Editing First Crota Fireteam

{{Quote|I put my trust, and the Light of four others, in a madman, and I bear witness to their fall into darkness and death.|Eriana-3}}<ref name="HMTwo">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Places|Places]]/[[Grimoire:Places/Moon|Moon]], [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth 2|Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth 2]]''</ref> 
The '''First Crota Fireteam''' (also known as '''Eris' Fireteam''') was a [[Guardian]] [[Fireteam]] composed of six Guardians: the [[Warlock|Warlocks]] [[Toland, the Shattered]], and [[Eriana-3]], [[Hunter|Hunters]] [[Eris Morn]], [[Omar Agah]], and [[Sai Mota]], and the lone [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Vell Tarlowe]]. Together they ventured deep into the [[Hellmouth]], in an attempt to assassinate the [[Hive]] god [[Crota]]. They ultimately failed, leading to the deaths of all but Eris, who lost her eyes and her [[Ghost]] during their quest. Years later, it would be revealed on two separate occasions that [[Toland, the Shattered|two]] [[Omar Agah|others]] had also survived, unbeknownst to Eris, and were encountered by chance in the travels of [[the Guardian]].
  
==Members==
*[[Eriana-3]] — leader 
*[[Eris Morn]] 
*[[Toland, the Shattered]] 
*[[Sai Mota]] 
*[[Omar Agah]] 
*[[Vell Tarlowe]] 
 
==Formation==
{{Quote|So, driven by the words of an exiled madman and a desire for revenge, you are planning a forbidden attack by half a dozen people in an interdiction zone where thousands of Guardians were killed, and that plan is to kill a god. Did I get that right?|Sai Mota when approached by Eriana and Eris about joining the fireteam}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Luna's Lost|Luna's Lost]], [[Lore:Luna's Lost#Ghost Fragment: Sai Mota's Ghost|Ghost Fragment: Sai Mota's Ghost]]''</ref>
Eriana-3, a survivor of [[The Great Disaster]], sought a means to bring an end to the Hive god Crota, who had slain the Warlock's girlfriend [[Wei Ning]] during the ill-fated campaign.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Guardian|Guardian]]/[[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes|Classes]], [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2|Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2]]''</ref> Along with Eris Morn, she searched for means to exact her revenge, with little success. Their search found them a possible answer in an unlikely man: Toland, the Shattered. The exiled Warlock had insights into the Hive that convinced Eriana enough to recruit Sai Mota, Omar Agah, and Vell Tarlowe and make an attempt on the Hive's fortress to kill a god.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities/Raids|Raids]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota's_End|Crota's End]]''</ref>

==History==
{{Quote|Toland, stop recording this. Fine, fine. Whatever. A toast, then! To the best damned fireteam I've ever worked with. We may not be the smartest. And we may not be the bravest. But we are the dumbest! To victory!|Sai Mota, on the night before they set off for their quest<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/kings-fall?highlight=sai King's Fall]''</ref>}}
The Fireteam camped out at the moon base in the [[Anchor of Light]], planning their assault.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[The Wakening]]'' </ref>. The six made for the [[Temple of Crota]], where they were confronted by [[Alak-Hul]] and his consort [[Verok]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Sunless Cell]]''</ref> Tarlowe, undaunted by the foes, charged in but was overwhelmed by their spawn of [[Thrall]]s and fell.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Enemy of My Enemy]]'' </ref> 

The remaining five managed to enter the Hellmouth and followed the screams of [[Omnigul]] deeper into the Hive stronghold.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Omnigul,_Will_of_Crota|Omnigul]]''</ref> Somehow, the team was split up, with Eriana-3 and Sai in one group, and Toland, Omar and Eris in the other.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Hand_of_Crota|Hand of Crota]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Eyes_of_Crota|Eyes of Crota]]''</ref> Toland slipped away at some point, seeking out [[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]], wishing to learn the secrets of her [[Deathsong]], in which he was interested. The Song killed him, detaching his soul from his body and sending it to the [[Ascendant Plane]].<ref name="Hellmouth 1">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Places|Places]]/[[Grimoire:Places/Moon|Moon]], [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth|Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth]]''</ref> Eriana heard his screams echo through the Hellmouth.<ref name="HMTwo"/>

