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The Guardian managed to locate Mithrax on Europa after he was attempting to grant safe passage to Eliksni refugees fleeing from the House of Salvation but was ambushed by the Vex. After meeting with the Kell, Mithrax asks the Guardian to aid him in "blinding" the Vex so he can lead his people to safety. The Guardian agrees and, using a special device of Mithrax's, they enter into the Outer Nexus of the Vex Network. With Mithrax's guidance, they manage to slay the Curator in charge, bringing back a sample of its living code for study, and escape before the Vex could retaliate. Sharing a common enemy and understanding that Mithrax and his house are different than the other Fallen, Ikora offers Mithrax and the House of Light safe haven with the Last City, to which the Kell gratefully accepts.

With Mithrax's guidance in training them as Sacred Splicers, the Guardians make progress in continually breaching the Outer Nexus and slaying various amounts of Oppressive and Subjective Minds, bringing back their codes to study and hopefully find a solution in ending the Eternal Night the Vex have placed over the Last City.

For weeks to months, the Guardians constantly breach into the Vex Nexus domain and battle against a number of subjective minds, gathering data that could explain the nature of the Endless Night. From this data, both the Vanguard and Mithrax discover that the true architects of the Endless Night are the Taken Vex Mind, [[Quria, the Dreaming Mind]] and its master, [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]. With this knowledge in hand, Osiris delves into learning all they can about the Witch Queen while Mithrax continues to pinpoint Quira's position, allowing the Guardians to corner it. Eventually, Mithrax was able to gain Quria's position and trap it, giving the Guardians' the chance to destroy it. After a long battle to ensure the Last City sees a new dawn again, the Guardians succeed in destroying the Dreaming Mind despite its use of the Vex simulations and Taken powers, dealing a crippling blow to Savathûn. Despite the Dreaming Mind's destruction, the Endless Night hasn't dissipated yet but the Vanguard and Mithrax believe it will slowly fade away given time.

Ultimately, after a period of weeks, the Endless Night did indeed lift, allowing daylight to cover the Last City once more. However, the Vex would gain an opportunity to launch a direct attack at the Last City when Future War Cult leader, Lakshmi-2, opened a Vex rift within the Eliksni Quarters. Lakshmi, along with her fellow Faction leaders, had grown increasingly wary and paranoid towards the Eliskni of the House of Light, believing they were no different than the Fallen the Last City had battled for centuries. The Factions leaders, Lakshmi in particular, was frustrated by the Guardians refusal to see their point of view and further driven by the device that her faction uses to see into the future, was convinced that the House of Light would lead the Last City to a tragedy. On her last broadcast, Lakshmi claimed she was aided by Osiris when the rift was opened, leading to the Vex to pour into the Last City for the first time. However, instead of being under her command, the Vex attacked indiscriminately, which ultimately led to Lakshmi's death. The Guardians scrambled to protect the Last City and the Eliksni Quarter, managing to close the rift by destroying the Vex Subjective Mind controlling them. Despite closing the rift, many Vex remained threatening the eliksni, but the combined strength of Mithrax, Saint-14, Ikora Rey, Zavala and Amanda Holiday managed to hold the line and destroy the Vex, saving the House of Light. Though the Vex were beaten, the remaining Faction leaders fled the Last City in the wake of Lakshmi's failed attempt to usurp leadership over the Last City, bringing an end to the Factions.