Uldren Sov
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Bearer of Hawkmoon |
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Uldwyn Sov |
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Yang Liwei (formerly) |
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Prince of the Reef |
| “ | I'm not just a Lightbearer. I'm not the man I was before. He's gone, forever. I'm an instrument of the Traveler's will... I'm a Guardian. | ” |
Uldren Sov, born Uldwyn Sov as a human, was one of the first Awoken and is the loyal brother of the Queen of the Reef Mara Sov. As the Prince of the Reef he served as the Master of Crows, the official spymaster of the Reef and monitored all threats to his people. While a loyal advisor to his sister, he disagreed with Mara frequently on matters of defense and foreign policy, and was very disdainful of the Guardians. During the Battle of Saturn his fighter was damaged and crashed on Mars. Over the next several years Uldren sought to find his sister, convinced she remained alive, but was corrupted and manipulated by Riven into creating the Scorn and turning on the Reef in his bid to reopen the Dreaming City. After murdering Cayde-6 during his crusade, Uldren was eventually hunted down and killed by the Young Wolf and Petra Venj.
Uldren's body was found in the Dreaming City by a Ghost and revived as a Lightbearer. Traveling to Earth and naming his Ghost Glint, the new Lightbearer soon learned to hide from Guardians who grew violent when they saw his face. After one confrontation left him drifting in the vacuum of space, he was rescued by the Spider, who mockingly dubbed him as Crow and pressed him into service as an enforcer to repay his debt. Crow was freed from this servitude by the Young Wolf after helping them defeat the High Celebrant of Xivu Arath and chose to become a Guardian after receiving visions from the Traveler. Under the mentorship of the Guardian and Savathûn posing as Osiris, Crow traveled to the Last City and became a scout for the Vanguard and later the current Hunter Vanguard.
Uldren Sov's biography
First life
- "Mara, you're too far out!"
- — Uldwyn
During the Golden Age, the man who would become Uldren Sov was Uldwyn, one of the nine hundred crewmembers of the colony ship Yang Liwei. He served aboard the ship as part of Project Amrita along with his mother Osana and his fraternal twin sister Mara.[2] He was known to be boisterous and a risk-taker, often prize-fighting with other members of the crew.[3]
As the Yang Liwei was outbound from the Solar System, the Black Fleet descended to bring about the Collapse. As the Yang Liwei was engulfed by the black, light-negating field broadcast by the Black Fleet, the Traveler struck out with a beam of Light and held the Darkness at bay. The force of the conflict between the two paracausal forces was too great, and a kugelblitz formed, swallowing the Yang Liwei and all of its passengers and crew, including Uldwyn.[4]
Rebirth as an Awoken
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Like the rest of the Awoken, Uldwyn was reborn in the pocket universe known as the Distributary with little to no memory of his previous life. He took the name Uldren, which like most Awoken names is a permutation of his original human name.
Alice Li, now known as Alis Li, spoke at the first council where the Awoken took their first consensus. However, Uldren urged many to seek secret conclave with Mara.[5]
During the early ages of Awoken history, Uldren was a renowned hunter and scout, and brought news to Osana from other tribes.[6]
During the Theodicy War, Osana and Uldren visited the Diasyrm's camp on behalf of Mara and Alis Li who sought to end the war. Uldren spread Mara's doctrine that the Awoken could have never been gods, due to the strife within their souls caused by the clash of Light and Darkness at their creation.[7]
A long time later, Uldren and Osana visited Mara on the hills above the Feathered Barrens. Uldren's eagle-crow killed one of the parrots, and while Mara was initially annoyed, she began to pity and respect him when he explained that he had brought his eagle-crow there to die, and had come to terms with their death. Osana shared that her true reasons for joining Uldren on his visit was to confront Mara about her role in the war. Mara avoided her questions, but Uldren began to question why she lived isolated like a heretic. Mara avoided his questions once more, and asked what he remembered of his former life. Osana stated that their lives could not have been as good as they are now, but Mara remarked that they are least had each other. She told them the next day they would begin a journey so she could sell star charts and find a new eagle-crow for Uldren.[8]
