Ana's disappointment that Zavala was not happy to see her, and upon questioning him where Ikora was he pointed to the remains of [[Tower (Destiny 2)|Tower]] and stated she was buried beneath it.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_3:_Towerless|The Dark Future - Chapter 3: Towerless]]</ref>

Zavala told them to leave and began hobbling away on his crutch, but Elsie watched as Ana pleaded with him to help them destroy Savathûn. Elsie believed Zavala to be too broken to aid them and told Ana that they should leave. Ana denounced him as a coward, causing Zavala to stop and explain that he had done all he could to keep the Last City and Ikora safe, but they were too divided when the Last City was assaulted by Savathûn, the [[Cabal]], Eramis, and the Dark Guardians. He lamented that he had never gotten the chance to apologize to her for their arguments. Seeing how much Ana cared about getting Zavala on their side, Elsie intervened and told Zavala that she recalled having many fights with her father, but always made sure to say she loved him before leaving. The one time she had not was before his death and she never got the chance again. Reflecting that everyone present had made mistakes, but together they could work to correct them. Zavala surmised she was the fabled Elisabeth Bray and commented that they could have used her aid before. Ana agreed that she should have helped with the Pyramids, but Zavala explained that the fall of the Vanguard had come from Guardians sent to suppress the [[Black Heart]] of the [[Black Garden]] instead becoming corrupted and spreading Darkness. Elsie reassured him she was here now, and they reintroduced Zavala to Rasputin and requested his help in finding out how to best use him to pair Darkness and the Light against Savathûn. Zavala told them that would not be enough, and even if they defeated Savathûn, they must still deal with her master, the Witch [[Eris Morn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_4:_Unguarded|The Dark Future - Chapter 4: Unguarded]]</ref>

They were led by Zavala to the ruins of ''[[The Almighty]]'' where he now made his home in the hope that Rasputin could find something within the Cabal's files that could aid them. As the Warmind worked they questioned Zavala on what truly happened on the day of the Bombardment, and he explained that Eris had become corrupted by the Darkness through an artifact on Luna and betrayed them all. The Traveler fled during the battle, abandoning humanity to its fate. Rasputin then chimed in, and Elsie was hopeful by what he found: the blueprints for the [[Traveler Cage|cage]] that [[Dominus Ghaul]] had used to once entrap the Traveler and steal the Light. Excited, Elsie proposed finding the Traveler and using it to restore the Light to humanity, but was confused by Ana's seeming resistance to the plan. Rasputin revealed that Clovis I had data on the Traveler to track it, but Ana pointed out they would need an army. Elsie wondered why her sister had bothered finding her if she would give up now, causing Ana to agree to the plan. Zavala agreed to help as well and suggested they get the army they needed from [[Queen]] [[Mara Sov]] of the [[Awoken]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_5:_Almighty,_Once|The Dark Future - Chapter 5: Almighty, Once]]</ref>

The four of them set off on a ship to find Mara at Zavala's last known coordinates for her. After a few days of travel Elsie was visited in her quarters by Ana, who thanked her for her aid so far and for convincing Zavala to join them. Elsie was pleased that she had managed to renew some hope in Zavala, but was disappointed when Ana then requested once more that Elsie teach her how to use Stasis. She insisted that Elsie wielding it was proof that Stasis users were not inherently evil and could control it. Elsie argued that she did not have full control over it and that there was constant temptation while wielding it which she still struggled with and believed that she would never fully master it. Ana insisted that together they could and use it to take back their world as they deserved to, but Elsie claimed that they deserved what happened to them. Her sister was disgusted by this and noted that many people died while Elsie simply sat on the sidelines while using the Darkness as an excuse. As Ana stormed away, Elsie saw Zavala outsider her quarters. He questioned her use of Stasis, but Elsie warned him that she did not need to hear from him about it as well. The former Vanguard commander admitted that he could not judge as he once did and suggested that Elsie consider why Ana was asking to be taught Stasis. Their conversation was interrupted when Ana shouted from the cockpit that they had found Mara's flagship: ''[[The Leviathan]]''.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_6:_A_Matter_of_Trust|The Dark Future - Chapter 6: A Matter of Trust]]</ref>

As their army set course for Luna, Elsie eventually confronted Zavala about the conversation she overheard between him and Mara. She questioned why he suspected Ana and he claimed that something was not right about her. Elsie noted that he had been encouraging her to listen to Ana as well, but Zavala claimed he had been attempting to discern if something was wrong with her as well. She called him a bastard for his manipulations and noted that he would still be rotting in the wreckage of ''The Almighty'' if it had not been for Ana. She warned him that if anything had to be done about Ana, it would fall on her to do it as her sister. Zavala hoped that if the worst came to pass she would be able to act for all of their sakes.<ref name="DF8">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_8:_Migration|The Dark Future - Chapter 8: Migration]]</ref>

As Mara fell to the ground dead, Elsie yelled in horror and asked why Ana had done this. Her sister claimed that the Darkness could not thrive until all followers of the Light were dead and that they could go to a world without conflict once that was accomplished. Elsie rejected this and her sister's pleas that they could be a family again, unwilling to side with the Darkness. She readied her own Stasis powers and engaged her sister in battle, remembering her promise to Zavala despite seeing Ana's sadness over her decision. Ana swiftly overpowered her and damaged several of her core components. Falling to the ground, Elsie watched in despair as Mara's army was slaughtered by Eris's forces. Eris stood over Elsie and mocked her, noting that the void she had left in her sister's heart by trying to protect her had been filled by the Darkness. However, Elsie then pointed to the Traveler and noted that Eris had other problems besides her, as it had begun glowing with Light. As Eris directed her army to destroy the Traveler, Elsie was stabbed once more by Ana, but managed to break free of her Stasis hold. Blasting her sister away from her she tried once more to convince Ana she had been corrupted, but recognizing her sister was too far gone and stabbed her. As the life left Ana, Elsie saw what little remained of the sister she loved resurface, and vowed to kill Eris in revenge. She raced towards her foe, but saw the Darkness gathering around the increasing glow of Light from the Traveler which then exploded and bathed everything in its Light before leaving Elsie in darkness.<ref name="DF9">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dark_Future#Chapter_9:_The_Return|The Dark Future - Chapter 9: The Return]]</ref>