The rest of the group fell in short order. An injured and near death Omar was captured by the [[Heart of Crota]], his [[Light]] stripped from him to feed unborn Hive, and succumbed to the torture before Eris's eyes,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Heart_of_Crota|Heart of Crota]]''</ref> however unbeknownst to everyone, the ritual went awry, allowing Omar to survive.<ref name="Xeno">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - Item Descripton: [[Xenophage#Lore|Xenophage]]''</ref> Sai, fighting with the bones of fallen [[Acolyte|Acolytes]], was killed by Omnigul herself while trying to escape from the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - Item Description: [[Acolyte Rung]]''</ref> Eriana made it to the very bottom of the Hellmouth, sending off her dying Ghost [[Jax]], remorseful for her foolish quest and the death she caused, fighting the Hive with what remained of her Light.<ref name="HMTwo"/> Toland saw her from the Netherworld, and believed her to have been brave in her final moments.<ref name="Hellmouth 1" />

Eris survived, losing her eyes and her Ghost [[Brya]], hiding in the dark tunnels of the Hive.<ref name= "Crota's Bane">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Tower Allies|Tower Allies]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower Allies#Crota's Bane|Crota's Bane]]''</ref> She clung to a copy of Toland's Journal, learning from it of the dark secrets of the Hive the Warlock had discovered. <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Lost to Light]]''</ref> It is also likely that an Ahamkara bone aided her in finding her way out.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Desctiption: [[Armor of the Great Hunt (Hunter)#Cloak of the Great Hunt|Cloak of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> Long after, she would emerge from the pit, changed after years in the dark. Seeking vengeance for her friends, she would guide Guardians to fight against the Hive on her behalf, ultimately leading to the death of Crota and the rest of the Hive who she deemed responsible for the horrors in the pit.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]''</ref>

While Eris herself was believed to be the only survivor of the fireteam's fatal strike, it later turned out three out of six team members survived in some form. Apart from her and Toland, Omar was also found alive as a Hive bug trapped in a crystal, after the Heart of Crota had accidentally stripped not only his Light from him, but also his soul.<ref name="Xeno"/> [[The Guardian]] later found him deep within the [[Pit of Heresy#Tunnels of Despair|Tunnels of Despair]] and brought to Eris, who put him into his treasured [[machine gun]] [[Xenophage]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] -  [[The Journey]]''</ref>

==Rise of Nightmares==
{{Quote|Once more, I'm forced to relive the loss of my old fireteam. Their screams of agony haunted me for so long, but never did I anticipate hearing their voices again. The Darkness is deceptive and seeks to corrupt from within. It knows just where to strike.|Eris Morn in a letter to [[Mara Sov]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Letters from Eris|Letters from Eris]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding Eris' Fireteam|Regarding Eris's Fireteam]]''</ref>}}
Upon discovering the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Pyramid]] deep under the Moon's surface, [[Nightmare]]s of her old fireteam members began to haunt Eris to deter her from her quest against the Darkness. The longer she and the Guardian worked to find a way into the Pyramid, the more phantoms appeared to taunt her - even Toland's, who Eris already knew had survived.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[In the Deep]]''</ref> The Guardian aided her by finding lost keepsakes of her friends and bringing them to her to invoke the real memories she had of them, aside from the pain and grief. Eris kept the memorabilia to remind her of who they truly were, and that allowed the phantoms haunting her to disperse.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Memory of Eriana-3]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Memory of Omar Agah]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Memory of Sai Mota]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Memory of Toland, The Shattered]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Memory of Vell Tarlowe]]''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'' {{1st}} 
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]''
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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