Savathûn, the Witch Queen: Difference between revisions

The Witch-Queen would go on to torment Calus by infiltrating the minds of his Loyalists, through the use of what Calus described as a "viral language". She also left messages within the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]], a document Calus commissioned as a record of his and his Loyalists' past and future deeds.

{{Quote|Seek to uncover all you can from nightmares… Seek your forebears in those ethereal shapes. For, while I could tell you such a path leads to disappointment, you must see for yourselves. [...] Rise the Crimson Spire. Signal your coming. Challenge the Light.|Savathûn to Hashladûn}}

When three sibling Hive heretics of the [[Spawn of Crota]], Malkanth, Akrazul, and Azavath, sought to rebel against the daughters of Savathûn's nephew, [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], who had taken over the leadership of the [[Hidden Swarm]], Savathûn was revealed to be the master behind their situation. As the Wizard Malkanth performed a ritual to put the essence of Akrazul, a crippled Knight, into the body of her fellow Wizard Azavath, the plan backfired. Akrazul's rage was so great that it became unbridled within Azavath's body, leading him to slay Malkanth and assault the Swarm. As Malkanth's essence had left her body in her death, Savathûn whispered to Azavath's essence and instructed her to take up the mantle of [[Deathsinger]]. Placing her essence into Malkanth's body, Azavath would become [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger]], killing both Akrazul and the Swarm's champion [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|Zulmak]] with her [[Deathsong]]. Savathûn captured Zulmak's essence as he died for her own purposes, and discussed with Malkanth's essence, without a body, before she died. The Witch-Queen told Malkanth of her dismissal of gods and "absolutes" such as time, space, and death, when they are all [[Vex|so]] [[Ascendant realm|easily]] [[Guardians|broken]]. Believing that when the final absolute falls reality will face a [[Darkness|final and complete ending]], Savathûn said she wished to ensure that end would not come to pass as Malkanth's essence faded away into nothing.