Elsie awoke from the darkness in the middle of a celebration in the Last City, surrounded by a massive crowd and children. Confused, she fought her way through the crowd, eventually finding [[Cayde-6]] at the heart of it declaring that he had finally killed [[Taniks, the Scarred]] in revenge for the murder of [[Andal Brask]]. She watched as Zavala noted Taniks had been killed before, but Ikora stepped in and suggested that he let the new [[Hunter]] Vanguard enjoy the victory.<ref name="DF9"/> Elsie eventually discovered she was stuck within a time loop that would send her back to this moment every time she perished. She became determined to use the loop to stop the dark future she lived through from happening again, but kept failed to prevent it again and again. Attempting to warn the inhabitants of the Last City and the Vanguard of the future events resulted in her being branded as insane or another doomsayer who was quickly exiled from the Tower. By the time events occurred that proved she was telling the truth, Eris would have fallen to the Darkness, the Drifter would be lost, and Ana would become corrupted no matter what she did.<ref name="AOS">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Any Other Sky]]</ref>

On the seventh loop, Elsie befriended Ikora Rey, and eventually managed to convince her that she was telling the truth about the dark future and Eris' fall to the Darkness. As they spoke, she despaired about how much longer she could repeat the cycle. Ikora reassured her that she was making a difference, noting that she now had her on her side, and that the path she walked was not as predetermined as Elsie had come to believe. She further observed that Elsie learned a little more each loop and was chipping away to find the core event she could change to prevent the dark future from coming to pass. Although Elsie appreciated Ikora's help, she explained that the Warlock did not understand what it was like to make one mistake that would result in years of pointlessness that she had to see through to the next reset. Ikora expressed faith in Elsie and that she would see her mission through. Reinvigorated, Elsie told her friend that she was ready, and the two departed to confront Eris, hopeful that this would be the last loop. However, they failed and both she and Ikora were killed within that week. Despite another loss and the fact that Ikora would never remember how close they grew, Elise remembered her friend's words and carried them with her as motivation to complete her mission.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Retrocausality]]</ref>

As the trauma and endless nature of the time loops wore on, Elsie considered killing Ana before her betrayal several times, but never could go through with it. On several occasions she joined forces with her sister to serve the Darkness, but found herself unable to live with the actions she undertook in those loops and fought back, which resulted in another reset.<ref name="NLL">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[No Love Lost]]</ref> Elsie's appearances across multiple timelines caught the attention of some within the Last City who could view those timelines, including the [[Future War Cult]], and she became known to them as the "Exo Stranger". They began to research and develop theories about her origins and purpose. Some speculated she was a member of an Exo squad who was continuing her mission from a long-forgotten war, although others dismissed her as a hallucination caused by [[Vex]] technology. Many of those who had the rare encounters with her insisted that she had saved their lives and prevented numerous catastrophic events.<ref name="Stranger">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Exo_Stranger#The_Exo_Stranger|The Exo Stranger]]''</ref> The Guardian [[Praedyth]], who was trapped within the Vex's [[Vault of Glass]], recorded that he saw her as the one constant throughout multiple realities with varying degrees of importance and moods, but always with a gun.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Activision Blizzard - [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/classified-30 Talk to Lakshmi-2]''</ref>

Elsie also sought to secure any technology left by Clovis I that could prove a threat to the remnants of humanity should it fall into the wrong hands. Amongst that technology was the plans for the BT-7707, a portable mass driver which could fire rounds beyond relativistic speeds. Elsie explained that while the weapon was never built in this timeline, Clovis I had stolen the designs for it from another reality that they needed to secure them before any of their foes did.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon Soon]''</ref> She first had them scour the BrayTech Exoscience facility to for the schematics while explaining that House Salvation could potentially build a weapon capable of firing across the galaxy if they found the plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/blueprint-compilation Blueprint Compilation]''</ref> Once the plans were secure the Young Wolf calibrated the data so that they could use it to upgrade No Time to Explain. Meeting with them, Elsie was horrified by wondering about what her grandfather had planned on doing with a weapon capable of firing highly-destructive rounds through time and across galaxies. She decided that they would use the data they needed but leave the rest of the information buried so that Clovis I's plans for the weapon would never come to pass.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Soon]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/exo-stranger-soon-2 Soon 2]</ref>

Elsie continued to research the Darkness and learned of more secrets that Clovis I had hidden away. Informing the Young Wolf that they needed to charge the skeleton key with more energy, she directed them to the [[Infinite Well]] and a pocket of Darkness energy that she had recently detected there. The Young Wolf prevented the Vex from claiming the energy for themselves and Elsie told them that the data they sought could be accessed by undergoing one of Clovis I's most difficult Exo training simulations. Once that was completed Elsie congratulated the Young Wolf and sent them to the Ziggurat to commune with the Darkness and unlock more aspects of their Stasis powers.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[The Encroaching Dark]]</ref>

{{Quote|Why me? Why am I left alone here? Survivor's guilt doesn't begin to describe my pain. I miss my family. I don't know what family means when I don't even carry the blood to tie us together any longer.|Elsie}}<ref name="LOV">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Legacy%27s_Oath_Suit_(Hunter)#Legacy's_Oath_Vest|Legacy's Oath Vest]]</ref>