Holborn's Host

Holborn’s Host is a military expeditionary force of the City conducting operations on Mars, and is led by the Titan Holborn.

History
Holborn, a veteran of the Twilight Gap, acting as the City’s Hand on Mars, was sent to Mars to conduct expeditionary military and scouting actions, as well as search for and recover Golden Age technology, particularly computers. The Host under his command, has been engaged in scouring the half-buried city of Freehold, particularly the Dust Palace, for traces of the Warmind of Mars and the unknown entity which guards it (possibly Rasputin after the Interplanetary Array was reactivated ).

The Host, in association with a Redjack fireteams and Lord Shaxx have also conducted espionage against Cabal fortifications on the Martian moon Phobos, gathering intelligence on the now decommissioned Firebase Thuria (codenamed “Black Shield”), and the Cabal Skyburners’ Fleetbase Korus.

Known Members

 * Tibon Holborn, commander.


 * Tubach, second in command.


 * Bayle.


 * Lyssa, the Lighthearted.

Trivia

 * Members of the Host while conducting operations in the vicinity of the Dust Palace, Freehold, where aware of the events of Jagi's Host's apparent disappearance, upon being reminded of this by a strangely silent ghost. The ghosts of Jagi’s Hosts when returning to the Speaker are described as “damn near silent, buzzing with some sort of corruption.” The disappearance of Jagi’s Host near the Cosmodrome (where the SIVA Replication Chamber, battle between the Iron Lords and Rasputin, and much later on the Devil Splicers induced Plaguelands are all located); the strange and silent ghost seen by the Host near the Dust Palace (a Clovis Bray facility where SIVA prototypes where developed, tested and stored); and a third incident where a Ghost after spending a length of time searching for its candidate Guardians under the Blind Watch (another Clovis Bray research facility) whereupon it contracted and was partially corrupted by SIVA , may indicate that SIVA is the linking thread between all three incidents.


 * Holborn and Tubach reference using Agema armour on Mars and previously in the Battle of the Twilight Gap. The Agema armour series is a derivative of the Gatewatch pattern, and “incorporates the lessons of too many bloody stands.” Agema, also known as Hyspaspists, is an ancient Greek military term referring to elite infantry armed with a shield and spear, and charged with protecting the immediate flanks of the devastating but largely immobile Phalanx at the core of Greek military formations. Agema could also act as guards for other high value targets, including acting as royal body guards.

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * The Taken King