In later days, the Gensym Scribes had gained power over the Awoken court, and recorded frustrations with Uldren and Mara who had witnessed the creation of the Distributary, and in their travels had begun to create a cult of lore and prophecies surrounding them.[9]
Sjur Eido, a follower of the Diasyrm sought out Mara Sov to avenge her. However, after watching her, realized she could not kill her, and challenged her to a duel to the agony. Mara chose Uldren as her champion, who proposed three contests: a fight with blade, rifle, and fifth-generation air superiority fighters.[10]
First was the battle of blades, in which they fought on a net of woven lianas over a pool of water. Uldren chose ceramic armor and a fractal knife, while Sjur chose a standard Paladin pressure suit. Sjur fought straightforward, while Uldren fought deceptively, targetting key lianas so Sjur would lose her footing. Ultimately they both fell in the water, and the battle was a tie.[11]
Next was the battle with rifles. Sjur chose a Tigerspite, and Uldren chose silent needle carbine. They spent six weeks in the jungle, and despite Uldren being the better Hunter, Sjur was a better soldier and used the jungle to her advantage, scaring predators towards Uldren. Eventually Sjur shot him while his back was turned to her in a rift lake, but due to water ruining terminal ballistics, he survived despite the loss. With only one battle remaining, Mara reminded him the has life was on the line.[12]
Last was the battle in the air. Deciding to fly over the Andalayas, Sjur chose an Ermine tactical fighter due to its skilled maneuverability. Uldren choses a Dart, despite its primitive weapons. They began a hundred kilometers apart, and after they reached eighty kilometers distance, Uldren reported over the radio that he had killed her and the engagement was over. Sjur was astonished, and remembered the Dart had nuclear weaponry, and Uldren had killed her using the simulated weaponry. Due to the tie, Sjur there herself at Mara's mercy, and Mara spared her life.[12]
Later Mara had Uldren travel to Marina to obtain an interferometer to help her find the point of singularity upon which they could leave the Distributary.[13]
Before Uldren, Mara, and their followers left the Distributary, Mara decided to speak with Alis Li. Uldren argued against speaking with her, and thought she should at least bring Sjur.[14] Osana also told Uldren that she wouldn't be joining them when they left the Distributary, and he refused to speak to her anymore.[15]
As Uldren and the Awoken prepared to launch into orbit, Sjur Eido detected missiles, and Mara ordered Uldren to direct his guns at protecting the gateway, even at the cost of their hulls.[15]
Upon leaving the Distributary, Uldren performed a survey of their surroundings, detecting a Reef of derelict space craft. While Uldren deployed his drones, Mara and Sjur discussed how to share the news of Earth's survivors to the Awoken.[16]
Uldren flew past the Last City and the Traveler, gathering surveillance data. He was intercepted by a Fallen crew, and quickly turned away. He landed and began looking for prisoners, but was confronted by the Fallen once more, and engaged in knife combat. The Fallen quickly gained the upper hand when it unexpectedly pulled out an extra set of arms and knives, and cut Uldren's throat.[17]
During the Long Unquiet Night, Uldren returned to the Awoken, sharing with Mara that he had discovered aliens.[18]
Mara called a meeting on the Sacred Fire, and asked Uldren to play his feed of the Last City and his encounter with the Fallen.[17]
Afterwards, Mara put Uldren under amnesia and removed the pieces of metal from his wound for analysis.[19]
A large group of Awoken abandoned Mara in favour of travelling to Earth to help the survivors of humanity. However, a Ketch followed them, and discerned the location of the Reef Awoken. The Fallen attacked, and Uldren, Mara, and Sjur rallied as many as they could and fought side by side, ultimately defeating the Fallen.[20]
Uldren and Illyn searched through the Baron's logs, and determined he had not shared their location with his Kell. Uldren met with Mara to share with her this news. Mara determined they needed to form a city, and sent Uldren forth to find a power unknown to any others. Uldren travelled across the worlds of Sol, eventually returning with the young Ahamkara, Riven.[21] Uldren was banned by Mara from speaking with Riven.[22]
Breaching the Black Garden
- "Asphodelia is its name. It grew only in the Black Garden… until today. We will plant it here, in our dominion, where I know it will take root and flourish. It will remind the people of our twin heritage."
