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If the Young Wolf chooses to side with the Drifter, he is overjoyed by their decision and immediately sends them to receive an item called "The Jerky" from the Spider on the Tangled Shore. After obtaining The jerky, the Guardian is sent to Titan, where they replay a heroic reprise of the adventure [[Thief of Thieves]]. After finishing the adventure, Drifter will tell the Guardian to come to visit him in the Tower. When they meet with him, he sends them to the Derelict, where they find the first in a series of prerecorded tapes that the Drifter made for them. The Guardian hunts down the rest of the tapes across the European Dead Zone. After finding all of them, they are summoned one last time to speak with the Drifter face-to-face. he tells the Young Wolf that he's saving some seats among his crew, and that he wants them there to ride out the apocalypse with him. | If the Young Wolf chooses to side with the Drifter, he is overjoyed by their decision and immediately sends them to receive an item called "The Jerky" from the Spider on the Tangled Shore. After obtaining The jerky, the Guardian is sent to Titan, where they replay a heroic reprise of the adventure [[Thief of Thieves]]. After finishing the adventure, Drifter will tell the Guardian to come to visit him in the Tower. When they meet with him, he sends them to the Derelict, where they find the first in a series of prerecorded tapes that the Drifter made for them. The Guardian hunts down the rest of the tapes across the European Dead Zone. After finding all of them, they are summoned one last time to speak with the Drifter face-to-face. he tells the Young Wolf that he's saving some seats among his crew, and that he wants them there to ride out the apocalypse with him. | ||
If the Young Wolf chooses to side with the Vanguard, the Drifter is disappointed and tells the Guardian that they are wrong about him, but respects their choice. Using a terminal in the hangar, the Guardian contacts Aunor, who instructs them to place three bugs around the Drifter's hangout in the Annex. They do so, and soon overhear him telling someone to visit the Spider. | If the Young Wolf chooses to side with the Vanguard, the Drifter is disappointed and tells the Guardian that they are wrong about him, but respects their choice. Using a terminal in the hangar, the Guardian contacts Aunor, who instructs them to place three bugs around the Drifter's hangout in the Annex. They do so, and soon overhear him telling someone to visit the Spider. Upon visiting the Eliksni kingpin, he refuses to talk without a bribe of 50,000 Glimmer. After being paid, Spider directs the Young Wolf to Titan, where they play through a heroic reprise of the adventure [[Siren Song]]. After the adventure, Aunor requests that the Guardian spend some time first in Gambit, then the Crucible. After doing so, the Guardian is sent to search the Derelict for clues. Unlike if they had sided with the Drifter, they now find the ship littered with explosive booby traps. After making their way to the end of the path, the Guardian finds a prerecorded tape that leads them to believe the Drifter has found a protege. The Guardian travels through the EDZ, finding the rest of Drifter's tapes before returning to the man himself. THe Drifter tells the Young Wolf that he's only trying to survive, and won't let them stand in his way of doing so. Afterward, he starts occasionally calling the Young Wolf "Snitch" when talking to them. | ||
During this time, the Guardian received an invitation of sorts from [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine]]. After completing what [[The Nine]] requested, the Guardian was visited by the Emissary of the Nine, formerly known as [[Orin]]. She showed them a vision depicting the event that led to the Drifter being given the Haul now towed by his ship. After witnessing this scene, the Drifter implores the Guardian to stop investigating the Nine and leave them alone. The next week, the Guardian witnessed a conversation between the Emissary and her masters, in which she reveals that she was once a Lightbearer. On the third week, the Nine and their Emissary are discussing [[Mara Sov]]. The Nine claim that the Queen is in peril, to which the Emissary promises she will manage. On week four, the Nine and the Emissary seem to be in a conversation regarding the Drifter. The Emissary claims that he does what he does because he's afraid of everything, and wishes to avoid violence, but will murder anyone who tries to bring him into it. After this fourth conversation, the Drifter will again speak to the Guardian, promising to tell them about the Emissary's origins in return for them stopping their investigation into the Nine. He explains that the Emissary was once a Reefborn Awoken who was close to the Queen until her death. She was then revived as a Guardian named Orin, who went looking for the Nine and ended up becoming their Emissary as a result. After this explanation, he again asks the Guardian to ignore the Nine's invitations. | |||
On the fifth week, the Guardian witnesses Orin discussing an unnamed being with the Nine. This being's pronouns are different based on the Guardian's gender. The Nine ask what "it" wants, to which the Emissary simply replies, "Power." She claims that no one is like him/her, and that he/she has agency beyond any other, and that he/she can "leave this game." The Nine still don't understand, so the Emissary gives up, deciding that it's impossible to explain. On week six, the Guardian witnesses a past conversation between Orin and the Drifter, in which they are discussing someone seemingly recently deceased named [[Namqi Sen]]. Drifter says he met Namqi in a dive on Ceres, and that Namqi claimed the Queen trusted Orin to speak with the Nine on her behalf. Drifter promises Orin that he will be there for her if she ever needs a shoulder to cry on, and the conversation ends. On week seven, the Guardian again witnesses a conversation between Orin and the Drifter, though it's more of an argument this time. Orin tells Drifter that he's going to go find "them." Orin asks Drifter to stop pretending like he cares, calling him "Dredgen," to which he responds that he no longer uses that name. She claims that his friend [[Callum Sol]] says otherwise. Drifter swears he's telling the truth and begs Orin not to go. She refuses and says their friendship is over, this time calling Drifter Wu Ming. The Drifter gives up, telling Orin that she's giving up her freedom, but allowing her to leave. On week eight, the Guardian watches a much more recent conversation between the Drifter and Orin in her current form as the Emissary. She claims that Drifter is having visions and a few black Pyramids appear next to her for a moment, before disappearing. Drifter demands to know if the Emissary is the one causing his visions, saying he doesn't appreciate what they say. The Emissary refers to the visions as a "gift," claiming that they show him his fate. Drifter counters that he makes his own choices. Upon completing the ninth and final invitation, the Emissary tells the Young Wolf that the Nine wish to share another truth, which the Drifter should've shared already, but hasn't out of fear. The Guardian witnesses the Drifter speaking seemingly to himself while flipping a coin, saying he might pull this scam off, and will finally be in the clear. His coin disappears and he is suddenly transported to the Nine's empty realm, where he sees a dark horse standing nearby. The giant Emissary suddenly appears before Drifter, saying the Nine have enjoyed watching him. She bids him farewell, saying their attention is required elsewhere. The Drifter sarcastically asks if there's anything else he can do for the Nine, to which Orin replies that he's already doing it and tells him to keep playing "the game." Drifter's coin reappears, landing in his hand with a symbol resembling one of the Dark Pyramids on its face. The vision ends and the Guardian returns to reality, where Orin says that their fate is a "war unseen among ruined fleets." She mentions two women: feared, untrusted, forever at arm's length. At home, the Guardian's fate is a coin in the hand of a liar. One man: afraid, untrustworthy, forever grasping. She says the Guardian must reckon with themself, asking if they know the shape of their trial. Drifter is upset with the Guardian for not listening to him, saying he's killed others for less. He says he's in over his head, that the Nine showed him what's coming, and it's what he feared all along. He implores you to put aside your dogma, saying the coming fight can't be won with Light alone. He claims that Gambit is the key to salvation. | |||
===Season of Opulence=== | ===Season of Opulence=== | ||