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===Rise of the Scorn===

{{Quote|You go scratch your itch. Then we can just say... you owe me. Do we have a deal?"<br>"Deal.| The Spider to The Guardian.}}

===Hunting the Scorn===

{{Quote|Divide. Conquer. Isolate Uldren. He'll wind up at your feet. And all you have to do... is pull the trigger.|The Spider.}}

Slowly but surely, the Guardian takes out the Scorn's forces bit-by-bit and soon discover each Baron had plans for when they would be done with the Reef. The Guardians succeed in killing [[Araskes, the Trickster]], [[Yaviks, the Rider]] and [[Kaniks, the Mad Bomber]].

With another tip from the Spider, the Guardian searched for [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]], a Scorn Baron with a morbid fascination for the Hive. The search for Hiraks takes them to a downed Hive Warship from the Taken War, which became a breeding ground for the Hive stranded in the Shore. Fighting past Hive soldiers under the control of Hiraks, the Guardian soon finds a portal rupture that leads to Hiraks' own throne world. Within the Ascendant Plane, the Guardian face off against Hiraks, who is stronger and more powerful within his throne world, but despite his Hive servants and Ascendant powers, they kill the Mindbender which causes his Ascendant Plane to destabilize. The Guardian manages to escape just in time before the Ascendant Plane collapses.

With most of the Barons dead, the Guardian manage to track down the Baron's second-in-command, [[Elykris, the Machinist]] to Salvage Zone QX. There, the Machinist challenges the Guardian and forces them to question their motives in the deaths of her comrades. Nonetheless, the Guardian battles with Elykris where she unleashes the full force of her stolen and salvaged weaponry. Even with the force of her weaponry and tactics, the Guardian manages to kill Elykris and destroy her stockpile.

===Anarchy of the Scourge===

{{Quote|You… as bad as all Fallen! Worse, even! A friend even to humans… All must die!|Siviks to The Spider}}

With the Guardian now owing favors to him, the Spider enlists them in aiding one of his valued business associates: [[Ada-1]] and the secret [[Black Armory]]; to which he gifts them a badge to permit entry into the Armory's private store at the [[Tower (Destiny 2)|Tower]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/7)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], Activision Blizzard, Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-black-armory-badge-the-black-armory Quest: Black Armory Badge] ''</ref> The Guardian would provide Ada-1 the assistance she needed by reclaiming the lost [[Volundr Forge]] from the [[Red Legion]] and forging their first weapon frame.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/7)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]], Activision Blizzard, Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-the-first-blacksmith-the-black-armory The First Blacksmith, The Black Armory]''</ref> However, their endeavors with the Black Armory would only get more complicated from there on out.

===Season of the Hunt===

{{Quote|[[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] is using her High Celebrant and those damned cryptoliths to corrupt Eliksni. Cabal too. But I'm losing soldiers and Glimmer by the Skiff-loads. You go out there and do what it is you do best, and I'll ah… lend you the resources you need to get it done. Maybe even a little extra something on the side, hm.|Spider}}

Two years after the aforementioned conflicts between the Kell's Scourge, a new one would arise directly impacting the Spider's syndicate once more. Growing since the time of his brother's anarchy, Spider had taken to dispatching multiple salvage crews and supply runs. One such salvage operation, lead by [[Kosis]], saw the preparation of an old Ketch belonging to the [[House of Kings]] marked for salvage. Followed in her crew by [[Savek, Betrayer for Xivu Arath|Savek]], the group set up camp with Ether rationing being structured by Spider to incentivize the crew to get the job done quickly alongside being more cost-effective. Trying to fall asleep, Savek would hear the echoing whispers of [[Cryptolith|an unknown Hive-like object]] which she discovered within a nearby rocky cave no larger than a Servitor.<ref name="RATIONS">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Call_of_the_Cryptolith|Call of the Cryptolith]] - [[Lore:Call_of_the_Cryptolith#II. RATIONS|II. RATIONS]]''</ref>