- — Uldren presenting the flowers to Mara
Long before the resurrection of the Guardian, Uldren was beloved and admired by the Awoken people. He was famous for many deeds, but he knew underneath it all, the love of the people was due to his association with Mara. Seeking to be more than that to others, and to do something that even his seemingly all-knowing sister couldn't anticipate,[23] he resolved to venture into the Black Garden with only his wing-man Jolyon.[24] The duo ventured into Meridian Bay, fending off the Cabal and Vex as they search for a way to trick the latter race into opening the gate to the Garden.[25] Eventually, Uldren has a master plan: lure out a Gate Lord to get the gate open, then agitate the trigger-happy Cabal into killing the Gate Lord.[26] The plan worked, and the two spent an undetermined amount of time exploring the Black Garden.[27] During their venture, Uldren found beauty in the Garden. He developed a desire to protect it from the Guardians and a desire to one day bring Mara there. During his journey, he also attacked a detachment of Cabal that had been pulled into the Garden by the Vex, and learned that the Garden's secrets can "grow" into one's body and mind from an injured Legionary.[28]
Uldren and Jolyon eventually retreated from the Garden and returned to the Reef, battered in body and mind by their adventure. He returned to Mara and presented a clump of asphodelia he had picked in the Garden. Mara was initially impressed, but once the two were alone, Mara asked Uldren about the Garden's heart,[29] then expressed displeasure that he ignored her warning to not go to the Garden. While thinking about the Heart, he realized that it may be bait to lure the Guardians to the Garden and mark a milestone in the Traveler's recovery, and that he still failed to surprise his sister.[30] The latter thought was the one that wounded him the most. Later, he talked to Jolyon, who asks Uldren not to make what he saw in the Garden public.[31] As a result of his journey into the Black Garden, Uldren would become tainted with corruption that would consequently begin to deteriorate his sanity.[32]
The Reef Wars
Uldren intercepted a Fallen transmission that was broadcast on all channels but was unable to decrypt it, and was only able to discern that all of the Fallen Houses were having an unprecedented level of communication and cooperation. The Techeuns looked toward Earth and saw the Fallen gathering there, and the Reef's leadership came to the conclusion that the Fallen were joining forces for a major attack on the Last City. At first, they believed there was nothing they could do, until the House of Wolves passed through the asteroid belt and stopped at Ceres. There, the Awoken revealed themselves and assaulted the Wolves, using the Harbingers to shatter the planetoid and killed half the House of Wolves, including Virixas, Kell of Wolves. However, the Battle of Ceres was only the start of the Reef Wars, as the remaining members of the House of Wolves scattered throughout the Reef and split into three factions, led by Irxis, Wolf Baroness; Parixas, the Howling; and Skolas, the Rabid.[33]
After two major losses to the Wolves at Amethyst and Hygiea and a pyrrhic victory at Iris, Uldren provided the Awoken with a major advantage when he and his Crows cracked the Fallen's encryptions. Using knowledge gained from the intercepted communications, Uldren assisted Paladin Imogen Rife in luring one of Skolas' vassals, Baroness Drevis, into a trap at the asteroid Bamberga which destroyed her Ketch and led to the capture of Drevis, Kaliks-4, and many other high-ranking Fallen.[34] Unfortunately, the victory was short-lived as Rife's fleet was ambushed by another of Skolas' vassals, Pirsis, who gathered a massive fleet and laid siege to the settlement of Pallas, trapping Rife's forces for years. The stalemate was broken when Weksis, the Meek launched a foolhardy assault on Pallas that failed, giving the Reef superior numbers on the Fallen.[35] Uldren and his Crows then worked with the Techeuns to create an illusion of the Harbingers, which scared the Wolves into scattering and led to the capture of Pirsis, although the Fallen captain had managed to slay Paladin Rife during the battle.[36]
Following the capture of Beltrik, the Veiled at Fortuna Plummet, Uldren was brought a message by one of his Crows from a Fallen named Variks, the last member of the House of Judgment.[37] Variks provided the Reef with Skolas' plan to assault the military fortress of Cybele, leading to the capture of Skolas and most of his lieutenants, bringing an effective end to the Reef Wars.[38]
Meeting The Guardian
- "My motive is simply loyalty, to a people, a Queen and a sister."
