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''"By this right alone do I rule."'' | ''"By this right alone do I rule."'' | ||
Jolyon was a Crow. He'd seen much. More than most. He held the enemy's greatest weapon. Remembered its burn. Then began tinkering. He liked things. Liked how they worked. Found happiness in finding new avenues through which a thing could function. Not to alter the purpose, but simply to refine it. | [[Jolyon Till|Jolyon]] was a [[Crow (title)|Crow]]. He'd seen much. More than most. He held the enemy's greatest weapon. Remembered its burn. Then began tinkering. He liked things. Liked how they worked. Found happiness in finding new avenues through which a thing could function. Not to alter the purpose, but simply to refine it. | ||
The weapon delivered impact with incredible force spread over a range to increase its area of influence. But what if that force was brought to focus in a directed burst. A seasoned marksman with a steady, strong hand could deliver a burn that served less to herd, more to punish. | The weapon delivered impact with incredible force spread over a range to increase its area of influence. But what if that force was brought to focus in a directed burst. A seasoned marksman with a steady, strong hand could deliver a burn that served less to herd, more to punish. | ||
The feral ones deserved nothing less. The Wolves would have a new master. And that master was fire. | The feral ones deserved nothing less. The [[House of Wolves|Wolves]] would have a new master. And that master was fire. | ||
==Lore (Destiny 2)== | ==Lore (Destiny 2)== | ||
''"By this right alone do I rule."'' | ''"By this right alone do I rule."'' | ||
"Why did they call themselves Wolves?" the Hunter asks. "You guys don't have any wolves on your home world, do you?" | "Why did they call themselves Wolves?" the [[Hunter]] asks. "You guys don't have any wolves on your home world, do you?" | ||
"Nama," the Captain replies. He has perched on a rusted-out Skiff. He scans the horizon, trying to remember the way to the crypt. | "Nama," the Captain replies. He has perched on a rusted-out Skiff. He scans the horizon, trying to remember the way to the [[Sjursrest|crypt]]. | ||
"So… Why, then? Most people haven't even seen one." | "So… Why, then? Most people haven't even seen one." | ||
"Yeah," the Warlock chimes in. "I'd never even heard of wolves 'til I went to the Iron Temple." | "Yeah," the [[Warlock]] chimes in. "I'd never even heard of wolves 'til I went to the [[Iron Temple]]." | ||
The Captain cocks his head in a way that makes him look very like a squat, hulking owl. "Why Eliksni accept name 'Fallen'? Why Wolves accept name 'Wolves'? Why Misraaks is now," he grimaces as he mimes their accents, showing his serrated teeth, "Miff-racks?" He rises in one fluid motion and stands at his full height. "Why speak Guardian way instead Eliksni? Docked things do not word themselves." | The Captain cocks his head in a way that makes him look very like a squat, hulking owl. "Why Eliksni accept name 'Fallen'? Why Wolves accept name 'Wolves'? Why [[Mithrax, the Forsaken|Misraaks]] is now," he grimaces as he mimes their accents, showing his serrated teeth, "Miff-racks?" He rises in one fluid motion and stands at his full height. "Why speak Guardian way instead Eliksni? Docked things do not word themselves." | ||
He hops down, brushing past the Hunter and the Warlock with the rippling strength of a hunting tiger. "House of Wolves, they been Mraskilaasan. Gentle weavers. Come. I know the way now." | He hops down, brushing past the Hunter and the Warlock with the rippling strength of a hunting tiger. "House of Wolves, they been Mraskilaasan. Gentle weavers. Come. I know the way now." | ||