- — Uldren, explaining his hostility to the Guardian
While tasking his Crows, Uldren ordered one to watch the entrance of the Black Garden and to follow any who passed through its gate. As the Crow left to set about its task, Uldren noticed one of the drones flying to avoid him and swiftly caught it in his grasp. Questioning it, he learned it was tasked by the Queen and forced it to state its task by reminding the Crow that it served him. It revealed that it was monitoring the Black Garden and that the Black Heart and the Sol Progeny which guarded it were growing stronger. After a brief moment of contemplation, Uldren brought the Crow with him to his sister's throne room and presented it to her, while noting that he believed he had earned the right to share this news.[39]
When a Guardian came to Reef asking for an audience with Mara, Uldren greeted them with hostility and told them that he did not believe they should be granted access to the Queen. As the Queen's Fallen guards entered the throne room, the Guardian panicked and grabbed a gun from one of the Awoken guards, causing Uldren to draw his knife and hold it to the Guardian's throat. Mara then entered the room and explained that the Fallen were hers, and after the guard retrieved their weapon Uldren removed his knife from the Guardian's throat and apologized to the Queen for the disturbance. When the Guardian declared they were looking for the Black Garden, Uldren was surprised, but was unimpressed that they intended to destroy the Darkness at its heart, dismissing their goal as unimaginative. The Guardian asked for help entering the Garden, and Uldren questioned why they would help them. Mara then called her brother over to the throne, and suggested that the Guardian retrieve a Gate Lord's eye so they could make a key for them. Uldren was pleased by this suggestion, as he believed the Guardian would perish attempting the task.[40]
Upon the Guardian's return, Uldren believed that they had run from the Gate Lord and mockingly reassured them that their was no shame in their action. The Guardian was defiant and said they did not run, transmatting the head of a Gate Lord into the throne room. Uldren was stunned they had succeeded, and when they asked for the key and location of the Black Garden as agreed, he angrily noted their ignorance of its location to his sister. She told him to provide the key and coordinates, confusing and angering him further, and Uldren exclaimed that if she wanted the Guardian dead they should just kill them now. His sister informed Uldren that his guessing of her motives was only revealing his own, and he bowed before her and claimed he only wished to serve his people and her. After she directed him once more to gift the Guardian the eye, Uldren reluctantly pulled out his knife and pried the eye from the Gate Lord's head. As he did so, the eye lost power, and Uldren cheerily noted that all the Guardian's efforts were wasted. Mara disagreed and ordered him to hand over the eye anyway, and after a moments hesitation he tossed them eye and provided the coordinates of the Black Garden's entrance on Mars. Mara then proclaimed that the Guardian would come to the Awoken's aid if they should ever need it, which Uldren bluntly noted meant that they owed them for this. As the Guardian left, Uldren sarcastically wished them luck getting through the Cabal's Exclusion Zone on Mars.[41]
The Wolf Rebellion
- "I do not see why this is funny. This Guardian may have dealt with them on Earth, but my Crows say we still have much to fear."
- — Uldren, discussing the Wolf Rebellion with his sister
Several months after aiding the Guardian in their hunt for the Black Garden, the House of Wolves rose in rebellion against the Reef after Skolas was freed by the Nine and led a prison break from the Prison of Elders while also declaring himself Kell of Kells. Uldren and his Crows gathered intelligence on the Wolves' movements and kept Mara, Petra Venj, and Variks, apprised of their actions while they worked with the Guardian to hunt down the rebellious Fallen. After the Guardian slew several members of the Silent Fang on Earth when they attempted to assassinate leaders of the House of Devils to let Skolas conquer them, Uldren met with his sister in her throne room. While she was pleased by the deaths of so many Fang members, Uldren informed her that he found nothing about the situation amusing, as his Crows had learned most of the Silent Fang was still alive and all had escaped from the Prison. His sister reassured him that she was not amused either, and ordered him to have Petra set more bounties on the Fang to ensure that none would continue to live.[42]
Shortly after meeting with the Queen, Uldren was visited on the Hull of Crows by Petra, Paladin Yasmin Eld, and Techeun Shuro Chi to discuss Skolas and the Wolves' next actions. He informed them that a meeting had been set between Yavek, Wolf Baron and two Barons from the House of Kings, Vekis and Paskin. He explained that the Kings ruled the Devils from the shadows and had nearly conquered the Last City twice, and would thus never simply bow before Skolas' claim to be Kell of Kells, as the mysterious Kell of Kings had his eyes on the Traveler. Petra and Venj were skeptical, questioning Uldren on if Skolas managed to trick them with power or an artifact, but the Master of Crows believed nothing short of the Traveler proclaiming it could convince the Kings that Skolas was worthy and blunt their ambition. This statement cause Petra to note Uldren sounded like he admired the House of Kings, and he stated that any power cleverly used was worth admiring. Yasmin asked what the Baron's objective was then,[43] and Uldren explained that he suspected they were in fact assassins sent to kill Yavek as a message from the Kell of Kings to Skolas. Shuro Chi warned Uldren to ensure his assessment of the situation was free from personal bias, and Uldren demanded to know what she meant by that.[44]
Uldren later reported to Mara that with all of Skolas' efforts to bring the House of Kings and Devils under his banner denied, he had returned to the Ishtar Sink on Venus. His sister guessed that he intended to rule from the deceased Winter Kell Draksis Ketch, the Simiks-Fel, but Uldren noted that while he had thought the same, his Crows reported that the Wolf Kell was not there. He then informed her that Skolas' Kell's Guard were spotted leading raids into the Vault of Glass in search of Vex technology. Intrigued by this development, Uldren was ordered by the Queen to have Petra bring Skolas back alive for questioning.[45]
After Skolas was captured, Uldren travelled to the Prison of Elders with Mara and the Techeuns to view their prisoner. As they and Variks stood over the would be Kell of Kells cell, Uldren was amused by Skolas' attempts to reach them through the bars. However, Skolas began muttering som